Written answers

Tuesday, 19 July 2016

  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Haulage Industry Regulation
      44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he intends to formalise the 42 tonnes derogation and sign it into legislation given that the weight on the same five axle combination...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will meet with the chief executive officer of the Road Safety Authority; his priorities for such a meeting; and if he will make a...
    • Health and Safety Inspections
      46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the offer of the International Transport Federation to carry out health and safety inspections on fishing vessels at...
    • Cycling Policy
      47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the amount of safe cycle routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22520/16]
    • Departmental Schemes
      48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the project at Lehenaghmore and Lehenaghbeg, Togher, County Cork for inclusion in the next round of grants under the...
    • Maritime Safety
      49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in the Marine Survey Office, MSO, approving the refresher training course in the National Maritime College of...
    • Noise Pollution
      50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the implementation of EU Regulation 598/2014 on noise operating restrictions at EU airports; and if he will make a statement...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for details of the permit granted by his Department for the landing of the Omni Air aircraft at Shannon Airport on 26 June 2016; the...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ring-fence money to have adequate repairs carried out to the Cliff Road, Rossbeigh, Glenbeigh, County Kerry, after a recent...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide certainty to clubs and sporting organisations that sports capital grants will be allocated in 2016; and if he will make...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which all previous allocations under the sports capital programme continue to be fully utilised in accordance with the need...
    • Proposed Legislation
      55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered banning the use of rickshaws as a method of transport and as a method of carrying passengers until regulations have...
    • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
      56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of legal proceedings being taken by the Retired Aviation Staff Association in respect of their pension losses; and if he will...
    • Aer Lingus Sale
      57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he carried out analysis since the takeover of Aer Lingus by the International Airlines Group, or if he had contact from the company...
    • Maritime Safety
      58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the equal recognition of mariner certification and training or to design a course that will provide equivalence to enable...
    • Military Aircraft
      59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in relation to permits granted by his Department for the landing and overflying of civil aircraft under the Air Navigation (Carriage...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is intended to seek further applications under the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21973/16]
    • Public Transport Provision
      61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is concerned at the impact of tendering processes underway with Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann routes could have on the conditions...
    • Road Safety Authority
      62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that the Road Safety Authority has adequate resources for promoting road safety; if the authority has specific targets...
    • Aer Lingus Sale
      63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if in view of public comments and commitments by his predecessor at the time of the takeover of Aer Lingus, he has had any contact with...
    • Industrial Relations
      64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the level of precarious work and low pay in the hospitality sector in light of the research shown in Enforced Flexibility?...
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the climate change adaptation plan for transport will be published, given that his Department's Statement of Strategy 2015-2017...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his proposals to provide much needed additional funding to local authorities in view of the deterioration of large parts of the...
    • Road Signage
      67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of towns that have been bypassed by motorways; the number that have brown amenity advertisement signs in place; his views on...
    • Noise Pollution
      68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for dealing with EU Regulation 598 regarding airport noise, with particular reference to the competent authority to deal with...
    • Tourism Promotion
      69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position of a tourist office (details supplied) and the reason for its apparent closure given its importance to the Ancient East...
    • Public Transport Fares
      70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of a number of anomalies that exist under the current rail fare system in County Kildare whereby rail commuters from areas...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans, in view of the British vote to leave the EU, to manage the potential losses to the tourism market given the dramatic fall in...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work completed to date since he became Minister to examine the development of the Western Rail Corridor to Claremorris from Athenry;...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the proposed master licence record project; the stage the tender process is currently at; and if he will make a...
    • Swimming Pool Programme Status
      74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of response to his letter to local authorities regarding a new round of the local authority swimming pools programme; the local...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposals, he has to provide additional funding in 2016 to Cavan and Monaghan county councils in respect of essential repairs and...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the DART expansion project; if he views this project as being central to meeting transport demands in the greater Dublin...
    • Industrial Disputes
      77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the recent Luas drivers' industrial dispute and ongoing talks in the Labour Court between CIE and transport unions, his plans...
    • Aviation Industry Regulations
      78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed report on any United States preclearance difficulties at Dublin Airport; if there is any risk to...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has a strategy in place for dealing with the consequences of Brexit on overseas tourism to Ireland; and if he will make a statement...
    • Wage-setting Mechanisms
      80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has discussed with senior management in CIE the wage claim that has been lodged by the National Bus and Rail Union on behalf of...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of US soldiers who have passed through Shannon Airport to date in 2016, including the monthly breakdown; the number of requests...
    • Airport Development Projects
      82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had with the Dublin Airport Authority regarding the cost of mitigation measures consequential on its decision to...
    • Tourism Promotion
      83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the effort and work he is undertaking to progress Ireland’s Ancient East route; the work and consultation being undertaken to...
    • Rail Services Provision
      84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans his Department and the National Transport Authority have to deal with the increasing numbers of rail passengers, increasing from...
    • Rail Network Expansion (1 comment)
      85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to establish a rail link between County Donegal and neighbouring rail networks which operate in counties in Northern Ireland and...
    • Ports Policy
      86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe he envisages for the transfer of Dún Laoghaire Harbour in line with the Harbours Act 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Haulage Industry Regulation
      87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason he has decided not to extend the derogation permitting a maximum weight limit of 42 tonnes over five axle vehicles; and if he...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the pay claims being discussed for transport workers, considering the time since these workers received a pay rise and the...
    • Aviation Issues
      89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has any concerns regarding his Department's role in the granting of munitions permits under the Air Navigation (Carriage of...
    • Transport Policy
      90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which his Department has identified the most seriously over-trafficked road and rail routes such as the M50 or other...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he will take to ensure local and regional roads have adequate drainage installed before local authorities use departmental...
    • National Trails Office
      92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the Blue Way and its implication for the off-shore islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22134/16]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Legal Costs
      93. To ask the Taoiseach to provide details of all fees paid by the Office of the Attorney General and the Chief State Solicitor's office to barristers and solicitors in 2015 and for the first...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      94. To ask the Taoiseach the number of politically appointed staff working in his Department, including the names, roles and salaries of each staff member; in the case of special advisers the...
    • Constitutional Convention Recommendations
      95. To ask the Taoiseach the number of recommendations for constitutional change made by the Constitutional Convention that were subsequently put to the electorate in a referendum; the percentage...
    • Constitutional Convention Membership
      96. To ask the Taoiseach the number of randomly selected citizens who were on the previous Constitutional Convention to examine constitutional issues; their regional breakdown by constituency;...
    • Citizens Assembly
      97. To ask the Taoiseach the proposed method by which a group will be selected to randomly choose persons to go on the new Citizens Assembly being set up by the Government on foot of a resolution...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      99. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff who entered the public service after 1 January 2011 who are in his Department by year of entry to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      100. To ask the Taoiseach the cost of implementing a pay increase to all those employed under the remit of his Department after 1 January 2011 of 2%, 4% and 5%; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when approval will be granted to fill the position of county registrar in Westmeath, in view of the fact that her Department has sought...
    • Gender Balance
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce gender quotas for the boards of publicly listed companies here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21923/16]
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have successfully applied for debt settlement arrangements, debt relief notices and bankruptcy under the Personal...
    • Garda Data
      105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number, rank, title and job of members of An Garda Síochána who are assigned to the Dublin metropolitan region north; the number of...
    • Visa Applications
      106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application for a person (details supplied); if she is aware that the processing of this application has taken several...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the high-level diplomatic talks she has had with her European counterparts regarding unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in Europe, with...
    • Immigration Status
      110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21954/16]
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, investigation into the case of a person (details supplied); when the GSOC...
    • Visa Applications
      113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a reunification visa will be granted as a priority (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21989/16]
    • Court Procedures
      114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to make access to emergency barring orders available at times when district courts are not sitting; and if she will make...
    • Crime Investigation
      115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements in place to deal with cash-for-gold businesses; if she will table proposals whereby all shops would have to photograph...
    • Policing Co-operation
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Government has sought for the scope of the Pitchford inquiry into undercover policing by the British state to be extended to cover...
    • Court Orders
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of repossession orders for principal dwelling houses granted in County Kildare; the number of these before the courts in each of the...
    • State Pathology Service
      120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, with regard to an infrastructural development being carried out with the support of her Department (details supplied), she will outline the...
    • Fines Administration
      121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a facility to pay imposed fines to the Courts Service by way of instalment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22256/16]
    • Courts Service Administration
      122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm, noting her recent comments that no more district courthouses will be closed, if Skibbereen courthouse will now come under this...
    • Citizenship Applications
      123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of, and when, a decision is expected on a citizenship application by a person (details supplied). [22442/16]
    • Garda Data
      124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she can confirm that all Traveller and Roma children's names who were erroneously added to the PULSE system in the past have been removed from...
    • Traveller Community
      134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Government will formally recognise Traveller ethnicity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22572/16]
    • Garda Operations
      135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí deployed as part of the Marlay Park concerts; the cost to the State of these deployments; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Stations
      136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in Limerick city; the number of gardaí deployed in each of these stations; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Garda Deployment
      137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí employed in Tallaght Garda station, Dublin 24; and the breakdown between rank and file. [22592/16]
    • Court Procedures
      138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce a provision for automatic case review in instances where a person has issued proceedings for defamation but cannot secure...
    • Visa Applications
      139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements in place for a person who is on a visitor's visa from South Africa living with a family member here and has developed a...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, further to the request of the Garda Commissioner in her press statement of 25 May 2016 and pursuant to her powers under the Garda...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of politically appointed staff working in her Department, including the names, roles and salaries of each staff member; in the case of...
    • Garda Data
      142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 12 July 2016, the categories of calls received to the emergency lines; if they were related to...
    • Immigrant Investor Programme Administration
      143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the immigrant investor programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22761/16]
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff who entered the public service post-1 January 2011 in her Department and by year of entry to date; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of implementing a pay increase to all those employed under the remit of her Department post 1 January 2011 of 2%, 4% and 5%; and if she...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take to ensure Ireland is a more attractive location to establish a business than the United Kingdom with respect to capital gains tax,...
    • Insurance Industry
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered establishing a State-owned insurance entity as is the norm in many EU states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22309/16]
    • Tax Relief Data
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for tax relief in respect of the third level registration fee; the amount refunded in total to those persons qualifying for the...
    • Insurance Coverage
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the widespread concern within the hospitality sector about the non-availability of insurance cover by Irish insurance companies,...
    • EU Budget Contribution
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact of the 26.3% increase in GDP on Ireland's annual contribution to the EU budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22625/16]
    • Income Inequality
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD, report which details the fall in real wages here over the period of the...
    • Economic Growth Rate
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the reported concerns expressed by the Governor of the Central Bank regarding the level of economic growth recorded here for 2015, which has been...
    • Credit Availability
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the availability of working capital to the hotel and catering industry; and if he will make...
    • NAMA Staff Data
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the cost of the National Asset Management Agency's scheme to make retention payments to staff who remain with it; the total amount paid to date;...
    • State Claims Agency
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the State Claims Agency paid in legal costs to solicitors representing it and acting for plaintiffs in 2013 to 2015; the top ten payments made to...
    • Tax Relief Costs
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of extending to the self-employed an earned income tax credit equivalent to the PAYE tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21995/16]
    • Insurance Coverage
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of anomalies in the property buildings insurance market where flood insurance is available to purchase by mortgage holders, management...
    • Revenue Commissioners Staff
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the way staff at the Revenue Commissioners are allocated, including the numbers devoted to the large cases division and offshore investigations; and if there...
    • Financial Vehicle Corporations
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance if any analysis was carried out by his Department of the tax treatment of vulture funds prior to or after the sale of NAMA and State-owned bank assets to such...
    • Tax Data
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers registered on the RCT, e-RCT and C45 tax systems working in construction from 2002 to 2015. [22053/16]
    • Charities Regulation
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax liabilities, including payroll and income taxes, charities are liable for, including organisations known as sections 38 and 39 organisations funded by...
    • Tax Data
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline revenue as a percentage of GDP for each of the years 2002 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22077/16]
    • Consumer Protection
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance if help and advice can be provided to a person (details supplied); the protection they have from the vulture fund which now owns their loan; and if he will...
    • Tax Yield
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue from tapering out the single personal, that is, no taper for married portion of credit entitlements €1,650 pay as you earn,...
    • Legislative Measures
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the tax credits legislation to cater for cohabiting couples who are unable to benefit from the tax credit arrangements afforded to married...
    • Vehicle Registration
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of extending the vehicle registration tax rebate for electric vehicles until 2017 and 2020 respectively. [22193/16]
    • Customs and Excise Staff
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the number of staff within the Customs and Excise section of the Revenue Commissioners that are detailed to investigate illegal...
    • Credit Unions
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance if, with the Central Bank he plans to review the credit union cap on deposits in excess of €100,000 and the timescale in this regard; and if he will...
    • Fines Administration
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance to allow a person (details supplied) to pay a fine in instalments, to ensure that no term of imprisonment is imposed to pay a penalty imposed by the courts to...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance if a bank (details supplied) was permitted to sell life loan products to homeowners who were not the sole occupant of the house on which the life loan was...
    • Drugs Crime
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that there are no detector drugs dogs working in Ireland West Airport, Knock or assigned to the Border-midlands-west region since early 2016;...
    • Income Data
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance if the capacity exists to analyse income brackets per age group, for instance the number of persons aged 32 who are earning above the average industrial wage....
    • Tax Collection
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance if an official from the Revenue Commissioners can make contact with a person (details supplied) to have a matter resolved. [22337/16]
    • Fiscal Data
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the revised figures for fiscal space in each of the years 2017 to 2021 in light of the recently revised CSO figures for GDP growth for 2015...
    • Excise Duties Yield
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated impact on excise duty receipts to date in 2016 from the apparent practice of tobacco firms building up stocks in advance of the introduction of...
    • Currency Exchange
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department’s projection of the impact of a 10%, 15% and 20% fall in the value of sterling against the euro on VAT and excise duty receipts...
    • Tax Yield
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the income tax generated in 2015 from Airbnb hosts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22427/16]
    • Public Interest Directors
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance the current public interest of directors in the State supported banks; the dates on which they were appointed; the dates on which their term is due to end;...
    • State Bodies Mergers
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance when the merger of the Financial Services Ombudsman and Pensions Ombudsman will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22430/16]
    • Contingent Capital Notes
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance if AIB plans to go ahead with the redemption of its €1.6 billion contingent capital note; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22431/16]
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of expressions of interest the Central Bank has received from financial institutions seeking to relocate their main centre of operations here since...
    • Property Tax Collection
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance if the rate of compliance with the property tax has improved since the recent initiative by the Revenue Commissioners to write to 290,000 households regarding...
    • Tax Relief Data
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of charitable donations subject for which tax relief was claimed in 2015; the total amount of relief granted; if he is satisfied that the system is...
    • Pension Provisions
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the minimum imputed distribution from an approved retirement fund is set at 5% per annum; his views on whether this places an undue burden on...
    • Stamp Duty
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance the outstanding measures in the Finance Act 2015 and previous Finance Acts subject to EU approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22437/16]
    • Tax Code
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance the process by which companies are designated as section 110 companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22464/16]
    • Flooding Data
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the development of a United Kingdom flood insurance model here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22563/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance if funding is being provided for any scheme by his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department to assist developers buy land to enable them to...
    • Tax Collection
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will consider a restructuring of proposals to meet arrears of tax for a person (details supplied) in a way more sustainable and...
    • Tax Yield
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the PAYE and self-employed tax credits by €400 each and tapering out the increase from €55,000 to €65,000, by 10 %...
    • EU Meetings
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance to report on his meeting with EU Commissioner Vestager; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22624/16]
    • Fiscal Policy
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the fiscal space in 2017, in particular the application of the expenditure rule of the significant revision to 2015 GDP by the Central...
    • Tax Credits
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that his Department is not currently in a position to implement a proposal to withdraw tax credits from persons earning in excess of...
    • Tax Data
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of inversion transactions undertaken by multinationals in 2014 and 2015 which resulted in their relocation to Ireland; the estimated impact on GDP;...
    • Tax Yield
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of capital acquisition tax cases in each year from 2010 to 2015 by reference to the relationship of the beneficiary to the disponer; the total tax...
    • Insurance Compensation Fund
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance if he expects further repayments from the insurance compensation fund to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22633/16]
    • Insurance Industry
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the payment of claims due by a company (details supplied); the level of payments that are expected to be made; the approximate...
    • Insurance Levy
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised from the 3% stamp duty and 2% levy, respectively, on insurance policies in each of the years from 2010 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he...
    • Fiscal Policy
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will be seeking a derogation from the European Commission to borrow €1 billion outside the fiscal rules for the purpose of social housing as...
    • Tax Code
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the commitment in the summer economic statement to increase taxation on measures that promote healthier lifestyles, the measures that are under...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of politically appointed staff working in his Department including the names, roles and salaries of each staff member; in the case of special...
    • Corporate Tax Compliance
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the use of charitable tax status for the purpose of corporate tax avoidance; the way this can happen; the number of such schemes which...
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of real estate investment trusts which exist since their introduction; the cost to the Exchequer in tax foregone or other tax advantages conferred...
    • Household Charge Administration
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the household charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22874/16]
    • EU Budget Contribution
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 28 January 2016, if the revision to 2015 GDP published this week will lead to a significant increase in...
    • General Government Debt
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that Ireland’s updated headline debt-GDP ratio fell to 79% at the end of 2015, relative to a previous estimate of 94%, making...
    • Exchequer Returns
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 20 October 2015, if he will provide an update as to the employers’ PRSI, corporation tax and VAT paid by...
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff who entered the public service post 1 January 2011, in his Department and by year of entry to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Investigations
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the investigation into the administration and financial management of the FÁS scheme at a hostel and other locations has been completed;...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction a preschool for autistic children at a location (details supplied) as per the application submitted by the school; and if he...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has commenced a review of the ICT skills action plan, as committed to in the 2016 Action Plan for Jobs; the timeframe which has...
    • Third Level Education
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will increase the funding given specifically for the provision of adequate counselling services to all third level students either through...
    • International Mother Language Day
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered marking international mother language day in line with the United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/Res/61/266 to...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of full-time students that applied via the Central Applications Office for a State approved Quality and Qualifications Ireland...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of early intervention autism spectrum disorder units attached to primary schools catering for boys and girls with a diagnosis of...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 6 July 2016, if he still considers that the 31,000 places target by 2020 on existing and new...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications Data
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of student grant applicants which were successfully awarded, both in respect of the numbers of applicants who were awarded fees only...
    • Departmental Funding
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State funding provided by his Department and agencies under its remit to non-profit or non-governmental organisations, including schools and...
    • Third Level Funding
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he favours the introduction of a third level loan scheme; his views on the impact the introduction of similar scheme has had on access to...
    • Third Level Costs
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will undertake to provide some form of subsidy to Irish students attending UK universities and other third level institutions in the event...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide emergency classroom space for a school (details supplied) which has submitted an application under the additional school...
    • School Curriculum
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Mandarin Chinese will be included on the curriculum for the leaving certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22179/16]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure on apprenticeship training and the number of apprentices in training, by employment sector, in each of the years 2006 to 2010;...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position for the next academic year with respect to the school transport arrangements for persons (details supplied); if he will consider...
    • European Globalisation Fund
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to seek funding under the terms of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to provide training grants and upskilling to...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is not entitled to the provision of a special needs assistant; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the services of a special needs assistant have been removed from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a Gaelscoil in the south Kildare region; and the number of children who attend Gaelscoileanna in Kildare South. [22224/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the premature removal of funding by HSE Donegal for special education needs grants for children with disabilities attending...
    • Student Support Schemes
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend the eligibility criteria of the HEA student hardship fund to private fee paying colleges; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider introducing two interventions per student per annum over the range of their second level education, that is, for a duration of five...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies advertised on the HEA board in 2016 that have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22324/16]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend student grants to students who attend private higher education colleges with suitably accredited and recognised programmes....
    • Third Level Funding
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of the funding received by each third level institution from the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22328/16]
    • Third Level Fees
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of registration fees which are received from third level students on a national level, and also by third level institution; and if he...
    • Third Level Costs
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost of the provision of third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22330/16]
    • Third Level Participation
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to safeguard third level access programmes for those persons from socioeconomic groups who have traditionally been excluded from such...
    • Third Level Funding
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of subsidising third level institutions if the student contribution charge were reduced to €0, €100 or €250; and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the private institutions or charities to which his Department or the agencies under the remit of his Department provide financial or other...
    • Residential Institutions
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that have been made to ensure adequate consultation takes place with the survivors of residential institutions as part of the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new site and new premises for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22348/16]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport place will be provided for a person (details supplied) and if they are entitled to free school transport as their father is...
    • School Staff
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the minimum number of pupils required by a school (details supplied) to maintain its two-teacher school status; the lowest number of pupils to...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Staff
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason home tutors are not employed by his Department and must register as self-employed; his plans to change this practice; if his...
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Gaelscoileanna and Gaelcholáistí currently recognised by his Department; the number of students that are receiving their...
    • Schools Recognition
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ways in which he has considered the demand for Irish-medium education in the context of the new arrangements for the recognition of schools;...
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken by his Department to promote immersion education through Irish as set out in the 20-year strategy for the Irish language; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sections of the EPSEN Act that have not been commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22407/16]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of prefabricated classrooms that were replaced under the previous programme for Government; the number that were identified but not...
    • Legislative Measures
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sections of the Teaching Council Act 2001 that have not been commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22409/16]
    • Child Abuse
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of victims of child sex abuse that have received offers of payment from the State in view of the O’Keeffe judgment; and...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount paid by the State in fees to legal professionals for the purposes of defending the O’Keeffe case and other cases of...
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been allocated to the DEIS programme over each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22412/16]
    • Education Policy
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the report on science, technology, engineering and maths has been finalised and presented to his Department; the timeframe for publication of...
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he intends to apply the recommendations of the Cush and Ward reports only to those who have signed up to the Lansdowne Road agreement;...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of reference of the review into the scheme for special needs assistants to be carried out by the National Council for Special...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the occupations, trades or professions for which there is an apprenticeship currently established; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport Review
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has determined the terms of reference for the review of the school transport scheme; the date upon which the review is to commence; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to publish the focused policy assessment of the special needs assistants scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22420/16]
    • Education Policy
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has commenced the review of the barriers to education for lone parents; when the review will be concluded; the terms of...
    • Autism Support Services
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to develop autism spectrum disorder units at primary and secondary level schools in Clonmel, County Tipperary; the numbers of...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide necessary funding for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) which was recently damaged in a fire; and the steps he...
    • School Funding
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide capital funding to a school (details supplied) following the fire that has destroyed another school, designated as the new...
    • Teachers' Panel Rights
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a qualified special needs assistants and Montessori teachers can be placed on the relevant panels for employment in their area...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to place a school (details supplied) in Roslyn Park national learning network, Beech Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4, which his Department...
    • Schools Building Projects
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to build a new school on the Poolbeg Peninsula, Ringsend, Dublin 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22683/16]
    • School Management
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has a provision for sign language interpreters to be in attendance at parent-teacher meetings where there is a requirement for...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will take steps to ensure funding is provided for vital and necessary mechanical and electrical services for a primary school (details...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of politically appointed staff working in his Department, including the names, roles and salaries of each staff member; in the case of...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education needs organisers yearly by county in each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a FETAC level 5 course is considered an interruption in the five-year break in studies for a person (details supplied) who is applying...
    • Data Protection
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether or not his Department has yet issued instructions to schools informing them of the arrangements for dealing with the data protection...
    • School Costs
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether or not his Department has undertaken any surveys asking parents and-or schools regarding the amount asked for annually in voluntary...
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date for the next meeting with the Northern Ireland Minister for Education in sectorial format, as provided for in the North-South...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision is likely regarding the status of an application for funding for a school building project (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will send an inspector or official from the schools building unit to a school (details supplied) to view at first hand the work required to...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff who entered the public service after 1 January 2011 in his Department and by year of entry to date; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing a pay increase to all those employed under the remit of his Department after 1 January 2011 of 2%, 4% and 5%; and if he...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Water Safety
      321. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants for beach lifeguard positions who failed the initial tests; if they were all informed in time...
    • Illegal Dumping
      322. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the funding of the PURE project, protecting uplands and rural environment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      323. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the efforts being made within his Department to fill all vacant local authority arts officer positions; and if he will...
    • Constituency Boundaries
      324. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to revise the Dáil constituency boundaries following census 2016; the terms of reference for the new...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      325. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will sanction funding to Westmeath County Council for 14 new Traveller residential units at Blackberry Lane,...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      326. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will allocate funding approved under the rural water programme in 2015 to a group water scheme (details supplied)...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Data
      327. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has carried out any independent research into residential landlords' costs, in particular for landlords with no...
    • Departmental Funding
      328. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the State funding provided by his Department and agencies under its remit, including to local authorities to non-profit or...
    • Nuclear Plants
      330. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Government has been consulted by the UK Government or the nuclear power company NuGen as part of the stage two...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      331. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the competent regulatory body at national level overseeing compliance with all environmental and planning regulations for...
    • EU Funding
      332. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Ireland has drawn down any funding under the European Commission’s LIFE programme from 2014 to 2015; if so, the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      333. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of moneys paid to Dublin City Council in 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22115/16]
    • Regeneration Projects Funding
      334. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the balance of funds will be paid to Dublin City Council for Ballymun regeneration works; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      335. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding provided by his Department to Fingal County Council over the past ten years to finance remediation...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      336. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department have yet responded to the local authority regarding the tendering process for construction of social...
    • Coroners Service
      337. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if county councils are required to pay for the county coroner; and if so, the amount this costs on a county basis. [22153/16]
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      338. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the current situation with a company (details supplied), whereby customers must now pay a standing...
    • Climate Change Policy
      339. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline Ireland's target under Conference of the Parties 21. [22203/16]
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      340. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has notified all operators of the Government's decision to suspend pay-by-weight bin charges; his plans to stop...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      341. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the provision which excludes specifically adapted bungalows from the tenant purchase scheme; if the terms of the scheme...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      342. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when funding will be provided for a sewerage and waste water scheme in Mountbellew, County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      343. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the average length of time for social housing projects to complete the four stage approval process; and the average length...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      344. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the time to complete the four stage approval process for social housing at Saint Finian’s Avenue, Lucan, County...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      348. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount each local authority has recouped from his Department for capital funded social housing units including new...
    • Motor Tax
      349. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated cost of abolishing the motor tax charge of €120 on electric cars; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Planning Issues
      350. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of guidelines issued by his office and that of his predecessor under section 28 1(b) of the Planning and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      351. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is considering a new affordable housing scheme as part of any imminent housing strategy; if he is aware that housing...
    • Library Services
      352. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the proposed merger regarding published proposals to amalgamate the library services of Carlow and Kilkenny,...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      353. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline the report of the fire authority on health and safety at Traveller accommodation sites; if all local...
    • Local Government Fund
      354. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts allocated to each local authority in 2014 from the Local Government Fund in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Local Authority Funding
      355. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities such as Westmeath County Council will be provided with an allocation of funds, in order to enable...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      356. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a regulation or directive from his Department which prevents a local authority from purchasing a home for a...
    • Local Government Reform
      357. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has issued guidelines or regulations as to the functioning of section 21 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014,...
    • Local Authority Services
      358. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the water services at an estate (details supplied) in Cork has not been approved under the NTICI measure 2; the...
    • Library Services
      359. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will delay the awarding of the new national tender for book stock in September 2016 until such time as the public...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      360. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the terms upon which a recent case (details supplied) was compromised; if in the context, it is now accepted that local...
    • Local Authority Housing
      361. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider eliminating local authorities from purchasing further housing units in housing developments which have...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      362. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide details of the 520 voluntary housing bodies here; the number of persons employed by these organisations; the...
    • Housing Policy
      363. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding is being provided by any scheme by his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department to assist...
    • Waste Disposal
      364. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the obligations on management companies or management agents to make provision for brown bin collection services within...
    • Planning Issues
      365. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to implement measures whereby planning applications for large housing developments will go directly to An Bord...
    • End of Life Vehicles Disposal
      366. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the statistics in respect of abandoned cars in the four Dublin local authorities for 2015 and in 2016 to date; and if he...
    • Environmental Regulations
      367. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proceedings under way against the Republic of Ireland by the European Commission’s Environmental Directorate,...
    • Irish Water Data
      369. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that was realised in efficiency savings since the creation of Irish Water for 2015 and 2016. [22626/16]
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      370. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the projects in Ballymun that received funding from the regeneration programme; and his plans to bridge any gap in funding...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      371. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Fitzgerald Park under Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, which should...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      380. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the number of social housing units in the area of Fingal County Council where fire safety structural...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      381. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of politically appointed staff working in his Department including the names, roles and salaries of each staff...
    • Capital Assistance Scheme Applications
      382. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason an application under the capital assistance scheme by a housing association (details supplied) was...
    • Local Authority Housing Eligibility
      383. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has taken a decision to have those households whose income is above the specified eligibility thresholds removed...
    • Emergency Accommodation Provision
      385. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide figures on the amount allocated to each local authority to provide emergency homeless assistance in 2016; to...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      386. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether the cap of €30,000 imposed on his Department for refurbishment of vacant local authority units, has been...
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      387. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date for the next meeting with the Northern Ireland Minister for the Environment in sectoral format, as provided for...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      389. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 28 June 2016, if voluntary housing associations are required to announce...
    • Architectural Qualifications
      390. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the engagement he had with the European Union, relative to the Building Control Act 2007, and Article 46 of Directive...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      391. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps being taken to replace the JobBridge scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21951/16]
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      392. To ask the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the operation of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service dedicated mortgage arrears services launched late in 2015; the numbers of...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      393. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that the backlog for assessing medical evidence in respect of schemes is causing significant hardship and delays to families awaiting...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      395. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on an application under the carer's allowance scheme. [21928/16]
    • Departmental Reviews
      396. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the determinations of the interdepartmental working group viewing the increased incidence of workers being classified as self-employed but not...
    • Community Employment Schemes Funding
      397. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding of the community employment programme 2015 under the headings in budget and actual amounts in participant allowances, supervision,...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      398. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors in each region of his Department who are due to retire or reach 66...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      399. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Appeals
      400. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the supports available to a person who cannot work due to illness in order to pay their mortgage in the absence of the mortgage interest supplement...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      401. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will address inequalities in the pension system for women, particularly those who left the workforce to rear children before 1994; if he will...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Applications
      402. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of an application by a person (details supplied) for a back-to-school allowance; and if he will make a...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility
      403. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the review of eligibility for the insolvency payments scheme will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22020/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      404. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the State funding provided by his Department and agencies under its remit to non-profit or non-governmental organisations for each year from 2008 to...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      406. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22106/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      408. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22109/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      409. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will decide on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); the average waiting time for such applications to be...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      410. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department received an application for a carer's allowance from a person (details supplied); when payment of the allowance will be approved;...
    • Labour Activation Projects
      411. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the safeguards he has put in place to assure jobseekers who have been selected for the JobPath activation scheme that they will not end up being...
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      412. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures he is taking to reduce the waiting time of 19 weeks before applications for carer's allowance are examined; and if he will make a...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Payments
      413. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a payment to person (details supplied) under the partial capacity benefit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22166/16]
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      414. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      415. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing an application for a disability allowance which was lodged on 26 May 2016 for a person (details supplied);...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      416. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will intervene in a case to ensure that a person (details supplied) is not required to make a new carer's allowance application for a...
    • Invalidity Pension Waiting Times
      417. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Support Grant
      418. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a carer's support grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      419. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      420. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22220/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      421. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22226/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      422. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22227/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      423. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22233/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      425. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be reached on a carer’s allowance review for a person (details supplied). [22276/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      426. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22279/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      427. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22284/16]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      429. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22286/16]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      430. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) and consider a request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22288/16]
    • Respite Care Grant Applications
      431. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a respite care grant application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22290/16]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      432. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22291/16]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      433. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the departmental papers and the comments of the deciding officer have not been forwarded to an appeals officer for an appeal that was...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      434. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a qualified adult payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22297/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      435. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22301/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      437. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22321/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      438. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application for a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      440. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied). [22350/16]
    • Qualified Child Increase Payments
      441. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2017 of increasing the qualified child increase by €2, €3 and €5, and if he will make a...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      442. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the projected increase due to changing demographics in the number of persons availing of the free travel scheme over the next five years; the cost...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      443. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      444. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an elected member of a local authority, who is currently in receipt of jobseeker's assistance, qualifies to take up employment through the Jobs...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      445. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22466/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      447. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal against the refusal of carer's allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      448. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has had their disability allowance reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Employment Support Services
      449. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number and locations of Intreo centres across the State; the counties which do not currently have an Intreo centre; his plans to establish new...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      450. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 12 July 2016, if he will outline the position with regard to the person indicated (details...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      451. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider extending the period of participation in a community employment scheme for a person (details supplied) beyond the standard...
    • Redundancy Payments
      452. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a company (details supplied) regarding redundancy repayments; when redundancy payments will be made; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Meals Programme
      454. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the expenditure on the school meals programme; the cost in 2017 of increasing expenditure on this programme by 5% and 10%; and if he will make a...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      455. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision regarding their farm assist appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22615/16]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      456. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider changing the current policy and increasing the pension paid to a person (details supplied) and others who were only awarded a...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      457. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of defined benefit schemes here; the number of active members in the defined benefit schemes; the number of deferred members of defined...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      458. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2017 of restoring the Christmas bonus to 75% and 100% of its previous rate; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      459. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) must remain on JobPath despite being accepted onto a community employment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      460. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that a person currently on the family rate of jobseeker's payment of €372.40, the rate for a married couple with two...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      461. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      465. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      466. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      467. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline his plans to review the qualifying conditions for the contributory state pension, particularly in respect of the yearly average and the...
    • Respite Care Grant Applications
      468. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a respite care grant in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      469. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance review for a person (details supplied). [22696/16]
    • Ministerial Staff
      470. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set down the number of politically appointed staff working in his Department, including the names, roles and salaries of each staff member; in...
    • Community Services Programme
      471. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline the changes to the most recent operation manual for community services programmes, dated 4 April 2016 Version 1, in particular, the...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Applications
      475. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why his Department is waiting for a copy of an insurance record of a person (details supplied) from the Department of Communications, Energy and...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      476. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the status of a review for a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of the carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      478. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set down by year of entry the number of staff who entered the public service in his Department post 1 January 2011 to date; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Middle East Peace Process
      479. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the way he will respond to the open letter titled Palestine's Call from a group of Palestinian civil and political society...
    • Human Rights Investigations
      486. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has concerns regarding the recent reports by Human Rights Watch (details supplied) documenting serious human rights abuses including...
    • Passport Data
      487. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Passport Office can confirm that the details pertaining to the passports of persons (details supplied) were used illegally by a third...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      488. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 429 of 12 July 2016 to outline the reason for the landings and the exercises or operations the...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      489. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out the status of the proposed immigration reform legislation in the US; if he made contact with Senators or Members of the House of...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      491. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the action being taken by the Government to secure the release of persons (details supplied) in Syria; and if he will make a...
    • Syrian Conflict
      492. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role, if any, of the Government to accelerate a Syrian peace process and consideration of proposals to bring forward a Syrian governance...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      493. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of politically appointed staff working in his Department, including the names, roles and salaries of each staff member; in the...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      495. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff, who entered the public service post 1 January 2011, in his Department and by year of entry to date; and if he will make...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      496. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all provisions from EU directives pertaining to increasing the share of public procurement contracts by SMEs have been implemented;...
    • Coastal Erosion
      497. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding available for coastal erosion both nationally and for County Mayo; the funding which has been made available for Mayo County...
    • Office of Government Procurement
      498. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the local authorities and associated housing bodies that have applied to use the framework agreement for integrated design team services...
    • Flood Risk Management
      499. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of meetings held by the Shannon river basin management co-ordination group to date; the details and agencies of those...
    • Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
      501. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to consider including local authorities in the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Pay
      502. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the year-on-year savings or costs achieved through the implementation of financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI,...
    • Economic Data
      503. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product for each of the years 2002 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      504. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of implementing a pay increase to all those employed under the remit of his Department post 1 January 2011 of 2%, 4% and 5%;...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      505. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of the merging or making changes to increment bands for those employed in the public service from 1 January 2011, as agreed...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      506. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff who entered the Civil Service post 1 January 2011 in his Department and by year of entry to date; and if he will...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      507. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons, in increments of €5,000, in receipt of public service pensions; and the corresponding amount of annual...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      508. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a list of Office of Public Works buildings in Dublin that are not currently in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Leader's Allowance
      509. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Ministers in Cabinet and Ministers of State in the 32nd Dáil who are eligible for annual funding under the leader's allowance...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      510. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will introduce measures to include social value issues in public procurement; if, in advance of such a measure, he will delay the...
    • Interdepartmental Working Groups
      511. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of times the flood management policy interdepartmental co-ordination group met in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date; the...
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      513. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of pilot projects identified since 2005 to date to prepare flood maps and flood risk management plans for a river basin...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
      515. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount which has been spent on flood relief schemes here from 2004 to date, broken down by county and by year; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
      516. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the outworking of the memorandum of understanding between the Office of Public Works and the representative body of the...
    • Flood Risk Management
      518. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the development of the CFRAM flood risk management plans; the timeframe for their completion; and if he will...
    • Interdepartmental Meetings
      520. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of meetings held by the interdepartmental flood policy co-ordination group per annum from 2011 to date in 2016; and if he...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
      521. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of flood relief capital allocation from 2011 to 2016 to date; the total drawdown per annum from 2011 to 2016 to date for...
    • Interdepartmental Working Groups
      522. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects to receive the report of the interdepartmental working group on fuller working lives, examining the issues of retirement...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      523. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of politically appointed staff working in his Department including the names, roles and salaries of each staff member; in the...
    • Drainage Schemes Applications
      524. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a new pipe being provided at Fenit Island, County Kerry to widen the sluice (details supplied). [22886/16]
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      525. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason he has not resolved the complaints of bullying lodged by three persons (details supplied); the reason the Office of Public...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Post Office Network
      526. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reasons the group examining developing post offices as hubs has not yet convened; when it is due to convene; the level of...
    • Departmental Investigations
      527. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will investigate an allegation (details supplied); the reason a substantial response has not issued to date; and if she will...
    • Departmental Reports
      528. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      529. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department or any other Department has a non-disclosure agreement with Meath Partnership. [22156/16]
    • Departmental Contracts
      530. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Meath Partnership-related contracts that have been won by companies (details supplied) in the past ten years. [22157/16]
    • Leader Programmes Data
      533. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there has been a delay in the awarding of Leader contracts to Meath Partnership. [22160/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      535. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the foreign travel that Meath Partnership has been involved in the past ten years; the funding that was used to provide for this...
    • Arts Funding
      536. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will commit to reaching an investment of 0.3% of GDP over the three forthcoming budgets of the Government's programme to bring...
    • Arts Plan
      537. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 15 June 2016, when the important culture policy document, Culture 2020 will be...
    • Film Industry
      538. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated to the film industry between 2011 to 2016; the spending on the film industry as a percentage of GNP in that...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      539. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to confirm that the European Commission services opened infringement proceedings against the Republic of Ireland in February...
    • EU Directives
      541. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 148 of 30 June 2016, 1681 of 22 September 2015 and 87 of 24 March 2015, and the Wildlife Acts...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      543. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of politically appointed staff working in her Department including the names, roles and salaries of each staff member; in...
    • National Parks
      544. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received an application from Leitrim County Council to designate north Leitrim as a national park; the process by which...
    • Seirbhísí Aeir Fóirdheonaithe
      545. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na céimeanna atá tógtha aici le mí anuas lena chinntiú go mbeidh seirbhís aeir ann chuig...
    • Road Projects Status
      546. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made in the past six weeks to resolve the issues between the National Parks and Wildlife Service and Galway County...
    • Leader Programmes Expenditure
      547. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total allocation in 2016 for the Leader programme; the estimated amount of this that will be spent on projects; the amount spent...
    • Forbairt Calaí agus Céanna
      548. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén caiteachas a mheastar a dhéanfar i mbliana ar fhorbairt na céibhe ar Inis Oírr; cén méid atá...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      549. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the restoration of the Ulster Canal; the funding provided in her Department's Estimates in 2016 for this...
    • Hedge Cutting Season
      550. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she will implement changes to the closed period for hedge cutting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22891/16]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      551. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff who entered the public service post 1 January 2011, in her Department and by year of entry to date; and if she...
  • Department of Health
    • Mental Health Services
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the effect the industrial dispute at the Central Mental Hospital is having on services; the number and grade of staff involved; the causes of the dispute; the...
    • HSE Funding
      553. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of HSE administered grant funding allocated to preschools and or child care providers for the provision of supports for children with special...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      554. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the pensions that employers of an organisation (details supplied) receive. [22315/16]
    • Health Services
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of podiatry and chiropody services in the Health Service Executive West region; the number and location of local podiatry clinics...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of new emergency department consultants in St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; the number of new appointments he intends to make in...
    • Hospital Groups
      557. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions between the Ireland East Hospital Group, IEHG, and the HSE acute hospitals division to address the disparity in funding sought by IEHG to...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time approved emergency medicine consultant posts in each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form. [21932/16]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Closures
      559. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that there will be no service cut or closure at Mullingar Midlands Hospital accident and emergency department after reports in the media claiming...
    • Dental Services
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a dental service (details supplied) is due to close; when, and the duration for which it is due to close; the number of dental appointments that...
    • Health Services
      561. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure and the steps involved in the diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome in a child; if he is satisfied that all of the necessary expertise to diagnose and...
    • Medical Card Applications
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical cards for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21944/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      564. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available for a residential placement for a person (details supplied) in south Tipperary who has been a patient in St. Luke's...
    • HSE Funding
      565. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Central Remedial Clinic pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21953/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      566. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a date for surgery for a person (details supplied). [21965/16]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent across departments on agency staff by the Cavan Monaghan Hospital Group in 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dental procedure for a person (details supplied). [22014/16]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still on the waiting list for a new wheelchair; and when they will receive same. [22024/16]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent by Letterkenny University Hospital on private ambulance services in each of the years 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons a case of Asperger's syndrome was not detected in the case of a person (details supplied). [22027/16]
    • Respite Care Services
      572. To ask the Minister for Health when he will make funding available for the day-to-day running of a house that will provide respite care for adults at Redshire Road, Murrintown, County...
    • Health Services Provision
      573. To ask the Minister for Health his vews on the quality of treatment received by a person (details supplied). [22031/16]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      574. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a guarantee that the major trauma care will not be removed from the emergency department in St. Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny and that the...
    • Health Services Funding
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the State funding provided by his Department and agencies under its remit, including the HSE, to non-profit organisations, including voluntary hospitals and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in dealing with the waiting list for scoliosis surgery for children at Crumlin children's hospital; if external surgery or treatment...
    • HSE Data
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the number of organisations listed as sections 38 and 39 organisations funded by the HSE for each of the years 2011 to 2015; the amount paid to each...
    • HSE Funding
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has offered any advice by way of circulars, training or by any other means to sections 38 and 39 funded organisations in...
    • HSE Data
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the annual salaries, expenses and allowances paid to senior management and executives and heads of all sections 38 and 39 funded organisations for each of the...
    • Health Services
      584. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has recouped any money from sections 38 and 39 funded organisations following internal audits from 2011 to 2016 to date; and if...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the top-up payments, including salaries, allowances and pension payments which were paid or provided for by organisations known as sections 38 and 39 HSE...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      587. To ask the Minister for Health if staff and management at sections 38 and 39 HSE funded organisations were subject to FEMPI legislation in respect of pay, pensions and allowances; if any...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the full cost of drugs and medicines paid for by the State from 2002 to 2016 to date broken down by each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has failed to cover the cost of Midon, a drug recommended by consultant neurologists in the treatment of Parkinson's disease for inclusion...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22080/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding negotiations between the HSE and an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22083/16]
    • Ministerial Functions
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the exact areas of responsibility of each Minister of State in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22084/16]
    • Vaccination Programme
      595. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to highlight the dangers of the HPV vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22089/16]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      596. To ask the Minister for Health the policy his Department and the Health Service Executive are pursuing to support Naas Hospital in the provision of its emergency services; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      597. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22110/16]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Data
      598. To ask the Minister for Health the number of visits to each of Naas and Portlaoise emergency departments; the number of these visits that were between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m.; the locations the...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      599. To ask the Minister for Health if a final decision has yet been made about the possibility of transfer of former members of the CRC pension plan to the SPSPS; and if he will make a statement...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      601. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the severe overcrowding at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath with 38 patients on trolleys waiting for admission on...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's policy for section 38 health agencies to disclose the salaries of their staff; if these agencies have been advised by the HSE...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that parents using the speech and language therapy department in Waterford University Hospital are being informed by therapists that no further...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      605. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to discontinue the highly insensitive practice of requesting parents to provide medical evidence confirming their children's...
    • Hospital Groups
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the name of the CEO or equivalent of each hospital and each hospital group on 1 July 2013, 1 July 2014, 1 July 2015 and 1 July 2016 for each public and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      607. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 708 of 17 May 2016, if he will arrange treatment as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied); the reason for...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if there is funding available for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22206/16]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to general practitioners for house calls out of hours; whether a person who is housebound is entitled to a GP visit upon request; if not,...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      610. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for dental treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22221/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      611. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the premature removal of funding by HSE Donegal for special education needs grants for children with disabilities attending mainstream...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an appointment for a procedure; if a time can be arranged as soon as possible; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the bid made to the HSE national capital steering group for €800,000 funding for a new building to house the early pregnancy assessment...
    • Electronic Health Records
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of electronic health records; if he will consider a period of public consultation with regard to the data collected and its use;...
    • Patient Data
      615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people here suffering from coeliac disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22259/16]
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      616. To ask the Minister for Health if he will guarantee that trauma care services in emergency departments in Cavan, Naas, Portiuncula in Ballinasloe, Mullingar, Portlaoise, Saint Luke's in...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      617. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the eligibility criteria and application process for patients with muscular dystrophy who require a personal assistant. [22261/16]
    • Maternity Services
      618. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the introduction of a single clinical guideline for the use of Oxytocin during labour as advocated for by the Institute of Obstetricians...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      619. To ask the Minister for Health for a list of all pharmacies engaged in the provision of methadone to patients; the number involved in the pharmacy needle exchange programme; and if he will...
    • Health Strategies
      620. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish the review carried out into the previous national intercultural health strategy 2007-2012; and the timeline for its publication [22264/16]
    • Traveller Community
      621. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider commissioning a new study into the health care of members of the Traveller community on a similar basis to the 2010 all-Ireland Traveller...
    • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
      622. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to continue the implementation of the previous Government’s strategy on supervised injection centres; and if so, the timeline for the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the waiting lists nationally for inpatient procedures by acute hospital; the patient waiting times for each such procedure by individual...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      626. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22273/16]
    • Hospital Facilities
      627. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will install facilities in the Coombe Hospital, Dublin 8, for the partners of expecting mothers who may need to stay overnight; and if he...
    • Disease Awareness
      628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider placing signs in places of recreation where ticks are prevalent in the Dublin area and other counties to raise awareness of Lyme disease as...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      629. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22283/16]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      630. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will provide a date to a person (details supplied) for a medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22287/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      631. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22311/16]
    • Hospital Staff
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing arrangements for the MRI Centre in Cork University Hospital for Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and if the number of staff available is hindering...
    • HSE Expenditure
      633. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that public funds provided to the Central Remedial Clinic by the HSE are being spent on private consultancy groups, legal teams and...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      634. To ask the Minister for Health if the canal communities local drug and alcohol task force co-ordinator position, which is vacant at the moment due to a retirement, will be replaced; and when...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who was awarded a home care package is having their home help hour withdrawn leaving them without any assistance; if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      636. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite surgery for a person (details supplied). [22354/16]
    • Prescriptions Data
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the latest figures for State spending on prescriptions of specific serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors for persons...
    • Health Services Data
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the services and supports that have been put in place for persons who suffer side effects after having their tonsils removed; the number of such cases reported...
    • Health Services Provision
      639. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment with a psychologist will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if a care and education plan will be put in place relative to this...
    • Health Services Charges
      640. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is a recipient of jobs initiative payment can have their bill for treatment in Beaumont Hospital waived in view of the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      641. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the surgical theatre space operational at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 on a monthly basis for each of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date; and if...
    • HSE Properties
      644. To ask the Minister for Health if he can confirm the HSE purchase of a premises (details supplied); the purpose and primary use of this site; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Prescriptions Charges
      645. To ask the Minister for Health to abolish prescription charges for persons with intellectual disabilities as this cost is a burden on their already small incomes; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      646. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further funding for sufferers of agoraphobia who require psychiatric counselling in their home as many sufferers are not receiving the support they...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      648. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide personalised funding in respect of the two hours speech and language therapy allocated to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      649. To ask the Minister for Health to schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied); his views on measures which can be taken to ensure persons get seen in primary school; and if he...
    • Suicide Bereavement Support
      650. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) in light of the proposed closure of the Console charity. [22423/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      651. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22443/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      652. To ask the Minister for Health when the Cope Foundation in Cork will be able to access funding promised for post-21 day services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22444/16]
    • Dental Services Provision
      653. To ask the Minister for Health when replacement dentists will be employed to fill vacancies that have recently arisen in a clinic (details supplied); if he will review the loss of dental...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      654. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate the transport services for service users once they transition into adults at 18 years of age; the way he plans to fund the services; the...
    • Medical Records
      655. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to provide the medical records of a person (details supplied) for the periods the person attended Waterford Regional Hospital from 1990 to...
    • Hospital Admissions
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was left on a trolley at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny for 31 hours; the action Waterford Regional Hospital took on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      657. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 21 June 2016, to reply in particular concerning persons with intellectual disabilities who are living at home...
    • Mental Health Awareness
      658. To ask the Minister for Health to develop and provide funding for a mental health strategy specifically for mental health promotion in third level universities and institutions and to...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      659. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a commitment that all the funding allocated to mental health stays within mental health areas for the duration of the term of the 32nd Dáil;...
    • Prescriptions Data
      660. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a noticeable increase in the prescribing of the drug Lyrica by doctors to patients; if he is aware of the dramatic increase in the misuse of...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to protect the confidentiality of the clients of the suicide charity, Console, in the aftermath of its collapse; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed development of the Jigsaw programme in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22598/16]
    • Departmental Strategies
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the drafting of a new national cancer strategy for the period 2016 to 2025; if there is a proposed publication date for the strategy; and if he...
    • Professional Qualifications
      664. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 594 of 12 July 2016, if a qualification from a college (details supplied) will be included in the Act to protect the...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      665. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be considered for any cancellations or available appointments that may arise for the surgery they are currently waiting for....
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      666. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to close wards at a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork; the number of staff employed at this hospital; if the hospital...
    • Health Services
      667. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22641/16]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      668. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents waiting to be seen by the CAMHS teams in County Tipperary; the current waiting times from initial referral; the efforts...
    • Aftercare Services
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing and supporting the aftercare plans held by persons who are 18 to 21 years of age, by allocating 15 hours per week for a...
    • Home Care Packages Expenditure
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated for 2016 to the HSE west for the home care package; if he will allocate further moneys for the home care package for the Limerick area;...
    • Cancer Incidence
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women newly diagnosed with ovarian cancer for each year from 2011 to 2015 and 2016 to date; the number diagnosed in the age ranges of 29 years...
    • HSE Expenditure
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred by the HSE in treating ovarian cancer in each year from 2011 to 2015. [22692/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      674. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a neurologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22695/16]
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of politically appointed staff working in his Department, including the names, roles and salaries of each staff member; in the case of special...
    • Hospital Facilities
      676. To ask the Minister for Health the improvements made to the Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda through capital investment in each of the years 2014 to 2015 and 2016 to date; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      677. To ask the Minister for Health to increase the HSE subvention provided to a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22752/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure
      678. To ask the Minister for Health to increase recently administered additional funds by the Health Service Executive to supported care homes by at least 10 per cent during the lifetime of the...
    • Nursing Home Inspections
      679. To ask the Minister for Health to establish a working group consisting of representatives of HIQA, Supported Care Homes for the Elderly and the Health Service Executive to examine the...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      680. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors, general practitioners and nurses dedicated to supporting patients living with dementia and their families in County Donegal; his plans...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied), including when the person can expect an appointment. [22839/16]
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the date for the next meeting with the Northern Ireland Minister for Health,Social Services and Public Safety in sectoral format, as provided for in the...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      683. To ask the Minister for Health when the commitment in the programme for Government to reintroduce the purchase treatment fund will be honoured; the date he expects patients to be referred...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      684. To ask the Minister for Health if the staff of the Central Remedial Clinic will be included in the State single public service pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospitals Data
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to every hospital here in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; the numbers of inpatients per annum in every hospital in each of the...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Administration
      686. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with a medical card, having blood samples taken by their local general practitioner or primary care centre, are liable for a charge; if they are not...
    • Dental Services Provision
      687. To ask the Minister for Health the status of dental treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22884/16]
    • Grant Payments
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) who has been awarded an injury grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22887/16]
    • Hospital Charges
      689. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital bill for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22888/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      690. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment at Waterford Regional Hospital for a person (details supplied); and the reason for the delay in responding to such...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      691. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for SOS Kilkenny relative to the needs of a person (details supplied); and if he will expedite same [22899/16]
    • Hospital Charges
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who was referred to St. James's Hospital is being billed for a treatment; if the costs involved will be covered by the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who entered the public service post 1 January 2011, in his Department and by year of entry to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of implementing a pay increase to all those employed under the remit of his Department post-1 January 2011 of 2%, 4% and 5%; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Food Exports
      695. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22092/16]
    • Greyhound Industry
      696. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Irish greyhounds board tote; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will be deemed eligible under a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22699/16]
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      698. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a reply will issue to the committee of petitions to its request for information on 25 January 2016 (details supplied); and if he...
    • Bord na gCon Expenditure
      699. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Irish Greyhound Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reports
      700. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Morris report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21960/16]
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      701. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the accounts for the Retired Greyhound Trust; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21961/16]
    • TAMS Applications
      702. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 23 June 2016, when he will process an application (details supplied) under the targeted...
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      704. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding directors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22015/16]
    • Departmental Reports
      705. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22018/16]
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      706. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the impact the installation of solar panels on farms can have with regard to AEOS, the basic payment scheme and other farm payments;...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      707. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there has been a change in value in payments to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • TAMS Administration
      708. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when rubber slat mats will become eligible for grant aid under targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 as per the programme for...
    • EU Regulations
      709. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered with other agencies under his remit examining the possibility of offering national certification to EU organic...
    • Fish Landings
      710. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total catch landed in tonnage, and the value of the catch landed at all regional ports on an annual basis for the period 2010 to...
    • Animal Slaughtering Standards
      711. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if officals from his Department are present on every occasion that members of the Defence Forces engage in the culling of animals....
    • Greyhound Industry
      713. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on employment in the greyhound industry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22139/16]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      714. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the appointment of a person to the board of the Irish Greyhound Board (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Bord na gCon
      715. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Irish Greyhound Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22149/16]
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      717. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the appointment of the chairman of the Irish Greyhound Board (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bord na gCon Inspections
      718. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on an Irish Greyhound Board statement made on 8 July 2016 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Transfers
      719. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of current entitlements for a person (details supplied). [22164/16]
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      720. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a recent Irish Greyhound Board statement regarding animal welfare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Milk Prices
      721. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he expects farmers to keep producing milk below the cost of production; his plans to introduce a floor milk price margin; and if...
    • GLAS Payments
      722. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22178/16]
    • Aquaculture Licences
      723. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the issuing of aquaculture licences in Kilmackilloge Harbour, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      725. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
    • Beef Data Programme
      726. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 5 July 2016, and the variables used to calculate such figures, the detail of the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      727. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agricultural payments appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
      728. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 26 April 2016, the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Eligibility
      729. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 510 of 14 June 2016, the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the...
    • Food Wise 2025 Strategy
      730. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 8 June 2016, and his comments in respect of Ireland's commitment to United Nations...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      731. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of kilograms of CO2 emissions generated in the manufacture of 1 kilogram of Irish beef protein; and if he will make a...
    • Harbour Fees
      732. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will arrange for a review of harbour charges incurred by a person (details supplied) at a marina during a period when...
    • Beef Data Programme
      733. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) might expect payment for the 2015 beef data scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • GLAS Payments
      734. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) might expect payment for the 2015 GLAS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22347/16]
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      735. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the plans his Department has put in place to protect Irish farmers following the recent referendum result in...
    • Land Issues
      737. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the interpretation of land eligibility that was confirmed by a person (details supplied) at the hill farmers conference on 20 June...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      738. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will now undertake to ensure that the flawed inspection procedures are immediately changed to ensure that each applicant...
    • Agriculture Scheme Penalties
      739. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the penalties that were applied to farmers where no control report was provided; and if he will make a statement...
    • Court Judgments
      740. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an estimate on a county-by-county basis of the amount of cases around the country that may be affected by a ruling...
    • Legal Proceedings
      741. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the farmers on the commonages that were subjected to a review in 2010 and 2013 are entitled to have the...
    • Farmers Charter
      742. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure the implementation of the farmers charter is adhered to by his officers on the ground in view of the ruling in a...
    • Legal Proceedings
      743. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department did not take remedial action on the provision of a control report when a matter was brought to his...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      744. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether every on-the-spot check conducted by his Department must be the subject of a control report which must be...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      745. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if appeals officers have never contacted any inspecting officers, or vice versa, in cases without notifying the relevant applicant of...
    • Agriculture Scheme Administration
      747. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the lack of understanding his officers have in the context of fair procedures when dealing with...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      748. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal advice he received in respect of interpretation of the EU regulations prior to preparing the terms and conditions of the...
    • Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility
      749. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is appropriate, in the context of a citizen’s right to natural justice, that his officers can enter...
    • TAMS Applications
      750. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding applications for the TAMS 2 scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22467/16]
    • GLAS Applications
      751. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding GLAS applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22500/16]
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      752. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a young farmers scheme application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • European Fisheries Fund
      753. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of the EU contribution to his Department under the European Fisheries Fund. [22636/16]
    • Fish Farming
      755. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for details of any land-based RAS fish farms which were funded by the European Fisheries Fund in any member state. [22638/16]
    • Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
      756. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons a combined application under the young farmers scheme by two persons (details supplied) was unsuccessful for one of the...
    • TAMS Applications
      757. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on an application by a person (details supplied) under TAMS 2 scheme. [22697/16]
    • Horse Racing Industry Funding
      758. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to amend the legislation governing the thoroughbred foal levy so that the breeder pays the levy on the exact amount paid for the stud...
    • Farmers Charter Review
      764. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if changes were made to the farmers' charter; if the farming organisations had an input into the changes as agreed; and if he will...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      765. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of politically appointed staff working in his Department including the names, roles and salaries of each staff member; in...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      766. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of historical appeal cases in County Mayo that have been affected by the recent High Court decision; his plans to appoint...
    • EU Funding
      767. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of member states that have amended their respective 2014-2020 RDPs to create financial instruments to draw down on...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      768. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the areas of natural constraint scheme will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22803/16]
    • Superlevy Fine
      769. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has put proposals to the EU Agriculture Commissioner in relation to the postponement of super levy fines for 2016 and 2017, in...
    • GLAS Administration
      770. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the GLAS scheme will reopen; the number of persons to be approved for this scheme in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      771. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to meet at an early date his counterpart in the British Government, with particular reference to the recent EU membership...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      772. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their young farmers scheme top-up payment. [22807/16]
    • Beef Industry
      773. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next meeting of the Beef Forum will be held; the issues to be discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
      774. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in implementing Food Harvest 2020, for each sector provided for in that strategy, published in July 2010; and if...
    • EU Tariffs
      775. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he had discussions with the EU Agriculture Commissioner, and-or with other members of the EU Commission, regarding the need to...
    • State Aid
      776. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the necessary provisions will be implemented to enable farmers to access low-cost short-term loans, due to serious cash flow...
    • Dairy Sector
      777. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he will make at the next EU Agriculture Council in respect of the need to support the dairy sector through its present...
    • Fishing Fleet Protection
      778. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of super trawlers in Irish waters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22837/16]
    • Food Industry Exports
      779. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional resources will be provided to Bord Bia to assist client companies exporting to Northern Ireland and to Britain due to...
    • Live Exports
      780. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the export of live cattle to Turkey is likely to commence; if all the necessary protocols have been put in place; and if he will...
    • Food Exports
      781. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of discussions at the recent European Union Agriculture and Fisheries Council on to the need to have additional food...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      782. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of discussions at the recent European Union Agriculture and Fisheries Council on the ongoing difficulties facing the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      783. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has secured agreement from the European Commission to have an advance payment of 70% of the basic payment scheme by mid-October...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      784. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in the implementation of the report prepared by the pig industry stakeholder group; the timeline for the...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      785. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of any discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, following the...
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      786. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date for the next meeting with the Northern Ireland Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in sectorial format, as...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      787. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will be reimbursed moneys regarding an overclaim under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make...
    • GLAS Payments
      788. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      789. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a penalty on a basic payment scheme payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Industrial Development
      790. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in the context of capitalising on the significant potential of the whiskey market and in the interest of creating a level playing...
    • Departmental Funding
      791. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm receipt of an application for funding from an organisation (details supplied) which has made significant progress in the...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      792. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of implementing a pay increase to all those employed under the remit of his Department after 1 January 2011 of 2% 4% and 5%;...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      793. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the cessation of Inland Fisheries Ireland fish farm operations; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Oil Reserves Agency Data
      795. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount raised by the National Oil Reserves Agency levy in each year from 2010 to 2015; his views on whether the...
    • Energy Resources
      796. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of discussions with the owners of the Whitegate refinery regarding potential buyers with a view to maintaining...
    • Departmental Reports
      800. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all...
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      801. 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 2020,...
    • National Broadband Plan
      803. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the national broadband plan will not be part of Government owned infrastructure. [22223/16]
    • National Broadband Plan Funding
      804. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way in which the private ownership model would require an additional €500 million to €600 million...
    • Better Energy Communities Programme
      806. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of engagement with local authorities under the better energy communities scheme; the status of each local...
    • Legislative Measures
      807. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to outline the legislative framework regarding the ESB regulation of the River Shannon; his plans to amend that...
    • Building Energy Rating Administration
      808. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action that SEAI are taking to support professions that contribute to the eco-economy and jobs, with less...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      809. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the body with responsibility for ensuring the health and safety of persons in an area (details supplied). [22672/16]
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      810. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of politically appointed staff working in his Department including the names, roles and salaries of each staff...
    • Exploration Licences
      811. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 620 of 5 July 2016, if his Department, in preparing for issuing the licences in the...
    • Gas Exploration Licences
      812. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 620 of 5 July 2016, his plans as to the way the energy mix is to be organised per...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      813. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of energy his Department estimates will be generated by renewable energy by 2020 given current policy and...
    • Energy Policy
      814. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether keeping Moneypoint coal-fired power station open is compatible with meeting commitments to climate...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      816. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff who entered the public service post 1 January 2011 in his Department, by year of entry to date; and...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      817. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of implementing a pay increase to all those employed under the remit of his Department post 1 January 2011 of...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      818. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is an application process for the unannounced remaining €3 million sports capital dormant accounts funding for 2016 for...
    • Road Network
      819. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow holders of limousine licences to use bus lanes when carrying paying passengers in view of the significant role such...
    • Airport Security
      820. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a copy of the two reports conducted by Helios and approved by the Government within the past year, which deal with the issue...
    • Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
      821. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to further extend the number of recognised states with which an agreement exists for the purpose of driving licence...
    • Maritime Safety
      822. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the decision of the Marine Survey Office, MSO, to hold 400 certificates in abeyance for training...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      823. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether a standard fixed penalty for breaking speed limits should be in proportion with the speed at which the limit was...
    • National Roads Authority Projects
      824. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied there are adequate rest areas and services on the motorway and dual carriageway network given the dangers of driver...
    • Road Safety
      826. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the safety measures being undertaken by his Department for the regulation of self-driving cars here; and the engagement which has taken...
    • Traffic Data
      827. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to request Transport Infrastructure Ireland to investigate the cause of serious accidents occurring on an ongoing basis on the national...
    • Proposed Legislation
      828. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered banning the use of rickshaws as a method of transport and as a method of carrying passengers until regulations have...
    • Bus Services
      830. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of buses across the entire fleet that have been fitted with wheelchair accessible lifts; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Taxi Hardship Panel
      833. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a compensation scheme for taxi drivers who lost substantial value on their licence following the deregulation of...
    • Public Service Vehicles
      834. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a PSV Officer will be appointed in County Westmeath (details supplied). [22322/16]
    • Driver Licences
      836. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person who has applied for right of residency here, based on their parentage of an Irish citizen child and who has passed the RSA...
    • Public Transport Provision
      837. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the provision of public transport services to the Kilmessan area in County Meath in order to reduce the amount of...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      838. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the regional and local roads allocations to each local authority in 2016; to provide a breakdown by individual...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      839. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason persons must input their personal public service number into an online form in order to book an appointment to apply for a...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      840. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the sports capital programme will be opened for applications in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22469/16]
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      841. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position on the strategic road grant; and to consider providing funding to advance the Carrigaline western relief road project in...
    • Road Projects Status
      842. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected timeline for the delivery of the M28 Cork to Ringaskiddy road scheme; the funding that has been committed to the project;...
    • Greenways Development
      843. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the network of greenways throughout Ireland; the status of the greenway canal route between Dublin, Sallins and...
    • Tourism Promotion
      844. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts he is undertaking to promote the tourism potential of the canal network here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Air Traffic Control Services
      845. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the proposed night flights that are to be redirected over south Dublin on runway 16/34 from September 2016 for a...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      846. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that Dublin Bus is not providing an adequate bus service to the Easton Road area of Leixlip, County Kildare, and has...
    • Road Network
      847. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to include the Ardee bypass N52 on the list of priority projects for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22619/16]
    • Taxi Regulations
      848. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there are severe age limit restrictions on vehicles for use in the taxi sector, as opposed to the trucking or bus sector; the...
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      849. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Narrow Water Bridge project in view of the United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      850. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of politically appointed staff working in his Department including the names, roles and salaries of each staff member; in the...
    • Road Safety Strategy
      851. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22754/16]
    • Road Projects Status
      852. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 764 of 12 July 2016, the date Meath County Council applied for the revised total application of...
    • Rail Network
      856. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to progress integrated transport plans across the entire country, with particular reference to the...
    • Sports Events
      857. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to have discussions with the major sporting organisations with a view to encourage the use of this...
    • Tourism Industry
      858. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which the tourism sector has contributed to national economic recovery; if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of the...
    • Transport Policy
      861. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport he extent to which continues to strive for a fully co-ordinated and integrated transport sector to meet the needs of road, rail, air and...
    • Road Network
      862. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor deficiencies in the national road network system, with particular reference...
    • Public Transport Review
      863. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which a study has been carried out of the public transport sector in County Kildare, with particular reference to the need...
    • Tourism Promotion
      865. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he and his Department continue to promote Ireland as a conference venue, given the likely economic benefit including...
    • Road Safety
      866. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he and-or his Department and Transport Infrastructure Ireland continue to examine the locations at which numerous...
    • Olympic Games Facilities
      867. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the precautionary measures which have been put in place to protect the members of the Irish Olympic team and their families against the...
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      868. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff who entered the public service post-1 January 2011, in his Department and by year of entry to date; and if he will...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
      869. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current position with regard to the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment trade negotiations on the way Ireland and the...
    • IDA Site Visits
      871. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency site visits by county to 30 June 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      872. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she considered establishing a dedicated unit to co-ordinate activities to mitigate the impact of the British exit from the European...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      873. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Enterprise Ireland, EI, is sufficiently resourced to carry out its duties to the fullest extent given a risk assessment report...
    • Health and Safety Inspections Data
      875. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding the Health and Safety Authority spent on all safety initiatives and the number of inspections it carried out in...
    • Trade Missions
      877. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware that the cathaoirleach of Sligo County Council was not invited to attend the joint trade mission which she attended in...
    • Trade Agreements
      878. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views that the European Union-Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement, CETA, should be provisionally applied, before...
    • IDA Data
      879. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of those in employment in IDA Ireland supported companies in regions (details supplied) on an annual basis over the period...
    • Consumer Protection
      881. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she and agencies under her control are taking to monitor and safeguard consumers from escalating costs; the actions being...
    • EU Directives
      882. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the new EMF workplace directive (2013/35 EU) has been transposed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22185/16]
    • Regional Aid
      883. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the impact of the extension of the regional aid map to include Athy, County Kildare; if this has led to direct state aid to new or...
    • State Bodies Data
      884. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to provide a list of all unfilled board positions in bodies under her Department's aegis; if each of these positions is a paid or an...
    • Labour Court Awards
      885. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 800 of 12 July 2016, if she will make a payment to the estate of a person (details supplied) as...
    • Departmental Funding
      886. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if funding is being provided by any scheme by his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department to assist developers to buy...
    • Work Permits Applications
      887. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 798 of 12 July 2016, if she is aware that the employment permits section does not accept the...
    • Company Closures
      888. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to clarify the status of the closure of a company (details supplied) and in particular the reason the parent company appears to...
    • Labour Court
      889. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 548 and 549 of 28 June 2016, if she is satisfied that the reply provided by the court does not...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      891. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is concerned with the lack of substantive investigations into cartel activity here by the Competition and Consumer Protection...
    • EU Regulations
      892. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware of the cost to consumers of geo-blocking by companies providing online services and goods; if she supports the EU...
    • Consumer Protection
      893. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated total cost of cartel activity to the economy, given that the EU Commission has estimated that cartel activity can cost...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      894. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of files forwarded to the DPP by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and previously the Competition...
    • EU Directives
      895. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of EU directives relating to her Department that currently require transposition into Irish law; the number of such...
    • Low Pay Commission Report
      897. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to accept the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission on the national minimum wage that is due to report on the week of 19...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      899. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingency plans her Department has put in place to address the impact on Ireland of Brexit; if she has met her counterpart...
    • Corporation Tax
      900. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on proposals to lower the UK's corporation tax rate to 15% or lower; if she has discussed this matter with the Minister for...
    • Proposed Legislation
      901. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for the passage of the Competition (Amendment) Bill through the Oireachtas; the amendments she expects to introduce to...
    • Living Wage
      902. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action she is taking to progress a motion (details supplied) which supported the call for an incremental increase in the minimum...
    • Proposed Legislation
      903. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for the introduction of legislation to implement the recommendations of the University of Limerick report to the...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      905. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of politically appointed staff working in her Department including the names, roles and salaries of each staff member; in...
    • Job Retention
      906. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to encourage workers to stay here, in view of emigration figures still running at 23,000 persons, per annum. [20699/16]
    • Job Creation
      907. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons who have been paid fees paid to connectors under the ConnectIreland initiative, in each year since it was...
    • Grocery Industry Regulation
      908. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her proposals to establish an independent ombudsman office in respect of retail regulation, due to concerns over the unfair treatment...
    • Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
      909. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she will initiate a debate on the agreed text of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement; if Dáil Éireann will...
    • Employment Rights
      910. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she will take to regulate the au pair and domestic workers sector to protect vulnerable women from exploitation; and if she...
    • Low Pay Commission Expenditure
      911. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 787 to 790, inclusive, of 12 July 2016, the exact amount of pay received by individual members...
    • Commercial Rates
      912. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to tackle commercial vacancy rates, particularly in the north west where they are the highest in the country. [22535/16]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      913. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff who entered the public service after 1 January 2011 in her Department and by year of entry to date; and if she...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      914. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of implementing a pay increase for all those employed under the remit of her Department after 1 January 2011 of 2%, 4% and...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      915. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the State funding provided by her Department and agencies under its remit, including Tusla, to non-profit organisations, including...
    • Departmental Funding
      916. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the State funding provided by her Department and agencies under its remit, including Tusla, to Anew and its predecessor organisations,...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      917. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has had discussions with representatives of child care providers regarding the grant funding agreement for the early childhood care...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      918. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of politically appointed staff working in her Department, including the names, roles and salaries of each staff member; in the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      919. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way her Department estimated the annual running costs of the proposed au pair council to be €500,000, as she mentioned in her...
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      922. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date for the next meeting with her counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive in sectorial format, as provided for in the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      923. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the adoption (information and tracing) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22901/16]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      924. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff who entered the public service after 1 January 2011 in her Department and by year of entry to date; and if she will...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      925. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of implementing a pay increase for all those employed under the remit of her Department after 1 January 2011 of 2%, 4% and 5%; and...
  • Department of Defence
    • Commemorative Events
      926. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware that the Army presence at the national day of commemoration ceremony held in Sligo on 10 July 2016 was greatly reduced compared...
    • Animal Culls
      927. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times the Defence Forces agreed to aid to civil power requests regarding the culling of animals in each of the years 2011 to 2016...
    • Defence Forces Investigations
      931. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 331 of 7 July 2016, if he will undertake to supply the report on the findings of the investigation when he...
    • Army Barracks
      932. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if ownership has transferred and new leases expedited in respect of a property (details supplied) in County Cork. [22352/16]
    • Air Corps Recruitment
      933. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there will be a recruitment drive for the Air Corps later in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22366/16]
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      934. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason there is no provision in the legislation for an Army disability pension to be paid in cases where mental trauma is suffered here; and...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      935. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total savings to the Defence Forces following the introduction of financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, up to 30 June...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      939. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of politically appointed staff working in his Department including the names, roles and salaries of each staff member; in the case of...

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