1766. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health when a frontline worker (details supplied) who is employed by an agency will receive their pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42959/22]
1765. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health when a frontline worker (details supplied) who is employed by an agency will receive their pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42958/22]
1764. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health when a frontline worker (details supplied) who is employed by an agency will receive their pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42957/22]
1385. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Justice the status of the recently published gambling legislation; when the gambling regulator will be in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42409/22]
1341. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has reviewed the number of nursing places available in Ireland; if there are plans to increase the number of places due to the need for more nurses in Irish hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43587/22]
880. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education when a position will be filled for a National Educational Psychological Service psychologist in the Longford-Westmeath area; if schools will be reimbursed for psychologist reports they have already paid privately for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43031/22]
1376. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied with the governance of an organisation (details supplied) that receives State funding; if his Department has oversight of operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40868/22]
1375. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that his Department has allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40867/22]
575. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to partly subsidising those children who travel to school on private buses given the recent announcement on free bus transport for those in the school transport scheme for 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37997/22]
167. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the qualifying conditions for SUSI grants from mature students particularly the condition of having to live independently from one's parents from October of the year prior to first point of entry, in view of a case (details supplied) in which a student now in year four of study still cannot qualify for SUSI aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36589/22]
158. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if expenses such as mortgage and loans will be considered when assessing a means test for the national childcare scheme; and if the income threshold of €60,000 will be increased to include these families. [36532/22]
157. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that are available for families who rely on theprovision of crèche facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36531/22]
111. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Defence when a report will be published into his plans to recognise the efforts of volunteers and officers of the Civil Defence and their contributions during the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36449/22]
6. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when customers who have completed the microgeneration registration process will receive payment for supplying the national electricity grid; if his Department has communicated with the suppliers regarding the timeframe that the payment should start; if the Department has confirmed the rate per Kwh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36325/22]
319. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if compensation is available to farmers who own turf banks but who do not use same. [35066/22]
858. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health if radiography treatment will be resumed at Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry to facilitate cross-Border patient treatment, given the shared island Initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34141/22]
931. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the growth and maintenance of hedgerows on farms will be considered for inclusion under the new rural environmental protection scheme. [32332/22]
930. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will consider implementing a scheme to promote the growth of hedgerows on farms considering the positive environmental benefits associated with their growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32331/22]
756. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health when he will consider adding spinal muscular atrophy to the new-born heel prick test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32082/22]
375. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if a person (details supplied) who is completing the person's studies in the UK can register as a post-primary teacher with the Teaching Council of Ireland to allow the person to progress the person's career at home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31408/22]
232. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a decision was made on a sports capital grant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31404/22]
231. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there are any live applications in her Department or documentation received for funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31403/22]
196. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider the imposition of a 0% VAT rate for reusable menstrual products similar to the case with disposable menstrual products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31419/22]
172. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Transport if he has plans regarding public transport in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31451/22]
159. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is considering a ban on single-use items such as wipes, free sample-size items and mono-dose sachets in conjunction with the Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31416/22]
158. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a ban on plastic packaging on hardy fruit and vegetables is being considered as part of the Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31415/22]
157. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a requirement to commit 20% of a retailer’s floor space to reuse and refill options is being considered as part of the Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31414/22]
156. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a latté levy on single-use drinks and food containers will be introduced as part of the Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022 with the aim of reducing litter and the waste of resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31413/22]
154. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the financial supports that are in place for retailers to encourage the reuse of infrastructure on their premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31421/22]
22. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when civil service mileage rates will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31028/22]
1777. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health the funding that has been allocated to the midland region for the treatment of eating disorders in the past five years; the training that is being given to specialist staff in these units; if there are assessment facilities for autism in these units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30299/22]
1137. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider those on the disability allowance and long-term illness schemes as qualifying payments for the household benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30525/22]
237. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if those who are in receipt of the invalidity pension will be considered for full grant-aid under the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grant aid scheme considering that those in receipt of the disability allowance are included in the scheme; the other social welfare payments which are included in the scheme as qualifying payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30236/22]
201. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health the status of a major capital investment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28230/22]
200. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28229/22]
445. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if Ireland has a social security agreement policy with South Korea, whereby if mandatory pension contributions which are being made by Irish citizens working there at present can be included in their pension contributions at retirement age in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27255/22]
400. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if a request for a consultation meeting has been received from a school (details supplied); if so, when this meeting will be scheduled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27736/22]
164. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Justice the legislative requirements that are required in relation to the Second Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; if she has an estimated timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26822/22]
101. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if she will consider an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) with Deis status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26640/22]
660. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will review the extension of kaftrio drug therapy to all children with cystic fibrosis aged 6 to11 years as in the case of a child (details supplied). [26327/22]
363. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education when a special needs unit be available for second-level students in Athlone, County Westmeath; the number of pupils who are on the waiting list who are currently receiving home tuition in lieu of school placement in Athlone; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25789/22]
362. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) will be re-considered as the base school for the cluster special education teaching hours applicable as was the situation in the past in order to maintain its permanent teacher positions in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25788/22]
88. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to provide grants for conversion to hydrotreated vegetable oil from kerosene to enable the de-carbonisation of old housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25698/22]