Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Nitrates Usage

Brian Leddin

855. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of penalties relating to fencing to prevent access from grazing bovines to watercourses for drinking purposes issued under the Nitrates Action Programme for non-compliance with the European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2017, SI No. 605 of 2017 in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46381/21]

Nitrates Usage

Brian Leddin

856. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of penalties issued under the Nitrates Action Programme for non-compliance with the European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2017, SI No. 605 of 2017 in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46382/21]

Fuel Poverty

Brian Leddin

39. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the anticipated impact of the upcoming new solid fuel standards on persons on lower incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44135/21]

Electricity Generation

Brian Leddin

56. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the feed-in tariff legislation will be in place to allow homes with micro-generation to sell excess electricity back to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44134/21]

Transport Policy

Brian Leddin

79. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to take measures to accelerate the provision of active travel infrastructure as pandemic restrictions recede; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44133/21]

Public Transport

Brian Leddin

98. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport the measures he is taking to phase out fossil fuel powered vehicles from the fleet operated by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44136/21]

Departmental Policies

Brian Leddin

208. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is a national policy by which a person must be resident in an area for a certain period of time before being allowed to access homelessness services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44269/21]

Financial Services

Brian Leddin

183. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Finance the purpose of the deemed disposal of exchange traded funds for taxation purposes after eight years; if he plans to change this arrangement for small investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41825/21]

Greyhound Industry

Brian Leddin

3373. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds in the national racing pool from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2021; the number of greyhounds injured and killed at Irish greyhound tracks from 1 Jan 2021 to 30 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39394/21]

Greyhound Industry

Brian Leddin

3374. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed location of the planned second greyhound care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39395/21]

Greyhound Industry

Brian Leddin

3375. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds within the industry awaiting homing on 1 July 2021 for periods of time exceeding six and 12 months, respectively; the protocol that is in place for greyhounds deemed challenging to home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39396/21]

Greyhound Industry

Brian Leddin

3376. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure on care and welfare of greyhounds for 2020 and to 30 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39397/21]

Greyhound Industry

Brian Leddin

3377. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of individual greyhound pups born in Ireland during the period 1 January 2021 to 30 June 2021; the breakdown of racing and coursing pups; the number of litters born in that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39398/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Brian Leddin

25. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he will ensure that the measures in the new Common Agricultural Policy will maximise delivery of greenhouse gas reductions across all farms in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37088/21]

Organic Farming

Brian Leddin

77. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional resources he is making available to support the development of organic farming in Ireland in view of the Irish target of 7.5% and the EU target of 25% of organic farmland by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37089/21]

Registration of Births

Brian Leddin

450. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to difficulties in the registration of births in the civil registration service due to the handwriting of birth notifications from some maternity hospitals following the cyber-attack on the HSE; the steps she is taking to facilitate the registration of births while manual systems are being operated in maternity hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37494/21]

Water Services

Brian Leddin

201. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the commitment to develop a scheme between local authorities and Irish Water to provide drinking water fountains nationwide to reduce plastic bottle litter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36955/21]

Tax Code

Brian Leddin

53. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Finance if he will address the anomaly in which an e-bike qualifies under the cycle to work scheme but an e-bike kit does not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36743/21]

Traffic Management

Brian Leddin

108. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport if it is always necessary for a local authority to establish definitively the 85th percentile speed using a traffic speed study before the local authority may apply a special speed limit of 30 km/h; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34454/21]

Farm Inspections

Brian Leddin

580. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspectors employed by his Department to inspect dairy farms in 2011 and 2021; the number of inspections that were carried out in 2011 and that will be carried out in 2021 on dairy farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34249/21]

Animal Diseases

Brian Leddin

581. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases of mastitis recorded per 100 dairy cows in Ireland annually from 2011 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34250/21]

Animal Culls

Brian Leddin

582. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of spent dairy cows slaughtered each year; the number of slaughterhouses accepting spent dairy cows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34251/21]

Greyhound Industry

Brian Leddin

583. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date of death of a greyhound (details supplied); the number of greyhound pups sired by them since their death; the year of birth of each of these pups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34252/21]

Greyhound Industry

Brian Leddin

584. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhound litters born via FSI mating, surgical implantation of female in each of the years from 2010 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34253/21]

Rail Network

Brian Leddin

40. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport the potential of commuter rail to allow regional cities to grow in a sustainable manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32142/21]

Oireachtas Committees

Brian Leddin

74. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider the latest report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate Action on the topic of emissions from the transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32141/21]

Electricity Grid

Brian Leddin

75. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures he is taking to ensure that Ireland has the electricity grid infrastructure that will support the development of offshore wind off the west coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29425/21]

Environmental Policy

Brian Leddin

101. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of efforts to reduce the use of single-use plastic items such as cutlery, plates and straws in addition to expanded polystyrene containers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29424/21]

International Protection

Brian Leddin

42. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the pilot vulnerability assessment scheme for international protection applicants has been implemented; the learnings his Department has obtained from the pilot; when the standard implementation of vulnerability assessments will occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28450/21]

Departmental Funding

Brian Leddin

82. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding supports that have been provided to LGBTI+ community groups and family organisations in the past year; the impact of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28449/21]

Third Level Fees

Brian Leddin

213. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that postgraduate business students at the University of Limerick will not receive a refund for the cost of the international study module which was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, including flights and accommodation covered by the fees of their course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28756/21]

Schools Building Projects

Brian Leddin

495. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Education the proportion of the 349 large scale projects being delivered under the school building programme that will have fossil fuel heating systems, whole school ventilation, sufficient outdoor multi-use games areas and safe active travel infrastructure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26186/21]

Road Network

Brian Leddin

17. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of guidance documents that should be taken into account in the design of urban roads and streets in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22393/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brian Leddin

94. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to support businesses to allocate more public space for outdoor dining establishments to allow persons of all ages to feel safer and to increase the capacity of dining establishments which are trying to recover their businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21869/21]

Human Rights

Brian Leddin

65. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has assessed the circumstances in China that caused a person (details supplied) to leave the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20978/21]

Greyhound Industry

Brian Leddin

222. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Irish-bred racing greyhounds exported to the United Kingdom in each of years 2015 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20982/21]

Energy Resources

Brian Leddin

232. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if consultants have been appointed to commence the technical analysis to inform a review of the security of energy supply of Ireland's electricity and natural gas systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18782/21]

Solar Energy Guidelines

Brian Leddin

814. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if information will be provided on his Department’s review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and review of exemptions for educational and community buildings as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; if information will be provided on the stated need to consider environmental assessment reporting before finalisation; when the interim planning regulations will be submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20573/21]

Animal Welfare

Brian Leddin

1279. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of his Department’s engagement with the World Organisation for Animal Health; if his Department is working with the organisation to improve the conditions of slaughter in third countries to which live animals are exported; the level of funding provided to the organisation by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17057/21]

Animal Welfare

Brian Leddin

1280. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria by which stakeholders will be selected for the high-welfare pig and poultry stakeholder consultation announced in the animal welfare strategy 2021-2025; the intended duration of this consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17058/21]

Greyhound Industry

Brian Leddin

1281. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds born from information recorded when owners make a declaration of litter submission in each year since 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17059/21]

Animal Welfare

Brian Leddin

1282. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the means by which the education referred to in the animal welfare strategy report to transfer an increase in awareness of animal welfare issues will be delivered; when the education will be delivered; if primary and secondary schools will be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17060/21]

Electricity Generation

Brian Leddin

92. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on his Department’s recent public consultation on microgeneration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13278/21]

Renewable Energy Generation

Brian Leddin

108. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will address the recent developments in the ability of the electrical grid to accommodate renewable energy from large scale and domestic sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13276/21]

Greyhound Industry

Brian Leddin

1048. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provision in place to track dogs that fail to produce a qualifying time and are therefore not presented for racing on the traceability system operated by Rásaíocht Con Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11254/21]

Greyhound Industry

Brian Leddin

1049. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if only racing greyhounds with at least one race record in Ireland will be tracked by the new traceability system operated by Rásaíocht Con Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11255/21]

Greyhound Industry

Brian Leddin

1050. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of racing greyhound pups born in each year from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11256/21]

Departmental Data

Brian Leddin

351. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of goats reared in Ireland; the number of goat farms and average herd size; the way in which these farms are regulated and inspected; the way in which animal welfare standards are monitored and enforced; the number of male kids killed each year; the age at which they were killed; the locations at which they are killed; the destination of carcasses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7779/21]

National Parks

Brian Leddin

287. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which the rare habitats of Killarney National Park are being protected; the way in which sustainable development is being promoted in the larger Kerry biosphere reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43376/20]

Immigration Policy

Brian Leddin

431. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Justice the details of the specific directions given to offices of the Garda National Immigration Bureau or GNIB on granting immigration permission, in particular to clarify the conditions that lead to an individual renewing his or her immigration registration not being granted permission for the length of time specified by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42880/20]

Greyhound Industry

Brian Leddin

675. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to implement the programme for Government commitment to ensure that future funding of the greyhound sector from a fund (details supplied) be contingent on a guarantee of welfare standards being upheld on an annual basis; the specific welfare criteria which the sector will be required to meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43377/20]

Greyhound Industry

Brian Leddin

676. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which funding committed to investment in greyhound welfare and rehoming programmes was spent in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43378/20]

Greyhound Industry

Brian Leddin

677. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure the greyhound traceability system promised in the programme for Government is rapidly rolled out; his views on whether this system will account for all greyhounds born here each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43379/20]

Greyhound Industry

Brian Leddin

678. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds that ceased racing in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; the number of greyhounds rehomed by an organisation (details supplied) in this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43381/20]

Greyhound Industry

Brian Leddin

679. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhound care centres funded following the issuing of a tender (details supplied); the location of these centres; the details of the ownership and management of these centres; the number of greyhounds being cared for at these centres; his views on the adequacy of the care provided at these centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43382/20]

Equality Issues

Brian Leddin

94. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of funding allocated for LGBTI+ services in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40777/20]

Youth Services

Brian Leddin

132. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports his Department has put in place to ensure the sustainability of youth services in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40776/20]

Pigmeat Sector

Brian Leddin

394. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding his Department’s programme of inspections with the aim of progressing compliance towards rearing pigs with intact tails; the number of pig farms that have been inspected as part of the inspection programme; the level of compliance inspectors have found; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40931/20]

Live Exports

Brian Leddin

395. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to reports (details supplied) that unweaned calves being transported from Ireland to continental Europe are travelling without food for over 18 hours in contravention of EU Regulation 1/2005; the steps he will take to ensure transported calves are adequately fed and are not subject to undue suffering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40932/20]

Pigmeat Sector

Brian Leddin

396. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a letter sent to his Department in May 2020 by the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety; his views on the Commissioner’s identification of routine tail-docking of pigs as Ireland’s main area of animal welfare non-compliance; if the Commissioner plans to take decisive legal action against Ireland unless this systemic non-compliance is addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40933/20]

Live Exports

Brian Leddin

397. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 899 of 22 September 2020, the manner in which a problem by which a livestock vessel (details supplied) had certificates of approval from both Romania and Ireland in contravention of Article 19 of EU Regulation 1/2005 was resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40934/20]

Pension Provisions

Brian Leddin

196. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport if older defined benefit pension schemes operated by the Irish Aviation Authority require extra funding from air traffic control user costs to ensure the sustainability of such schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40423/20]

Pension Provisions

Brian Leddin

197. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport if requirements under the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993 to agree pension schemes with staff for the Minister to approve such pension schemes and for any scheme to be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas have been complied with for all pension schemes operated by the Irish Aviation Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40424/20]

Residency Permits

Brian Leddin

120. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Social Protection the information her Department has been given from the Department of Justice regarding the requests for up-to-date residence permit cards from migrants in view of the ongoing renewal backlog in Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37227/20]

Garda National Immigration Bureau

Brian Leddin

154. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Justice the number of registrations Henry Street Garda National Immigration Bureau office in Limerick city is processing each week; the wait time for appointments; the current backlog in registrations for the Limerick office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37226/20]

Transport Policy

Brian Leddin

47. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport the steps he will take to ensure that the metropolitan area transport strategies produced by the National Transport Authority are compatible with Government policies on transport emissions and modal shift; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35519/20]

Road Safety

Brian Leddin

74. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the dangers faced by vulnerable road users from the parking of cars on footpaths; if the Road Safety Authority has any responsibility for the issue in promoting behavioural change and safe parking practices on the part of motorists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35518/20]

Regeneration Projects

Brian Leddin

153. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the annual funding drawn down by Limerick city and county councils for regeneration projects in each of the years 2014 to 2019, inclusive, and to date in 2020. [29777/20]

Regeneration Projects

Brian Leddin

154. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projects that are included in the Limerick regeneration plan for 2020; and the funding he plans to provide to the projects. [29778/20]

Regeneration Projects

Brian Leddin

155. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a list of regeneration projects and associated costs in Limerick city and county in 2019 and to date in 2020 will be provided. [29779/20]

Veterinary Inspection Service

Brian Leddin

801. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 896 of 22 September 2020, the date he proposes to have a veterinary presence on livestock consignments to third countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28748/20]

Medicinal Products

Brian Leddin

712. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Health when the HSE executive management team will reconsider supporting the reimbursement of dupilumab dupixent for the treatment of moderate to severe atopic dermatitis in adults and adolescents of 12 years of age and older that are candidates for systemic therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24801/20]

Animal Welfare

Brian Leddin

896. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a veterinarian will be present on all live export consignments to third countries in accordance with commitments made in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25509/20]

Animal Welfare

Brian Leddin

899. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that livestock vessels (details supplied) which were awarded certificates of approvals in Ireland in early 2020 were already under approval in Romania and that this is a potential breach of Article 19 of EU Regulation 1/2005 which may invalidate the certificates of approval in Ireland; if and when this was rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25648/20]

Hospital Data

Brian Leddin

1038. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding waiting times and numbers attending adult outpatient clinics for type 1 and type 2 diabetes in University Hospital Galway. [21279/20]

Hospital Data

Brian Leddin

1039. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding waiting times and numbers attending adult outpatient clinics for type 1 and type 2 diabetes in University Hospital Limerick. [21280/20]

Hospital Data

Brian Leddin

1040. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Health the number of adult diabetes outpatient appointments being offered in University Hospital Limerick; and if telephone or video consultations are available. [21281/20]

Diabetes Strategy

Brian Leddin

1041. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Health the progress on implementing the recommendations of the national survey of diabetes care delivery in acute hospitals 2018 in University Hospital Limerick to provide dietitians and diabetes nurse specialists in the adult diabetes service in the hospital and to offer diabetes self-management education and insulin pump therapy to adults with type 1 diabetes in the mid-west region. [21282/20]