Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Rare Diseases Strategy

Colm Burke

279. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the status of the work of the rare diseases technology review committee of the HSE; the meetings it has held to date in 2020, in tabular form; the meetings and therapies it has scheduled for the remainder of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22873/20]

Medicinal Products

Colm Burke

280. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the drug osimertinib for lung cancer in a first line setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22874/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Colm Burke

87. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider instituting additional supports for large heritage attractions which have suffered substantial decreases in revenue and footfall as a result of Covid-19 and have large maintenance costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22001/20]

Proposed Legislation

Colm Burke

232. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport if legislation will be introduced as per the recommendations of the Road Safety Authority in order to regulate e-scooters on public roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22137/20]

Mortgage Data

Colm Burke

275. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a bank (details supplied) is selling a portfolio of distressed mortgages on family homes to a vulture fund between the end of July and mid-September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21146/20]

Help-To-Buy Scheme

Colm Burke

277. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance the criteria for the help-to-buy scheme; the criteria in cases in which contracts predate the announcement of the new changes to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21151/20]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Colm Burke

294. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance if there will be a reduction in the amount required to be paid to the Revenue Commissioners by voluntary organisations whose premises have been closed for the past six months that wish to renew their club registration public dance licence and gaming lottery licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22003/20]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Colm Burke

312. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance if a VRT for new cars will be reduced in order to promote the purchase of new cars which emit less carbon emissions than older cars which purchasers will have replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22519/20]

Home Schooling

Colm Burke

480. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if home tutors will be entitled to an insurable status and entitled to pensionability for their work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22000/20]

Community Employment Schemes

Colm Burke

649. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection when the 2008 Labour Court recommendations regarding community employment supervisors will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22394/20]

Carer's Allowance

Colm Burke

659. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal lodged in respect of the decision to refuse a carer’s allowance for a person (details supplied) will be confirmed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21161/20]

Community Employment Schemes

Colm Burke

724. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if an exemption to the requirement to be unemployed for 12 months before being eligible for the community employment programme will be granted for those working in community and voluntary organisations to ensure adequate staff is available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21997/20]

Community Employment Schemes

Colm Burke

752. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection when she plans to publish the review of community employment schemes carried out in 2018; when the recommendations of same will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22395/20]

Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme

Colm Burke

869. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if VTOS payments will continue past the initial extension date of August 2020 due to uncertainty in relation to the date on which students will return to college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21996/20]

Garda Stations

Colm Burke

948. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if the necessary changes will be put in place in order to reduce the waiting time for appointments at Anglesea Street Garda Station, Cork in respect of the renewal of visas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22105/20]

Residency Permits

Colm Burke

949. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if an automatic extension of immigration residence permits for at least a further two months will be provided due to the backlog in dealing with the renewal of applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22106/20]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Colm Burke

1314. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if a medical device will be provided to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22085/20]

Cancer Services

Colm Burke

1347. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the status of CervicalCheck; if smear tests completed by general practitioners are being processed and results returned within four weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22275/20]

Road Projects

Colm Burke

240. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will arrange for narrowing of the proposed study area for the M20 in view of the fact it is hindering and restricting a disproportionate number of persons and preventing planned development of the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19951/20]

Illness Benefit

Colm Burke

794. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider eligibility for those that took time off work to look after an elderly or incapacitated family members and that themselves now are ill but are not entitled to illness benefit in view of the fact they do not have the required qualifying criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19952/20]