Parliamentary questions

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Richard Boyd Barrett

130. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for the pandemic unemployment payment that did not receive payment in the week beginning 16 November 2020; the reason for this non-payment; if applicants will be assured that this will not happen again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38947/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Richard Boyd Barrett

131. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for the pandemic unemployment payment that are due arrears as a result of the heavy workload in her Department; when they can expect to receive these payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38948/20]

Future of Media Commission

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the establishment of the Future of Media Commission; and the role his Department will have in supporting the work of the commission. [36675/20]

Departmental Functions

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit. [36676/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change. [36677/20]

Social and Affordable Housing

Richard Boyd Barrett

55. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to ensure that public land, zoned for housing, will be developed as 100% social and affordable housing in view of the ongoing housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38403/20]

Social and Affordable Housing

Richard Boyd Barrett

56. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the upcoming affordable housing scheme; the cost of affordable to buy homes; the eligibility criteria for the homes; the scheme of allocations for cost rental homes; the system for deciding the rents on the homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38401/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

62. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will extend the eviction ban until the end of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38399/20]

Social and Affordable Housing

Richard Boyd Barrett

67. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the necessary funds and other assistance to develop the Oscar Traynor Road site for social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38400/20]

Company Registration

Richard Boyd Barrett

163. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the responsibility the Company Registrations Office has to ensure the information it receives from a company is correct; and the responsibility it has when it is brought to its attention that the address given as the principal registered office does not exist. [38253/20]

Taxi Licences

Richard Boyd Barrett

241. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he will allow taxi drivers who have little or no work as a result of the Covid-19 crisis to suspend their licences or to obtain a rebate for the unused period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38249/20]

Taxi Regulations

Richard Boyd Barrett

255. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he has approved the extension of the ten-year rule for the age of vehicle for taxis for another year due to Covid-19; if so, when the extension will be in place; when the NTA is changing its rules, regulations to reflect this extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38803/20]

School Admissions

Richard Boyd Barrett

495. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the steps that can be taken to ensure a secondary school placement in September 2021 for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38214/20]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Richard Boyd Barrett

621. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline, in the aftermath of the mother and baby homes legislation, the information that will be handed to Tusla; the information that will be kept by his Department; the records that will be sealed for 30 years; the personal information that will be available to persons who were in mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38168/20]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

667. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a person (details supplied) is entitled to the SUSI special grant rate as they have been previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38340/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

776. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if persons who are moving house or are in the process of finding and or viewing new accommodation are permitted to travel beyond the 5 km under current level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37823/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide grants and supports to the self-employed and sole traders who work in the arts, entertainment, music and event industry who continue to have work-related overheads despite having little or no work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35170/20]

Arts Promotion

Richard Boyd Barrett

44. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the results of the pilot project announced in the July stimulus will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37387/20]

Arts Promotion

Richard Boyd Barrett

53. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will report on the pilot project announced in the July stimulus to support the arts, live music and entertainment industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37386/20]

Waste Management

Richard Boyd Barrett

86. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the actions taken regarding clothing and textiles deposited in clothing banks and unused clothing and textiles from the charity industry; the regulations and checks in place to ensure environmentally safe disposal of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37480/20]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

126. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will advise domestic employers who mistakenly believed they could apply for the temporary wage subsidy scheme for their employee and were not informed by the Revenue Commissioners when they made email inquiries nor when they applied that the scheme did not cover domestic employees and now are being asked to repay the moneys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37483/20]

Legislative Measures

Richard Boyd Barrett

280. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if any prior discussion took place between the Government here and the UK Government before the introduction of the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill in the UK Parliament in view of the extraterritorial applicability and implications for the criminal justice cooperation between Ireland and the UK; if the UK committed to notifying the authorities here when UK policing and security agencies authorise criminal acts to take place within the jurisdiction of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37593/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [36673/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with education will next meet. [35424/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [36674/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

31. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach his role in defining the different measures, restrictions and guidelines in terms of the 5 levels of Covid-19 restrictions. [37229/20]

Local Authority Housing

Richard Boyd Barrett

79. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that councils that are not able to meet the deadline for home acquisition and renovation by the end of 2020 have the deadline extended due to the delays in the programme due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37316/20]

Registration of Births

Richard Boyd Barrett

112. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to delays in newborns being registered and subsequently receiving their PPS number which is causing problems or delays in newborns receiving general practitioner care, vaccinations and other health checks essential for babies to receive proper and timely treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37234/20]

Registration of Births

Richard Boyd Barrett

121. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the current methods of registration of births; if there have been changes to the methods for registration under Covid-19 restrictions; if there are delays in registration of births currently; if so, the average length of the delay; if this is causing delays in newborns being given a PPS number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37233/20]

Pensions Reform

Richard Boyd Barrett

122. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if organisations (details supplied) will be allowed to be represented on the Pensions Commission for which she is responsible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37289/20]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

137. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if funding supports for graduate entry medicine students are to remain in its current form; if he will change the current system of charging students €16,000 per annum; if he will consider altering the current and only option for student loans for these courses by arrangement with a bank (details supplied) and accept that during a global pandemic the need for qualified medical personnel needs his attention to make the graduate course more accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37267/20]

Data Protection

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the data protection unit in his Department. [35169/20]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with church leaders. [35422/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [36672/20]

Mortgage Lending

Richard Boyd Barrett

258. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he can intervene with banks that are refusing mortgages to workers whose employers are in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36144/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

259. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the reason on-course bookmakers have been excluded from the Covid restrictions support scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36165/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

321. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason for not allowing children's swimming lessons under level 3 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36549/20]

School Catchment Areas

Richard Boyd Barrett

459. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the reason Honey Park, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, is excluded from the catchment area of school patronage for Blackrock, Booterstown and Dún Laoghaire (details supplied). [36159/20]

School Transport

Richard Boyd Barrett

494. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if the school transport for a school (details supplied) has been further increased to allow for the safe transportation of physically very vulnerable school children during level 5 or other levels as children are in overcrowded buses and are at increased risk of Covid-19 infection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36480/20]

Care Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

744. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the solutions the HSE have come up with to find residential care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36447/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

41. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport his engagement with the proposed new CEO of the IAA; his views on the Covid-19 safety guidelines drawn up by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, EASA, on airline travel; his further views on the future role for the IAA in ensuring passenger safety during the ongoing public health crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35793/20]

Taxi Licences

Richard Boyd Barrett

44. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the reason for his refusal of the request of taxi representative groups to halt the issuing of new taxi licences in view of the devastating impact of Covid-19 on the industry; the reason for his refusal to dissolve the Taxi Advisory Committee and replace it with a structure more representative of the taxi industry as part of the national transport forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35794/20]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the President of the European Council. [35167/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 will next meet. [33231/20]

Taoiseach's Communications

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he has had recent communications with the US ambassador to Ireland; and if so, if he will report on those communications. [35168/20]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

118. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a full report on the Indemnity Agreement; the details of the 18 religious congregations that it indemnified; the amount these congregations have contributed to the redress board; the value of these contributions that were made by the transfer of property to the State; the details of these properties; the amount by way of monies by congregation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35627/20]

School Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

134. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education her plans to relocate a school (details supplied) to meet its need to expand from its current two classes to have additional classes as the new school grows before the date of September 2021, at which point its current lease arrangement will no longer suffice; the way in which the school will meet the needs of the area the school is supposed to serve; the proposed relocation options identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35641/20]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

175. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35476/20]

Judicial Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

187. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if the Judicial Council, with which persons could lodge complaints against members of the Judiciary, as set out in legislation passed in July 2019, has been set up; if not, when it will be set up; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35549/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Richard Boyd Barrett

215. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the sectors of employment that those who test positive for Covid-19 are in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35628/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Richard Boyd Barrett

216. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of all Covid-19 screening programmes he has planned or is planning to introduce; if same will be introduced for screening by region, industry, school or third level institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35629/20]

Census of Population

Richard Boyd Barrett

24. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department on census 2021. [33230/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

51. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide grants and supports to the self-employed and sole traders that work as taxi drivers that continue to have work related overheads despite having little or no work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35170/20]

Driver Test

Richard Boyd Barrett

252. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the reason a person (details supplied) whose driver theory test has been cancelled due to Covid-19 level 5 restrictions has had it put back 13 weeks to the next available slot instead of moving all appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34578/20]

Legislative Process

Richard Boyd Barrett

586. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if there is a timescale for the implementation of the family courts Bill announced on 30 September 2020; when recommendations of the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on the reform of the family law system, published on 25 October 2019, particularly recommendation 36 of the report, will be considered and-or implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34545/20]

Immigration Status

Richard Boyd Barrett

614. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if a person (details supplied) can be issued their travel documents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34905/20]

HSE Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

725. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number and nature of vacant positions in the HSE, by role and sector, and the length of time the position has been held vacant. [34966/20]

Healthcare Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

726. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of plans to utilize health capacity within the private hospital sector during the next six months. [34967/20]

Departmental Functions

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing, infrastructure and digital unit of his Department. [33224/20]

Departmental Contracts

Richard Boyd Barrett

159. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of the contract awarded to a company (details supplied) for recruitment during Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34153/20]

Departmental Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the number of additional staff recruited or seconded to his Department to assist with the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. [33222/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on recent correspondences with the UK Prime Minister. [33223/20]

Census of Population

Richard Boyd Barrett

21. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his decision to delay Census 2022. [28895/20]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

31. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a national afforestation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33227/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

48. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the way in which a dangerous hand sanitiser was rolled out across the schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33228/20]

Nursing Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

97. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure student nurses are paid for the work they carried out in the fight against Covid-19; the details of the regime for the testing of these students when they are going on placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33558/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Richard Boyd Barrett

102. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans for investment in testing tracing infrastructure and public health tracing teams in the coming weeks to ensure that when Ireland emerges from the current level 5 there will be the resources necessary to track down any new outbreaks of the virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33225/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

201. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the regulations regarding essential retail outlets and the sale of non-essential items in these retail outlets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33604/20]

National Broadband Plan

Richard Boyd Barrett

249. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if highspeed broadband upgrades are to take place in the Dún Laoghaire area particularly, but exclusively, from Patrick Street to Elton Park as currently the broadband service provided by a company (details supplied) is of insufficient strength signal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32563/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

406. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the way in which specialists SMEs in the live entertainment and events sector, including audio and lighting suppliers, staging companies, specialist event health and safety consultants, specialist security companies, fencing, sanitation, site services, power suppliers, marketing companies and other critical suppliers gain access to critical supports from his Department, that is, the CRSS, if they do not have public-facing companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32542/20]

Departmental Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

524. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the criteria for qualification to the now extended live performance scheme whose fund has been provided through the budget, amounting in €50 million; the person or body that will decide on eligibility; the person or body that will administer same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32541/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

562. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if persons are permitted to travel beyond the 5 km limit in order to view accommodation that they wish to rent or purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33626/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

698. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if the HSE is carrying out a risk assessment of the schools, and if not, the person or body that will; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32540/20]

School Facilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

703. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to improve water supply to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary, as the school has a "do not consume" notice in place since 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32311/20]

Social Welfare Benefits

Richard Boyd Barrett

832. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the extension of parental benefit is not coming into effect until April 2021; if she will consider bringing this forward in order that parents of children born during the Covid-19 lockdown can make use of it before their children are placed in full-time childcare facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32300/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Richard Boyd Barrett

844. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale behind the need to be on the PUP for 16 weeks before a person can qualify for the part-time job incentive scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32459/20]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Richard Boyd Barrett

852. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will address the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to a PPS number and the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32556/20]

Jobseeker's Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

856. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of a jobseeker's payment who has applied for and been accepted for a community employment scheme can and should be pursued by Turas Nua simultaneously so as to be removed from social protection payments of any kind and return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32572/20]

After-School Support Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

955. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify the regulations regarding after-school care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33607/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

1177. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if acupuncture is deemed an essential service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32530/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

1180. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists and speech and language therapists employed directly or indirectly of the HSE that have been redeployed for Covid-19 measures in addition to the normal full complement of occupational therapists and speech and language therapists employed by the HSE. [32537/20]

HSE Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

1181. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the Health Business Services is the only body within the HSE with responsibility for recruitment and filling of positions; and if so, the number of positions the Health Business Services has filled for tracking and tracing staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32538/20]

HSE Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

1182. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of jobs or positions the HSE has filled or hired; the number of these positions were filled by HBS versus the number were filled by outside agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32539/20]

Disability Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

1379. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the recent announcement by St. John of God Community Services that it will be withdrawing from the provision of disability services over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31342/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

1391. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of regulations to allow for fines for the breaking of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33603/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

1392. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if a school (details supplied) that teaches music to students with intellectual disabilities is allowed to stay open under level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33605/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

1393. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if court ordered parental access which requires travel and household visiting is not impacted under level 5 regulations and that such arrangements must be continued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33606/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

1395. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of his negotiations with the private hospital sector to ensure a permanent increase in the capacity across the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33226/20]

Nursing Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

1401. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if student nurses on job placement in hospital and care settings are being paid by the HSE or another body; the rates of pay they are receiving and entitled to; if they will be given employee rights while in these roles; if so, the rights they will be entitled to; if these placements, payments and employee rights extend to the duration of any Covid-19 measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33625/20]

Hospital Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1408. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason the laboratory service at St. Michael's Hospital had its hours of operation reduced on 5 August 2020 back to pre-pandemic levels (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that out-of-lab-hours point-of-care blood testing is being used, despite the fact that this equipment is known to generate erroneous results, and that this point-of-care testing is being carried out by medical students rather than lab technicians or scientists; his views on whether this is appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33662/20]

Animal Welfare

Richard Boyd Barrett

1485. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if dog grooming and dog training falls under essential animal welfare services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32310/20]

Statute of Limitations

Richard Boyd Barrett

140. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if changes will be made to the time period that a case of clinical negligence can be brought; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32127/20]

Disability Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

170. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if a space is available for a person (details supplied) in a service shortly or in the next term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32107/20]

European Council Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the EU Council meeting of 16 October 2020. [31339/20]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

125. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way in which a person in the case of an Irish passport holder from Northern Ireland, living in Ireland who wishes for all their official documentation to feature the Irish version of their name as opposed to the English version and their birth certificate is British or Northern Irish, can apply for this change to the version of their name and have it featured going forward in applications for passports, driver licences and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32080/20]

National Economic and Social Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department with the National Economic and Social Council. [31337/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with housing last met. [31338/20]

Equality Proofing of Budgets

Richard Boyd Barrett

54. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration if he will provide details of any equality proofing of budget 2021 that his Department was involved in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31343/20]

Student Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

90. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to address the issues for students who have paid for student accommodation but whose colleges have now shut in the short and or medium term due to public health restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31341/20]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

101. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his rationale for not abolishing fees for the third level and postgraduate sectors in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31340/20]