125. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to provide a retrofitting programme for sections 38 and 39 residential housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10695/21]
849. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be offered the vaccine for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9748/21]
827. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if he will request that the HSE provide an additional mass vaccination centre for Limerick with strong public transport links; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9651/21]
717. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice if there is a barrier at present to Irish prisoners who are incarcerated abroad being repatriated to the Irish prison system; if legislation will be required to enable this process to resume; if so, when this legislation will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9734/21]
233. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a series of issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10567/21]
246. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the permissible levels of fluoride in drinking water in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9053/21]
865. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when all front-line staff in St. John's and St. Camillus' community hospitals and St. Munchin's University Hospital, Limerick, will receive the Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7008/21]
222. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance the remedy he plans for a person who has been refused flood risk insurance even though they had flood risk insurance for many years for the same property; his plans to alleviate this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7015/21]
669. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the most recent national treatment purchase fund figures show that 5,545 persons were on the University Hospital Limerick outpatient eye care waiting list which is an increase of over 1,000 since the end of 2019 and 2,754 are now waiting more than 18 months at the hospital, an increase from 2,191 at the end of 2019; if he will extend the successful Sligo scheme in the north west to UHL in view of these extremely long waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5245/21]
192. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the employment status of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4715/21]
67. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the payments of pensions and or gratuities for community employment supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4712/21]
223. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance the annual debt repayments as a share of GDP and as a share of GNI* in each of the years 2000 to 2020; and the estimated repayments for same in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4265/21]
107. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if it is possible for a club (details supplied) in Limerick to apply for funding from Sport Ireland towards the provision of a games promotion officer similar to the situation that exists for Dublin clubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3327/21]
620. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if general practitioners will be prioritised to receive the Covid-19 vaccination; the timeframe for all general practitioners to receive the vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2729/21]
545. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the reason fourth-year student radiographers who were paid for a number of weeks in 2020 for their work during the Covid-19 pandemic are not being paid now when hospitals are busier than ever; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2533/21]
353. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection if she received a request from a charity (details supplied) for a double fuel allowance to be paid for a two-week period over the next few weeks; if the request will receive a response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2730/21]
317. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education the status of the building project to provide improved accommodation for a school (details supplied) in county Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2738/21]
207. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to provide a sufficiently resourced structure-at-risk team for listed buildings that require urgent repairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2421/21]
22. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason there is now a public health risk in allowing customers to collect goods from non-essential retailers, given that it was not a risk in the last level 5 lockdown, in view of the fact this ban will have a disproportionately negative effect on smaller family-run retailers; if consideration will be given to reversing the ban on non-essential retailers operating a click and collect or call and collect service in order to help them survive the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2537/21]
243. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason coursing events which had been allowed take place during the run-up to Christmas 2020 due to its inclusion on an approved list of permitted sports are no longer permitted. [1974/21]
233. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant orthopaedic surgeon for Croom Orthopaedic Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2120/21]
232. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the number of residential addiction-related stabilisation, step down recovery beds in CHO3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2119/21]
168. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice the number and percentage of the Garda fleet within the Limerick division that are aged less than one year old, between one to three, three to six, six to ten and over ten years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2127/21]
167. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice the status of the Irish nationality and citizenship (amendment) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2121/21]
134. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education if she will address concerns regarding the reopening of special education classes in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2117/21]
115. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Defence if a new recruitment drive for aircraft maintenance technicians for the Air Corps will be launched in quarter 1 of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2133/21]
113. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to open a new Irish Consulate General Office in Dubrovnik, Croatia; if he is considering opening Irish Consulate General offices in other locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2130/21]
112. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the additional staff that will be deployed to the Irish Permanent Mission to the UN by grade during Ireland's term on the Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2129/21]
591. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1691/21]
561. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance claim will be made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44826/20]
532. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education if she will address concerns regarding the reopening of special education classes in schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1737/21]
496. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education the reason her Department has cut the PPE funding for term 2 by 40% for a school (details supplied); her views on whether that it is unfair to penalise schools that did not use the procurement process to purchase PPE the details which were not released until the end of August 2020 yet this school had to procure before 26 June 2020 for four weeks for July Provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1359/21]
31. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions that will be taken for persons who are entitled to enhanced redundancy; when he plans intend to implement the Duffy Cahill report; if the legislation will cover the Irish workers of a group (details supplied); his plans to change company law to improve the position of workers in the list of creditors in the event of liquidation in circumstances in which a collective redundancy has been agreed and applied previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45056/20]
85. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance the remedy he proposes for a person who has been refused flood risk insurance even though they had such insurance cover for many years for the same property; the steps being taken to alleviate the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43661/20]
514. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the status of the drug dupilumab (details supplied) which has been under assessment since November 2018; his plans to provide access to the drug for persons with eczema here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42977/20]
353. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to allowing the free travel pass to be used for wheelchair accessible taxis particularly for persons with severe disabilities and those who live in isolated locations and cannot access public transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42975/20]
842. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to deal with the scourge of animal cruelty, particularly in relation to horses, which is prevalent in many urban areas across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41838/20]
672. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are women who have been informed that they have to wait six months for an appointment at the breast clinic at University Hospital Limerick; his views on whether this delay is inappropriate for a potentially life threatening illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41786/20]
374. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection if arrears will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41116/20]
336. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are many Down's syndrome children on a three year waiting list to be treated for arthritis; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that there was a commitment made that children with Down's syndrome would be seen after referral within 12 weeks; his plans to address this very serious delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40855/20]
196. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to follow through on the commitment given by the previous Government to resolve the pay inequality issue for teachers and other public servants in the next public sector pay agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40847/20]
87. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive payment for farm assist after being allowed their appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40635/20]
563. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who have been receiving their lectures online from the University of Limerick are being charged the full fee; his plans to change this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39920/20]
429. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education her plans to address the lack of ASD units in Limerick schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40231/20]
137. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he personally received the registered post sent to him directly by persons (details supplied); if he plans to respond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40230/20]
293. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider introducing a measure by which older persons are provided with a weekly allowance towards the cost of broadband similar to the allowance they are granted towards the cost of a telephone in view of the cost of broadband; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39354/20]
119. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in County Limerick that have qualified for support under the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39207/20]
951. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the number of new development posts within mental health that were approved in 2018 and 2019 that have yet to be filled; the timeframe for those posts to be filled on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38826/20]
950. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the capital works carried out at Limerick maternity hospital in 2019 and to date in 2020; the duration of such works; the estimated costs of such projects; the capital works that are scheduled to commence at the hospital in 2021; the estimated cost of each project; when each project will commence; the duration of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38820/20]
695. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice if the provision for a new Garda station for Castletroy, Annacotty, Limerick city, will be considered (details supplied); her views on whether such a station is needed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37809/20]