Mon, 8 Feb – 14 Feb 2021 · 5 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 61 questions · 0 new lobbying filings
Emer Higgins — Fine Gael
0 votes ·
32 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked32 total
Environment15 questions
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the national broadband plan regarding offshore islands; if work has commenced on analysing the needs of the islands and on surveying; when the roll-out of the plan will commence on the islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6639/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the areas of County Wicklow in which surveying for the national broadband plan is taking place or has taken place; when surveying in the county will be complete; and when the first connections will be made. [6640/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the areas of County Dublin in which surveying for the national broadband plan is taking place or has taken place; when surveying in the county will be complete; and when the first connections will be made. [6641/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the areas of County Meath in which surveying for the national broadband plan is taking place or has taken place; when surveying in the county will be complete; and when the first connections will be made. [6642/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the areas of County Tipperary in which surveying for the national broadband plan is taking place or has taken place; when surveying in the county will be complete; and when the first connections will be made. [6643/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the areas of County Galway in which surveying for the national broadband plan is taking place or has taken place; when surveying in the county will be complete; and when the first connections will be made. [6644/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the areas of County Roscommon in which surveying for the national broadband plan is taking place or has taken place; when surveying in the county will be complete; and when the first connections will be made. [6645/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the areas of County Longford in which surveying for the national broadband plan is taking place or has taken place; when surveying in the county will be complete; and when the first connections will be made. [6646/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the areas of County Westmeath in which surveying for the national broadband plan is taking place or has taken place; when surveying in the county will be complete; and when the first connections will be made. [6647/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the areas of County Offaly in which surveying for the national broadband plan is taking place or has taken place; when surveying in the county will be complete; and when the first connections will be made. [6648/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the areas of County Waterford in which surveying for the national broadband plan is taking place or has taken place; when surveying in the county will be complete; and when the first connections will be made. [6649/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the areas of County Leitrim in which surveying for the national broadband plan is taking place or has taken place; when surveying in the county will be complete; and when the first connections will be made. [6650/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the areas of County Sligo in which surveying for the national broadband plan is taking place or has taken place; when surveying in the county will be complete; and when the first connections will be made. [6651/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the areas of County Cavan in which surveying for the national broadband plan is taking place or has taken place; when surveying in the county will be complete; and when the first connections will be made. [6652/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the areas of County Monaghan in which surveying for the national broadband plan is taking place or has taken place; when surveying in the county will be complete; and when the first connections will be made. [6653/21]
Education6 questions
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education the status of the progress and timelines for delivery of new school accommodation for post-primary schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6373/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education the status of progress and the timelines for the delivery of new school accommodation for primary schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6374/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if her Department is putting together an online resource site for parents to support them to home school and to ensure all parents have equal access to the same online assistance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6385/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if the relationships and sexual education curriculum will be updated to include the way in which to identify and avoid the behaviour of coercive control. [7325/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education the supports and resources in place for parents of children with dyslexia. [7326/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education the continuous professional development opportunities available to teachers in the area of dyslexia; and the number of teachers who availed of such supports in each of the years 2018 to 2020. [7327/21]
Health3 questions
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will discuss with the National Immunisation Advisory Committee when persons with cystic fibrosis should receive their vaccination and to determine if they and other vulnerable groups should be included in category 3. [6378/21]
2021-02-11Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that nuns living in congregated settings are catered for appropriately in the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out plan. [7655/21]
2021-02-11Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the position of pharmacists and pharmacy staff under the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7691/21]
Children2 questions
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether crèches should be charging essential workers a full-time rate when they are not utilising full-time care in the crèche; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6382/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether crèches should be charging fees to non-essential workers whose children are not attending crèche due to level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6383/21]
Rural2 questions
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress on developing remote hubs which will have an enduring benefit to the country; if access to broadband is an impediment to developing hubs; if so, if steps are being taken to remedy the matter; and if the national broadband plan is relevant to same. [6654/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress on the development of broadband connection points in which her Department played a key role in the identification of locations; and if the number of broadband connection points is being increased. [6655/21]
Taoiseach1 question
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Taoiseach the cost of census enumerators during the gathering and processing of data for census 2016. [7387/21]
Finance1 question
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on his engagement with the banks in relation to providing support to mortgage holders in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment or the employment wage subsidy scheme who may be finding it difficult to make repayments at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6594/21]
Housing1 question
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the person or body that pays the management fees for properties in private developments let through HAP and RAS. [7230/21]
Justice1 question
2021-02-10Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Justice if citizenship can be fast-tracked for essential workers in the healthcare system in view of their work on the Covid-19 frontline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6627/21]
Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
14 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked14 total
Housing8 questions
2021-02-10Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will commission the Housing Agency or another appropriate body to undertake a comparative study of housing and apartment construction and professional fee costs in the public and private sector to determine the reason for the recent significant increase in costs in a number of social housing tenders in Dublin City Council. [6510/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the policy of Dublin City Council and the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive of removing tents being used by persons sleeping rough in Dublin City and when removing these tents to remove and destroy the person belongings of the persons sleeping rough; and if he will request Dublin City Council to discontinue this practice. [6511/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the recent significant rise in tender prices for social housing developments in Dublin City Council; and if he will examine the use of multi-annual framework agreements and breaking up larger development sites into tenders for enabling works and sub-lots of social housing within the social housing developments to increase competition and ensure value for money for the taxpayer in the delivery of social housing. [6512/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the creation of the single utility for water services and the drafting of a White Paper on the future of the utilities' SLA with local authorities including the Government's intentions on whether Irish Water will become a non-commercial semi-State company and whether the Government plans to hold a referendum on the public ownership of water services. [6541/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the delay in issuing the updated county development plan guidance and the methodology for the housing demand needs assessment to local authorities; his views on whether this delay will have a negative impact on those local authorities that are at an advanced stage in their development plan review; and when both the plan guidelines and the housing demand needs assessment methodology will be complete and issued to local authorities. [6942/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent by his Department in responding to the collective complaint brought to the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg regarding conditions in local authority properties; and the breakdown of those costs by type including legal fees, communications, research and any other category that may be relevant. [7133/21]
2021-02-11Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of his Department's review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and its review of exemptions for educational and community buildings as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; the details 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. [7684/21]
2021-02-11Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to legislate to encourage the uptake of life cycle assessment and-or to promote such assessments through green public procurement in future public housing developments. [7689/21]
Environment5 questions
2021-02-10Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of applications for open area exploration licences and licensing options received by his Department over the past five years; and the decision by his Department regarding each application in tabular form. [6819/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of offshore oil and gas exploration licences that are currently open by the date each application was received in tabular form. [6820/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of applications for extension to offshore oil and gas licensing terms received in his Department by month that the application was received and the decision by his Department in tabular form. [6821/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to make details regarding applications for oil and gas exploration public on his Department’s website; and if it will be updated monthly. [6822/21]
2021-02-11Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the hiring process by which he made the recent appointments to the CCAC. [7683/21]
Social1 question
2021-02-10Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection if an extension of employment on a community employment scheme will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) given continued occupational focus would be greatly beneficial to the person. [7166/21]
Mark Ward — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
12 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked12 total
Health11 questions
2021-02-10Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have presented for self-harm to accident and emergency departments by CHO area and month in 2020 to the latest date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6365/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented for self-harm to accident and emergency departments; the number that were referred for psychiatric evaluation; the number of persons that received a biopsychosocial assessment, by CHO area and month in 2020 to the latest date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6366/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the status of the pilot telepsychiatry service as set out in the programme of Government (details supplied); if the service has commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6699/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health when the HSE service plan will be released given, that many organisations in the charity sector are waiting to find out if they will have sufficient levels of funding in 2021 to be able to provide essential mental health services in communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7068/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the persons or bodies who are members of the implementation committee for the recommendations in Sharing the Vision; when they will commence; and if the committee is a separate entity to the monitoring committee. [7430/21]
2021-02-10Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health when and the location of the children’s disability teams that will be set up in CHO 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7446/21]
2021-02-11Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the inpatient perinatal facilities available for mothers and babies for mental health supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7463/21]
2021-02-11Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will commence specialist mental health services for the deaf community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7469/21]
2021-02-11Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if a consultant psychiatrist was appointed for specialist mental health services for the deaf community; if so, the date of the appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7470/21]
2021-02-11Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the date on which consultation will commence for patients of specialist mental health services for the deaf community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7471/21]
2021-02-11Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the contingency plans in place to ensure that the over-70s receive vaccines in a prompt manner if Covid-19 vaccines are deemed not suitable for over-70s. [7784/21]
Social1 question
2021-02-10Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the provisions in place for persons that are suffering from mental health issues which are affecting their ability to work (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6713/21]