226. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications for general insurance licences that were made to the Central Bank in each of the years 2016 to 2020, inclusive; the number of these applications that were awarded; the number of the applications that were abandoned and withdrawn by the applicants; the breakdown by location of the entities applying for such licences to the Central Bank in each of the years 2016 to 2020 inclusive in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23248/21]
225. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Finance the breakdown by location of the entities applying for general insurance licences to the Central Bank from 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23234/21]
224. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications for general insurance licences that were abandoned and or withdrawn by applicants from 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23233/21]
223. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications for general insurance licences awarded by the Central Bank from 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23232/21]
222. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications for general insurance licences that were made to the Central Bank from 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23231/21]
2532. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support the implementation of a new BEAM scheme (details supplied) given predicted oversupply of beef product in the meat sector here due to international factors relating to Covid-19 restrictions and increased output in the dairy sector here as pursued by Teagasc; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19966/21]
2192. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the expedited vaccine pathway that can be provided for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20090/21]
2018. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health when the status of expectant mothers' partners will be changed to allow them attend maternity screenings, classes and births; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19588/21]
1753. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if death rates in the elderly have coincided with vaccination; if his Department is reviewing corollary data between vaccination and deaths occurring; the way data on deaths is compiled and any lag times pertaining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18894/21]
1565. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if his Department can respond to a query (details supplied) regarding resourcing of maxillofacial surgery procedure presently suspended at University Hospital Waterford; when a surgery date for this person will be confirmed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18276/21]
1336. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the PPP proposal to construct a new engineering building on the grounds of Waterford Institute of Technology; the new target date for the sign-off on build contract given the scheduled date of 31 March 2021 for tender award has passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19963/21]
1310. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a schedule of each institution, building name, size and funding requested under the Higher Education Strategic Infrastructure Fund programme call issued in December 2018 and announced in August 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19233/21]
1309. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a detailed schedule with respect to the €966 million provided in capital funding across the higher education sector in each of the years 2008 to 2019, in tabular form; the institution, location, description or purpose and quantum of funding provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19232/21]
1308. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a schedule of each project, description and funding he identified as having being already allocated a variety of projects in the south east as part of the technological university in his Dáil Éireann statement on 10 March 2021 (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19231/21]
558. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of scheme pension entitlements for community employment supervisors; the position regarding same; the timeline for a decision to resolve this longstanding issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19587/21]
169. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for both inpatient and outpatient appointments at University Hospital Waterford in 2019 and 2020, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15986/21]
168. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an extra 1.3 million home support hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15985/21]
147. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Justice the number of new marked Garda vehicles allocated to the Waterford Garda division in 2019 and 2020; the breakdown by type of vehicle; the number of marked Garda vehicles withdrawn from the division during the same periods; and the breakdown of vehicle type and the year of initial registration. [15988/21]
146. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Justice the number of armed robbery cases reported to An Garda Síochána within the Waterford Garda division in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [15987/21]
56. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the additional funding her Department expects to provide to Sport Ireland to assist high-performance athletes in preparation for the Tokyo Olympics in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15990/21]
2018. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider legalisation calling for an immediate and outright ban on the importation of non-native bee species to help protect Ireland’s native stock of honeybees, reduce the risks of pest species and to reduce the risk of hybridisation due to mating of non-native and native species (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15351/21]
1750. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding changes to the organisation and provision of health services to children and young persons with developmental delay and disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15310/21]
1360. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if he has taken steps to review and recommend antigen testing to screen test pupils in schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14050/21]
1359. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the steps he is prepared to take to rectify a matter in relation to non-consultant hospital doctors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14049/21]
1358. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to issues in relation to students radiographers (details supplied); his plans to standardise allowances, placement grants and payment for work carried out; if he will meet with representatives of the group to discuss the challenges being faced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14048/21]
1357. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if his Department or HIQA have examined the possibly introducing Ivermectin as a possible Covid-19 treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14047/21]
145. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available under the Covid-19 business aid scheme for those without commercial rates contributions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14046/21]
212. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Transport when he expects the Road Safety Authority, RSA, to be in a position to roll out and make online theory tests available to the general public to deal with the backlog that has developed; his views on whether the cancellation of some of these tests is having a serious knock-on effect and causing great distress to many persons as in the case of a person (details supplied) who wishes to avail of the online testing service; the steps he can take to expedite this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12582/21]
42. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Finance if he will direct the extension of VAT rates at 21% beyond 1 March 2021 in view of the exceptional impact of Covid-19 restrictions and the continuing lockdown of business activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12262/21]
761. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if the equipment tender for the proposed new cath lab at University Hospital Waterford will allow for a company (details supplied) to tender; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that such inclusion will have no material effect to the pending date of cath lab build award approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11151/21]
754. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if concessions with regards to the impending legislation on quarantine for incoming travellers will be available for those who have received a vaccine as approved by the EMA and who would also have a negative PCR test within 72 hours of arrival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11124/21]
628. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps being taken to increase the places available for sought after third-level courses such as medicine; the level of deferred student results being carried over from 2020 to 2021 CAO applications; the way an increase in applications for available course placements is being planned for (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11152/21]
787. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health his plans to change the priority category of patients (details supplied) in terms of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9490/21]
170. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the intention of banks (details supplied) to impose negative interest rates on solicitor client accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9521/21]
262. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 749 of 3 February 2021, the basis or agreed service schedule on which this decision was made (details supplied); if the specification of the new laboratory is equal in all capital equipment to the recently refurbished main cath lab at UHW; the status of new and additional cardiologist appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7532/21]
222. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the proposed structure of a new governing board of the technological university for the south east; the proposed number of members; the process for member selection; his plans to have representatives from counties Kildare, Laois and Wicklow on the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7535/21]
221. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the proposed new name for technological university for the south east (details supplied); the location of the administration of same; the location of the new registration of the temporary entity for public service access and for the postal address of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7534/21]
220. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the workstreams activity agreed regarding the new technological university for the south east development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7533/21]
546. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the allocation to each of the 23 higher education institutions in respect of the fund announced on 22 January 2021 to assist students with disabilities; the computational method used to determine allocations in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5872/21]
895. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Dunmore East Harbour will be added to the list of designated approved ports for UK registered vessels to land fish in Ireland in view of the fact the Dunmore East has fish processing facilities and fishery protection officers on site and also given its proximity to sudden fishing grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3970/21]
626. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons availing of direct provision; the number from this cohort who have applications for refugee or asylum status; the present application period averages to a finding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3679/21]
444. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Education if consideration has been given to implementing a predicted-grades leaving certificate examination based on continuing assessment in each subject (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3685/21]
10. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that coiled steel exports to mainland UK, EU and outside the EU have to go through the only two main decoiling lines in the island of Ireland in Lisburn in Northern Ireland (details supplied); the tariff situation for Irish manufacturing sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3689/21]
483. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE secured sufficient supply of liquid oxygen and bottled oxygen to ensure that hospitals continue to have adequate reserves of same to cover increases in gas requirements for long-term ventilated patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2298/21]
481. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if he will review the priority of carers in terms of ranking status in receiving vaccines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2296/21]
454. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if he will communicate the need for the provision of sanitiser and-or hand detergent at the entrance to stores to remain in place (details supplied); the steps he will take to mandate this practice be provided at open retail stores, garage forecourts and convenience stores; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2228/21]
167. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Secretary General of his Department or a person who reports to the Secretary General is part of the top-level appointments committee that undertook the competition for the role of Secretary General of the Department of Health. [2183/21]
166. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that the agreed top-level appointments code of practice of the Office of the Commission for Public Servant Appointments was followed in the recent advertisement for the role of Secretary General of the Department of Health. [2182/21]