Parliamentary questions

Hospital Data

Michael McNamara

802. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the number of surgeries taking place weekly at Temple Street Children’s University Hospital given that a child (details supplied) who is waiting for emergency surgery has had their surgery cancelled twice now since last May; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36813/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

879. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if fogging is being used as a solution to Covid-19 in schools notwithstanding the WHO advice against this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36230/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael McNamara

894. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36768/20]

Home Care Packages

Michael McNamara

318. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive extra urgent home care hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35829/20]

Foras na Gaeilge

Michael McNamara

85. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she will take to inform Foras na Gaeilge that the additional funding allocated in budget 2020 should be used to provide a yearly total of €55,000 to each new scéim pobal Gaeilge and that no reduction in funding should occur for any scéim pobal Gaeilge situated in an Irish network town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35532/20]

Irish Water

Michael McNamara

103. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Irish Water’s leakage reduction programme in Dublin city will be accelerated in the coming weeks in circumstances in which reduced current economic activity will result in less economic reduction than heretofore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35662/20]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

142. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 13 October 2020, if school transport will be provided to persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35701/20]

Garda Investigations

Michael McNamara

190. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has received a report of the inquiry into the adequacy of the Garda Síochána investigations and disciplinary inquiries that took place between 1984 and 1986 following the death of Patrick Nugent (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35660/20]

Driver Test

Michael McNamara

276. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a driver theory test (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35184/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael McNamara

316. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Covid restrictions support scheme for sole traders and on-course bookmakers in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34913/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

358. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if persons with special needs could be allowed access to outdoor sporting facilities; if tennis, handball, basketball and golf will be deemed an essential service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35230/20]

DEIS Scheme

Michael McNamara

424. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education the way in which the planned investment of €5 million in Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, or DEIS schools, will be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34603/20]

DEIS Scheme

Michael McNamara

425. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education the additional resources, including staffing allocated, to all DEIS Band 1 schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34604/20]

DEIS Scheme

Michael McNamara

426. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education the reason for the decision to extend the planned class size reductions to DEIS Band 1 senior schools only, and not DEIS Band 1 junior and vertical schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34605/20]

Disability Allowance

Michael McNamara

499. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on a disability allowance appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34739/20]

Vaccination Programme

Michael McNamara

659. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if there is a national shortage of the flu vaccination for adults in general practitioner practices; if there is an issue on reordering the vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34563/20]

Nursing Staff

Michael McNamara

670. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the reason the payment of salaries to student nurses as healthcare assistants has ceased; his plans for the reinstatement of the payment for student nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34642/20]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Michael McNamara

714. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an urgent appointment for emergency hip surgery in Croom Orthopaedic Hospital, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34894/20]

Passport Services

Michael McNamara

134. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will continue to process passport applications during the current lockdown given that the right to enter and leave the State of which one is a citizen is a basic human right and Ireland has not declared, formally at least, declared a state of emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34222/20]

Visa Applications

Michael McNamara

188. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has ceased processing visa applications in respect of non-national family members of persons lawfully resident in, or citizens of, Ireland who have a human right to maintain family unity during the current lockdown and ongoing restrictions since April 2020, given that the right to family life is a basic human right and Ireland has not, formally at least, declared a state of emergency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34223/20]

Health Insurance

Michael McNamara

199. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if there are exemptions for the lifetime community rating for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34497/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

207. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if persons can exercise by hunting within 5km of their homes under SI No. 448 of 2020 Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 8) Regulations 2020 given that the pheasant hunting season opened on 1 November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34226/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

91. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the provisions in place to guarantee parliamentary oversight of existing and future regulations made pursuant to the Health Act 1947, as amended, in the event that the emergency provisions contained therein are extended beyond 9 November 2020. [32284/20]

Energy Policy

Michael McNamara

269. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if the Shannon LNG has been withdrawn from the Projects of Common Interest List; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33313/20]

Fáilte Ireland

Michael McNamara

520. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive the restart grant for non-registered bed and breakfasts from Fáilte Ireland. [32387/20]

Fáilte Ireland

Michael McNamara

521. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the restart grant plus for bed and breakfast establishments will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32388/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael McNamara

526. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will suspend the reimposed BAI levy which averages at €2,500 per month for a local radio station (details supplied); if she will consider providing the reintroduction of another BAI Sound and Vision scheme to support Covid-19 related programming on the station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32579/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

649. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if an exemption can be made for a two-year working holiday authorisation for a person (details supplied) in County Clare due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32292/20]

Community Employment Schemes

Michael McNamara

834. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) on a community employment scheme that is due to expire on 23 October 2020 could have their term extended due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32332/20]

Household Benefits Scheme

Michael McNamara

836. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will change the policy on the household budget scheme, which may suit local authorities and housing bodies but, unfortunately, excludes approved housing bodies that may have fewer tenancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32336/20]

Jobseeker's Allowance

Michael McNamara

837. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be entitled to a higher weekly rate of jobseeker’s allowance rather than the current rate, which has been payable since 1 October 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32366/20]

Death Certificates

Michael McNamara

1042. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice if she will expedite the details on the cause of death for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32701/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

1160. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the provisions which prohibit the holding of public mass with a congregation in attendance in SI No. 413 of 202; if, in the event such a provision is in the statutory instrument, he will set out the exact provision or sections which prohibits or prevents the holding of public masses with a congregation in attendance; the legal basis for such a provision having regard to Article 44.2.1 of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32460/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

1161. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if the National Framework for Living with Covid-19 has a basis in statute or regulation or if it is purely advisory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32461/20]

Self-Harm Prevention

Michael McNamara

1227. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if staff of the national self harm registry will be classified as essential workers in this lockdown, which they were not during the last lockdown resulting in the inability to collect and collate data to date pertaining to the last lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32721/20]

Suicide Incidence

Michael McNamara

1228. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if the period during the last lockdown and the period of the current lockdown will be prioritised in the way in which data pertaining to suicide is collected, collated and disseminated by the CSO or other State agency; if his Department has data on suicides pertaining to the last lockdown at its disposal; if so, if he will share any such data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32722/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

1355. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33342/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

1381. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied at the modelling carried out by NPHET in circumstances in which it is predicted in its letter of 15 October 2020, recommending a move to level 5, that 1,800 to 2,500 detected cases per day would be notified by 31 October 2020, there has been a downward trend in detected cases since then and members of NPHET consistently point to a time lag between measures taken to prevent the spread and its impact on detected cases. [33436/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

1382. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that SI 448 of 2020, in particular regulation 5(2)(r) thereof, is compatible with the EU treaties and a European Council recommendation on a co-ordinated approach to the restriction of free movement in response to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33437/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael McNamara

1580. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1481 of 8 September 2020, the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32520/20]

Garda Misconduct Allegations

Michael McNamara

3. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice when she will publish the report of Mr. Justice Clyde pursuant to the section 42 inquiry into the death of Patrick Nugent; and her views on the inordinate and inexplicable delay in publishing the report. [32286/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael McNamara

53. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Finance if travel agents qualify for the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31847/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

72. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a group of musicians can continue to do an online session from home in circumstances in which it is their sole income in view of the fact it has been indicated that tradesmen can continue to work in private homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31798/20]

Arts Funding

Michael McNamara

78. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding that has been allocated for dance schools following the announcement of Budget 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31871/20]

Disability Allowance

Michael McNamara

161. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection when payment will be reinstated for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31964/20]

Driver Test

Michael McNamara

153. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated for a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30935/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael McNamara

818. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1481 of 8 September 2020, the status of an appeal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30944/20]

Driver Licences

Michael McNamara

110. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated for an earlier appointment to renew a driver licence for work purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30455/20]

Driver Test

Michael McNamara

115. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport if a driver test will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30521/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael McNamara

119. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy scheme will be increased to the same level as the temporary wage subsidy scheme that was in effect up to 1 September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30383/20]