Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Creative Ireland Programme

Cormac Devlin

40. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure ongoing support for local authorities through the Creative Ireland programme. [17289/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cormac Devlin

42. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure that arts and cultural bodies in Dublin are consulted to ensure that they recover and enhance their impact in the aftermath of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17288/20]

Heritage Sites

Cormac Devlin

23. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role of the Office of Public Works with respect to the historic buildings, monuments and artifacts within the Cherrywood strategic development zone; and the plans of the OPW during and post-construction for same. [16982/20]

National Monuments

Cormac Devlin

34. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure and maintenance by the OPW of the Monkstown Castle (details supplied). [16983/20]

Better Energy Homes Scheme

Cormac Devlin

103. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if additional funding will be provided to the better energy communities scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17429/20]

Driver Test

Cormac Devlin

123. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver tests will resume; the number of test centres that will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17430/20]

Schools Building Projects

Cormac Devlin

434. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) moving to new premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17432/20]

Public Services Card

Cormac Devlin

484. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when appointments for public services cards will resume subject to public health advice; her plans to move the process online; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17431/20]

Childcare Services

Cormac Devlin

556. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the procedures being taken to cease the closure of playgroups across Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17428/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

771. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if the guidelines issued to nursing homes on family visits will be reviewed to ensure, subject to public health, that the rights of residents and their families are respected and will include an independent appeal mechanism to deal with situations in which agreement cannot be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17427/20]

Bond Markets

Cormac Devlin

30. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if measures are being taken to refinance the outstanding obligations into long-term debt of the State in view of the historically low borrowing costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16279/20]

Small and Medium Enterprises

Cormac Devlin

19. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to enable SMEs to return to capacity in circumstances in which it is possible; and his further plans to strengthen the resilience, productivity and innovation of SMEs. [15818/20]

Trading Online Voucher Scheme

Cormac Devlin

109. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if additional funding will be available to local authorities that have exhausted their trading online voucher allowances for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16095/20]

Harbours and Piers

Cormac Devlin

155. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided to each local authority on the transfer of a harbour under the Harbours Act 2015; the date and amount of each transfer in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16096/20]

Road Projects

Cormac Devlin

156. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the M11 and N11 junction upgrade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16097/20]

Noise Pollution

Cormac Devlin

157. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering introducing legislation or providing funding to reduce the impact of noise from motorways in particular the M50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16098/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cormac Devlin

317. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if the temporary wage subsidy scheme will be reviewed to ensure payments being made to employees are subject to the usual PAYE system rather than allowing potentially significant tax liabilities to develop; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16103/20]

Special Educational Needs

Cormac Devlin

505. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the autistic spectrum disorder units at primary and post-primary level being funded in County Dublin in 2019 and 2020; the number, name and location of those approved for 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16089/20]

State Pensions

Cormac Devlin

699. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the increase in the pension age to 67 years of age has been deferred; the steps required to implement the policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16100/20]

Crime Data

Cormac Devlin

967. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the incidence of dog thefts reported to An Garda Síochána in 2019 and the first six months of 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16099/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

990. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the status of the planned national guidelines governing the reopening of services for persons with disabilities in either day and respite settings during the Covid-19 pandemic; when they will be published and implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16090/20]

Disability Services Provision

Cormac Devlin

991. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health when it is envisaged a facility (details supplied) will be allowed resume services for its customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16091/20]

Disability Services Provision

Cormac Devlin

992. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health when a service (details supplied) will be allowed to resume services for its customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16092/20]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Cormac Devlin

993. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health when normal services for adolescent mental health and other similar services will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16093/20]

Health Services Provision

Cormac Devlin

994. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health when normal services for development checks for infants and children will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16094/20]

Road Projects

Cormac Devlin

78. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to providing additional funding to local authorities as part of the July stimulus initiative to complete outstanding 30 km/h road projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14396/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

126. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is proposing to ensure persons using public transport wear face coverings and masks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14393/20]

Value Added Tax

Cormac Devlin

179. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to reducing the VAT rate on personal protective equipment to 0%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14391/20]

Property Tax

Cormac Devlin

188. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if he will request the Revenue Commissioners to extend the 2020 local property tax collection date from 21 July to 18 August 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14540/20]

Departmental Staff

Cormac Devlin

247. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of conservation rangers and wildlife inspectors recruited by her Department in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14539/20]

Environmental Protection Enforcement

Cormac Devlin

316. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of tree preservation orders issued by the four Dublin local authorities in each of the years 2015 to 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14395/20]

Springboard Programme

Cormac Devlin

463. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the eligibility requirements for Springboard courses will be reviewed to allow persons enrol in more than one minor course simultaneously; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14476/20]

Springboard Programme

Cormac Devlin

464. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a review will be carried out of the Springboard system to ensure courses are delivering value money for the taxpayer and persons participating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14477/20]

Departmental Budgets

Cormac Devlin

532. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2021 if the budget for the youth employment support scheme increased by 20%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14538/20]

Garda Reserve

Cormac Devlin

656. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of the Garda Reserve members as of 31 December 2019 that completed the minimum of 208 annual hours per year duty obligations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14537/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

834. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the status of the proposed national guidelines governing the reopening of services for persons with disabilities in day and respite settings during the Covid-19 pandemic; when these guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14394/20]

National Debt

Cormac Devlin

81. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance the measures being taken to refinance the outstanding obligations into long-term debt of the State in view of the historically low borrowing costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13672/20]

Mortgage Lending

Cormac Devlin

82. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance the measures being taken to assist applicants that were refused access to a mortgage on the basis they are in receipt of a Covid-19 pandemic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13673/20]

English Language Training Organisations

Cormac Devlin

260. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to protect foreign language schools in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13680/20]

Special Educational Needs

Cormac Devlin

261. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the July provision; if it will be made mandatory for schools which cater for persons with special needs to provide the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13681/20]

EU Directives

Cormac Devlin

274. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the 5th EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive will be transposed here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13674/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

568. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if NPHET will be requested to consider preparing new guidelines for residential centres that allow for the differentiated risk level between nursing homes and social care homes during the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13675/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

569. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if regulations will be published that make the wearing of face coverings mandatory on public transport and in certain settings, such as hairdressers, in circumstances in which social distancing guidelines cannot be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13676/20]

Hospital Appointments Status

Cormac Devlin

570. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be investigated in order to provide a satisfactory resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13677/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

571. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health when chiropody and podiatry services will resume under the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13678/20]

Health Services Provision

Cormac Devlin

572. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to review the suite of services available to persons with Parkinson’s disease, in particular those with other conditions such as diabetes to ensure the latest occupational treatments and advice are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13679/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

744. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA will be instructed to extend the validity of travel wide annual Dublin Bus tickets purchased prior to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13684/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

745. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if NPHET will be requested to provide detailed guidelines on recommended measures driving instructors should take to reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13685/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cormac Devlin

799. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if employees in receipt of the temporary wage subsidy scheme continue to accrue holiday entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13682/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

907. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if arrangements will be made to automatically transfer persons in receipt of the rent supplement payment onto the housing assistance payment in view of the impact of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13683/20]