Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Special Educational Needs

Peadar Tóibín

319. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education when approved funding for assistive technology for a student (details supplied) will be made available. [42862/20]

Dental Services

Peadar Tóibín

507. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for appointments, and the number waiting for appointments, for HSE child dental services in County Laois; and the action he is taking to address the backlog due to Covid-19. [42955/20]

Dental Services

Peadar Tóibín

508. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for appointments and the numbers waiting for appointments for HSE child dental services in County Meath; and the action he is taking to address the backlog due to Covid-19. [42956/20]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

558. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when a full-time child psychiatrist will be assigned to Limerick in addition to the one who travels from Dublin a couple of times a month. [43249/20]

Judicial Appointments

Peadar Tóibín

46. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the reason the second vacancy for the Supreme Court has been left unfilled; and her plans to fill this position before the end of her term as Minister. [40269/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

90. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the nature of the correspondence his Department has received from organisations, charities, volunteer groups and NGOs which warn of an increase in mental health issues and suicide rates since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. [42445/20]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

135. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of additional nurses, midwives and medical practitioners that have been employed by the HSE in 2020 through the use of recruitment agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42444/20]

Special Educational Needs

Peadar Tóibín

295. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she will take steps to resolve the dispute that has arisen in schools in relation to SNAs being asked to use a catheter with certain students that need help with toileting; and when staff with nursing experience will be employed in schools to help certain students' needs as promised. [42561/20]

Protected Disclosures

Peadar Tóibín

376. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to recent reports in the media that a protected disclosure was made to his Department concerning warnings of issues pertaining to foetal diagnostic testing in 2018, some months before a perfectly healthy unborn baby was misdiagnosed and subsequently aborted in the National Maternity Hospital in 2019. [40270/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

377. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the rationale behind the current guidance in relation to attendance at funerals and weddings. [42095/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Peadar Tóibín

149. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) aged over 66 who has had their employment impacted by Covid-19, had been making PRSI contributions while in employment and was also in receipt of a contributory widow’s pension is excluded from being eligible to apply for the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42319/20]

Tax Data

Peadar Tóibín

186. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised by taxes on advertisements on social media platforms (details supplied). [41494/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

232. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will engage with organisations (details supplied) to allow them to operate under levels 3 and 4 Covid-19 restrictions provided they follow all the relevant HSE guidelines, practise social distancing in classes and employ a pod system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41257/20]

Employment Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

408. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons with Down's syndrome are eligible to use the EmployAbility service. [41877/20]

Employment Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

409. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if audits are conducted annually for each EmployAbility service; if an audit has been conducted for each service annually for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41878/20]

Employment Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

410. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost per placement for each jobseeker successfully placed in employment by the EmployAbility service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41879/20]

Employment Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

411. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the breakdown of funding for each EmployAbility service; and the funding of the programme nationally. [41880/20]

Employment Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

412. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number jobseekers registered with the EmployAbility programme in each of the past five years. [41881/20]

Employment Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

413. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobseekers who exited the EmployAbility programme without having secured employment in each of the past five years. [41882/20]

Employment Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

414. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobseekers who exited the EmployAbility programme after 18 months or more without having secured employment in each of the past five years. [41883/20]

Employment Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

415. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of the total jobseekers with EmployAbility currently in employment having secured employment through the programme under the wage subsidy scheme. [41884/20]

Employment Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

416. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of jobseekers registered with EmployAbility who secured employment of less than ten hours per week and between ten and 20 hours per week, respectively, through the programme in each of the past five years. [41885/20]

Employment Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

417. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has conducted research to determine the percentage of jobseekers who had gained employment through EmployAbility that were still in employment six months or more after exiting the programme. [41886/20]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

454. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the procurement process for accommodation for asylum seekers, that is, direct provision centres. [41498/20]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

455. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the companies currently providing accommodation to the State for use as direct provision centres; and the sums paid to each of these companies in each of the past five years. [41499/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

456. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 11 November 2020, if he will provide copies of the correspondence referenced in his reply. [41507/20]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

471. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount his Department has spent to date on student supports and grants. [41450/20]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

472. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount his Department has spent since it was established; and the breakdown on the spending. [41451/20]

Anti-Terrorism Measures

Peadar Tóibín

497. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if MI5 or any other British military intelligence organisations are or have been working in Ireland over the past five years; if so, if they are operating with the licence of the policing and Army authorities of the State; and if her attention has been drawn to MI5 or any other British military intelligence organisations operating at any level here without permission of An Garda Síochána, the Army or Government. [41228/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

617. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his Department indemnified any private companies in respect of the proposed roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine; if so, the name of each company any level of indemnity has been provided to; the type of indemnity provided in each case in terms of side effects, illness, potential death, lack of immunity provided, ineffective vaccine, damage to unborn children and so on; if any of the supply, delivery or administering the vaccine elements has been indemnified; if so, the value for each company; and the lowest and highest estimated potential cost to the State if the indemnification is called upon due to legal action in respect of the vaccine. [41365/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

633. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the studies or research conducted by his Department into the impacts of the lockdown, pandemic and restrictions on the mental health of persons, specifically persons who are homeless, older persons, persons in nursing homes, those residing in direct provision, members of the Travelling community and young persons, students; and if he will address the findings of any such research. [41445/20]

Speech and Language Therapy

Peadar Tóibín

640. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the detail of the waiting lists for speech and language therapy in County Donegal for each of the past five years.
[41500/20]

Speech and Language Therapy

Peadar Tóibín

641. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the detail of the waiting lists for speech and language therapy in County Meath for each of the past five years. [41501/20]

Speech and Language Therapy

Peadar Tóibín

642. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the detail of the waiting lists for speech and language therapy in County Galway for each of the past five years. [41502/20]

Speech and Language Therapy

Peadar Tóibín

643. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the details of the waiting lists for speech and language therapy in County Mayo for each of the past five years [41503/20]

Speech and Language Therapy

Peadar Tóibín

644. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the detail of the waiting lists for speech and language therapy in County Cavan for each of the past five years [41504/20]

Speech and Language Therapy

Peadar Tóibín

645. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the detail of the waiting lists for speech and language therapy in County Wexford for each of the past five years [41505/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

696. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if a contingency has been put aside to deal with potential cases that may be brought against the State if something goes wrong with the Covid-19 vaccine; and if so, the amount set aside. [41860/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Peadar Tóibín

32. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment. [40081/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Peadar Tóibín

47. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of the funding issued through the restart grant plus scheme which has been sought back; and if there have been other instances in which her Department has retrospectively sought the return of funding issued through various grant schemes. [40080/20]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

249. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to open additional direct provision centres in the country; and the planned geographical location of such centres. [40885/20]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

256. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is planning to open accommodation for asylum seekers in Letterkenny, County Donegal; the number of asylum seekers the centre will accommodate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40887/20]

School Accommodation

Peadar Tóibín

68. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education her Department's strategy to ensuring there are enough secondary school places in the rapidly expanding town of Trim, County Meath; the plans in place to extend existing secondary schools and to build new schools in the town; the time frame for proposed plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40546/20]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

109. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to open additional direct provision centres here; and if so, the details of the geographical location of such centres. [40737/20]

Education Standards

Peadar Tóibín

42. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the monitoring and analysis she is undertaking to examine the quality of education leaving certificate 2020 students are receiving; and if it has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. [40075/20]

Gaelscoil Issues

Peadar Tóibín

53. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education her plans to increase the number of Gaelscoileanna to meet the demand around the country. [40076/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Peadar Tóibín

126. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applicants for the restart grant plus who pay commercial rates in shared commercial spaces and who had their application approved but who were later informed by their local authority that there had been a misinterpretation of qualifying criteria and who had their offer rescinded; the number of applicants who had their application approved, received payment and were then informed the grant had to be paid back afterwards due to the same circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39687/20]

Social Media Regulation

Peadar Tóibín

160. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has undertaken any research or investigation into the alleged use of fake social media accounts or robots by political parties in Ireland; if so, the findings of such investigations and research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40317/20]

Tax Code

Peadar Tóibín

226. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the measures being considered to broaden Ireland's tax base beyond over-reliance on income tax revenues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40195/20]

National Debt

Peadar Tóibín

227. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the size of Ireland's national debt; and the annual repayment and servicing of the debt costs. [40196/20]