Mon, 1 Mar – 7 Mar 2021 · 5 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 52 questions · 1 new lobbying filings
Erin McGreehan — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Ged Nash — Labour Party
0 votes ·
22 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked22 total
Health8 questions
2021-03-03Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for delivering home care packages for those with an address in County Meath; the way in which this compares to those with an address in County Louth; the number of persons currently waiting on home care packages in counties Meath and Louth, respectively; the way in which these figures compare to the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11023/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the way in which older person integrated care team services are not being offered to persons in County Meath as in other neighbouring counties; his plans and the timeline to provide this service in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11024/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the status of the breakdown of the community intervention team, CIT, in County Meath; the way in which it compares to the national service being delivered nationally; the measures he is taking to provide additional staff to the CIT service in County Meath, including occupational therapists and physiotherapists, which are required as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11025/21]
2021-03-04Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes that were late submitting NFO1 forms in 2020; the number of serious incidents that were reported to HIQA in 2020; if HIQA included serious incidents in its reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12353/21]
2021-03-04Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes that were late submitting NFO1 forms in 2020; the number of facilities that submitted forms later than three days after the death of a resident in 2020; the way in which HIQA was keeping track of deaths and infection in nursing homes during Covid-19 if forms were not submitted in time, that is, three days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12354/21]
2021-03-04Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the nursing home referred to in minutes of a meeting (details supplied) is a particular nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12355/21]
2021-03-04Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if RCSI hospital staff provided assistance in a nursing home (details supplied) on 13 April 2020. [12357/21]
2021-03-04Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes he directly requested the CEO of the HSE to support and to examine the support needed in March and April 2020. [12358/21]
Public5 questions
2021-03-04Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if correspondence has taken place between his Department and the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces regarding the desire of an organisation (details supplied) for trade union status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12345/21]
2021-03-04Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the European Committee on Social Rights report 2018 regarding the European Organisation of Military Associations v. Ireland Complaint No. 112/2014 (details supplied) that found Ireland had violated various articles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12347/21]
2021-03-04Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether organisations (details supplied) were meaningfully consulted by his Departmental officials during the recent national pay negotiation talks; if the current structure for engagement with these organisations is necessary and sufficient for future national pay talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12350/21]
2021-03-04Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all bodies under his aegis are in compliance with the Web Accessibility Directive EU 2016/2102 with regard to websites from 23 September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12351/21]
2021-03-04Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the bodies under his aegis which procure their legal services through the Office of Government Procurement framework; the bodies which do not procure their legal services through the framework; the last time agencies that were not part of the framework tendered for legal services; if such procurement was carried out in accordance with circular 05/13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12352/21]
Enterprise3 questions
2021-03-03Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland is currently accepting new applications for the sustaining enterprise fund; the number of applications that are currently awaiting a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11041/21]
2021-03-04Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of data centres that are currently operational and the number that are under consideration including pre-planning stage by county; the average number of long-term jobs a data centre creates; the job numbers in data centres by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12359/21]
2021-03-04Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the development of data centres would be better served by State involvement to ensure they align with economic, social and environmental goals and provide a return to the Exchequer other than development levels and commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12362/21]
Finance2 questions
2021-03-03Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the revenue accrued from the deemed disposal tax in 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11007/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will review the list of eligible sectors from which workers can claim relief for expenses incurred by virtue of their job to include early years educators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11102/21]
Justice1 question
2021-03-03Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice her plans to engage in a formal public consultation process in respect of her reported proposals to reform licensing laws to develop the night-time economy; when the process will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11040/21]
Environment1 question
2021-03-04Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the risks to the State or to local authorities of data centres being developed by special purpose vehicles; the life expectancy for data centres currently being developed; and the person or body with the ultimate responsibility in cases where they are obsolete given the special purpose vehicle model of ownership. [12361/21]
Transport1 question
2021-03-04Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to prohibit so-called ghost flights to avoid the payment of refunds to customers; the amount still owed to Irish customers as a result of Covid-19-related flight cancellations; his plans to prohibit exorbitant fees being charged to families to change flight dates in line with public health advice (details supplied) and the no flight-change fee advertisements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12363/21]
Defence1 question
2021-03-04Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence if his Department was contacted by CHO 8 to assist in nursing homes in early April 2020; if so, the details of any such communications and actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12356/21]
Joanna Byrne — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Paula Butterly — Fine Gael
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Ruairí Ó Murchú — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
13 questions ·
1 new lobbying return
Questions asked13 total
Health4 questions
2021-03-03Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to prioritising persons with disabilities under the age of 65 in the Covid-19 vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11481/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the services provided at a facility (details supplied); if there are plans to alter the services provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11686/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health when he expects the citizens' assembly on drugs to convene; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11808/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if the mid-term review of the actions in the national drugs strategy is on course to be agreed in Q1 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11809/21]
Transport2 questions
2021-03-03Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the cross-Border greenway projects being considered as part of the Shared Island Fund. [11807/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the specific options currently being considered for the Narrow Water Bridge project; the expected timeframe for a defined and costed scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11804/21]
Education2 questions
2021-03-03Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education if consideration has been given to providing educational supports to students in a college (details supplied) due to complete online Gaeltacht courses to meet necessary Irish language requirements; if so, the details of the supports being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11796/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education the number of primary schools outside the remit of the national broadband plan with no access to broadband services by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11810/21]
Enterprise1 question
2021-03-03Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available for businesses with mobile premises, premises which are not permanently fixed in place and premises on which no commercial rates are payable which are ineligible for the Covid-19 business aid scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11153/21]
Environment1 question
2021-03-03Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of households per county not in the intervention area of the national broadband plan who have contacted the Department unable to get high speed broadband from service providers in the area. [11805/21]
Public1 question
2021-03-03Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the catchment and flood risk management plan under CFRAM for County Louth; the progress on the implementation of same that has been made to date; the funding that has been allocated to the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11811/21]
Further and Higher Education1 question
2021-03-03Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his engagements with the Northern Executive in relation to cross-Border third-level opportunities in the context of the Shared Island Fund. [11806/21]
Rural1 question
2021-03-03Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of broadband connection points per county; the number of these declared live from 26 January 2021 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11812/21]
New lobbying1 return
Digiweb LimitedCommunications
Briefing document supplied to Ruairi O Murchu TD and member of the Oireachtas Communications committee outlining details of current and planned Satellite broadband capacity over Ireland