Mon, 1 Mar – 7 Mar 2021 · 4 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 42 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 ·
19 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked19 total
Health5 questions
2021-03-03Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the details of the locations of the recently announced nine respite houses across Ireland; if he will provide more details in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11827/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if he will consult with the Health Service Executive to allow community and church halls to be utilised in the roll-out of the national Covid-19 vaccination programme to deal with the fact that some doctor's surgeries are not large enough for the throughput and patients are concerned about being close contacts of other patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11830/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health when he expects dentists and qualified dental hygienists to be utilised to help the national vaccination effort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11831/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive to review the locations of mass vaccination centres to ensure that persons living in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown which has a population of almost 250,000 persons and its environs have adequate access to a centre without vulnerable persons having to travel excessive distances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11832/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if he will request the national immunisation advisory committee, NIAC, to examine if persons aged 17 years who are working in front-line vaccination environments, such as pharmacy assistants who are currently designated as category 2D workers in terms of the vaccination programme and at high risk of contracting Covid-19, can be given the vaccine given NIAC's approval of vaccinations for persons aged 16 years of age and older who are at high risk from Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11966/21]
Transport4 questions
2021-03-03Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport the status of plans to construct a Greystones north DART train station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11612/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport his plans to encourage the four Dublin local authorities possibly through the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly to examine the establishment of a Dublin regional bike-sharing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11822/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport his plans to establish new schemes, funding and national regulations to encourage more entrants to the car-sharing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11823/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport the status of the original plan for the 22 km Dublin Bay Sutton to Sandycove cycle route, S2S, which was planned as a predominantly off-road route running alongside the DART line as part of a wider east coast greenway from Belfast to Rosslare; the details of all meetings his officials held with Dublin City Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council regarding the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11824/21]
Agriculture4 questions
2021-03-03Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Attorney General nominated for appointment by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority three independent legal professionals to the determination panel for the purpose of SI 318 of 2020 - European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020. [11608/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Attorney General conducted an application process or otherwise invited applications from independent legal professionals for the appointment of three independent legal professionals to the determination panel for the purpose of SI 318 of 2020 - European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020. [11609/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Attorney General has nominated for appointment an appeals officer for the purpose of SI 318 of 2020 - European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020. [11610/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Attorney General conducted an application process or otherwise invited applications from suitable candidates namely barristers or solicitors of not less than five years standing for the nomination for appointment of an appeals officer for the purpose of SI 318 of 2020 - European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020. [11611/21]
Housing2 questions
2021-03-03Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the sections of the Housing Acts 1997 to 2014 upon which local authorities can rely in order to evict tenants who are engaged in known criminal behaviour such as drug dealing, violence and intimidation, repeated antisocial behaviour or damage to the property or surrounding area; the number of cases taken by each Dublin local authority under this Act since 2015 in each of the years 2015 to 2020, inclusive, in tabular form; the percentage of these cases that have been successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11825/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of strategic housing developments in each of the years 2016 to 2020, inclusive, in tabular form; the status of such applications approved and commencement notices in each of the four Dublin local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11833/21]
Finance1 question
2021-03-03Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider, in view of the level 5 Covid-19 restrictions being in place for a significant proportion of the duration of the stay and spend scheme, reviewing and revamping the scheme to help restart the hospitality industry in the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11829/21]
Education1 question
2021-03-03Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education the status efforts by her Department in securing a permanent site for a school (details supplied) as per previous correspondence; the number of meetings that have been held between her Department and the local council regarding this issue since 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11821/21]
Further and Higher Education1 question
2021-03-03Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the Covid-19 supports that are available to the international education sector; if he will address the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11537/21]
Justice1 question
2021-03-03Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice the procedures in place to deal with letting agents and companies that fail to either transfer rent collected from tenants who fail to deal with maintenance issues in properties or who do not comply with the agreement with the owner of the property; her plans to review and improve the legislation in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11826/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin in temporary accommodation; the length of time each school has been in that accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12050/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin operating partially or fully out of prefabs; the length of time each school has been partially or fully in this style of accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12051/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education the status of the accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12052/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education her plans to include a reduction in class size at all class levels in DEIS band one schools when she issues the annual staffing circular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12076/21]
Health1 question
2021-03-03Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the status of the additional €10 million funding announced on 23 February 2021 to mental health services; the amount of this allocation that will go towards mental health supports in schools; if funding has specifically been allocated to CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12053/21]
Richard Boyd Barrett — People Before Profit-Solidarity
0 votes ·
18 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked18 total
Health8 questions
2021-03-03Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if healthcare assistants and social care workers are being considered as vaccinators during the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10983/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the latest list of underlying conditions which will qualify persons for access to the Covid-19 vaccination programme currently group 7 on the vaccination list; and if this list of underlying conditions will include ME or CFS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11367/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he plans for persons with disabilities living in residential care settings many of whom have underlying health conditions associated with their particular syndromes to be vaccinated sooner than other persons in their age groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11425/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if landscapers and gardeners are permitted to work during level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11639/21]
2021-03-04Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will consider offering Covid-19 vaccinations to 16 to 18 year olds who work in a high risk environment such as a pharmacy or in healthcare in view of the recent inclusion of 16 to 18 year olds with health conditions in the vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12208/21]
2021-03-04Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason carers are not considered healthcare workers in relation to the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12230/21]
2021-03-04Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the total number of vaccines that Ireland will receive by the end of February, March, April, May and June 2021 (details supplied); the number of vaccines that will be administered by the end of each month in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12233/21]
2021-03-04Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to the ways in which a system could be created to appoint a person as a named visitor to a care home resident and in which that person could be vaccinated in order to allow visits to care homes to take place safely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12237/21]
Finance3 questions
2021-03-03Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the supports available to small start-up businesses that have not begun trading yet but have been attempting to start up in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis; if directors of such start-up companies can avail of any income supports; if a company (details supplied) that is attempting to trade since the crisis can avail of funding supports under current Covid specific supports for businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11950/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding actions by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12109/21]
2021-03-04Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the impact of Covid-19 on the tax position of frontier workers who have previously been eligible for transborder workers relief (details supplied); the impact on the businesses that employ them; if any tax adjustment has been made due to Covid-19; if any tax adjustment will be made post-pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12190/21]
Foreign3 questions
2021-03-03Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 13 January 2021 and given concerns for the well-being of a person (details supplied), if he made advances to secure the return to Ireland of the person from China; the status of that person's situation; if he has considered calling in the Chinese ambassador to discuss the matter further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11671/21]
2021-03-04Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will contact his counterpart in Northern Ireland for a report on the status of the investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12241/21]
2021-03-04Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the passport office will resume processing applications that are non-emergency given passports are important pieces of identification that are needed for purposes other than travelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12203/21]
Enterprise1 question
2021-03-03Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available to small start-up businesses that have not begun trading yet but have been attempting to start up in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis; if directors of such start-up companies can avail of any income supports; if a company (details supplied) that is attempting to trade since the crisis can avail of funding supports under current Covid specific supports for businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11951/21]
Tourism1 question
2021-03-03Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the €50 million expanded live performance scheme will be accepting applications; the parameters or conditions for application; when she is announcing the opening of the scheme for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11467/21]
Housing1 question
2021-03-03Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the review by his Department of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and the review of exemptions for educational and community buildings, as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; the details of 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. [11401/21]
Social1 question
2021-03-04Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if stamps from an ESB pension can be converted to stamps for a contributory pension; if stamps can be bought towards a contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12243/21]