Parliamentary questions

Vehicle Registration Tax

Marian Harkin

85. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 25 May 2021, if he will clarify the section or subsection of the Finance Act 2001 that grants the Revenue Commissioners the power under section 144(2) to impose a penalty, and the section or subsection of the Finance Act 2001 specifies the amount, limit, and or method for the calculation of such penalty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35229/21]

Health Services

Marian Harkin

198. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to reduce the waiting lists for speech and language services, CAMHS, physiotherapy and occupational therapy in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the plans in place to address the vacancy rates for these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27074/21]

Departmental Functions

Marian Harkin

84. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the role his Department has in the provision of public street lighting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34662/21]

Travel Trade Sector

Marian Harkin

112. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport the extra supports being put in place to assist travel agents due to restrictions on international travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34563/21]

Regional Airports

Marian Harkin

119. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the request from Sligo Airport for financial support to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34663/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marian Harkin

151. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance if the Covid restrictions support scheme will be extended to quarter 1 of 2022 for travel agents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34564/21]

School Transport

Marian Harkin

336. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education if siblings of children with special needs that avail of school transport can also travel on the same bus to the same school provided that there is space available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34565/21]

National Maternity Hospital

Marian Harkin

488. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if the proposed national maternity hospital will be in public ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26701/21]

Planning Issues

Marian Harkin

53. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will issue guidelines to An Bord Pleanála as a matter of urgency to have regard to the policy against the importation of fracked gas published on 18 May 2021. [33775/21]

Dental Services

Marian Harkin

279. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to deal with orthodontic waiting lists in CHO1 given that current waiting lists are three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26080/21]

Dental Services

Marian Harkin

280. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number on orthodontic waiting lists in CHO1 in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; the average time from assessment to treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26081/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Marian Harkin

579. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their vaccination; the reason for the delay; the timeframe for vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25683/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Marian Harkin

464. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason outdoor swimming classes are prohibited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30982/21]

Arts Policy

Marian Harkin

465. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there is a timeline in place for the introduction of the pilot universal basic income for the arts and culture industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30983/21]

Climate Change Policy

Marian Harkin

221. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the sector to which the carbon credits gained as a result of the rewetting of bogs and management of peatlands will be attributed; when this decision will be made; the reasoning that will be used to reach this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30338/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Marian Harkin

136. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education the reason post-primary schools were directed to close for summer break on 28 May 2021 given the time already lost by students since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30007/21]

Legislative Programme

Marian Harkin

307. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the call for critical changes to the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2019 to include the naming and establishing of an online safety commissioner and amending the Bill to include an individual complaints’ mechanism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29732/21]

Legislative Process

Marian Harkin

45. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. [28657/21]

Carer's Leave

Marian Harkin

87. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider extending carer’s leave as a result of Covid-19. [28655/21]

United Nations

Marian Harkin

91. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the ratification of the optional protocol under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [28656/21]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Marian Harkin

204. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance the section or subsection of the Finance Act 2001 that grants the Revenue Commissioners VRT enforcement officers the power to offer and accept payment of a compromise penalty when the Revenue Commissioners have not received a notice of claim as specified by section 144(3)(a) of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28181/21]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Marian Harkin

205. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance the number of VRT warnings, detentions, seizures and compromise penalties in each of the years 2015 to 2020, in tabular form as outlined under sections 141, 144 (3)(a) and 153 of the Finance Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28182/21]

Housing Policy

Marian Harkin

239. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is a specific plan to tackle family homelessness in the forthcoming Housing for All strategy; if the key issues and suggestions made in a strategy by an organisation (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28410/21]

Waterways Issues

Marian Harkin

288. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to extend the Shannon–Erne waterway to the Erne estuary-Atlantic coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28036/21]

Disability Services

Marian Harkin

434. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the disability capacity review and the report by a company (details supplied) on the cost of disability will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27910/21]

Fishing Industry

Marian Harkin

563. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the decision to weigh fish at the location they have been landed will be reconsidered given there are no facilities available to carry out same (details supplied); if his officials will discuss the matter with the fishing industry in order to find a workable solution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28233/21]

EU Funding

Marian Harkin

5. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the proposed reduction to farmers' entitlement values to create the EU eco-schemes fund will be subject to internal convergence. [26984/21]

Technological Universities

Marian Harkin

119. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the most up-to-date information on the Connacht Ulster Alliance technological university application. [26953/21]

Adult Education Provision

Marian Harkin

124. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to deal with the ongoing issues relating to pay and conditions of adult literacy tutors; and when nationally agreed if full-time contracts with incremental salary scale will be in place for these tutors following a recent Labour Court recommendation. [26954/21]

Rail Network

Marian Harkin

71. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport the reason the Sligo rail freight yard is to let when the strategic rail review of the network has yet to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26704/21]

State Aid

Marian Harkin

91. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance if EU state aid approval for changes to the research and development regime in section 25 of Finance Act 2019 to better support the Irish SME sector has been granted; if State aid approval has issued; when he expects that he will make the order to give effect to the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26702/21]

State Aid

Marian Harkin

92. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance if EU state aid approval for changes to the key employee engagement programme in section 11 of Finance Act 2019 to better support the Irish SME sector has been granted; if State aid approval has issued; when he expects that he will make the order to give effect to the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26703/21]

EU Directives

Marian Harkin

183. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a regulatory body is in place to ensure the enforcement of the late payments directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26481/21]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Marian Harkin

623. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the process in place to recoup payments made in error by SUSI; if there is flexibility in regard to the timeframe for appealing decisions in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26480/21]

Citizenship Ceremonies

Marian Harkin

659. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Justice when the next citizenship ceremony statutory declaration process will take place; if a person (details supplied) will be granted citizenship during that process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26090/21]

Special Educational Needs

Marian Harkin

100. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education the plans in place to ensure delivery of the July provision for 2021. [24286/21]

School Staff

Marian Harkin

141. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education the steps school principals should take in cases in which there are no substitute teachers available through a school’s own panel of regular substitutes or sub seeker facility given many schools cannot avail of the substitute teacher supply panel due to the fact they are not included on the panel and in cases in which no non-mainstream teachers are available to cover absences. [24285/21]

Vaccination Programme

Marian Harkin

440. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when pharmacists will be utilised as vaccinators as part of the national vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25305/21]

School Staff

Marian Harkin

157. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education the schools in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Donegal that can access substitute teachers specifically through one of the 115 substitute teacher supply panels; the percentage of schools that cannot access the substitute teacher supply panels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24829/21]

Departmental Data

Marian Harkin

240. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health the number on waiting lists for access to CAMHS in each of the years 2015 to 2020, in tabular form; the waiting times involved to access these appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24830/21]

Aviation Industry

Marian Harkin

206. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport when Sligo Airport will be reimbursed for mandated safety works carried out in 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24508/21]

Departmental Programmes

Marian Harkin

512. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education if she will consider CHO1 as one of the pilot areas to be included in the extension of the pilot of the school Inclusion model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24536/21]

Departmental Programmes

Marian Harkin

513. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education the timeframe for the publication of the evaluation report of the pilot of the school inclusion model undertaken in CHO7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24537/21]

Dental Services

Marian Harkin

203. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an orthodontic appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23440/21]

Bus Éireann

Marian Harkin

166. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport the reason Bus Éireann buses are not wheelchair accessible on the Galway to Sligo and Sligo to Galway bus route; when disabled passengers can expect to be in a position to use these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22627/21]

Vaccination Programme

Marian Harkin

636. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he is considering exemption from mandatory hotel quarantining for those fully vaccinated with a vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23175/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marian Harkin

2. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider a once-off grant payment to the hair and beauty sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22416/21]

Air Pollution

Marian Harkin

11. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he will announce the outcome of the consultation and amendments that will be implemented along with timeframes for implementing changes to new solid fuel regulations for Ireland now that the public consultation on the development has ended on 2 April 2021; the date submissions made to the public consultation will be made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22455/21]

Value Added Tax

Marian Harkin

28. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance if there are plans to make the 9% VAT rate permanent for the hair and beauty sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22414/21]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Marian Harkin

29. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the employment wage subsidy scheme until at least the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22415/21]