707. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that will be allocated to schools in counties Meath and Westmeath, by county, in order to provide the necessary equipment and resources to reopen in September 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20704/20]
706. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in counties Meath and Westmeath by county who are awaiting an appointment with a National Educational Psychological Service psychologist; the number who are waiting less than 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20703/20]
525. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of businesses in the Meath County Council area that have had their rates waived; the number that have requested a waiver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20711/20]
524. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has invited Meath County Council to make an application for the vacant properties voids programme; if such an application has been submitted, the amount he plans to allocate to the authority; the estimated timeframe for release of the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20710/20]
523. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to each local authority under the Covid-19 support scheme for local authorities; the estimated deficit expected for each local authority in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20709/20]
522. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of applicants for Rebuilding Ireland home loans in counties Meath and Westmeath by local authority; the number that have been successful; the number that have been refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20708/20]
521. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average length of time spent on the social housing list in counties Meath and Westmeath by local authority; his plans to reduce the times; the number on the social housing list in each of the past 12 months and each month to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20707/20]
520. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of affordable homes that have been built in counties Meath and Westmeath by local authority in each of the past five years; the number planned for 2020; the funding allocated each year by local authority to supply affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20706/20]
519. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to counties Meath and Westmeath by county in order to deal with the impact of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20705/20]
128. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for supports under the various schemes for businesses impacted by Covid-19 that have been received from businesses in counties Meath and Westmeath by local authority; the number that have been processed to date; the number that have been successful; the amount allocated to the businesses; the amount sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20714/20]
127. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications received for the restart fund for micro and small businesses in counties Meath and Westmeath by local authority; the amount allocated by authority; the number of businesses in the counties by local authority that have received funding under the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20712/20]
1029. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a roadmap for the reopening of general practitioner and health centre services, many of which are continuing to provide diagnostic and prescription services by phone or internet only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18781/20]
354. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the maximum, minimum and average applicant wait time on the local authority housing waiting lists in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020 in counties Meath and Westmeath, respectively and by housing type, that is, 1 bed, 2 bed and so on, in tabular form. [18780/20]
12. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason Meath County Council is historically the lowest funded local authority per head of population; and if he will bring funding for the local authority up to the national average. [17615/20]
717. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer patients finishing active treatment each month since January 2019, in tabular form. [17085/20]
716. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons receiving chemotherapy each month between January 2019 and June 2020, in tabular form. [17084/20]
715. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with cancer by HSE region each month since January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17083/20]
313. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Revenue Commissioners are issuing letters to many SMEs which claimed the Covid-19 restart grants informing them that their business accounts will be audited; the reason for such actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15881/20]
279. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Finance if banks have continued to accrue interest on accounts availing of the Covid-19 repayment holiday period without an obligation to do so; the measures he plans to take to motivate and incentivise banks to reimburse such interest to customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15880/20]
259. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if regulations will be amended to allow small public service vehicles, SPSVs, taxis and hackneys to pass the required SPSV suitability tests in view of the fact that Covid-19 guidelines provide for Perspex screens between drivers of such vehicles and their passengers in order to prevent their insurance being voided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15879/20]
345. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an official travel restriction will be considered to allow persons to avail of their travel insurance in view of the strong advice from NPHET against non-essential foreign travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14361/20]
304. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his policy on restrictions on planning for one-off housing in rural areas and the impact it will have on rural populations and communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14362/20]
303. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of commercial rates valuation appeals awaiting a result in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the average waiting time for such appeals; the measures he plans to put in place to alleviate the situation in view of such a high backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14360/20]
919. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she plans to put in place to protect the language and culture of Gaeltacht areas in view of decisions by An Bord Pleanála to allow planning permission for relatively large-scale housing developments in Gaeltacht areas without a requirement for occupants to speak the language or embrace the local culture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13332/20]
888. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the measures he plans to put in place to control the excess rent requirement in view of increased rents, leading to increasingly unaffordable excess rent payable by renters within the HAP system. [13330/20]
630. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will make a roadmap available indicating the plans in place to roll out vehicle charging points to small and medium-sized rural towns aside from large urban centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13331/20]
623. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he plans to take to accelerate broadband roll-out to particularly poorly serviced areas such as rural counties Meath and Westmeath to facilitate the reopening and survival of SMEs and to enable working from home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12206/20]
481. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if he will make a roadmap available indicating the plans in place to roll out a return of day services for adults with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12205/20]
206. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance he will put in place to alleviate the financial hardship incurred by third level students forced to leave their student accommodation and return home due to Covid-19 restrictions and are still obliged to pay the full terms of their lease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12204/20]
616. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the steps he will be taking to ensure PPE is made available to essential healthcare support organisations, such as an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11073/20]
596. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the steps he will be taking to prioritise cancer screening services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10986/20]
228. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a definitive date has been set for students who are unhappy with the grades they receive through the predictive grading system to sit the written version of the examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10985/20]
677. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures to be put in place to extend the Covid-19 reliefs duration to professions such as self-employed photographers and videographers and so on likely to be the in the last sections to return to normal employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10336/20]
81. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Finance if the office of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman has experienced a significant increase in complaints received during the Covid-19 pandemic period; the approximate year on year increase or decrease respectively; the financial sectors experiencing the largest number of complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10337/20]
1244. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the overall national percentage of local authority housing currently vacant, awaiting refurbishment, reallocation or other reasons; the average time vacant; the breakdown by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9421/20]
969. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a waiver on toll road charges on the M3 until the end of 2020 as a support to businesses in the north midlands reliant on road transport for recovery of their trading position and also as a relief to the many employees that will be using this route to commute to their employment in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9420/20]
835. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a detailed schedule available on the roll-out of the national broadband plan by county; if activity is taking place to achieve this schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9422/20]