Parliamentary questions

Departmental Consultations

Sorca Clarke

28. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions that have been taken in relation to the engagement and consultation with retired workers' organisations given to Dáil Éireann during the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021; and the progress of such engagement and consultation to date. [60590/21]

Post Office Network

Sorca Clarke

39. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a commitment to delivering Government services through the post office network has been sought by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60878/21]

Post Office Network

Sorca Clarke

40. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated cost to the Exchequer to maintain the post office network at existing standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60879/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Sorca Clarke

89. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment, jobseeker’s allowance and jobseeker’s benefit payments will revert to collection in post offices; if so, when this is expected to take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60877/21]

Departmental Schemes

Sorca Clarke

129. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the planned statutory sick pay scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59992/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Sorca Clarke

202. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance if the Covid restrictions support scheme will be extended for publicans and nightclub owners whose business hours have been restricted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59993/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Sorca Clarke

328. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will address a matter regarding the mask mandate (details supplied). [60296/21]

Disability Services

Sorca Clarke

616. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can expect a date for allocation to a full-time residential care facility as recommended at a multi-discipline team meeting held on 19 November 2021 which included representations from disability services, older persons and primary care services. [60423/21]

Home Care Packages

Sorca Clarke

617. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to return home with the necessary homecare support system in place until such a time when a place in a full-time residential care home is secured. [60424/21]

Vaccination Programme

Sorca Clarke

641. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the distribution of the booster vaccines to general practitioners by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60562/21]

Community Development Projects

Sorca Clarke

714. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grants and funding available under the community section of her Department; if consideration has been given to increasing supports considering community and voluntary organisations cannot currently fundraise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60561/21]

Housing Policy

Sorca Clarke

90. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 17 November 2020, the actions taken to date, the interim outcomes, the recommendations made and the final decision in relation to income eligibility for social housing supports in each local authority area. [59209/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Sorca Clarke

127. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing time of paternity benefit applications since being introduced. [59368/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Sorca Clarke

169. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the additional supports that will be put in place to ensure quick and local access to PCR testing given the level of additional needs of the service users of a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59156/21]

Trade Missions

Sorca Clarke

142. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a trade mission to Australia is planned for early in 2022. [58522/21]

Environmental Policy

Sorca Clarke

169. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the banning of single use plastics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59122/21]

Bus Services

Sorca Clarke

182. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the amount that will be invested in the public service obligation bus fleet by route in 2022. [58523/21]

Office of Public Works

Sorca Clarke

214. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within the Roscommon and Longford Garda division that were refurbished by the Office of Public Works in 2020 and to-date in 2021; the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out on each station; and if each work project is completed or still ongoing in tabular form. [58515/21]

Sports Organisations

Sorca Clarke

237. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action that has been taken to date to facilitate the return of the quarterly meetings as committed to earlier in 2021 with Face Ireland. [58454/21]

Sports Organisations

Sorca Clarke

238. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the next meeting with an organisation (details supplied) will go ahead given the repeated requests by the organisation to discuss a number of issues; and the status of the request to set up a functioning wildlife advisory council. [58455/21]