Parliamentary questions

Vaccination Programme

Verona Murphy

467. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will communicate a definitive guideline as to the stage of the Covid-19 vaccine allocation programme that home carers for the elderly and persons with disabilities will be offered the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2247/21]

Vaccination Programme

Verona Murphy

468. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will communicate a definitive guideline as to the stage of the Covid-19 vaccine allocation programme that dental nurses working in private practice will be offered the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2248/21]

Domiciliary Care Allowance

Verona Murphy

226. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the consideration that has been made to realign the age category for domiciliary care allowance from 16 to 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43989/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Verona Murphy

245. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the guidelines being made to allow the completion of the present underage elite football season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43295/20]

Long-Term Illness Scheme

Verona Murphy

571. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to including bipolar disorder among the diseases and disabilities covered by the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43293/20]

Mental Health Services

Verona Murphy

80. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that mental health is part of universal health coverage by including care for mental, neurological and substance use disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42358/20]

Health Services Staff

Verona Murphy

540. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the status of pay restoration for all section 39 organisations as per the Workplace Relations Commission agreement reached in October 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41716/20]

Community Employment Schemes

Verona Murphy

51. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if provision will be made for an occupational pension for community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26427/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Verona Murphy

112. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 11 November 2020, if he will publish the circular or detailed official guidance setting out the arrangements governing travel for officeholders and officials who travel overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39787/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Verona Murphy

135. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports in place to support second line supply businesses such as fish suppliers, florists and other food producers whose businesses have been decimated by level 5 closures and do not qualify for the CRSS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40174/20]

Renewable Energy Generation

Verona Murphy

153. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has considered the introduction of a grant scheme for renewable energy systems for new builds, similar to the existing Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, grants available for existing households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39796/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Verona Murphy

224. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the appeals process for exclusion or refusal on eligibility criteria from the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40109/20]

Homeless Accommodation

Verona Murphy

598. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the provisions being made in County Wexford to provide a women’s homeless shelter for single females with the purpose of providing services similar to the men’s hostel in Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40108/20]

School Transport

Verona Murphy

506. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education the reason for the ongoing delay in payments of the special transport grant; when outstanding payments for the July provision and outstanding payments for term 1 of the 2020-2021 school year are expected to be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38461/20]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Verona Murphy

670. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason for the delays many persons are experiencing between apprentice phases resulting in four year apprenticeships taking in excess of five years to complete in many instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38439/20]

Health Services Staff

Verona Murphy

868. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of contact tracers recruited since the start of level 5 restrictions in October 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38434/20]

Health Services Staff

Verona Murphy

869. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of contact tracers presently operating within the Covid-19 test and trace system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38435/20]

Hospital Facilities

Verona Murphy

870. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of additional intensive care beds secured since the start of level 5 restrictions in October 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38436/20]

Autism Support Services

Verona Murphy

871. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of autism spectrum disorder assessment appointments which have been carried out since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38437/20]

Autism Support Services

Verona Murphy

872. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on the autism disorder assessment waiting list in County Wexford; the average length of time for a patient to wait for an assessment appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38438/20]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Verona Murphy

173. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the NPWS for the past number of years has published the details of the released locations of hares on their website contrary to a press release issued by his Department on 12 November 2020; if his attention has been further drawn to the distress which the subsequent illegal hunting causes to farmers, livestock and bloodstock; if the NPWS will be instructed not to publish such details in future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37742/20]

Medicinal Products

Verona Murphy

339. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the availability in Ireland of a drug named Dupilumab which has been life-changing for many persons living with severe atopic eczema; when the drug is expected to be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37741/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Verona Murphy

284. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the reason the eligibility criteria for the Covid restrictions support scheme do not extend to secondary supply businesses such as fish suppliers, florists and food producers whose businesses have been decimated by the level 5 closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37017/20]

School Accommodation

Verona Murphy

550. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education the secondary school places available by school in each local electoral area in County Wexford in tabular form. [37019/20]

Early Years Sector

Verona Murphy

604. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the provisions being made to provide early years education workers with an hourly rate equivalent to the living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37020/20]

Early Years Sector

Verona Murphy

605. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the provisions being made to provide a sick pay scheme to early years education workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37021/20]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

848. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists who have dropped out of the dental treatment services scheme during 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37022/20]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

849. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists by local electoral area in County Wexford at present contracted to provide dental services under the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37023/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Verona Murphy

16. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his plans to test passengers for Covid-19 at airports and ports; when Ireland will adopt the EU traffic light system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35760/20]

Driver Licences

Verona Murphy

53. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if her Department will introduce a system of online licence renewal, in particular for commercial drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35759/20]

Driver Test

Verona Murphy

56. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider conducting commercial driver certificate of professional competency, CPC, courses online similar to those provided in other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35757/20]

Driver Test

Verona Murphy

61. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider providing the driver theory test online, similar to that provided in other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35758/20]

Rail Network

Verona Murphy

92. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the reason for the ongoing maintenance, such as weed spraying, upkeep and so on, of the currently disused Rosslare Strand-to-Waterford railway line; if his Department will agree with Iarnród Éireann to continue to maintain the line on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35761/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Verona Murphy

124. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the supports that have been put in place for travel agents in view of the decimation of travel and tourism due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27365/20]

Ports Facilities

Verona Murphy

125. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered a proposal to make Rosslare Europort a freeport as part of preparations for Brexit. [28438/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Verona Murphy

31. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Taoiseach the quarantine rules that apply to members of the Government and officials on returning from attending events abroad; if all members of delegations returning from such visits are automatically tested for Covid-19 on arrival; the applicable period of self-isolation that applies; the processes for ensuring compliance with the relevant rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35733/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Verona Murphy

92. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason a large number of teams in the all-Ireland intermediate and premier junior camogie championships, including Wexford, have been removed from their competitions while other teams playing in the same grade are allowed to continue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35737/20]

Wildlife Regulations

Verona Murphy

93. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there has been no change to the open season period for cock pheasant hunting in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35732/20]

Legislative Programme

Verona Murphy

193. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the timescale for the implementation of the family courts Bill announced on 30 September 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35735/20]

Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports

Verona Murphy

194. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Justice when the recommendations of the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on the reform of the family law system, published on 25 October 2019, will be considered and implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35736/20]

Departmental Budgets

Verona Murphy

239. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the disabilities sector budget; the percentage of the budget that will be allocated specifically to transport for service users within the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35738/20]

Animal Diseases

Verona Murphy

258. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his position on all outstanding issues with compensation and wildlife measures in respect of the tuberculosis strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35734/20]

LEADER Programmes

Verona Murphy

3. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the LEADER funding programme; if there are plans for this programme to be extended to 2021 and beyond; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34472/20]

Town and Village Renewal Scheme

Verona Murphy

343. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the town and village renewal scheme funding programme; if there are plans for this programme to be extended to 2021 and beyond; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34475/20]

Community Intervention Teams

Verona Murphy

157. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the progress made on the provision for community intervention team services for County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34135/20]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Verona Murphy

158. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current status of the recruitment of a child psychologist to the CAMHS unit in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34136/20]

Fishing Licences

Verona Murphy

242. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications when historic salmon fishing angling licences will be restored to all fishing areas with particular reference to Ballyhack Estuary, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33932/20]

Fishing Industry

Verona Murphy

1566. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to safeguard the Irish fishing industry in the context of Brexit; the contingency plans in place to support the sector in the event of no EU-UK agreement being reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33928/20]

Tuberculosis Incidence

Verona Murphy

1567. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of herds which have TB restrictions placed on them; if his Department can remove restrictions on herds more quickly after testing negative subsequently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33929/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Verona Murphy

1568. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process by which the hand-sanitiser ViraPro received PCS certification; if the product was tested by his Department before certification was issued; if replacement products have since received certification from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33930/20]