Parliamentary questions

Banking Sector

Louise O'Reilly

487. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice in which vulture funds transfer the legal title of a loan to a credit servicing firm while retaining beneficial ownership of the loan in order to avoid regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18832/21]

Legislative Measures

Louise O'Reilly

488. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 to increase the turnover threshold for small and medium enterprises that can access its support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18833/21]

Tax Data

Louise O'Reilly

516. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 86 and 87 of 1 April 2021, the yield from the sugar sweetened drinks tax in respect of the breakdown of the categories; if the Revenue Commissioners or his Department collect data in respect of the revenue collected by sugar sweetened drinks tax rates in terms of the sugar content and rate of duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19856/21]

Citizenship Applications

Louise O'Reilly

851. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the case of person (details supplied) who applied to become an Irish citizen through foreign birth registration. [18834/21]

Youth Unemployment

Louise O'Reilly

1117. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports in place for young persons from 18 to 24 years of age who are not in employment, education or training. [18476/21]

Work Placement Programmes

Louise O'Reilly

1181. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that undertook a programme (details supplied) during its existence; and the cost of the programme. [20065/21]

Probate Applications

Louise O'Reilly

1426. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice when the Probate Office will reopen in order that probate personal applicant appointments can resume; and if personal applicants can receive a grant of representation. [19328/21]

Vaccination Programme

Louise O'Reilly

1512. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if staff at a facility (details supplied) have received vaccinations outside of NIAC protocols; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18114/21]

Hospital Staff

Louise O'Reilly

1664. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he has been in contact with a group (details supplied); and if he has given consideration to the request by the group that the HSE and hospital HR departments offer non-trainee doctors on a critical skills employment permit two years in multisite roles. [18594/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Louise O'Reilly

2037. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if under the new regulations regarding construction of healthcare facilities will be allowed undergo renovations. [19644/21]

Vaccination Programme

Louise O'Reilly

2121. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to correspondence from an institute (details supplied) regarding adding radiographers and radiation therapists to the list of authorised persons for delivering the Covid-19 vaccine. [19910/21]

Departmental Funding

Louise O'Reilly

2286. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that funding for a training programme run by an organisation (details supplied) will cease in June 2021; and if funding pathways are available to the organisation continue this important work in other HSE CHOs. [20443/21]

School Milk Scheme

Louise O'Reilly

2527. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 412 and 413 of 1 April 2021, the parental levies that apply to non-DEIS schools in relation to the school milk scheme; the levies paid in relation to the scheme for each of the past five years; the number of schools that are subject to the parental levy; the rate at which the levy is set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19855/21]

Air Quality

Louise O'Reilly

24. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of dedicated funding that will be provided to each local authority to monitor and enforce the smoky coal ban and any future solid fuel regulations as part of the forthcoming clean air strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17700/21]

Air Quality

Louise O'Reilly

25. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the forthcoming clean air strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17701/21]

Tax Data

Louise O'Reilly

74. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the sugar sweetened drinks tax to beverages containing milk fats with more than 119 milligrams of calcium per 100 millilitres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17690/21]

Tax Data

Louise O'Reilly

75. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the yield from the sugar sweetened drinks tax since its inception in 2018 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17691/21]

Tax Data

Louise O'Reilly

76. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the annual increases in the retail price of the most popular price category for a 20-pack of cigarettes since 2011; the portion of the increase related to taxes; the portion of the increase due to price rises by the tobacco industry in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17692/21]

Tax Data

Louise O'Reilly

77. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised annually if tobacco taxation were to be increased annually on a pro-rata basis in order that all packs of 20 cigarettes cost at least €20 by 2025; the estimated revenue that would be raised annually if an equivalent annual tobacco tax on roll-your-own cigarettes was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17693/21]

Tobacco Control Measures

Louise O'Reilly

78. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the funding provided to the Revenue Commissioners for 2020 and 2021 to combat tobacco smuggling; if the Revenue Commissioners are developing a dedicated anti-smuggling strategy; if the Covid-19 pandemic has had any impact on the Revenue Commissioners combatting smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17694/21]

Tax Data

Louise O'Reilly

79. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue that would be raised annually if an excise tax of €0.06 per ml of electronic cigarette liquid was applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17697/21]

Cycle to Work Scheme

Louise O'Reilly

80. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications under the cycle to work scheme in 2020 and to date in 2021; the cost of the scheme in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17703/21]

Cycle to Work Scheme

Louise O'Reilly

81. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance his views on expanding the reach of the bike-to-work scheme beyond PAYE workers to all persons, that is, employers, sole traders, students, jobseekers, disabled, unpaid home work and the retired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17704/21]

Tax Data

Louise O'Reilly

82. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the number of category A vehicles that were charged with the nitrogen dioxide emissions levy in 2020 and to date in 2021; the revenue raised each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17710/21]

Tax Data

Louise O'Reilly

83. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised if the current nitrogen dioxide levy was doubled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17712/21]

Tax Data

Louise O'Reilly

84. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised annually if the current nitrogen dioxide levy was applied to both category A and B vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17714/21]

Tax Data

Louise O'Reilly

85. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised annually if the current nitrogen dioxide levy was doubled and extended to both category A and B vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17716/21]

Social and Affordable Housing

Louise O'Reilly

133. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost for retrofitting a social housing unit as part of the national retrofitting scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17705/21]

Human Rights

Louise O'Reilly

194. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the current situation in Bahrain; and if he plans to use Ireland’s position to work with the international community to push for the human rights violations there to be addressed. [18052/21]

Health Promotion

Louise O'Reilly

205. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education the funding available for food dudes and incredible edibles; the funding that has been available for these schemes in each year since they commenced; the number of schools and students that have availed of the schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17687/21]

Fuel Allowance

Louise O'Reilly

234. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the fuel allowance; the number of applications for the fuel allowance; the number of refusals for the fuel allowance over the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17707/21]

Fuel Allowance

Louise O'Reilly

235. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the price substitute between bituminous smoky coal and smokeless coal; if the fuel allowance will be increased to take into account any prohibition of the sale of bituminous smoky coal, wet wood and sod turf; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17708/21]

Private Security Authority

Louise O'Reilly

279. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice if she will engage with the Private Security Authority in relation to educating and training for licensed security professionals; and her views on the creation of a singular training and education course for a security licence which incorporates static guarding, door security, CCTV monitoring, conflict resolution and self-defence given that there is no current course offering a licence which covers all these skillsets. [17768/21]

Private Security Authority

Louise O'Reilly

280. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice if security companies will be made to provide their employees with stab vests and body CCTV cameras while working in the interest of safety and security. [17769/21]

HSE Staff

Louise O'Reilly

302. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if HSE occupational health policy will be amended to allow the occupational health team to accept recommendations from medical consultant doctors regarding the ability of staff within the service to be fit or unfit to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17682/21]

Covid-19 Paindéim

Louise O'Reilly

303. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1363 and 1451 of 24 March 2021, if the questions can be addressed with regard to the position of approved driving instructors and driver testers on the current vaccination priority list; his plans to ensure that workers who are most exposed are prioritised in view of the fact that the nature of their work puts them in regular contact with members of the public in a confined space for at least one hour at a time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17683/21]

Proposed Legislation

Louise O'Reilly

304. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the preparatory work under way in his Department on a public health (obesity) Bill as per the programme for Government; the stakeholders that have been and are being consulted in relation to same to date; the timeline for the development of the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17684/21]

Departmental Funding

Louise O'Reilly

305. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the funding for Healthy Ireland in each year since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17685/21]

Tobacco Control Measures

Louise O'Reilly

306. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of retail outlets registered to sell tobacco on the national register of tobacco retailers in 2020 to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17695/21]

Tobacco Control Measures

Louise O'Reilly

307. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount of revenue that would be raised annually if an annual €500 tobacco retailer licence fee per retail outlet was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17696/21]

Tobacco Control Measures

Louise O'Reilly

308. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if retail outlets in Ireland are required to register with a State body if they seek to sell electronic cigarettes; if so, the number of outlets in Ireland that are licensed to sell electronic cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17698/21]

Tobacco Control Measures

Louise O'Reilly

309. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount of revenue that would be raised annually if an annual €50 electronic cigarette retailer licence fee per retail outlet was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17699/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Louise O'Reilly

372. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if urgent consideration will be given to opening a mobile test centre in north County Dublin given the high levels of Covid-19 in the Skerries and Balbriggan local electoral area. [18051/21]

Health Promotion

Louise O'Reilly

379. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available for Food Dudes and Incredible Edibles; the funding that has been available for these schemes in each year since they started; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17686/21]

School Milk Scheme

Louise O'Reilly

380. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of schools and students participating in the school milk scheme in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17688/21]

School Milk Scheme

Louise O'Reilly

381. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of products provided here under the EU school milk scheme in each of the past five years in respect of the five heat-treated milk products under category 1 and category 2 of the scheme; the value of products that are provided here under the scheme for each of the past five years in respect of category 1 products that are heat-treated milk with chocolate, fruit juice or flavoured; if the value of products provided under category 1 are broken down in terms of the quantity and value provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17689/21]

Departmental Projects

Louise O'Reilly

172. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the agreement reached by the Spanish Government to trial a four-day working week under a small pilot project; if his Department is examining the matter and the possibility of introducing a similar pilot project here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16443/21]

Co-operative Sector

Louise O'Reilly

173. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will re-establish the cooperative development unit as a worker co-operative development unit in order to coordinate the existing worker cooperative network and to provide capital and technical assistance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16444/21]

Workplace Relations Commission

Louise O'Reilly

201. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 24 March 2021, the number of breaches to be relayed in relation to the NACE sector in which the breach took place by year in tabular form. [17466/21]

Driver Test

Louise O'Reilly

303. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the FETAC qualification level currently required for driving testers at national driving test centres; the timescale required to reach the necessary level; if all current testers have the required qualification including all of the 40 new testers recruited recently to clear the driving test backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17407/21]