147. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has made an assessment on the likely impact on Ireland’s emissions profile of his decision to include the impact of wetlands in national and sectoral greenhouse gas emissions reporting as outlined in his statement of 21 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22895/21]
553. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education her plans to ensure Ireland does not have a repeat of the capacity issues in school transport which happened at the start of the current academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21448/21]
551. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of additional secondary school places (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21333/21]
550. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of a new secondary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21331/21]
549. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of a new primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21330/21]
548. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of an extension to a primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21329/21]
547. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of a new secondary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21328/21]
443. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 317 of 24 February 2021 (details supplied), the progress that has been made by the National Parks and Wildlife Service in identifying the person or body responsible for removing this invasive species on the area covered under the habitats directive; if he will arrange for its removal as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21334/21]
442. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the up to date position regarding the ability of homeowners (details supplied) in County Kildare to purchase their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21327/21]
220. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the number of travellers to arrive in Ireland via airports since the beginning of 2021, by airport and numbers arriving per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21452/21]
118. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a report on the official reopening and manning of the refurbished Rush Garda station; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20919/21]
54. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to introduce a NCT type system for rental properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20907/21]
25. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications granted for the help-to-buy scheme by county in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the number of applications by county in each of the years 2018 to 2020 by dwellings which were purchased and built, respectively; and the average amount granted per application in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form. [20905/21]
17. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if there are grants or reliefs available to potential purchasers of electric bikes similar to that offered to purchasers of electric cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20906/21]
1734. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the up to date position with the primary care centre in Kildare town; the services located there; the services operating at the moment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18831/21]
1733. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the up to date position with the primary care centre in Newbridge, County Kildare; the services located there; the services operating at the moment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18830/21]
1732. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason families are waiting on therapists in the CHO 7 area of the HSE due to their children transferring to the school age groups; his plans to address these vacancies; the timelines involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18829/21]
1731. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on waiting lists in the CHO 7 area for assessment of need; the breakdown if available by county; the number of staff employed in the assessments; if there are staff vacancies; the type of vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18828/21]
1493. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice the reason Ireland has failed to provide information regarding Procedural Time Limits on Civil and Commercial Matters to the European Judicial Network; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20501/21]
1328. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the cost to construct a single-occupancy bedroom as part of a student accommodation complex; if he plans to alter the policy on the way they increase the supply of student accommodation in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19735/21]
826. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the progress and provide periodic reviews from 2011 to date in 2021 of the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011-2016 as extended to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20801/21]
689. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and review of exemptions for educational and community buildings as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; if he will report on the 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. [18483/21]
461. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the problems community groups and resident associations are having in opening new accounts in financial institutions to avail of local authority grants (details supplied); the plans in place to solve these problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18178/21]
406. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport his plans to extend the ten-year period for replacing taxis for those registered in 2011 given that 2010 registered taxis were given an extension in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19860/21]
184. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the announcement of retail stores being able to sell and fit children's shoes; his plans to allow the same for the sale of children's clothing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19444/21]
1193. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if a family (details supplied) in County Kildare can receive any information that his Department may hold on their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17512/21]
932. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the return dates for documentation for medical cards, applications and appeals, where necessary given that many applications are depending on medical reports from doctors who are finding an increased demand on their workload due to the roll-out of the vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16627/21]
931. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the services currently provided from the new health centre in Athy; the services that will be provided; the estimate of the time involved in setting up new services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16625/21]
748. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the ETB will consider a request for forklift training (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16626/21]
667. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of domiciliary care applications received in the past three years by her Department; the number of applications which were refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16629/21]
666. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of carer's allowance applications in the past two years received by her Department; the number of applications which were refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16628/21]
555. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the arrangements in place or to be put in place for those Defence Forces members serving with the UN in Lebanon to avail of Covid-19 vaccinations; if they will receive vaccinations before they return home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17544/21]
550. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the criteria for promoting Defence Forces Reserve officers from the rank of lieutenant to captain who were commissioned on or after 1 October 2005; the number promoted each year since 2005 excluding fixed term promotions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16624/21]
549. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence when a revised Defence Forces regulation review 5 for the Reserve Defence Forces will issue, having regard to commitments made in November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16623/21]
209. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the discussions he had at EU level regarding an EU trading system for agricultural emissions as referenced in the Climate Action Plan 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16438/21]
208. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the discussions he had with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with respect to the position being adopted by Ireland in negotiations concerning the reduction of emissions and biodiversity matters arising from the proposals for a reformed Common Agricultural Policy and the Green New Deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16437/21]
2083. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of vehicles owned or leased and operated by her Department and agencies and semi-State companies under her remit broken down by the number of ICE and non-ICE vehicles and fuel category, that is, petrol, diesel, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, electric and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15126/21]
1998. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vehicles owned or leased and operated by his Department and agencies and semi-State companies under his remit, broken down by the number of ICE and non-ICE vehicles and fuel category, that is, petrol, diesel, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, electric and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15113/21]
1856. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health when members of An Garda Síochána working on the front line can expect to receive the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15695/21]
1758. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will sanction access to the drug dupilvmob to a person (details supplied) on compassionate grounds. [15329/21]
1684. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of vehicles owned or leased and operated by his Department and agencies and semi-State companies under his remit, broken down by the number of ICE and non-ICE vehicles and fuel category, that is, petrol, diesel, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, electric and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15122/21]
1292. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if volunteers carrying out duties for an organisation (details supplied) are required to be vetted for Garda clearance prior to taking up their volunteering role. [15348/21]
1279. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice when she plans to issue stamp 6 visa holders with a residence card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15690/21]
1273. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if consideration is being given to reform of the Multi-Unit Development Act 2011; if so, the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15500/21]
1259. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice the number of vehicles owned or leased and operated by her Department and agencies and semi-State companies under her remit broken down by the number of ICE and non-ICE vehicles and fuel category, that is, petrol, diesel, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, electric and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15124/21]
1223. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if procedures are in place to allow persons to continue to work on a stamp 4 visa that has expired; and if persons in this category will be issued with a temporary permission. [14400/21]
1221. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application for a permanent residence card by a person (details supplied). [14376/21]
1147. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of vehicles owned or leased and operated by his Department and agencies and semi-State companies under his remit broken down by the number of ICE and non-ICE vehicles and fuel category, that is, petrol, diesel, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, electric and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15121/21]