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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 July 2021
1735. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the funding spent to date on the national maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35225/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 July 2021
1705. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the cost of delivering the Sláintecare commitment to invest in 32 community specialist hubs for older persons and persons living with chronic disease; the timeframe involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34282/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 July 2021
1693. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the cost of delivering the Sláintecare commitment to establishing a statutory homecare scheme; the timeframe involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34281/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 July 2021
299. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if banks are entitled to refuse a mortgage to a person whose employer is availing of the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if not, the avenue that is open to employees who are being refused on such a basis. [39101/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 July 2021
64. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason a bye law on the Lough Corrib special area of conservation 000297 uses the term, managed primarily for the benefit of salmonids, given the addition of the words primarily managed is a dilution of the SAC and may impact on the integrity of the SAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39760/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 July 2021
419. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of workers in section 39 agencies that are currently earning below the living wage; and the estimated annual cost of bringing them in line with this. [32879/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 July 2021
74. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a support package for sheep farmers on animal welfare grounds. [38162/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2021
59. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are persons whose driver theory tests have been postponed multiple times; his views on whether this is fair; if a person (details supplied) in such circumstance could be permitted to sit their test at the earliest possible opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38331/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2021
249. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the reason for the discrepancy between the ticketing system for Dublin transport and transport systems in other cities such as Galway; the reason fare capping, Leap 90 discount and monthly or annual tickets are only available to commuters in Dublin or those whose employers who take part in the taxsaver scheme; the further reason weekly tickets are not accepted across all Galway city transport providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37847/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2021
217. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if energy generation projects which state that they intend to apply to the renewable energy support scheme have obligations to comply with the scheme in terms of community engagement and or support from the local community at the planning stage; if a partnership with a relevant sustainable energy community which is a key component of the definition of a community-led project should be identified at the planning stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38012/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 July 2021
336. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal standing of a salmon farm in respect of which a licence has been granted that has ceased operating for a continuous period of two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37060/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2021
99. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 168 and 169 of 30 June 2021, the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing the reckonable income threshold for entitlement to student universal support Ireland allowance in increments of 1% up to 10% in regard of 100%, 75%, 50% and 25% maintenance rates and simultaneously increasing the payment rates in increments of 1% up to 10%, in tabular form. [36704/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2021
621. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the consultation document on a review of measures relating to the control of dogs in Ireland will be published; the number that relates to restricted breeds; if this includes the control of presa canario dogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36466/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2021
492. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if the temporary assistance payment scheme for nursing homes will be extended beyond 30 June 2021; when nursing homes can expect a decision on the future of the scheme; if the current level of supports will be maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29686/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2021
486. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if the temporary assistance payment scheme for nursing homes will be extended beyond 30 June 2021; when nursing homes can expect a decision on the future of the scheme; if the current level of supports will be maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29661/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2021
196. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of placing the Office of Government Procurement on a statutory footing in 2022. [36468/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2021
195. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current plans with regard to flood defences in Leenane, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36465/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2021
167. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the way the State will address the country specific recommendations as obligated to do in order to access the Recovery and Resilience Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35897/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2021
166. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the tax policy changes it is committed to in the National Plan of the Recovery and Resilience Fund recently submitted; the timeframe by which these commitments will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35895/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2021
165. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if a full and unredacted list will be provided of all reform commitments entered into by the State in the National Plan of the Recovery and Resilience Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35893/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021
460. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if higher numbers of vaccines will be allocated to local general practitioners in rural areas to facilitate the vaccination of persons who cannot travel to vaccination centres given new data in relation to vaccines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29137/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021
384. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health his Department’s total spend on external professional legal services in 2014, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [28535/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021
345. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice her views regarding the longstanding issues related to the timeliness and accuracy of reporting of An Garda Síochána crime statistics data and the steps she has taken to improve the integrity of published crime statistics data that is provided to bodies such as the Central Statistics Office, the Policing Authority, the Oireachtas Justice Committee and other Government agencies. [35530/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021
344. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice if there was any additional information relating to the cancellation of category 1 999 emergency calls provided by the Commissioner to her between October 2020 and May 2021. [35529/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021
343. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice further to section 41 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (details supplied), if she is satisfied that the Garda Commissioner has fulfilled their duty in view of the recent issue with the cancellation of more than 22,000 category 1 999 emergency calls; and if she will provide the reports which she received from the Commissioner in respect of same. [35528/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021
210. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown by Department of the allocations to be received from the €1.05 billion Brexit Adjustment Reserve in tabular form. [35526/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021
203. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the number of forensic accountants employed by the Revenue Commissioners in 2020; and the associated wage costs. [35446/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021
75. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Oideachais cén cúnamh atá ann do mhúinteoirí i meánscoileanna Ghaeltacht na nOileán, idir mheantóir, liúntas agus araile. [33303/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2021
181. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice if the report from the Garda Commissioner to her in relation to a significant number of 999 calls that were not responded to by An Garda Síochána as reported in the media in November 2020 was made pursuant to the provisions of section 41 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005. [35049/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2021
180. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice when the Garda Commissioner advised her of the true extent of the failure to respond to the 999 calls placed by members of the public which were recorded on the command and control systems in view of media reports in November 2020 that indicated that a significant number of 999 calls were not responded to. [35048/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2021
169. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing the reckonable income threshold for entitlement to student universal support Ireland allowance by 10% in regard of 100%, 75%, 50% and 25% and special rates respectively and subsequently increasing maintenance payment rates by 10%; and the estimated number of new students who would be benefit from such. [35221/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2021
168. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing the reckonable income threshold for entitlement to student universal support Ireland allowance by 1%, 5% and 10% in regard of 100%, 75%, 50% and 25% and special rates, respectively. [35220/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2021
599. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that was spent in 2016 on improvements to Canower Pier, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34740/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2021
450. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the additional security measures put in place by the HSE following the cyberattacks in 2017; the IT companies used to carry out this work; the date the work commenced and was completed; and the cost of this work in tabular form. [27014/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2021
409. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a student (details supplied) will be reconsidered for the special rate of the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34733/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2021
408. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the pandemic unemployment payment will be considered as an eligible payment for the special rate of a SUSI grant given that those who applied for jobseekers benefit and allowance in March 2020 were awarded the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34732/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2021
376. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if there has been a rule change regarding the use of the herd number to qualify for the rural social scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34953/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2021
335. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education the cost to date of the institutional child abuse redress scheme; and the contributions to the scheme disaggregated by religious order and amounts still owing, in tabular form. [34539/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2021
164. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date by which the updated capital ceilings, as per the review of the National Development Plan 2018-2027, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34545/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2021
150. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer in each of the years 2022 to 2026 of restoring the PAYE tax credit as it applied to the contributory pension for dependents that was changed as part of Finance Act 2013, in tabular form. [34547/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2021
138. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the body that has control of the €100,000 that has been allocated for Oranmore under the additional outdoor infrastructure scheme; if an association (details supplied) has ultimate responsibility for implementing the works and spending the funds; the start date and finish date for the works at the Castle Road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34907/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2021
137. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the controls and oversight his Department has of the way active travel funds are or are not being spent; the oversight and monitoring being undertaken to ensure that funds allocated are spent and not rolled over into other projects with future dates; the controls in place to make sure that protected cycle infrastructure is being developed for County Galway, particularly Oranmore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34906/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2021
123. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the body that is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of roads leading to the shore in Canower, Cashel, Connemara, County Galway; if Galway County Council has any responsibility for these sections of road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34739/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2021
100. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the reason the NDLS centre in Clifden, County Galway remains closed; when it will reopen; and the conditions that must be met before it can reopen. [34407/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2021
223. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the planning regulations for wind turbines regarding the setback distances from houses are under review given the considerable increase in the height of the turbines and the length of rotor blades in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34000/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 June 2021
528. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 749 of 13 January 2021, if any of the 700 oxygen concentrators that were donated to India (details supplied) included any of those oxygen concentrators that were delivered to Galway University Hospital and referenced in the response. [25542/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 June 2021
471. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps being taken to put in place an equivalence system for construction skills certification scheme qualifications for persons returning from England who want to exchange their CITB plant operator tickets for Solas issued tickets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33208/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 June 2021
442. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated annual savings to the Exchequer from reducing the salaries of public service third-level institutions senior administrator grade I by 2%, 5% and 10% in tabular form. [32865/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 June 2021
434. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of workers in section 56 and 59 agencies that are earning below the living wage; and the estimated annual cost of bring their wages in line with the living wage. [32873/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 June 2021
355. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) will be granted small school status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32969/21]