Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Driver Test

Michael McNamara

133. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 16 December 2020, if a driver test will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4010/21]

Disability Allowance

Michael McNamara

502. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3788/21]

Social Welfare Appeals

Michael McNamara

503. 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. [3802/21]

State Pension (Contributory)

Michael McNamara

508. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4016/21]

Third Level Fees

Michael McNamara

595. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if third-level students who did not qualify for free fees will receive a refund of their student contribution fees in view of the fact that the majority of students have been forced to move to online learning following Covid-19 restrictions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3973/21]

Vaccination Programme

Michael McNamara

672. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when staff in the mental health service in County Clare will receive Covid-19 vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3604/21]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Michael McNamara

897. 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. [3998/21]

National Broadband Plan

Michael McNamara

15. 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. [3071/21]

School Enrolments

Michael McNamara

175. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if she will request an urgent review of the process of allocating school places in secondary schools (details supplied) in County Clare, given the serious and ongoing issue of a lack of sufficient secondary places for sixth class pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3039/21]

Third Level Fees

Michael McNamara

274. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to reduce college fees for third level students who are experiencing less on-campus time due to the current Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3155/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

360. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when dental staff will start to receive the Covid-19 vaccination; if they will be included in the priority list for roll-out of the vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3103/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

460. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if UK residents will be allowed to travel home once they have been fully vaccinated; if there will be guidelines on travel for such persons who have been vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3435/21]

Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme

Michael McNamara

483. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3035/21]

Vaccination Programme

Michael McNamara

488. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if teachers will be included in group 6 in the vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2309/21]

Vaccination Programme

Michael McNamara

622. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when patients who are being cared for in their homes with the support of home help seven days per week will be scheduled for Covid-19 vaccination; if they will be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2750/21]

Farm Inspections

Michael McNamara

719. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is necessary for farm inspections to take place during level 5 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2923/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

290. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider lifting the restrictions for bowling centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44924/20]

Health Services

Michael McNamara

809. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if he will consider lifting restrictions on live music at locations hosting weddings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44893/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

847. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if he will publish a letter from his Department to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, ECDC, seeking assurances that processes are in place to ensure continued quality and consistency in the provision of advices; if a reply has been received to the letter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45019/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

848. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the other EU and EEA member states that share the concerns of his Department regarding recent advices given by ECDC and European Union Aviation Safety Agency, EASA, on testing and quarantining for air travellers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45020/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

854. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if a support and recovery workshop for persons with addiction, abuse and relationship problems can continue to operate under current Covid-19 restrictions; if so, if he will clarify the maximum number of persons who can attend such a workshop; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45048/20]

Cross-Border Health Initiatives

Michael McNamara

1062. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if the cross-Border agreement is being extended for new patients or being implemented for those booked and waiting to be seen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1673/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Michael McNamara

1067. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if persons continue to test positive for Covid-19 for up to three months after an initial positive PCR test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1686/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

1068. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if the requirement of a negative PCR test in the previous 72 hours will be modified in respect of essential workers returning to Ireland who recently contracted Covid-19 but have fully recovered, are no longer symptomatic and are no longer suspected to be infectious; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1687/21]

Citizenship Applications

Michael McNamara

469. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on a citizenship application which is pending for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44192/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

521. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if yoga studios will be allowed reopen with immediate effect in view that dance studios were allowed to reopen with pods of one, up to a maximum of 15 in a room (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44191/20]

Driver Test

Michael McNamara

69. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport if a driver test will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43717/20]

Mortgage Lending

Michael McNamara

101. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is discriminatory for a bank (details supplied) to require a higher deposit level of 25% when purchasing a property in a rural location as opposed to a 10% deposit in non-rural locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43987/20]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael McNamara

280. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43625/20]

State Pension (Contributory)

Michael McNamara

354. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the State pension (contributory) whose pension entitlement is reduced as a result of the pension rate band changes introduced in 2012; the proportion of contributory pension recipients so affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42976/20]

Legislative Measures

Michael McNamara

434. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice the steps taken to date to carry out a review of the provisions in the Offences Against the State Act 1939, as committed to by her predecessor on 24 June during a debate in Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42993/20]

Garda Data

Michael McNamara

453. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice the number of barricade hostage incidents involving gardaí in the first eleven months of 2020; and the number in 2019. [43273/20]

Health Insurance

Michael McNamara

473. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if an exemption can be made for a person (details supplied) who has been informed by a company that it cannot process receipts for health services which are more than six months outside the end of the insurance year in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43395/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

542. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if the HSE mid-west CHO 3 is cancelling clinical agency staff hired to perform swabbing while seeking assistance from the Defence Forces and the National Ambulance Service and redeploying primary care staff at overtime rates; if so, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43111/20]

Self-Harm Prevention

Michael McNamara

581. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the data obtained by his Department relating to self-harm presentations to emergency departments per day and emergency departments during the period 27 March to 31 August 2020, collected and collated by the HSE national clinical programme for the assessment and management of patients presenting to emergency departments following self-harm, as opposed to the scant data collected and collated by the national self-harm registry, which has been provided to this Deputy pursuant to Parliamentary Question No 196 of 18 November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43364/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

630. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the reason Ireland’s rate of Covid-19 deaths per 100,000 is far higher relative to the incidence rate per 100,000 than other EU/EEA states with the lowest incidence rates. [43501/20]

CLÁR Programme

Michael McNamara

689. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when measure 3(b) of the CLÁR 2020 programme will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43370/20]

Brexit Preparations

Michael McNamara

217. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport if all the supports possible will be put in place for the establishment of a direct daily service from Rosslare Port to ports in mainland Europe for example, Le Havre, Dieppe, Calais and Dunkirk along with a daily return service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42588/20]

Health Services Provision

Michael McNamara

409. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when the venesection clinic on the day service unit at Ennis General Hospital will reopen to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42567/20]

Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme

Michael McNamara

454. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 894 of 17 November 2020, when an appeal will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42568/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael McNamara

250. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1580 of 3 November 2020, the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42415/20]

Road Projects

Michael McNamara

143. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport the status of progress on the Limerick northern distributor road; when a contract for the first phase will be signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41337/20]

Driver Licences

Michael McNamara

151. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport if the NDLS will take appointments over the phone in Ennis, county Clare as persons there are encountering problems with the online system in obtaining appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41534/20]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Michael McNamara

182. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to implement section 92 of the Finance Act 1989, as amended; when he will replace the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations, 1994, determined to be ultra vires of the Minister by the Supreme Court on 18 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41338/20]

Animal Culls

Michael McNamara

273. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 26 November 2020, if his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service will liaise with voluntary organisations involved in conservation to develop a more cost-effective strategy for feral mink control and or eradication than that which would cost €100 million over five years for the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41336/20]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Michael McNamara

383. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection when a PPS number will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41353/20]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Michael McNamara

384. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection when a PPS number will issue to persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41354/20]

Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme

Michael McNamara

815. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41470/20]

Pension Provisions

Michael McNamara

224. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education when retired teachers will receive their 2% increase which was due to them since October 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40890/20]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael McNamara

386. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an exemption will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Clare who missed the closing date for the beef finisher payment scheme which had a very short window for application and given the stresses and strains on farmers due to Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40830/20]