Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Vehicle Registration Tax

Michael McNamara

205. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Finance if a vehicle purchased by an organisation (details supplied) to transport persons to medical appointments and hospitals and so on will be included in the exemptions from VRT and VAT available to ambulances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35449/21]

Special Educational Needs

Michael McNamara

254. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education the status of the SNA review for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35635/21]

Health Services

Michael McNamara

425. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28912/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

471. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if he plans to extend the temporary assistance scheme to support private and voluntary nursing homes with additional costs due to coronavirus Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29178/21]

Childcare Services

Michael McNamara

160. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will allow childminders to be included in the decision-making of the changes as outlined in the National Action Plan for Childminding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35011/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

316. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have stayed in mandatory hotel quarantine to date; the number of those who have paid for their stay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28261/21]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

345. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if refunds have been issued to those who purchased school bus tickets for the second half of the 2020-2021 school term in view of the closure of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34741/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

576. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if the State is adhering to COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION (EU) 2020/1475 of 13 October 2020 and amended on 28 January 2021 and 14 June 2021 on a coordinated approach to the restriction of free movement in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. [34101/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

577. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the reason arrivals at Irish airports from areas marked Green on the ECDC Map published in support of the Council Recommendation on a coordinated approach to the restriction of free movement in response to the Covid-19 pandemic are subject to restrictions, defined in paragraph 17(2) in COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION (EU) 2020/1475 as a test for Covid-19 infection prior to and or after arrival in the form of a PCR test both before and after arrival in the State. [34100/21]

Construction Industry

Michael McNamara

5. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has consulted the construction sector regarding the growing impact on housing construction on the shortage of timber and the inflating ever cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33843/21]

Irish Aid

Michael McNamara

103. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has a policy on the funding or defunding of organisations with gender critical views by Irish Aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33878/21]

Election Monitoring Missions

Michael McNamara

131. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of former Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas nominated to participate in election observation missions from the election observation roster over the past ten years who were former members at the time of their nomination; the name of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33881/21]

Election Monitoring Missions

Michael McNamara

135. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the objective criteria for nomination to participate in election observation missions from the election observation roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33880/21]

Election Monitoring Missions

Michael McNamara

158. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of different persons who have been on the election observation roster to be eligible for nomination to participate in election observation missions over the past ten years; the number of missions each person was nominated to participate in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33879/21]

Departmental Schemes

Michael McNamara

258. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the 2021 sports capital programme will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33061/21]

Work Permits

Michael McNamara

172. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislation for a person who is currently in the country and does not have a work permit at present but would like to apply for a work permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32075/21]

Driver Test

Michael McNamara

273. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport the reason the driver theory test centre in Ennis, County Clare is only open three days per week as opposed to five days per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31604/21]

Bus Services

Michael McNamara

281. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport if Bus Éireann is cancelling or has cancelled the weekly route servicing Whitegate, County Clare; if so, the replacement service being put in place to facilitate residents in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31749/21]

Banking Sector

Michael McNamara

349. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 2 June 2021, if he will address an issue in which a person (details supplied) in County Clare cannot get access to a copy of their own data from a bank for the relevant period from 1 March 2020 to 3 August 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31084/21]

Arts Policy

Michael McNamara

463. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will urgently implement the universal basic income for the arts sector given the decimation of the arts sector as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30911/21]

Special Educational Needs

Michael McNamara

731. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education further to the Government’s approval for the July provision for pupils with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage, if she will consider overturning the decision for children with autism who prior to Covid-19 pandemic would have been in receipt of two weeks July provision at home and two weeks at school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30904/21]

Low Pay Commission

Michael McNamara

863. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the implementation of the universal basic income pilot committed to as part of the request to the Low Pay Commission to examine universal basic income committed to under the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30832/21]

Departmental Correspondence

Michael McNamara

1063. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will expedite a reply to correspondence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31498/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Michael McNamara

1093. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when a person (details supplied) in County Clare who is currently completing a plumbing apprenticeship since March 2020, which was a nine month on-the-job training block followed by a three month college attendance under Solas to complete phase 1 college attendance, will return in order for a person to complete phase 1 and move to phase 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32063/21]

Driver Test

Michael McNamara

85. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a date for a driver theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29954/21]

Banking Sector

Michael McNamara

95. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Finance if he will take steps on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Clare who is seeking to get access to their full file with a bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29950/21]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael McNamara

147. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29956/21]

Heritage Sites

Michael McNamara

344. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the basis for his anticipation of receiving applications in respect of the Burren, Glendalough, Passage Tomb Landscapes of Sligo, Royal Sites and Valentia Cable Station for inclusion on the Tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage status. [29764/21]

Heritage Sites

Michael McNamara

345. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the preparatory works carried out by his Department with local authorities in respect of the applications in respect of the Burren, Glendalough, Passage Tomb Landscapes of Sligo, Royal Sites and Valentia Cable Station to be included on the Tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage status. [29765/21]

Heritage Sites

Michael McNamara

346. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the basis for not anticipating an application in early monastic sites other than Glendalough for inclusion on the Tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage status. [29766/21]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

165. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28639/21]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

166. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education the status of the review of school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28640/21]

Third Level Education

Michael McNamara

459. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will instruct University of Limerick to engage meaningfully with students in seeking a resolution relating to the cancellation of the international trips for students for respective masters courses due to the Covid-19 pandemic and to refund costs to students for flights, transfers, accommodation and food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27685/21]

Departmental Policies

Michael McNamara

574. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider decentralising her Department to a regional location as an indication of the commitment by the Government to the Our Rural Future - Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 policy document; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27574/21]

Immigration Status

Michael McNamara

331. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice if she will issue a renewed stamp 4 to a person (details supplied) awaiting a decision on an application for certificate of naturalisation whose previous stamp 4 was extended three months at a time when it expired on 21 May 2020, most recently up to the April 2021, but whose passport was not stamped to that effect in circumstances in which the person needs to leave the State for essential reasons. [27209/21]

An Garda Síochána

Michael McNamara

332. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice if the report of the inquiry into the adequacy of the An 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. [27214/21]

An Garda Síochána

Michael McNamara

333. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice when she will share the report of the inquiry into the adequacy of the An Garda Síochána investigations and disciplinary inquiries following the death of Mr. Patrick Nugent, which she received on 3 November 2020, with the Nugent family. [27215/21]

An Garda Síochána

Michael McNamara

334. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice if the report of the inquiry into the adequacy of the An Garda Síochána investigations and disciplinary inquiries following the death of Mr. Patrick Nugent, which she received on 3 November 2020, will be published. [27216/21]

An Garda Síochána

Michael McNamara

335. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice when she will publish the report of the inquiry into the adequacy of the An Garda Síochána investigations and disciplinary inquiries following the death of Mr. Patrick Nugent, which she received on 3 November 2020. [27217/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael McNamara

157. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a care support grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26756/21]

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]