Mon, 26 Apr – 2 May 2021 · 5 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 44 questions · 7 new lobbying filings
Brendan Smith — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
9 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked9 total
Tourism4 questions
2021-04-28Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when a tourism project (details supplied) will be given further consideration for funding under Fáilte Ireland’s Platforms for Growth programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21934/21]
2021-04-28Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the level of funding provided for Fáilte Ireland’s Platform for Growth Programme in 2021; the indicative allocations for subsequent years; when the next projects will be approved under this programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21933/21]
2021-04-28Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to engage with local authorities to increase the promotion of the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21805/21]
2021-04-28Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the commitment in the Programme for Government to develop a sustainable tourism policy document and in advance of this an interim action plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21806/21]
Health3 questions
2021-04-28Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if persons travelling home to Ireland that have been fully vaccinated with a vaccine other than those approved to date in the European Union and have clear tests pre-departure and on arrival in Ireland will be exempt from mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21688/21]
2021-04-29Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if additional capacity will be provided without further delay at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh in view of delays in persons being assessed and having orthopaedic procedures carried out; if his attention has been drawn to the long waiting times for paediatric orthopaedics resulting in children not receiving interventions in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22551/21]
2021-04-29Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if additional capacity will be provided to reduce waiting lists for treatment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22552/21]
Transport1 question
2021-04-28Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport when additional electrical vehicle charging points will be installed in Monaghan town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22417/21]
Public1 question
2021-04-28Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projected timeline for the commencement and completion of refurbishment and upgrading of Bawnboy Garda station, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21894/21]
Cathy Bennett — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
David Maxwell — Fine Gael
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Matt Carthy — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
24 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked24 total
Agriculture11 questions
2021-04-29Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of beef farmers participating in the organic farming scheme; the total and average payment by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22532/21]
2021-04-29Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants and the funding allocated to the organic farming scheme in 2020; the amount allocated for 2021; the intended number of participants in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22533/21]
2021-04-29Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department has taken based on the European Court of Justice ruling in case C-64/20 (details supplied); if bilingual labelling on veterinary medicine products will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22534/21]
2021-04-29Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans in relation to the proposed ten-year renewal programme of the Regional Laboratory Network ; the current stage of the programme; the achievements planned in 2021 in relation to the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22535/21]
2021-04-29Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is on track to double the ex-gratia funding for animal welfare organisations by 2022; the initial figure on which the proposed doubling of funding is based; when the review of the support system for animal welfare organisations will be finished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22536/21]
2021-04-29Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to animal welfare organisations in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22537/21]
2021-04-29Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the review of the support system for animal welfare organisations will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22538/21]
2021-04-29Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made in establishing an interdepartmental group with regard to the regulation of exotic animals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22539/21]
2021-04-29Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work his Department has done to open new markets with stakeholders in the pig farming industry; if he has met with relevant stakeholders on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22540/21]
2021-04-29Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the vets that arrived in Ireland to work on a research project (details supplied) represents the original intended full cohort of vets from abroad it was intended would work on the research; if not, if the roles and activities it was envisaged by participants that have been unable to take up their positions have since been fulfilled by vets otherwise normally practicing in the State; if the State has sought to have such roles and activities fulfilled by vets normally practicing in Ireland without success; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22541/21]
2021-04-29Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if vets that arrived in Ireland to work on a research project (details supplied) are registered with the Veterinary Council; if not, the legislative or statutory framework they are practicing veterinary medicine under; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22542/21]
Health5 questions
2021-04-28Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health when he plans to revise the restrictions for church services; if he plans to permit services with limited attendance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21313/21]
2021-04-28Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of staff based in speech and language therapy that are currently redeployed to other duties by each CHO; the corresponding figures for each month from March 2020 to March 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21685/21]
2021-04-29Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the contact there has been between his Department and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media on the issue of bilingual labelling of medical products. [22544/21]
2021-04-29Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 2 February 2021, the progress that has been made further to finalisation of the revised language scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22523/21]
2021-04-29Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health his plans to encourage businesses to use bilingual labelling on medical products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22524/21]
Tourism2 questions
2021-04-28Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if schools operating under educational training boards can apply to the Sports Capital Programme in a manner which would have scoring criteria applied independently of consideration to grants provided to other schools within the same educational training board region. [21828/21]
2021-04-29Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the contact there has been between her Department and the Department for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on the issue of bilingual labelling of veterinary medicine. [22543/21]
Transport1 question
2021-04-28Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the number of electronic car charging points in County Monaghan; the locations of same; his plans to deliver new charging points in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21382/21]
Finance1 question
2021-04-28Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance the amount and value of carbon tax raised in relation to green diesel in each of the years 2015 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21393/21]
Education1 question
2021-04-28Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education when funding will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in respect of its application for necessary additional accommodation works; the timeframe within which she expects these works to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22109/21]
Children1 question
2021-04-28Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider the relocation of a person (details supplied) to a Dublin centre given that they have secured employment in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22179/21]
Social1 question
2021-04-29Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a reckonable income figure is used to determine the payment rate of the pandemic unemployment payment to self-employed persons; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many self-employed salon owners are being paid less than their respective employees due to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22549/21]
Justice1 question
2021-04-29Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if the processing of a death certificate will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22548/21]
Niamh Smyth — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
6 questions ·
2 new lobbying returns
Questions asked6 total
Tourism3 questions
2021-04-28Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the Future of Media Commission is due to produce a report and recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21795/21]
2021-04-28Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the living wage for artists will be increased. [21488/21]
2021-04-28Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her engagement with and the supports in place for local newspaper and radio outlets during the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21796/21]
Transport1 question
2021-04-28Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport if additional charging electric vehicles will be facilitated in Monaghan town and county (details supplied); the number of charging points in Monaghan town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21673/21]
Further and Higher Education1 question
2021-04-28Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting 14 months to move to the next stage of their apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21659/21]
Health1 question
2021-04-28Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can enter Ireland without having to quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22201/21]
New lobbying2 returns
Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions CLG · 2 returnsTourism
AVEA (Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions) thanked Government for providing ongoing supports to the visitor attractions sector. However, the current Living with Covid plan does not allow for visitor attractions to reopen at Level 3. AVEA presented six reasons to permit reopening at Level 3, as had been enabled in the November 2020 iteration of the Living with Covid Plan.
A Government decision is expected imminently on the reopening of indoor visitor attractions. However, many visitor attractions may not be able to re-open viably, as restrictions on intercounty and international travel, combined with social distancing/capacity limits, will create extremely challenging, if not impossible, trading conditions.