Written answers

Thursday, 13 July 2017

  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Rental Accommodation Standards
      6. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that minimum standards in the private rental sector are adhered to by landlords....
    • Housing Assistance Payments
      7. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the policy decision that has led to the situation in which there is now a disparity in equality of accessing the...
    • Pyrite Issues
      11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will carry out a formal detailed review of the pyrite remediation scheme; if he will amend the scheme in order...
    • Mortgage Applications Approvals
      16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons seeking to buy a home that are unable to obtain mortgage approval on the basis of their incomes...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which his Department is progressing the affordable housing scheme which was agreed as part of the Poolbeg...
    • Housing Issues
      19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the Government commitment to provide affordable rental and purchase homes; and his views on the...
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the publication of the review prepared by independent fire experts to develop a framework in the...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the Housing Agency and his Department's review of the all in cost of providing private sector...
    • Local Authority Housing
      23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will approve further new schemes in the event of Laois county council providing extra land found suitable for...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress that is being made on reducing the social housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Planning Issues
      26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will sign a commencement order to further extend expired planning permissions for housing developments...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce an affordable rental scheme to subsidise rents for low to middle income households in...
    • Housing for People with Disabilities Provision
      28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the commitment made on page 54 of Rebuilding Ireland to extend the national housing strategy for...
    • Housing Assistance Payments
      29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to address the inadequacies with the new housing assistance payment scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • An Bord Pleanála
      30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason there are so many board vacancies on An Bord Pleanála; and the actions he is taking to implement the...
    • House Prices
      31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to stem the extreme house price inflation that was in evidence in Q2 2017. [33404/17]
    • Pyrite Issues
      32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will bring forward legislation to amend the exceptional circumstances clause in section 17 of the Pyrite...
    • Fire Safety
      34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to expedite the publication of his department's report into the fire at a location (details...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to implement measures to make vacant houses and sites available for social and affordable housing; and if...
    • Rent Controls
      38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is a threshold of rent rises or further increases in homelessness that could be passed before he would...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the length of time he anticipates homeless family hubs will be in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Planning Issues
      40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the guidelines available to planning authorities for applications being submitted for solar farms; and if he will...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for the 21% drop in local authority employment levels in each of the years 2008 to 2013 as highlighted by...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
      42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of applications that have been received to date in 2017 under the revised mortgage to rent scheme; and if...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the measures he will take to ensure the maximum delivery of both social and affordable housing in Cherrywood and the...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if homeless families that will be moved into hubs will still receive Leap cards for transport and so on; and if he...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will designate Gorey, County Wexford, as a rent pressure zone, in view of continually rising rents there as a...
    • Planning Issues
      47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the potential for high rise zones within Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the tenant purchase scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33105/17]
    • Building Regulations
      49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to implement a redress scheme to help those homeowners affected by mica; the timeframe for such a scheme to...
    • Planning Issues
      50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will publish the draft national planning framework; if interested stakeholders will get a further opportunity...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to reform the local infrastructure housing activation fund to ensure that affordable housing is provided;...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the persons to be housed in the new rapid build units will be taken from the local authority waiting list; if...
    • Nitrates Usage
      56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the ongoing review of the nitrates directive; the measures his Department can take as part of this...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the commitment given on page 53 of Rebuilding Ireland that a special purpose vehicle would be...
    • Housing Issues
      58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his proposals for reducing the costs of constructing new multi-unit developments. [33406/17]
    • Vacant Sites Levy
      60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on further sanctions and disincentives against land hoarding and speculation in development land, such as...
    • Fire Safety
      61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will initiate a fire safety audit on all multi-storey residential buildings constructed since 1992; and if he...
    • Local Authority Boundaries Review
      62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for the administrative boundary between counties Waterford and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Planning Issues
      63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will rescind the ministerial order for the SDZ in Clonmagadden, Navan, County Meath, in view of the fact that...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the recently issued guidelines for wind farms will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which his Department defines affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33433/17]
    • House Prices
      66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the direction he has given to local authorities to ensure that homes built for private sale on publicly owned land...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the next review of rent pressure zones will be carried out; if the general review of Rebuilding Ireland will...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Brexit Issues
      69. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will seek a special derogation from the EU state aid rules to address the impact of Brexit on Irish firms; and if she will make...
    • Research and Development Funding
      70. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the lack of a multi-annual commitment to the PRTLI by her Department retards its ability to attract matching...
    • Trade Missions
      71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of joint trade missions involving officials and industry representatives from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland...
    • Job Creation Data
      72. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA jobs which have been created in County Kerry in each of the past 20 years; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      73. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way her Department is improving services and increasing supports for persons with disabilities during 2017. [34035/17]
    • Job Creation
      74. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the investment by her Department since March 2016 in County Louth and parts of east County Meath; and if she will make a statement on...
    • European Space Agency
      75. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has raised the UK's future membership of the European Space Agency with her UK or EU counterparts; and if she will make a...
    • IDA Site Visits
      76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA sponsored visits in each of the years 2015 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by county; and the IDA's strategy to ensure...
    • Consumer Protection
      77. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consumer rights that apply to gift vouchers; her plans to introduce new rules concerning the period of time for which such vouchers...
    • Banking Sector
      78. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department have taken in response to each of the relevant recommendations...
    • Job Creation
      79. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the plans her Department and the State's industrial promotion agencies have to assist in 2017 in job creation and in the maintenance of...
    • Low Pay Commission Remit
      81. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she plans on making the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission regarding au pair placements publicly available. [34336/17]
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      83. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken to attract foreign direct investment via Rosslare Europort; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      86. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding Ireland's furniture fire safety regulations; the actions which her Department...
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
      88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the report she received from the ODCE in relation to the collapse of the trial of a person (details supplied); the reason...
    • Horizon 2020 Strategy Funding
      90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of SMEs that have been recipients of Horizon 2020 funding in each of the years since the programme became operational and to...
    • IDA Data
      91. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacant IDA properties in each county from the latest data available in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs supported by Enterprise Ireland on 31 December 2016 and on 30 June 2017, by county; and if she will make a statement...
    • IDA Data
      95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs supported by IDA Ireland on 31 December 2016 and on 30 June 2017, respectively by county; the agency's strategy to...
    • IDA Site Visits
      97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of the IDA's sponsored visits to Dublin, which also visited Cork; and the number of the IDA's sponsored visits to Cork,...
    • Local Enterprise Offices Data
      98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs supported by each LEO, local enterprise office, on 31 December 2016 and on 30 June 2017, respectively by county; and...
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme Data
      99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of drawdowns issued under the credit guarantee scheme on 31 December 2015, on 31 December 2016 and on 30 June 2017,...
    • Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme Data
      100. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of drawdowns issued under the microfinance scheme on 31 December 2015, on 31 December 2016 and on 30 June 2017,...
    • Local Enterprise Offices Data
      101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of drawdowns issued by each local enterprise office, LEO, on 31 December 2015, on 31 December 2016 and on 30 June 2017,...
    • Workplace Relations Services Data
      102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspections carried out by the workplace relations bodies by county in each month since being established; the number of...
    • Workplace Relations Services Staff
      103. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspection staff attached to the workplace relations bodies since being established; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Innovation Vouchers Initiative
      104. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for innovation vouchers; the number issued; the number redeemed; the value of vouchers redeemed for each...
    • Microenterprise Loan Fund Applications Data
      105. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications received by the microenterprise loan fund in each year since its establishment; the number of loans...
    • Enterprise Ireland Funding
      106. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding Enterprise Ireland has provided from the high-potential start-up funding scheme for each of the years from 2010...
    • Development Capital Scheme
      107. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of take up of the development capital scheme in each of the years since its establishment and to date in 2017; the number of...
    • Seed Capital Scheme Applications
      108. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of take-up of the seed and venture capital scheme in each of the years since its establishment and to date in 2017; the...
    • Innovation Fund Ireland
      109. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of take-up of the Innovation Fund Ireland in each of the years since its establishment and to date in 2017; the number of...
    • Health and Safety Authority Data
      110. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding the Health and Safety Authority spent on all safety initiatives; the number of inspections it carried out in...
    • Appointments to State Boards Data
      111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 20 June 2017, the number of former Members who applied for board positions; and if she...
  • Department of Finance
    • NAMA Portfolio
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the expected net profits arising from the wind-down of the NAMA; the expected date of completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund Investments
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of lending undertaken by the NPRF, National Pensions Reserve Fund, SME credit fund to date; the number of projects involved; the number of jobs...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount a person currently pays for the cheapest roll-your-own tobacco product, RYO, and the cheapest pack of cigarettes in a shop; his views on whether...
    • Tax Exemptions
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the seven year capital gains tax exemption introduced in budget 2012 is holding back the disposal of sites for development; if he has...
    • Tax Code
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the current operation of the non-resident aggregation relief tax credit; his views on whether it operates fairly; and if he will make a...
    • State Aid Investigations
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance the position on contact between the Government and the European Commission relating to the illegal state aid complaint made by the Commission by property...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered introducing alleviation or relief through the tax system in respect of the costs incurred by certain employees who have to travel long...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of Activate Capital; the amount of funding provided each year since its creation to residential construction projects; the number of residential...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage holders in receipt of tax relief at source in 2017; the cost of such relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33756/17]
    • Insurance Data
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons by month who have applied to the declined insurance agreement administered by a company (details supplied) for the past six years; the...
    • VAT Exemptions
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the issue of VAT exemptions for charities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33760/17]
    • Insurance Costs
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times to date in 2017 the working group on the rising cost of motor insurance has met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33761/17]
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the introduction of a large philanthropic and charitable donations scheme whereby the donor receives the tax relief directly; the...
    • Departmental Reports
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the report due from his Department on providing options on possible exemptions for land used for solar and renewable energy purposes in...
    • Tax Data
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax expenditure associated with research and development tax credits in each of the years 2012 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Revenue Commissioners Data
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the interest the Revenue Commissioners levied and collected from the late payment of tax liabilities, by tax category, in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the fees his Department has paid to third parties relating to a possible flotation of a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have concluded their investigations into the tax affairs of medical consultants; the lessons learned for tax compliance; and if...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to receive an interim and final dividend from the special liquidator of IBRC; the amount of the expected dividend; and if he will make a...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies in the Central Bank; the departments these vacancies are in; the length of time these vacancies have been open, in tabular form; and...
    • Brexit Staff
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new positions made available in the Central Bank specifically to deal with Brexit; the types of new roles created; the number of vacancies left...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies in his Department; the areas these vacancies are in; the length of time these vacancies have been open, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Enforcement Actions
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of firms found to be unauthorised by the Central Bank for the services they provided; if they were financial services providers, collective...
    • Tax Yield
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from inheritance tax in each of the years 2011 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33780/17]
    • Mortgage Data
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential mortgages classified as sub-prime; the number of sub-prime lenders currently operating in the market; the value of sub-prime...
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and overall value of a bank's (details supplied) residential mortgages sold by the special liquidator; the details of each transaction including...
    • Banking Sector Data
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of rent receivers appointed to date in 2017 in respect of buy-to-let properties for each of the State-supported banks; the number of buy-to-let...
    • Credit Union Data
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount and purpose of public funding that has been required to date by the credit union sector; the amount collected from credit unions by way of the...
    • EU Budget Contribution
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross contribution Ireland has made to the European Union budget per annum from 2010 to 2016; the estimated contribution in 2017; the net benefit or...
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate cost of reducing VAT on professional fees in the construction sector. [33986/17]
    • Property Tax Data
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate cost of allowing local property tax as an allowable expense for the purposes of rental income relief. [33988/17]
    • Tax Exemptions
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate cost of abolishing section 48 development levies in budget 2018 if the Government was to cover the shortfall in local authority budgets. [33989/17]
    • Tax Code
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance if developers can avail of both the development contribution rebate scheme and the help to buy scheme simultaneously. [33991/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the way his Department is improving services and increasing supports for persons with disabilities during 2017. [34032/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the investment by his Department since March 2016 in County Louth and parts of east County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34067/17]
    • Universal Social Charge Data
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who are subject to USC with income over €70,044. [34090/17]
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure equality of treatment for self-employed persons by removing the 3% USC surcharge. [34137/17]
    • Budget Submissions
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the pre-budget submission by a group (details supplied) with a view to introducing measures in the 2018 budget which will support the...
    • Tax Code
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid the domicile levy who were tax exiles; his views on whether this levy ensures that tax exiles pay a fair proportion of tax...
    • Insurance Costs
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the financial pressure being experienced by livestock markets as a result of rocketing insurance costs; the steps his...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year cost of reducing the life assurance exit tax from 41% to 39%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34205/17]
    • Tax Yield
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year tax yield from equalising the tax on diesel with the tax on petrol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34208/17]
    • Tax Data
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year cost of increasing the single and widowed marginal tax band to €33,900, €34,900, €35,900, €36,900, €37,900...
    • Travel Insurance
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints that have been made in each of the past four years in respect of travel insurance products; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • NAMA Operations
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credible bidders identified by NAMA in each of the off-market loan sales with a total value of €795 million conducted on foot of the...
    • Universal Social Charge Data
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons paying the 8% rate of USC in each year since it was introduced; the yield in each year from the 8% rate; the estimated revenue loss from...
    • Tracker Mortgages Examination
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance if all customers incorrectly denied a tracker rate mortgage, including those that were affected prior to 2013, will be compensated by their respective...
    • Fiscal Policy
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance if the estimated €3 billion surplus due to be paid to the State by NAMA can be spent outside of fiscal rules; if it must be used to reduce the national...
    • Brexit Issues
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the policy initiative the Government plans to put forward to counter the volatility caused by Brexit and the subsequent exchange rate volatility; and if he...
    • Excise Duties Collection
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance the current rate of duty applicable to car imports from Japan; the way this will change following the EU Japanese trade deal; the impact of the deal for EU...
    • Oireachtas Banking Inquiry
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have taken in response to each of the relevant recommendations of the report of the...
    • Motor Insurance Data
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount reported by insurance companies to the Central Bank as having been paid out on motor insurance claims for each of the years 2011 to 2016,...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance the action being taken to impose a limit on the rate of interest charged by moneylenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34286/17]
    • IBRC Liquidation
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the special liquidation of IBRC; the portfolio that is remaining; the current estimate of the timeframe; the estimated financial outturn from...
    • Committee of Public Accounts Recommendations
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have taken in response to each of the relevant recommendations of the interim report...
    • Departmental Records
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has produced a debt and mental health evidence form as recommended by the Mental Health Commission; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the protection of vulnerable consumers in the financial sector; the position regarding the production of good practice guidelines for the...
    • Tax Agreements
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance if any bilateral arrangements exists with Australia whereby a refund of income tax paid could be made to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • State Banking Sector
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance the State's shareholding in a bank (details supplied) prior to the banks rights issue in July 2011. [34503/17]
    • VAT Yield
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that could be raised by applying the standard rate of VAT of 23% to financial services. [34514/17]
    • Tax Yield
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that could be raised by imposing a 5% wealth tax on the top 1% wealthiest households. [34515/17]
    • Universal Social Charge Data
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of USC that was raised annually for each year since its introduction from employees' wages, self-employed income and unearned income such as rent,...
    • Tax Yield
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that could be raised by increasing the effective rate of corporation tax to the effective rate of income taxation, PAYE and USC for...
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost since 2008 of the tax reliefs and exemptions available to landlords on commercial and residential rental income, broken down into commercial...
    • Tax Yield
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that could be raised from imposing a 2% public health levy on the profits of private human health and pharmaceutical companies here,...
    • National Debt Servicing
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that will be paid in interest and in repayment of the principal on the national debt in each of the years 2017 to 2021. [34533/17]
    • Revenue Commissioners Data
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of rental income declared to the Revenue Commissioners for each year since 2011 by commercial and residential rents. [34538/17]
    • NAMA Portfolio Value
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated value of the remaining overseas properties on NAMA's books. [34539/17]
    • Property Tax Data
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance the net cost of abolishing the local property tax and replacing it with a landlord tax for second and subsequent properties based on existing rates of local...
    • Banking Sector Data
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of outstanding commercial property loans owed to Irish banks; and the Irish banks in which the State has a shareholding. [34546/17]
    • National Minimum Wage
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of introducing a minimum wage of €15 an hour for all employees under the aegis of his Department;; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to introduce a minimum weekly gross wage of €600 for all full-time employees under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Knowledge Development Box
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance he annual cost of the knowledge development box for each year since it was introduced; and the estimated cost for 2017 and 2018. [34549/17]
    • Financial Instruments
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulatory differences between REITs, QIFs and QIAIFs; the number of QIAIFs in operation here; the date of commencement of each; the country of origin of...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the scheme for primary medical certificates and expand the scheme for persons that have been diagnosed with severe autism; and if he will...
    • Appointments to State Boards Data
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 20 June 2017, the number of former TDs that applied for board positions; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Decentralisation Programme
      242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will commence a programme of decentralisation of Departments throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Stations
      243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a project (details supplied); when this project is likely to proceed to construction stage; and if he will make a...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has satisfied himself with the guidelines available to SMEs to access State procurement contracts. [34712/17]
    • Budget 2018
      245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will prioritise increasing the budget to the Department of Social Protection in budget 2018, in view of the fact that many...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way his Department is improving services and increasing supports for persons with disabilities during 2017. [34037/17]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the investment by his Department since March 2016 in County Louth and parts of east County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Parking Provision
      248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of car parking spaces that are being provided by both the public service and Civil Service in Dublin city. [34120/17]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Data
      249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood relief works including detailed expenditure and plans in the County Louth and east County Meath areas; and if he...
    • Flooding Data
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of proposals for a voluntary home relocation scheme for domestic dwellings affected by flooding and unable to receive...
    • Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme
      257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the minor works flood scheme review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34236/17]
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      259. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 5 July 2017, the location of the three sites involved; if there is current up to date...
    • Brexit Issues
      260. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has conducted an up to date assessment of the impact that the uncertainty regarding Brexit will have on PEACE funds...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      261. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Enniscorthy flood defence scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34402/17]
    • National Minimum Wage
      262. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of introducing a minimum wage of €15 an hour for all employees under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to introduce a minimum weekly gross wage of €600 for all full-time employees under the aegis of his Department; and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if projects are to be funded by his Department in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2017 (details supplied); if so, the specific projects...
    • Appointments to State Boards Data
      265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 387 of 20 June 2017, the number of former TDs that applied for board positions; and if he will...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the situation whereby a teacher is hired on a fixed-term contract but is listed as a substitute teacher on their payslip...
    • Departmental Funding
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount provided to organisations engaged in lifelong learning in 2017; the amount targeted at learners over 65 years of age; and if he will...
    • Departmental Functions
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure more regulation in the beauty industry (details supplied). [33642/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe and commencement date for the replacement school building for a school (details supplied); if the funding is in place; and if he...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the expected new ASD unit for a school (details supplied) will commence construction on site in Sligo; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal for a school (details supplied) in respect of the provision for an SNA for September 2017. [33694/17]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 14 December 2016, the position regarding some ETB teachers that are being paid their holiday payment...
    • School Costs
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to circular 0032/17, the number of schools that have indicated to his Department that they intend to implement the measures outlined for...
    • European Court of Human Rights Judgments
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date of the submission of the updated action plan under the judgement by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Textbooks
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of capital and current expenditure on the school book grant schemes over each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Student Grant Scheme
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has requested a technical study on the operation of a student loan scheme; if this study has been commissioned; the person by whom the...
    • School Transport Data
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of concessionary applications for school transport for the 2017-18 school year by county; the number of which are new applications in...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date upon which parents will be informed of the decision on school transport for the 2017-18 academic year; and if he will make a statement...
    • State Examinations Data
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications that were made under the reasonable accommodation scheme for certificate examinations for the 2017 sittings; the...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 2017 target of 800 new apprenticeship registrations and 15 new apprenticeships will be met in September 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Student Accommodation
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has put in place a student accommodation strategy as outlined in Rebuilding Ireland; the date on which this strategy will be...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the allocations of SNA will be made. [33792/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application for capital funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33894/17]
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by his Department in 2016 on external consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33901/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department is improving services and increasing supports for persons with disabilities during 2017. [34030/17]
    • Cyber Security Policy
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address an issue relating to cyber safety (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34042/17]
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress over the past 14 months by his Department to accelerate early assessment and intervention for children with special needs. [34047/17]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investment by his Department since March 2016 in County Louth and parts of east County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Teacher Recruitment
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a standardised appointment procedures and guideline for boards of management in teacher recruitment for post primary jobs across the...
    • Cóiríocht Scoile
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a cheadófar cóiríocht shealadach do scoil (sonraí tugtha) lena húsáid fad a bheidh oibreacha...
    • Oideachas Riachtanas Speisialta
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a cheadófar rang speisialta i scoil (sonraí tugtha) do dhaltaí le huathachas, ar rang é a bhfuil iarratas...
    • School Accommodation
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding for prefab replacement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34226/17]
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mental health and counselling positions in the secondary level education system; and the annual cost; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 457 of 20 June 2017, his plans to establish an independent inquiry into matters that were brought to light...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to funding for the new build of a school (details supplied); if it is still included in the primary schools building...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to a school (details supplied); when his Department will purchase this site; when the funds will be made available to...
    • Planning Issues
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether amendments are required to the planning legislation to enable schools, in conjunction with local planning authorities, to...
    • Schools Healthy Living Strategies
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether food high in fat, sugar and salt should be removed from vending machines in schools; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is not acceptable that in 40% of schools there is no access to free drinking water; his further views on whether there...
    • Digital Strategy for Schools
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's expenditure on ICT in schools in each of the years 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [34330/17]
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of fully restoring the ex-quota guidance counsellor provision in budget 2018. [34331/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of its total allocation under the Capital Investment Plan 2016 to 2021 his Department has spent to date; and the projects on which the...
    • Institutes of Technology Funding
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount of routine or steady State capital investment that is estimated to be required at each institute of technology from 2018 to...
    • Third Level Institutions
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated from his Department to the programme for research in third level institutions in 2016-2017 and 2017-2018; the estimated...
    • Schools Mental Health Strategies
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the 300 hours of mental health classes to be provided to students in schools will commence as announced by the Minister of...
    • School Funding
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be acquired to address the lack of space within a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a...
    • Educational Supports
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which mental health is incorporated into education and learning among primary school children; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Springboard Programme
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the springboard+ initiative's lack of consideration for areas with high unemployment, as referenced in the south-east...
    • Access to Higher Education
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the lack of higher education places which, according to the 2017 economic monitor, is contributing to a regional brain...
    • Educational Supports
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the types of education schemes that are available to young persons with learning disabilities and mental health issues; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a school (detail supplied) in Wexford town once its new building has been constructed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Autism Support Services
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the secondary schools in County Wexford that have ASD units situated on the school's location; the number of students catered by each unit in...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the pupil-teacher ratio at primary level by one point in budget 2018. [34492/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been finalised for the establishment of the new primary school in Ballincollig, County Cork, due to open in September 2017; and if...
    • Higher Education Schemes
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost of restoring grants for postgraduate education and paying the back-to-education allowance to all postgraduate students who need...
    • Third Level Fees
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the State of abolishing the student contribution charge for third level education. [34551/17]
    • Capitation Grants
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reversing all the cuts to school capitation grants since 2008. [34554/17]
    • Student Grants Data
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reversing all cuts to student grants over the past nine years. [34555/17]
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of introducing a minimum wage of €15 an hour for all employees under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing pupil-teacher ratio to 1:18. [34558/17]
    • School Staff
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reversing the cuts to guidance teachers. [34559/17]
    • School Curriculum
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of introducing a comprehensive universal programme of sex education in all schools. [34560/17]
    • School Patronage
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of meetings he or his officials have had with senior members of the Catholic Church or Catholic patrons bodies in regard to school...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the summer works scheme application by a school (details supplied); when decisions on applications for the summer works...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the application for temporary accommodation by a school (details supplied) with a view to increasing the funding allocation...
    • School Patronage
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the concerns of many parents and a group (details supplied) with respect to the lack of transparency in the decision making...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a written policy in his Department that defines which religions are deemed minority; and, if not, the way in which his Department...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the spend on apprenticeship training in 2016 and the allocation for 2017; the breakdown of male and female apprentices in training by each...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of applications for works submitted by schools (details supplied). [34749/17]
    • School Equipment
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of applications for works submitted by a school (details supplied). [34751/17]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that a school (details supplied) will retain its third teacher when school restarts in September 2017. [34752/17]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will grant an application for additional accommodation at a school (details supplied). [34753/17]
    • Education and Training Boards Expenditure
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give authority to the Westmeath Longford Education Training Boards to release the proceeds from the sale of Castlepollard Community...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 2 May, 2017 the way in the roll-out of the general allocation model for resource hours may have an...
    • Schools Property
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a scheme is available whereby old portacabins previously used in schools are leased or given to groups (details supplied). [34756/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's land purchaser budget each year for the past five years; and the number of sites that have been acquired each year. [34757/17]
    • International Students
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of third level places taken up by international students. [34758/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a decision to provide a special class in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34804/17]
    • School Attendance Data
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy and preparations for the fact that there are currently 345,550 secondary school pupils here, excluding post-leaving certificate, PLC...
    • Obesity Strategy
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the fact that one in four children is overweight or obese; his guidelines for the provision of green space for urban schools...
    • School Admissions
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has sought legal advice on the constitutionality of his plans to alter religious discrimination in school admissions announced in the...
    • State Bodies Data
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to parliamentary Question No. 540 of 20 June 2017, the number of former Deputies who applied for board positions; and if he will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the technical assessment of a site to the principal of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Equipment
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available to a school (details supplied) to facilitate its move to a campus and ensure the school has the required...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of establishing a new autism spectrum disorder unit or special class in a mainstream post secondary school. [34875/17]
    • Schools Designation
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new multidenominational and or non-denominational schools that have been established since 2012; the year they began taking in...
    • Multidenominational Schools
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to undertake another parental demand survey to assess levels of demand in each area for multi- and non-denominational schools; the...
    • School Patronage
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is a potential conflict of interest in his new reconfiguration plan for patronage divestment (details supplied); the...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether his Department's policy of not allowing educate together schools to establish using temporary accommodation at an initial...
    • School Admissions
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if under the new School Admissions Bill 2016 will have powers to direct selected schools to operate an admissions policy which is positively...
    • School Curriculum
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost for reintroducing the modern languages in primary school programme in budget 2018 and for a national roll-out of the...
    • Student Grants Data
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost for fully reintroducing the postgraduate grants; and the cost of reintroducing postgraduate grants for those eligible for...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ratio of special needs assistants, SNAs, to pupils in mainstream classes at primary level; and the ratio for SNAs to pupils in mainstream...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland
      366. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government is maintaining its assertion of ownership to Lough Foyle; the recent engagements he has had with Britain and Northern...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      367. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the detail of the unallocated spend within his Department for 2017; the detail of expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      368. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way his Department is improving services and increasing supports for persons with disabilities during 2017. [34033/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      369. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the investment by his Department since March 2016 in County Louth and parts of east County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      370. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the decision to reduce electricity supply to the Gaza Strip which OCHA has warned will have disastrous consequences for the...
    • European External Action Service
      371. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of actions arising from the EU Ombudsman report on unpaid internships in the European External Action Service with his EU...
    • Northern Ireland
      372. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and with the political parties in Stormont on the urgent need to...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      375. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and-or the British Foreign Secretary the need for the British Government...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      376. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of introducing a minimum wage of €15 an hour for all employees under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Consular Services Provision
      378. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps his Department will take following the most recent postponement of the trial of an Irish citizen (details supplied) detained...
    • International Agreements
      379. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details on the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34812/17]
    • Passport Applications Data
      381. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of new passports that have been issued in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      382. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the North-South Ministerial Council. [31456/17]
  • Department of Justice and Equality (1 comment)
    • Visa Applications
      383. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason it is taking so long for a person (details supplied) to receive a working visa here; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      384. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of disqualified drivers who were caught driving while they should have been off the road in each of the years 2011...
    • International Agreements
      385. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Government will reciprocate with Australia with the new working visa system and bring it into line with the new...
    • Garda Stations
      386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which plans are progressing for the relocation of Clonmel Garda station to the former Kickham Army Barracks site in...
    • Drugs Seizures
      387. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drugs seizures in each Dublin metropolitan Garda district in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017;...
    • Crime Data
      388. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of different instances in which counterfeit euro notes have been seized by or have come into the possession of An...
    • Civil Legal Aid
      389. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting times persons are experiencing in receiving free legal aid broken down by category such as family law,...
    • Prisoners Temporary Release
      390. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners currently on temporary release, by prison; the type of offence the prisoners were convicted of; and if...
    • Garda Warrants
      391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of outstanding warrants nationwide on the PULSE system; his views on the number of outstanding warrants; and if he...
    • Sexual Offences Data
      392. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently supervised in the community under a post release supervision order under Part 5 of the Sex...
    • Probation and Welfare Service Staff
      393. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of probation officers currently stationed in each county; the corresponding figures for the same date in 2016; and...
    • Garda Reserve
      394. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reserves in each Garda division; and the number for the same date in 2016. [33801/17]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money which was spent by his Department in 2016 on external consultants; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Support Services
      396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way his Department is improving services and increasing supports for persons with disabilities during 2017 [34036/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      397. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the investment by his Department since March 2016 in County Louth and parts of east County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
      398. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on new investment in CCTV in 2017; and the Garda divisions in which new CCTV facilities are either being...
    • Garda Districts
      399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the review of the boundaries of garda districts and the dispersement of garda stations. [34083/17]
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      400. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have been caught driving while over the legal alcohol limit in the category 50 mg to 80 mg in view...
    • Garda Policing Plans
      401. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to allow An Garda Síochána to hire civilian staff in order to facilitate redeployment of gardaí to...
    • Garda Accommodation
      402. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he will sanction the necessary funding to carry out the much needed renovation for Castlepollard Garda station. [34147/17]
    • Data Protection Commissioner
      403. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to expand the office of the Data Protection Commissioner over 2018 (details supplied). [34191/17]
    • Legal Services Regulation
      404. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; the timeframe for future commencements under the...
    • EU Regulations
      405. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the EU ESTA proposal; if he has discussed it with his UK counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Valuation Office
      406. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a new chair of the Valuation Office was appointed without the post being advertised; and if he will make a statement...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Remit
      407. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason appointments to the International Protection Appeals Tribunal have not been made; when he expects appointments to be...
    • Betting Legislation
      408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the minimum age of persons to be able to place a bet at the Tote; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34273/17]
    • Judgment Mortgages
      409. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in respect of interest applying to a judgment mortgage; if a judgment mortgage lapses after a period of time; the...
    • Drugs Seizures
      410. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the volume and value of heroin seizures in Cork city and county for each of the years 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; and...
    • Garda Reserve
      411. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Wexford Garda division in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [34391/17]
    • Garda Data
      412. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and the respective rank of each by county location, in tabular form. [34397/17]
    • Garda Transport Data
      413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and motorbikes in County Wexford. [34398/17]
    • Garda Data
      414. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí per population based on the latest census figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Station Closures
      416. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 30 March 2017, if the Garda stations closed in County Wexford are included in the...
    • Residency Permits
      418. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will restore the residency status of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34445/17]
    • Travel Documents
      419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will facilitate the provision of a travel assist document to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Residency Permits
      420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will use his discretionary powers to upgrade the residency status of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider offering stamp 4 status to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residency Permits
      422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status and eligibility for upgrade in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      423. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when stamp 4 status will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34452/17]
    • Immigration Status
      424. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if submissions have been received on behalf of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Visa Applications
      425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will award stamp 4 status to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34454/17]
    • Prison Service Expenditure
      426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated annual cost of policing, legal and prison services related to non-violent drugs offences. [34611/17]
    • Citizenship Applications
      428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if attending a college or other educational institution in the UK would affect a young person's residency status for the...
    • Garda Strength
      429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide additional Garda resources to the Cavan-Monaghan division in view of the substantial reduction in Garda...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the file and issue a full report to a former prison officer (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Corruption Perceptions Index
      431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to tackle corruption; his views regarding the recent GRECO report which was critical of Ireland's performance in...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to open up access to the legal services profession and increase diversity of background among solicitors and...
    • Consumer Protection
      433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the scope of the examination of the 1993 EU directive on unfair contract terms in consumer contracts which his predecessor had...
    • Garda Civilian Staff Recruitment
      436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the civilianisation of An Garda Síochána as promised in the programme for partnership Government; the...
    • Equality Issues
      437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a recent map produced by an organisation (details supplied) and Ireland's comparatively low...
    • Garda Data
      439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the most recent figures for the number of traffic corps in each Garda division, in tabular form. [34792/17]
    • Garda Information and Communications Technology
      440. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the provision of remote access to information and technology to Garda members; if this is in place for all members; and if it...
    • Crime Prevention
      443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a report on the offender management initiative in An Garda Síochána; and if it will be complete...
    • Garda Procedures
      444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a report on the employee assistance programme in An Garda Síochána; if all employees now have...
    • Garda Reports
      446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a report on the revised policy framework and complete policy audit of An Garda Síochána completed...
    • Garda Resources
      447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of computer crime investigation units now in place within An Garda Síochána; the location of same; and the...
    • Garda Training
      448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda will engage in the joint EU-Israeli LAW-TRAIN project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34816/17]
    • Direct Provision System
      449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to complaints made against staff of the Balseskin direct provision reception centre; if Garda...
    • Prison Building Programme
      450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the existence of a one acre derelict site to the west of the Arbour Hill Prison in Dublin 7...
    • Drug and Alcohol Testing
      451. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons caught driving while over the legal alcohol limit with blood alcohol limits between 80 to 100 mg; the...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation
      452. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details on a renovation scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33589/17]
    • National Landscape Strategy
      453. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33598/17]
    • National Parks Projects
      454. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeframe for management plans to be published for Glenveagh, Burren, Connemara and Ballycroy national parks; and if she will...
    • CLÁR Programme
      455. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the further information which was required with an application for CLÁR funding for a group (details supplied); and if she will...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff
      456. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when staff will be hired in national parks (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33634/17]
    • National Parks Projects
      457. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 776 of 17 January 2017, if the updated strategic rhododendron management plan has been...
    • Leader Programmes
      458. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next tranche of Leader programme funding will be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33898/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      459. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of money which was spent by her Department in 2016 on external consultants; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Film Industry Development
      460. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports she provides for the indigenous film and television production sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Arts Funding
      461. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her priorities for capital funding for the arts and cultural institutions over the next five years. [33985/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      462. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which her Department is improving services and increasing supports for persons with disabilities during 2017 [34026/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      463. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the investment by her Department since March 2016 in County Louth and parts of east County Meath; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Community First Responders Network
      464. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to examine rolling out a scheme whereby community groups can apply for grant assistance to provide community...
    • Departmental Functions
      465. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the functions, schemes and responsibilities it is proposed to be transferred to the Department of Community and Rural Affairs from...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      466. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of the capital funding brought forward to 2017 that has been spent to date in 2017, by subhead; and if she will make a...
    • Scéim na mBóithre Pobail
      467. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sí maoiniú éigeandála a sholáthar le cóiriú a dhéanamh ar bhóithre...
    • CLÁR Programme
      468. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the results from the 2011 census were not included in the methodology employed for the 2016 and 2017 CLÁR application...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      469. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to set out the cost of introducing a minimum wage of €15 an hour for all employees under the aegis of her Department; and if...
    • Arts Council Funding
      471. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will be supporting the Arts Council to move to a longer-term funding model for smaller arts organisations, as...
  • Department of Health
    • Special Educational Needs
      472. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the progress over the past 14 months by his Department in accelerating early assessment and intervention for children with special needs. [34048/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      473. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the amount of funding that his Department assigned in 2016 and to date in 2017 to the nurture programme. [34176/17]
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      474. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of the commitments in the programme for Government relating to improving the lives of persons with disabilities. [29820/17]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      475. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will be reviewing its roll-your-own tobacco survey, which failed to mention that since May 2017 retailers can only sell a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      476. To ask the Minister for Health when surgery will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [33595/17]
    • Disability Services Provision
      477. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to deal with high-dependency patients or persons with complex medical needs for respite care (details supplied). [33596/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      478. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment can be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33600/17]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      480. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of inpatient beds and procedure beds in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33605/17]
    • Hospital Procedures
      481. To ask the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the number of outpatient hospital cancellations and the procedures cancelled from 2009 to date for Connolly Hospital,...
    • Hospital Services
      482. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of patients outsourced; the procedures for which the patients were outsourced; and the location to which patients were outsourced to from...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      483. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of persons on trollies from 2009 to date in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33608/17]
    • Hospital Services
      484. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the waiting times for each hospital department from 2009 to present for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33609/17]
    • Hospital Groups
      486. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the capital spend for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33611/17]
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      487. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the operational spend at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33612/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      489. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient appointments before cancellations at Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33614/17]
    • Hospitals Data
      490. To ask the Minister for Health the did-not-attend rate in percentages per year at Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33615/17]
    • Hospitals Policy
      491. To ask the Minister for Health if Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown implements the SDU and HSE guidelines for did not attend. [33616/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      492. To ask the Minister for Health if Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown operates or plans to operate a text alert to persons in advance of outpatient department appointments. [33617/17]
    • Hospital Services
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatres and the number operational at Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33618/17]
    • Hospitals Data
      494. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of persons attending the emergency department aged between 18 and 30, 31 and 45, 46 and 60 and aged 61 and above at Connolly hospital,...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      495. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown in each of the years 2004 to date. [33621/17]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      497. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds at Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown in each of the years 2004 to date. [33623/17]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      498. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol has been deployed at Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown from 2012 to date; the process for implementing this...
    • Hospitals Data
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons whose elective surgery was cancelled or rescheduled more than once in 2016 and to date in 2017 at Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown; and...
    • Hospitals Policy
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the policy or procedures in place in the accident and emergency department of Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown when an adult, adolescent or child,...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      501. To ask the Minister for Health the number of suicide crisis assessment nurses in Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33627/17]
    • Disability Services Funding
      503. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the frustrations and difficulties of section 39 disability organisations aligned with section 38 State employees that...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      504. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be called for #surgery. [33632/17]
    • Health Services Staff
      505. To ask the Minister for Health if a full time contract will be allocated to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33636/17]
    • Disability Services Provision
      506. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a request for full-time residential care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33641/17]
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the infection rates at St James's Hospital for the period 2005 to 2010. [33645/17]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the home care package application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33648/17]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      511. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a drugs payment scheme card for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33649/17]
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      512. To ask the Minister for Health if the capital submission that has been finalised by University Hospital Kerry in respect of a dedicated obstetric theatre is sanctioned for approval and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      513. 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. [33692/17]
    • Medicinal Products
      515. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address an issue (details supplied) in relation to changes of the blister packs available to older persons in pharmacies; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Expenditure
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure in place if a HSE funded charity service provider underspends on its allocated HSE funding within a set time period for example yearly funding;...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to a youth mental health charity (details supplied) over the past five years respectively, in tabular form; the amount of this...
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of use for HSE funding to a youth mental health charity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33700/17]
    • Mental Health Policy
      519. To ask the Minister for Health the strategic plans and targets his Department has for children and youth mental health services for the remainder of 2017 and for 2018; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for the CAMHS service in Cherry Orchard hospital in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and from January to June 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Staff Data
      521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric nurses, broken down by hospital, who have been employed by the HSE since 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33703/17]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatrists, broken down by hospital, that have been employed by the HSE since 2012, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mobility Allowance
      524. To ask the Minister for Health if there is grant aid available for the purchase of a mobility scooter. [33717/17]
    • Home Help Service Data
      526. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for home help in counties Laois and Offaly over each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33726/17]
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      529. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the orthodontic service in Tullamore is without staff with no relief cover put in place to cover staff leave; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Orthodontic Services Data
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for child and adult orthodontic services in counties Laois and Offaly; the number of persons on each waiting list; the number of persons...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he intends to address the waiting times for orthodontic treatment in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Respite Care Services Data
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are waiting for respite services in counties Laois and Offaly; the number of persons waiting six months, one year, 18 months, two...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      534. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE midlands area has submitted a request for additional staff in the area of occupational therapy; if this request will be approved by his Department;...
    • Occupational Therapy
      535. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 27 June 2017, the number of additional staff that have been requested by the HSE midlands area to address the...
    • HSE Staff Data
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for additional staff made by the HSE midlands area over each of the past ten years; the number of posts sought by grade and...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      537. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make provision for gambling addiction in the next HSE service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33738/17]
    • Hospitals Data
      538. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals that have on site laundries; the number of hospitals that have outsourced laundries since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's plans to invest and upgrade the boiler house and the laundry at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, in view of the near completion of the...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      541. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding general practitioners visiting patients on their medical card list in their homes in circumstances in which the person is seriously ill...
    • Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
      542. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential places that exist for persons seeking to come off drugs and alcohol; the location of each; the number which are private and public;...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the drug prevention programmes currently being rolled out in each county; the budgets of each; and the number of persons each engage with. [33803/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if transport can be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who will be attending an adult day service commencing in September 2017. [33805/17]
    • HSE Staff Data
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional 114 assistant psychology posts to deliver rapid access low intensity psychological interventions for young persons that are now in...
    • Health Services Provision
      549. To ask the Minister for Health if a computerised cognitive behavioural therapy programme for young persons has now been provided. [33810/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of the posts from the 2015 €35 million funding for mental health; the number of posts this allocation supports; the number...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      554. To ask the Minister for Health his estimate of the additional resources required to provide the funding necessary for the staffing requirements under A Vision for Change, taking into account...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new whole-time-equivalent positions the €15 million in new funding for mental health services in 2017 will provide; and the number of...
    • Suicide Prevention
      557. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the evaluations of all major activities conducted under the aegis of Connecting for Life; and if the findings have been disseminated and...
    • HSE Reports
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the report from national group on specialist perinatal mental health service design; the findings and recommendations of the report; and the...
    • Mental Health Policy
      560. To ask the Minister for Health if the draft model of care for early intervention in psychosis has been approved; if so, the details; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33821/17]
    • Mental Health Guidelines
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if the standard operating procedure on cognitive behavioural therapy has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33822/17]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      563. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional posts recruited and appointed to date in 2017 for the development of the DeafHear national service, in view of commitments made in the...
    • Mental Health Policy
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the completion of the model of care for ADHD. [33825/17]
    • Mental Health Services
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the embedding of the existing ten Jigsaw sites to full capacity and the development of new sites in counties Cork, Dublin and Limerick. [33827/17]
    • Counselling Services Provision
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the cross-divisional governance arrangements in place for the development of counselling services for persons under 18 years of age in...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the capacity expansion that has taken place in high-observation units in Galway, Limerick and Drogheda to date in 2017. [33829/17]
    • Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
      570. To ask the Minister for Health if a model of care for specialist rehabilitation units has been agreed with regard to the development of high-dependency rehabilitation services for service...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new Central Mental Hospital beds for those admitted under section 21(2) of the Mental Health Act 2001 that have opened to date in 2017. [33832/17]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new staff appointed to date in 2017 to support the NFS. [33833/17]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the way the provision of mental health services for persons experiencing homelessness has been expanded in 2017. [33835/17]
    • Nursing Home Services
      576. To ask the Minister for Health if all financial assessments are now completed in accordance with legislative timeframes regarding the residential support services maintenance and...
    • Mental Health Policy
      577. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the review of nationally funded mental health agencies; when it was completed; the recommendations and findings; the further action which...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the care pathway for MHID patients within the Central Mental Hospital. [33840/17]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Availability
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the services available in each county for teenagers who use drugs or who have a drug addiction. [33842/17]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress towards providing financial support for IVF treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33843/17]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress on legislation to deal with the regulation of surrogacy; the timeframe for this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dementia Education Programme
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the delivery of the primary care education, pathways and research in dementia education programme to primary care teams in collaboration with the...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      585. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages currently being provided in each LHO. [33848/17]
    • Substance Misuse
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults who have been deemed appropriate for treatment for substance use to date in 2017 in each LHO; and the number who have received treatment...
    • Proposed Legislation
      593. To ask the Minister for Health if regulations to allow for the introduction of buprenorphine naloxone and buprenorphine products have been agreed and introduced. [33856/17]
    • Health Services Staff Training
      595. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE training programme for addiction staff, level 2 GPs and pharmacists in buprenorphine naloxone and buprenorphine products. [33858/17]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Places
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of opioid substitution treatment outside prisons. [33863/17]
    • Traveller Projects Funding
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the roll-out of education resource Small Changes - Big Difference and associated health promotion programmes across Traveller health...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      609. To ask the Minister for Health if a mobile health screening unit to facilitate access to basic health screening, GP and nursing services by marginalised groups, refugees, asylum seekers and...
    • Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
      611. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has implemented the 2017 prioritised, health-related actions in line with national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender based violence, 2016 to...
    • Human Trafficking
      612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE's implementation of the phased health actions from the second national action plan to prevent and combat human trafficking in...
    • Health Care Policy
      614. To ask the Minister for Health if the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex practice policy has now been implemented in each community healthcare organisation, CHO. [33877/17]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if each community healthcare organisation, CHO, now has Traveller co-ordinators in place in relation to the provision of mental health services for Travellers....
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medicines that have had their price reduced as of 1 July 2017 with reference to the framework agreement on the supply and pricing of medicines;...
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      617. To ask the Minister for Health if online PCRS processing has now been extended to dentists and clinical dental technicians. [33880/17]
    • Medical Card Administration
      618. To ask the Minister for Health when the web based paperless medical card application process to reduce the number of paper based applications will be implemented. [33881/17]
    • Primary Care Strategy
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made on considering further recommendations of the clinical advisory group, including conclusions on the assessment of the burden...
    • Medicinal Products Regulation
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources which have been provided to ensure that the assessment process for new medicines is implemented effectively. [33884/17]
    • General Practitioner Training
      622. To ask the Minister for Health if new arrangements for management of GP training involving the Irish College of General Practitioners have been finalised and implemented; and if he will make...
    • Housing for People with Disabilities Provision
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have transferred from congregated settings to community living to date in 2017; and the number of additional homes provided. [33886/17]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional speech and language therapists newly employed by the HSE to date; and the sectors of the HSE in which they are employed. [33887/17]
    • Occupational Therapy
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional occupational therapists newly employed by the HSE to date in 2017; and the sectors of the HSE in which they are employed. [33888/17]
    • Housing for People with Disabilities Provision
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of the 185 new residential emergency places provided under disability services in 2017. [33889/17]
    • Disability Services Provision
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children's disability network teams established. [33890/17]
    • Disability Services Data
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults with a physical and-or sensory disability in receipt of a personal assistant, PA, service as of 30 June 2017 or the latest date available....
    • HSE Expenditure
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money which is spent each year to secure and maintain HSE properties which are no longer in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money which was spent by his Department in 2016 on external consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33900/17]
    • Medical Card Data
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 July 2017; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical nurse specialists and senior physiotherapists recruited to date in 2017 to support the implementation of the respiratory integrated care...
    • Hospitals Data
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals now availing of a virtual heart failure consultation service enabling outpatient referrals between the hospital and primary care....
    • Health Services Staff Data
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community intervention teams in each community health care organisation as of 30 June 2017 or the latest date available; the number of staff...
    • Health Services Data
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals for treatment to each community intervention team in the first quarter and second quarter of the year. [33913/17]
    • Patient Data
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients supported and trained to self administer compounded IV antibiotics (details supplied) in each CHO. [33914/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the expansion of community x-ray schemes in counties Donegal and Kerry; the number of additional x-rays provided to date in 2017 relative to the...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the number of packages of care for children discharged from hospital with complex medical conditions that have been supported to date in 2017; and the average...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      641. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the agreement and implementation of a protocol for discharge planning for children with complex medical conditions. [33917/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      642. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the agreement and implementation of a clinical and service assessment tool for children with complex medical conditions. [33918/17]
    • Home Care Packages
      643. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the quality assurance review of home care packages in place for children with complex medical needs. [33919/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the development and agreement of an implementation plan to commence phased roll out service model and care pathways for primary care eye...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      652. To ask the Minister for Health if the recruitment of 83 WTEs for the implementation of speech and language therapy service improvement initiatives across CHOs has been concluded; if not, the...
    • Occupational Therapy
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the number of governance groups convened to date in 2017 to develop and agree revised models for primary care physiotherapy and occupational therapy services...
    • Dental Services
      655. To ask the Minister for Health when the clinical oversight group to advise on clinical standards in HSE funded primary dental services was established; and if he will report on its work to...
    • Dental Services Provision
      656. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of targeted dental screening for areas that do not have access for 11 to 13 year olds; the additional areas that now...
    • Dental Services
      657. To ask the Minister for Health if wave 2 fluoride and caring for children's teeth fieldwork has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33933/17]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that have been waiting for orthodontic services for three years or more as of 30 June 2017 or the latest date available. [33935/17]
    • Antimicrobial Resistance
      660. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the action plan for anti-microbial resistance. [33936/17]
    • Patient Safety
      661. To ask the Minister for Health if the individual health identifier business application tool has been procured and configured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33937/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      665. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of existing service arrangements with section 39 service providers to ensure a stronger focus on addressing the health needs of...
    • Palliative Care for Children
      667. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE consultation process with all service providers of children's palliative care in the community has now been completed; the action that will follow...
    • Health Services Provision
      668. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with a primary non-cancer diagnosis have equal access to services as per the eligibility criteria guidelines. [33944/17]
    • Palliative Care Services
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that received specialist palliative care treatment in their normal place of residence in each month in 2017 to date. [33945/17]
    • Health Services Data
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO currently waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care and the number waiting up to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52...
    • Psychological Services
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO currently waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care; and the number waiting up to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to...
    • Health Services Data
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO currently waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care; and the number waiting up to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to...
    • Dental Services Data
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO currently waiting for an oral health appointment in primary care; and the number waiting up to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      676. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33952/17]
    • HSE Investigations
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of serious reportable events currently being notified within 24 hours to a designated officer. [33953/17]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in May 2017; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than of 20 minutes to...
    • Hospitals Data
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HSE Staff Data
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the HSE on 1 July 2017 or the...
    • Hospital Services
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out MRI scans; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2017 or the nearest available date for...
    • Hospital Procedures
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals which carry out electroencephalograms; the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2017 or the nearest available...
    • Medical Card Data
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards for persons over 70 years of age in circulation by LHO as of 30 June 2017. [33968/17]
    • Hospital Procedures
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ultrasounds provided to date in 2017 at primary care sites (details supplied). [33969/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34003/17]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      695. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses newly recruited to date in 2017 across all sectors of the health service; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from this...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited; and the net...
    • HSE Staff Data
      699. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists currently employed in each CHO; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34008/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34019/17]
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      714. To ask the Minister for Health the status of dental work for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34024/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      715. To ask the Minister for Health the way his Department is improving services and increasing supports for persons with disabilities during 2017. [34034/17]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      716. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34040/17]
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      717. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34041/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation in CUH for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34043/17]
    • Dental Services Provision
      719. To ask the Minister for Health when braces will be fitted for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34044/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      720. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be assessed in CUH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34045/17]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      722. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed new primary health care centre for Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34049/17]
    • Dental Services Provision
      724. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive braces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34051/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      725. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34052/17]
    • Dental Services Provision
      726. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive braces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34053/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      727. 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. [34054/17]
    • Dental Services Provision
      729. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) will receive braces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34056/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      730. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made over the past 14 months to improve the provision of adult day services for persons with disabilities. [34057/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34058/17]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      732. To ask the Minister for Health the status of orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34059/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      733. To ask the Minister for Health the investment by his Department since March 2016 in County Louth and parts of east County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34069/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      734. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation in South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Measures
      737. To ask the Minister for Health his views on amendments being circulated in relation to the Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      738. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment in CUH for a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34080/17]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      740. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to bring forward multi-annual plans and budgets for health expenditure, both current and capital. [34085/17]
    • HSE National Service Plan
      741. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will publish a five year service plan. [34086/17]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
      742. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the allocation of the €15 million in 2017 to fund the National Treatment Purchase Fund to urgently address waiting lists...
    • Mental Health Services Report
      743. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the way his Department is honouring the commitment to fully implement A Vision for Change. [34088/17]
    • Dental Services
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national oral health programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34104/17]
    • Community Care
      749. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to examine rolling out a scheme whereby community groups can apply for grant assistance to provide community defibrillators. [34117/17]
    • Proposed Legislation
      750. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill back to the Houses of Oireachtas for completion. [34139/17]
    • Hospital Admissions
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that persons eligible for a public bed in a public hospital are not been asked to sign a waiver form by the public hospitals...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      752. To ask the Minister for Health if the request for a CAT scan for a person (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34160/17]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      755. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34190/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      756. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34193/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      764. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE and the Saolta Hospital Group have or would consider a minor injuries unit in an area (details supplied); if consideration has been given to this to...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 765
      765. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34221/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      767. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34223/17]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      776. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assessments of children with possible special needs which are currently outstanding beyond the time periods permitted by the Disability Act 2005...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      778. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information (details supplied) regarding public hospital waiting lists. [34292/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      780. To ask the Minister for Health if women who have had breast cancer, who have a medical card and are measured and fitted for two bras per year, can also be fitted for a swimsuit (details...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34324/17]
    • Eating Disorders
      782. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons presenting for eating-related disorders, by county, by type of disorder, both male and female; in tabular form, the interventions in...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
      783. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for children who are recipients of domiciliary care allowance to be approved for full medical cards without assessments as promised in July 2016;...
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      784. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on mental health to date in 2017; and the equivalent figures on a like for like basis in terms of services provided in each of the years from...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      785. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on services for CAMHS by county, for more than 12 months, 24 months and 36 months, respectively in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      786. To ask the Minister for Health the original requirement set out for each position (details supplied); the number of these positions filled; and the number yet to be filled, taking account of...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      787. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to date in 2017 for the development of early intervention and prevention counselling services by mental health and primary care,...
    • Health Services Provision
      788. To ask the Minister for Health the counties in which he plans to extend Jigsaw services. [34344/17]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      789. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to date in 2017 for specific services to enhance responses to those persons who are homeless and mentally ill; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      791. To ask the Minister for Health the funding to date in 2017 to address the service gap for low secure acute care and rehabilitation services for mental health service users with complex...
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      794. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred in agency fees to date in 2017 by the HSE in the provision of mental health services. [34350/17]
    • Mental Health Commission Reports
      795. To ask the Minister for Health the details of approved centres that have yet to comply with the mental health commission, in tabular form. [34351/17]
    • Mental Health Policy
      796. To ask the Minister for Health if anti-ligature measures have been introduced in all settings; and if not, the details of settings where they have yet to be introduced in tabular form [34352/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      797. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals to CAMHS received to date in 2017 in each CHO; the number of such referrals accepted; if those referrals not accepted were referred to...
    • Occupational Therapy
      798. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Wexford on a waiting list for occupational therapy; the number of children in County Wexford awaiting occupational therapy...
    • Mental Health Guidelines
      799. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of each of the recommendations Nos. 15.1.1 to 15.1.9, inclusive, of a vision for change; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      800. To ask the Minister for Health the number of counties which have a seven-day support team for mental health; the details of same in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Staff
      802. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals which have a psychiatric nurse employed in emergency departments; the detail of same in each case; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Funding
      803. To ask the Minister for Health the agencies funded by the NOSP, National Office for Suicide Prevention, in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34359/17]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      804. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed construction of ambulance stations for Gorey and Enniscorthy; the date on which they will proceed to the next stage; the timeframe...
    • HSE Records
      805. To ask the Minister for Health the value of drugs under the control of the HSE the location of which are unknown, missing or unaccounted for at the end of each of the years 2013 to 2016; and...
    • Primary Care Centres
      806. To ask the Minister for Health if dietetic services will be made available in all new primary care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34362/17]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      807. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's estimate of the additional resources required to provide the funding necessary for the staffing requirements under A Vision for Change, taking...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      808. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age who have been admitted to acute hospitals on mental health grounds; the number of individual children these...
    • Mental Health Tribunals
      809. To ask the Minister for Health if an analysis has been completed or studies carried out on the number of admissions and renewal orders revoked before a mental health tribunal is held. [34365/17]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      810. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 17 mental health areas within the nine community health care organisations that provide a full weekend support. [34366/17]
    • Hospital Admissions
      811. To ask the Minister for Health the number of admissions under the Mental Health Acts that had their status regraded from voluntary to involuntary; and the number of admissions that had their...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      814. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 34 posts in the National Forensic Mental Health Service which are required to meet more secure therapeutic environments for those persons who...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      815. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a first appointment with a psychologist, following referral for one, two, three, three plus to six, six plus to nine, nine...
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      817. To ask the Minister for Health the budgeted and actual spending by mental health administrative area from 2012 to 2016, inclusive and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [34373/17]
    • Prescriptions Data
      818. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders who were prescribed anti-depressant medication by local health area in each of the years 2011 to 2016, in tabular form....
    • Medical Card Data
      819. To ask the Minister for Health the number of discretionary medical cards issued in County Wexford in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      820. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a County Wexford address who have presented with symptoms of breast cancer and have been referred to a cancer centre and are waiting...
    • Mental Health Commission Reports
      821. To ask the Minister for Health the recommendations of the Mental Health Commission report, The Human Cost, that have been implemented by his Department. [34377/17]
    • Mental Health Awareness
      822. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has produced a mental health information leaflet for the financial services sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34378/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      823. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented for mental health services to HSE facilities in County Wexford in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the...
    • Health Services Provision
      824. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated construction and operation costs of a second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      826. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a CAMHS appointment for children in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34382/17]
    • Home Help Service Data
      828. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of home help hours the HSE provided to persons in County Wexford in each of the years from 2011 to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Medical Card Applications
      833. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34431/17]
    • Nursing Home Services
      834. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the excellent service being provided by the staff at a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Applications
      835. To ask the Minister for Health if the status of an application for a full medical card can be re-examined in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      836. To ask the Minister for Health when surgery will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34439/17]
    • HSE Properties
      837. To ask the Minister for Health if all issues relating to the title of St Brigid's hospice, Crooksling, have been resolved without cost or loss of any aspect of title; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      838. To ask the Minister for Health if medicines for Ireland are likely to be included in the discussions to reduce the cost of medicines with particular reference to innovative medicines and or...
    • Patient Transfers
      839. To ask the Minister for Health when a person will be transferred to the rehabilitation centre in Dun Laoghaire (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34456/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      840. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34459/17]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      841. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to primary care counselling services in 2016 and 2017, respectively; and the amount of this budget which was spent for each service. [34460/17]
    • National Office for Suicide Prevention
      842. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to the National Office for Suicide Prevention in 2016 and 2017, respectively; and the amount of this budget which was spent, reallocated...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      844. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies which currently exist in primary care counselling and other primary care mental health services; and the time these positions have been...
    • Nursing Staff Data
      845. To ask the Minister for Health the number of SCAN nurses operating across the State; the catchment area of each and the yearly cost of this position and the service [34464/17]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      846. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for further expansion of Jigsaw services; his views on the number of services needed; and the areas that are to be prioritised [34466/17]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      847. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health services receiving funding from the State; and the amount they were allocated in 2016 and 2017, respectively. [34467/17]
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      848. To ask the Minister for Health the average yearly salary of a psychiatric nurse in the HSE that is not a manager or has any other specialisation. [34468/17]
    • HSE Expenditure
      849. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE and State spent in the past five years, respectively, including 2017, on branded medications for psychiatric treatment; and the potential...
    • Health Services Funding
      850. To ask the Minister for Health the annual budget for each crisis house operating in the State for the past five years, respectively. [34470/17]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      851. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dedicated beds for adult psychiatric treatment by service. [34471/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      852. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional CAMHTs needed in the Health Service; and the additional cost of staffing these teams on an annual basis. [34472/17]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      853. To ask the Minister for Health the annual budget for the past five years, respectively, for each CHO for child and adolescent mental health services. [34473/17]
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      854. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of the provision of an additional bed for child and adolescent mental health services. [34474/17]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      857. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatry of old age beds in the State; the cost for this service in 2016 and 2017; his plans to increase the number of beds; and the location...
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      858. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to move community mental health services to a seven-day working week model; and the estimated time this would take to transition. [34478/17]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      860. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health services provided to those living in direct provision; and the annual cost of this. [34480/17]
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      861. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional investment required for mental health services to complete the implementation of A Vision for Change. [34481/17]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      868. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to support persons with mental health issues to secure stable accommodation; and the estimated annual cost of these services. [34488/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      871. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34494/17]
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      874. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed 100-bed unit for St Mary's Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34499/17]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      875. To ask the Minister for Health the status of development for two centres (details supplied); the planned opening date for each of the two centres; and the planned opening times for the two...
    • Hospital Facilities
      876. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed satellite emergency and urgent care centres for children planned for Tallaght and Connolly hospitals in Dublin will have inpatient beds. [34502/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      877. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34510/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      878. To ask the Minister for Health the total spend on homeless services by his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department for each year since 2013; and the estimated spend for...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      879. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of introducing universal free GP care. [34564/17]
    • Health Services Data
      880. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of maximum waiting times of 12 weeks for inpatient procedures, ten weeks for outpatient appointments and ten days for diagnostic...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      881. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of appointing 100 additional obstetricians and gynaecologists. [34566/17]
    • Health Services Data
      882. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of introducing universal free hospital care, including the abolition of all inpatient, outpatient and accident and emergency charges....
    • Home Care Packages Data
      883. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of introducing universal free nursing home care. [34568/17]
    • Health Services Data
      884. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of ensuring universal free access to drug rehabilitation and treatment programmes. [34569/17]
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections
      885. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of introducing universal free screening, prevention and treatment programmes for sexually transmitted diseases. [34570/17]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      886. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of introducing universal free home care. [34571/17]
    • Medicinal Products Data
      887. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of abolishing all out-of-pocket payments for health care and medicines for public patients. [34572/17]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      890. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of introducing free access to fertility treatments, including IVF, for persons of childbearing age on the public health system. [34575/17]
    • Abortion Services Provision
      891. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of introducing free access on the public service to abortion services in accordance with the Citizens’ Assembly...
    • Maternity Services Provision
      892. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of making access to non-invasive prenatal testing freely available as part of the maternity and infant care scheme. [34577/17]
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      895. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of making pre-exposure prophylaxis available free of charge on the public health service. [34580/17]
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      896. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of introducing a minimum wage of €15 an hour for all employees under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      898. 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. [34614/17]
    • National Maternity Hospital Administration
      901. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements he is making to protect the public interest in the new national maternity hospital; if public interest directors will be appointed to its...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      907. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34632/17]
    • Health Care Infrastructure Provision
      911. To ask the Minister for Health the dialogue which has been undertaken by his Department with religious organisations on the management and ownership of health care facilities by those...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      912. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34643/17]
    • Disease Awareness
      913. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is following the guidelines issued by the Centre for Disease Control, CDC, in the USA for the testing for Lyme disease; if its attention has been...
    • Hospital Services
      914. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 432 of 18 October 2016, 339 of 6 December 2016, and 496 of 21 of February 2017 when the national steering group...
    • Health Services Provision
      915. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that adequate services are in place to cater for children in the south east with type 1 diabetes in University Hospital Waterford; his...
    • Protected Disclosures
      918. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether HIQA is an appropriate authority to receive protected disclosures regarding private nursing homes from employees or ex-employees of same....
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      919. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the poor conditions facing persons in emergency departments that present with suicide risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
      920. To ask the Minister for Health the details of registration and regulation of those offering hypnosis as a method of prompting weight loss, assisting with quitting smoking and so on; and if...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      922. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department has not responded to an FOI request (details supplied) regarding the national maternity hospital within the statutory period; and if...
    • Misuse of Drugs
      923. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent reports of the increasing use of crack cocaine in Dublin; his views on recent claims that the HSE is ill-equipped...
    • Health Promotion
      924. To ask the Minister for Health his strategy to address a matter (details supplied) in respect of awareness campaigns on the dangers of drinking alcohol during pregnancy; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      925. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34716/17]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      927. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional funding in 2017 for counties Cavan and Monaghan for home support programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
      928. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be provided in counties Cavan and Monaghan to assist a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HSE Properties
      929. To ask the Minister for Health the properties in Louth and east Meath, which includes a portion of Meath East, which are leased or occupied or rented or owned by the HSE and are vacant; the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      930. 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. [34762/17]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      931. To ask the Minister for Health if the freestyle libre, a sensor for monitoring blood sugars for sufferers of diabetes, will be made available on the GMS and long-term illness card; and if he...
    • Appointments to State Boards Data
      932. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question number 1314 of 20 June 2017, the number of former TDs that applied for board positions; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      933. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34853/17]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      934. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds the national children's hospital will have for the treatment of child and adolescent mental health issues incorporating eating disorders and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      935. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34860/17]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      936. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide copies of a history of all valuations for Harold’s Cross greyhound stadium; and if he will make a statement...
    • Fisheries Protection
      937. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of super trawler activity in Irish waters; the name of each super trawler that has fished in Irish waters...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      938. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an AEOS payment will be made to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33687/17]
    • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications
      939. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farm payment will be made to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33688/17]
    • GLAS Payments
      940. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will be made to a person (details supplied); if the payment will be processed without delay; and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      941. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that will be taken by his Department to ensure that the delay in respect of AEOS and GLAS payments does not arise again;...
    • Compensation Schemes
      942. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made in providing compensation to the 370 tillage farmers across the State that lost crops in the heavy...
    • Farm Data
      943. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of registered farmers over the age of 65 at present; the number of registered farmers under the age of 35 at present;; and...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      944. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department in 2016 on external consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33899/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      945. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his Department is improving services and increasing supports for persons with disabilities during 2017. [34025/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      946. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the investment by his Department since March 2016 in County Louth and parts of east County Meath; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Process
      947. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when consultation on the draft legislative provisions for his departmental remit to transpose Directive 2014/52/EU introducing...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 948
      948. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the post Brexit contingency plans in place for future agrifood trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34403/17]
    • Legislative Process
      949. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when consultation on the draft legislative provisions for his departmental remit to transpose directive 2014/52/EU introducing...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      951. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of introducing a minimum wage of €15 an hour for all employees under the aegis of his department; and if he will make...
    • Teagasc Data
      953. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of Teagasc education officers in County Donegal providing green cert courses in the first half of 2017. [34617/17]
    • Animal Welfare
      957. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to prohibit the use of wild animals in circuses, in view of the need to promote animal welfare; and if he will...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      958. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following a successful appeal the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was not paid their 2015 ANC payment, in view of...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      959. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the progress towards the programme for Government commitment to review the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001. [34763/17]
    • GLAS Data
      960. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers enrolled in GLAS 1 and 2 that have submitted their nutrient management plans to date, by county, in tabular...
    • Milk Supply Data
      961. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the latest EU data regarding the average cost of production per litre of milk. [34765/17]
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      962. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers participating in the beef data genomics scheme; the number of new farmers that have joined since the scheme...
    • Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme Data
      963. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications submitted to the SBCI agriculture cashflow support loan scheme per county, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      968. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 672 of 11 April 2017, the progress on the ex-ante assessment for the financial instrument; and...
    • GLAS Data
      969. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details regarding the number of farmers that applied for GLAS in each round according to tier 1, tier 2 and tier 3...
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      971. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that have applied to the knowledge transfer group scheme under the rural development programme 2014 to 2020 to...
    • TAMS Applications Data
      972. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received, in total, under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme two on a county basis in tabular...
    • Rural Development Programme Data
      973. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of an annual breakdown of the actual expenditure incurred in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017 to each...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      974. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 30 May 2017, when a reply will issue. [34780/17]
    • GLAS Data
      979. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average annual payment farmers will be able to draw down, based on current participation rates in the green low carbon...
    • Food Wise 2025 Strategy
      980. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of latest progress in achieving Food Wise 2025 targets following the publication of the latest implementation report; if...
    • Bord Bia Strategy
      981. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 29 June 2017, the number of participants in the sustainable beef and lamb assurance...
    • EU Funding
      982. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding drawn down to date on an annual basis in tabular form under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Operational...
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      983. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his view on of his Department’s approach to issues with live valuation scheme as laid out by an organisation (details...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      984. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the young farmers' scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34791/17]
    • EU Directives
      985. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe for consultation on the draft legislative provisions for his Department to transpose Directive 2014/52/EU (details...
    • Appointments to State Boards Data
      986. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1641 of 20 June 2017, the number of former Members who applied for board positions; and if he...
    • Sugar Industry
      987. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the potential to redevelop the sugar beet industry; and the steps he is taking in relation to same; and if he will make...
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      988. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to address a situation whereby information is not made available to marts as to whether a bovine is eligible...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
      989. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the 2017 areas of natural constraints scheme per county. [34888/17]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Efficiency
      990. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grants in place for protected houses that are private dwellings for persons who wish to carry out energy efficiency...
    • International Conventions
      991. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland will support the findings and recommendations of the Aarhus Convention compliance committee (details...
    • Public Service Obligation Levy Application
      992. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 5 July 2017, the reason for conflict with state aid rules that would be...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      993. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 5 July 2017, the reason for his determination that €75 would cover...
    • Waste Management Expenditure
      994. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the expenditure of the budget allocated to the regional waste management planning offices in 2016 and 2017, by campaign,...
    • National Postcode System Expenditure
      995. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the departmental spend on setting up eircode; the original budget; the spend on ongoing maintenance costs since it was...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      996. 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...
    • Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme
      997. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date by which he will announce the details of the next REFIT scheme; if it will be expanded to include more types of...
    • Legislative Process
      999. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Government has transposed the European broadband directive, 2014/61/EU, relating to infrastructure sharing which...
    • Broadcasting Charge
      1000. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the changes he is planning on making to the funding of public broadcasting; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Television Licence Fee Collection
      1001. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered the possible impacts that outsourcing the collection of television license fees could have on An...
    • Brexit Issues
      1002. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 25 May 2017, if he will elaborate on the engagement that he mentioned; and...
    • Recycling Data
      1003. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the rate of recycling here since 2005, by material type. [33585/17]
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1004. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of premises in respect of the monthly and milestone deployments under the Eircom commitment contract that...
    • Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
      1005. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 23 May 2017, if he will clarify or publish the terms of the contract under...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      1006. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the progress report of the task force implementation group; the local authorities that remain...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1010. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way his Department is improving services and increasing supports for persons with disabilities during 2017. [34028/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1011. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the investment by his Department since March 2016 in County Louth and parts of east County Meath. [34063/17]
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      1013. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the proposed renewable heat incentive scheme; when he expects the scheme to be finalised; and if he will...
    • Waste Management Expenditure
      1014. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding of a scheme (details supplied) since 2011, by producer and year. [34102/17]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1015. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied). [34150/17]
    • Inland Fisheries Stocks
      1016. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to make an order amending the conservation of pike by-law No. 208 of 2006 to allow pike up to or equal to 85...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      1017. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has had correspondence or discussions with his UK counterpart with regard to the UK's ongoing membership of...
    • EU Directives
      1018. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when consultation on the draft legislative provisions for his departmental remit to transpose Directive 2014/52/EU...
    • Waste Disposal
      1019. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the items allowed in black and green bins; the position with regard to green waste including branches, soils and grass;...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      1020. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the provision of refit tariffs for solar energy developments; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      1022. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to include compensation for eel fishermen in the 2018 Estimates; and the amount proposed; and if he will make...
    • Waste Management
      1023. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the statement by the chief executive officer of Dublin City Council that he wished to take back control of...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      1024. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce maximum charges as part of the waste charging regime in advance of the proposed changeover to pay...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      1025. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to require the food industry to reduce the amount of packaging it uses; his views on the...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      1026. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the report on the proposal announced in 2016 to give waste companies a €1.5 million reduction in...
    • National Broadband Plan Administration
      1027. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of houses that have been connected by a company (details supplied) under its commercial agreement with the...
    • Waste Disposal
      1029. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of residents excluded from having brown bins in each local area authority under Regulation 3(3)(b) of S.I....
    • Waste Management Regulations
      1030. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of the current negotiations in Brussels on the EU waste directives, the Government supports the following...
    • Nuclear Plants
      1031. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the recent meeting of the parties to the Espoo Convention including the position Ireland took on...
    • International Agreements
      1033. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the priorities for the forthcoming meeting of the parties to the Aarhus Convention. [34824/17]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      1034. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the provisions in place and the further provisions anticipated regarding wind energy and solar energy developments to...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      1035. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to bring to the European Council the proposal that Ireland should, as a result of our anticipated failure to...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme Review
      1036. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the detail of the submission made by his Department to the Department of Public Expenditure and...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      1037. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position Ireland is taking on the Commission's proposal that accounting for wetland management be optional for the...
    • International Agreements
      1038. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland will support the findings and recommendations of the Aarhus Convention compliance committee (details...
    • Appointments to State Boards Data
      1040. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 1779 of 20 June 2017 the number of former TDs that applied for board positions;...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Drug and Alcohol Testing
      1041. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide information and clarity to persons living with chronic pain regarding the introduction of the preliminary drug...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      1042. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expenditure by the Dublin Airport Authority on preparations for, submissions to and ancillary activities in respect of the oral...
    • Road Projects Status
      1043. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the plans for the M20 Cork to Limerick motorway were withdrawn in 2012; the effect of this withdrawal on the overall...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      1044. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by his Department in 2016 on external consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33902/17]
    • Railway Stations
      1045. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the reopening of the Dunleer railway station in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1046. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way his Department is improving services and increasing supports for persons with disabilities during 2017. [34039/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1047. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investment by his Department since March 2016 in County Louth and parts of east County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1048. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has held meetings with a company (details supplied) since assuming office; and if so, the purpose of said meeting. [34109/17]
    • Commemorative Events
      1049. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to name Dublin Airport after former Taoiseach, Seán Lemass, in recognition of the outstanding contribution he made to...
    • Tourism Promotion
      1050. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for publication of a new tourist strategy for the midlands in line with commitment in the programme for Government. [34111/17]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1051. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times he has met the EU Transport Commissioner since assuming office; and if he will report on the discussions which took...
    • Brexit Issues
      1053. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to hold meetings with the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding reviewing eligibility for tourism visas in view of...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
      1054. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects that TII have shovel ready; the budget needed for each; and the timeframe for completion of same. [34115/17]
    • Taxi Regulations
      1056. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to forward the necessary legislation to give the NTA the authority to regularise the use of rickshaws. [34119/17]
    • Ports Development
      1057. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the profit made by Rosslare Europort; and his future plans for the port. [34122/17]
    • National Transport Authority Staff
      1058. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxi enforcement officers employed by the NTA; and the locations of their employment. [34123/17]
    • National Transport Authority
      1059. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of convictions for illegal activity each year for past five years; and the type of activity the convictions were for in...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      1060. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the persons who he appointed to the various State boards under his remit since assuming office; and the number of vacancies that remain...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1061. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a HGV driver apprentice programme. [34126/17]
    • EU Directives
      1062. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of consultation that he or his officials have had with the relevant stakeholders regarding drawing up the necessary...
    • Sport Ireland
      1063. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the strategic plan for high-performance sports to be published. [34129/17]
    • Tax Code
      1064. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions that he had with the Minister for Finance with a view to ring-fencing part of revenues generated through betting tax for...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      1065. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be made available to complete the next phase of the sport grounds in Abbotstown. [34131/17]
    • Noise Pollution Legislation
      1066. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for deciding if secondary or primary legislation will be needed to give the IAA the authority to regulate noise at Dublin...
    • Airport Development Projects
      1067. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken since assuming office to promote connectivity between Dublin Airport and east bound air traffic. [34133/17]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      1068. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his European counterparts he has met to discuss Brexit; and the date on which he met them. [34134/17]
    • Air Services Provision
      1069. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to implement the recommendations from the Seanad Brexit committee regarding open skies policy. [34135/17]
    • European Innovation Partnerships
      1070. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the applications for funding that his Department has made through the EU innovation partnership procurement route; and if he will make a...
    • Air Services Provision
      1071. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons employed in aircraft maintenance here; the size of the industry; and the way in which it compares with industry in...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1072. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of training apprentice programmes in aircraft maintenance; the number of participants; and the locations in which...
    • Air Services Provision
      1073. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of foreign planes that come here for maintenance on an annual basis; and the number of Irish companies that are involved in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      1075. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of consultation he has held with his Government colleagues regarding the introduction of the Road Traffic (Minimum Passing...
    • Traffic Data
      1076. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1857 of 20 June 2017, the reason his Department does not have such information readily available...
    • Rail Services Provision
      1077. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed Kildare route project to facilitate increased rail capacity and frequency between Kildare and Dublin; and if...
    • Road Projects Status
      1078. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Narrow Water bridge project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34248/17]
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      1079. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if car sellers are permitted to install devices commonly referred to as kill switches which are designed to immobile vehicles if...
    • Bus Services
      1080. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date schedule for the tendering of Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus routes between July 2017 and 2019; and if the planned...
    • Rail Services
      1081. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will restore the subsidy to Irish Rail to pre-crisis levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34314/17]
    • Rail Services Provision
      1082. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on State funding of rail freight services with Irish Rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34393/17]
    • Road Projects Status
      1083. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to enhance road connectivity to Rosslare Europort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34394/17]
    • Ports Development
      1084. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve multi-modal connectivity at Rosslare Europort, specifically between rail and ferry services; and if he will make a...
    • Greenways Development
      1086. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of proposals for greenway trails in County Wexford, especially those near New Ross and Gorey; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      1092. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Government's commitment to the A5 upgrade from Donegal/Derry/Tyrone to Monaghan as originally committed in the Saint...
    • Dublin Bus Fleet
      1094. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of replacing one conventional Dublin Bus vehicle with an electric or low emissions alternative. [34495/17]
    • Bus Éireann Staff
      1096. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff within the driver grade who have been out of work ill from the Bus Éireann Capwell Cork area as a result of...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      1107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding options available to persons seeking to start up a tourism-related business [34707/17]
    • Driver Test Centres
      1108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding for the provision of a Drogheda driver test centre in view of the recent CSO publication which shows that...
    • Tourism Promotion
      1110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of estimates of the cost of increasing the overseas marketing budget for tourism to pre-2012 levels. [34806/17]
    • Housing Policy
      1112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has had discussions with the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government or any other Department...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      1113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that his Department will meet their EU renewable and emissions reductions targets by 2020; if he will provide a detailed...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme Review
      1115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the analysis that has been done and the steps he has taken on foot of that analysis to ensure that the transport elements of the...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      1116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent to date in 2017 on projects (details supplied); the estimated cost per year from July 2017 until completion for each;...
    • Skills Shortages
      1118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Fáilte Ireland plans to withdraw funding for hospitality programmes throughout the...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      1119. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of posts on the advisory council for Better Outcomes, Better Futures that are filled by members of her Department. [34158/17]
    • Adoption Services Provision
      1121. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the current situation affecting some families relating to the rules governing adoption (details supplied); and if she...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      1122. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address a matter (details supplied). [33683/17]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      1123. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount allocated and drawn down in respect of the learner fund in 2016 and to date in 2017 by county. [33970/17]
    • Children in Care
      1124. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will implement the recommended action 75 of the Ryan implementation group for a professionally managed national archive to be...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      1125. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has informed all community programmes and community groups under its remit of its budget for 2016 and 2017; if she has signed off...
    • Child and Family Agency Remit
      1126. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount Tusla provided to the Health Service Executive for the provision of child counselling services in each of the years 2014 to...
    • Child Care Services Data
      1127. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new places on the community child care subvention scheme which have been taken up by private providers in addition to...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      1128. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the figures presented by the CSO, which suggest that just 52% of children availed of the ECCE scheme during the 12 months...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1129. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of existing family resource centres that are fully operational. [33976/17]
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      1130. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount Tusla spent on community programmes, by county, in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the spending on...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      1131. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of capital funding allocated to Tusla in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in comparison to the capital...
    • Aftercare Services
      1132. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department spent on aftercare for children not in foster care or in the direct care of the Health Service Executive in each...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      1133. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the standard payment that Tusla pays private residential care companies for each child in their care weekly and annually; if payments are...
    • Guardians Ad Litem
      1135. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department has spent on guardian ad litem services, broken down by county and provider. [33982/17]
    • Departmental Reviews
      1136. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her Department's review of the ABC scheme; her views on its effectiveness; her plans to continue funding these centres after...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1137. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way her Department is improving services and increasing supports for persons with disabilities during 2017. [34027/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1138. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the investment by her Department since March 2016 in County Louth and parts of east County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Expenditure
      1139. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the recent Private Members' debate in Dáil Éireann on child care, her plans to increase pay for ECCE year from 38...
    • Child Poverty
      1140. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to examine service providers in areas of high disadvantage and high deprivation with a view to introducing a scheme similar to...
    • School Completion Programme
      1141. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full year cost of restoring the school completion programme to pre-2011 levels. [34165/17]
    • Child Care Services Expenditure
      1142. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a detailed breakdown of planned expenditure on the child care measures that will be put in place in September 2017....
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      1143. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 9 May 2017, the number of whole-time equivalent social workers in each of the years 2011 to...
    • Data Collection
      1144. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to develop data collection within Tusla and her Department. [34168/17]
    • Child Protection Services Provision
      1145. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the procurement process for a training partner for Tusla to implement the CPW strategy. [34169/17]
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      1146. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in foster care that have not been allocated a social worker, broken down by priority level and the number of weeks...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      1148. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the children first e-learning module has been made available to those working with children in the voluntary and unpaid sector. [34172/17]
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      1149. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has recruited a full-time data protection officer, as per its 2017 business plan. [34173/17]
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      1150. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has published a revised child protection and welfare handbook in line with Children First requirements. [34174/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      1151. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her department assigned in 2016 and to date in 2017 to the hidden harm programme. [34175/17]
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      1152. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she plans to continue the hidden harm and nurture programmes after the withdrawal of an organisation (details supplied). [34177/17]
    • Child Protection Guidelines
      1153. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the joint protocol between gardaí and Tusla with regard to the Children First guidelines. [34178/17]
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      1154. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an ICT director has been recruited within Tusla. [34179/17]
    • Child and Family Agency
      1155. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of Tusla's ICT strategy. [34180/17]
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      1156. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is possible to access Tusla's stored centralised procurement database. [34181/17]
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      1157. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department assigned to Tusla for learning and development in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; and the amount of this...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      1158. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time posts in Tusla's employee well-being and welfare unit. [34183/17]
    • Question Heading for question(s) 1159
      1159. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average recruitment time for social care workers in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017. [34184/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1160. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount Department has made available to child care providers for non-contact time since 2011, broken down by year. [34185/17]
    • Departmental Bodies
      1161. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of posts on the advisory council for Better Outcomes, Better Futures that are filled by members of her Department. [34188/17]
    • Living Wage Expenditure
      1163. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full year cost of paying ECCE workers the living wage of €11.50 per hour; and the estimated cost of paying ECCE...
    • Departmental Funding
      1164. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department will release the necessary capital funding to help sustain a project (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      1165. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay in delivering the funding to six child care projects in County Cork promised by her Department six months ago....
    • School Completion Programme
      1166. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has considered the ramifications for young persons who will no longer receive counselling services under the school...
    • Traveller Data
      1167. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide figures on school attendance and participation among Traveller children from 2016/2017 or the latest date...
    • Traveller Education
      1168. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the approximate cost of re-introducing the visiting teachers service for Travellers in budget 2018. [34512/17]
    • School Attendance Data
      1169. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has undertaken studies of school attendance and participation among children living in homeless households; if so, if...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1170. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she plans to accept applications from communities seeking funding for resource centres. [34666/17]
    • National Youth Strategy
      1171. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the LGBT youth strategy; the timeline for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34691/17]
    • Area Based Childhood Programme
      1172. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the operation of the area based childhood programme; the projects awarded funding under this scheme, by amount awarded and...
    • Appointments to State Boards Data
      1173. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1934 of 20 June 2017, the number of former Members who applied for board positions; and if she will...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      1174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her proposed changes to the qualifying criteria for a community employment scheme, in particular for persons wishing to roll over to a second year...
    • Child Poverty
      1175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of children under 18 years of age who live in consistent poverty. [34186/17]
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      1177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will remove the means-test requirement for households in which a mature student wishes to return to education; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Activation Projects
      1178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the types of job schemes that are available to young persons with learning disabilities and mental health issues; and if she will make a statement...
    • Job Creation
      1179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the unemployment blackspots in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34416/17]
    • JobsIreland Service
      1180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the roll-out of the State’s job matching service, jobsIreland.ie; the reason the launch date was delayed due to technical...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      1181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on reports of bogus self-employment (details supplied); and if her Department commissioned a report or instigated analysis of the issues...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      1182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33586/17]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      1185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33684/17]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      1186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33689/17]
    • JobPath Data
      1187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who gained employment in County Tipperary following referral to the Turas Nua scheme since the scheme was introduced; and if...
    • Registration of Births
      1188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33804/17]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the current qualifying criteria for the widowed surviving civil partner parent grant; her further plans to extend this grant...
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      1190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person's mortgage repayments are taken into account when calculating a person's allowance entitlement as part of the family income supplement;...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Appeals
      1191. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can appeal a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34023/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way her Department is improving services and increasing supports for persons with disabilities during 2017. [34038/17]
    • Departmental Projects
      1193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the investment by her Department since March 2016 in County Louth and parts of east County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      1194. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34089/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1195. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34096/17]
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      1196. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the free travel scheme to cater for such persons who are not entitled to the travel scheme but that are severely ill of disabled...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34216/17]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1198. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a social welfare appeal for an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1199. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34218/17]
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      1200. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money paid out humanitarian assistance scheme per annum in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Data
      1202. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons aged 65 years of age who are currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit; the way this has changed...
    • Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
      1203. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are delays in her Department in issuing payments that fall under her Department's remit; if so, the payments that are affected; the...
    • JobPath Implementation
      1204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of complaints since commencement to date that have been made against the two companies tasked with delivering JobPath; the actions taken...
    • Citizens Assembly
      1205. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions she will take following the Citizens Assembly recommendations regarding the need for a mandatory pension scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      1206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons by payment who have been refused a social welfare payment; the number that subsequently were awarded a payment on appeal; and...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1207. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be reached in the case of a person (details supplied) in respect of a carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Appeals
      1208. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision to refuse an exceptional needs payment can be reviewed as part of an appeal in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      1209. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34437/17]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      1210. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an oral hearing can be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34440/17]
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      1211. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to be followed to facilitate a new version of an application for a PPS number for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Public Services Card Provision
      1212. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a photo ID services card has been refused in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      1213. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent support available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34448/17]
    • Social Insurance Yield
      1214. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated amount that could be raised from increasing employers PRSI towards the EU effective average rate of 20%, that is, by increasing the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
      1215. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing all weekly jobseeker's payments and the back to education allowance to €188, €200. €204 and...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      1216. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost to introduce a minimum weekly gross wage of €600 for all full-time employees under the aegis of her Department; and if she will...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      1219. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of reintroducing the telephone allowance. [34592/17]
    • Child Benefit Expenditure
      1221. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of reversing all cuts and changes to child benefit since 2008. [34594/17]
    • State Pensions
      1222. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of introducing a universal State pension of €250. [34595/17]
    • One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure
      1223. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of reversing all cuts and changes to the one-parent family payment since 2008. [34596/17]
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Expenditure
      1224. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €50. [34597/17]
    • Maternity Leave
      1225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of extending paid maternity leave to 42 weeks or 52 weeks [34598/17]
    • Parental Leave Expenditure
      1227. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of making 18 months of shareable paid maternity and paternity leave available to parents. [34600/17]
    • Maternity Benefit Expenditure
      1228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing maternity benefit to €300 a week. [34601/17]
    • Poverty Data
      1229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rate of consistent poverty, at risk of poverty and deprivation rate for those not at work due to an illness or a disability; the way these...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all Intreo offices are accessible for those with a disability; if not, the locations of offices which are not accessible; and if she will make a...
    • State Pensions
      1231. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she plans to take to address the situation whereby those who are forced to retire at 65 years of age must claim jobseeker's allowance...
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      1232. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to raise public awareness of eligibility for family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34689/17]
    • Family Support Services
      1233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the introduction of a working family payment proposed in A Programme for a Partnership Government; the way the proposed payment will...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1234. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied). [34740/17]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1235. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a disability appeal by a person (details supplied). [34741/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1237. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's allowance review for a person (details supplied). [34743/17]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      1238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied). [34744/17]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      1239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied). [34745/17]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      1240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied). [34746/17]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      1241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied). [34747/17]
    • Farm Assist Scheme Data
      1243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of farm assist and the amount paid in each county, in each of the years from 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      1244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the increasingly precarious nature of part time work, she will review the regulations regarding the number of days in which a...
    • Appointments to State Boards Data
      1245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 2040 of 20 June 2017, the number of former TDs that applied for board positions; and if she will make a...
    • Unemployment Levels
      1246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps that are being taken to ease unemployment specifically in the blackspots identified in census 2016; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Housing Data
      1248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of new single dwellings constructed since 2007 which have a BER certificate; and the estimated number...
    • Water Charges Refunds
      1249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated cost of refunding all those that paid water charges. [34541/17]
    • Vacant Sites Levy
      1250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated annual revenue that could be raised from a vacant site tax of 3%, 6%, 10% and 20% in 2018, 2019 and...
    • Social Innovation Fund Ireland
      1252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the projects awarded funding by the social innovation fund by county and amount awarded; and if he will make a...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      1253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will bring forward changes to the tenant purchase scheme which will make this scheme more accessible for...
    • Local Authority Staff Remuneration
      1254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the criteria for incremental increases as set out for an employee of a local authority that was employed in an...
    • Seaweed Harvesting Licences
      1255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason no public consultation meetings were held regarding the application for a licence for the...
    • Election Management System
      1256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the level of research his Department has conducted on lowering the voting age to 16; and his views on the necessity...
    • Electoral Commission Establishment
      1257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to collate or mandate a public body to collate voter turnout statistics by demographic, particularly by...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      1259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the various local authorities were requested to make the necessary arrangements to provide for an accelerated...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      1263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of homeless persons in County Kildare that have been offered and have received accommodation from the...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      1264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which funding is available to Kildare County Council to address the local authority housing issue;...
    • Planning Issues
      1265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which plans are afoot to reactivate stalled building sites such as the town centre at Naas, County...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      1267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of families rehoused by Kildare County Council in each of the past two years and to date; and if he will...
    • Housing Data
      1268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to facilitate the urgent restart of development on house building sites throughout the greater Dublin...
    • Housing Policy
      1270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which facilities are available to meet the housing needs of the indigenous rural population...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      1271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if NAMA may again be approached with a view to the possible availability of extra housing to meet the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      1272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of private housing completions in 2016 and to date in 2017 in Dublin city. [33673/17]
    • Homeless Persons Data
      1275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current number of homeless families in Dublin city. [33676/17]
    • Housing Assistance Payments Data
      1277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current number of households in Dublin city in receipt of the housing assistance payment. [33678/17]
    • Rents Data
      1278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current average residential property rental cost in Dublin city and Dublin north city. [33679/17]
    • House Prices
      1279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current average cost residential property sale price in Dublin city and Dublin north city. [33680/17]
    • Tax Code
      1280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has explored the number of potential development sites held by investors due to the seven-year...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Data
      1281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of HAP persons to date in each county and year. [33709/17]
    • Housing Data
      1283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding for current and capital housing programmes from his Department in each of the years 2000 to 2016. and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      1285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of vacant social houses brought back into productive use with aid from his Department in each of the...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      1286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount that has been spent under the local infrastructure housing activation fund to date in 2017; if he will...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
      1288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of applications to the mortgage to rent scheme; the number of mortgage to rent transactions that have...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      1290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of money which was spent by his Department in 2016 on external consultants; and if he will make a...
    • Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks
      1291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the assessment on page 81 of the expert report on concrete bricks (details supplied); and his plans to...
    • Housing Issues
      1292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on housing demand assessments in relation to local area development plans (details supplied). [33993/17]
    • Construction Costs
      1293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he expects the independent audit of housing construction costs to be published; and the stakeholder groups and...
    • Housing Issues
      1294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he expects the vacant housing strategy to be published. [33995/17]
    • Planning Data
      1295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated number of section 5 declarations given by each local authority in the latest year available; and the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      1296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has a statutory or rule of thumb definition guiding policy proposals for affordability limits in...
    • Local Authority Housing
      1297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to incentivise the development of build to rent units to expand supply in the private rental market....
    • Housing Issues
      1298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has examined proposals to undertake a comprehensive land and property survey detailing the...
    • Local Authority Finances
      1299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the approximate income from section 48 development levies in 2016 and 2017. [34000/17]
    • Development Contributions
      1300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 618 of 4 July 2017, if he will provide a response to the question in terms of...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way his department is improving services and increasing supports for persons with disabilities during 2017...
    • Departmental Funding
      1302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the investment by his Department since March 2016 in County Louth and parts of east County Meath; and if he will...
    • Planning Issues
      1304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the working group review of an organisation (details supplied) regulations; the number of meetings...
    • Housing Data
      1306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing units and size of the overall housing estate owned or managed by the registered voluntary...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      1308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the legislation governing the regulation of the voluntary housing bodies and agencies; his plans to introduce a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      1309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units directly built or provided by each county and city councils in each of the years...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Data
      1310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of new tenant purchase scheme transactions entered into by local authority tenants with Cork City...
    • EU Directives
      1311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when consultation on the draft legislative provisions for his departmental remit to transpose Directive 2014/52/EU...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      1312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the mechanisms in place to enable local authorities to provide for affordable housing schemes under the current...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Data
      1313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of HAP recipients per local authority; the number of households eligible for HAP; the number of...
    • Planning Guidelines
      1315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the provision of planning guidelines for solar powered developments nationally; and if he will make a...
    • Commercial Property
      1316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he has taken to ensure that businesses sell long-term vacant units in town centres in Enniscorthy and...
    • Local Authority Funding
      1318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if sufficient funding is available to Kildare County Council to facilitate progress on housing repairs and the...
    • Homeless Accommodation Funding
      1319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total spend on homeless services by his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department for each year...
    • Construction Costs
      1320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current average construction cost of a new social housing unit; and the average construction costs of 1 bed, 2...
    • Fire Safety
      1321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason he has still not published a review commissioned by his Department in September 2015 to develop a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      1322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the successful launch of an affordable housing scheme in Ballymun (details...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of full-time staff within his Department with specific responsibility for social housing policy; and if...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      1324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 675 of 4 July 2017, if his Department has projected the number of affordable...
    • RAPID Programme
      1325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the operation of the RAPID scheme; the projects awarded funding under this scheme, by amount awarded...
    • Construction Costs
      1327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that the cost of housing is neither affordable nor sustainable; and the steps he is taking to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      1328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide specific funding to Dublin City Council to build sheltered accommodation for senior citizens in...
    • Planning Guidelines
      1330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will produce guidelines for the assessment of the climate impact of renewable energy developments on...
    • Development Contributions
      1331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the provisions within national planning legislation to ensure developers of large residential developments have to...
    • Planning Guidelines
      1332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether amendments are required to planning legislation to enable schools in conjunction with local...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      1334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the guidelines for the definition of "affordable housing"; the way in which he came to the conclusion that housing...
  • Department of Defence
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1336. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way his Department is improving services and increasing supports for persons with disabilities during 2017; [34029/17]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      1337. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the investment by his Department since March 2016 in County Louth and parts of east County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Minimum Wage
      1338. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of introducing a minimum wage of €15 an hour for all employees under the aegis of his department; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      1339. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost to introduce a minimum weekly gross wage of €600 for all full time employees under the aegis of his Department; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      1340. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the provisions available to a person of the Defence Forces under (details supplied) the way in which a promotion under this guideline should be...
    • Appointments to State Boards Data
      1341. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 2289 of 20 June 2017 the number of former TDs that applied for board positions; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Surveys
      1342. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views regarding his Department's survey on whether there is a widespread concern among the focus groups that the loss of experience and...

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