Written answers

Tuesday, 19 January 2016

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is sufficiently robust oversight in relation to State procurement and contracts to ensure that all those contracted to do works...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public sector posts, including posts in commercial State companies and posts as Government advisers, that he has approved a breach of...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will fund strategic infrastructural projects through the concept of Government development bonds; if such a proposal will remove...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for flood relief measures in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1920/16]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the funding available for flood relief relating to the recent flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1831/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the legal expenditure ceilings for each of the years 2016 to 2019; the percentage increase these represent from the baseline of 2015; and...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress on introducing the €430 million fund for defence works, given the recent flooding and the damage to coastal...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to ensure that the local knowledge of residents regarding patterns of flooding in their areas is taken into...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform with regard to the Office of Public Procurement, if the current holder of a contract who is excluded from the new tender because of the...
    • State Bodies Data
      68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State agencies that have been rationalised, merged or abolished since 2011, the savings of public moneys achieved; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his timescale for winding down the financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation; the cost involved; and if he will...
    • Pension Provisions
      70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress in establishing an interdepartmental group to examine the issue of those who are forced to retire at 65 years of age, but...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the implementation of the Government's reform agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1832/16]
    • Public Services Provision
      72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the dramatic reduction in the number of public servants since 2008 has impacted adversely on the provision of public services and if a...
    • Living Wage
      73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on recent media comments by the Minister for State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Gerald Nash TD,...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Live Register Data
      74. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons on the live register in Tallaght in Dublin 24 in each of the years from 2010 and currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2220/16]
    • Ministerial Staff
      76. To ask the Taoiseach the number of political staff working in his Department; the role of each; and the salary in each case. [45773/15]
    • Legislative Programme
      77. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of Bills that have been published by his Department since 9 March 2011; the number and Title of those Bills that included a regulatory impact assessment...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      78. To ask the Taoiseach the number of appointments to State boards since March 2011 under the aegis of his Department; the number of appointments that have been advertised on his...
    • Living Wage
      81. To ask the Taoiseach the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      82. To ask the Taoiseach the total amount of money spent on the Office of the Attorney General; the total number of staff; the total number of staff in the office of the parliamentary draftsman...
    • Employment Data
      83. To ask the Taoiseach the number of additional persons at work in the Cork-Kerry region since 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45888/15]
    • Law Reform Commission Funding
      84. To ask the Taoiseach the annual budget for the Law Reform Commission in each year since 2011. [46173/15]
    • Irish Water Funding
      85. To ask the Taoiseach when EUROSTAT will next make a determination as to whether Irish Water meets the criteria as an off balance sheet entity; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Census of Population Data
      86. To ask the Taoiseach the number of children here who are under three years of age; and the estimated number of children that are between the ages of 1 year and six months and three years....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      87. To ask the Taoiseach the number of annual subscriptions to external membership bodies and groups his Department has, including the cost and details. [46777/15]
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      89. To ask the Taoiseach the annual cost to his Department of advertisements placed on its behalf in newspapers, magazines, television and radio and social media. [46779/15]
    • Live Register Data
      90. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 15 December 2015, the estimated number of unemployed persons who are not on the live register; and if he will make a statement...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      92. To ask the Taoiseach the names of the persons he has nominated to serve in positions carrying remuneration, other than out-of-pocket expenses, on commissions, industrial, assurance,...
    • Dáil Reform
      93. To ask the Taoiseach recognising progress to date, if he will consider further reforms of Dáil Éireann such as the expansion of Leader's Questions to allow backbench Deputies an...
    • Freedom of Information Fees
      94. To ask the Taoiseach the amount his Department has received in fees from freedom of information requests in 2014 and in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45767/15]
    • Departmental Staff Promotions
      95. To ask the Taoiseach under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the number of executive officers who have...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Widow's Pension Applications
      96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person is not receiving the increase in the widow's pension as per budget 2016; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the disability allowance scheme; and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on the allocation of a carer's allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be made. [1834/16]
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of payment to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the illness benefit scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was not considered for an invalidity pension after their disability benefit payment...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application under the carer's allowance scheme by persons (details supplied) in County Cork in November 2015; and...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Code
      104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will change the qualifying criteria for training support grants to enable those availing of education under the National...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who has recently won an appeal under the disability...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will be granted a further one year extension of a community employment scheme...
    • Invalidity Pension Data
      107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants in receipt of invalidity pension in Limerick city and county; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of making all Intreo offices and services accessible to persons with disabilities by the end of 2016; the cost...
    • Disability Allowance
      109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 of increasing the disability allowance by €6, €7, €7.50 and €8 per week;...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection how many community employment schemes and how many places on these schemes are available in counties Galway and Mayo; the average...
    • Citizen Information Services
      111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the funding allocated to and the actual expenditure by the sign language interpretative service from 2012 to 2015 in tabular form;...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Dublin was refused a jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2054/16]
    • Water Conservation Grant Data
      114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants who received payment of the water conservation grant in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Redundancy Payments Waiting Times
      116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the Waterford Crystal settlement process; the progress in issuing lump sum payments in cases where the number of...
    • Social Insurance
      117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the procedure to be followed to reactivate the employment record of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the procedure to follow to transfer a rent supplement payment as quickly as possible to a new address in the case of a person...
    • Direct Provision Data
      120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost in 2016, based on the projected number of persons accessing direct provision, of increasing the weekly adult...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny under the invalidity pension scheme will be expedited; and if...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the policy of linking claims under the jobseeker's benefit scheme, given the difficulties it is causing...
    • Social Welfare Application Forms
      123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if application processes for all schemes will continue to have paper-based options for those who do not have access to broadband...
    • Departmental Properties
      124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for a list of all buildings surveyed and evaluated by the Office of Public Works, which it has furnished or not to her, regarding...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if arrears have issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under the jobseeker's allowance scheme; and if she will...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of eligibility under the fuel allowance scheme of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that the participants who enter the 12-month residential programme for men with addiction problems, and who are...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the precise basis upon which a case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath under the disability allowance scheme has...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount Seetec Employment and Skills Ireland has been paid for its work under the JobPath scheme; how many persons it has...
    • Departmental Contracts
      135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the organisations she uses for outsourcing departmental work, including the processing of applications, the value of the contracts...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her proposals to deal with community employment schemes where their insurance per participant has increased six-fold in some...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal of a decision refusing domiciliary care allowance to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be provided with credited contributions for the period the person was in...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application that was submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in October 2015 under the carer's...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is entitled to the full rate of a carer’s allowance, given the person's...
    • Departmental Staff Promotions
      142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and...
  • Department of Finance
    • Insurance Costs
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will liaise with the Irish Insurance Federation to ascertain why returning emigrants with clean driving licences and a history of driving abroad in...
    • Vehicle Registration
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the costs of extending the vehicle registration tax rebate for electric vehicles until 2017 and until 2020. [2124/16]
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding flood insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1862/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency will allow individual potential home buyers an opportunity to purchase units it is selling rather than disposing of...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to deal with spiralling mortgage arrears held by non-bank financial institutions; if he will make these institutions subject to targets for...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance to instruct banks to make greater use of split mortgages and other long-term solutions in preference to arrears capitalisation; and if he will make a...
    • Illegal Tobacco and Fuel Trades
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts the Revenue Commissioners and Customs officials are making to clamp down on smuggling of tobacco and fuel; the cost to the State; and if he will...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the pace at which the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund is investing the cash it has available and the economic impact of these...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the impact of tax relief changes introduced in budget 2014 on private medical insurance premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mortgage Lending
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has or intends to formally request the Central Bank of Ireland to review any aspect of its mortgage rules; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fiscal Policy
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the fiscal space that will be available in each of the next five years following the publication of the Exchequer returns for 2015; and if he will make a...
    • State Banking Sector
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to return Allied Irish Bank to the private sector; the issues that need to be addressed in the Irish banking sector generally before this happens;...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance when an updated projection of the final outcome of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation liquidation will be available; if the State expects to pay all...
    • Tax Exemptions
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 for an exemption from vehicle registration tax; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the status of the PDFORRA claim to the Revenue Commissioners for a flat rate expenses allowance under section 114 of the Tax Consolidation...
    • Tax Yield
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has revised his budget 2016 day forecast of €6,614 million for corporation tax receipts in 2016, given the outturn for 2015; and if he will make...
    • Pension Provisions
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance if the guaranteed income of €12,700 associated with drawing down a private pension early is remaining at the current rate or if it will be increasing...
    • Insurance Industry
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the payment of claims by Setanta Insurance; the level of payments that are expected to be made; the approximate timeframe for this matter to be...
    • European Central Bank
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the benefits and drawbacks of the European Central Bank increasing its inflation target from 2%; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Universal Social Charge Exemptions
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of abolishing the universal social charge on incomes below €80,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2151/16]
    • Debt Collection
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Revenue Commissioners ceasing to engage with a taxpayer on an amount owed after referring the collection of the debt to an external solicitor...
    • Departmental Offices
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department was refurbished recently; the work done; and the cost. [2298/16]
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will exempt temporarily homes of persons from paying property tax, on the basis that their houses should be re-valued at zero, until such time as they...
    • Departmental Staff Promotions
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the number of executive...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will make a decision on a funding allocation on the basis of Clare County Council’s submission of a feasibility study...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a property (details supplied) under the ownership of the Office of Public Works in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding available to assist businesses in flood-prone areas of Cork city (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Update
      170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when internal vacancies in the Civil Service will be centrally advertised, as proposed in the reform plan; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the application process for the pilot scheme for individual home protection measures in Crossmolina in County Mayo will be open;...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his response to the ongoing flooding and in County Wexford in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2002/16]
    • Public Services Investment
      174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with the level of investment in public services here, given our standing in relation to the rest of the European...
    • Departmental Projects
      175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projects and initiatives he has funded in County Wexford in the past year, including the announcement date of each funding package;...
    • Departmental Staff Promotions
      176. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Applications
      177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has received an application from Mayo County Council for flood defence works for an area (details...
    • Heritage Sites
      178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who visited each Office of Public Works heritage site in each of the years 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set down the due date for the return of tender packages for the Skibbereen flood relief scheme; when he will confirm the scheme; and...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the measures in place to alleviate the losses to local businesses in County Dublin, in particular, in the Dublin 2 and 4...
    • Departmental Offices
      181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the steps he took in advertising for an available and suitable building to house the Department of Social Protection offices,...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the status of the examination by the community sector high level forum on the provision of Exchequer funding to implement a...
    • Budget Targets
      187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the extent to which the principles of public expenditure monitoring and reform remain part of and a requirement of Government...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the extent to which financial provision can be made for off-balance sheet funding of vital infrastructural projects that may...
    • Public Sector Reform Implementation
      190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the extent to which reform will remain central to Government policy in the future; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Zero-hour Contracts
      197. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a matter concerning a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1844/16]
    • Equality Issues
      198. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a person whose human rights were discriminated against but who does not fall within the criteria allowed by the Work Relations...
    • Zero-hour Contracts
      199. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of zero-hours contracts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1908/16]
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      200. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the activities his Department paid for in promoting the Action Plan for Jobs and the various regional Action Plans for Jobs in each of...
    • Job Losses
      201. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses
      202. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to incorporate social clauses in public procurement criteria that other European countries have implemented to...
    • Work Permit Applications
      203. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an application for a work permit by a person (details supplied); if this application will be quickly processed given the...
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      204. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to support a jobs proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2255/16]
    • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
      205. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership in its current form is weighted heavily in favour of corporations at the expense...
    • Economic Growth Initiatives
      207. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of developing a cross-Border development zone in conjunction with the Northern Ireland Executive; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Promotions
      208. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Basic Payment Scheme Administration
      209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the online system dealing with farmers' maps (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1838/16]
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if and when he will reintroduce the farm early retirement scheme; the criteria he will use to assess applications; and if he will...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the non-payments under the single payment scheme and the areas of natural constraint scheme for 2015 and the part-payment for...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
      212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the areas of natural constraint scheme; the reason for...
    • Competition Law
      213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has concerns regarding the proposal by a company (details supplied) to acquire a 50% stake in Slaney Foods and, in particular,...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments to a person (details supplied) in County Clare including the agri-environment options scheme and the basic...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is eligible for entitlements from the National Reserve as an applicant under the Older...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not received a young farmer's payment which the person was informed was approved...
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why there is a delay in transferring entitlements to a person (details supplied); when the transfer will be completed; and if he will...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment due to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1907/16]
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payment to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the single payment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) under the disadvantaged areas scheme. [1967/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1973/16]
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Number 487 dated 3 November 2015, the status of a review for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the single payment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive payment under the young farmer payment scheme and the national...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many persons in counties Galway and Mayo had reductions in their agriculture grants as a result of previously eligible land being...
    • Herd Numbers
      227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will revert to this Deputy on a matter (details supplied) regarding herd numbers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the young farmer scheme, the single payment scheme,...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farmers over 40 years of age (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2035/16]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a payment under the single payment scheme. [2049/16]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the single payment scheme and the disadvantaged areas scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Forestry Grants
      234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2056/16]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the agri-environment options scheme. [2057/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2059/16]
    • Pigmeat Sector
      237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a flat rate payment will be used in the allocation of the compensation for pig producers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment under the agri-environment options scheme. [2062/16]
    • GLAS Appeals
      239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal of a farm payment decision by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • GLAS Applications
      240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary was refused entry to the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; the options...
    • Organic Farming Scheme Payments
      241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the organic farm scheme; the reason for the delay;...
    • Íocaíochtaí Deontas
      242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht, don bhliain 2015, faoin Scéim Buníocaíochta, faoi Scéim na...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farm payments for a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be processed; the reason for the delay; and if he will make...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the basic payment scheme 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farm payments to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2169/16]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a payment under the single payment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Beef Exports
      248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action and measures he is taking to address the unacceptably huge gap between Irish and British cattle prices and to remove...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the agri-environment options scheme; the reason for the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the single payment scheme. [2213/16]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment to persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2227/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made a decision on the request by a person (details supplied) to have an entitlement on land which he purchased on 2014...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for extra entitlements from the national...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the basic payment scheme and area of natural constraints...
    • Forestry Sector
      256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will put an attractive national afforestation scheme in place for farmers and other persons who have suitable land for...
    • Competition Law
      257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned about recent events in the beef and sheep sector, and in particular the reduction in competition and consequent...
    • EU Funding
      258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the new €200 million European Union fund for Ireland to deliver affordable loans for the agri-sector and the...
    • Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility
      259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has discussed the farm land under solar farm installations being recognised as an agricultural activity and therefore being...
    • Food Labelling
      260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has taken steps at European Union level to get support for a full review of the impact of United States country of origin...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to account for the latest reports if only 53% of young farmers have been paid under the basic payment scheme to date; when...
    • Departmental Staff Promotions
      262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Army Barracks
      263. To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of fully re-opening Columb Army Barracks in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1968/16]
    • Army Barracks Costs
      264. To ask the Minister for Defence the average operating cost of each Army barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1969/16]
    • Air Corps Recruitment
      265. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will have a recruitment drive for the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2177/16]
    • Army Barracks
      266. To ask the Minister for Defence when an organisation (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be granted a lease in respect of a portion of property which it occupies at Columb Barracks...
    • Departmental Staff Promotions
      267. To ask the Minister for Defence under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the number of executive...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • National Disability Strategy
      268. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a matter (details supplied) regarding a campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1842/16]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      269. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Child and Family Relations Act 2015 will commence. [2164/16]
    • Refugee Services
      270. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to address the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the protection and reception services provided for refugees; and if she...
    • Migrant Accommodation
      271. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of migrants who have moved to a community (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2311/16]
    • Spent Convictions Legislation
      272. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Spent Convictions Bill 2011 (Private Members' Bill) will be scheduled for Report and Final Stages; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Forensic Science Ireland
      273. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date when Forensic Service Ireland will provide its new facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1855/16]
    • Immigration Controls
      274. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons refused leave to land at Cork Airport from 25 to 31 October 2015, by reason for refusal, by nationality, by gender, by...
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      280. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is considering the development of a Garda Síochána youth diversion project for the Baldoyle, Howth and Sutton areas of Dublin...
    • Immigration Status
      282. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork to obtain residency status; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      283. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 1 December 2015, if she will provide sign language interpreters to deaf persons for a certain number...
    • Visa Applications
      284. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that when applying for a visa, a non-European Economic Area national who is the spouse of an Irish citizen is not treated less...
    • International Agreements
      285. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2122/16]
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      286. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why the then Garda Commissioner did not disclose in Febuary 2002 that he designated the death of a person (details supplied) as a hit-and-run...
    • Private Security Authority Administration
      289. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is in favour of the payment of Private Security Authority licences by instalment, given the low pay of many workers in security; and if...
    • Alcohol Sales Legislation
      290. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to allow alcohol to be sold on Good Friday; if the sale of alcohol Bill contains measures regarding Good Friday licensing laws; if this...
    • Garda Station Closures
      291. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the closure of Garda Síochána stations has resulted in an increase in crime in the areas where the closures took place; and if she...
    • Garda Deployment
      292. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has introduced measures to replace the Garda Síochána mobile units initiative that was discontinued; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Retirements
      293. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will alleviate the pressure on the Garda Síochána by temporarily allowing serving gardaí who are due to retire the option...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      294. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Reception and Integration Agency has identified the proposed reception centres in County Dublin for incoming refugees whom Ireland has...
    • Garda Data
      295. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí serving in each Garda Síochána station and each Garda Síochána district in each of the years 2007...
    • Residency Permits
      296. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2267/16]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      299. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 10 December 2015, why the child of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Irish Refugee Protection Programme
      300. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ensure that refugees who come to Ireland will be integrated into the communities in which they are sent; and if she will make a...
    • Crime Levels
      301. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the serious concerns of the local community at Kiltalawn, Jobstown, Tallaght, Dublin 24, at the alarming number of robberies...
    • Immigration Status
      302. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for leave to remain in the State by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, based upon a de facto long-term...
    • Departmental Staff Promotions
      303. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the number of...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • School Completion Programme
      304. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding for the school completion programme for each of the years 2010 to 2015; the projected funding for 2016; and if he will make a...
    • Child Protection Services
      305. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs under the Child Care Act 1991, the number of staff available to undertake section 20 social work court reports; the number of social...
    • Child Care Qualifications
      306. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the qualification issue for community employment participants and these being used as part of the ratios, further to our...
    • Departmental Staff Promotions
      307. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the number...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Funding
      308. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase funding for Clarecastle day care centre's dementia unit in County Clare from €35,000 per annum in view of the average of 53 patients...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Water Fluoridation
      310. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his review of evidence on the impact of water fluoridation on the health of the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1846/16]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      311. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the emergency department undertaken at Mayo General Hospital; when the recommendations will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Procedures
      312. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 802 of 3 November 2015 why the number of procedures carried out in May 2015 was significantly lower than in other months;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      314. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of patients waiting to see a consultant neurologist in County Donegal, how long these patients have been waiting; if a second neurologist...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      315. To ask the Minister for Health how many occupational therapists there are in University College Hospital Galway dealing specifically with rheumatology patients; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      317. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Infusion Service and if it will be introduced in Mayo General Hospital. [1872/16]
    • Medical Card Applications
      318. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has had an application for a renewal of a medical card rejected. [1874/16]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      319. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of BreastCheck for women of 65 to 69 years of age; how many women availed of this service in 2015; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Procedures
      320. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a date for surgery for a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [1894/16]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      321. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the current vacancy at Cré House in Roscrea in County Tipperary for a speech and language therapist, due to maternity leave; if he has...
    • Hospital Services
      322. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reply to this Deputy on a matter (details supplied) regarding hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1909/16]
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      323. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine correspondence sent of behalf of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1910/16]
    • Hospital Services
      324. To ask the Minister for Health if he will revert to this Deputy on a matter (details supplied) regarding University Hospiital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1911/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      325. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently examine a referral for a procedure to Cork University Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is on a waiting list for...
    • Health Services Access
      326. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will receive treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1932/16]
    • Hospital Procedures
      327. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with required hospital treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1979/16]
    • HSE Properties
      328. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive-operated training facility (details supplied) for persons with disabilities in County Donegal will be relocated to a new...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      329. To ask the Minister for Health given an Taoiseach’s acknowledgement in Dáil Éireann that the emergency department at University Hospital Galway is unfit for purpose, the...
    • Charities and Voluntary Organisations
      330. To ask the Minister for Health if funding or grant-aid is available from his Department for a charity called Special Heroes Ireland, which supports siblings of special needs children; and if...
    • Health Services Provision
      331. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding the available services for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2007/16]
    • Vaccination Programme
      332. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the administration of the human papilloma virus vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2014/16]
    • HSE Funding
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was allocated by the Health Service Executive to early intervention to the home teacher programme and to the Down's syndrome Louth-Meath...
    • Preschool Services
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per preschool child in providing early intervention home teacher programme. [2025/16]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a procedure in Cork University Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services
      343. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2040/16]
    • Health Services
      344. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance is available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2041/16]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      345. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an operation carried out in Saint Michael's Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      347. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding rheumatology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2052/16]
    • Mental Health Services
      348. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be assessed at the child and adolescent mental health services in Mahon, County Cork. [2060/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for a nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Administration
      350. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be returned to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2104/16]
    • Medical Card Delays
      351. To ask the Minister for Health why the medical card of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is on hold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2105/16]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      352. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently examine a submission for a medical device by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2111/16]
    • Hospital Procedures
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occurrences where foreign bodies were left in a patient's body following surgery in Our Lady’s Children's Hospital in Crumlin, County...
    • Child Safety
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who were dropped by staff in Temple Street Hospital in County Dublin in 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2119/16]
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      362. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is waiting more than eight months to see a consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2157/16]
    • Hospital Staff
      363. To ask the Minister for Health why there was no replacement for the Parkinson's nurse in the Parkinson's Clinic in St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin 4; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      364. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently examine an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry given that the person has submitted all relevant...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      365. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an appointment for a test in relation to a condition; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the up to date position regarding the provision of a primary care health centre for the Knocknacarra area of Galway City which was listed as a priority eight...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      367. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have assessments carried out. [2189/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      368. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be provided to Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital Dublin to facilitate persons on the waiting list for a hip operation for 15...
    • Hospital Staff
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the status of playroom assistants in the Cashel Ward in Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2211/16]
    • Health Services Staff
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the status of physiotherapists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2216/16]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2222/16]
    • Hospital Services
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently examine the referral of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to Cork University Hospital for a procedure to be carried out; and if...
    • School Therapy Services
      374. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with the senior staff of Scoil Aonghusa in Cashel, County Tipperary, given their efforts to improve therapy services at the school; and if he...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      375. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently allocate home Help hours to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2245/16]
    • Respite Care Services
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the respite bed capacity at a facility (details supplied) in County Wicklow in each of the years 2013 to 2015; if discussions are taking place regarding...
    • Vaccinations Data
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of adverse side effects of the human papilloma virus vaccine, GARDASIL, including the severity of these side effects in each of the years...
    • Medical Card Data
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have received a medical card on the basis of a cancer diagnosis since 1 July 2015. [2253/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      381. To ask the Minister for Health to support a matter (details supplied) regarding a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2257/16]
    • Hospital Procedures
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2278/16]
    • General Practitioner Services
      384. To ask the Minister for Health if the General Practitioner post in Ballymore, Ballymahon and Colehill in County Longford which has become vacant following the sudden death of the general...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the opening of new beds at Kenmare Community Hospital and at the West Kerry Community Hospital in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the tender process for the return of satellite mammography services at Sligo University Hospital; if a successful bidder has been chosen; and if...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      387. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath secures a hospital appointment without delay; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prescription Charges
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the abolition of prescription charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2344/16]
    • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
      389. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of hiring an additional 500 consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2345/16]
    • General Practitioner Services
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of hiring an additional 500 general practitioner consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2346/16]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of hiring 100 additional nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2347/16]
    • Public Sector Staff Grades
      393. To ask the Minister for Health under the civil reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the number of executive officers who...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Deportation Orders
      394. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the deportation from the United Arab Emirates of a person (details supplied) who was arrested and held overnight before...
    • Human Rights Issues
      395. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the Jerusalem offices of the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem were damaged in a fire on 10 January 2016; his views on...
    • International Relations
      396. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2101/16]
    • Human Rights Issues
      397. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his efforts to secure the release of a person (details supplied) from detention in Israel, who has been on hunger strike for in excess of 50...
    • Consular Services Provision
      398. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of communication and correspondence he has had with the Australian authorities as part of efforts to provide assistance and...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      400. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of the emigrant support programme in each of the years 2008 to 2015; the estimated cost in 2016; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Sector Staff Grades
      401. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade under the civil reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the number of...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education Schemes
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of her Department's engagement with the college for every student scheme in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2001/16]
    • Third Level Qualifications Data
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in meeting 74% of industry demands domestically for information and communications technology, ICT, professionals by 2018 as set out...
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will implement a judgment of the Labour Court which was delivered in February 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2283/16]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the event of a secondary school teacher resigning from a union, if the extension of the grace-period under the Lansdowne Road agreement...
    • Teacher Redeployment
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce a permanent voluntary redeployment scheme for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1840/16]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a matter (details supplied) regarding primary education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1841/16]
    • School Accommodation
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the additional accommodation urgently required by a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has or will consider excluding the carer's support grant, formerly the respite care grant, from reckonable income for applications for...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the spend on apprenticeship training the number of apprentices in training by employment sector in each year since 2010; and if she will make a...
    • Student Support Schemes
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full-year cost in 2016 of extending the Fund for Students with Disabilities to students participating in part-time education; and if she will...
    • Student Grants Data
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many applications for a Third Level Maintenance Grant were refused in each of the years 2013 to 2015 as a result of an independent mature...
    • Student Data
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of third-level students from counties Galway and Mayo, who have started degree, diploma and certificate courses at National University...
    • Education and Training Boards
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of examinations (details supplied) in Saint John's College in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2009/16]
    • Grant Payments
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding or grant-aid is available from her Department for a charity called Special Heroes Ireland, which supports siblings of special-needs...
    • School Funding
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding for a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2053/16]
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funds distributed by Caranua, by heading and by the number of persons in 2015; and the amount of funds remaining to be distributed....
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2099/16]
    • Departmental Staff
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why it took over five months to attain relevant requested information from the service history details and pension entitlement information...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if she will ensure works commence on this building in 2016, given...
    • Third Level Institutions
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and names of agencies that are used to recruit foreign students by the third level sector; the gross cost to the State of using these...
    • Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of concerns raised by teaching staff regarding dual standards in the admissions process for students applying through the Central...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a person (details supplied) in County Offaly has not received a response to an application under a National Council for Special Education...
    • Residential Institutions
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Education Finance Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2181/16]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building programme for the new community college in Naas in County Kildare; at what stage is the planning process; and if she...
    • Weight of Schoolbags
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the weight of schoolbags for primary and secondary school pupils; if their weight could cause injury to pupils; the action she has...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers and special needs assistants employed in primary and post-primary schools in the 2010-11 school year and in the 2015-16...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers who are paid a qualification allowance at the minimum pass primary degree rate; the number who are not being paid...
    • Departmental Properties
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will use the vacated building at the former Saint Peter’s primary school, Greenhills, in Dublin 12 for education purposes; if...
    • School Accommodation
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary schools wholly housed in temporary accommodation, including the duration for which they have been in temporary accommodation, by...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a school bus ticket was withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2244/16]
    • Autism Support Services
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if autism spectrum disorder units are being approved for schools where there are no students with autism enrolled; the names of these schools;...
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of trainees who have participated in the SOLAS safe pass training programme in each of the years 2006 to 2015; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Promotions
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the number of...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      448. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will allocate additional funds for the provision of social housing across the country, and in County Wexford alone;...
    • Motor Tax Rates
      449. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of recently reduced road tax for the haulage industry; if he will extend this to all commercial haulage...
    • Legislative Process
      450. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the wording of referenda; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      451. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of Motor Tax collected in counties Galway and Mayo; the amount of money retained and the amount returned to...
    • Water Conservation Grant Applications
      452. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households who have registered and have been paid the Water Conservation Grant to date; and if he will make...
    • Dublin Docklands Development Authority
      453. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government given the passing of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Act 2015 which provides for a 21-person...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      454. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost incurred by his Department in the Laois Closed-Circuit Television Pilot Project Scheme, by year; his future plans...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      455. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units provided in each of the years 2010 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Building Energy Rating Compliance
      456. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total cost of the administration of the Building Energy Rating system for 2015. [2135/16]
    • Electoral Reform
      457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce pre-ballot day voting and foreign postal voting for those registered voters who have emigrated or who...
    • Local Authority Staff
      458. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the retirement requirements that exist for local authority workers, particularly in Water Services; if there is a uniform...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      460. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that up to 50% of housing applicants at particular locations are declining offers of housing; if he...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      461. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why the latest routine monthly updates (details supplied) of the homeless statistics for November and December 2015 have...
    • Tree Remediation
      462. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered legislation in relation to neighbouring overhanging trees which block light and cause structural...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      463. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to advise on a matter (details supplied) regarding tax relief for landlords; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Drainage Schemes
      464. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the statutory body responsible for the maintenance of rivers here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2310/16]
    • Departmental Staff Promotions
      465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Broadband Service Provision
      466. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the roll-out of broadband in a town (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      467. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of extending the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland electric vehicle grant until 2017 and until 2020,...
    • Building Energy Rating Administration
      468. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of the administration of the building energy rating system for 2015. [2136/16]
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      469. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to address the serious issues concerning broadband raised by a business in the Rosemount area of County Westmeath...
    • Broadband Service Charges
      470. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Government has transposed the European Broadband Directive (2014/61/EU) which will reduce the cost of deploying...
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      471. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of carrying out the national broadband plan high speed mapping exercise; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Promotions
      472. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • National Roads Authority Staff
      473. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff in the National Roads Authority in each of the years 2010 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Roads Authority
      474. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the administrative costs of operating the National Roads Authority from 2010 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1971/16]
    • Bus Éireann
      475. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that it is appropriate that the Freight Transport Association is carrying out safety inspections on Bus Éireann buses when...
    • Driving Test Regulations
      476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of driver testing for power two-wheeled vehicles (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2042/16]
    • Automatic Number Plate Recognition Cameras
      477. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of installing automatic number plate recognition cameras; the number of cameras in operation; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Projects
      478. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Northern Ireland Executive has updated him on their revised plans for expenditure on the A5 Dual Carriageway (details supplied);...
    • Rail Services
      479. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Iarnród Éireann to increase the number of carriages from three to four on the 06.15 train service from Cork...
    • Public Transport
      481. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of rickshaws (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2242/16]
    • National Driver Licensing Service
      482. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to intervene in the return of a C1 Licence to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; which was taken away without the person's...
    • Departmental Staff Promotions
      484. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Comóradh 1916
      485. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the State's preparations for the 1916 commemoration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2015/16]
    • Offshore Islands
      486. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for this and ensure equal footing with other island companies; and...
    • Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge
      487. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil plean aici níos mó tacaíochta a thabhairt do Mhná Tí i gceantair Ghaeltachta chun dul i ngleic...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      488. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the cutting of turf (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2031/16]
    • Vacancies on State Boards
      489. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a final decision will be taken regarding the vacancy on the Irish Film Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      490. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of the grievance within some rural communities that responsibility for sporting and leisure activities such as dog...
    • Arts Funding
      491. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the sources of public funding available from her Department, from any body under the aegis of her Department, or from the European...
    • Departmental Staff Promotions
      492. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the...

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