Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Felling Licences

Sorca Clarke

881. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) was required to apply for a felling licence prior to the recent tree felling carried out on the land; and if such a licence was granted. [3656/21]

Flood Relief Schemes

Sorca Clarke

99. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposed timescale for the completion of a scheme in view of the recent approval of An Bord Pleanála for the Office of Public Works-funded scheme in Springfield, Clonlara. [3254/21]

School Facilities

Sorca Clarke

202. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the current timeline for the completion of the playing pitch at a school (details supplied). [3252/21]

Vaccination Programme

Sorca Clarke

387. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the position regarding family carers now considered as likely to be categorised as front-line workers in relation to the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination; and when a decision on their categorisation will be made. [3226/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Sorca Clarke

396. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health his plans for the Covid-19 vaccination schedule to be operating seven days per week and outside standard office hours, given the exponential growth of the virus in our communities and the urgency to ensure the maximum roll-out is achieved to ensure public health is maintained. [3250/21]

Eating Disorders

Sorca Clarke

397. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the total allocation for the treatment of eating disorders and by comparison the amount expended on actual treatment of eating disorders and in which an underspend occurred by which the unspent moneys were utilised in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form. [3251/21]

Vaccination Programme

Sorca Clarke

401. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the cohort of vaccine recipients to which student teachers belong; if they will be classed alongside others in the education sector; and if not, the reason consideration was not given to the Teaching Council requirement of face-to-face teaching, which would lead these student teachers to be in the same work environment as qualified colleagues and subject to the same risk. [3264/21]

Vaccination Programme

Sorca Clarke

424. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when pharmacists will be offered the Covid-19 vaccination, given the nature of their work, which involves high levels of face-to-face contact with the public. [3302/21]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Sorca Clarke

253. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of district conservation officers, wildlife inspectors, conservation rangers and ecologists who were recruited for the National Parks and Wildlife Service in each of the past three years, in tabular form. [2926/21]

Housing Adaptation Grant

Sorca Clarke

254. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated annual cost if the budget for housing adaptation grants for older persons and persons with disability was increased by 5%. [2927/21]

Defence Forces Deployment

Sorca Clarke

275. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the number of Permanent Defence Force personnel ordinarily based at Aiken Barracks, Dundalk. [2924/21]

Army Barracks

Sorca Clarke

276. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if funding will be provided for the upgrade of former University Service Army Complement, USAC, block at Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa, County Galway; when works will commence; and the estimated completion timeframe and estimated cost of such works. [2925/21]

Invalidity Pension

Sorca Clarke

356. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of invalidity pension applications received by her Department in 2020; the number of applications that were approved; the number of applications refused; and the number of applications still ongoing. [2929/21]

Crime Data

Sorca Clarke

442. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons arrested and successfully prosecuted for driving while disqualified in each of the past three years in tabular form. [2928/21]

Health Services Staff

Sorca Clarke

669. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of graduate nurses and midwives in 2019 and 2020 who have been provided full-time permanent contracts. [2930/21]

Hospital Staff

Sorca Clarke

670. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of job vacancies at Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar by department, job title and the length of time each position has been vacant. [2931/21]

Defence Forces

Sorca Clarke

265. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, cuts to include the Defence Forces that have been reversed by category of worker to date. [44662/20]

Defence Forces

Sorca Clarke

266. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, cuts to allowances to include the Defence Forces that have been reversed by category of worker to date. [44663/20]

Housing Policy

Sorca Clarke

321. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the social welfare incomes that are considered temporary when a local authority is assessing a persons' application for social housing. [44654/20]

Housing Issues

Sorca Clarke

322. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of families in counties Longford and Westmeath on notice to quit who have less than three months before they have to vacate the property. [44655/20]