Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Just Transition Fund

Joe Flaherty

76. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the €5 million contribution for the Just Transition Fund from the ESB is exclusively for the south County Longford and west County Offaly regions as the two communities most affected (details supplied). [17829/20]

Electricity Generation

Joe Flaherty

77. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will request the ESB to cease planning for the demolition of the power station at Lough Ree Power, Lanesboro, County Longford as per the recommendation contained in the Just Transition Commissioner report. [17830/20]

National Archives

Joe Flaherty

113. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider a timeline to commit to for making all census returns accessible online for the benefit of historians and Irish persons worldwide researching their family trees (details supplied). [17828/20]

Medical Research and Training

Joe Flaherty

150. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions will be considered to allow Irish persons studying medicine in other EU states to continue their studies at medical schools here for the duration of the Covid-19 crisis. [17831/20]

Enterprise Support Services

Joe Flaherty

179. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when qualifying entrepreneurs can apply for the enterprise support grant for businesses impacted by Covid-19 (details supplied). [17832/20]

Forestry Sector

Joe Flaherty

190. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the speed, resources and capability will be increased to increase the current rate of forestry licensing approvals (details supplied). [17825/20]

Forestry Sector

Joe Flaherty

191. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be a review of the forestry appeals committee in order to ensure that it is able to process forestry appeals in a two month timeframe (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17826/20]

Forestry Sector

Joe Flaherty

192. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a technical review group for the forestry sector will be established consisting of technical experts from across the industry in order to identify key and substantive improvements to the current processes (details supplied); and if so, if supporting legislation will be introduced in relation to same. [17827/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Joe Flaherty

30. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of measures being introduced to support small theatres which have experienced significant disruption due to Covid-19. [17282/20]

Consumer Protection

Joe Flaherty

59. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to put in place a compensation package for persons who booked flights prior to 16 March 2020 for summer 2020 in cases in which airlines are insisting on flying thus forcing families to either risk Covid-19 and bring back a second wave of the virus here or lose significant sums of money (details supplied). [16408/20]

State Examinations

Joe Flaherty

111. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance that can be provided in the situation pertaining to students who only intended to sit one subject in the leaving certificate 2020 and would not have been in a position to avail of the continuous assessment option (details supplied). [16407/20]

Health Services Staff

Joe Flaherty

179. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if the disparity in pay for staff at a facility (details supplied) will be addressed. [16409/20]

Disability Services Provision

Joe Flaherty

180. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if he and the HSE will engage with the management at a facility (details supplied) to provide the necessary funding to ensure a day care service can resume. [16410/20]

Just Transition Fund

Joe Flaherty

31. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications made to the Just Transition Fund to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16073/20]

Archaeological Sites

Joe Flaherty

366. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application by a group (details supplied). [15647/20]

Food Safety Authority of Ireland

Joe Flaherty

1225. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a funding dispute between the Food Safety Authority of Ireland and his Department in view of the fact that the authority has indicated its funding from his Department is not sufficient to fund both it and the local authority veterinary service (details supplied). [15588/20]

Health Services Provision

Joe Flaherty

380. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand care in the community to provide mobile treatment services for chemotherapy and dialysis as is the practice in the UK and other European countries (details supplied). [12733/20]

Home School Community Liaison Scheme

Joe Flaherty

276. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with Tusla Education Support Service, TESS, and provide a full-time home school community liaison scheme to support disadvantaged pupils and families (details supplied). [11318/20]

Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme

Joe Flaherty

277. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will liaise with the Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board, LWETB, and restore the VTOS programme for Longford town as part of the just transition reskilling programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11319/20]

Health Services Provision

Joe Flaherty

528. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if he will consider permitting local public health nurses to take bloods and administer the 'flu jab in the homes of elderly persons and especially those suffering from dementia (details supplied) in advance of the winter 'flu jab programme. [10848/20]

Health Services Provision

Joe Flaherty

529. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if he will request that staff assigned to a facility providing care through the share-a-break scheme and a foundation can resume the service (details supplied). [10849/20]

Health Services Staff

Joe Flaherty

606. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for the Be on Call for Ireland campaign. [11033/20]

Driver Licences

Joe Flaherty

857. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for a driver licence by a person (details supplied). [11023/20]

Departmental Staff

Joe Flaherty

1020. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff by location and function in each office of her Department nationally. [11468/20]

Public Sector Staff

Joe Flaherty

95. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an extensive campaign aimed will be undertaken at encouraging civil servants to switch to roles at locations closer to their homes (details supplied) [10140/20]

Bord na Móna

Joe Flaherty

519. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if confirmation has been received from Bord na Móna that its health and safety plans and procedures have been updated to provide sufficient support to deal with bog fires in the absence of the recently laid-off 200 plus staff (details supplied). [10141/20]

State Examinations

Joe Flaherty

259. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions or options for students who were planning to sit one subject in the leaving certificate in 2020, primarily students who were planning to repeat Irish with a view to securing a necessary higher grade (details supplied). [9129/20]

Garda Deployment

Joe Flaherty

370. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will recommend the reallocation of probationer gardaí attached to districts as part of the Covid-19 response back to those districts as soon as their training is complete (details supplied) [9134/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Joe Flaherty

414. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the criteria for the business restart scheme will be amended to include charity shops which are precluded (details supplied). [9133/20]

Counselling Services

Joe Flaherty

523. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health when full counselling services will resume in the context of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business (details supplied). [8337/20]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Joe Flaherty

601. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if he will direct that the fair deal scheme will apply to a person (details supplied). [8784/20]

Gambling Sector

Joe Flaherty

660. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health his plans to meet with major bookmaker firms and ensure that they have sufficient safeguards and public health measures in place to safeguard staff and members of the public before reopening in June 2020. [9132/20]

Fishing Licences

Joe Flaherty

826. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider returning fees paid in respect of salmon fishing licences for the 2020 season due to the fact that anglers had little time on the water due to Covid-19 restrictions. [9131/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Joe Flaherty

1287. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a one-off emergency post-Covid-19 restart grant payment in association with the Arts Council will be considered for small regional theatres in view of the potential loss of six months or longer in ticket sales (details supplied) [9130/20]

Special Educational Needs

Joe Flaherty

335. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide the July provision for special needs students in July as normal or August as per public health advice; and if the traditional provision is not possible in 2020, the alternatives that are under consideration as otherwise special needs children will go six months without attending class. [6605/20]

Garda Transport Provision

Joe Flaherty

472. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional Garda vehicles allocated to each Garda district in the Longford-Westmeath Garda Division to date in 2020. [6450/20]

Podiatry Services

Joe Flaherty

524. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when podiatry and chiropody services will be fully resumed [6475/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joe Flaherty

628. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when bookmakers will re-open in the context of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business and the resumption of full services; and if as a licensed business bookmakers will follow the same reopening timeline as bars. [6607/20]

Respite Care Services

Joe Flaherty

660. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health when it will be possible to offer a return of respite care for special needs children in the context of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business and the resumption of full services; and the plans and safeguards in place to protect special needs children (details supplied). [6606/20]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Joe Flaherty

766. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health when IVF services will be fully resumed. [6474/20]

Respite Care Services

Joe Flaherty

767. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health when it will be possible to offer a return of respite care for special needs children; and his plans to safeguard such children. [6476/20]

Just Transition Commissioner

Joe Flaherty

1019. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the report from the Just Transition Commissioner will be published in view of the fact that Bord na Móna is facing an increasingly uncertain future post Covid-19. [5499/20]