388. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals of refusals of domiciliary care grants in the past three years; the number of applications that were awarded following appeal in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30974/20]
387. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for domiciliary care grants in the past three years; the number of applications refused in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30973/20]
275. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timelines for the duration of the study by the National Parks and Wildlife Service for research into the survival and behaviour of hares released into the wild after being rescued from hare coursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31230/20]
254. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will support efforts to provide sporting outlets for those over 35 years of age to keep them active and interested in sports in view of a number of examples (details supplied); her views on the idea; and if her Department will consider grant aiding such efforts. [30978/20]
170. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence if all members of the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps are provided with a Defence Forces email address upon joining to facilitate easier communication throughout the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30705/20]
169. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces and Reserve Defence Forces CIS units; the established strength of each; his plans to enhance cybersecurity protections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30704/20]
168. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence his plans to invest in accommodation to be provided to military families to ease the financial burdens on them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30703/20]
167. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence his plans to modernise the public sector circular 51 of 1978, which provides reservists leave for training with the Defence Forces but does not provide cover for other situations such as aid to civil power; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30702/20]
166. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the cost of establishing two Naval Service crews for each ship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30701/20]
165. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the cost implications of excluding wages paid to reservists from income tax for 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30700/20]
164. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence his plans to provide employment protection legislation for reservists to allow for the undertaking of courses, exercises or other activities within the Defence Forces; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30699/20]
163. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the number of discharges being processed and-or pending from the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30698/20]
162. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the cost of increasing technical pay by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30697/20]
161. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the cost of increasing military service allowances by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30696/20]
160. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the number of career break applications in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of career breaks granted in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30695/20]
116. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Finance if a large-scale scrappage scheme for petrol and diesel cars will be introduced in view of the plans to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2030. [30388/20]
609. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the Barrow blueway; the timeline for opening the blueway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29813/20]
493. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if a copy of the presentation given by the HSE in relation to airport texting will be provided; the date on which the presentation was given and to whom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30005/20]
341. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the reason parents are required to keep their child’s full attendance up in a crèche or risk funding being cut in view of the fact that County Dublin is in level 3 restrictions and there is a strong encouragement to work from home and have fewer social contacts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29932/20]
303. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of fuel allowance; the number of applications for fuel allowance; the number of refusals for fuel allowance over the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29811/20]
302. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is a plan in place in her Department to increase the levels of pandemic unemployment payment rates if Ireland needs to go to a Plan for Living with Covid-19 level 5 designation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29774/20]
301. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is a plan in place in her Department to quickly and efficiently process pandemic unemployment payment applications if Ireland needs to go to a Plan for Living with Covid-19 level 5 designation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29773/20]
247. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the status of school bus services; her views on reports of the cancellation of services by Dublin Bus for a number of schools including a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29930/20]
202. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the amount of allocation unspent by the Defence Forces and his Department and returned in 2018 and 2019 and to date in 2020; the subheads underspends arose from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29810/20]
201. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the establishment strength for Air Corps technicians; the number of apprentices recruited in 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29809/20]
200. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the number of soldiers recruited and discharged in each of the years 2012 to 2019 and to date in 2020, for the Army, Air Corps and Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29808/20]
199. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the estimated cost of not subjecting the overseas pay of the Army and Naval Service to income tax in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29807/20]
198. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the process for allowing former reservists re-enlist in the Reserve Defence Force to serve overseas in specific circumstances and allowing retired members of the Permanent Defence Force to move over to the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29806/20]
196. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the effective strength and the establishment strength of the Reserve Defence Force by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29804/20]
195. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the number of times the Naval Service planned to send ships to sea in 2018 and 2019 and to date in 2020 but cancelled its plans due to personnel shortages; the number of times ships were sent to sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29803/20]
194. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence if Naval Service or Army personnel who were prevented, due to the Covid-19 restrictions, from completing education or courses that would entitle them to additional pay will be provided with that additional pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29802/20]
193. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the date on which the Defence Forces intranet system was created and designed; the date on which it is due to be redeveloped; the estimated cost to modernise the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29801/20]
157. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to change the HAP scheme; and his plans to change the level of support for each county to allow inter county HAP applications to be successful. [29812/20]
127. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the advice and rules given to gym operators during the Covid-19 pandemic regarding their opening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29877/20]
109. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will seek to recoup an overpayment of subsidy in the case of an employee who has been placed on a short-time working week and is in receipt of Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection benefits and their net pay for each remaining day of paid employment during the week exceeded one fifth of their ARNWP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30078/20]
108. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Finance if an employer remains eligible to recoup the maximum allowable weekly subsidy for an individual employee based on their average revenue net weekly pay, ARNWP, for January and February 2020 as referred to in the Revenue Commissioners’ guidelines on the temporary wage subsidy scheme if the employee had since been subjected to a short-time working week and was in receipt of jobseeker's benefit for days of unemployment during the short-time week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30077/20]
95. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Finance the financial support measures planned if Ireland needs to go to a Plan for Living with Covid-19 level 5 designation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29772/20]
94. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Finance the financial support measures planned if Ireland needs to go to a Plan for Living with Covid-19 level 4 designation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29771/20]
51. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the number of meetings that have taken place since 1 August 2020 with the Dublin Airport Authority on the provision of an airport testing regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29775/20]
124. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if recent meetings have taken place with officials from the relevant Departments and stakeholders in respect of the coastal erosion problem at Portrane, County Dublin; if so, the decisions which were taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29381/20]
188. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will qualify for a SUSI grant; if there is an appeal for a student in their situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28968/20]
132. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if the planned new school building for a school (details supplied) will include an ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29023/20]
671. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if the nasal flu shot will be rolled out in schools; if parental consent must be sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28348/20]
433. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if enough buses are contracted to ensure that every child in Ballyboughal, County Dublin, who requires a school bus service can have one; the timeline in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28189/20]
274. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Finance the reason State Claims Agency figures have doubled since the previous year; the reasons for this; if the cause can be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28620/20]
168. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the SHD legislation, which has removed the statutory role of the planning authorities and their members and transferred it directly to An Bord Pleanála, undermining the importance of early and transparent public participation in the planning process, which has resulted in an increase in the number of judicial reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28043/20]
125. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht if a subvention scheme will be reintroduced for public and community-run swimming pools in budget 2021 in order to sustain open access to pools and to ensure people can learn to swim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25974/20]
48. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht if she will keep to the aim of the previous Government of doubling the arts budget by 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27497/20]
42. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht if she has increased the funding available to disability groups to provide sporting opportunities to those with a disability during the Covid-19 pandemic in view of the fact that many have been confined to their homes for long periods and need an outlet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27496/20]