Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Flood Risk Management

Holly Cairns

152. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the completion of the flood relief scheme in Skibbereen and Bantry, County Cork. [32353/21]

Flood Risk Management

Dara Calleary

153. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current position in relation to the flood alleviation scheme for Crossmolina, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32335/21]

Brexit Supports

Christopher O'Sullivan

154. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve. [24136/21]

State Bodies

John Lahart

155. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on gender balance on State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32360/21]

Public Sector Staff

Mick Barry

156. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on additional holiday entitlements for workers in the public sector who were frontline workers during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32463/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Neale Richmond

157. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of Ireland’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan submitted to the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31970/21]

Flood Risk Management

Brendan Griffin

158. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will carry out an audit of flood prevention embankments and other infrastructure to establish the potential that such infrastructure holds for adaptation to walking and cycling infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32349/21]

National Broadband Plan

Brian Stanley

159. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 1 June 2021, if his position on the National Broadband Plan has changed or remains the same as outlined in correspondence (details supplied) of 1 April 2019; and his views on the statement in the reply which outlines that the National Broadband Plan is significantly behind schedule. [32272/21]

Civil Service

Mick Barry

160. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on follow-up trade union and worker engagement planned following the publication of the Civil Service Employee Engagement Survey 2020 COVID-19 Remote Working Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32462/21]

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission

Thomas Pringle

161. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the below living wage starting salary for secretarial assistants under the scheme for secretarial assistants in the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31918/21]

Flood Risk Management

Catherine Connolly

162. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood defences in the Spanish Arch and docks area of Galway city; the details of any public consultation taken to date or planned in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32125/21]

Pension Provisions

Violet-Anne Wynne

163. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason his Department has chosen to propose a once-off gratuity for the community enterprise scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors as opposed to the pension scheme recommended by the Labour Court in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32045/21]

National Lottery

Seán Haughey

164. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the expenditure on good causes undertaken by the National Lottery over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32358/21]

National Development Plan

Éamon Ó Cuív

165. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when it is intended to announce the details of the revised National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31516/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Seán Haughey

166. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cumulative additional expenditure undertaken to support the economy and society during the Covid-19 pandemic to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32359/21]

Public Expenditure Policy

Bernard Durkan

167. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he remains satisfied with regard to public expenditure levels in the current year to date; if any particular concerns have arisen which may require specific attention now or at a later date; if all Government Departments and their subsidiary bodies continue to operate within the criteria laid down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32390/21]

Defective Building Materials

Alan Dillon

168. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if engagement has taken place with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on extending the pyrite remediation scheme to counties Mayo and Donegal; his plans to consider expanding the pyrite remediation scheme or increasing the funding made available under the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32061/21]

Job Losses

Cian O'Callaghan

169. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action that has been taken to find replacement employers in view of the impending closure of two pharmaceutical companies in the Baldoyle industrial estate, Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32531/21]

Employment Support Services

Matt Shanahan

170. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of job coaches currently employed with specific responsibility for enabling disabled persons access the labour market; the number of job coaches employed; the cost for the relevant Department or State agency to recruit a job coach; the amount allocated for his Department to spend on job coaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32556/21]

Transfer of Undertakings

Niall Collins

171. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will advise on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32577/21]

Legislative Measures

Paul Murphy

172. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to bring forward legislation to implement the recommendations of the Supreme Court ruling in Zalewski vs. Adjudication Officer and Others in relation to Workplace Relations Commission hearings; and the timeframe within which he plans to do so. [32591/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Alan Kelly

173. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount his Department and associated agencies have spent on social media advertising since the beginning of January 2021 until 12 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32611/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Alan Kelly

174. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount his Department has spent on social media content production since the beginning of January 2021 until 12 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32628/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Alan Kelly

175. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount his Department and all associated agencies have spent on public relations consultancy costs since January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32645/21]

Climate Action Plan

Eoin Ó Broin

176. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current and capital costs involved with each action item in the Interim Climate Action Plan under his Department’s responsibility. [32696/21]

Departmental Policies

Christopher O'Sullivan

177. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline his key policy achievements in his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32715/21]

Equality Issues

Holly Cairns

178. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are working towards enabling access to employment for persons from minority and or disadvantaged communities, including, but not limited to, persons with disabilities, persons from ethnic minorities, Travellers, Mincéirí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32737/21]

National Broadband Plan

Niall Collins

179. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on a matter relating to the NBI roll-out (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32588/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Alan Kelly

180. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount his Department and associated agencies have spent on social media advertising since the beginning of January 2021 until 12 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32612/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Alan Kelly

181. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount his Department has spent on social media content production since the beginning of January 2021 until 12 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32629/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Alan Kelly

182. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount his Department and all associated agencies have spent on public relations consultancy costs since January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32646/21]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Michael Ring

183. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a response will issue to a query raised regarding carbon sequestration (details supplied). [32684/21]

Climate Action Plan

Eoin Ó Broin

184. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current and capital costs involved with each action item in the Interim Climate Action Plan under his Department’s responsibility. [32693/21]

Climate Change Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

185. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of progress made towards the Annual Transition Statement for 2020. [32703/21]

Departmental Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

186. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown of the cost per school for retrofits under the pathfinder scheme. [32705/21]

Energy Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

187. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of replacing the lapsed energy poverty strategy. [32707/21]

Departmental Policies

Christopher O'Sullivan

188. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline his key policy achievements in his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32716/21]

Energy Infrastructure

Denis Naughten

189. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 24 March 2021, when the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32731/21]

Equality Issues

Holly Cairns

190. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are working towards enabling access to employment for persons from minority and or disadvantaged communities, including, but not limited to, persons with disabilities, persons from ethnic minorities, Travellers, Mincéirí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32738/21]

National Broadband Plan

Brendan Smith

191. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the projected roll-out of the National Broadband Plan for counties Cavan and Monaghan for 2021; the measures that will be implemented to offset the delays that have occurred in this roll-out to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32791/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

James O'Connor

192. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the sector specific supports for the aviation sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32547/21]

Aviation Industry

Joe Carey

193. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport the status of two submissions made on behalf of former employees of the Irish Aviation Authority regarding changes in their superannuation scheme; when his Department will be in a position to make a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19322/21]

Electric Vehicles

Neale Richmond

194. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport the status of the roll-out of electric vehicle charging points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29417/21]

Departmental Contracts

Bríd Smith

195. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport the process under which sea air rescue services are intended to be procured in 2023; if there is a review into the operation of the previous contracts; if the Defence Forces will have a role in its future operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25106/21]

Aviation Industry

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

196. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport if he will intervene and engage with a company (details supplied) to ensure that no worker at Cork airport will be laid off for ten weeks at the end of 2021. [30185/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

197. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the current supports for the taxi industry, detailing plans for further supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30203/21]

Road Projects

Alan Dillon

198. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Transport the progress being made with the N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge Road project given that it should form a key part of the mid-term review of the National Development Plan 2018-2027; when the project will reach final approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31759/21]

Rail Network

Alan Dillon

199. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Transport the status of the progress of the Strategic Rail Review and work to support the expansion of railway investment including commuter services in urban areas and also regional services such as the Western Rail Corridor. [32453/21]

Air Safety

Bernard Durkan

200. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport the action that can be taken to prevent the hijacking of aircraft and passengers en route between two EU states. [29217/21]

Rail Network

Neale Richmond

201. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport the status of the 41 new diesel ICR carriages ordered by Irish Rail in 2020 and the 2020 tender process to order up to 600 electric and hybrid battery carriages and their planned use on the Maynooth rail line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32541/21]