Written answers
Thursday, 24 September 2015
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Straitéis Fostaíochta
11. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén straitéis atá aici chun poist a chur ar fáil sa Ghaeltacht, cén dul chun cinn atá déanta; agus...
- Wildlife Conservation
12. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied that there are adequate provisions in place for the control of the deer population; and if she will make a...
- Wildlife Protection
13. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it is the intention of her Department to allocate finance and resources to the eradication of the problem of Asian clams on the...
- Scéimeanna Teanga
14. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an gcuireann sí fáilte roimh leathnú scéim Líofa ar fud an oileáin ó tá an scéim sin...
- Seirbhísí Aeir Fóirdheonaithe
15. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht tar éis an chruinnithe speisialta de Chomhairle Contae na Gaillimhe a bhí ann Dé Céadaoin, an 23 Meán...
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
16. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici na comhlachtaí a thagann faoi rialacha Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiula, 2003 a leathnú, agus...
- Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
17. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí sásta leis an moladh ón bhfochoiste atá ag plé leis an Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge go...
- Arts Promotion
18. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in advance of the upcoming budget, the measures she has taken to undertake specific measures to further the promotion of the arts,...
- UNESCO Biosphere Designation
19. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way the Dublin Bay UNESCO designated biosphere is being implemented; her views on the concerns of dumping from dredging over the...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data
20. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of compensation that has been paid to commercial operators on bogs designated as special areas of conservation; if she will...
- Hare Coursing
21. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the National Parks and Wildlife Service has decided to no longer seek copies of post mortems carried out by vets at...
- Calafoirt aguis Céanna
22. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici airgead a chur ar fáil le síneadh a chur le céibh Inis Oírr agus le ligean don...
- Easter Rising Commemorations
23. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied that adequate space in the official programme for the 1916 centenary celebrations has been allocated to...
- Arts Funding
24. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in view of the upcoming budget, she has had any discussions with the Department of Social Protection in relation to a specific...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options
25. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of turf cutters that have been relocated since the commencement of the 2015 turf cutting season; the number that have...
- Wildlife Protection
26. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to address the Asian clam threat to Lough Ree and the Shannon special protection area; and if she will make a...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff
27. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 20 of 18 June 2015, and in view of the forthcoming commencement of the coursing season, the...
- Architectural Heritage
28. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the destruction of a major archaeological monument, a major timber-built road of European significance at Mayne Bog, Coole,...
- Beit Collection
29. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on her efforts to ensure that the paintings in the Beit collection remains here; and if she will make a...
- Easter Rising Commemorations
30. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a progress report on her Department’s contribution to the 1916 commemorations; and if she will make a...
- Special Areas of Conservation Management
31. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to engage with traditional turf cutters with a view to resolution of any outstanding issues arising...
- Special Protection Areas Designation
32. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has put in place a scheme of compensation for farmers whose lands have been designated as hen harrier special protection areas;...
- Heritage Sites
33. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reasons she granted consent for a film production company (details supplied) to return to Sceilig Mhichíl for filming for the...
- Beit Collection
34. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update regarding the future of Russborough House, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Seirbhísí Aeir Fóirdheonaithe
35. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici an próiseas tairisceana atá ar bun le haersheirbhís a chur ar fáil go hÁrainn...
- Waterways Issues
36. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the fears expressed by traditional canal dwellers, canal users and recreational users of the Royal and Grand...
- Easter Rising Commemorations
37. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of planned celebrations and commemorations for 1916; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31993/15]
- National Monuments
38. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the national monument at 14-17 Moore Street, Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32179/15]
- Archaeological Sites
39. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress of the archaeological investigation into lands near Annaghdown Priory, County Galway, which it is hoped may be used for...
- Department of Social Protection
- Civil Registration Legislation
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection following the recent publication of the Marriage Bill 2015, if consideration will be given to facilitating the appointment of...
- Disability Allowance Applications
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for a disability allowance on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cut-off point in respect of savings for qualification for a carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an increase in rent allowance will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Disability Allowance Payments
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when arrears of a disability allowance will be paid to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; the amount of same. [32487/15]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason an overpayment occurred in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an increase in rent allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, who is at risk of homelessness...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason rent supplement is currently under review in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Disability Allowance
51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if full payment of disability allowance is payable to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when a decision will...
- Exceptional Needs Payments
53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to direct community welfare officers to issue payments in relation to exceptional needs grants to assist with funeral...
- One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position in relation to a one parent family allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in her Department and to agencies under her aegis, to date in 2015; the number of...
- One-Parent Family Payments
56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Louth currently in receipt of the one parent family payment in 2015; the number who are no longer...
- Carer's Allowance Payments
57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a Carer's Allowance in County Louth, from 2011 to 2015. [32602/15]
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for a carer's allowance processed from County Louth in 2014 and in 2015; the number who were deemed...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a domiciliary care allowance in County Louth. [32609/15]
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a social welfare allowance heating supplement in County Louth from 2011 to 2015. [32611/15]
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason benefit payments ceased to a person (details supplied), if this case can be reviewed. [32620/15]
- Invalidity Pension Applications
71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the application will be...
- Disability Allowance Payments
72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if disability allowance payments due to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny have been paid, in particular those payments...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an increase in rent support can be authorised for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if jobseeker's allowance or disability allowance will be restored and-or awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an increase in rent support can be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an increase in rent support will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the current weekly entitlement and payment of jobseeker's allowance, or alternative payment, available to a person (details...
- Community Employment Schemes Places
80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection whether an extension of a community employment scheme will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2016 of increasing the weekly rate of all working age benefits by €5, and by €10; and the...
- One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure
83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2016 of allowing lone parents to receive the one parent family payment; in the case of lone parents with...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the criteria for qualifying for community employment schemes or JobBridge schemes in order to allow persons who...
- Department of Finance
- Property Tax Exemptions
85. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding local property tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32568/15]
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
86. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Banks are lending the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland funding to small and medium enterprises at...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
87. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and to agencies under his aegis in 2015 to date; the number of persons to whom these payments...
- Banking Sector
88. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for a banking levy in the budget; for powers for the Central Bank of Ireland to regulate interest rates; the progress to date on the issue of...
- Motor Tax Rates
89. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that a reduction in the level of taxation for heavy goods vehicles over 12 tonnes will take place from January 2016, as indicated in last...
- NAMA Staff Data
90. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the number of employees who have left the National Asset Management Agency to date by way of a voluntary redundancy programme;...
- Tax Yield
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the total monthly betting duty yield in 2014 and to date in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32630/15]
- NAMA Expenditure
92. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of National Asset Management Agency borrowers who have been advanced further loans to complete projects to date; the total sum involved; and if he...
- NAMA Operations
93. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the role and remit of the National Asset Management Agency, as it enters its final stage of operation; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Interest Directors
94. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will appoint an additional public interest director to the board of Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32633/15]
- Bank Restructuring
95. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on Permanent TSB's plans to sell non-performing mortgages; the number, and book value, of mortgages for sale; the current position...
- Tax Exemptions
96. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the tax exemption under section 1003 of the Taxes Consolidation Act in 2014 and in 2015; the number of persons who availed of the scheme in each...
- NAMA Assets Sale
97. To ask the Minister for Finance if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 4 February 2015, he will provide details of any further meetings he or his officials have had with operators of...
- Revenue Commissioners Investigations
98. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount recovered by the offshore assets group section in the Revenue Commissioners in 2014 and to date in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff Data
99. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the number of staff due to retire from the Revenue Commissioners in the next five years; the current total number of staff; the average...
- Tax Yield
100. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid the domicile levy in each year from 2012 to 2014; the total collected in each year; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Reliefs Cost
101. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have been granted a personal increase in the standard fund threshold applying to their pension, in each year since 2011; the...
- Revenue Commissioners Audits
102. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of a Revenue Commissioners tax audit of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, which was under way at the time of the liquidation; the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Relief Schemes Funding
103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if and when the necessary funding is likely to be approved for drainage and flood prevention works associated with the Morrell river in...
- Coastal Protection
104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in relation to coastal protection; if he is in receipt of applications from Mayo County Council to assist with coastal...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and in agencies under his aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons...
- Job Initiatives
107. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date in securing a replacement industry in view of the closure of Bose Limited in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, and...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a calf weaning scheme for sucklers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32497/15]
- Agriculture Schemes Appeals
109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made in relation to an appeal lodged with the Agriculture Appeals Office by a person (details supplied) in...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and in agencies under his aegis to date in 2015; the number of...
- Bovine Disease Controls
111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who sought financial support to dispose of their persistently infected calves under the Bovine Viral Diarrhoea...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
112. To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and in agencies under his aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons to whom these payments...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Departmental Funding
113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding funding for TravAct; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32492/15]
- Immigration Status
114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining an application pursuant to section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, and section 5 of the Refugee...
- Naturalisation Applications
115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) who has supplied the information requested...
- Residency Permits
116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is a parent of an Irish citizen; and if she...
- Naturalisation Applications
118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Citizenship Ceremonies
119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to inform new citizens at the time of, or prior to, their citizenship ceremony that they should update their details on the...
- Garda Recruitment
120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost of recruiting 100 additional gardaí in 2016, including the cost associated with training 100 new gardaí. [32526/15]
- Garda Training
121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is an upper limit in respect of the total number of gardaí that the Garda Training College can accommodate, train and provide other...
- Garda Recruitment
122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual breakdown of the number of gardaí recruited from 2005 to date in 2015. [32528/15]
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in her Department and in agencies under her aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons to whom...
- Naturalisation Applications
124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on an application for Irish citizenship; and if she will make a statement...
- Garda Transport Expenditure
127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the proposed funding of €700,000 being made available for new specialised Garda Síochána...
- Garda Transport Data
128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the number of Garda Síochana vehicles in operation in County Louth. [32590/15]
- Garda Recruitment
129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the appointment of new Garda Síochána recruits; when will these recruits be assigned to stations; and...
- Garda Civilian Staff Numbers
130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the number of civilians employed by An Garda Síochána in County Louth; and the duties they carry...
- Residency Permits
131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received for residency, based on the extension of criteria for investors in the real estate investment trust scheme...
- Naturalisation Applications
132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when applications for stamp 4 and naturalisation by persons (details supplied) which were received in her Department on 17 April 2015 will be...
- Residency Permits
133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32657/15]
- Naturalisation Applications
136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in determining eligibility for residency or naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will...
- Naturalisation Certificates
137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32664/15]
- Naturalisation Applications
138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32672/15]
- Residency Permits
139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to the residency status and-or eligibility for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and...
- Naturalisation Applications
140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to residency status and-or eligibility to apply for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Courts Service
141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which a backlog currently exists in the arbitration section of her Department, which is detrimentally affecting applications for...
- Registration of Title
142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any specific information has been brought to her Department's attention in respect of flawed titles to properties, the subject of transactions...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
143. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and in agencies under his aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons to...
- Department of Health
- Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
144. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide support to a group (details supplied) in Dublin 5 as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32479/15]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
145. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of preschool special needs assistant supports in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Disability Services Provision
146. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide support to persons (details supplied) who are living with a disability. [32480/15]
- Medical Card Applications
148. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32491/15]
- Medical Card Administration
149. To ask the Minister for Health the reason eligibility for awarded medical cards is not backdated to the date of application, as is the case with social protection payments; his plans to...
- Dental Services
150. To ask the Minister for Health when dental treatment will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Galway, who has been waiting for six months for treatment; and if he will make...
- Medical Card Eligibility
151. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determining eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Disability Services Funding
152. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown and allocation of capital funding, recently announced, for State owned nursing homes, community hospitals and facilities for...
- Tobacco Control Measures
153. To ask the Minister for Health if data is currently available in respect of the estimated number of adults who are vaping in Ireland in 2015 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Eligibility
154. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determining eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
155. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and in agencies under his aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons to whom these payments...
- Hospital Beds Data
156. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of public beds in hospitals. [32569/15]
- Health Services Funding
158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the allocation of funding to the Asthma Society's advice line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32574/15]
- Medical Card Data
159. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of applicants for medical cards in County Louth from 2011 to 2015; the number of these who were deemed...
- Primary Care Centre Data
160. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres currently operating in counties Louth and Meath; if he will provide details of any proposed new centres in 2015. [32594/15]
- Home Help Service Data
161. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of home help hours provided in counties Louth and Meath from 2011 to 2015. [32595/15]
- Medical Card Reviews
162. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of medical cards that were withdrawn in counties Louth and Meath for the years 2011 to 2015. [32596/15]
- Medical Card Applications
163. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of discretionary medical cards that were issued in counties Louth and Meath for the years 2011 to 2015. [32597/15]
- Nursing Home Services
164. To ask the Minister for Health further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 592 of 16 July 2015 if he will approve capital funding for the Sacred Heart Hospital in Roscommon; and if he...
- Hospital Services
165. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his views on a medical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32618/15]
- HIQA Inspections
166. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the legal notice issued to the community hospitals in Carlow in August 2015 by the Health Information and Quality Authority; the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
167. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the services available to assist the mental health welfare and education of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the amount of money paid by the State in respect of treatment for Irish patients in the National Health Service in the United Kingdom in 2014; the...
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
169. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the current funding to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; the current staff complement; the proportion by which each...
- Hospital Transfers
171. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the transfer of a person (details supplied) in County Galway from a hospital in England to the Central Mental Hospital in Dublin has not taken...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
172. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) in County Kildare will be admitted to Our Lady's Hospital in Crumlin in Dublin 12, as the child has shown symptoms similar to a...
- Medical Card Applications
173. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32670/15]
- Hospital Staff
174. To ask the Minister for Health if he will sanction a third consultant rheumatologist for Sligo General Hospital, given that this appointment is necessary in order that the outreach...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
175. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and in agencies under his aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons to...
- Diplomatic Representation
176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the post of Irish Ambassador to Egypt will be filled; his views that the post needs to be filled urgently, considering the ongoing case...
- Human Rights Issues
178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that non-governmental organisations, NGOs, in Israel are possibly going to face severe new restrictions on how they operate...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if payments due to a person (details supplied) in Kilkenny will be paid immediately, as the person is currently on a course through the...
- School Transport Eligibility
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when children (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive their school bus tickets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32489/15]
- Disadvantaged Status
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the delivering equality of opportunity in schools review of secondary and primary schools; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in her Department and in agencies under her aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons to whom...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the assessment of household income for a student grant application; the extent to which any once-off income, such as a...
- Student Grant Scheme Administration
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding a student grant scheme for Ballyfermot College of Further Education in Dublin 10 (details supplied); and...
- School Accommodation
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will supply a list of all schools, by county and in tabular form, which are currently housed in prefabricated buildings with no permanent...
- Student Accommodation
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given that there are fewer than 3,000 purpose-built student accommodation places and approximately 80,000 students in the Dublin area, the steps...
- Capitation Grants
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the capitation grants paid to each school in County Louth for the years 2011 to 2015. [32598/15]
- Broadband Service Provision
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the secondary schools in County Louth that currently have a high-speed broadband connection; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Staffing
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction an additional teacher for Graiguenamanagh boys national school in County Kilkenny as a matter of urgency as the number of...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a higher education grant will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who currently has stamp 4 residency status;...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views regarding meeting the second level educational and psychological needs of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, in view of...
- School Staffing
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the staffing levels and the grants paid to the schools in County Tipperary from 2011 to 2015; the changes in grants and funding she anticipates...
- Schools Administration
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support school leaders by increasing release time for teaching principals and paying the outstanding parity award; and if she will...
- Special Educational Needs Data
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school children receiving resource hours assistance in schools in County Tipperary; the number of applications that have...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing Rents
195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the increase charged by local authorities for tenants' rent; his plans to address this issue; and if he will...
- Rural Development Programme
196. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will release a copy of the reply that the Irish Government issued to the European Commission regarding the questions...
- Local Authority Housing Data
197. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority, the amount of funding provided to each local authority to refurbish social housing...
- Planning Issues
198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding applications under the planning permission process and the National...
- Register of Electors Data
199. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to conduct a publicity campaign to encourage new citizens who are currently registered as British, other...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the new incremental tenant purchase scheme for existing local authority dwellings will be in operation; the details...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
201. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and in agencies under his aegis to date in 2015; the...
- Motor Tax Collection
202. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider replacing windscreen display discs for motor tax, insurance and the national car test with number...
- Derelict Sites
203. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the current inadequacy of options available to local authorities in dealing with problems associated...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
204. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority area, in tabular form, the number of persons with disabilities currently living in...
- Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
208. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities that pay for private occupational therapy assessments, in order to speed up the...
- Housing Adaptation Grant
209. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the allocation for each local authority for the provision of housing adaptation...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Tourism Project Funding
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is in receipt of an application from Mayo County Council regarding the development of a Wild Atlantic Way discovery point at Keem...
- Taxi Regulations
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding taxi deregulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32522/15]
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and in agencies under his aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons...
- Departmental Funding
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the unused funding sanctioned for a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry will be carried over to 2016; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport Fares
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce the cost of public transport for students in the areas surrounding Dublin. [32586/15]
- Roadworthiness Testing
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is no test centre for vans, jeeps and trucks in south Kerry, given that there are currently five centres in north...
- Cycling Policy
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given that Roscommon County Council has secured an acceptable route for the greenway between Athlone and Ballinasloe by taking the...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
228. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to put in place a compensation fund for turf cutters for the loss of turbary rights in designated bogs in situations where...
- Special Areas of Conservation Management
229. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to remove the regulations that make cleaning of drains, removal of scrub, spreading of fertiliser, fencing of land and the...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Housing Adaptation Grant Data
211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons, by local authority area, in tabular form, who have applied for housing adaptation grants and who...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority, for each year from 2008 to 2014, in tabular form, the average amount paid for a...
- Local Authority Housing Data
215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of additional new or second-hand housing units acquired by the local authorities following the various housing...
- Shared Ownership Scheme
216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will further review the shared ownership mortgages issued by local authorities over recent years which have been...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Hydraulic Fracturing
217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the research that has been, or is currently being, carried out by the Environmental Protection Agency into the issue of...
- Fisheries Protection
218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review and increase the fines in place for the pollution of rivers, given the very small court fine imposed in...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and in agencies under his aegis to date in 2015; the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Rural Transport Programme
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority will provide details of all the funding provided to a company (details supplied) in County Kerry...
- Tourism Project Funding
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is in receipt of an application from Mayo County Council regarding the development of a Wild Atlantic Way discovery point at Keem...
- Taxi Regulations
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding taxi deregulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32522/15]
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and in agencies under his aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons...
- Departmental Funding
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the unused funding sanctioned for a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry will be carried over to 2016; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport Fares
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce the cost of public transport for students in the areas surrounding Dublin. [32586/15]
- Roadworthiness Testing
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is no test centre for vans, jeeps and trucks in south Kerry, given that there are currently five centres in north...
- Cycling Policy
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given that Roscommon County Council has secured an acceptable route for the greenway between Athlone and Ballinasloe by taking the...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
228. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to put in place a compensation fund for turf cutters for the loss of turbary rights in designated bogs in situations where...
- Special Areas of Conservation Management
229. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to remove the regulations that make cleaning of drains, removal of scrub, spreading of fertiliser, fencing of land and the...
- Tourism Project Funding
230. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to extend the time for hedge cutting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32496/15]
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
231. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in her Department and in agencies under her aegis to date in 2015; the number of...
- Heritage Council Funding
232. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will support the Heritage Council's investment in projects (details supplied) which set out its needs for 2016, and increase...
- Forbairt na nOileán
233. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard iad na tograí caipitiúla oileánda a ngabhann ollchostas os cionn €1m leo agus ar ceadaíodh...
- Action Plan for Jobs
235. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which jobs continue to be created throughout the arts and heritage sectors given the excellent return for investment...
- Arts Promotion
236. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department supports, or plans to offer support to, various community-based local community arts groups or...
- Heritage Sites
240. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which her Department continues to offer assistance towards the preservation of heritage buildings; and if she will make...
- Film Industry
241. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which various filmmakers continue to be attracted to filming on location here; whether she is satisfied regarding the...
- Artworks Sale
242. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she is aware of the threat of the sale of paintings or other objets d'art, the sale of which might be regarded as...
- Easter Rising Commemorations
244. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether all aspects of the 1916 commemorations have been agreed with the various local and national voluntary and statutory bodies;...
- Heritage Promotion
245. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she anticipates the use of the arts and Ireland’s heritage as a means of promoting our national...
- Architectural Heritage
247. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications received under the structures at risk fund from each local authority for the years 2011 to 2015; and if...
