Parliamentary questions

National Educational Psychological Service

Pa Daly

704. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in County Kerry awaiting an appointment with a National Educational Psychological Service psychologist; the number waiting less than 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20602/20]

School Funding

Pa Daly

710. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that will be allocated to schools in County Kerry in order to provide the necessary equipment and resources to reopen in September 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20726/20]

Enterprise Support Services

Pa Daly

773. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received for the enterprise support grant from businesses in County Kerry; the number that have been successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20846/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pa Daly

1268. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Covid-19 tracker application can only be used by Irish residents with an Irish credit card on the app store despite the fact that the application does not cost money to download or use; if he will consider having the software developers amend this limitation to ensure visitors to Ireland can be required to use the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20386/20]

Dental Services

Pa Daly

1333. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in County Kerry; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20584/20]

Dental Services

Pa Daly

1334. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the orthodontic waiting lists in County Kerry; the average waiting times for appointments; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20585/20]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

1335. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in County Kerry; the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20586/20]

Home Care Packages

Pa Daly

1336. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are waiting for home care support in County Kerry; the total number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in County Kerry; the average number of hours granted to each successful applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20587/20]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pa Daly

1337. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a colonoscopy in University Hospital Kerry; the number waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 and more than 90 days, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20588/20]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pa Daly

1338. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an endoscopy in University Hospital Kerry; the number waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 and more than 90 days, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20589/20]

Hospital Staff

Pa Daly

1339. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at University Hospital Kerry; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time of each vacancy in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20590/20]

Disability Services Data

Pa Daly

1340. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in counties Cork and Kerry; the number waiting less than three, three to six, six to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively, tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20591/20]

Speech and Language Therapy

Pa Daly

1341. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a speech and language appointment in counties Cork and Kerry; the number waiting less than three, three to six, six to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively, tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20592/20]

Occupational Therapy

Pa Daly

1342. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an occupational therapy appointment in counties Cork and Kerry; the number waiting less than three, three to six, six to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively, tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20593/20]

Respite Care Services

Pa Daly

1343. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in County Kerry over each of the past 12 months; the number provided in each month since March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20595/20]

Disability Services Data

Pa Daly

1344. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of day care centres in County Kerry that have now reopened; the number that will be reopened by September 2020; the number that will not be in a position to reopen by September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20596/20]

Disability Services Data

Pa Daly

1345. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of day care centres for persons with intellectual disabilities in County Kerry that have submitted applications for funding in order to reopen; the amount required; the amount allocated to date by his Department; the amount that will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20597/20]

Ophthalmology Services

Pa Daly

1346. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in County Kerry; the average waiting time for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20598/20]

Disability Services Data

Pa Daly

1347. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Kerry awaiting an appointment for early intervention by therapy; the number that are waiting less than six, six to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20599/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Pa Daly

34. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated number of workers that are ineligible for the pandemic unemployment payment and the wage subsidy payments but that have had at least 156 weeks of PRSI contributions since they first started working. [19021/20]

Jobseeker's Benefit

Pa Daly

49. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants for jobseeker’s benefit in 2020 that were ruled ineligible for not having had either 39 weeks of contributions in the past year or 26 weeks in each of the two proceeding years but that did have 156 weeks of contributions since they first started working. [19022/20]

Foreign Conflicts

Pa Daly

171. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the escalating conflict on the Armenia and Azerbaijan border; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19372/20]

Aviation Industry

Pa Daly

123. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate whether passengers were transferred between an aircraft (details supplied) in Dublin airport on 26 June 2020 in which the aircraft originated as a flight in Washington DC, landed in Dublin and originated another flight between Dublin and Benghazi, Libya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18309/20]

Greenways Provision

Pa Daly

152. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the cost of re-routing 800 metres of the Great Southern Trail Greenway at Coolybrown, Ardagh, County Limerick (details supplied). [18297/20]

Rail Network

Pa Daly

153. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate whether the stipulations that the disused railway corridor from Limerick to Tralee be protected from encroachments was undermined by the granting of permission (details supplied). [18298/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pa Daly

590. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many pensioners and elderly persons are incurring significant expense on masks and sanitiser resulting in significant hardship; the steps she will take to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18270/20]

Maternity Services

Pa Daly

1023. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many mothers nationwide have to attend pre-natal appointments without their birth partner (details supplied); if the potential will be investigated for a consistent pre-natal and birth partner protocol in all hospitals to mirror those in place in the Rotunda Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18718/20]

Housing Data

Pa Daly

22. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the delays experienced by Rebuilding Ireland projects in the Kerry local authority area due to the Covid-19 pandemic. [17498/20]

Residential Tenancies Board

Pa Daly

52. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason the estimated spend on the Residential Tenancies Board has decreased from €12.4 million to €9.9 million in the Revised Estimates. [17499/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pa Daly

55. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contingency planning that has taken place within her Department with respect to the arts, music and entertainment industry having to function with an indefinite period of social distancing and limits on audience numbers, particularly in relation to the logistics of concerts, plays and other live performances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16594/20]

Office of the Attorney General

Pa Daly

51. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach the discretionary allowances provided to the Attorney General for staffing; the cost of such allowances; the number of staff who were employed by the previous Attorney General using such allowances; and if staff have been hired using such allowances by the incoming Attorney General. [17261/20]

Office of the Ombudsman

Pa Daly

218. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of the Ombudsman establishing an independent complaints process for the Prison Service. [16764/20]

Courts Service

Pa Daly

583. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the works envisioned as being carried out under the capital expenditure budget for the Courts Service in the revised estimates; and if the division between renovation or extension works and new builds for courthouses will be included. [16762/20]

Prison Facilities

Pa Daly

584. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of providing in-cell sanitation or other arrangements to cease the practice of slopping out to each prisoner within Portlaoise prison. [16763/20]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Pa Daly

585. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the costing estimates that have been carried out with respect to the implementation of the optional protocol of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [16765/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pa Daly

632. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Covid-19 tracker application can only be used by residents here with an Irish credit card on store; if he will consider amending this to ensure visitors to Ireland can be required to use the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16647/20]

Credit Unions

Pa Daly

26. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance his views on the crisis many credit unions are facing in terms of increased regulation, levy charges, large restrictions on lending and onerous capital requirements; his plans for new legislation governing the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16245/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pa Daly

281. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding seasonal employers who have requested inclusion in the temporary wage subsidy scheme but who have been denied due to the fact their businesses were not operational by the cut-off date of 29 February 2020. [15998/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pa Daly

307. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance the reason the temporary wage subsidy scheme cannot be amended to allow those seasonal businesses that were not yet fully operational on 29 February 2020, but which would have been fully operational since March or April 2020, to avail of the scheme in order that they can return to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15408/20]

Commercial Property

Pa Daly

384. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the action and steps he will take regarding commercial premises in town centres in circumstances in which the owners are refusing to lease or sell the premises, yet continue to avail of rate reductions, negatively impacting surrounding businesses. [15999/20]

Road Traffic Offences

Pa Daly

938. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers stopped and reported for driving without insurance, tax, an up to date NCT and speeding on roads in County Kerry in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of instances in which fines were issued in tabular form. [15393/20]

Ambulance Service

Pa Daly

1149. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the ambulance coverage by county and main towns within each county in tabular form. [15390/20]

Direct Provision System

Pa Daly

627. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria applied to Garda vetting for direct provision centres in view of the fact that friends of some residents have been denied access to centres due to the lack of Garda vetting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14214/20]

Court Procedures

Pa Daly

628. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if additional funding will be provided to ensure that swearing in of juries can be conducted while adhering to public health Covid-19 guidelines. [14215/20]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pa Daly

785. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to expedite overdue spinal surgery for a child (details supplied). [14211/20]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Pa Daly

57. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance if the temporary wage subsidy scheme will be extended for seasonal workers and employers that did not have staff in employment during January, February or early March 2020 but would have had full staffing at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13265/20]

Direct Provision System

Pa Daly

330. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the newly appointed manager in a direct provision centre (details supplied) has been appropriately vetted by An Garda Síochána and undertaken the requisite training before assuming the position. [13607/20]

Dental Services

Pa Daly

372. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if an order tracking history (details supplied) associated with a PPE order will be provided; and when the order will be completed [12689/20]

Hospital Transfers

Pa Daly

494. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if the contract previously awarded to a company (details supplied) for transfers at University Hospital Kerry considered a request by hospital management to select a specific third party due to the complex nature of transferring dialysis patients. [13247/20]

National Broadband Plan

Pa Daly

628. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to plans to complete the roll out of fibre broadband in the Rathmore area of County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13267/20]