Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Health Information and Quality Authority

Michael McNamara

1333. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if the recent report of the Health Information and Quality Authority which found that that the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic started on 22 November 2020 during the second lockdown, which lasted until 1 December 2020, undermines his confidence in the efficacy of lockdowns as a means of combatting Covid-19. [13958/21]

Vaccination Programme

Michael McNamara

1713. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when cardiac patients will receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15196/21]

Hospital Staff

Michael McNamara

245. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if the additional intern jobs created in 2020 which allowed every graduating doctor the chance to stay and work in Ireland are being discontinued in respect of the 2021 cohort of interns as a result of which the vast majority of international graduating doctors will be forced to leave Ireland to work as doctors. [13827/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael McNamara

344. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if supports are available or will be provided for businesses (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12844/21]

Primary Medical Certificates

Michael McNamara

880. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the status of a primary medical certificate application by persons (details supplied) in County Clare; when an assessment on this application will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13037/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

992. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if there is an explanation for the extraordinarily high incidence of Covid placentitis of which there were eleven cases reported worldwide up to November 2020 and four suspected cases in Ireland announced on 4 March 2021; and if he will provide any such explanation. [13514/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

993. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if the four stillbirths in Ireland suspected to be linked to Covid placentitis were recorded as Covid-19 related deaths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13515/21]

Animal Diseases

Michael McNamara

1023. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will prioritise making equine herpes a notifiable disease in light of an outbreak of EHV-1 in Valencia, the most serious outbreak in Europe for decades and the imminent possibility of the virus arriving in the State with horses being transported from Spain; and if so, when. [13134/21]

Work Permits

Michael McNamara

19. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the monthly figures for employment permits provided in respect of persons from Brazil in the agri-food sector and overall for the period of March 2020 to January 2021; if he will provide monthly figures for the same period from March 2019 to January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11072/21]

Work Permits

Michael McNamara

39. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the monthly figures for employment permits provided for persons to work in various sectors by sector including the agri-food sector and by country of nationality of the permit holder for the period March 2020 to January 2021 and from March 2019 to January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11712/21]

Taxi Licences

Michael McNamara

135. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the inactive status of a taxi licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11511/21]

World Heritage Sites

Michael McNamara

335. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Ireland has recently submitted a tentative list to UNESCO of world heritage sites; the progress in re-examining the tentative list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11438/21]

Domestic Violence

Michael McNamara

660. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons who reported being victims of domestic violence in the period from June to December 2020; the corresponding figures for the same periods in 2018 and 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11074/21]

Domestic Violence

Michael McNamara

661. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons who reported being victims of domestic violence in the period from October 2020 to January 2021; the corresponding figures for October 2019 to January 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11075/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Michael McNamara

733. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the costs associated with the new top table being used during NPHET briefings at his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11069/21]

Hospital Services

Michael McNamara

734. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of new staff and the expansion of the medical assessment unit at Ennis hospital; the details of any expansion of services; if consideration will be given by his Department and the HSE for a further expansion of services provided at the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11070/21]

National Public Health Emergency Team

Michael McNamara

735. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the details of expenses claimed by members of NPHET since its first meeting was convened on 6 March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11071/21]

Vaccination Programme

Michael McNamara

884. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the amount that practice nurses are being paid per vaccination or per hour to administer Covid-19 vaccines; the amount general practitioners and other doctors are being paid per vaccination or per hour to administer Covid-19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11645/21]

Vaccination Programme

Michael McNamara

885. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if it is planned to have Covid-19 vaccines administered by dentists, pharmacists or other medical professionals; if so, the amount it is planned to pay them per vaccination or per hour to administer Covid-19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11646/21]

Counselling Services

Michael McNamara

975. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when the area of counselling and psychotherapy will be fully regulated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11986/21]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Michael McNamara

174. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if trainee primary teachers who have completed two years of their degree courses and were due to complete placements in their third-year will be considered to provide July provision in 2021; if she will provide reasons for her decision in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10857/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Michael McNamara

310. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the dates on which the PCR tests in which the three cases of the P1 Brazilian variant that were announced on 19 February 2021 were carried out; the dates on which it was notified to his Department and the National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, that the said variant was detected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10858/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Michael McNamara

315. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the dates on which the PCR tests regarding the three cases of the P1 Brazilian variant that were announced on 19 February 2021 were carried out; the dates on which it was discovered by NPHET that the variant was detected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10864/21]

Aviation Industry

Michael McNamara

117. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider the proposal by a union (details supplied) for an aviation income support scheme similar to the scheme in place in Germany that enables employers to reduce hours rather than lay off staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10014/21]

Departmental Correspondence

Michael McNamara

195. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Finance if he will call on banks (details supplied) not to impose a penalty charge on solicitors' practices who are holding monies for clients in their client account on trust; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9954/21]

Irish Water

Michael McNamara

332. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the specific local authorities or firms in which 400 jobs will be generated pursuant to his announcement on 11 February 2021 (details supplied). [10308/21]

Parental Leave

Michael McNamara

555. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be eligible for the parent’s leave and benefit as announced in budget 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9386/21]

Tuberculosis Incidence

Michael McNamara

1086. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases of TB here by county in 2019; the number of reactors; the number of reactors that killed out with lesions; the number of non-reactors removed from restricted herds; the number of herds restricted by enterprise type, that is, suckler farm, dairy farm and dry stock farm by county in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10136/21]

Tuberculosis Eradication Programme

Michael McNamara

1087. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken research into the root causes of TB in livestock; if so, if a copy of the most up-to-date research will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10137/21]

Qualifications Recognition

Michael McNamara

1114. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a Teagasc green certificate is considered to be an advanced certificate at level 6 on the National Framework of Qualifications. [10463/21]

Electricity Grid

Michael McNamara

58. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will sanction a deferral of payment for a community energy grid connection fee (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8724/21]

Legislative Reviews

Michael McNamara

585. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice the progress of the review into the operation of the Special Criminal Court and the Offenses Against the State Act 1939 promised by her predecessor; the person or body the review is being carried out by; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7911/21]

Ministerial Correspondence

Michael McNamara

600. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice when the report which she received from a person (details supplied) on 3 November 2020 will be shared with the family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8161/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael McNamara

1003. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 dated 21 January 2021, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8069/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael McNamara

14. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider introducing a scheme similar to that devised by the Scottish Government to assist workers in the wedding industry (details supplied) whose incomes have been devastated by the lockdowns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6715/21]

Agriculture Scheme Eligibility

Michael McNamara

998. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an exception can be made for a person (details supplied) in relation to a green certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6633/21]

State Pensions

Michael McNamara

124. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6071/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael McNamara

192. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Finance if the Covid restrictions support scheme can be amended to support a seasonal business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5465/21]

Visa Applications

Michael McNamara

584. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice if visas are being granted under the umbrella of exceptional circumstances at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5587/21]

Visa Applications

Michael McNamara

585. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice if it is possible to apply for a study visa at this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5588/21]

Beef Data and Genomics Programme

Michael McNamara

925. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5090/21]

Forestry Grants

Michael McNamara

947. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an applicant is precluded from receiving a grant in respect of the reforestation of a parcel of land if a grant was not obtained for the original afforestation of that land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5597/21]

Fishing Industry

Michael McNamara

969. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the fisheries and harbours funding will open for applications in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5981/21]

National Broadband Plan

Michael McNamara

11. 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. [4574/21]

Family Reunification

Michael McNamara

216. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice if the family settlement unit has been established and is operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4861/21]

Immigration Data

Michael McNamara

217. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice if de facto partnership immigration permission applications are currently being processed by her Department; if so, the unit processing same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4862/21]

Immigration Data

Michael McNamara

218. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice the average length of time between receipt of a complete de facto partnership immigration permission application in 2020 and the provision of a decision on the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4863/21]

Post Office Network

Michael McNamara

36. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a post office service (details supplied) will be reinstated in County Clare as a matter of urgency given the hardship for young and old trying to access the service during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3621/21]

National Broadband Plan

Michael McNamara

68. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason County Clare is omitted from the latest details on the National Broadband Plan roll-out (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4327/21]

National Broadband Plan

Michael McNamara

74. 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. [4427/21]