Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Shared Island Unit

Ruairí Ó Murchú

29. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach the priorities of the shared island unit specifically in relation to new initiatives regarding north-south schemes. [13249/21]

Economic Policy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

100. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had on the recently launched Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor Report; his views on the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17207/21]

Insurance Costs

Ruairí Ó Murchú

124. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had in relation to public liability insurance specifically the lack of provision and high premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17206/21]

Telecommunications Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

218. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has engaged in discussions or commissioned reports in relation to subsidising household broadband services to tackle educational disadvantage and narrow the digital divide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16679/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

378. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if his Department is considering plans to include outdoor activity providers with no fixed business premises in the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43685/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

379. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with other relevant Departments on businesses that might not be eligible for the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1847/21]

Broadband Service Charges

Ruairí Ó Murchú

585. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education if she has engaged in discussions or commissioned reports in relation to subsidising household broadband services to tackle educational disadvantage and narrow the digital divide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16693/21]

Youth Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

696. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he received correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding funding; if so, the steps he has taken following the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16505/21]

Health Services Provision

Ruairí Ó Murchú

872. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the expected date therapy services will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16365/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1182. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the engagements he has had with maternity hospitals regarding maternity services; the steps he has taken to ensure pregnant women are fully supported during any ease in the current restrictions; and the current situation in each maternity hospital. [17469/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

25. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the current supports available to travel agents enabling them to reimburse consumers who do not wish to avail of refund credit notes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16134/21]

Hospital Staff

Ruairí Ó Murchú

197. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure the retention of newly qualified junior doctors in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital with reference to interns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16125/21]

Primary Care Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

200. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of adult primary care posts in CHO8 for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16135/21]

Primary Care Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

201. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of child primary care posts in CHO8 for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16136/21]

Primary Care Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

202. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for services within child primary care in CHO8 for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16137/21]

Primary Care Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

203. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for services within adult primary care in CHO8 for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16138/21]

Road Projects

Ruairí Ó Murchú

123. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the details of his engagement with the Northern Ireland Minister for Infrastructure on cross-Border planning and infrastructure projects, particularly the Narrow Water bridge project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15655/21]

Driver Test

Ruairí Ó Murchú

124. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the measures that have been taken and those being considered to tackle the driver test, theory test and lessons backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15654/21]

Remote Working

Ruairí Ó Murchú

197. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the work of Enterprise Ireland on remote working hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15836/21]

Cybersecurity Policy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

217. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps his Department is taking to improve and expand the cybersecurity remit across colleges and universities following an attempted cyberattack at a university (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14179/21]

Cybersecurity Policy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

218. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the context and rationale for the Office of Government Procurement provision of IT security services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14180/21]

Cybersecurity Policy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

219. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is a dedicated business cybersecurity hub within the National Cyber Security Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14181/21]

Post Office Network

Ruairí Ó Murchú

222. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the engagements his Department had with An Post and a union (details supplied) regarding the offline services report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14233/21]

Post Office Network

Ruairí Ó Murchú

223. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the expected timeframe for the announcement of actions following the examination of the feasibility of directing more State business to the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14234/21]

Brexit Issues

Ruairí Ó Murchú

379. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the implications following Brexit in regard to the UK land bridge and the supply chain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1845/21]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

380. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the engagement he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive in furthering cross-Border infrastructure projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1846/21]

National Broadband Plan

Ruairí Ó Murchú

386. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the engagements of his Departmental officials with Transport Infrastructure Ireland on planning and road opening licences for the roll-out of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15708/21]

Tourism Funding

Ruairí Ó Murchú

581. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if funding or grants are available to the owners of holiday parks, sites or facilities that provide services to mobile home owners; if consideration has been given to financial assistance for the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15332/21]

Local Authority Housing

Ruairí Ó Murchú

624. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the consideration that has been given outside of the energy efficiency programme for 2021 for the retrofitting of local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14253/21]

Private Rented Accommodation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

625. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties to date per rent pressure zone in County Louth that have been identified as potentially in breach of short-term lettings regulations; the number that have been subject to inspection; and the number of short-term letting change of use planning applications received. [14227/21]

Private Rented Accommodation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

626. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties to date per rent pressure zone in County Louth that have been issued with warning letters in respect of a breach of the short-term letting regulations. [14228/21]

School Curriculum

Ruairí Ó Murchú

948. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education her plans to define Irish sign language as a curricular subject by her Department in order to be included within the Teaching Council’s curricular subject requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15812/21]

National LGBTI+ Strategy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1355. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the details of engagements to date on work regarding the legislative ban on conversion therapy as committed to in the programme for Government; the timeline for commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14040/21]

Medical Internships

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1356. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to the development of allowances to support radiography students through their placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14041/21]

Broadband Infrastructure

Ruairí Ó Murchú

2097. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagements her Department has had with satellite companies on broadband connectivity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15835/21]

Post Office Network

Ruairí Ó Murchú

64. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the engagement he has had with An Post regarding its capacity to deliver banking services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13246/21]

Cybersecurity Policy

Ruairí Ó Murchú

89. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the engagement he has had and the plans he has considered in relation to the commitment to build the capacity of the National Cyber Security Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13247/21]

Vaccination Programme

Ruairí Ó Murchú

841. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to ensure organisation of times for vaccinations for front-line healthcare workers and the communication of these details to workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12880/21]

Vaccination Programme

Ruairí Ó Murchú

902. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if technical issues in relation to the Covid-19 vaccine registration portal for health professionals have been raised with his Department; if so, the steps he has taken to correct such issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13130/21]

Vaccination Programme

Ruairí Ó Murchú

903. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if he will consider providing updates to health professionals through the Covid-19 vaccine registration portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13131/21]

Freedom of Information

Ruairí Ó Murchú

930. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that bereaved families that lost loved ones in a nursing home (details supplied) in County Louth are being asked for hundreds of euro by the HSE for access to records under freedom of information; if he will intervene in the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13216/21]

Medical Inquiries

Ruairí Ó Murchú

932. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if issues raised in a High Court action by a person (details supplied) regarding failures in the north-east regional colposcopy service at Louth County Hospital have been reviewed, investigated and rectified; the way in which and when this was carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13303/21]

General Practitioner Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

938. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to problems experienced by persons in County Louth, particularly in Dundalk, in getting onto general practitioner lists both as public and private patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13327/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

20. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available for businesses with mobile premises, premises which are not permanently fixed in place and premises on which no commercial rates are payable which are ineligible for the Covid-19 business aid scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11153/21]

National Broadband Plan

Ruairí Ó Murchú

89. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of households per county not in the intervention area of the national broadband plan who have contacted the Department unable to get high speed broadband from service providers in the area. [11805/21]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

97. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the cross-Border greenway projects being considered as part of the Shared Island Fund. [11807/21]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

151. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the specific options currently being considered for the Narrow Water Bridge project; the expected timeframe for a defined and costed scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11804/21]

Flood Prevention Measures

Ruairí Ó Murchú

248. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the catchment and flood risk management plan under CFRAM for County Louth; the progress on the implementation of same that has been made to date; the funding that has been allocated to the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11811/21]

Teacher Training

Ruairí Ó Murchú

482. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education if consideration has been given to providing educational supports to students in a college (details supplied) due to complete online Gaeltacht courses to meet necessary Irish language requirements; if so, the details of the supports being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11796/21]

Broadband Infrastructure

Ruairí Ó Murchú

484. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education the number of primary schools outside the remit of the national broadband plan with no access to broadband services by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11810/21]