397. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice her plans to make changes to the youth diversion programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29937/20]
363. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures being taken to ensure affordable access to student accommodation for third-level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29948/20]
330. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the status of the need for increased funding for the National Youth Council of Ireland in view of the mental health impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30006/20]
248. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education her plans regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29949/20]
126. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if consideration will be given to considering swimming lessons as essential education rather than a training or exercise class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29846/20]
42. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the status of wind energy production and projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29944/20]
41. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the incentives being designed to encourage greater commercial uptake of electric vehicles in the private and public sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29943/20]
40. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the extent to which his Department is examining the need for increased involvement in local community groups to engage with climate action initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29942/20]
39. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the banning of single-use plastics here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29941/20]
73. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status on the reopening of Rush Garda station, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28955/20]
875. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the national psychology placement office within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26780/20]
857. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the changes made to the criteria of medical card applications; when the change will be commenced and introduced for new applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26649/20]
751. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the consideration being given to ending the disparity in financial support between clinical psychology doctoral courses and educational and counselling psychology doctoral courses, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26779/20]
147. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the preparations being made for Christmas events scheduled to take place on OPW sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26357/20]
139. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a scheme to promote school visits to OPW sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26358/20]
361. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing units delivered in an area (details supplied) over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25455/20]
37. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the considerations being made by his Department with respect to the RSE curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19400/20]
30. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the educational provisions being made for Oberstown Youth Detention Centre in the context of a second wave of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19401/20]
252. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration has been given to providing assistance in the form of additional funding for resources and training to childcare providers to encourage them to continue taking on children under 12 months of age (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19394/20]
128. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if there has been communication between his Department and the major financial institutions to advocate on behalf of customers in the final stages of draw down of their mortgage who have been informed they cannot proceed due to the fact they have been placed on the temporary wage subsidy scheme by their employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19395/20]
58. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the strategic review with the UK mentioned in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18528/20]
49. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of preparations taking place for Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18527/20]
28. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of social houses that will be delivered in 2020; the extent to which the pandemic has impacted these figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17660/20]
17. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the measures being taken to address rentals by a company (details supplied); the regulations being considered by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17661/20]
182. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address concerns raised in recent reports citing major non-compliance issues at a child protection and welfare service in County Cork; the measures being taken to rectify the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17520/20]
63. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the measures being taken to encourage continued up-take among SMEs of the Enterprise Ireland Brexit SME scorecard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17521/20]
62. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of cooperation between Ireland and Canada with respect to CETA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17579/20]
458. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if additional resources will be allocated to accommodate the clearance of backlogged public services card appointments following the Covid-19-related shut down; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16629/20]
365. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the refurbishment of existing school buildings at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16473/20]
364. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of measures she is taking to ease the stress on primary school places in Swords, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16472/20]
363. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivery of a new school building and refurbishment of the existing school infrastructure for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16471/20]
362. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivery of a new primary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16470/20]
361. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivery of new school buildings (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16469/20]
145. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to issue Covid-19 safety regulations for the taxi industry; if the newly introduced legislation will be extended to include taxi drivers and passengers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16627/20]
144. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional resources will be allocated to the NDLS to accommodate the clearance of backlogged licence renewals following the Covid-19-related shutdown; if reassurances will be given to these drivers that their licence will remain valid while they await their appointment date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16626/20]
182. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if the criteria will be extended for access to a medical card to include patients that receive a metastatic cancer diagnosis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16436/20]
177. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if there is a plan to allow people with a diagnosis of ATTR amyloidosis to access a known treatment for this blood disease (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16394/20]
161. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to Fingal, Dublin, prior to the Covid-19 pandemic as compared to the current number of gardaí assigned to the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16463/20]
139. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the rent supplement scheme for those who have been financially affected by Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16435/20]
112. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planning application for a school (details supplied); when the planning application will be submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16434/20]
97. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the detailed information on the scheme to permit a rates waiver within local authorities following reports that, as the details of the scheme are not available to them, local authorities are demanding full payment of commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16399/20]
88. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the sanction of and the amount allocated to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage following Cabinet agreement to provide for a commercial rates waiver earlier in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16398/20]
1307. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if Covid-19 health and safety guidelines will be issued to an organisation (details supplied) in respect of private therapist,s such as occupational therapists and speech and language therapists, who have been unable to treat patients since the public health crisis began; if these guidelines might incur costs to this sector; if grants will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16016/20]
525. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to accommodate funding for science PhD students whose studies were delayed due to Covid-19 (details supplied); and if the funding will be extended to ensure they can complete their work. [14701/20]
103. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the business restart grant will be reviewed; if further grant supports for SMEs will be considered in view of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16131/20]
102. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the measures that will be put in place to reform company law in view of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16130/20]
483. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13789/20]
66. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the online safety and media regulation Bill which includes the establishment of an online safety commissioner; if he will address the issue of websites that are developed for the express purpose of anonymity for trolling persons online; the accountability which will be in place to stop this behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14282/20]
201. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure that newly-qualified teachers engaged in the Droichead process will be given credit by the Teaching Council for days that they have worked from home (details supplied). [13289/20]