Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Broadband Infrastructure

Michael McNamara

180. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if fibre broadband service will be provided to an area (details supplied) as part of the current roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25187/21]

Broadband Infrastructure

Michael McNamara

181. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if fibre broadband service will be provided to an area (details supplied) as part of the current roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25234/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

310. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if a student who is absent from school for the purpose of self-isolating due to having contracted or being suspected of being in contact with Covid-19, at the behest of the school or upon the advice of the HSE, which advice has been provided to the school, shall be deemed not to be absent from that school for the period concerned for the purposes of section 21 of the Education (Welfare) Act 2000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25224/21]

Passport Services

Michael McNamara

96. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications that are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24203/21]

Passport Services

Michael McNamara

102. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason the processing of passports was not deemed to be an essential service given that the right to leave a state including one's own is enshrined in international law and the possession of a valid passport is an essential prerequisite for the exercise of that right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24205/21]

International Relations

Michael McNamara

112. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised the issue of correction camps for the Uighur minority in China with the Chinese authorities; if it is proposed to take a common EU position on the matter; the use that has been made of Ireland's current position within the UN systems to raise the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24204/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael McNamara

222. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Finance if the Government will re-evaluate its position regarding event caters and expand access parameters to the Covid restrictions support scheme to allow these member companies gain access to the necessary financial supports to ensure their survival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24623/21]

Departmental Data

Michael McNamara

651. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice the number of cases of domestic and sexual abuse reported to the Clare Garda division from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021; the figures for the corresponding period from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24346/21]

Departmental Funding

Michael McNamara

652. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown of funding allocated to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence organisations in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24347/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Michael McNamara

714. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the number of the 54 persons in mandatory hotel quarantine who tested positive for Covid-19 who had initially presented with a negative PCR test on arrival in the State; and the number who had not undergone a PCR test prior to arrival. [23768/21]

Health Services

Michael McNamara

736. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if provisions will be put in place for eye clinic liaison officers in eye clinics nationwide and in particular in the eye clinic of University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23876/21]

Aviation Industry

Michael McNamara

185. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport the actions that have been taken to ensure Shannon Heathrow connectivity given that the seven-year ownership of the Heathrow slots expires in 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22978/21]

Heritage Sites

Michael McNamara

186. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport the status of the proposed transfer of ownership of existing Shannon Heritage sites to another entity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22979/21]

Aviation Industry

Michael McNamara

187. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for the appointment of a new chair of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22980/21]

Aviation Industry

Michael McNamara

188. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for the delivery of a restart plan for the Irish aviation sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22981/21]

National Car Test

Michael McNamara

198. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to install a NCT centre in the vicinity of west County Clare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23162/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

256. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the consideration that has been given to allowing spectators to attend sporting events during 2021; the established targets for enabling spectators to attend such events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22982/21]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

371. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education the reason a school transport system cannot be put in place to facilitate 15 students (details supplied) in County Clare given the availability to the allocations of extra buses appointed during Covid-19; if she will amend the arbitrary distance regulation which is depriving students of their right to elect a school within the catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22768/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Michael McNamara

595. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the overall expenditure on PCR testing to date; if he will itemise the breakdowns in total payment to the entities supplying PCR test kits and or laboratory services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22975/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Michael McNamara

596. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the number of amplification cycles, cycle threshold currently being used in laboratory PCR testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22976/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

597. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the data that is being utilised to justify the continued restrictions on outdoor activities including sports given the HSPC data that 0.1% of overall Covid-19 cases have been traced to outdoor activity to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22977/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

90. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason 2021 final year students at University of Limerick cannot have a physical ceremony given that the 2020 graduates are being brought back for a physical ceremony in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22379/21]

Broadband Infrastructure

Michael McNamara

183. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a fibre broadband service will be provided to an area (details supplied) as part of the current roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21998/21]

Electric Vehicles

Michael McNamara

215. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport when fast electric chargers at taxi ranks will be rolled out at the taxi rank in Parnell Street Car Park, Ennis County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21268/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

330. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the Gaeltacht colleges will reopen in summer 2021 for second year secondary students who are booked in from 7 June 2021 for a period of three weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22094/21]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

537. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21159/21]

Maternity Services

Michael McNamara

895. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when the restrictions will be eased at Limerick Maternity Hospital given that the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin has lifted the restrictions on partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21318/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

919. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the position regarding children travelling with applicable travellers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21401/21]

Child Protection

Michael McNamara

921. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the training regarding child protection provided to staff supervising the hotels in which mandatory hotel quarantine is carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21403/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

922. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the number of those reported to Deputies as having died with Covid-19 at a HSE mid-west briefing on 26 March 2021, that had Covid-19 recorded as the disease or condition directly leading cause of death; and, in the said number of cases in which Covid-19 was recorded as the disease or condition directly leading to death, the number that had other significant conditions contributing to the death recorded. [21405/21]

Road Tolls

Michael McNamara

330. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport when an issue will be addressed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18783/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

342. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport if initial basic training motorcycle lessons can go ahead as normal given that IBT can provide two metres social distance in classrooms while wearing masks, gloves, hand sanitiser and while out in the compound would be wearing full PPE gear as in helmet with visor, gloves, boots and so on and all communication can be done through bluetooth headphones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19002/21]

Passport Applications

Michael McNamara

887. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of an application by a person (details supplied); if the application will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20516/21]

Passport Applications

Michael McNamara

888. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when both the Cork and Dublin passport offices will reopen to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20517/21]

Vaccination Programme

Michael McNamara

983. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if teachers are going to be prioritised for the vaccination programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18916/21]

School Staff

Michael McNamara

991. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if she will sanction the retention of a fourth teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19011/21]

Language Schools

Michael McNamara

1271. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if supports will remain in place for language schools to allow the industry to protect itself until it can return to business with the resumption of international travel for the next 12 to 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18365/21]

Third Level Fees

Michael McNamara

1273. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason a person (details supplied) has to pay further fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18412/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Michael McNamara

1293. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with their next phase of the Solas apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18807/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

2465. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has assessed the impact on agri-food exports and live exports and the transportation thereof, of placing Italy, France and Germany on the quarantine category list; and if he will publish that assessment. [18623/21]

School Staff

Michael McNamara

210. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if she will sanction the retention of a second teacher in a school (details supplied) in County Clare given that this school is just one pupil short of the required quota and assuming common sense would prevail here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17759/21]

School Meals Programme

Michael McNamara

237. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a school (details supplied) has not been selected for the school meals scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17780/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

339. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the list of states from which arrivals at ports and airports in the State are required to quarantine clarifying in each case whether the quarantine is required due to the prevalence Covid-19, the prevalence of variants of the disease or both, respectively; and the rate of Covid-19 prevalence or variants’ prevalence, respectively that resulted in each state’s designation. [17846/21]

DEIS Scheme

Michael McNamara

620. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) in County Clare will be considered for a DEIS band status following a recommendation from a DEIS inspector who visited the school in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17288/21]

School Staff

Michael McNamara

643. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if she will sanction the retention of a third teacher in a school (details supplied) in County Clare, given that this school is just two pupils short of the required quota and assuming common sense would prevail here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17540/21]

Childcare Services

Michael McNamara

730. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional funding will be provided to a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17389/21]

Garda Disciplinary Proceedings

Michael McNamara

820. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice when the report of the inquiry into the adequacy of the Garda Síochána investigations and disciplinary inquiries following the death of Mr. Patrick Nugent, which she received on 3 November 2020, will be shared with the family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17089/21]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael McNamara

1070. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an urgent appointment at the gastro clinic at Ennis Hospital following several previously cancelled appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17035/21]

Departmental Staff

Michael McNamara

1196. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the person or body that carried out the independent review into the whistleblower allegations made by a person (details supplied). [17520/21]

Departmental Legal Cases

Michael McNamara

1197. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the advice received from a senior counsel on the practice of obtaining information from treating clinicians of children for the purpose of compiling dossiers on said children with special educational needs in respect of whom litigation was taken against his Department. [17521/21]