Parliamentary questions

Medical Cards

Richard Boyd Barrett

372. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the changes to income limits for medical card applications in budget 2020 have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42808/20]

Health Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

439. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the National Gender Service recognises the WHO’s latest position on transgender persons that it has stopped classifying transgender persons as having a mental disorder since 25 May 2019; the locations of the HSE or National Gender Service clinics; the length of the waiting lists to attend; the number of persons on waiting lists for transgender services; if adult patients are asked to bring parents; the persons approved to attend with a minor; if transgender services are offered solely on a public basis; if there are private services available; if so, if they are they covered by private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42765/20]

Medicinal Products

Richard Boyd Barrett

452. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when dupilumab for persons with eczema will be made available in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42807/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with the economy last met. [40487/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport last met. [42005/20]

Health Services Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

214. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of the eight different public health regions across the country; the number of staff in each region; the grades of these staff; the details of vacancies; the grade of each vacancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42381/20]

HSE Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

215. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if a lead public health clinician is employed by the HSE; if not, if the position will be filled; the reason for not filling same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42382/20]

Vaccination Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

216. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if there is a vaccination database in Ireland; if so, the vaccines it covers; the department of the HSE responsible for this database; if this database will be used for the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42383/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

217. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the way in which the Limerick contact tracing centre is run; the persons in charge of the centre; the credentials of the persons; if they are employees of the HSE; the details of the clinical lead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42384/20]

HSE Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

218. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the person that is the clinical lead for the Health Protection Surveillance Centre; the responsibilities of the body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42385/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [41632/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the engagements he has had with the First and deputy First Ministers of Northern Ireland in relation to lifting Covid-19 restrictions. [41633/20]

Programme for Government

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he plans to publish a review of the progress made in implementing the programme for Government. [41634/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

103. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the Work Safely Protocol issued on 20 November 2020 are implemented with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied) in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42600/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

122. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the Work Safely Protocol issued on 20 November 2020 are implemented with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied) in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42601/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

162. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the Work Safely Protocol issued on 20 November 2020 are implemented with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied) in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42598/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

202. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the work safely protocol issued 20 November 2020 are implemented with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied) in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42602/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

213. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the work safely protocol issued 20 November 2020, are implemented with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied) in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41775/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

254. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the Department person, company or body to be responsible for working with purpose-built venues and theatres on their plans to reopen in levels 1 and 2 safely, as per the Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with Covid-19; when this person, company body or Department responsible will be hired and-or announced; the date by which they are to begin to work with purpose-built live venues and theatres to prepare to work towards reopening in 2021 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41742/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

255. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the date from which she is starting to accept applications for the €50 million announced in the budget to support the non-State funded live entertainment and events sector given that this is the only funding available to SMEs and sole traders that cannot receive the CRSS; if it will be launched in time to award funding from January or February 2021 to save businesses in the sector from closing permanently due to no targeted funds and no revenue since March 2020 because of the mandated shutdown; if it will award funding in time to allow larger-scale outdoor concerts and events in spring and-or summer 2021 to know now if they can access this fund to help with likely increased costs and reduced capacity (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41743/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

256. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason further information on the announced €50 million package for the commercial arts sector, which was broadly welcomed as part of budget 2021, has not been released (details supplied). [41744/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

261. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the work safely protocol issued 20 November 2020 are implemented with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied) in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42608/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

299. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the work safely protocol issued on 20 November 2020, are implemented with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied) in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42605/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

311. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the Work Safely Protocol issued on 20 November 2020 are implemented with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied) in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42603/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

370. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the Work Safely Protocol issued on 20 November 2020 are implemented with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied) in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42599/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

485. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the Work Safely Protocol issued 20 November 2020 are implemented with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied) in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42604/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

532. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the work safely protocol issued 20 November 2020 are implemented, with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied), in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42606/20]

Hospital Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

614. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the status of the new post of paediatric rheumatologist additional to the two posts currently in Children's Health Ireland, Crumlin initially to have been in place by end of 2019; if the application process for this new post is still open; if applications have been closed; the date or deadline by which this post will be filled; the hospital the new paediatric rheumatologist will work from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41361/20]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Richard Boyd Barrett

615. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for an MRI in Children’s Health Ireland, Crumlin; the expected time spent on the waiting list; the projected time it will take to clear the backlog for MRIs in Crumlin for children; if his Department and the HSE are examining the use of the MRI and paediatric unit in a hospital (details supplied) as a viable option with respect of diagnosis and ongoing monitoring of sick children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41362/20]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Richard Boyd Barrett

616. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting on an MRI for both diagnosis of and-or monitoring of disease in all CHOs and hospitals nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41363/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

879. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the work safely protocol issued 20 November 2020 are implemented with particular reference to the content of section D3 (details supplied) in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42607/20]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Richard Boyd Barrett

223. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if there is a deadline for identifying, acquisition of and planning permission for a new site and building for a school (details supplied); if there a roadmap or plan for the next steps needed to be taken by her Department; if the local council will participate in sourcing interim or permanent accommodation; the interim accommodation sites identified; the person or body tasked with identifying and securing the interim accommodation; and if it will be secured in time for September 2021. [40851/20]

Respite Care Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

337. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the funding needed for residential care for a person (details supplied) will be provided given that a respite centre they currently attend is planning to open a new residential centre within the next two months and would potentially be able to accommodate this person and provide the professional supports they need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40876/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the status of plans to reopen society and the economy when level 5 Covid-19 restrictions are lifted. [40168/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with foreign affairs will next meet. [40169/20]

Departmental Strategy Statements

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if his Department plans to publish a statement of strategy. [40486/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

59. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the decision making bodies responsible for the allocation of the funds from the music industry stimulus package; the decision-making methodology used in deciding upon the successful applicants; the amounts awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40629/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

60. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the process through which a company (details supplied) was selected to be the public relations company assigned to work with successful applicants of the music industry stimulus package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40630/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

61. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to run a further fund similar in scope to the music industry stimulus package from the €50 million fund for the non-funded live entertainment sector arising from budget 2021; if she will use the same bodies involved in awarding monies of the stimulus package; if she will alter the manner in which applications are deemed successful and the parameters used to assess who can apply and the amount; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40631/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Richard Boyd Barrett

89. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that all those in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment who are due arrears receive the arrears before Christmas 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40747/20]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Richard Boyd Barrett

111. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Mother and Baby Commission report will be published; the records that will be accessible; the records that will be sealed; the length of time they will be sealed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40748/20]

Prescriptions Charges

Richard Boyd Barrett

150. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if there is guidelines or regulations governing the charging of patients by general practitioners to email prescriptions to pharmacists using the national electronic prescriptions transfer system including repeat prescriptions before and during Covid-19 restrictions; and if so, the amount agreed as appropriate to charge a patient for this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40589/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination. [38635/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on social affairs and equality is due to meet next. [40167/20]

Redundancy Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

115. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if State redundancies will be available from 1 December 2020 when the bar on redundancies expires for workers particularly in the bar trade who do not have the prospect of returning to their previous jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39657/20]

Electric Vehicles

Richard Boyd Barrett

171. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport when the grants recently announced to enable taxi drivers to replace their vehicles with zero-emission vehicles will be made available; the procedure for applying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39649/20]

Taxi Regulations

Richard Boyd Barrett

181. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if the NTA is extending or will extend the 90-day time limit for getting a suitability test for taxi vehicles after passing a NCT while licence renewals are being extended and during Covid-19 emergency extension measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39918/20]

National Public Health Emergency Team

Richard Boyd Barrett

670. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason the expert advisory group to NPHET was dissolved following its last meeting on 2 September 2020; the rationale for this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39800/20]

National Public Health Emergency Team

Richard Boyd Barrett

671. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of any and all new advisory groups to NPHET; the makeup of these groups including the names and qualifications of the members, the terms of reference and the minutes of their meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39801/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Richard Boyd Barrett

672. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if all healthcare workers are being tested for Covid-19 on a routine and regular basis; if so, the details of the testing regime; if the testing regime differs for different categories of healthcare workers; the rationale for different regimes or for no regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39802/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

673. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the definition of a close contact in healthcare settings; if the definition changes for different categories of healthcare workers; the way in which the definition might differ from the definition of a close contact for cases in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39803/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

674. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the quarantining and self-isolation protocols for a close contact in healthcare settings; if the definition changes for different categories of healthcare workers; the way in which the definition might differ from the quarantining and self-isolation protocols for a close contact of cases in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39804/20]

Nursing Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

675. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason he is unwilling to concede to the demands of student nurses and midwives to be paid at the healthcare assistant rate they were given earlier in 2020 for their work on the front lines of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has since been withdrawn while they continue to play an important and crucial role as they played in March and April 2020, especially in view of the Taoiseach stating in Dáil Éireann on 20 October 2020 that these students should be paid like they were in the spring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39805/20]

Tax Avoidance

Richard Boyd Barrett

61. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to reports that a company (details supplied) that generated €153 million in profits over a seven-month period turned those profits, through complex accounting procedures, into a loss and paid no tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39491/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

84. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the eligibility criteria for the Covid restrictions support scheme, CRSS, in order that it can be accessed by sole traders and small businesses such as taxi drivers, artists, musicians and live entertainment workers that do not have public facing premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39234/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

91. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will audit the recipients of the wage subsidy scheme to ensure that it is not being abused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39235/20]

Tax Reliefs

Richard Boyd Barrett

116. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether a film production company in receipt of section 481 tax relief claiming in the Labour Court or Workplace Relations Commission that it is not the employer of the film crew working on a film production funded by section 481 relief represents a breach of the declaration that company is required to sign in order to access the relief and that any company doing this should have the relief withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39233/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

145. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the reason he has excluded sole traders and small businesses like taxi drivers, artists, musicians and live entertainment workers who do not have public-facing premises from accessing the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39231/20]

Tax Reliefs

Richard Boyd Barrett

148. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the actions being taken to ensure that film production companies in receipt of section 481 tax relief are complying with the declaration on quality employment and training they are required to sign in order to access the relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39232/20]

Credit Unions

Richard Boyd Barrett

232. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if the €25,000 limit that credit unions are being required to impose on deposits will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39501/20]

Legislative Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the status of Bills under preparation in his Department. [38633/20]

US Presidential Election

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his telephone call with the President-elect of the United States of America. [38634/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Richard Boyd Barrett

130. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for the pandemic unemployment payment that did not receive payment in the week beginning 16 November 2020; the reason for this non-payment; if applicants will be assured that this will not happen again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38947/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Richard Boyd Barrett

131. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for the pandemic unemployment payment that are due arrears as a result of the heavy workload in her Department; when they can expect to receive these payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38948/20]

Future of Media Commission

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the establishment of the Future of Media Commission; and the role his Department will have in supporting the work of the commission. [36675/20]

Departmental Functions

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit. [36676/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change. [36677/20]

Social and Affordable Housing

Richard Boyd Barrett

55. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to ensure that public land, zoned for housing, will be developed as 100% social and affordable housing in view of the ongoing housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38403/20]

Social and Affordable Housing

Richard Boyd Barrett

56. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the upcoming affordable housing scheme; the cost of affordable to buy homes; the eligibility criteria for the homes; the scheme of allocations for cost rental homes; the system for deciding the rents on the homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38401/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

62. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will extend the eviction ban until the end of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38399/20]

Social and Affordable Housing

Richard Boyd Barrett

67. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the necessary funds and other assistance to develop the Oscar Traynor Road site for social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38400/20]

Company Registration

Richard Boyd Barrett

163. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the responsibility the Company Registrations Office has to ensure the information it receives from a company is correct; and the responsibility it has when it is brought to its attention that the address given as the principal registered office does not exist. [38253/20]

Taxi Licences

Richard Boyd Barrett

241. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he will allow taxi drivers who have little or no work as a result of the Covid-19 crisis to suspend their licences or to obtain a rebate for the unused period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38249/20]

Taxi Regulations

Richard Boyd Barrett

255. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he has approved the extension of the ten-year rule for the age of vehicle for taxis for another year due to Covid-19; if so, when the extension will be in place; when the NTA is changing its rules, regulations to reflect this extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38803/20]

School Admissions

Richard Boyd Barrett

495. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the steps that can be taken to ensure a secondary school placement in September 2021 for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38214/20]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Richard Boyd Barrett

621. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline, in the aftermath of the mother and baby homes legislation, the information that will be handed to Tusla; the information that will be kept by his Department; the records that will be sealed for 30 years; the personal information that will be available to persons who were in mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38168/20]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

667. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a person (details supplied) is entitled to the SUSI special grant rate as they have been previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38340/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

776. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if persons who are moving house or are in the process of finding and or viewing new accommodation are permitted to travel beyond the 5 km under current level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37823/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide grants and supports to the self-employed and sole traders who work in the arts, entertainment, music and event industry who continue to have work-related overheads despite having little or no work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35170/20]

Arts Promotion

Richard Boyd Barrett

44. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the results of the pilot project announced in the July stimulus will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37387/20]

Arts Promotion

Richard Boyd Barrett

53. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will report on the pilot project announced in the July stimulus to support the arts, live music and entertainment industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37386/20]

Waste Management

Richard Boyd Barrett

86. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the actions taken regarding clothing and textiles deposited in clothing banks and unused clothing and textiles from the charity industry; the regulations and checks in place to ensure environmentally safe disposal of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37480/20]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

126. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will advise domestic employers who mistakenly believed they could apply for the temporary wage subsidy scheme for their employee and were not informed by the Revenue Commissioners when they made email inquiries nor when they applied that the scheme did not cover domestic employees and now are being asked to repay the moneys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37483/20]

Legislative Measures

Richard Boyd Barrett

280. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if any prior discussion took place between the Government here and the UK Government before the introduction of the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill in the UK Parliament in view of the extraterritorial applicability and implications for the criminal justice cooperation between Ireland and the UK; if the UK committed to notifying the authorities here when UK policing and security agencies authorise criminal acts to take place within the jurisdiction of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37593/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [36673/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with education will next meet. [35424/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [36674/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

31. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach his role in defining the different measures, restrictions and guidelines in terms of the 5 levels of Covid-19 restrictions. [37229/20]

Local Authority Housing

Richard Boyd Barrett

79. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that councils that are not able to meet the deadline for home acquisition and renovation by the end of 2020 have the deadline extended due to the delays in the programme due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37316/20]

Registration of Births

Richard Boyd Barrett

112. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to delays in newborns being registered and subsequently receiving their PPS number which is causing problems or delays in newborns receiving general practitioner care, vaccinations and other health checks essential for babies to receive proper and timely treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37234/20]

Registration of Births

Richard Boyd Barrett

121. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the current methods of registration of births; if there have been changes to the methods for registration under Covid-19 restrictions; if there are delays in registration of births currently; if so, the average length of the delay; if this is causing delays in newborns being given a PPS number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37233/20]

Pensions Reform

Richard Boyd Barrett

122. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if organisations (details supplied) will be allowed to be represented on the Pensions Commission for which she is responsible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37289/20]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

137. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if funding supports for graduate entry medicine students are to remain in its current form; if he will change the current system of charging students €16,000 per annum; if he will consider altering the current and only option for student loans for these courses by arrangement with a bank (details supplied) and accept that during a global pandemic the need for qualified medical personnel needs his attention to make the graduate course more accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37267/20]

Data Protection

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the data protection unit in his Department. [35169/20]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with church leaders. [35422/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [36672/20]

Mortgage Lending

Richard Boyd Barrett

258. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he can intervene with banks that are refusing mortgages to workers whose employers are in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36144/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

259. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the reason on-course bookmakers have been excluded from the Covid restrictions support scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36165/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

321. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason for not allowing children's swimming lessons under level 3 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36549/20]

School Catchment Areas

Richard Boyd Barrett

459. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the reason Honey Park, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, is excluded from the catchment area of school patronage for Blackrock, Booterstown and Dún Laoghaire (details supplied). [36159/20]