Mon, 25 Jan – 31 Jan 2021 · 4 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 30 questions · 0 new lobbying filings
Barry Ward — Fine Gael
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Cormac Devlin — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
5 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked5 total
Foreign3 questions
2021-01-27Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to improve public health infrastructure at the passport office to allow a limited resumption of services given Covid-19 levels and the prospect of an extended period of restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4229/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications awaiting processing at the passport office on 1 November 2020, 1 December 2020 and 1 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4230/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications processed in each month during 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4231/21]
Health2 questions
2021-01-27Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an offer (details supplied) which may assist the Covid-19 vaccine programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4228/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if his officials will review the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4233/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to ensure the full Traveller accommodation budget for 2021 is utilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4254/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new units created in 2020 for Travellers; the way in which the 2020 Traveller accommodation budget was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4255/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to ensure the full Traveller accommodation budget for 2021 is spent on new accommodation as opposed to refurbishments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4256/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps being taken to ensure the implementation of the report of the expert review group on Traveller accommodation prepared by an independent expert group on his behalf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4257/21]
Health4 questions
2021-01-27Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health if a detailed breakdown of the vaccine groups will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3942/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the definition of a key worker in the vaccine roll-out plan and their priority in the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3943/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health if clarification will be provided on the definition of a direct patient contact with reference to the vaccine roll-out plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3945/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to prioritise Traveller primary care workers and persons over 65 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4258/21]
Social2 questions
2021-01-27Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of her plans regarding the implementation of recommendations from the 2018 Oireachtas committee on transport paper, Accessibility of Public Transport for People With Disabilities (details supplied, in particular reference to recommendation 9; her views on this recommendation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3684/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider the policy in which entitlement to the domiciliary care allowance, carer’s benefit and carer’s allowance is suspended if a child remains in hospital for longer than thirteen weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4260/21]
Finance1 question
2021-01-27Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Finance the status of the living over the shop scheme; the areas in which it is operating or has previously operated in; the number of pilot schemes there were; if the scheme was successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3941/21]
Further and Higher Education1 question
2021-01-27Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which the ring-fenced funding of €300,000 announced on 12 November 2020 will be allocated and spent to ensure supports are available for Travellers seeking to progress in higher and further education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4259/21]
Justice1 question
2021-01-27Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Justice the timeline for the citizenship application of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4002/21]
Richard Boyd Barrett — People Before Profit-Solidarity
0 votes ·
12 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked12 total
Health8 questions
2021-01-27Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the method and parameters for means testing and negotiation of the nursing home support scheme; the considerations made in regard to a spouse who relies on the pension of the person in nursing home care and or availing of the scheme and in cases in which the spouse may not have a State pension or a private pension to live on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3807/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the current HSE staffing levels in comparison to the previous peak of Covid-19 positive cases in hospitals in April 2020 (details supplied); his views on whether it is appropriate to repeat the same arrangements for student nurses and midwives currently on or soon to commence clinical placement given the current levels of positive cases that the healthcare system is trying to deal with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3849/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the rostered members of staff who are remunerated within an agreed salary for final year interns; his reasons for not providing them with an increased salary equal to the rate that interns were offered in spring 2020 for the duration of their rostered internship particularly given the significant increase in hospitalisations since that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3850/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if there are special circumstances in which a person (details supplied) can obtain a Covid-19 vaccine for travel purposes. [3895/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans for the reopening of day care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4319/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the status of a person (details supplied) who is waiting for a MRI scan to determine the efficacy of their treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4387/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if patients are tested for Covid-19 on their release from hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4388/21]
2021-01-28Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason for the significant delays experienced by allied healthcare professionals in receiving their CORU registration; his plans to speed up the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4603/21]
Transport1 question
2021-01-27Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if the additional funding for Bunratty Folk Park, part of Shannon Heritage and under the Shannon Group, will go ahead as previously planned; the length of time that funding is expected to last; if the amenity will be able to return to full functionality once the current Covid-19 restrictions are lifted; if Shannon Heritage will remain part of the Shannon Group and remain under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3879/21]
Housing1 question
2021-01-27Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a copy of the register of interest for the board of An Bord Pleanála will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3706/21]
Foreign1 question
2021-01-27Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Passport Office can issue a passport for members of families on an emergency basis when they are relocating and moving abroad to access work or for other reasons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4310/21]
Justice1 question
2021-01-27Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the amounts the Legal Aid Board has spent on personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the PIA review legal aid service for 2020; the details of these payments; the companies and persons that received same; the amount received by each company and person; the amounts that have been incurred but are as yet unpaid by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the PIA review legal aid service since its inception; the details of these liabilities; the companies and persons to which they are owed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3614/21]