Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

National Broadband Plan

Seán Sherlock

224. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the engagement she or the agencies under her remit has had with the national broadband plan in the past two months. [38209/21]

Employment Support Services

Seán Sherlock

232. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if a process has been established in writing to establish the learnings from the RFT 1 on local employment services; the timeline for same; the persons and bodies that will be involved; and if stakeholder voices will be included. [38326/21]

National Broadband Plan

Seán Sherlock

249. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he or the agencies under his remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38197/21]

National Broadband Plan

Seán Sherlock

269. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagement he or the agencies under his remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38204/21]

National Broadband Plan

Seán Sherlock

285. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice the engagement she or the agencies under her remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38206/21]

Medical Cards

Seán Sherlock

323. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied). [30835/21]

Programme for Government

Seán Sherlock

365. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the work that is underway in his Department to implement the Programme for Government commitment to provide free contraception over a phased period, starting with women aged 17 to 25; if there is a timeline for the implementation of same; and the specific outcomes expected in this regard by end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31111/21]

Health Strategies

Seán Sherlock

366. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the development of the new sexual health strategy in line with the Government’s commitment given in the recently published Healthy Ireland Strategic Action Plan 2021-2025 to review and develop a new strategy for 2021; the person or body that will be developing the strategy; the consultations that will take place; the terms of reference for the development of the new strategy; the specific considerations being given to including provisions for women’s health including sexual and reproductive health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31112/21]

Medicinal Products

Seán Sherlock

381. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding treatment for a person (details supplied). [31247/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Seán Sherlock

386. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the dates he met with maternity hospitals on the lifting of restrictions for partners of women giving birth. [31272/21]

National Broadband Plan

Seán Sherlock

447. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he or the agencies under his remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38196/21]

National Broadband Plan

Seán Sherlock

491. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement she or the agencies under her remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38208/21]

Fire Service

Seán Sherlock

335. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons employed in the fire service in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [37435/21]

Special Educational Needs

Seán Sherlock

395. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education if she will instruct the NCSE to contact a school (details supplied). [37168/21]

School Transport

Seán Sherlock

401. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the steps being taken to resolve the issue of medical cards not being accepted for payment on school transport routes due to the recent cyber-attack on the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37254/21]

School Transport

Seán Sherlock

402. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education if a person’s (details supplied) seat is secured even though the school transport system will not accept a medical card as payment. [37255/21]

Special Educational Needs

Seán Sherlock

422. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the position regarding recent decisions not to allocate SNA support in 46 out of 47 applications made by schools in an area (details supplied). [37873/21]

Registration of Births

Seán Sherlock

459. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection when the birth of a child (details supplied) will be registered. [37573/21]

National Council for Special Education

Seán Sherlock

237. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education if it is proposed to establish a liaison office with the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, for members of the Houses of the Oireachtas. [36994/21]

Data Protection

Seán Sherlock

45. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can guarantee that all children and young persons under the care of Tulsa are safe and do not have their personal data compromised in this period arising from ransomware. [36449/21]

Employment Rights

Seán Sherlock

94. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to progress Ireland's ratification of the International Labour Organisation Convention No. 190 on Violence and Harassment in the Workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35821/21]

Driver Test

Seán Sherlock

137. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) will be offered a theory test appointment. [35867/21]

Departmental Schemes

Seán Sherlock

161. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to restart the spend and save scheme again. [35832/21]

Health Services

Seán Sherlock

500. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of day care centres; and when a centre (details supplied) will reopen. [29694/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Seán Sherlock

568. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline the CAP Consultative Committee is working to in completing the CAP Strategic Plan; the progress of the Committee to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35823/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Seán Sherlock

569. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the extent to which REAP applicants engage in the afforestation grant and forest premium scheme will be monitored by month during the pilot phase the next two years; if so, the details of same in tabular form; if a circular will be issued to the entire agricultural industry on a monthly basis in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35824/21]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Seán Sherlock

570. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the hectares of new afforestation necessary to deliver carbon neutrality to a normal dairy farm of 100 cows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35825/21]

Employment Schemes

Seán Sherlock

103. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of proposed public tendering of local employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35630/21]

Pension Provisions

Seán Sherlock

113. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of pension entitlements for community employment supervisors. [35357/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Seán Sherlock

131. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications from airline workers for assistance since April 2021; and the percentage of applications that were successful. [35360/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Seán Sherlock

139. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for rent supplement for 2020 and to date in 2021. [35358/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Seán Sherlock

142. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid out in supplementary welfare for 2020 and to date in 2021; and the areas of payment per county in tabular form. [35359/21]

Employment Support Services

Seán Sherlock

160. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if her review of the local employment services will include a new tendering process. [35356/21]

Greenways Provision

Seán Sherlock

64. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the status of the Mallow Dungarvan greenway feasibility study; and the amount spent to date. [35054/21]

Road Projects

Seán Sherlock

65. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the status of works on a road (details supplied). [35055/21]

Road Projects

Seán Sherlock

66. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the status of works on a road (details supplied). [35056/21]

Driver Test

Seán Sherlock

75. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the funding that has been allocated to the RSA to expand the driver theory test and driving testers. [35370/21]

Driver Test

Seán Sherlock

76. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the number of applicants by age and county for the driver theory test. [35371/21]

Driver Test

Seán Sherlock

77. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons awaiting a driving test in the RSA Mallow driving test centre in each category (details supplied); and the number of weeks candidates are on waiting lists for a test date broken down into four weeks tranches in tabular form. [35372/21]

Driver Test

Seán Sherlock

78. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons awaiting a driving test in the RSA Cork Wilton driving test centre in each category (details supplied); and the number of weeks candidates are on waiting list for a test date broken down into four weeks tranches in tabular form. [35373/21]

Driver Test

Seán Sherlock

79. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons awaiting a driving test in the RSA Cork Ballincollig driving test centre in each category (details supplied); and the number of weeks candidates are on waiting list for a test date broken down into four weeks tranches in tabular form. [35374/21]

Vaccination Programme

Seán Sherlock

232. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if he will address the case of persons (details supplied). [27755/21]

Data Protection

Seán Sherlock

240. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if there is a policy of data back-up in the operations of his Department and all agencies under his remit; and the regularity with which data is backed-up and secured. [27766/21]

Departmental Consultations

Seán Sherlock

241. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to consulting organisations (details supplied) by his Department and the HSE since 12 May 2021, in tabular form. [27768/21]

Housing Schemes

Seán Sherlock

143. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if clarity will be provided in relation to an issue (details supplied). [34278/21]

Special Educational Needs

Seán Sherlock

337. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education if her Department will formally accredit the national training programme for special needs assistants in University College Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34570/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Seán Sherlock

364. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the provision of domestic violence emergency rent supplement beyond the end of 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34571/21]

Work Permits

Seán Sherlock

413. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice the status of an atypical work permit for a person (details supplied). [34279/21]

Health Services

Seán Sherlock

464. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding a lack of neurologists in hospitals in County Cork for those with MS such as a person (details supplied). [27054/21]

Cybersecurity Policy

Seán Sherlock

528. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if any private cyber security firms have been contracted to his Department or the HSE since 12 May 2021; if so, if a contract has been entered into; and the cost of same to the Exchequer in tabular form. [27260/21]