858. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the Covid-19 social welfare payments into 2021 for those workers whose industries will not reopen until 2021, such as those working in the events industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12563/20]
797. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure that those working as freelancers in the events industry will not suffer hardship in view of the fact their industry is not expected to resume until 2021 at the earliest; the initiatives, grants and welfare options that will be made available on a long-term basis to support these workers and others like them who work in industries that are expected not to resume normal operations until 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12560/20]
386. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she plans to take to ensure that businesses can continue to meet their rent obligations, in particular those that will not be able to reopen in the long-term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12562/20]
381. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason charity shops are not eligible for restart grants; and if she will consider amending the terms of the grant to include them. [12193/20]
439. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when funding will be made available to local authorities to issue restart grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11280/20]
438. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to reinstate the continuity vouchers scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11279/20]
427. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of proposed solutions to address the matter of commercial rents for businesses affected by Covid-19 closures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8365/20]
424. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to address concerns regarding the ability of the Health and Safety Authority to visit sites unannounced due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8294/20]
423. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to extend the powers of the Health and Safety Authority to facilitate it to immediately shut down businesses or work sites that are found to be in breach of safety measures relating to Covid-19 that could put workers at risk or are in breach of the Return to Work Safely Protocol; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8293/20]
480. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the loan schemes available to SMEs that allow them to borrow at 0% interest rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8144/20]
479. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the credit guarantee scheme will be amended to ensure that loans are available to SMEs to address Covid-19-related financial difficulties. [8143/20]
478. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which microbusinesses that do not pay rates can access restart grant funding. [8142/20]
477. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if alternative methods of calculating the restart grant funding needs of businesses will be considered; her views on whether refunding 2019 rates bills does not reflect the restart funding needs of a given business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8141/20]
476. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to increase the funding available under the restart grant for small businesses in view of the scale of the financial difficulties facing SMEs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8140/20]
475. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken, including meetings or correspondence with management and staff at a company (details supplied) and IDA Ireland or other relevant parties, to save the jobs at risk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8139/20]
474. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to place the national return to work safely protocol on a statutory footing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8138/20]
463. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new inspectors that will be recruited or seconded to the Health and Safety Authority; and the timeline for same. [8023/20]
462. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspections carried out by the Health and Safety Authority on foot of Covid-19 complaints, inspection requests or other similar correspondence since 12 March 2020. [8022/20]
461. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspection requests relating to Covid-19 received by the Health and Safety Authority since 12 March 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8021/20]
460. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of complaints received by the Health and Safety Authority regarding Covid-19 restrictions and social distancing in workplaces since 12 March 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8020/20]
82. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has had meetings with Louth County Council regarding an anomaly by which County Louth is the only local authority to have three different rateable values, given the detrimental effect this is having on businesses in some parts of the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50131/19]
216. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) who was refused the SUSI grant due to the fact they were categorised as dependent will be addressed; if he will consider introducing a discretionary element into the rules-based SUSI system for some cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51727/19]
215. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the adequacy of the categorisation by SUSI of mature students as being dependent on their parents due to the fact they reside with them in cases in which they are independent financially and only living at home due to the fact they cannot afford to move out due to the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51726/19]
166. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51127/19]
40. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken to ensure that jobs created here by client companies of IDA Ireland are of decent quality and offer decent pay and conditions; if her Department maintains records regarding the pay scales relating to jobs offered by IDA Ireland companies; if not, whether she will consider same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50132/19]
250. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the voluntary river rescue in view of the fact that the Coast Guard has been stood down; if the river rescue will now be the first port of call of An Garda Síochána in the event of a marine casualty situation or emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49259/19]
515. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the Irish Water budget figure for 2019; the balance as of 1 September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48911/19]
551. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consultation with representative groups or the general public that takes place as part of NTA fare reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47351/19]
550. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether public transport should be affordable; his further views on whether public transport fares should be cut (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47350/19]
549. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the reply of the NTA to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 6 September 2019 in which it indicated that it will take increases in carbon tax into consideration in fare reviews for public transport going forward; and if this means public transport outside of the Dublin Bus services (details supplied) in Dublin will see increases or decreases in fares. [47349/19]
299. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details regarding the future skills research team that is conducting research into remote working, including details on the person conducting the research; the groups and persons the team has met as part of the research; the submissions they received; the number of staff working on the research; and the publication date for the guidelines. [47593/19]
75. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Finance if her attention has been drawn to the practice and prevalence of dual pricing in the insurance market and its effect on consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41218/19]
107. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of convictions that have been made by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019. [45700/19]
106. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of cases that were investigated or are under investigation by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019. [45699/19]
104. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation and the number of participants for Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur in 2018 and 2019. [45666/19]
103. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA client companies located here that originate from the United States of America. [45665/19]
100. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff employed by the ODCE at the beginning of 2018; and the number of gardaí assigned to the ODCE. [45594/19]
99. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacant positions in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; and the length of time each position has been vacant. [45593/19]
905. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Ardee bypass project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44443/19]
838. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 520 and 521 of 15 October 2019, his plans with regard to appointing a replacement for the project management officer that recently resigned from the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44292/19]
837. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 520 and 521 of 15 October 2019, the projects the additional appointee is working on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44291/19]
836. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 520 and 521 of 15 October 2019, the specific details of the role of the additional appointee with regard to the design of certain river habitat enhancement projects on OPW drained channels that have been allocated funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44290/19]
835. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 520 and 521 of 15 October 2019, the cost of the additional appointee to which he referred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44289/19]
681. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the utilisation of HSE resources in providing Healthy Ireland branding materials is an effective use of scarce resources in view of the fact his Department is responsible for Healthy Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45308/19]
680. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the section funding stream of the HSE that pays for Healthy Ireland branding materials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45307/19]
679. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent to date in 2019 on Healthy Ireland branding materials; the way in which the money was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45306/19]
407. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation and the number of participants for Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur in 2017 and 2018. [45338/19]
405. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created due to supports provided by the IDA 2018 and to date in 2019. [45123/19]
404. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created due to supports provided by local enterprise offices in 2018 and to date in 2019. [45122/19]