Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Expenditure

Sorca Clarke

210. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the amount her Department has expended to date regarding awareness raising campaigns for Covid-19 in local radio stations. [32161/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Sorca Clarke

211. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the amount her Department has expended to date regarding awareness raising campaigns of Covid-19 on social media. [32162/21]

Energy Conservation

Sorca Clarke

189. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has considered making low-cost loans available to families who wish to retrofit their homes. [30850/21]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Sorca Clarke

689. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if he has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the cross-border healthcare initiative which is due to finish in December 2021; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30849/21]

Departmental Funding

Sorca Clarke

941. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way funding accompanying the summer of play initiative can be accessed. [30845/21]

Departmental Funding

Sorca Clarke

942. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the allocation by county of funding for the summer of play initiative in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30846/21]

Departmental Funding

Sorca Clarke

943. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which local authorities can access funding accompanying the summer of play initiative. [30847/21]

Departmental Funding

Sorca Clarke

944. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the allocation by county of funding for the summer of play initiative in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30848/21]

Departmental Schemes

Sorca Clarke

113. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he considers the current waiting lists for SEAI grants in counties Longford and Westmeath to be indicative of the roll-out of the warmer homes scheme nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29516/21]

Housing Provision

Sorca Clarke

314. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the circumstances under which a person can access HAP in cases in which they are not on a local authority housing list. [29194/21]

Irish Language

Sorca Clarke

109. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to tackle the decline in the Irish language. [28393/21]

Irish Language

Sorca Clarke

110. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider subsidising Gaeltacht trips for students. [28394/21]

State Examinations

Sorca Clarke

155. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will give consideration to extending the accommodations afforded to students who experience a bereavement during State examinations and are afforded the opportunity to resit the exam during the same exam cycle, to students who suffer from epilepsy and have a medical event or seizure during their examinations. [28392/21]

Departmental Reviews

Sorca Clarke

292. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the review of the reconstruction loan scheme will be completed. [28173/21]

Departmental Reviews

Sorca Clarke

293. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number and value of paused applications currently due to the review of the reconstruction loan scheme by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28174/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Sorca Clarke

11. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered amending the sheep welfare scheme in the interests of ensuring animal welfare as a result of the continued depression in wool prices. [26927/21]

Agriculture Industry

Sorca Clarke

49. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the ongoing imposition of the four movement and 30-month rules by meat factories on primary producers; and the steps he will take to address such to ensure that farmers can receive a fair price for their produce. [26926/21]

Grant Payments

Sorca Clarke

151. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consideration has been given in the recent review of the SUSI process to resolving the difficulties for SUSI applicants who are estranged from their parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26787/21]

Fishing Industry

Sorca Clarke

62. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of fishing licences issued in County Westmeath in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [26815/21]

Water Quality

Sorca Clarke

108. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action his Department will take to address the water quality at Lilliput, County Westmeath which again has been found to be below standard. [26816/21]

Vacant Properties

Sorca Clarke

119. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant residential properties in counties Longford and Westmeath on the vacant homes register in tabular form. [26813/21]

Vacant Properties

Sorca Clarke

120. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria applied after a property is registered on the vacant homes register. [26814/21]

Ministerial Meetings

Sorca Clarke

422. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken with his Australian counterpart to date in 2021. [25920/21]

Defence Forces

Sorca Clarke

445. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the number of vacancies by rank currently in the Defence Forces School of Music. [25916/21]

Naval Service

Sorca Clarke

446. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if there are plans to replace LÉ Ciara and LÉ Orla. [25917/21]

Defence Forces

Sorca Clarke

447. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the full list of capital works projects valued at over €2 million in the Defence Forces that are ongoing at present; and when each capital project will be completed. [25918/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Sorca Clarke

604. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the arrangements in place regarding leave for pregnant early years educators during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if they are the same as for teachers and SNAs. [26185/21]

An Garda Síochána

Sorca Clarke

650. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of 1200cc and 1500cc motorcycles attached to Garda roads policing units. [25921/21]

An Garda Síochána

Sorca Clarke

651. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of kennels in the Garda dog unit; and if all kennels are currently in use. [25922/21]

An Garda Síochána

Sorca Clarke

652. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of burglaries reported to gardaí in the Mullingar Garda district in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [25923/21]

Defence Forces

Sorca Clarke

18. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if he and his Department will engage with an organisation (details supplied) and other representative bodies in the Defence Forces on pay and conditions for serving members, many of whom are experiencing a housing crisis while living on or close to the poverty line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25111/21]

Defence Forces

Sorca Clarke

25. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if he or his Department in view of recent allegations of sexual abuse in the Defence Forces will consider establishing an inquiry to look into the structural and institutional conditions that can allow this behaviour to prevail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25110/21]

Defence Forces

Sorca Clarke

274. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if he plans to examine the current accommodation requirements of the Defence Forces given that An Garda Síochána are recruiting a head of estate management. [25171/21]

Defence Forces

Sorca Clarke

275. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if he will establish a commission to consider gender quotas and equality of opportunity within the Defence Forces. [25172/21]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

156. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the reason there is currently no procedure at present to apply for SNA support for new pupils; and when the new circular from her Department will be issued to address the ongoing and deep concern this situation has created for parents, pupils and principals. [24817/21]

School Staff

Sorca Clarke

460. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the arrangements in place regarding leave for pregnant teachers, SNAs and early years educators during the Covid-19 pandemic. [24026/21]

Departmental Schemes

Sorca Clarke

551. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection when case officers in social welfare offices were notified that participants on the back to work enterprise allowance could pause their allowance when their businesses were forced to close due to Covid-19 restrictions. [24515/21]

Departmental Schemes

Sorca Clarke

552. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection if all participants on the back to work enterprise allowance were informed in writing of their option to pause their allowance when their businesses were forced to close due to Covid-19 restrictions. [24516/21]

Vaccination Programme

Sorca Clarke

760. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the basis of assessing a person as being fully vaccinated regarding the vaccine bonus four weeks after the first dose of a vaccine (details supplied); the incentive to return for the second dose if a person is deemed fully vaccinated after one dose; and the implications of not receiving the second dose. [24024/21]

Vaccination Programme

Sorca Clarke

761. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the basis of assessing a person as fully vaccinated regarding the vaccine bonus one week after the second dose of a vaccine (details supplied) when it has been reported that it has an efficacy of 69% after 21 to 44 days of one dose rising to 96% after the second dose. [24025/21]

Solar Energy Guidelines

Sorca Clarke

66. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if information will be provided on his Department's review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and review of exemptions for educational and community buildings as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; if further information will be provided on the stated need to consider environmental assessment reporting before finalisation; when the interim planning regulations will be submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23476/21]

Hospital Services

Sorca Clarke

235. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if a person being refused a blood test at the Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar is reflective of a new wider practice in which hospitals are no longer accepting patients referred by their general practitioner for blood tests, given that this service is not covered by the medical card and the additional fee payable to the general practitioner can represent in excess of 25% of a person’s weekly income under the 25 jobseeker’s allowance rate and a significant barrier to proper medical care. [23551/21]

Birth Certificates

Sorca Clarke

405. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements in place for those who need a birth certificate to be able to obtain one in circumstances in which they do not have access to a bank card for online or phone payment. [23102/21]

Birth Certificates

Sorca Clarke

406. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which a person who needs a birth certificate for social protection purposes can currently obtain one at the reduced fee. [23103/21]

Ombudsman for Children

Sorca Clarke

427. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of complaints currently with the Ombudsman for Children by county in tabular form; if the age of complaint that has yet to receive a reply will be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22610/21]

Medicinal Products

Sorca Clarke

497. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system undertaken by his Department in 2019; and if he will consider extending the availability of the FreeStyle Libre to all persons with type 1 diabetes. [22574/21]

Medicinal Products

Sorca Clarke

498. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the criteria regarding the availability based on age of the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system with a view to extending the availability of the FreeStyle Libre to all persons with type 1 diabetes and based on clinical need not of age. [22575/21]

Health Screening Programmes

Sorca Clarke

574. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the conditions, diseases or ailments that are currently part of the pre-natal screening programme. [22899/21]

HSE Reviews

Sorca Clarke

618. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when the boarding out scheme was last reviewed by the HSE. [23104/21]

Driver Test

Sorca Clarke

229. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the reason and the legislation under which dash cams are to be removed from a vehicle prior to a driving test commencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21563/21]