213. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Finance if the Covid restrictions support scheme will be available to travel agents once they reopen; if so, the length that it will be extended given the fact that the situation in relation to foreign travel remains unclear and further given that deposits received by travel agents when they do reopen will be passed on immediately leaving them unable to pay overheads and thus requiring ongoing Government supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27440/21]
228. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the grant programmes available to sports clubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25237/21]
626. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Justice her plans for expanding the current Garda station or providing a new Garda station in east County Meath given the large increase in population of the area in recent times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23797/21]
622. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Justice her plans for the increase of Garda services in east County Meath given the large increase in population of the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23707/21]
261. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the fact that three local authorities (details supplied) are facilitating only 50% of the outdoor dining grant scheme to businesses that apply; if her Department provided the funding for the 2020 outdoor dining schemes run by these three local authorities; the reason businesses are being excluded from availing of the Fáilte Ireland scheme when they are entirely separate and unrelated funding schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23138/21]
71. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is an appeals process for unsuccessful applicants under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund; if so, the process for submitting an appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22860/21]
754. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who are Irish citizens that are denied the free fees initiative under the residency criteria, that is, having not been resident in three out of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21612/21]
753. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the additional investment that will be required to reduce the staff-student ratio to 15:1. [21611/21]
361. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the breakdown of the €12 million allocation under the weatherproofing and outdoor dining infrastructure scheme; the way in which the funding available in excess of €200,000 per local authority will be spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21665/21]
125. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the criteria for application for the €19 million fund announced for state-of-the-art facilities for water based activities; if local authorities were notified of the funding; if so, when; if local authorities were liaised with ahead of the plan; if local authorities were invited to apply for this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21957/21]
116. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she plans to introduce a tourism voucher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21958/21]
51. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans for tourism and hospitality for the 2021 season; the additional supports or initiatives she plans to introduce to support the sector when it reopens in the coming months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22308/21]
658. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding that has been allocated to outdoor seating and accessories for tourism and hospitality services scheme; and the amount that has been allocated each local authority in tabular form. [20361/21]
657. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding being allocated to the weatherproofing and outdoor dining infrastructure scheme for 2021; and the amount that will be allocated to each individual local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20360/21]
610. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled to be completed in tabular form. [18340/21]
1237. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health if he plans to continue to differentiate between so called wet pubs and pubs that serve food in reopening plans for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17625/21]
1236. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health if he will consider providing the tourism and hospitality sector with key indicators and conditions that will need to be met in order for them to reopen their businesses including the percentage of the adult population that will need to be vaccinated in order for businesses to open; the level of community transmission required for reopening; if tourism and hospitality businesses will only be able to open for vaccinated customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17624/21]
454. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of extending the local authority rates waiver for tourism and hospitality to the end of 2021. [17610/21]
453. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of extending the local authority rates waiver for tourism and hospitality to March 2022. [17609/21]
430. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the estimated cost of introducing a direct grant for businesses in which food and drink can be consumed on the premises to assist them in adapting their businesses for outdoor dining if a grant of up to €10,000 was available per business. [17616/21]
402. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Finance his plans for mortgage moratoriums for workers in the tourism and hospitality sector for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17622/21]
401. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Finance if he has plans to introduce a further six month moratorium on bank term loans to assist the tourism and hospitality industry in terms of cash flow; the estimated cost to the State of such a measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17621/21]
400. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the tax warehousing scheme by one year for the tourism and hospitality industry. [17620/21]
399. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the 9% VAT rate for tourism and hospitality to the end of 2024. [17619/21]
398. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the 9% VAT rate for tourism and hospitality to the end of 2023. [17618/21]
397. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the 9% VAT rate for tourism and hospitality to the end of 2022. [17617/21]
396. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to extend the Covid restrictions support scheme payment for businesses in the tourism and hospitality sector that continue to be unable to generate more than 25% of their average weekly 2019 turnover for the remainder of 2021; the estimated cost for such a measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17613/21]
395. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to extend the Covid restrictions support scheme payment for businesses that continue to be unable to generate more than 25% of their average weekly 2019 turnover for the remainder of 2021; the estimated cost for such a measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17612/21]
394. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the employment wage subsidy scheme for the tourism and hospitality sector until the end of 2021. [17608/21]
393. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the employment wage subsidy scheme for the tourism and hospitality sector until March 2022. [17607/21]
166. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to open the future growth loan scheme to new applicants for long term loans of seven to ten years, given the extended period of lockdown expected in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17623/21]
1194. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to reports that fake negative Covid-19 test certificates and documentation are being sold to persons enabling them to avoid travel restrictions; the mechanism in place to ensure that all negative Covid-19 test certificates and documentation produced on arrival at ports and airports in the State are genuine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13997/21]
333. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if recipients of the pilot live performance support scheme will be eligible for any future roll-out of the scheme; her plans to ensure those who did not benefit from the pilot scheme are not excluded again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12577/21]
332. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she plans to publish the names of persons and companies involved in behind the scenes and production work who benefited from the live performance support scheme alongside the performer, venue and promoter recipients whose names were published in November 2020; the efforts that were made to ensure an equitable distribution of funding to ensure companies involved in multiple productions did not receive a disproportionate advantage compared to others struggling without work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12576/21]
331. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she plans to introduce a specific grant for individual businesses to allow them to adapt their premises to provide facilities for outdoor dining given that it is expected that outdoor dining will be central to the tourism market in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12537/21]
295. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider seeking an expansion of the outdoor dining grant to include urban centres in the Border region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11913/21]
279. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the live entertainment fund announced in Budget 2021 will be open to workers and SMEs that work in supporting fields such as communications and public relations and to other workers and SMEs in the non-funded live entertainment sector; the way the fund will be managed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11651/21]
278. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when details will be available in relation to funding for the live entertainment fund announced in Budget 2021; when funding will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11650/21]
29. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to allow for social media and other online platforms that link or allow for sharing of content created by news websites to be charged by those news sites that create the shared content; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11652/21]
30. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the proposed development by Drogheda Port Company of Bremore Port on the County Meath coast north of Bremore Head; the details and planning for the proposed development; the precise location of the proposed development on the County Meath coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10738/21]
274. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the actions she is taking to end the practice of blacklisting of workers in the film industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10336/21]
273. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the recommendations of the development and working conditions in the Irish film industry report of July 2018 published by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht that have been implemented by her Department and which have yet to be implemented, respectively; her views on the recommendations contained in the report; if she plans to implement all recommendations contained within same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10335/21]
272. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding or grant aid supports that are available to sports clubs and organisations based in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10329/21]
222. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to close the stay and spend tax rebate on the date originally planned; if he has conducted a review into the scheme and its effectiveness; his plans for further similar initiatives in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10454/21]
221. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Finance the amount in tax rebates that have been claimed under the stay and spend scheme; the number of persons who have made a claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10453/21]
1039. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to fund local authorities to ensure that they have sufficient council owned dog pound facilities which can be run either by the council or by outside providers using council owned facilities to ensure satisfactory dog pound services exist in each local authority and to ensure that these services are not reliant on local private providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6989/21]