685. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a Covid-19 crisis payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14707/20]
713. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health if additional home help will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13943/20]
503. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the application for a contributory pension and arrears that may have issued or are due in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13977/20]
501. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the situation in respect of a person who was living with their partner for over seven years and the partner has died; if the surviving partner who lived with that person is entitled to pension entitlements in respect of their deceased partner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13941/20]
854. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the carer’s allowance of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13481/20]
807. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person can qualify for an invalidity pension in circumstances in which they are paying class S contributions and are self-employed; if they can continue in their work and obtain an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12881/20]
516. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when the three hours of home help support will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13383/20]
485. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health if home help will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13187/20]
383. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when an appointment to have a MRI will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12738/20]
160. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the building programme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12996/20]
105. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the July provision; when this is expected to commence; if all information has been provided to deal with the issues to enable it be provided; the level of take-up of the scheme compared to previous years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13192/20]
50. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the position for companies operating the temporary wage subsidy scheme when some employees are brought back to work and other employees are not brought back; if employees that come back and are working go off the scheme and receive their full normal pay; if they are expected to work under the temporary wage subsidy scheme with no extra remuneration guaranteed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13197/20]
680. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a learner permit will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12067/20]
596. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount and value of alcohol beverages imported in 2018 and 2019; the country of origin of these products; the amount of alcoholic beverages exported in 2018 and 2019; the destination countries in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12069/20]
472. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a procedure carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12173/20]
437. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when home help will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11937/20]
434. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the discussions he has had with the Food Safety Authority; if his attention has been drawn to it proposing to reduce its funding for veterinary inspectors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11900/20]
393. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a proposal for a reduction of funding through local authorities for facilities that are inspected by their staff and the implications of same for the quality of service being provided (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11902/20]
392. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to proposals to reduce funding in respect of inspections at meat producing facilities and the implications for the safe production of food (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11901/20]
1050. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the arrangements relating to the proposed cost-rental sector; the person or body that will ultimately be the owners of these properties; if they will be in State ownership or ownership of some other organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10565/20]
948. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if employers are required to pay bank holiday pay and holiday pay to employees who were laid off due to the Covid-19 pandemic and received the pandemic unemployment payment when they return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10787/20]
854. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding protecting jobs in the airline industry in particular in circumstances in which some companies operate both here and outside Ireland, are in financial difficulties and are seeking substantial redundancies; the contacts there are between his Department and the persons who are making these decisions in these companies to ensure that there is not an unfair number of redundancies here and jobs are placed abroad in order that pilots and cabin crew from abroad can fly in and out of Ireland as part of the airline business while at the same time no jobs are being maintained here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11005/20]
779. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if additional resources will be provided to the Environmental Protection Agency in order to enable it to efficiently process applications it has on hand and continues to receive in respect of end of waste applications. [10527/20]
513. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the arrangements in place for replacement home care support for a person (details supplied), when the home care provider is on holidays or sick leave; if there are different arrangements for cover in cases in which support is being provided directly by HSE staff compared with the situation in cases in which the service is provided through an agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10751/20]
482. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an operation carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10541/20]
426. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the contact she is having with companies that have employed both outside and inside Ireland in circumstances in which there are major job cuts being planned; the arrangements or agreements that can be put in place to ensure that there is not an undue number of redundancies here at the expense of saving jobs in other countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11006/20]
217. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the specific arrangements in place for students under the predictive marking scheme for the leaving certificate in circumstances in which the student has mental health issues that may not be known to a class teacher; if arrangements can be made for a school principal that may or may not be aware of the specific details for the provision of medical certificates in order that they can be taken into account in arriving at the predictive grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10783/20]
509. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position in relation to persons whose houses are in the amber area under the national broadband plan; the options they have to obtain high speed broadband and or fibre broadband in a quick period of time; if other providers are free to provide a service in this area; if the company with the National Broadband Plan contract has to be compensated in these situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9760/20]
469. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the €3.6 billion of imports of prepared consumer foods referred to in the trade factsheet on page 11 of the 2018 annual report of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9944/20]
363. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when he will allow private hospitals resume their normal activities and deal with operations and surgeries that were scheduled to happen before the agreement between the State and the hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9959/20]
330. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the arrangements in place and the situations in which cannabis can be provided on a medicinal basis; the number of persons receiving same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9761/20]
284. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the supports and grants available to small businesses, self-employed persons and tradespersons that conduct their business by way of a van and do not have rateable premises (details supplied); the supports available for these persons that suffered a serious fall-off in business due to the Covid-19 crisis and will have to make changes to their work practices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9962/20]
1173. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the position regarding persons that are in arrears in their housing accommodation during the Covid-19 crisis; if landlords can issue notice to them regarding their arrears and consequences for not paying such arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8531/20]
1099. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment counts as contributions or reckonable contributions for the State pension, contributory; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8885/20]
834. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the arrangements and compensation scheme which will be put in place for persons that rely on turf harvested by contractors and individuals and not directly by Bord na Móna on Bord na Móna bogs that will not be able to obtain such turf for heating in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9331/20]
812. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the arrangements in place to introduce a scheme to compensate persons that have been historically cutting turf on Bord na Móna bogs and are prevented from doing so at the moment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8760/20]
739. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when essential elective surgery that had been planned to take place but was postponed due to the Covid-19 crisis will resume throughout the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9571/20]
543. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the arrangements in place between the HSE and section 38 and 39 organisations in respect of an organisation and its staff that are pregnant; the special arrangements in place for these non-HSE staff that are full-time workers in the health sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8456/20]
541. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the detailed financial support provided to the private nursing home sector to deal with Covid-19; the amount of payments that have been paid in support of this during April and May 2020 to date; the expected payments for June, July and August 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8454/20]
319. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if all stakeholders, including students and teachers, will be given a place on the Covid-19 working group for the English language education sector in view of the fact it has been denied to some of these essential persons that should be represented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9588/20]
54. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance when a fuel grant in respect of a motor vehicle under the disabled drivers and passengers scheme will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8457/20]
1032. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will consider a process to help ensure that rents for accommodation are set at a level below the cost of a mortgage for such accommodation to facilitate persons that want to purchase their own house but are paying high rents above a normal mortgage would be for such a property and cannot save up for a deposit to buy a property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7162/20]
968. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason, in circumstances in which persons become blind and receive illness benefit and the blind person's pension, and when the illness benefit expires, they move onto invalidity pension but they lose the blind person's pension even though they still continue to be blind; the reason the blind person's pension is payable to some blind persons and not to other blind persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7717/20]
941. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases that can be dealt with by the appeals office based on documentary evidence presented; the plans in place to deal with same urgently in view of the fact they are not expected to require further medical evidence or an oral hearing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7357/20]
940. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases yet to be dealt with by the appeals office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7355/20]
939. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal by a person (details supplied) in respect of a pension will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7354/20]
931. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider her decision not to facilitate access to emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to secure safe housing for a period of three months and-or the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency. [7151/20]
913. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if short-term emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to access safe housing for a period of three months and-or the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency will be progressed arising from a statement to Dáil Éireann on 30 April 2020. [7155/20]
912. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a short-term emergency rent type supplement will be put in place which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to access safe housing for a period of three months and-or the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency. [7154/20]
897. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an application for funding (details supplied) will be examined with a view to approving the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7571/20]