653. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to an error in the 2021 Government of Ireland Postgraduate Awards process; the details of the nature of the error; if the error will lead to an additional cost of €468,000 over the next five years; the steps being taken to ensure that such an error does not reoccur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52019/21]
652. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of funding allocated to Ireland under the Erasmus+ programme for student and staff mobility for the 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic year; the distribution of the money to each higher education institution for each of the years; and the specific amount allocated to each institution per year for staff mobility and student mobility in tabular form. [52004/21]
651. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to an error in the 2021 Government of Ireland Postgraduate Awards process; if he will outline in detail the nature of the error; if the error will lead to an additional cost of €468,000 over the next five years; the steps being taken to ensure that such an error does not reoccur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52003/21]
159. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount spent under each retrofitting scheme under his Department and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, to date in 2021; the amount provided for; the projected total spend for 2021; the projected number of homes that will be made more energy efficient in each case in which it is applicable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53255/21]
158. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount spent under the warmer homes scheme to date in 2021; the number of homes upgraded to date; the number with work in progress; the number in which work is expected to start before the end of 2021; the amount provided for the scheme in 2021; the projected total spend for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53254/21]
95. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which he intends to introduce a living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52652/21]
94. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if legislation to provide for a right to request remote working will be in place before the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52651/21]
93. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on plans for a statutory sick pay scheme; when the legislation will be published; if he has a deadline for when he plans to introduce the bill in the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52650/21]
92. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to introduce a bill to provide for a right to request remote working; the protections that are in place now for employees who want to continue working from home but are directed to return to office despite being able to carry out their duties at home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52649/21]
84. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the failure to implement the EU Copyright Directive; the reason given to the European Commission for not implementing same; if the assurances given by Ireland in relation to the matter have been followed through; and when the Directive will be transposed into Irish law. [52131/21]
865. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when he intends to publish the report into the payment of student nurses as sent to him on 12 August 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51169/21]
774. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of secure mental health places that exist in the State; the locations of same; the number taken up as of 12 October 2021; and the number that are vacant by location in tabular form. [50657/21]
771. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to ban smoking in outdoor dining areas in restaurants and pubs serving food; if so, the conditions under which he is considering such a ban; and the date he expects to do same. [50643/21]
747. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of children that are waiting for scoliosis procedures by county in tabular form. [50508/21]
745. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of management consultancy firms his Department and statutory agencies associated with his Department have under contract in tabular form; the projects they are working on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50506/21]
744. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of management consultancy firms his Department and statutory agencies associated with his Department have under contract in tabular form; the projects they are working on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50503/21]
557. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education when school transport will be provided for a person (details supplied) who is attending a class for children with learning disabilities. [50646/21]
116. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way in which Ireland will meet its commitment to reach a spend of 0.7% of GNI by 2030 on overseas development aid; his plans to achieve this; if he will provide a breakdown of the spend in 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively; the amount of aid spent directly by Ireland; the amount committed through EU programmes; the breakdown of those commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50233/21]
524. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice when she expects the position of chaplain to be appointed by the Irish Prison Service in Limerick and Portlaoise prisons. [47816/21]
227. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of mobility moves at assistant principal and equivalent to secretary general including agreed moves and equivalent across the public service and all agencies since 1 January 2019 to date that are going to happen before 31 December 2021, by grade, Department, organisation and year in tabular form. [48327/21]
268. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of seaweed harvesting licence applications (details supplied). [47069/21]
775. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to help with the provision of a replacement general practitioner service in Templemore, County Tipperary, following the retirement of the local general practitioner there. [46568/21]
728. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the way in which HSE has spent and will spend the €3.94 million allocated on specialist eating disorder services in 2021. [46282/21]
727. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2022 of providing 65 additional general practitioner training places. [46281/21]
726. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time vacant nursing posts in South Tipperary General Hospital; and if a recruitment campaign will be launched to fill these vacancies. [46280/21]
725. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of fractional CO2 laser machines that are in use in CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin; and if there are sufficient trained staff available in both hospitals to use these machines. [46279/21]
724. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time staff by job title working in the medical assessment unit at Nenagh General Hospital; and the number of vacancies by job title in tabular form. [46278/21]
704. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of all extra capital expenditure under Covid-19 funding measures since March 2020; and the capital expenditure by project and location. [46240/21]
640. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists that have withdrawn from the medical card scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [46091/21]
588. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he or any person in his Department have had any communications with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and or the HSE regarding the future of the Dean Maxwell home in Roscrea, County Tipperary; if so, the way in which he communicated with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and or the HSE; the dates he communicated with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and or the HSE; and the persons with whom he communicated with in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and or the HSE on this matter (details supplied). [46082/21]
577. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 497 of 22 June 2021, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities. [46286/21]
576. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of drug searches that have taken place in County Tipperary since 1 September 2020; and the number of arrests and convictions for possession and supply of illegal drugs in County Tipperary since September 2020. [46285/21]
568. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if all freedom of information requests received by her Department for the duration of this Government have been dealt with comprehensively and accurately; and if she or any Departmental officials have expressed any concerns regarding the way in which freedom of information requests have been handled during the same period. [46084/21]
531. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost in 2022 if the budget for better start early years specialist within his Department increased by 10%. [46288/21]
503. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2022 if the fuel allowance increased to €31.50 per week. [46277/21]
502. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated yield that would be generated if the entry threshold for persons to access social insurance coverage increased for €38 per week to €95 per week. [46276/21]
471. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of primary and secondary schools that are awaiting construction across the country following tenders for construction having been awarded by location and by county as of 1 September 2021, in tabular form. [46569/21]
453. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of full-time staff by grade working in the school transport section of her Department; and the number of vacancies by grade currently in this section. [46283/21]