Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Care Services

Jackie Cahill

3166. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when respite services will return for service users of adult day care services in Thurles, County Tipperary who attended a facility (details supplied) prior to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40557/21]

Departmental Correspondence

Jackie Cahill

3416. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the beef finisher payment appeal application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40612/21]

Rural Schemes

Jackie Cahill

3446. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that has been allocated by her Department for projects and initiatives in County Tipperary over the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40498/21]

Departmental Schemes

Jackie Cahill

153. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if there are financial supports available for the establishment of a taxi service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38820/21]

Disability Services

Jackie Cahill

416. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if additional supports will be provided for early intervention services for children with a disability in north County Tipperary in the HSE mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31485/21]

Disability Services

Jackie Cahill

417. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide a temporary replacement for a speech and language therapist who is currently on maternity leave and who works in early intervention services for children with a disability in Nenagh, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31486/21]

Disability Services

Jackie Cahill

418. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that parents of children born with disabilities are being advised to remain in the care of hospital services often in Dublin for as long as possible rather than changing to local early intervention services in Nenagh, County Tipperary due to short staffing in early intervention services in Nenagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31487/21]

Disability Services

Jackie Cahill

419. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his views on whether there are adequate staffing levels in early intervention services in Nenagh, County Tipperary for children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31488/21]

Disability Services

Jackie Cahill

420. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will to appoint a person to oversee all early intervention services that are supposed to be made available to children with disabilities in the north County Tipperary area of the mid-west region in order that services are co-ordinated appropriately and parents receive proper communications; if so, if a person will be appointed to the role who has an understanding of the needs of such children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31489/21]

Disability Services

Jackie Cahill

421. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there is adequate funding of early intervention services for children with disabilities in north County Tipperary considering some physiotherapists are operating clients lists of up to 500 children locally and many children cannot access the services they desperately need at an early age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31490/21]

Agriculture Industry

Jackie Cahill

451. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the appointment of the independent chair and farmer nominee to the agriculture appeals panel will occur (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38336/21]

Hospital Staff

Jackie Cahill

72. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a full-time consultant to the medical assessment unit of Nenagh Hospital as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28444/21]

Medicinal Products

Jackie Cahill

114. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if epidiolex will be approved for funding by the HSE drug reimbursement programme as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28445/21]

Wastewater Treatment

Jackie Cahill

338. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of urban areas with a population of over 10,000 that currently have wastewater treatment plants with a lack of capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37560/21]

Wastewater Treatment

Jackie Cahill

339. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of urban areas with a population of over 5,000 that are restricted from constructing new housing units due to a lack of capacity in the local wastewater treatment plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37561/21]

Wastewater Treatment

Jackie Cahill

340. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of urban areas that lie within a 10 km distance of the River Shannon that do not have a wastewater treatment plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37563/21]

Wastewater Treatment

Jackie Cahill

341. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of urban areas that lie within a 10 km distance of the River Shannon that regularly experience a lack of capacity in the wastewater treatment plant; the areas that must discharge raw sewage into the local waterways to compensate for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37564/21]

Naturalisation Applications

Jackie Cahill

572. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice the progress of a certificate of naturalisation for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37828/21]

An Garda Síochána

Jackie Cahill

90. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice the number of community Gardaí in the Tipperary division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36798/21]

Crime Prevention

Jackie Cahill

96. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice the initiatives that are being taken to address rural crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36797/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Jackie Cahill

332. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the CAP consultative committee was formed exclusively by way of invitation or by request of the current members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37049/21]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

333. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if unmodified Departmental rules on unenclosed areas are creating barriers for applications on agriculturally marginal but forestry suitable land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37050/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jackie Cahill

174. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if persons travelling into the country from states on the mandatory hotel quarantine list will be provided with an exemption to mandatory hotel quarantine in cases in which they are fully vaccinated with a World Health Organisation approved vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30512/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jackie Cahill

180. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if, under new guidelines, communions and confirmations will go ahead, particularly in smaller school with groups of 25; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30590/21]

Third Level Admissions

Jackie Cahill

420. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a person (details supplied) can amend their higher education access route, HEAR, application to include their 2019 income rather than the 2020 income that was submitted with the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36279/21]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

566. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to conduct a needs analysis from the forest industry including forest owners for a frost reconstitution scheme following damage to young plantations by this uninsurable event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35819/21]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

567. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the afforestation grant and premium is not payable on areas of natural constraints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35820/21]

Animal Diseases

Jackie Cahill

606. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the thorough examinations of each individual animal are conducted by tissue velocity imaging given scans are not accepted as proof of pregnancy by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36401/21]

School Meals Programme

Jackie Cahill

85. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education the status of the school meals and hot school meals programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35405/21]

Departmental Schemes

Jackie Cahill

224. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if grants are available for a person to replace roof tiles on their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35601/21]

Cabinet Committees

Jackie Cahill

17. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with agriculture is next due to meet. [34654/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jackie Cahill

80. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport his plans to alter restrictions on public transport to allow buses to run at 75% capacity rather than 50% capacity on service routes considering that many service routes are now over capacity and persons are being left behind at bus stops due to lack of space on buses that are in compliance with 50% capacity rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28255/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jackie Cahill

312. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the restrictions that will be in place for the summer months in relation to summer camps for children both indoors and outdoors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28257/21]

Driver Test

Jackie Cahill

95. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if a person (details supplied) who has been given a test date of 5 August 2021 can have their theory test date brough forward by the Road Safety Authority given they require the licence sooner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34276/21]

Driver Test

Jackie Cahill

135. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if he will examine the management by the RSA of the driving test booking system for essential workers given that verification codes are reported to be taking anywhere between 30 and 45 minutes to be sent out to essential workers trying to book their tests, while the permitted time period to get the code into the booking system and confirm the booking is 10 minutes after requesting it, meaning it is impossible to book a driving test via this link; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34891/21]

Tax Code

Jackie Cahill

145. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the 9% VAT rate to the hospitality sector to the end of October 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34346/21]

Tax Reliefs

Jackie Cahill

146. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the conditions of the revised capital gains tax entrepreneur relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34347/21]

Tourist Accommodation

Jackie Cahill

176. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the building requirements, room dimensions and so on that a self-catering cottage must meet in order to qualify for the welcome standard as set out by Fáilte Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34546/21]

School Transport

Jackie Cahill

325. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education when the Gortagarry, County Tipperary school bus route will go to tender again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34297/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Jackie Cahill

357. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who is a single parent working 15 hours a week during the school term is entitled to the full carer’s allowance to care for their child who has autism after nine years on half carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34284/21]

Asylum Applications

Jackie Cahill

422. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice if the leave-to-remain application by a person (details supplied) can be progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34734/21]

Animal Diseases

Jackie Cahill

586. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will accept scanning as proof as pregnancy in cases in which there are TB reactors in a herd; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34348/21]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

601. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Forestry Service funded Natura Impact Statements for Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34780/21]

Departmental Schemes

Jackie Cahill

609. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if payments are available for farmers for allowing public access onto their lands for walks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34236/21]

Passport Services

Jackie Cahill

128. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications from County Tipperary that are being processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33869/21]

Passport Services

Jackie Cahill

143. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the timeframe for clearing the backlog of passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33870/21]

School Transport

Jackie Cahill

301. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education if the school bus route for a school (details supplied) will be redirected to facilitate children in Borrisnafarney, Moneygall and Roscrea, County Tipperary, thus following its original bus route; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34065/21]

Citizenship Applications

Jackie Cahill

369. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34064/21]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

487. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will issue a policy document regarding the 20% rule on unenclosed land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34113/21]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

488. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will supply a policy document for the decision making to increase the buffer zone radius on all forestry projects to 15 km; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34114/21]