Parliamentary questions

Health Services Staff

Pearse Doherty

192. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if there is a funding mechanism for healthcare assistants currently employed by the HSE for emergency medical technician courses run by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59294/21]

National Broadband Plan

Pearse Doherty

154. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when fibre broadband will be available to a household (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58290/21]

Driver Test

Pearse Doherty

172. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if social care workers are classified as critical frontline workers for driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58264/21]

Driver Test

Pearse Doherty

173. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of critical frontline worker categories recognised for driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58265/21]

Driver Test

Pearse Doherty

176. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a person (details supplied) can avail of an emergency driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58340/21]

Insurance Industry

Pearse Doherty

200. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the body that is responsible for enforcing section 5(2)(F14) of the Equal Status Act 2000; the person with the responsibility to ensure that insurers are not discriminating on the grounds of disability except in instances in which that disability actually results in greater insurance risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58444/21]

Special Educational Needs

Pearse Doherty

370. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education when a SENO report for a child (details supplied) will be sent to a school in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59137/21]

Visa Applications

Pearse Doherty

475. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice if a visa application for a person (details supplied) can be expedited on medical emergency grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58393/21]

Personal Injury Claims

Pearse Doherty

141. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice if she will report on the operation of the personal injuries guidelines under the Judicial Council Act 2019; if she will consider legislative changes to monitor the passing on of benefits to consumers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57917/21]

Legislative Measures

Pearse Doherty

151. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice if proposals have been made to Government to change the Occupiers Liability Act 1995 and Civil Liability Act 2002 in order to reform the duty of care and increase protections for consumers, business, sporting clubs and community groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57916/21]

Bus Services

Pearse Doherty

216. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if an additional bus stop in Bridgetown will be considered on the current Ballyshannon to Donegal town Local Link route in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58084/21]

Bus Services

Pearse Doherty

217. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a Local Link route between Frosses and Glenties in County Donegal will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58085/21]

Hospital Services

Pearse Doherty

334. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of days per week a radiology service is available at Donegal Community Hospital; if there are plans to increase capacity in this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58083/21]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

68. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 78 of 10 November 2021 and 172 of 18 November 2021, the projected revenue raised from legislated increases in the carbon tax in each year from 2021 to 2030 relative to the rate of €26 per tonne in 2020, in accordance with the emissions targets within the Climate Action Plan, of emissions reductions of 51% relative to 2018 levels such as the revenue raised from the new rate of carbon tax in 2026 relative to a rate of €26 per tonne, reflecting the emissions targets set out in the Climate Action Plan to 2026. [57960/21]

Special Educational Needs

Pearse Doherty

99. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the number of applications received for SNA support in County Donegal in 2021; the number of successful and unsuccessful applications, respectively in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57845/21]

Departmental Data

Pearse Doherty

100. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the criteria currently governing the retention of teachers at primary level; the number of schools which closed in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021 as a result of the loss of a teacher in tabular form; the corresponding counties in which such closures took place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57846/21]

Air Services

Pearse Doherty

221. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if there is an onus on the airline (details supplied) to provide alternative ground transport arrangements to passengers travelling from Donegal to Dublin in circumstances in which the flight is cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57365/21]

Bus Éireann

Pearse Doherty

226. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the reason the route 30 Bus Éireann 1 a.m. service from Donegal town to Dublin was cancelled on 15 November 2021; the operational issues which led to this cancellation; the back-up and-or preventative measures that were in place in case of such operational issues arising; the steps that were taken by Bus Éireann to avoid the cancellation; the time at which the attention of Bus Éireann was drawn to the need to cancel the service; the time at which Bus Éireann informed passengers of the cancellation of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57537/21]

Driver Licences

Pearse Doherty

227. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport when a response will issue to representations made on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57619/21]

Passport Services

Pearse Doherty

313. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a foreign birth registration will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57089/21]