Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gino Kenny

26. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport his plans to meet with the CEO of the IAA regarding policy on the aviation industry and the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35774/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gino Kenny

38. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if consideration has been given by his Department to increasing the numbers of buses on specific routes in Dublin city to cope with current demands during level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35775/20]

Local Authority Housing

Gino Kenny

372. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the powers the CEOs of city and county councils have to determine whether to raise the amount of rent charged to local authority tenants; his views on whether it is a matter for councillors to decide by way of approving the budgets of the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35280/20]

Social and Affordable Housing

Gino Kenny

388. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the review of income eligibility by his Department for social housing supports in each local authority as part of social housing reform will be completed; and if all the criteria and decisions will be published when the report is completed. [35273/20]

Special Educational Needs

Gino Kenny

451. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education her future plans for special educational schools and also the six reading schools; the extra resources she will provide for mainstream schools to accommodate children with more significant additional needs especially in the context of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34895/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Gino Kenny

564. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when and the way in which the additional payment of €250 for students at third-level colleges will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35284/20]

Data Protection

Gino Kenny

592. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if the Irish Prison Service will cease using and processing employee biometric data; if her attention has been drawn to a recent decision by the Data Protection Commission on this issue; if no breaches of employees biometric data are currently taking place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34643/20]

Vaccination Programme

Gino Kenny

657. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if there is evidence of a general lack of awareness of the pneumococcal vaccination in the at-risk population and, if so, if there are plans to address this with a public health awareness campaign similar to that addressing the availability and importance of the flu vaccine for these groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34546/20]

Health Promotion

Gino Kenny

88. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of the women’s health task force that was established over a year ago; the actions taken or achieved in the intervening period; the plans in the area of women’s health over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33543/20]

Nursing Education

Gino Kenny

89. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the position of student nurses in the health service; if they have been offered healthcare assistants' contracts and work; if while on placement they will be offered similar payments as in March 2020; the supports that will be in place on an ongoing basis for student nurses serving in the public service given the risks of Covid-19 infection; if he will increase the current allowance of €50.79 a week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33542/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gino Kenny

144. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the details of his negotiations with the private hospital sector to ensure increased capacity as the country enters the second wave of Covid-19; the cost per bed of an agreement by ICU and acute bed capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33541/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Gino Kenny

153. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans for further investment in testing tracing infrastructure and public health tracing teams in the coming weeks; the number of whole-time equivalents employed in this service since April 2020, by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33540/20]

Mental Health Services

Gino Kenny

155. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the perinatal mental health services available for women; his plans to improve or add to these services in the near future; the perinatal mental health services available in each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33544/20]

Local Authority Housing

Gino Kenny

620. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the person or body that sets the income threshold for persons to apply for local authority housing; and if the income threshold is set by his Department or the local authorities. [33145/20]

Local Authority Housing

Gino Kenny

621. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the year the current income threshold for applicants on local authority housing list was set. [33146/20]

Local Authority Housing

Gino Kenny

622. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department allows local authorities to set their own income threshold for persons applying for local authority housing; if his Department monitors each authority; the way in which this is monitored; and the year each local authority set their current income threshold for the local authority housing list. [33147/20]

Local Authority Housing

Gino Kenny

623. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria and factors taken into consideration to determine the income threshold for persons applying for local authority housing. [33148/20]

Local Authority Housing

Gino Kenny

624. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if national average wage increases, minimum wage increases and increases in the private rental market are taken into consideration when setting income thresholds for persons applying for local authority housing. [33149/20]

Local Authority Housing

Gino Kenny

625. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department plans to increase the income threshold for persons applying for local authority housing. [33150/20]

Social Welfare Offices

Gino Kenny

918. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection when her Department plans to centralise and gather information from INTREO offices to obtain a national picture regarding complaints made by persons applying for a social welfare payment or persons in receipt of a social welfare payment in order that her Department gathers all complaints to her Department relating to the process of applications, reviews, appeals, inspections or other complaints to INTREO offices. [33314/20]