Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Special Educational Needs

Neasa Hourigan

489. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a report by an organisation (details supplied) on the implications of Covid-19 on the education of pupils that are blind and visually impaired; her views on same;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18681/20]

School Accommodation

Neasa Hourigan

490. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of planning permission (details supplied) being sought for a college to retain the existing five classroom prefabricated building on their site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18696/20]

School Accommodation

Neasa Hourigan

491. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of planning permission (details supplied) being sought by a college for the provision of a suite of additional prefabricated specialist classrooms that will be required to accommodate the existing cohort of students in September 2020 to include science, art, home economics and woodwork rooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18697/20]

School Accommodation

Neasa Hourigan

492. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the fast tracking of an application by a college (details supplied) for inclusion on the building list of her Department to accommodate a new school and its growing population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18698/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Neasa Hourigan

1042. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if it is safe for blind persons to use a sighted guide in view of Covid-19 health restrictions; his plans to issue guidance on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18889/20]

National Parks

Neasa Hourigan

109. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will partially close Chesterfield Avenue in the Phoenix Park at weekends for the summer as per previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17712/20]

Traffic Management

Neasa Hourigan

229. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish a recent study on the effects of the closure of the peripheral gates of the Phoenix Park on traffic volumes in the surrounding areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17183/20]

Traffic Management

Neasa Hourigan

84. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rationale for the decision by the Office of Public Works to reverse the closure of the peripheral gates of the Phoenix Park; when a public consultation process will take place on the future of the perimeter gates of the Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16322/20]

Energy Efficiency

Neasa Hourigan

99. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the timeline for the roll-out of a national retrofitting programme; the quarter in which the roll-out will commence; his plans to finance local authority retrofit programmes and grants for owners of private properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16462/20]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Neasa Hourigan

174. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recently published review (details supplied); his views on the recommendations of the report; his plans to conduct a similar independent inquiry into the reported ill effects of the use of uro-gynaecological mesh in the surgical treatment of women based here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16383/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Neasa Hourigan

76. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the sanctions for employers that do not follow the published return to work safely protocol, for example, failure to provide masks or to facilitate social distancing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15372/20]

Railway Stations

Neasa Hourigan

146. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to conduct an impact assessment on the future limitations to capacity at Connolly Station that the proposed planning application at 115 Amiens Street will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15017/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Neasa Hourigan

166. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure the enforcement of compulsory face coverings on all public transport services; when he expects enforcement to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14705/20]

Pensions Data

Neasa Hourigan

329. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reconsider the position of his Department in respect of releasing to the public, information on the pension payments of individual former taoisigh and Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15070/20]

Foreign Conflicts

Neasa Hourigan

455. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent steps taken by Ireland, the EU and the international community to address the ongoing instability in Yemen; his plans to increase Irish Aid funding in view of the looming food insecurity crisis in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14680/20]

Human Rights

Neasa Hourigan

477. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent steps taken by Ireland, the EU and the international community to address the arbitrary arrests of peaceful demonstrators and issues regarding forcibly disappeared persons by the Assad regime in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15457/20]

School Transport

Neasa Hourigan

502. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review whether the age of vehicles operating school transport services can be safely extended to 25 years subject to six monthly CVRT testing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15005/20]

School Transport

Neasa Hourigan

503. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review whether the age limit for drivers within the school transport system can be safely increased to 75 years of age in line with other drivers on other services subject to medical certification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15006/20]

Residential Institutions

Neasa Hourigan

593. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to present an action plan to execute the judgment in a case (details supplied); her further plans to ensure a formal scheme of redress to survivors of day school abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15215/20]

School Transport

Neasa Hourigan

446. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reopen and extend the April 2020 deadline for school transport applications in view of the announcement from Dublin Bus in June 2020 to cancel all of its school bus contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14310/20]

School Meals Programme

Neasa Hourigan

492. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the school meals scheme during July and August 2020 to assist families on low incomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13884/20]

School Meals Programme

Neasa Hourigan

493. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the operation and funding for the school meals scheme during July and August 2020 to assist families on low incomes; her plans to extend the remit of the school meals scheme to include youth and community services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13885/20]

Traffic Management

Neasa Hourigan

672. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the locations in Dublin city that have cameras to catch motorists breaking red lights as a result of the NTA trial; the number of prosecutions in the post-trial period issued as a result of these cameras; if no cameras are operational, his plans to introduce same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12841/20]

Passport Services

Neasa Hourigan

18. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the passport service will reopen to issue emergency passports for newborn children; the timescale for the delivery of such passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11739/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Neasa Hourigan

391. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when guidance in respect of small wedding sizes under phase 4 starting 20 July 2020 and larger weddings under phase 5 starting 10 August 2020 will be provided in view of the planning required for a typical wedding and the fact that guidance on increased funeral sizes has already been provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11861/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Neasa Hourigan

414. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his views on a hospital (details supplied) failing to give its nurses the same sick leave entitlements as those in the public service in which Covid-19 sick leave is not deducted from the normal sick leave record of a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11761/20]

Cycle to Work Scheme

Neasa Hourigan

62. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance his plans to roll out the bike to work scheme to the self-employed in view of Covid-19 related increase in cycling; the estimated cost of extending the bike to work scheme to the self-employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9993/20]

Drugs in Prisons

Neasa Hourigan

213. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps, for example, replacing netting and Garda presence during yard time, he is taking to reduce the incidence of drugs being thrown into Mountjoy Prison from the surrounding streets especially Glengarriff Parade. [9683/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Neasa Hourigan

61. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance if temporary wage subsidy scheme supports will be extended to businesses reopening following restrictions which are forced to hire an equivalent number of new staff as their previous employees are unable to return to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8590/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Neasa Hourigan

426. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to meet with an association (details supplied) to discuss measures to maintain public health compliance; her plans to reopen the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8348/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Neasa Hourigan

1180. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to cover the shortfall in funding that will be experienced by local authorities as a result of the non-payment of commercial rates due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8577/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Neasa Hourigan

22. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made to prevent the outbreak of Covid-19 in Syria; the accountability mechanisms through which his Department ensures funding to the World Health Organization results in resources being allocated to those in Syria most in need and is not politically influenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7362/20]

Dublin Bus

Neasa Hourigan

782. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of complaints by cyclists that have been made to Dublin Bus in the past three years; and the actions that resulted from these complaints. [7511/20]

Dublin Bus

Neasa Hourigan

783. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of two actions as confirmed in correspondence from the National Transport Authority on 3 July 2019 to a group (details supplied). [7512/20]

Traffic Calming Measures

Neasa Hourigan

784. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with the Office of Public Works to arrange to survey traffic impacts of closing the Phoenix Park to through traffic in view of public demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7513/20]

Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children

Neasa Hourigan

447. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to grant asylum to unaccompanied minors currently located in migrant camps on the Greek islands of Lesbos, Chios and Samos; the number of unaccompanied minors granted asylum in 2019; the number of unaccompanied minors he plans to grant asylum to in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6143/20]

Office of Public Works Projects

Neasa Hourigan

152. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the National Children’s Science Museum, National Concert Hall project; if tenders have been issued for the project; if so, the expected date construction will commence; when the project will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5447/20]

Office of Public Works Projects

Neasa Hourigan

153. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to ensure the conservation and protection of the Iveagh Gardens during construction works as part of the National Children’s Science Museum, National Concert Hall project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5448/20]

Museum Projects

Neasa Hourigan

1339. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to fund the National Children’s Science Museum upon completion, either through her Department or through bodies under her aegis; the amount invested in the project to date; the amount raised by the National Children’s Science Museum through philanthropic donations to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5449/20]

Third Level Data

Neasa Hourigan

314. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the five year projections for the income and expenditure of UCD; the value projections included regarding increased student accommodation rental income; if there is a projection for increased rental income; the percentage breakdown of the reasons for the increase, for example, more rooms, more beds in rooms, higher rents and so on; and if increased rental income will go directly to the university or to an agent subsidiary company. [3877/20]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Neasa Hourigan

910. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the status of capital funding for a new building on a campus (details supplied); the capital funding allocated to the organisation for 2020; and if the project is no longer allocated funding, the steps which need to be taken to reallocate funding. [3876/20]