Parliamentary questions

Covid-19 Pandemic

Fergus O'Dowd

1304. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will set up an independent inquiry into the recent deaths of persons from Covid-19 in a nursing home (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20535/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Fergus O'Dowd

1444. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will provide medical grade face masks for citizens of 60 years of age and over in addition to persons with significant health conditions that are medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20965/20]

Ministerial Meetings

Fergus O'Dowd

1445. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if details of the meetings and correspondence he has had with a body (details supplied) will be published; if advice he received from the officials in his Department and HIQA in relation to same will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20966/20]

Climate Action Plan

Fergus O'Dowd

93. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if documents (details supplied) in relation to the climate action plan will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18139/20]

Driver Test

Fergus O'Dowd

140. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the backlog of driver tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18126/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Fergus O'Dowd

141. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18130/20]

Departmental Correspondence

Fergus O'Dowd

436. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence from a school (details supplied) will receive a response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18134/20]

Hospital Appointments Status

Fergus O'Dowd

1074. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if a response will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19050/20]

Mortgage Schemes

Fergus O'Dowd

100. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter contained in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to a mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17699/20]

Revenue Commissioners

Fergus O'Dowd

101. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the Revenue.ie online system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17709/20]

State Pension (Contributory)

Fergus O'Dowd

172. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address matters raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding split EU pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17736/20]

Driver Test

Fergus O'Dowd

169. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if concerns on driver theory test delays raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17230/20]

Disability Services Provision

Fergus O'Dowd

734. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health the alternatives to medication, such as support interventions, including duration of service offered to children with ADHD or their parents in each CHO area if different approaches and services exist. [17184/20]

Disability Services Funding

Fergus O'Dowd

735. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time in each CHO area from referral to assessment for children with queried ADHD. [17185/20]

Disability Services Provision

Fergus O'Dowd

736. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health the number of children in each CHO area referred for queried ADHD in each year since 2016. [17186/20]

Dental Services

Fergus O'Dowd

748. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists registered under the dental treatment services scheme by county monthly from January 2020 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17301/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Fergus O'Dowd

44. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if matters raised correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to supports for the tourism sector during the Covid-19 pandemic will be addressed.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16427/20]

Public Transport

Fergus O'Dowd

56. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address correspondence from a person (details supplied) in relation to commuter travel post Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16385/20]

Emergency Services

Fergus O'Dowd

101. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Defence if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding a proposed landing strip for emergency medical flights will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16454/20]

Tax Code

Fergus O'Dowd

91. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Finance if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding the reduction or removal of VAT on medical grade masks for the term of the Covid-19 pandemic will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16150/20]

Departmental Correspondence

Fergus O'Dowd

73. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a reply will issue to proposals set out by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15073/20]

Sports Facilities

Fergus O'Dowd

269. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the relevant meetings with his officials will be organised to progress a proposal (details supplied) in relation to the provision of an athletics track and municipal stadium which is much needed in the east County Meath area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16033/20]

Seized Property

Fergus O'Dowd

935. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the moneys that are seized through the proceeds of crime can be ring-fenced and distributed to regions for dispersal to front-line community services that deal directly with the impacts of crimes; her plans on the matter; her views on such proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15341/20]

Bereavement Care

Fergus O'Dowd

999. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate and address the unacceptable miscommunication that has taken place between HIQA and his Department in regard to the availability of a bereavement service for persons who have lost loved ones in a nursing home, such as a person (details supplied); his plans to ensure that his officials respond directly to the person in respect of this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14663/20]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Fergus O'Dowd

1095. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will address a query raised in correspondence regarding assisted human reproduction from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15072/20]

Health Information and Quality Authority

Fergus O'Dowd

1116. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will order an independent investigation into the circumstances of a death in a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15224/20]

Disability Services Provision

Fergus O'Dowd

1119. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if assistance will be offered to persons (details supplied) regarding the urgent need for an expansion in adult disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15241/20]

Disability Services Provision

Fergus O'Dowd

1152. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if assistance will be offered to a person (details supplied) in relation to the urgent need for an expansion in adult disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15422/20]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Fergus O'Dowd

1299. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) on use of pelvic mesh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15956/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Fergus O'Dowd

12. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if he will address a matter raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied) on guidelines for reopening business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13758/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Fergus O'Dowd

24. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider a proposal by a person (details supplied) on businesses which are ineligible for grants but may play a key role in the restart of local SMEs going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14014/20]

Aviation Industry

Fergus O'Dowd

91. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial protections in place for those who have flights booked for outgoing flights to Spain while the current guidance is that no non-essential travel is to be undertaken; if persons can claim a refund under EU directives; if the travel provider has a duty to refund or voucher the cost of flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13863/20]

Tax Credits

Fergus O'Dowd

157. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Finance if a response to correspondence regarding single person child carer credit, SPCCC, will issue (details supplied). [13858/20]

Physical Education

Fergus O'Dowd

367. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has received applications and-or proposals from local schools or organisations in east County Meath for a municipal sports centre and running track; if so, the stage the application and or proposals are at; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13767/20]

School Transport

Fergus O'Dowd

408. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make amendments to the retrospective transport scheme for low-income families whose children are accessing summer provision in special schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14006/20]

Physical Education

Fergus O'Dowd

410. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) on an athletic track or stadium for east County Meath; and if she will set up the required meetings between her Department and Meath County Council to discuss such proposals. [14010/20]

Employment Data

Fergus O'Dowd

511. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of notified job vacancies in Drogheda town by month from 2016 to date in tabular from; if the figures are available through employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14118/20]

Garda Districts

Fergus O'Dowd

609. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if discussions have taken place between her Department and the Garda Commissioner to examine the current divisional boundaries that separate adjoining estates and areas in Drogheda, County Louth, and County Meath, respectively (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13748/20]

Medicinal Products

Fergus O'Dowd

728. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the availability of Spinraza to children with spinal muscular atrophy type I, II or III on an exceptional and individualised basis; his plans to facilitate broader provision of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14012/20]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Fergus O'Dowd

31. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Finance if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding the temporary wage subsidy scheme. [12730/20]

Mortgage Lending

Fergus O'Dowd

46. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in relation to their mortgage application and the subsequent knock-on effects of being placed on the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12994/20]

Value Added Tax

Fergus O'Dowd

61. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 89, 91, 107, 131 and 142 of 16 June 2020, if he will consider reducing the VAT on yoga services to the permissible 12% under the requirements of the EU VAT directive in order to assist yoga studios nationwide post-Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13355/20]

Special Educational Needs

Fergus O'Dowd

115. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding the summer provision 2020; if contact will be made with the person to discuss the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12741/20]

School Transport

Fergus O'Dowd

119. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received a proposal from a body in relation to school transport providers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12754/20]

School Transport

Fergus O'Dowd

163. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue to correspondence received from a person (details supplied) in relation to the provision of school transport to a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13028/20]

School Inspections

Fergus O'Dowd

166. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an inspector has been contacted or has contacted a school (details supplied) as raised in Dáil Éireann on 20 May 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13050/20]

Alcohol Sales

Fergus O'Dowd

296. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the requested meeting with officials for a campaign (details supplied) will be organised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13011/20]

Trading Online Voucher Scheme

Fergus O'Dowd

352. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 9 June 2020, if a further reply will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13085/20]

Dental Services

Fergus O'Dowd

378. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to dentists turning away medical card holders due to the additional expenses relating to Covid-19 social distancing guideline management and PPE cost (details supplied); the measures which will be put in place to protect medical card holders in such instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12729/20]

Patient Deaths

Fergus O'Dowd

515. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if the case of the death of a person (details supplied) in a nursing home will be examined; and if a person will be contacted in relation to the matter. [13382/20]