Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Rail Network

Cormac Devlin

208. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport the status of the progress of Kishogue railway station; the proposed opening date and commencement of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24570/21]

Rail Network

Cormac Devlin

209. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport the status of plans to electrify the rail line between Hazelhatch and the city centre to provide for increased capacity on this city centre link; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24571/21]

School Patronage

Cormac Devlin

468. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a copy of the plebiscite results for a school (details supplied) by local electoral area in tabular form; if she will provide a copy of the map of the plebiscite area; the dates of meetings between her officials and the patron regarding the school; if she will provide a list and date of letters issued to the patron regarding the school from 1 January 2020 to 5 May 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24280/21]

Schools Building Projects

Cormac Devlin

514. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education the status of a building project to be completed at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24559/21]

Schools Building Projects

Cormac Devlin

515. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education the status of a building project to be completed at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24560/21]

Schools Building Projects

Cormac Devlin

516. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education the status of a building project to be completed at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24561/21]

School Accommodation

Cormac Devlin

517. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education the future plans for a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24562/21]

Departmental Staff

Cormac Devlin

660. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí assigned to the local drugs units in the DMR west region as of 1 April 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24569/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

663. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if his officials will make contact with them with a view to offering advice; if he will facilitate their exemption from mandatory hotel quarantine on compassionate medical grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24309/21]

Primary Care Centres

Cormac Devlin

904. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the status of and the reason for the delays in advancing the provision of a primary healthcare centre in Lucan, County Dublin over the past five years; the current status of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24563/21]

Primary Care Centres

Cormac Devlin

905. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the status of the proposed primary healthcare centre in Rowlagh, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24564/21]

Health Services

Cormac Devlin

906. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO area who have been on waiting lists for assessment for speech and language therapy for more than 3, 6 and 12 months and 1, 2 and 3 years as of 1 April 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24565/21]

Health Services

Cormac Devlin

907. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO area who have received an assessment for speech and language therapy and are now waiting on treatment for more than 3, 6 and 12 months and 1, 2 and 3 years as of 1 April 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24566/21]

Home Help Service

Cormac Devlin

908. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO area who have received an assessment and are now waiting on home help packages for more than 3, 6, and 12 months and 1, 2 and 3 years as of 1 April 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24567/21]

Legislative Measures

Cormac Devlin

3. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when new legislation to introduce a more streamlined insolvency process for persons and businesses will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23299/21]

Motor Tax

Cormac Devlin

22. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if officials in the motor tax office will contact the person with a view to resolving the matter. [23300/21]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Cormac Devlin

156. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if a submission for funding to provide the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need in the National Service Plan 2021 was received from the HSE primary care reimbursement service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23302/21]

Social and Affordable Housing

Cormac Devlin

74. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider a large-scale trial of innovative technological solutions such as those provided by an organisation (details supplied) to reduce the instance of fuel poverty among social housing tenants. [22675/21]

Waste Management

Cormac Devlin

150. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he will take to address the issue of excess packaging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23066/21]

Waste Management

Cormac Devlin

151. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of degraded landfill sites by county in tabular form; the way in which applications were received by his Department from each of the four Dublin local authorities under the remediation of environmentally degraded landfill sites; the applications that were granted; the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23067/21]

Local Authority Funding

Cormac Devlin

152. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding given to each of the four Dublin local authorities over the past five years under the local authority enforcement measures grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23068/21]

Defective Building Materials

Cormac Devlin

306. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the next step for the independent working group which has been established to examine issues of defective housing; the details of the way property owners can seek to have their properties examined to ensure that they can form part of the solution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23065/21]

Diabetes Strategy

Cormac Devlin

606. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide some of the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE Medicines Management Programme Preferred Blood Glucose Strips for adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes evaluation to fund the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23063/21]

Vaccination Programme

Cormac Devlin

607. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the status of a vaccine (details supplied) in the European Union; if it is being considered for authorisation by the EMA; when persons vaccinated with the vaccine will be officially considered vaccinated for the purposes of mandatory hotel quarantine and other such restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23064/21]

Vaccination Programme

Cormac Devlin

612. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health when a frontline worker (details supplied) in vaccination category 2G will receive an appointment for a vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23077/21]

Vaccination Programme

Cormac Devlin

613. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health when a frontline worker (details supplied) in vaccination category 2G will receive an appointment for a vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23078/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

144. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will prioritise the reopening of click and collect services for small businesses on a one-to-one appointment basis for sole traders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21631/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

145. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of domestic cleaning and services under Covid-19 restrictions; if he will prioritise the reopening of the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21632/21]

Bus Services

Cormac Devlin

247. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport if he will request the NTA to review demand for bus services on the 7D, 7B and 63 bus routes to ensure customer demand is being met in particular for school children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22029/21]

Gambling Sector

Cormac Devlin

359. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department has carried out an analysis into the increasing number of gambling adverts on television; if she has considered introducing restrictions in this area to protect the public good; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21633/21]

Water and Sewerage Schemes

Cormac Devlin

471. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the Programme for Government commitment to reduce emissions into coastal seas in particular Dublin Bay by upgrading the Irish Water treatment network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21624/21]

Language Schools

Cormac Devlin

755. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of meetings he or his officials have had with stakeholders from the English language school sector; the status of his plans to ensure the survival of the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21625/21]

Student Support Schemes

Cormac Devlin

756. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will commission a cost-benefit analysis review of adding a university (details supplied) and other open colleges which issue QQI awards and certificates to the SUSI grants system to increase access to higher education and upskill the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21626/21]

Bench Warrants

Cormac Devlin

816. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice the number of outstanding bench warrants in each of the years 2016 to 2020, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21627/21]

Garda Data

Cormac Devlin

817. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice the number of outstanding European arrest warrants for Irish citizens in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21628/21]

Health Services Staff

Cormac Devlin

975. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the status of the resolution of the public health doctors and consultant deal in particular the terms for roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21630/21]

Speech and Language Therapy

Cormac Devlin

1044. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the method or system used by the HSE to decide on the amount of speech and language, physiotherapy and occupational therapy sessions a child with a severe or profound learning disability should receive per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22027/21]

Special Educational Needs

Cormac Devlin

1045. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the HSE budget allocated per child diagnosed with needs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22028/21]

UN Food and Agriculture Organization

Cormac Devlin

1143. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of Ireland’s contribution to the United Nations World Food Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21634/21]

Departmental Properties

Cormac Devlin

1144. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the land and buildings under the control and management of his Department across Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21635/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

169. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the practice of an employer requiring employees, who cannot attend their work premises due to Covid-19 restrictions, to reimburse the employer for the cost of couriering work materials such as files to the employee is prohibited under the Payment of Wages Act 1991; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18796/21]

Cabinet Committees

Cormac Devlin

486. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance the number of meetings held by the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment; the dates of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18797/21]

Pension Provisions

Cormac Devlin

545. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the effective dates of the last three increases that were applied to the pensions of civil service principal officers in retirement; the level of increase that was applied to their pension on each occasion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18493/21]

Property Registration

Cormac Devlin

708. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ascertain through the Property Registration Authority of Ireland the ownership of the granite outcrop to the rear of a location (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18798/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

709. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if taking photography in a range of locations near a development site to facilitate the preparation of photomontages for visual impact assessment while preparing a file for planning submission or in response to a request for further information issued by a planning authority under the Planning and Development Acts that is in relation to a planning application which has already been made is an essential service under the restrictions now in place under level 5 of the Plan for Living with COVID-19 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18800/21]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Cormac Devlin

977. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education if she will include all DEIS band one schools when reducing class size numbers for all class levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18801/21]

Direct Provision System

Cormac Devlin

1226. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average estimated cost of the direct provision system per person per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18795/21]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Cormac Devlin

1292. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider adding a university (details supplied) for the purpose of SUSI grant aid and other open colleges which make QQI awards and certificates in many subjects in order to increase access to higher education and allow persons upskill during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18802/21]

Garda Recruitment

Cormac Devlin

1404. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice the number of candidates that were on the An Garda Síochána recruitment panel at 31 January 2021 subject to Covid-19 public health regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18790/21]

International Protection

Cormac Devlin

1405. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice the number of audio-visual appeal hearings which have been conducted by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in 2020 and in January and February 2021; the number of those hearings which were conducted in a language other than English; the reason her Department has not been in a position to facilitate interpretation services for the Tribunal to conduct appeals in languages other than English; if she is satisfied with the progress of the Tribunal conducting appeals audio-visually; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18791/21]