Parliamentary questions

Schools Building Projects

Sean Fleming

116. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education when a payment will be issued to the contractor who carried out work in installing temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62184/21]

Defence Forces

Sean Fleming

287. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Defence the reason 2016 commemorative medals were not issued to UN veterans in view of their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60278/21]

School Staff

Sean Fleming

300. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education if she will provide statistical information in relation to primary school teaching (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59850/21]

State Pensions

Sean Fleming

365. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarify the entitlement to the State pension (contributory) of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60002/21]

Domestic Violence

Sean Fleming

395. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of funding Tusla will be allocating to domestic violence services in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59859/21]

Domestic Violence

Sean Fleming

396. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the planned investment in a location with regard to refuge provision (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59860/21]

Domestic Violence

Sean Fleming

397. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if services will be resourced to respond to increased demand or simply to maintain existing service levels for a domestic abuse service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59861/21]

Vaccination Programme

Sean Fleming

525. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the arrangements in place for persons who cannot get vaccinated due to health issues but need a digital or other certificate to allow them to participate in activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59999/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Sean Fleming

374. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection when the free travel pass will be made available to persons who have epilepsy and are not entitled to Departmental payments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58776/21]

Hospital Appointments Status

Sean Fleming

633. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for a smear test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58791/21]

Hospital Staff

Sean Fleming

644. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when ten additional neurology nurses will be provided to St. James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58814/21]

Health Services Staff

Sean Fleming

646. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when a dietician for adults can be provided at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58817/21]

School Staff

Sean Fleming

340. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education if a school will be facilitated as the host of, and be a base for, a supply panel for substitute teachers for a number of schools in a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55510/21]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Sean Fleming

862. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the reason the FreeStyle Libre sensor is not available for persons with diabetes who have a long-term illness card given many persons have to use this as a finger blood prick test which is not suitable for all persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52247/21]

Driver Licences

Seán Fleming

335. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider initiating a process to add to the list of states recognised by Ireland for the purpose of providing a driver licence exchange in view of the difficulty in obtaining qualified drivers from outside the State to drive lorries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50985/21]

Departmental Bodies

Seán Fleming

163. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding information received in respect of a complaint made in respect of agencies in his Department to the Petitions Commission in the EU (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49209/21]

Fire Stations

Seán Fleming

187. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding providing facilities for a fire station at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49669/21]

Environmental Schemes

Sean Fleming

101. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position in respect of the waiting times for the better energy warmer homes scheme in cases in which a person has been advised that there could be up to a three year wait for work to commence on their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47661/21]

Departmental Functions

Sean Fleming

168. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the legislative powers underpinning the office of disabilities appeals in his Department; the way decisions can be appealed from this office through the judicial system or by another mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45289/21]

Data Protection

Sean Fleming

186. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1603 of 21 April 2021, if there has been an outcome to the inquiry by the Data Protection Commission which is referred to in the parliamentary question; if the findings have been issued; the actions that have been taken on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45330/21]

Departmental Functions

Sean Fleming

187. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the position in respect of the independence of the Office of the Disability Appeals Officer; if this is part of his Department; if there are senior persons in his Department over the office who can have an influence in relation to the way the office operates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45331/21]

Driver Test

Sean Fleming

186. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding persons who obtained their driving licence for buses and lorries since 2013 and who are required to carry out a CPC course each year to renew their licence but in advance of this are required to do a theory test and do the procedures regarding theory tests apply to persons who had licences issued in earlier times that do not require the theory test; if there is a provision for a person to do a course without a theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44394/21]

Third Level Education

Sean Fleming

513. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which payments received under the pandemic unemployment payment are treated in the SUSI grant application in terms of means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43415/21]

Disability Services

Sean Fleming

738. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the position regarding disability services in County Offaly; the way this compares to services in the rest of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44039/21]

Disability Services

Sean Fleming

739. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the position regarding disability services in County Laois; the way this compares to services in the rest of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44040/21]

Disability Services

Sean Fleming

740. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when occupational therapy and speech and language therapy will be provided to address the complex needs of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44045/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Sean Fleming

21. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of requests for appeals in respect of the restart grant plus scheme for Covid-19 when the closing date was abruptly introduced; the number of appeals and the estimated quantum value of the appeals by county together with the number of appeals and the quantum of amounts that were approved on appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42217/21]

Driver Licences

Sean Fleming

104. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider allowing qualified drivers from Ghana to drive lorries in Ireland due to the fact that many companies are having difficulty recruiting drivers in Ireland at the moment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42007/21]

Driver Test

Sean Fleming

105. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Transport the arrangements currently in place to facilitate essential driving training lessons to be carried out in Portlaoise, County Laois and the midlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42008/21]

Rail Network

Sean Fleming

107. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Transport the proposals for investing and upgrading a railway line (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42034/21]

Driver Test

Sean Fleming

125. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Transport the up-to-date position regarding persons seeking to apply for a learner permit and in relation to driver licences; the timeline with which the backlog can be dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42196/21]

Defence Forces

Sean Fleming

240. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person who was a member of the Defence Forces can carry their Army service into the Civil Service for pension purposes if they take up a position in the Civil Service; if so, the arrangements that apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42003/21]

Planning Issues

Sean Fleming

317. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if plans are in place to extend planning permission due to delays arising from Covid-19 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41871/21]

Schools Building Projects

Sean Fleming

528. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education when the stage 1 submission for a school extension (details supplied) will be approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42004/21]

School Staff

Sean Fleming

529. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education the situation regarding negotiations with school secretaries in terms of their employment conditions and their pension entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42006/21]

School Facilities

Sean Fleming

533. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education the position regarding a request for additional facilities at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42032/21]

Community Employment Schemes

Sean Fleming

678. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding finalising negotiations in respect of community employment supervisor pensions and gratuity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42002/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Sean Fleming

679. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection the position in circumstances in which a person who has been on disability allowance for a number of years, is a single parent and after a long number of years the former spouse is now agreeing to pay maintenance for their child; the implications of this in terms of means testing the disability allowance; if the matter is treated separately if the payment is for the benefit of the child as opposed to the benefit of the mother; if a payment for the benefit of the child can be separated from the child’s mother’s disability allowance for the means test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42005/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Sean Fleming

684. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of the operation of the recovery and benefit assistance scheme in cases in which payments by an insurance company to a person take into account payments that her Department would have made to the person arising from the original injury or claim; if such recovery arrangements are in place in respect of a category of payment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42077/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Sean Fleming

777. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if information is available to persons who were born in a mother and baby home (details supplied) during a particular year in relation to whether or not medical trials were carried out on children who were born at the location; and if so, if records of the children involved exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42722/21]

Court Procedures

Sean Fleming

899. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice the number of times each year in which section 2 of the Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Act 2011 was used as the reason that a case should not be prosecuted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42031/21]

Prison Service

Sean Fleming

928. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice the situation regarding the calculation of pension entitlements for prison officers who joined the service since June 1995 and how their pension is integrated with the State social welfare pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42632/21]

Departmental Projects

Sean Fleming

1134. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when the project on the development of a national diabetes register will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41836/21]

Home Help Service

Sean Fleming

1221. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when home help will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42109/21]

Health Services

Sean Fleming

1227. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when a personal assistant service will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42128/21]

Health Services

Sean Fleming

1243. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on an eye clinic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42195/21]

Health Services Staff

Sean Fleming

1244. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will re-examine bringing in staff on a contract basis with regard to the major issue in relation to the lack of speech and language therapists in the midland region especially to assist children who need this facility in view of the fact that due to operational reasons the HSE cannot provide this facility through its own staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42197/21]

Health Services Staff

Sean Fleming

1250. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent or temporary posts that are available in a region for health care support assistant posts by county; the reason there are little or no posts in some counties compared with other counties in the region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42214/21]

Forestry Sector

Sean Fleming

1599. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a tree felling licence will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43030/21]

Primary Medical Certificates

Seán Fleming

1440. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when a primary medical certificate application will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33289/21]