Parliamentary questions

Research and Development

Denis Naughten

48. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he plans to take to improve the interface between the wider research community and the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22385/20]

Civil Service

Denis Naughten

56. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will establish a science and technology policy fellowship within the Civil Service to provide opportunities to scientists and engineers to learn first-hand policymaking and contribute their knowledge and analytical skills in policy development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22384/20]

School Attendance

Denis Naughten

27. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration his plans to provide alternatives to prosecution for parents who fail to ensure their children attend school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22327/20]

Childcare Services

Denis Naughten

51. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the steps he will take to improve the pay and conditions of childcare workers. [22326/20]

Departmental Offices

Denis Naughten

72. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Taoiseach the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city. [22489/20]

Company Closures

Denis Naughten

89. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will convene a meeting of the Western Region Enterprise Committee further to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22082/20]

Departmental Offices

Denis Naughten

93. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22479/20]

Departmental Offices

Denis Naughten

162. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22475/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Denis Naughten

229. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 29 July 2020, the specific supports to be provided for small coach operators in view of severe financial pressure being placed on the businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22093/20]

Motor Tax

Denis Naughten

230. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport if a refund or motor tax credit will be issued to motorists who did not use their car or used it to a minimal extent during the Covid-19 lockdown in line with many insurers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22113/20]

Departmental Offices

Denis Naughten

247. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22490/20]

Departmental Offices

Denis Naughten

309. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Finance the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22480/20]

Departmental Offices

Denis Naughten

326. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22487/20]

Departmental Offices

Denis Naughten

383. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to her Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22486/20]

Departmental Offices

Denis Naughten

441. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in civil service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22484/20]

Departmental Offices

Denis Naughten

462. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in civil service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22481/20]

Departmental Offices

Denis Naughten

475. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Defence the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in civil service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22477/20]

School Accommodation

Denis Naughten

546. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21856/20]

Special Educational Needs

Denis Naughten

554. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education the number of exceptional reviews of mainstream special needs assistants allocation applications submitted to the NCSE by 22 May 2020; the number and decisions issued to date; the number of applications that have been appealed by the schools; the number and decisions issued to date; the number of appeal decisions in which the school has sought an independent examination of the appeal process and decisions issued to date; the corresponding figures in each case for review applications submitted after 22 May 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21942/20]

Departmental Offices

Denis Naughten

623. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to her Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22478/20]

Special Educational Needs

Denis Naughten

625. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 18 December 2019, the provisions over and above that are available to children with hearing loss made for the 49 children in counties Mayo and Roscommon that had their hearing misdiagnosed by the HSE; the specific resources set aside for the children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22507/20]

Departmental Offices

Denis Naughten

761. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to her Department in civil service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22488/20]

Childcare Services

Denis Naughten

820. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the funding options open to childcare facilities for the purchase of a vehicle as part of after-school services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22117/20]

Departmental Offices

Denis Naughten

823. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in civil service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22474/20]

Departmental Offices

Denis Naughten

873. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22482/20]

Garda Recruitment

Denis Naughten

937. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice when the fitness test and medical examination will be scheduled for applicants to An Garda Síochána that were due to be called in spring 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21957/20]

Sex Offenders Notification Requirements

Denis Naughten

958. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice her plans to reform the monitoring of sex offenders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22453/20]

Sex Offenders Notification Requirements

Denis Naughten

959. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice her plans to tag sex offenders following their release from prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22454/20]

Departmental Offices

Denis Naughten

960. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to her Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22485/20]

Probate Data

Denis Naughten

961. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice the average and longest waiting time in each probate office for applications by solicitors and personal applicants, respectively; the number of applications on hand in each office; the timeline for the eProbate project to go live in each office; the status of the project; if the Revenue Commissioners have been incorporated and gone live on eProbate; the status of the implementation of each recommendation in the report of the probate services review group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22491/20]

Hospital Appointments Status

Denis Naughten

1348. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for their procedure; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22276/20]

Departmental Offices

Denis Naughten

1377. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in civil service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22483/20]

Departmental Offices

Denis Naughten

1470. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22473/20]

Walks Scheme

Denis Naughten

1490. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands when a decision will be made on an application by a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21875/20]

Departmental Offices

Denis Naughten

1496. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to her Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22476/20]

School Transport

Denis Naughten

22. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure the operation of the school transport service from 31 August 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19035/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Denis Naughten

42. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure the reopening of schools on 31 August 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19034/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Denis Naughten

107. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the additional funding, not already committed, allocated in the July stimulus to each local enterprise office; the specific purpose of the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20054/20]

Data Centres

Denis Naughten

115. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the discussions his officials have had with IDA Ireland with regard to the development of data centres in line with the policy of locating them in areas with grid capacity and only in cases in which there is an employment dividend associated with their development; if an evaluation has been conducted by his Department of the estimated impact of all 55 current data centres and the over 30 planned data centres on the cost of electricity to other commercial and industrial users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20284/20]

Trading Online Voucher Scheme

Denis Naughten

154. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional funding, not already committed, allocated in the July stimulus to the trading online voucher scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20051/20]

Energy Efficiency

Denis Naughten

155. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional funding, not already committed, allocated in the July stimulus to the retrofitting of homes; the details of the allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20052/20]

Data Centres

Denis Naughten

159. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions his officials have had with EirGrid regarding the development of data centres in line with the policy of locating them in areas with grid capacity and only in cases in which there is an employment dividend associated with their development. [20281/20]

Data Centres

Denis Naughten

160. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an evaluation has been conducted by his Department of the estimated impact of all 55 current data centres and the over 30 planned data centres on the cost of electricity to domestic and other commercial and industrial users; the financial impact of the load in view of the decision to move to 70% renewable electricity by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20282/20]

Cybersecurity Policy

Denis Naughten

161. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps taken to date to address concerns raised in a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General in 2018 regarding to the National Cyber Security Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20285/20]

Wastewater Treatment

Denis Naughten

476. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the additional funding, not already committed, allocated in the July stimulus to small sewerage schemes in villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20053/20]

Data Centres

Denis Naughten

497. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the discussions his officials have had with Gas Networks Ireland with regard to the development of data centres in line with the policy of locating them in areas with grid capacity and only in cases in which there is an employment dividend associated with their development; if an evaluation has been conducted by his Department of the estimated impact of all 55 current data centres and the over 30 planned data centres on the daily demand for natural gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20283/20]

Forestry Sector

Denis Naughten

925. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry licence applications received by his Department in each month in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; the corresponding figure for the number of licences approved, appealed, granted and refused on appeal, respectively; the number on hand in each category; the specific measures being taken to expedite the process in the interests of all parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20050/20]

Vaccination Programme

Denis Naughten

1191. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of flu vaccines that the HSE plans to procure for the forthcoming flu season; his plans to make the vaccine mandatory subject to medical advice for any cohort of the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20049/20]

Hospital Facilities

Denis Naughten

1219. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the cost and timescale for fire safety works at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Roscommon; the provision being made for patients and staff for the duration of the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20195/20]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

1222. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health when the Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019 and mandatory open disclosure will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20198/20]