Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Ruairí Ó Murchú

65. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons in County Louth aged between 18 to 21, 22 to 25, 25 to 30, 30 to 35 and 35 to 40 years of age respectively, in receipt of the employment wage subsidy scheme in tabular form. [26519/20]

Land Parcel Identification System

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1022. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the land parcel identification system in County Louth. [27010/20]

Land Parcel Identification System

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1023. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants that have had payments delayed due to issues in relation to the land parcel identification system in County Louth. [27011/20]

Land Parcel Identification System

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1024. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional resources are being considered in relation to the roll out of the land parcel identification system in identified counties. [27012/20]

Basic Payment Scheme

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1025. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants that have not received at least 30% of payment under the basic payment scheme due to issues with their application. [27013/20]

Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1026. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants waiting on Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme approval. [27014/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ruairí Ó Murchú

22. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if he has had engagement with the National Transport Authority in relation to tax-saver tickets and potential changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25861/20]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Ruairí Ó Murchú

44. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the situation facing employees of a company (details supplied) waiting on payments from her Department following a hold put on their applications; when these employees should expect to receive payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25170/20]

Departmental Staff

Ruairí Ó Murchú

57. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the resources in the sections of client identity services and child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25171/20]

National Broadband Plan

Ruairí Ó Murchú

79. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks the number of premises surveyed to date within the amber area, by county, as part of the national fibre network roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25161/20]

Voluntary Sector

Ruairí Ó Murchú

35. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands the funding that will be allocated to youth and community centre facilities which are working within reduced incomes due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24338/20]

Family Reunification

Ruairí Ó Murchú

160. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice the waiting time for the join family or category A visas; the cause of the delays in the processing of the visas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24574/20]

Driver Test

Ruairí Ó Murchú

24. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if plans will be put in place to allow a person (details supplied) who passed their driver theory test in March 2020 but did not receive their licence until July to sit a driver test earlier than the prescribed six months after the licence issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24210/20]

Departmental Functions

Ruairí Ó Murchú

19. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if presidential voting rights will be included within the shared island unit of his Department; the timeframe for establishment of the unit; and the status of the process to date. [22374/20]

Mental Health Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

79. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health his views on mental health services including psychiatry services in County Louth; his plans for the services; and the resources that have been allocated to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23697/20]

Potato Sector

Ruairí Ó Murchú

134. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider a derogation on the ban on the use of diquat on potato crops in view of the fact that ten EU countries, including Austria and Denmark, have been given a derogation. [23980/20]

Crime Prevention

Ruairí Ó Murchú

6. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice the amount of funding allocated to implementing the national drugs strategy in County Louth; and if there is scope to increase funding following the outcome of the recommendations presented in the Drogheda scoping exercise. [22994/20]

Crime Prevention

Ruairí Ó Murchú

52. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice her views on the serious issue of drug-related intimidation and reporting in County Louth. [22993/20]

Crime Prevention

Ruairí Ó Murchú

173. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice her plans to extend to other areas in County Louth the Drogheda scoping exercise that is due to be undertaken. [23176/20]

Garda Strength

Ruairí Ó Murchú

174. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí assigned to the drugs and organised crime unit in County Louth in each of the years 2018 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [23178/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ruairí Ó Murchú

175. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice the resources being allocated to An Garda Síochána to deal with the Covid-19 situation as restrictions ease. [23179/20]

Childcare Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

39. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration his plans to put in place measures to ensure childcare providers servicing disadvantaged areas will not be forced into closure when transitioning from the community childcare subvention plus scheme to the national childcare scheme. [22373/20]

Youth Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

56. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration his plans to put in place supports to assist young persons in terms of their extracurricular development, namely youth centre supports. [22372/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Ruairí Ó Murchú

652. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Covid-19 unemployment benefit for the self-employed will be requalified as a subsidy for the self-employed; and if it will be adjusted to the employee subsidy rate with retroactive effect since the beginning of the pandemic in order to comply with Article 40.1 of the Constitution which upheld that all citizens shall, as human persons, be held equal before the law. [21145/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1421. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the procedures in place for workplaces having to close following an outbreak of Covid-19. [20840/20]

Northern Ireland

Ruairí Ó Murchú

8. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach the timeframe for the establishment of the shared island unit; and the status of the process to date. [17264/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ruairí Ó Murchú

777. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons facilitated at the special Covid-19 self-isolation centre at a hotel (details supplied) from 1 April 2020 and 1 July 2020; the number of nights per person; the cost of the accommodation from 1 April 2020 and 1 July 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18412/20]

Homeless Persons Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

144. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the timeframe for the roll-out of the family-orientated Housing First scheme to Louth County Council; and the details of the resources to be allocated. [17956/20]

Civil Service

Ruairí Ó Murchú

95. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the case of a retained firefighter (details supplied) that works as a civil servant for a State agency and has been informed that they are no longer allowed to leave work to carry out their duties as a retained firefighter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16793/20]

Insurance Coverage

Ruairí Ó Murchú

82. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance the plans in place to assist companies in the leisure and entertainment industries, community groups and community facilities that cannot obtain public liability insurance or in cases in which they receive a quote, it is prohibitively expensive. [16466/20]

Referendum Campaigns

Ruairí Ó Murchú

478. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when it is planned to hold a referendum on presidential voting rights for those living outside the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15847/20]

Direct Provision System

Ruairí Ó Murchú

659. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the nature, duration and extent of an agreement between a hotel (details supplied) and her Department; the length of time the arrangement will last; the purpose of the arrangement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14632/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ruairí Ó Murchú

340. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if inquests will take place into the deaths of those that died of Covid-19 in nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13707/20]

Dental Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

368. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 565 of 23 June 2020, the number of dentists operating the dental treatment services scheme that have been supplied with PPE by the HSE from 1 April to 24 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13711/20]

Dental Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

369. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 565 of 23 June 2020, the PPE agreement, including the costs, between the HSE and an association (details supplied) on 8 May 2020 for dentists operating the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13716/20]

Dental Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

370. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 565 of 23 June 2020, the plans in place by the HSE to ensure that medical card holders that are no longer being treated by their registered dentist under the dental treatment services scheme can continue to receive treatment in view of the large number of dentists withdrawing from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13717/20]

Dental Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

371. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 565 of 23 June 2020, his plans to engage with dentists on the dental treatment services scheme contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13718/20]

Dental Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

574. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 565 of 23 June 2020, the number of dentists that have given notice to withdraw from the dental treatment services scheme as of 24 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13710/20]

Social Enterprise Sector

Ruairí Ó Murchú

793. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is a plan in place for the survival and viability of social enterprise and funded community service programmes which provide essential services to the community, due to lost income and the added costs associated with the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13709/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

867. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if artists will be allowed to take up short-term projects and work to remain on the pandemic unemployment payment in view of the fact the sector will not open properly until 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13708/20]

Student Grant Scheme

Ruairí Ó Murchú

277. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12617/20]

Dental Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

565. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some dentists have informed medical card patients that they are no longer accepting medical cards as a form of payment due to increased costs associated with PPE and social distancing measures; the rate of payments being made to dentists to treat medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12615/20]

Home Loan Scheme

Ruairí Ó Murchú

925. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will issue guidance to local authorities to outline in clear terms the forms of mortgage protection insurance that should be acceptable for applicants to the Rebuilding Ireland programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12583/20]

Medical Cards

Ruairí Ó Murchú

716. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the circumstances of a discretionary medical card appeal by a person (details supplied) being turned down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11572/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1083. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will consider classifying casual trading fees paid to councils as commercial rates in order to allow businesses to claim the restart grant, rates write-offs and other supports being administered by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11520/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1084. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will consider introducing temporary casual trading by-law measures in order to allow businesses that require mobile trading space due to social distancing measures to quickly get additional casual trading spaces in local authority areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11521/20]

Nursing Home Accommodation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

394. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if the list of high-risk nursing homes drafted by HIQA and sent to the HSE at the end of February or early March 2020 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10134/20]

Patient Transfers

Ruairí Ó Murchú

395. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the nursing homes to which the 45 patients were transferred to from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda, County Louth from 1 March to 6 May 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10135/20]

Nursing Home Accommodation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

396. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the nursing homes whose operational control was taken over by a hospital group; the nature and extent of the assistance provided by the hospital group; the time frame of the intervention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10136/20]

Hospital Groups

Ruairí Ó Murchú

397. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the way in which CHO8 made a determination to contact the RCSI hospital group and for the group to take over operational control at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10137/20]

Forest Fires

Ruairí Ó Murchú

478. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of the Coillte contract for the private hire and use of helicopters for firefighting on Coillte land; the amount spent on the use of helicopters for firefighting purposes by Coillte in each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019; the amount budgeted for same by Coillte for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10139/20]

Local Authority Contracts

Ruairí Ó Murchú

703. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the tender process for local authorities for the hiring or purchasing of plant machinery; if contracts for plant machinery for local authorities have to be tendered on a yearly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10138/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

492. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider a separate scheme for businesses which legitimately do not pay rates and which cannot avail of the rate-based rebate scheme. [9577/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

493. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider a scheme for businesses whose rates are significantly higher in 2020 than they were in 2019, due to rates revaluation and other factors and which are not sufficient as a restart grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9578/20]

Health Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

755. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to establish a new easily accessible, dedicated telephone line and-or email for relatives of residents and staff in nursing homes and other congregated settings in order to raise concerns regarding the care or management of the centre with the relevant authorities. [9748/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ruairí Ó Murchú

445. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if bouncy castle companies are able to reopen in phase 1 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business if they only supply private homes with equipment for private family parties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7893/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ruairí Ó Murchú

497. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health when nail technicians who work from home will be able to reopen their businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7892/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ruairí Ó Murchú

739. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is specific guidance issued for taxi and minibus companies for reopening their businesses; if drivers will be expected to use specified PPE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7894/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

983. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social protection assistance available to a person (details supplied) who lives in Northern Ireland but runs a business in Dundalk, County Louth and does not qualify for TWSS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7895/20]

Job Losses

Ruairí Ó Murchú

636. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the 176 redundancies announced by a company in Dundalk, County Louth, on 8 May 2020; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that many of the redundant positions are being advertised in Tunisia; the engagement her Department has had with the company ahead of and after the redundancies announcement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6694/20]

HSE Investigations

Ruairí Ó Murchú

782. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will establish an inquiry into the deaths of 23 persons from Covid-19 at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6692/20]

Nursing Home Accommodation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

783. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the conditions required to be met in order for the RCSI Hospital Group to hand back operational control to the owners of a nursing home (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6693/20]

Domestic Violence

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1183. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the person or body that has lead responsibility for the co-ordination of the emergency Covid-19 response to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; and if a short-term emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation as a result of domestic violence to access safe housing for a period of three months or the duration of Covid-19 emergency will be put in place. [6679/20]

Domestic Violence

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1184. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can progress short-term emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation as a result of domestic violence to access safe housing for a period of three months or for the duration of the Covid-19 emergency. [6680/20]

Domestic Violence

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1277. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider her decision not to facilitate access to emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation as a result of domestic violence to secure safe housing for a period of three months or for the duration of the Covid-19 emergency. [6678/20]

Good Friday Agreement

Ruairí Ó Murchú

51. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent polls (details supplied) which indicate growing support for Irish unity; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the result of the most recent poll conducted by a company in February 2020 indicates that the majority of persons in both jurisdictions support a Citizens' Assembly; if a Citizens' Assembly will be established to assess the impact of Irish unity and plan accordingly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3740/20]

Good Friday Agreement

Ruairí Ó Murchú

61. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent polls (details supplied) which indicate growing support for Irish unity; if his attention has been further drawn to the result of the most recent poll conducted by companies in February 2020 which indicate that the vast majority of persons in both jurisdictions support a Citizens' Assembly; if he will establish a Citizens' Assembly to assess the impact of Irish unity and plan accordingly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3906/20]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Ruairí Ó Murchú

868. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the status of Dundalk primary care centre. [3761/20]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision

Ruairí Ó Murchú

869. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the status of the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, premises in Dundalk which was to be operative in quarter 4 of 2019. [3762/20]

Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists

Ruairí Ó Murchú

870. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Louth waiting for occupational therapy initial assessments; and the length of time they have been waiting. [3763/20]

Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists

Ruairí Ó Murchú

871. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Louth waiting for occupational therapy interventions; and the length of time have they been waiting. [3764/20]

Addiction Treatment Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

872. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to groups working with persons in addiction in County Louth in each of the past five years. [3765/20]

HSE Staff Recruitment

Ruairí Ó Murchú

873. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if there is an unfilled position for a maintenance craftsperson electrical in Louth County Hospital; if so, the length of time there has been a vacancy; the person carrying out the role since the vacancy arose; the cost of same; the timeframe for filling the vacancy; the reason for the delay; the recruitment process for the position; if there are candidates ranked from an interview process that could fill the vacancy; and if there are other maintenance craftsperson positions in Louth County Hospital that are not filled. [3766/20]