Parliamentary questions

Pensions Reform

Joe Flaherty

265. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the publishing of the report by the Commission on Pensions; and when she plans to publish the report of the Commission (details supplied). [38846/21]

Departmental Data

Joe Flaherty

266. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff by location and function in each office of her Department nationally by location; if the property is State owned or leased; and the detail of these leases in the case of those properties on a lease in terms of cost, term and next break date. [38848/21]

Departmental Properties

Joe Flaherty

278. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff by location and function in each office of his Department nationally by location; if the property is State owned or leased; and the detail of these leases in the case of those properties on a lease in terms of cost, term and next break date. [38858/21]

Departmental Data

Joe Flaherty

287. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of staff by location and function in each office of his Department nationally by location; if the property is State owned or leased; and the detail of these leases in the case of those properties on a lease in terms of cost, term and next break date. [38853/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joe Flaherty

302. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans for an easing of restrictions on passengers who are also partners of Irish nationals travelling into the country (details supplied). [38847/21]

Departmental Properties

Joe Flaherty

303. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Justice the number of staff by location and function in each office of her Department nationally by location; if the property is State owned or leased; and the detail of these leases in the case of those properties on a lease in terms of cost, term and next break date. [38854/21]

Departmental Staff

Joe Flaherty

458. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff by location and function in each office of his Department nationally by location; if the property is State owned or leased; and the detail of these leases in the case of those properties on a lease in terms of cost, term and next break date. [38862/21]

Departmental Data

Joe Flaherty

485. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff by location and function in each office of her Department nationally by location; if the property is State owned or leased; and the detail of these leases in the case of those properties on a lease in terms of cost, term and next break date. [38849/21]

Home Care Packages

Joe Flaherty

52. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the number of homecare support hours being provided in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2021; the way this compares to 2020; the number of persons currently waiting for homecare in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37728/21]

Vaccination Programme

Joe Flaherty

75. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if it is planned to allow mixing of Covid-19 vaccines in first and second doses as happens in other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37729/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Joe Flaherty

72. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the new apprenticeship programmes due to come on stream in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36852/21]

An Garda Síochána

Joe Flaherty

110. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Justice the number of community Gardaí in the Roscommon-Longford division; the number of community Gardaí in the Westmeath division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36816/21]

Departmental Projects

Joe Flaherty

125. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Justice if she will report on the Local Community Safety Partnership pilot in Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36817/21]

Greenways Provision

Joe Flaherty

35. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport the status of the Programme for Government commitment to work with local authorities and appropriate agencies to continue to develop an integrated national network of greenways to be used by commuters, students, leisure cyclists and tourists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21811/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Joe Flaherty

95. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Longford and Westmeath receiving support under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number in each county who were receiving support under the scheme in May 2021; the number of persons in each county who have received support under the scheme and its predecessor since March 2020; the expenditure on the scheme in each county over that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31767/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Joe Flaherty

114. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Finance the details of the business resumption support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31768/21]

Departmental Communications

Joe Flaherty

1026. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans for his Department to develop an awareness campaign promoting the benefits of employing disabled persons to employers, the wider community and disabled persons themselves; if such a consideration has been given; and if there is an indication as to the potential cost. [32032/21]

Departmental Strategies

Joe Flaherty

1027. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department were to develop an awareness campaign promoting the benefits of employing disabled persons to would be employers, if there would be opportunities for persons with disabilities and disabled persons organisations to co-produce or feed into such a campaign. [32033/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Joe Flaherty

9. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of enterprises in counties Longford and Westmeath that have applied to the small business assistance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30044/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Joe Flaherty

96. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Longford and Westmeath that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30043/21]

Pension Provisions

Joe Flaherty

164. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport if he will seek an assurance from CIÉ that it will await the outcome of the High Court application by the trustees of the 1951 pension scheme before engaging in further discussions on the scheme. [28241/21]

Schools Building Projects

Joe Flaherty

361. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education when a newly built school (details supplied) is likely to open for students. [28234/21]

Special Educational Needs

Joe Flaherty

362. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education when the details of the July provision will issue to schools (details supplied). [28235/21]

Technological Universities

Joe Flaherty

99. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the name he plans to apply to the new LIT and AIT technological university; the process undertaken by the project team; the consultation process to arrive at the proposed agreed name which he rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26959/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Joe Flaherty

78. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Longford currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; the number of persons in County Westmeath currently in receipt of the payment; the number in each county who were in receipt of the payment on the same date in April 2021; the number of persons in each county who have received the payment since the introduction of the payment; the total expenditure on such payments in each county over that time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26276/21]

Grant Payments

Joe Flaherty

191. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of projects submitted under Strand 2 of the just transition project (details supplied). [26379/21]

Passport Services

Joe Flaherty

89. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the timeframe for clearing the backlog of passports applications from applicants in counties Longford and Westmeath. [23915/21]

Fáilte Ireland

Joe Flaherty

311. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when details of the Fáilte Ireland capital investment programme, Platforms for Growth will be announced for 2021 (details supplied). [24597/21]

Pensions Reform

Joe Flaherty

553. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the publishing of the report by the Commission on Pensions which is expected to report in June 2021. [24593/21]

Widow's Pension

Joe Flaherty

554. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the widow’s pension. [24595/21]

Widow's Pension

Joe Flaherty

555. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of widow pension recipients who have to work to raise families; and the value of the resultant tax revenue on their pension payment. [24596/21]

Driver Licences

Joe Flaherty

168. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a licence. [22701/21]

Health Services

Joe Flaherty

523. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the details of the planned payment of €800,000 for services (details supplied) to address historical underfunding at the service provider. [22678/21]

Special Educational Needs

Joe Flaherty

60. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education if primary schools will be allowing external teachers to come into schools to undertake the July provision in Summer 2021. [22387/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joe Flaherty

102. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the work of the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21812/21]

Departmental Funding

Joe Flaherty

110. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the Public Service Innovation Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20402/21]

Public Services Provision

Joe Flaherty

122. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the assessment he is making or he has made as to whether capacity across public service bodies is keeping pace with increased investment levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20401/21]

Rail Network

Joe Flaherty

303. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 28 to 31, inclusive, of 4 March 2021, the timeframe for the completion of the preliminary business case for the DART expansion project. [18262/21]

Rail Network

Joe Flaherty

304. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 28 to 31, inclusive, of 4 March 2021, if the DART expansion project will be announced in advance of the launch of phase two of the review of the national development plan. [18263/21]

Rail Network

Joe Flaherty

305. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 28 to 31, inclusive, of 4 March 2021, the length of time it will it take to complete the DART expansion project once the technical review of the DART expansion commences. [18264/21]

Driver Test

Joe Flaherty

389. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons in the current backlog of driver theory tests nationwide by county for each of the 16 licence category tests, that is, category AM through to category D1E in tabular form. [19642/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joe Flaherty

439. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport when driving lessons can resume given that there are still many essential workers unable to finish their 12 lessons in order to be able to book driving tests. [20521/21]

Passport Applications

Joe Flaherty

885. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons who have applied for a passport which have not yet been processed. [20504/21]

Passport Applications

Joe Flaherty

886. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons who have applied for a passport which have not yet been processed by county in tabular form. [20505/21]

Special Educational Needs

Joe Flaherty

1091. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education if arrangements will be made to facilitate a child (details supplied) in relation to their application for enrolment in a special educational unit. [20738/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joe Flaherty

140. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if clarity will be provided on student work placement and practical requirements (details supplied) for post-leaving certificate courses. [16162/21]

Roads Maintenance

Joe Flaherty

116. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport if local authorities have reported delays in the completion of their restoration improvement programmes; and his plans to assist local authorities in increasing their capacity to carry out roadworks in the coming months. [15653/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joe Flaherty

834. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education her plans for vaccine roll-out in special education schools in which there are very vulnerable young children; and if there are plans to also prioritise staff in such settings given that colleagues in adult disabilities have already begun their vaccinations. [14183/21]

School Curriculum

Joe Flaherty

878. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding teaching time. [14721/21]

Leave to Remain

Joe Flaherty

1224. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Justice if a decision will issue on a leave to remain request in the case of a person (details supplied). [14403/21]

Vaccination Programme

Joe Flaherty

1427. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the provisions for the vaccine roll-out in relation to high risk persons with Down's syndrome that live at home with family members and are not accessing day services given concerns that they could possibly be overlooked it is important that they are vaccinated under the revised prioritisation. [14184/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joe Flaherty

1428. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to prioritise private sector special needs education workers in the vaccine roll-out given that they are providing an invaluable service to families and in view of the fact colleagues in the HSE have already been vaccinated. [14185/21]

Property Tax

Joe Flaherty

52. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider waiving the local property tax for pensioners in receipt of the fuel allowance given that the benefit of the fuel allowance payment is null and voided by the local property tax payment. [13786/21]

Fuel Allowance

Joe Flaherty

139. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of pensioners in receipt of the fuel allowance that are also paying the local property tax; and the value of local property tax collected in cases in which the payee is also in receipt of the fuel allowance. [13785/21]

Vaccination Programme

Joe Flaherty

221. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if there is an opportunity for students to avail of the HPV vaccine when the forthcoming school vaccination programme resumes given they are now in older years (details supplied). [13699/21]

Domiciliary Care Allowance

Joe Flaherty

579. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps that have been taken to revise the age thresholds for the domiciliary care allowance (details supplied). [12782/21]

Animal Diseases

Joe Flaherty

1007. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if steps are being taken by his Department following the outbreak of a deadly strain of neurological equine herpes on mainland Europe (details supplied). [12664/21]

Rail Network

Joe Flaherty

28. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport the current timeline for announcing the preferred bidder for the DART expansion programme. [12376/21]

Rail Network

Joe Flaherty

29. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport if the business case for the DART expansion has been put to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform; and if not, when he expects it will be put forward. [12377/21]

Rail Network

Joe Flaherty

30. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport the projected cost for the DART expansion programme. [12378/21]

Rail Network

Joe Flaherty

31. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport if the DART expansion project been delayed due to Covid-19. [12379/21]

Planning Guidelines

Joe Flaherty

336. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider replacing a previous condition in the planning regulations which was removed to allow homeowners to rebuild fire-damaged homes to the same specification without recourse to planning permission (details supplied). [11452/21]

Vaccination Programme

Joe Flaherty

778. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health when he plans to resume the school immunisation programme in particular the HPV vaccine which is best administered to persons before they are 15 years of age. [11245/21]

Vaccination Programme

Joe Flaherty

779. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if the school vaccination teams now administering vaccines in nursing homes will cause a delay in the resuming of the school vaccinations once schools reopen. [11246/21]

Vaccination Programme

Joe Flaherty

780. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if those students who have not yet received their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine due to school closures in March 2020 and were unable to attend the summer catch-up clinics will be prioritised when vaccinations resume. [11247/21]

Vaccination Programme

Joe Flaherty

781. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if provision will be made to allow children and others who missed the HPV vaccination to opt-in for vaccination when the scheme returns to schools given that large numbers of young children have missed out on the HPV vaccination over the past year. [11248/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Joe Flaherty

561. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost and the number of recipients who would be included, if those in year two of the back to work payment and due to finish the scheme from March to May 2021, received an additional year on the scheme as a one-off support, given level 5 restrictions and the impact of same on many recipients of the scheme. [9530/21]

Local Authority Housing

Joe Flaherty

278. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it will be ensured that the 2020 funding process is factored into an increased allocation in 2021 for the disabled person grant funding scheme for the local authorities (details supplied). [8274/21]

Tenant Purchase Scheme

Joe Flaherty

279. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the €15,000 reckonable income condition for the tenant purchase scheme (details supplied); and if not, if he will consider removing the reckonable income condition for a one-year period in the counties in which there was a significant concentration of ESB or Bord na Móna employees in order to facilitate them to access the scheme. [8276/21]

Courts Staff

Joe Flaherty

603. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Justice if she will request the appointment of a court messenger to the Sheriff’s Court attached to Longford Courthouse (details supplied). [8277/21]

Hospital Staff

Joe Flaherty

638. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health when the vacant role of diabetic nurse at Mullingar hospital will be filled (details supplied). [7876/21]

Ophthalmology Services

Joe Flaherty

747. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if he will consider putting in place a refund scheme for parents who have no option but to source eye testing for their children privately (details supplied). [8265/21]

Vaccination Programme

Joe Flaherty

811. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health when carers will receive the Covid-19 vaccine (details supplied). [8465/21]

Vaccination Programme

Joe Flaherty

812. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if there is a provision for general practitioners to prioritise Covid-19 vaccination for patients who are high risk but not over 85 years of age (details supplied). [8466/21]

Vaccination Programme

Joe Flaherty

953. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the position of counsellors and psychotherapists in Covid-19 vaccine roll-out plans (details supplied). [8883/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Joe Flaherty

990. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the trade assurance scheme for combinable crops scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8743/21]

Bord na Móna

Joe Flaherty

12. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if local stakeholders and local authorities will be given an opportunity to apply for possible sites for the proposed €10 million peatlands knowledge centre of excellence and visitor centre for the midlands region (details supplied). [7692/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Joe Flaherty

74. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will examine supports for the coach and transport sector (details supplied). [7690/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Joe Flaherty

212. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to invite service providers to provide their feedback and observations as part of the current review and evaluation of the AIM. [7685/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Joe Flaherty

213. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the review and evaluation of the AIM will reconsider the qualification levels of AIM workers and SNAs for early years education (details supplied); and if the SNA course will qualify them for these positions, making it easier for early years providers to recruit and retain staff. [7686/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Joe Flaherty

214. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the review and evaluation of the AIM will explore an apprenticeship-style model of recruitment in the early years sector (details supplied). [7687/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joe Flaherty

273. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to long-term dialysis patients in terms of their ranking in the groups for Covid-19 vaccination (details supplied); and if the group will be prioritised in the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out. [7603/21]

Dental Services

Joe Flaherty

805. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if first class pupils in County Longford who did not receive an appointment with the school dentist in 2020 due to Covid-19 will be facilitated in 2021 alongside 2020-21 first class pupils (details supplied). [6791/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joe Flaherty

857. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if there are provisions to facilitate parents who have to accompany a child on a flight to the UK in the context of Covid-19 restrictions and polymerase chain reaction, PCR, test requirements (details supplied). [6987/21]

Just Transition Fund

Joe Flaherty

22. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of approved just transition projects given recent confirmation that the stipulations for drawing down funding requires the project promoters to provide an unrealistic 50% in match funding for projected project costs. [4839/21]

Just Transition Fund

Joe Flaherty

23. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will engage with the ESB and request that the €6 million earmarked from the company for the just transition funding will be ring-fenced and allocated directly to the 30 plus projects struggling to meet the matching 50% funding requirements under the draw-down criteria for just transition approved projects. [4840/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joe Flaherty

279. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if all CHO8 staff involved in Covid-19 testing and swabbing and specifically at the Mullingar and Longford test centres have received the Covid-19 vaccination; and if not, when vaccination is planned for same. [4848/21]

Medicinal Products

Joe Flaherty

280. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that his Department monitors and tracks the development of the new drug omaveloxolone which presents the first real breakthrough treatment for Friedreich’s ataxia patients (details supplied). [4849/21]

Agricultural Colleges

Joe Flaherty

342. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will insist on the suspension of the student placement component as part of the certificate in agriculture QQI level 5 and QQI level 6 courses in view of the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied). [4874/21]

Driver Test

Joe Flaherty

148. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons who have applied for and are awaiting their driver theory test by county (details supplied); and the number waiting at 31 December 2019, 31 March 2020, 30 June 2020, 30 September 2020 and 31 December 2020, by county in tabular form. [4094/21]

Driver Test

Joe Flaherty

149. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport the waiting times for each county for the driver theory test from 31 December 2019 to end December 2020 by month. [4095/21]

Driver Test

Joe Flaherty

150. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport his plans to address the growing numbers of persons who are awaiting their driver theory test (details supplied). [4096/21]

Company Registration

Joe Flaherty

3. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will engage with the Companies Registration Office, CRO, to resolve the issue of levying late fees to the original date for filing despite providing leeway for companies to file up until October 2020 (details supplied). [3036/21]

Local Improvement Scheme

Joe Flaherty

49. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that will be provided in counties Longford and Westmeath under the local improvement scheme in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43609/20]

National Broadband Plan

Joe Flaherty

67. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the establishment of a network of broadband connection points in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43608/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Joe Flaherty

140. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Longford and Westmeath that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43806/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Joe Flaherty

153. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Longford and Westmeath that have received support under the restart grant and the restart grant plus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43805/20]

Arts and Culture Capital Scheme

Joe Flaherty

322. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when her Department will issue decisions in respect of applications under strand B of the cultural capital scheme 2020 (details supplied). [44335/20]

Housing Adaptation Grant

Joe Flaherty

341. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will direct local authorities to re-examine applications for housing grants for the elderly and disabled which were not possible to process due to the Covid-19 pandemic and reduced access to local authority offices (details supplied). [44337/20]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Joe Flaherty

456. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the contract will be extended for the resource worker appointed to work with the 18 families recently resettled (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44347/20]