Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Flood Relief Schemes

Colm Burke

41. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be made available for the Blackpool flood relief scheme in view of the fact that the work required is outstanding for a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24372/20]

School Transport

Colm Burke

70. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if a review will be carried out regarding the provision of a bus escort for a child (details supplied) travelling to and from school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24231/20]

Paediatric Services

Colm Burke

135. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if the newborn bloodspot screening test will be expanded from identifying eight rare treatable illnesses to 40 which is the current practice in Italy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24291/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Colm Burke

136. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health when pharmacies will receive the surgical masks that the HSE agreed with a union (details supplied) will be supplied in order to keep pharmacy staff safe from the potential risk of catching or spreading Covid-19 infection in the pharmacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24292/20]

Pharmacy Services

Colm Burke

667. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if a minor ailments service will be instituted in community pharmacies here similar to the system which operates in Northern Ireland in order to alleviate pressure on general practitioners and the health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23387/20]

Third Level Admissions

Colm Burke

147. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students that have taken a gap year from their studies following the leaving certificate 2019 will receive support from his Department in the CAO process to ensure comparability between an unprecedented 2019 and 2020; if there are substantial increases in CAO points in the leaving certificate 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23081/20]

Citizenship Applications

Colm Burke

243. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) will be progressed to decision stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22843/20]

Medicinal Products

Colm Burke

275. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the date his Department received the final report by a company (details supplied) into its independent external review of the HSE medicine reimbursement process; if he will provide an overview of the findings and recommendations of the report; when it is expected to be submitted to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22867/20]

Medicinal Products

Colm Burke

276. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the medicines submitted to HSE leadership or executive management team for reimbursement approval; the date of each meeting; the outcome of each meeting from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22868/20]

Rare Diseases Strategy

Colm Burke

277. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health his plans to publish an updated national rare disease plan as per the Programme for Government; when he expects to publish the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22870/20]

Rare Diseases Strategy

Colm Burke

279. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the status of the work of the rare diseases technology review committee of the HSE; the meetings it has held to date in 2020, in tabular form; the meetings and therapies it has scheduled for the remainder of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22873/20]

Medicinal Products

Colm Burke

280. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the drug osimertinib for lung cancer in a first line setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22874/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Colm Burke

87. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider instituting additional supports for large heritage attractions which have suffered substantial decreases in revenue and footfall as a result of Covid-19 and have large maintenance costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22001/20]

Proposed Legislation

Colm Burke

232. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport if legislation will be introduced as per the recommendations of the Road Safety Authority in order to regulate e-scooters on public roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22137/20]

Mortgage Data

Colm Burke

275. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a bank (details supplied) is selling a portfolio of distressed mortgages on family homes to a vulture fund between the end of July and mid-September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21146/20]

Help-To-Buy Scheme

Colm Burke

277. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance the criteria for the help-to-buy scheme; the criteria in cases in which contracts predate the announcement of the new changes to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21151/20]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Colm Burke

294. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance if there will be a reduction in the amount required to be paid to the Revenue Commissioners by voluntary organisations whose premises have been closed for the past six months that wish to renew their club registration public dance licence and gaming lottery licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22003/20]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Colm Burke

312. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance if a VRT for new cars will be reduced in order to promote the purchase of new cars which emit less carbon emissions than older cars which purchasers will have replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22519/20]

Home Schooling

Colm Burke

480. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if home tutors will be entitled to an insurable status and entitled to pensionability for their work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22000/20]

Community Employment Schemes

Colm Burke

649. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection when the 2008 Labour Court recommendations regarding community employment supervisors will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22394/20]