Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Work Permits

Paul Kehoe

147. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration is being given to adding international heavy goods vehicle drivers to the skills shortage list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33104/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Paul Kehoe

187. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport the supports that are available to consumers who deferred flights due to Covid-19 in 2020 and now have made bookings before the proposed date for international travel of 19 July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33134/21]

Departmental Schemes

Paul Kehoe

625. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the number of farmers that afforested a part of their farm declined by 88% during the duration of GLAS, commencing in 2015 up to and including 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32999/21]

Departmental Schemes

Paul Kehoe

626. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the serious decline in the number of farmers that afforested a part of their farm during the duration of GLAS has been included in any SWOT analysis and needs assessment completed by his Department as part of the CAP Strategic Plan in particular the eco-scheme and agri-environment measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33000/21]

Driver Test

Paul Kehoe

64. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport the arrangements being put in place to facilitate driver theory tests in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32198/21]

Driver Test

Paul Kehoe

65. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport when driving lessons are to resume for non-essential workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32199/21]

Driver Test

Paul Kehoe

66. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport when driving tests will resume for non-essential workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32200/21]

Departmental Circulars

Paul Kehoe

93. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 527 of 24 March 2021, the work his Department has undertaken to replace circular 39/07 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32202/21]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Kehoe

144. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the current status for a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32375/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Paul Kehoe

170. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection the current status in relation to the outstanding arrears of the pandemic unemployment payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32318/21]

Postal Services

Paul Kehoe

197. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position regarding a request by a union (details supplied) for funding for An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31238/21]

Aviation Industry

Paul Kehoe

247. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport if he is considering measures to assist the restart of aviation and international travel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31091/21]

Office of Public Works

Paul Kehoe

441. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the general operatives will be appointed to Kennedy Park, New Ross, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31200/21]

School Accommodation

Paul Kehoe

774. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education if she will provide information on the ownership of the former site of a school (details supplied) and whether she has information for plans for its future use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31195/21]

Family Resource Centres

Paul Kehoe

845. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding streams available for a family and community resource centre to purchase land adjacent to its property for expansion purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30522/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Paul Kehoe

1173. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the recent letter issued to a group (details supplied) refusing it a position on the CAP consultative committee has since been superseded by the update by the assistant secretary of his Department to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on 27 May 2021 that there is still a decision to be made on the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30632/21]

Sports Funding

Paul Kehoe

292. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she expects to announce the awards under the sports capital scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29252/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Paul Kehoe

241. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is considering redrafting of the current reconstitution scheme to deal with ash dieback in order to include all trees planted under his Department’s forestation schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28755/21]

Work Permits

Paul Kehoe

64. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to reopen applications for work permits for dairy farm assistants in early 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28350/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Paul Kehoe

189. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) is not eligible for the Covid restrictions support scheme; the options available to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27702/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Paul Kehoe

196. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the connected party eligibility criteria for EWSS in an instance in which the connected party is a registered apprentice, but had not been on the payroll and paid at any time between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28033/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Kehoe

230. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if wet pubs are eligible to receive funding under the outdoor seating and accessories for tourism and hospitality services schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28175/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Kehoe

232. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when new operating guidelines for the sectors of the hospitality industry scheduled to reopen from 7 June 2021 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28347/21]

Forestry Sector

Paul Kehoe

522. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 476 of 13 May 2021, the way all forestry projects in Ireland will impact on the whooper swan, the Greenland white-fronted goose and the barnacle goose, given the fact these bird species breed and nest in Greenland and only winter remotely in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27456/21]

Forestry Sector

Paul Kehoe

523. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 476 of 13 May 2021, the way forestry projects, irrespective of type, size and location, will impact on hen harriers considering the low and sparse population of the species, and given the fact that in parts of Ireland it is proven hen harrier numbers have increased in landscapes where forestry of different ages and rotations exists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27457/21]

Forestry Sector

Paul Kehoe

524. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Coillte licences, on average, that an ecologist processes in a week; the number of private licences, on average, that an ecologist processes in a week for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27459/21]

Rural Schemes

Paul Kehoe

597. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider including stay-at-home parents returning to the workforce in the eligibility criteria for roles on the community services programme that are currently reserved exclusively for persons returning to the workforce following receipt of a social welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28353/21]

Agriculture Industry

Paul Kehoe

39. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the need for Irish agri-food processing companies to diversify from their dependence on the UK market in a post-Brexit era; his views on new market and value added opportunities for Irish food produce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26941/21]

Technological Universities

Paul Kehoe

86. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the Wexford campus for the Technological University of the South-East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26938/21]

Technological Universities

Paul Kehoe

94. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the technological university for the south-east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26937/21]

Community Employment Schemes

Paul Kehoe

280. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding community employment supervisor pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27129/21]

Public Transport

Paul Kehoe

287. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection if an agreement is in place with Irish Rail to ensure that a free travel card will be accepted even if expired during Covid-19 restrictions on public services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27292/21]

Driver Licences

Paul Kehoe

70. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport if the start date for a driving ban can be deferred (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26694/21]

Driver Test

Paul Kehoe

278. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport when driver theory tests will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26600/21]

Community Employment Schemes

Paul Kehoe

542. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the current community scheme contract until October 2021 to allow for the disruption to the scheme caused by Covid-19 and to give schemes adequate time to both complete the work and training with their participants and to plan for further recruitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25862/21]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Paul Kehoe

610. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consideration will be given to an appeal by a person (details supplied) in order that the changes in income of the self-employed due to Covid-19 and not on the pandemic unemployment payment can be used when reassessing the higher education grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25628/21]

Probate Applications

Paul Kehoe

644. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice the waiting times for the granting of probate in the Probate Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25838/21]

Grant Payments

Paul Kehoe

716. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26415/21]

Driver Test

Paul Kehoe

195. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport if Enniscorthy, County Wexford is to be considered as a venue for a pop-up driver testing centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25251/21]

Flood Risk Management

Paul Kehoe

225. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Enniscorthy flood defence scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25256/21]

Office of Public Works

Paul Kehoe

226. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when recruitment for personnel (details supplied) will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25372/21]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Kehoe

313. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the status of a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25278/21]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Kehoe

314. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the status of a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25280/21]

Naturalisation Applications

Paul Kehoe

377. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice the options available to a person (details supplied) who has difficulty providing the documentation for a naturalisation application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25387/21]

Vaccination Programme

Paul Kehoe

414. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health the position in relation to pharmacists delivering vaccinations in local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25257/21]

Forestry Sector

Paul Kehoe

476. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the scientific studies used to support the answer to Parliamentary Question No. 682 of 5 May 2021 regarding bird species which require foraging distances from 3km to 15km from forestry projects averaging seven hectares in size; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25383/21]

Departmental Schemes

Paul Kehoe

108. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of a proposal for a three-year pilot scheme of a universal basic income for artists, writers and musicians proposed by the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24864/21]

Ministerial Communications

Paul Kehoe

110. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when a file (details supplied) that requires Ministerial consent will be signed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25031/21]

General Practitioner Services

Paul Kehoe

250. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health the assistance available to a family (details supplied); the actions being taken to assist others in similar situations to access general practitioner care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24846/21]

Vaccination Programme

Paul Kehoe

259. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health the details of the plan for the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines for pregnant women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24862/21]