Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Kehoe

128. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the process for obtaining permission by persons (details supplied) for international travel for the purpose of participating in elite sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17900/21]

Passport Services

Paul Kehoe

187. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when he expects the passport service to resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17901/21]

School Accommodation

Paul Kehoe

203. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the status of an application for temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied); if the school it will be in place by September 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17661/21]

Forestry Management

Paul Kehoe

395. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2021 of 24 March 2021, if the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, advised his Department to increase the buffer radius from 3 km to 15 km; if his attention has been drawn to the clear guidance on page 32 of the appropriate NPWS assessment document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17921/21]

Forestry Management

Paul Kehoe

396. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason all forestry projects are required by his Department to adhere to a 15 km buffer zone when the clear guidance from the National Parks and Wildlife Service states the distance can be much less than 15 km and, in some cases, less than 100 m, and must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17923/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Kehoe

107. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the decision-making process in respect of students and examiners not wearing masks during leaving certificate oral examinations; her views on the short notice for these guidelines; if she will overturn this decision in order that vulnerable teachers or those with vulnerable family members do not have to withdraw from the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16208/21]

Work Permits

Paul Kehoe

148. 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. [14209/21]

Environmental Policy

Paul Kehoe

249. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the assistance available to primary schools under the green agenda initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15247/21]

Road Safety Authority

Paul Kehoe

388. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport the number of registered driving instructors that are registered with the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15740/21]

Departmental Records

Paul Kehoe

527. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when Circular 39/07, concerning the process by which Departments classify material as top secret, will be either updated or replaced with new central classification rules, given that the existing 13-year-old circular may no longer provide sufficient guidance in respect of the digital data that are increasingly managed and stored by Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14600/21]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Kehoe

851. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the status of a building project (details supplied) including the site and the new school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14408/21]

Schools Designation

Paul Kehoe

900. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details of the 92 primary schools with the title of a junior national school; the schools that only go as far as first class; if they are single gender or not; if in the case of junior schools only going as far as first class, they are legally entitled to amend their enrolment policy to include second class; the number of single gender primary schools that have opened in the past 20 years; the corresponding co-educational primary schools that opened in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15086/21]

School Funding

Paul Kehoe

908. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the assistance available to primary schools under the green agenda initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15246/21]

Parental Leave

Paul Kehoe

1087. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the legislation for parental benefit will be passed; the earliest date on which it can be applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14988/21]

Passport Services

Paul Kehoe

1193. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice the timeframe for the return of documentation held in her Department once urgently requested (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13996/21]

Mental Health Services

Paul Kehoe

1433. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health the areas in which he plans to utilise the €20 million additional funding for mental health services announced in February 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14198/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Kehoe

1438. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health the pay entitlement for a HSE worker who is out of work as a close contact of a positive Covid-19 case but whose work cannot be done remotely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14217/21]

Vaccination Programme

Paul Kehoe

1671. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health the assistance available for a person (details supplied) to access the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15092/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Kehoe

1789. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health if family carers will be added as a priority group on the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15438/21]

Forestry Management

Paul Kehoe

2021. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the decision of his Department to increase the buffer zone radius from 3 km to 15 km for all forestry projects; the authority that advised this increase; when his Department received this instruction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15421/21]

Aquaculture Data

Paul Kehoe

267. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for the EMFF investment for aquaculture enterprises under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme from County Wexford (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13628/21]

Departmental Data

Paul Kehoe

269. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of running the forestry division in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13790/21]

Forestry Sector

Paul Kehoe

270. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional cost of external ecologists hired by the Forest Service; the agreed duration of their contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13791/21]

Forestry Sector

Paul Kehoe

271. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the external ecologist engaged by the Forest Service are operating to set targets, piece rate or hourly rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13792/21]

Departmental Advertising

Paul Kehoe

126. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19, by month and by media outlet (details supplied), from 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021. [12323/21]

Departmental Advertising

Paul Kehoe

148. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent across his Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19, by month and by media outlet (details supplied), from 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021. [13557/21]

Energy Efficiency

Paul Kehoe

182. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to incentivise and support households to undertake retrofitting and other energy efficiency measures to help combat climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1415/21]

Energy Production

Paul Kehoe

183. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to develop geothermal energy in Ireland given its potential to provide a significant proportion of the country’s heating; if there are areas of the country more suited to this type of energy source; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1416/21]

Departmental Advertising

Paul Kehoe

206. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount spent across his Department on advertising with regard to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021. [13567/21]

Departmental Advertising

Paul Kehoe

264. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport the amount spent across his Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021. [13569/21]

Departmental Advertising

Paul Kehoe

312. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent across his Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021. [13558/21]

Departmental Advertising

Paul Kehoe

325. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent across his Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021. [13564/21]

Departmental Advertising

Paul Kehoe

359. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount spent across her Department on advertising on Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021. [13568/21]

Departmental Advertising

Paul Kehoe

421. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent across his Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021. [13562/21]

Departmental Advertising

Paul Kehoe

465. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount spent across his Department on advertising relating to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021. [13559/21]

Departmental Advertising

Paul Kehoe

476. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Defence the amount spent across his Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021. [13555/21]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Kehoe

477. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12479/21]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Kehoe

486. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the status of the progress of a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12580/21]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Kehoe

487. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12583/21]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Kehoe

553. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13512/21]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Kehoe

554. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the status of progress on a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13513/21]

Departmental Advertising

Paul Kehoe

560. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the amount spent across her Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021. [13556/21]

Departmental Advertising

Paul Kehoe

625. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent across her Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021. [13566/21]

Departmental Advertising

Paul Kehoe

685. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount spent across his Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021. [13560/21]

Departmental Advertising

Paul Kehoe

732. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice the amount spent across her Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19, by month and by media outlet (details supplied), from 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021. [13563/21]

Hospital Car Parks

Paul Kehoe

991. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health if hospital parking fees should be applied for HSE employees when attending a hospital to receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13511/21]

Departmental Advertising

Paul Kehoe

1001. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health the amount spent across his Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021. [13561/21]

Departmental Advertising

Paul Kehoe

1051. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent across his Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021. [13554/21]

Departmental Advertising

Paul Kehoe

1057. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent across her Department on advertising in relation to Covid-19 by month and by media outlet (details supplied) from 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021. [13565/21]

Information and Communications Technology

Paul Kehoe

51. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if State bodies can now make greater use of commercial cloud computing in delivering public services including in cases involving the processing, hosting or storing of personal information in view of his comments welcoming the publication of the Office of Government Procurement guidance note on cloud services and in order to support the public sector being at the forefront of digital transformation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12339/21]