Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Insurance Industry

Marc MacSharry

24. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the way he plans to increase competition in the insurance sector. [44819/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marc MacSharry

25. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the number of companies in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal that have registered under the business resumption support scheme. [44820/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marc MacSharry

85. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal that have applied to the small business assistance scheme; the number of same that have received funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43806/21]

Enterprise Policy

Marc MacSharry

107. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the North-West Regional Enterprise Plan. [43805/21]

Home Care Packages

Marc MacSharry

60. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the number of homecare support hours being provided in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal in 2021; the way this compares to 2020; the number of persons currently waiting for homecare in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37733/21]

National Children's Hospital

Marc MacSharry

133. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the construction of the new children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37732/21]

Sports Organisations

Marc MacSharry

301. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 10 March 2021, if Sport Ireland has commenced the recruitment process for its new CEO; if not, the reason; when it will commence; if the Public Appointments Service will have a role in the recruitment of the new CEO; if the position of the incumbent CEO will be once again extended for a further period as has become the practice using Covid-19 and other reasons as cover; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37286/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marc MacSharry

214. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider introducing a second live performance support scheme in 2021 given that some businesses were not aware that they were eligible to apply for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35454/21]

Financial Services

Marc MacSharry

195. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 8 June 2018, if the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman can now consider older cases under the Financial Services and Ombudsman Act 2017 from persons that were of the view that they were mis-sold payment protection insurance in cases in which the conduct being complained of occurred during or after 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34022/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Marc MacSharry

195. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the process that will be undertaken by his Department for the procurement of antigen tests for third-level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32242/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marc MacSharry

79. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal receiving support under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number of persons in each county who were receiving support under the scheme in May 2021; the number of persons in each county who have received support under the scheme and its predecessor since March 2020; the expenditure on the schemes in each county over that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31703/21]

Tax Code

Marc MacSharry

89. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance his views on and response to the recent G7 agreement on corporation tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31704/21]

Civil Service

Marc MacSharry

432. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm the statements by Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform and Taoiseach on 2 June 2021 that there is no head of the civil service; if there is a person in charge of the civil service; if so, the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30940/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marc MacSharry

60. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30055/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marc MacSharry

67. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal enterprises that that have applied to the small business assistance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30056/21]

An Garda Síochána

Marc MacSharry

153. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice the engagement her officials have had with the Garda authorities in relation to the proposed new Garda headquarters in Kilmainham; the discussions that were had with the Office of Public Works on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29974/21]

An Garda Síochána

Marc MacSharry

166. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí in the Sligo-Leitrim division at the end of April 2021; the way this compares to the end of April 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29973/21]

Climate Change Policy

Marc MacSharry

224. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has carried out a full analysis of the trade-off between the carbon intensity of imported fuels versus that of domestic production within a robust regulatory framework; the overall impact of each on the carbon footprint of Ireland’s energy needs; if the analysis will be provided to the Houses of the Oireachtas and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30308/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Marc MacSharry

118. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Sligo currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; the number of persons in County Leitrim currently in receipt of the payment; the number in each county who were in receipt of the payment on the same date in April 2021; the number of persons in each county that have received the payment since the introduction of the payment; the total expenditure on such payments in each county over that time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26281/21]

Special Educational Needs

Marc MacSharry

457. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education the plans for the July provision programme 2021; if a commitment will be given that children attending special schools and classes will receive compulsory in-school provision in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25531/21]

Departmental Schemes

Marc MacSharry

97. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance if restaurant and bar owners providing outdoor dining services will be able to continue to avail of the employment wage subsidy scheme when they are permitted to reopen from 7 June (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24761/21]

Passport Services

Marc MacSharry

90. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the timeframe for clearing the backlog of passports applications from applicants in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. [23927/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marc MacSharry

55. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider including sports clubs for eligibility to the new scheme for outdoor seating and accessories for tourism and hospitality businesses given the fact that they cater for much the same sector as private businesses involved in dining and pubs and they also pay commercial rates to local authorities; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it will discriminate against the sports sector in relation to private business if it is not included in the scheme given that it will not be able to compete fairly in the 2021 outdoor dining campaign (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23540/21]

Childcare Services

Marc MacSharry

88. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider including financial supports for essential upgrade and expansion of childcare facilities in the Early Learning Care and School Age Childcare Capital Programme for 2022 to cater for the ever-changing needs of children, families and service providers and to comply with Tusla requirements (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22498/21]

Public Sector Pay

Marc MacSharry

79. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all relevant Departments have developed action plans as part of the reform agenda as in the Building Momentum Public Service Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20387/21]

National Children's Hospital

Marc MacSharry

83. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received an update from the Department of Health in relation to the costs associated with the building of the new children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20388/21]

Help-To-Buy Scheme

Marc MacSharry

463. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to the extension of the help-to-buy incentive scheme for first-time buyers to include the purchase of existing dwellings given the shortage of new housing developments and the difficulty in getting planning permission for new builds in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18222/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marc MacSharry

493. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance if he will review the provisions of the Covid restrictions support scheme as it applies to self-employed travel counsellors who are currently ineligible for the scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19022/21]

School Staff

Marc MacSharry

985. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education if she will review the case of a school (details supplied) that is scheduled to have the teaching staff reduced from four to three based on current retention numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18937/21]

School Meals Programme

Marc MacSharry

1115. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the only DEIS band 1 national school (details supplied) in County Clare was not included in the hot school meals programme for 2021-2022; if this decision will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18389/21]

Departmental Staff

Marc MacSharry

1187. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the process that is followed in her Department following receipt of a report from the occupational health unit of the Civil Service; if there is a policy to disagree with reports that state that there is nothing medically wrong with an employee (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20207/21]

Insurance Costs

Marc MacSharry

57. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the measures that can be taken in order that insurance companies provide rebates and premium reductions to customers in the case of a decline of claims costs related to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17166/21]

Insurance Costs

Marc MacSharry

61. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance if he will make contact with the insurance industry to request that annual premium renewals are reduced for sports clubs that are being hit by large premiums. [17165/21]

Tax Data

Marc MacSharry

352. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the way in which corporation tax receipts held up in 2020. [1863/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Marc MacSharry

751. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if in order to make apprenticeships more attractive to industry and prospective apprentices themselves, he will consider amending the operation of apprenticeships to ensure that the relevant State agency that administer these apprenticeships secure all placements for interested parties with companies; if the State will bear all costs associated with the apprenticeships in order to make it more attractive to industry to participate and that all interested in apprenticeships need only apply to the State agency involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16871/21]

Energy Policy

Marc MacSharry

254. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if an interdepartmental group has been established within his Department to examine energy security issues in Ireland; if so, the membership, terms of reference and reporting timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15492/21]

Help-To-Buy Scheme

Marc MacSharry

503. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the provisions of the help-to-buy incentive scheme beyond 31 December 2021 for first-time buyers especially for those who are self-building and have been unable to progress with their housing projects due to the Covid-19 level 5 restrictions affecting the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15741/21]

Felling Licences

Marc MacSharry

2038. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive a decision on their felling licence application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15756/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marc MacSharry

328. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a detailed list will be provided of the allocations made by national governing bodies of sport in receipt of funding in excess of €100,000 from the Covid resilience fund to units within their respective organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12498/21]

Sport Ireland

Marc MacSharry

329. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if Sport Ireland has commenced the recruitment process for its new chief executive; if not, when it will commence; when she will approve this process before commencement; if the Public Appointments Service will have a role in the recruitment of the new chief executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12499/21]

Student Support Schemes

Marc MacSharry

163. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the fee arrangements that will be in place for Irish students attending Scottish universities in autumn 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12299/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marc MacSharry

21. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the €160 million boost to firms under the Covid-19 fund as announced on 9 February 2021 extends to sports clubs; if not, the reason sports clubs that pay local authority commercial rates and that were covered by his Department's business scheme up to November 2020 when the Covid restrictions support scheme was created now find themselves without support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11198/21]

Third Level Admissions

Marc MacSharry

627. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a student (details supplied) who sat the leaving certificate exams in November and December 2020 and gained an additional 70 points as a result, will be offered a higher preference course on their CAO application 2020 despite accepting the offer of a lower preference course in the absence of the additional 70 points they now have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11134/21]

Garda Recruitment

Marc MacSharry

683. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice when the next intake of Garda recruits will occur; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11648/21]

Departmental Correspondence

Marc MacSharry

187. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the major banks have given notice that negative interest rates charges are to apply to solicitor client accounts used for commercial and conveyancing transactions handled by solicitors, including the buying and selling of houses and land; if he considers this appropriate; and his views on whether this will have a detrimental effect on consumers and create an additional financial burden on borrowers hoping to acquire a home. [9773/21]

Animal Welfare

Marc MacSharry

318. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps taken regarding a complaint made to his Department by way of a protected disclosure over three years ago and reported recently in the media relating to a dog pound (details supplied); if his Department contacted the four Dublin local authorities that use the pound regarding this matter; if so, the actions that were taken at the time by the local authorities on the subject matter of the protected disclosure; the actions he plans to take on the continued use of the pound by the four Dublin local authorities following the protected disclosure given the ongoing public concern regarding animal welfare issues there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9956/21]

State Examinations

Marc MacSharry

441. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education the number of students who registered for the leaving certificate exam in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9837/21]

Education Data

Marc MacSharry

648. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of CAO applications submitted in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9837/21]

Felling Licences

Marc MacSharry

1050. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision with regard to a tree felling licence application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9428/21]

School Staff

Marc MacSharry

354. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to improve the work and pay conditions of caretakers working in primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7856/21]

Insurance Industry

Marc MacSharry

186. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance if he will make contact with the insurance industry to reduce annual premium renewals for sports clubs that are being hit by large premiums (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6330/21]

Insurance Industry

Marc MacSharry

188. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance if his Department will request the insurance sector to reduce insurance premiums for sports clubs in 2021; if the insurance industry will be requested to base premiums on true risks, that is, the reduced risk associated with the drop in usage and footfall due to Covid-19 restrictions; if the insurance sector will be further requested to be lenient in relation to payments for sports clubs, given his request for banks and lending institutions to show forbearance to businesses and clients with loan and mortgage repayments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6331/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marc MacSharry

258. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department or an agency under her remit has considered action to assist individual clubs with their costs; if she will ensure that sports clubs’ large direct payments, for example, insurance premiums, will be eligible for assistance in future Covid-19 funding; if she will examine the issue of sports clubs that were assisted in 2020 but are now ruled out as not eligible in the new Covid restrictions support scheme given that they will be in difficulty in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6330/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marc MacSharry

259. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the situation regarding sports clubs that received funding (details supplied) in 2020 but that are now ruled out as ineligible under the Covid restrictions support scheme will be reviewed; if the difficulties of sports clubs will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6331/21]

School Transport

Marc MacSharry

407. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education when a school transport summer provisions grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6477/21]

Disability Allowance

Marc MacSharry

493. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive a decision on their application for a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6523/21]

Student Accommodation

Marc MacSharry

531. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are plans to assist the large number of third-level students who paid for student accommodation and were subsequently directed to stay at home under Government guidelines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5425/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Marc MacSharry

266. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason a facility (details supplied) has not been advised to date when a Covid-19 vaccination will be available to it, has not been advised when the vaccine will be administered to residents and no contact has been made to make preliminary enquiries to secure informed consent; the date for inoculation in the facility; if the residents will be prioritised given that all fall within the most vulnerable category of persons requiring vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4789/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Marc MacSharry

270. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health when front-line nursing and care staff working within residential disability services at Cregg House Sligo and Cloonamahon Sligo and community houses linked to both will be offered and receive the Covid vaccination; the date for same; the process of determining the schedule; the reason the National Immunisation Advisory Committee has not been the body determining the priority list of when and who receives vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4808/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Marc MacSharry

271. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if a nurse contracts Covid-19 and consequent associated illness prevents attendance at work, that following a period of 28 days the nurse in question must offset further or continuing absence due to Covid-related illness from sick leave days prescribed in their contract; if a nurse due to non-Covid-related illness which has or may require the use and exhaustion of prescribed sick leave days will not be financially disadvantaged and penalised due to Covid-related illness causing more than the 28 days currently prescribed as the maximum supported period for such absence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4809/21]

Waste Management

Marc MacSharry

37. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his strategy for the sustainability and expansion of the compost industry in Ireland; his plans to expand the brown bin service to all households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3670/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Marc MacSharry

38. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the expenditure on national public awareness campaigns for waste services (details supplied) over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3671/21]

Public Sector Pay

Marc MacSharry

246. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason an increased salary of some €292,000 has been allocated to the position of Secretary General for the Department of Health. [4153/21]

Public Sector Pay

Marc MacSharry

247. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has provided direct approval and sanctioning of a salary increase for the new position of Secretary General of the Department of Health; the details of the business case for such an increase in remuneration; if the account as reported in a national print media article dated 18 January 2020 quoting a person (details supplied) is correct; the reason a full memo was not brought to Cabinet; and the reason a message was not brought by him to Dáil Éireann. [4154/21]

Public Sector Pay

Marc MacSharry

248. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a public statement advising the absence of a memo to Cabinet for formal approval of the proposed increase of the rate of pay for the position of Secretary General of the Department of Health to €292,000 is in line with Articles 11 and 17 of the Constitution and the views of the Minister for Health (details supplied) that such an increase would not be included in advised voted expenditure; and his plans to bring a message to Dáil Éireann for approval of such an increase in the rate of remuneration applicable to the position, which is far outside increases prescribed in the public service pay agreements. [4155/21]

Public Sector Pay

Marc MacSharry

249. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in the interests of the taxpayer, TLAC will immediately suspend the formal recruitment of a new Secretary General of the Department of Health, pending the full consideration of the matter by the Committee of Public Accounts and Dáil Éireann to ensure the optimum public scrutiny and approval of public expenditure and the proposed increase in the salary to avoid the setting of further poor precedent by proceeding without such scrutiny and examination. [4156/21]

Public Sector Staff

Marc MacSharry

250. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to provide additional extensions or to carry out a competitive recruitment process for the replacement on retirement of three Secretaries General (details supplied) in view of the expiry of the seven-year rule in 2018. [4157/21]

Working Family Payment

Marc MacSharry

226. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo whose working family payment was not renewed following the annual review even though the person's circumstances have not changed since 2020 will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3031/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marc MacSharry

31. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the legislation with regard to employers who had to cease trading and let their staff go due to Covid-19, repaying statutory redundancy payments paid to their former employees, given that these employers have already paid their portion of the employee social insurance contribution over the years and the fact that the closure of their respective businesses was due to the pandemic and they are not in a financial position to make these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2792/21]

Revenue Commissioners

Marc MacSharry

147. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance if clarity will be provided on the benefit-in-kind treatment for tax purposes for company cars for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2516/21]

Broadband Infrastructure

Marc MacSharry

25. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the establishment of a network of broadband connection points in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43606/20]

Local Improvement Scheme

Marc MacSharry

77. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that will be provided in counties Sligo and Leitrim under the local improvement scheme in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43607/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Marc MacSharry

109. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Sligo and Leitrim that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43804/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marc MacSharry

160. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Sligo and Leitrim that have received support under the restart grant and the restart grant plus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43803/20]

Animal Welfare

Marc MacSharry

646. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all seizures of horses made under SI 62 of 2016, the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 and the Control of Horses Act 1996 are included in the national horse seizure statistics figure; if not, his plans to ensure that all horse seizures are included in the national figure in view of the fact that, without the inclusion of same, the national horse figure provided is erroneous; if he will ensure that all of the legislation will be enforced in order to reduce and eliminate continuing and blatant disregard for the law on animal welfare in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44441/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marc MacSharry

206. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the position of eligibility to the new CRSS from sports clubs with a bar registered under the Clubs Act 1904 and so on as it seems the system of the Revenue Commissioners is refusing such applications; the reason this should be as the CRSS was projected as a replacement for the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment local authority reopening scheme which did apply to sports clubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43055/20]

Fuel Allowance

Marc MacSharry

378. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) who had their fuel allowance disallowed on reaching 66 years of age will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43274/20]

Medicinal Products

Marc MacSharry

373. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the way in which he is encouraging the use of biosimilar medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42312/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marc MacSharry

140. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in counties Sligo and Leitrim that have qualified for support under the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39199/20]

School Admissions

Marc MacSharry

284. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education the reason a student (details supplied) is being refused a place in three schools; the assurance she can provide to allay the fears and upset of the student's parents that there will be a place in a local school for the next school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39508/20]

Energy Policy

Marc MacSharry

30. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 26 and 27 of 4 November 2020, the financial implications or fines arising from the failure of Ireland to meet Regulation (EU) No. 994/2010 from 1 January 2021 on the security of gas supply, which requires member states to comply with the N-1 formula; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38914/20]

Property Registration Authority

Marc MacSharry

395. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the total number of employees in the Property Registration Authority is in the region of 550 employees; the precise number employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38734/20]

Property Registration Authority

Marc MacSharry

396. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if approximately 230 employees are currently remote working enabled and who are therefore working from home; the precise number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38735/20]

Property Registration Authority

Marc MacSharry

397. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the remainder of staff at the Property Registration Authority numbering approximately 320 employees are split into two teams, namely team A and team B; if these teams work part-time across the six locations operated by the PRA, with team A and B working a two-day week and three-day week alternating from team to team and week to week; if the employees while working a short week continue to be paid their full salaries based on a full working week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38736/20]

Property Registration Authority

Marc MacSharry

398. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the attention of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has been drawn to and has approved a situation in which employees are working a two to three-day week in certain instances but yet being remunerated for a full working week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38737/20]

Health Services

Marc MacSharry

724. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive treatment for Parkinson’s disease with Duodopa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36282/20]

One-Parent Family Payment

Marc MacSharry

268. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the anomaly whereby a person (details supplied) cannot be awarded reckonable credits for the period during which they were in receipt of the one-parent family payment and subsequent welfare payment due to the fact that immediately prior to claiming the payment the person was on a community employment scheme, which is not listed as one the qualifying schemes for awarding credits; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this has a knock-on effect for the person in that they cannot qualify for the widow’s contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35925/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marc MacSharry

453. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) HEAnet promised upgrade can be brought forward as the current service is very poor and not fit for purpose particularly during Covid-19 restrictions in which students are unable to log on to class from home if self-isolating due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34904/20]

Medicinal Products

Marc MacSharry

674. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason access to the compassionate use programme for the new spinal muscular atrophy drug, risdiplam or Evrysdi, is not currently available to adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34663/20]

Medicinal Products

Marc MacSharry

675. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the granting of access to the compassionate use programme for the new spinal muscular atrophy drug, risdiplam or Evrysdi, by hospitals to adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34664/20]

Medicinal Products

Marc MacSharry

676. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if there is a specific reason adults cannot currently avail of the new spinal muscular atrophy drug, risdiplam or Evrysdi, under the compassionate use programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34665/20]

Climate Change Policy

Marc MacSharry

25. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if there has been an evaluation of the potential carbon emissions savings resulting from the commitment in the programme for Government which commits to an allocation of 10% of the total transport capital budget for cycling projects and an allocation of 10% of the total capital budget for pedestrian infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34039/20]

Energy Policy

Marc MacSharry

26. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if Ireland is compliant for 2020 and 2021 with the Regulation (EU) No. 994/2010 on security of gas supply which requires member states to comply with the N-1 formula; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34040/20]

Energy Policy

Marc MacSharry

27. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the implications of Brexit for Ireland's energy supply; if the UK will continue to be subject to the EU law obligations to provide solidarity as required by Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 regarding measures to safeguard the security of supply to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34041/20]

National Cancer Strategy

Marc MacSharry

130. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the amount of additional funding which will be allocated for the national cancer strategy in 2021; the total funding for the strategy in 2021 on foot of this increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33467/20]

Energy Policy

Marc MacSharry

258. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if it is feasible to remove Ireland’s dependency on gas by 2030; his plans to import gas rather than use Irish gas discoveries; if he considers this an ethical and economic thing to do in view that it will come from other countries; if he has considered this within WHO and other organisations’ codes regarding exploitation of other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32957/20]

Energy Policy

Marc MacSharry

259. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications his views on a recent media article (details supplied) which indicated the UK Government was placing restrictions on energy transfers to Ireland; if this is consistent with an interview he gave to the same newspaper on 12 October 2020 in which he said the UK would not do this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32958/20]

Climate Change Policy

Marc MacSharry

29. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the energy activities he envisages will be included in the new definition of emissions in the proposed climate action Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31967/20]

Climate Change Policy

Marc MacSharry

30. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the differences proposed for agriculture over other sectors in his categorisation of its special role in the new climate action Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31968/20]

Climate Change Policy

Marc MacSharry

31. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if individual farmers can apply to the Climate Action Fund under changes proposed in the climate action Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31969/20]