Written answers

Tuesday, 14 November 2017

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      18. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet Committee E (Health) last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [46587/17]
    • Departmental Functions
      21. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international, European Union and northern division of his Department. [46588/17]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      23. To ask the Taoiseach the role of the Government Security Committee; when it last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [46589/17]
    • Programme for Government
      26. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a progress report on the programme for Government. [46796/17]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      28. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with a person (details supplied). [47003/17]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to ensure that bodies in receipt of State funding have in place good governance structures; and if she will...
    • Commemorative Events
      54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the dates and locations of each national famine memorial day since 2008; the proposed date and location for 2018; and if she will...
    • Heritage Sites
      55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she continues to support, maintain, preserve and promote heritage sites throughout the country with particular...
    • Arts Funding
      56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to double the arts budget in order to realise the potential of the film and theatre industry in view of the Taoiseach's...
    • Commemorative Events
      57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the Oireachtas All Party Consultation Committee on Commemorations will meet again; and the nature of the role it will have....
    • Departmental Bodies Reports
      58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the delay in the publication of the final culture 2025 policy document; the expected publication date of same; and...
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which the Creative Ireland Programme will utilise the National Opera House; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Arts and Culture Capital Scheme
      61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there will be a further round of the arts and culture capital scheme in 2018 to support local arts centres; and if she will make...
    • Caiteachas Ranna
      62. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dóigh léi go bhfuil coibheas idir líon na dtograí a fuair deontais i nGaillimh agus i nDún na nGall le...
    • Cuanta agus Céanna
      63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta le dhá bhliain anuas maidir le forbairt na gcéibheanna ar Inis Meáin...
    • Hare Coursing
      64. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hare coursing meetings in areas (details supplied) attended by National Parks and Wildlife Service personnel in 2015,...
    • Arts and Culture Capital Scheme Funding
      65. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of funding for a centre (details supplied) that applied for funding under the arts and culture capital scheme; and if...
    • Arts Council
      66. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the human resources processes that are in place in agencies funded by the Arts Council; the details of the independent resource...
    • Arts Funding
      67. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects to be in a position to support all aspects of the performing arts in 2018 with particular reference...
    • Hare Coursing
      68. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to a shortage of hares for coursing events in recent weeks; and if NPWS officials will take steps...
    • National Monuments
      69. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the lack of engagement of the owner of the site on which the Moore Street national monument is located with a group...
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      70. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an audit is in place for the awarding of funding by Creative Ireland; if so, the process by which the audit will be carried out;...
    • Departmental Funding
      71. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the funding provided by her Department to organisations promoting the use of the Irish language; and if she will...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      72. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the national cultural institutions sharing some of their collections with local museums and arts centres in order to...
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      73. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of some members of the creative industries regarding Creative Ireland's potential...
    • Hare Coursing
      74. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to claims that a club (details supplied) held trials clandestinely on 24 September 2017; her plans...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Management
      75. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the recent ESB actions on the walkways and hedgerows of the Gearagh special area of conservation; the follow up...
    • Built Heritage Investment Scheme Funding
      76. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available from her Department to local heritage groups in order to support the conservation and protection of...
    • Réadmhaoin Údarás na Gaeltachta
      77. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht de bhun ceist pharlaiminteach uimhir 84 an 20 Meitheamh 2017, cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis na foirgnimh...
    • Hare Coursing
      78. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure that particular emphasis is provided to inspections to ensure all guidelines are being followed at hare...
    • Commemorative Events
      79. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a stream of funding is being made available to enable centenary events at a local level around the country in view of the fact...
    • Scéimeanna Teanga
      81. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht soiléiriú a thabhairt ar stádas phlean teanga An Cheathrú Rua; agus, go háirithe, an bhfuil sé curtha...
    • Waterways Ireland Remit
      82. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which Waterways Ireland can support recreational opportunities in rural counties through the development of blueways and...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      83. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Deontas Reáchtála Údarás na Gaeltachta agus go háirithe do Chomhlacht Forbartha an Spidéil,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      84. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation for capital spending by her department in 2017 including the carryover of expenditure from 2016; the amount spent to...
    • Built Heritage Investment Scheme Funding
      85. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there will be a further round of the built heritage investment scheme and structures at risk fund in 2018 in order to support...
    • Film Industry
      86. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will investigate the abuse of employees, trainee employees and volunteers in the film industry in view of an imminent...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      87. To ask the Taoiseach the results of his recent visit to the west coast of the United States of America in terms of foreign direct investment and jobs for Ireland. [47662/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      88. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money allocated to sponsoring advertisements in the past six months from merrionstreet.ie or relating to a social media account (details supplied). [47663/17]
    • Rail Network
      89. To ask the Taoiseach if a feasibility and costing study on the proposed high-speed rail line between Dublin and Belfast has begun (details supplied); and if so, the progress that has been...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      90. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the ongoing request for an inquiry into the Dublin-Monaghan bombings; and if it was recently discussed at his meetings with Prime Minister May. [47829/17]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      91. To ask the Taoiseach if a centre (details supplied) was discussed at his meeting with a person when he was in the United States of America; if there was comparison made to the provision of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      92. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on sponsored advertisements on social media sites run in his Department; and the way in which these are co-ordinated. [47831/17]
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      93. To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed the undocumented Irish at his meetings when he was in the United States of America. [47832/17]
    • Departmental Meetings
      94. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the pre-Cabinet meetings held on a weekly basis in his Department; and the persons who attend these meetings. [47833/17]
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      95. To ask the Taoiseach the way in which his Department responded to the declaration of the status red alert weather warning as regards its own employees. [47935/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      96. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in his Department in November 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively; and the projected number for November 2018. [47988/17]
    • Departmental Budgets
      97. To ask the Taoiseach the activities of his Department that will receive reduced funding in 2018 in comparison to 2016 and 2017. [47989/17]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • International Agreements
      98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason no mutual recognition agreements with other countries on occupational first aid have been agreed to date; and her plans...
    • Brexit Issues
      99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the eligibility details of the Brexit loan scheme; the rates that will be available; the loan limits that will apply to borrowers; when...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      100. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which her Department responded to the declaration of the status red alert weather warning as regards its own employees; and...
    • Retail Sector
      102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she is putting in place to ensure a level playing field, for example, VAT rates and so on, in view of the significant...
  • Department of Finance
    • Banking Operations
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times Irish banks or their offshore offices refused to provide data or information requested by the Revenue Commissioners; if the requests were...
    • Banking Sector Data
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new and existing customers of a company (details supplied) in each year since the bank was nationalised; the value of assets held by the company...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies in each functional area of the Central Bank; the percentage that vacancy rate represents of the staffing allocation for that function...
    • Tax Code
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue's Commissioners online Vehicle Registration Tax, VRT, calculator is the subject of an independent audit; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Insurance Coverage
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in respect of commercial fleet insurance policies, including for taxis, a person's driving record is not...
    • Employment Investment Incentive Scheme (1 comment)
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) will qualify for the employment and investment incentive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47659/17]
    • VAT Rate Application
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to revise the VAT rate on the sale of alpaca livestock in order that it is in line with the agricultural VAT rate on other livestock sales; and if...
    • Vehicle Registration
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person can claim back Vehicle Registration Tax, VRT, on a motorhome in cases in which it is sold abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Credits
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he has ended the rent tax credit for persons that rent from private landlords; his plans to introduce other tax concessions for persons paying...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance the groups, persons or companies that he or his officials consulted, had contact with or made submissions regarding a decision (details supplied) made in...
    • Eligible Liabilities Guarantee
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance when the guaranteed liabilities under the ELG scheme are due to mature for each of the covered institutions; the way in which his powers to appoint public...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions that have been held or that are due to be held by the Central Bank or the Central Bank Commission regarding the ending of the printing of the...
    • VAT Rate Application
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT received by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of electronic services provided to unregistered customers resident in other EU states (details...
    • Banking Sector Staff
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the public interest directors in each of the banks with a substantial State interest; the names of the public interest directors in each bank...
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made with regard to tackling the cost of motor insurance; the steps that have been implemented to date; the future steps that will be taken in...
    • Prize Bonds
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the NTMA to investigate if the prize bond holdings of a company (details supplied) are still active; if so, the name of the active...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance the way his Department responded to the declaration of the status red alert weather warning in respect of its employees; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rental Sector
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance the average rate of inflation in wages annually compared to the average rate of inflation in rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47955/17]
    • Deposit Guarantee Scheme
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the deposit guarantee scheme, DGS, in certain circumstances (details supplied); his plans to review the DGS to include ARF and AMRF; and...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Eligibility
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance if stair lifts in domestic dwellings are eligible for inclusion in the home renovation incentive; and if not, his plans to include stair lifts in the...
    • Knowledge Development Box
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of firms by size that have availed of the knowledge development box; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48031/17]
    • Tax Compliance
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of prosecutions and prison sentences that have been handed out for tax offences relating to persons since 2010, in tabular form. [48046/17]
    • State Claims Agency
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the State Claims Agency did not seek assistance from the Health and Safety Authority immediately when it discovered in 2013 and 2014 that serious...
    • Intellectual Property Management
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of intangible assets onshored here for each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48137/17]
    • EU Directives
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reverse his position on public country-by-country reporting and provide support to the principle and implement it; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Agreements
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a comprehensive tax haven blacklist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48158/17]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he plans to take on the Kiltha river at Castlemartyr, County Cork, to prevent future flooding (details supplied). [47632/17]
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of dwellings and gate lodges that are in parks and public spaces managed by the Office of Public Works, by location and...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      136. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which his Department responded to the declaration of the status red weather warning in relation to its own employees; and if...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      137. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Office of Public Works refurbishment plan for Ballinasloe Garda station; the reason it took so long for the tender to...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process to identify and acquire a site for a school (details supplied) for both temporary and permanent accommodation; the action his...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter in relation to a grant application by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request SUSI to accept appeals and review requests from Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas through the Oireachtas support email...
    • Institutes of Technology
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount each of the institutes of technology have paid to an association (details supplied) since it was established; and if he will make a...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) does not have adequate broadband capacity and speed to deliver the...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 25 October 2017, if he will address the fact that a fire hazard, namely a refuse store, is situated...
    • Departmental Properties
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in his Department in releasing its interest in a school building (details supplied) which is to be acquired and used as...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding pay for special needs assistants on the days that schools were closed on 16 and 17 October 2017 due to Storm Ophelia; his...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sections of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 that have not yet been commenced; his plans in this regard; and...
    • Equality Legislation
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to examine the need for a change to section 37(1) of the Employment Equality Act 1998 in view of the reported case (details supplied)...
    • School Textbooks Code of Practice
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many post-schools are using a programme (details supplied), are copying and pasting complete...
    • School Curriculum
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available for schools for the provision of horticulture classes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47746/17]
    • Higher Education Institutions
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that the Bachelor of Arts in the visual arts programme being run on Sherkin Island in west Cork is maintained in view of the...
    • School Funding
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a defined timeframe for all schools in relation to the payment of both the capitation and minor works grants in order to...
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Gaeltacht schools at primary and post-primary level that expressed interest and did not express interest in being designated as a...
    • School Staff
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of days worked by substitute teachers in primary schools in the school year 2016-2017; the number of days of absence by primary...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the difference in figures for the cost of restoring pay equality for post 2010 education and training sector employees as set out...
    • Schools Complaints Procedures
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to issue guidelines for a procedure under the Education Act 1998 whereby parents' complaints regarding teaching or other school matters...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied); if the submission made by the school for a full ASD unit to include...
    • School Accommodation
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in relation to the replacement of the existing prefabs to a more permanent...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the extension of a school (details supplied); and if the process will be expedited. [47878/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, and Special Educational Needs Organisers, SENO, to reassess the SNA support...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department responded to the declaration of the status red alert weather warning in relation to its own employees; and if he...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) regarding the school transport scheme will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Minor Works Scheme
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the prospect of minor works grants for schools in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47950/17]
    • Institutes of Technology Staff
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the latest pay scale was implemented in respect of lecturers, technical assistants and related staff at Letterkenny Institute...
    • Minor Works Scheme
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools can expect to have their minor works scheme applications processed and payments issued; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47998/17]
    • Departmental Investigations
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is conducting an investigation into alleged financial irregularities at a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Education and Training Boards Expenditure
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of education and training boards, ETBs, that are paid up members of an organisation (details supplied); if funds provided to ETBs by...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be put in place for a person (details supplied). [48033/17]
    • Aitheantas Scoileanna
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén staid ina bhfuil an t-iarratas ar stádas neamhspleách do scoil (sonraí tugtha); cathain a eiseoidh a Roinn toradh an...
    • Scéim na nOibreacha Éigeandála
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén staid ina bhfuil an t-iarratas ó Bhord Oideachais agus Oiliúna na Gaillimhe agus Ros Comáin ar leithris bhreise a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); the reason for the ongoing delays; the steps his...
    • School Textbooks
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason books have not been supplied to schools for the new subject of politics and society; the reason the earliest guaranteed date for the...
    • Schools Establishment
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the establishment of an Educate Together school in Westport; the steps taken to date to establish the school; and the proposed date...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Ministerial Travel
      181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has received a formal request from members of the Cabinet to visit North Korea; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • White Paper on the Future of Europe
      183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the work ongoing in his Department relating to the White Paper on the Future of Europe. [46927/17]
    • European Court of Human Rights Judgments
      184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed a case (details supplied) with his British counterpart at their meetings. [47828/17]
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the way in which his Department responded to the declaration of the status red alert weather warning in respect of departmental...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his views on the assertion by an organisation (details supplied) that European governments are feeding the business of suffering...
    • Middle East Issues
      188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the position regarding efforts at EU and international level to bring about a two-state solution in Israel and Palestine; and if...
    • Brexit Issues
      189. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his views on his statement that a five-year transition period is required for Brexit; the reason five years was chosen as the...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update from his perspective on the latest developments on Brexit talks and the reason for optimism following the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Naturalisation Applications
      191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline his plans to introduce a reduction for those on low income, social welfare or senior citizens regarding the fixed...
    • Asylum Applications
      192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline his plans to ensure that no restrictions are placed on the type of work that asylum seekers can engage in while...
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be ratified; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the revenue-raising functions of section 95 of the Legal Services Regulatory Act 2015 have been implemented; and his views...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Data
      195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when his Department signed off on the expenditure of hiring persons (details supplied) to work as part of the Charleton liaison...
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff
      197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will request the Garda Commissioner to ensure that the detective inspector post at the Office of Director of Corporate...
    • Road Safety Data
      198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out in tabular form the number of road fatalities in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017 by month and...
    • Family Law Cases
      199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to give access rights to natural grandparents in circumstances in which the mother or father of the children is...
    • Citizenship Applications
      200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reduce the fee for persons from the UK that are married to Irish citizens and permanently living here to resolve...
    • Garda Vetting
      201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated length of time it would take for a four year driving licence ban that has been reduced to 18 months by the courts...
    • Courts Service
      203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the car park at the new Drogheda courthouse has been transferred to the Office of Public Works; if so, if the car park will...
    • Garda Vetting
      204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda vetting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47823/17]
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland will ratify the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and put in place legislation for...
    • Departmental Staff
      206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Secretary General of his Department met with a person (details supplied); the dates and purpose of those meetings; the...
    • Garda Vetting
      209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the waiting times to receive Garda clearance; and the reason for delays. [47873/17]
    • Wards of Court
      210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for placing wards of court under a general solicitor; if families were consulted before this took place; and if he...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if counsel for the Garda Commissioner and colleagues met in the Garda press office with the director of communications of an...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which his Department responded to the declaration of the status red alert weather warning in relation to its own...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 536 to 539, inclusive, of 7 November 2017, if representatives of the State Solicitors...
    • Courts Service Data
      214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of probate cases being processed; the expected turnaround time for dealing with probate cases; the number of...
    • Law Reform Commission Reports
      215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to publish a multi party litigation or class action Bill as recommended and set out by the Law Reform Commission a...
    • Garda Operations
      216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the Garda traffic corps will be restored to full operational strength; his views on the deployment of the...
    • Garda Data
      217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau as of 1 January 2017 and 1 November...
    • Garda Operations
      218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that An Garda Síochána has received from organisations (details supplied) towards the costs of policing...
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a structural engineer's report for the remedial work on Ballinamore courthouse, County Leitrim has been supplied to the...
    • Crime Data
      220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the metrics by which An Garda Síochána collect sexual abuse and violence data both nationally and by county; and the...
    • Subsidiary Protection Applications
      221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 26 October 2017, if it is not the intention in the future to prevent Members of...
    • Ministerial Transport
      222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who avail of State or Garda drivers; and the number of persons that have the use of State car and driver,...
    • Stardust Fire
      223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the recent McCartan report of the assessment on the Stardust fire of 14 February 1981, including the payments made...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on 29 September 2017 the Legal Service Regulatory Authority forwarded to him...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an official or officials from his Department dined at a restaurant (details supplied) with a member or members of An Garda...
    • Departmental Communications
      226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the purpose of the telephone call from the then Garda Commissioner to the Secretary General of his Department on 15 May 2016;...
    • Hare Coursing
      230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to physical attacks made on members of a group (details supplied) at a licensed coursing event...
    • Garda Information and Communications Technology
      231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the policies in place for updating the PULSE system when amending road traffic legislation is introduced; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Procedures
      232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to overhaul the system for issuing and processing fixed-charge notices by An Garda Síochána in view of the...
    • Garda Equipment
      233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount allocated to investment in technology for roadside breath tests from 2013 to 2016; and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Operations
      234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of funding allocated by his Department to Operation Thor each year between 2013 and 2017, by Garda division; and if...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
      235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the roll-out of CCTV surveillance cameras on the motorway network; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Strength
      237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inspectors, sergeants, gardaí and civilians in An Garda Síochána each year between 2013 and 2017,...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Fisheries Protection
      238. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans regarding an issue raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47971/17]
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      239. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which she envisages delivering a cross-governmental promise in view of the recent budget 2018 announcements, further to...
    • Departmental Policy Reviews
      241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the policy document Culture 2025 will be published; and if another period of consultation for artists and other...
    • Arts Funding
      242. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to the commitment to double arts funding over seven years and the budget 2018 settlement, if her Department will be...
    • Hedge Cutting Season
      243. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the proposed extension of the dates for hedge cutting; when she expects these new measures to come into force; and...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      244. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the promotional activity which is used to promote funding available to Gaeltacht groups; if she will review the format of...
    • Built Heritage Investment Scheme Funding
      245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding streams that will be available from her Department in 2018 to support the repair of historical buildings in rural...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      246. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which her Department responded to the declaration of the status red alert weather warning in relation to its own...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding
      247. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 576 of 7 November 2017, the projects and organisations that were funded; and if she will...
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      248. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the initiatives she has taken or plans to take to address issues of harassment, sexual or otherwise, throughout the bodies under...
    • Civil Service Code of Conduct
      249. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has set out guidelines for operation throughout her Department with a view to combatting bullying or...
    • Arts Funding
      250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to fund the promotion of the arts at national and local level directly or through the agents of...
    • Arts Promotion
      251. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she directly or indirectly continues to engage with young persons in the context of an appreciation of the...
    • Heritage Sites
      252. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to promote and protect heritage sites throughout the country; the number of new sites under...
    • Film Industry Promotion
      253. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she continues to promote the film industry here; the means by which this is being done; and if she will make a...
    • Arts in Education Charter
      254. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to promote the benefit of an appreciation of the arts among schoolchildren with particular...
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      255. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she directly or indirectly continues to support local and community based groups with a view to generating an...
    • Arts and Culture Capital Scheme
      256. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her attention has been drawn to the requirement of theatres in all areas throughout the country with the view...
    • Arts Promotion
      257. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she directly or indirectly can offer support or incentive to those involved in traditional or classical music...
  • Department of Health
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      258. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the planned expenditure in 2018 of €2 million on a new pilot scheme for in-school speech and language therapists; the locations this...
    • Psychological Assessments
      259. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be assessed by CAMHS. [47619/17]
    • Motorised Transport Grant
      260. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the motorised transport grant following budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47624/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      261. 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. [47630/17]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      262. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug kuvan will be made available for persons with PKU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47638/17]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      263. To ask the Minister for Health if he will designate postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome as a long-term illness; if hospital charges arising from an admission to an emergency department...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      264. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for persons to receive counselling in the various primary care centres in County Meath. [47642/17]
    • Hospitals Data
      265. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in the care of the orthopaedics department at Castlebar hospital, County Mayo, who were subject to a wash-out procedure due to...
    • Medical Card Data
      266. To ask the Minister for Health the number of discretionary medical cards provided to all children with a severe disability in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; if all children with a severe...
    • Hospitals Funding
      267. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been awarded to public hospitals under the NTPF insourcing scheme to date in 2017; and the treatments delivered by hospital,...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
      268. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria applied when assessing if treatment in public hospitals is eligible to be funded as insourcing by the NTPF; the way in which it is ensured that...
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      270. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is not receiving home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47660/17]
    • Hospital Services
      271. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 510 and 511 of 30 May 2017, his plans to address the geographical gap in heart failure services in the South-Southwest...
    • Medicinal Products
      272. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's policy in relation to sodium valproate being taken by a woman through pregnancy; the research that has been carried out here on the issue; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      273. To ask the Minister for Health if an orthopaedic appointment for a person (details supplied) at University Hospital Waterford will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Autism Support Services
      274. To ask the Minister for Health the steps the HSE is taking to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been diagnosed with ASD will receive the speech and language...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      275. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be admitted to the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47670/17]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      276. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the cross-border directive and the treatment abroad scheme; the areas under which they are accounted for in the health budget; the cost...
    • Medical Card Administration
      277. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current practice of awarding medical cards from the date of decision rather than the date of receipt of...
    • Health Services Provision
      278. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will be issued to a matter raised in correspondence (details suppled) regarding continuing deficits in the delivery of health services to children...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      279. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance and supports in place to assist persons who rely on a nebuliser on a day-to-day basis in the event of a power outage; if an optional back-up or...
    • Hospital Services
      280. To ask the Minister for Health the reason St Vincent's University Hospital has ceased to offer spinal review appointments in its orthopaedic department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      281. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been affected due to St Vincent's University Hospital ceasing to offer spinal review appointments in its orthopaedic department;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      282. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an autism therapy appointment for a person (details supplied). [47716/17]
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      283. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will fund the cost of living liver operations abroad in circumstances in which the facility is not available here; and if he will make a statement...
    • Organ Transplant Services
      284. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for living liver transplant operations to be carried out here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47719/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      285. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to transfer a person (details supplied) who requires interaction and stimulation to a suitable facility or day care placement. [47721/17]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      286. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47724/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      288. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47740/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      289. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 3 October 2017, the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has had surgery cancelled at University...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      290. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medicinal cannabis; his plans to legislate to allow for medicinal cannabis here; the timeframe for the introduction of such legislation;...
    • Hospital Charges
      291. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reverse the decision to charge persons with haemochromatosis that require several venesections yearly €80 per treatment; and if he will...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      292. To ask the Minister for Health the status of preparatory works for a new primary care centre (details supplied) in County Monaghan; if a timeframe has been set out for its delivery; the...
    • Hospital Procedures
      293. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary percutaneous coronary interventions carried out in University Hospital Waterford in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      294. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary percutaneous coronary intervention cases that were sent to acute hospital centres in either Cork, Dublin or Limerick, outside of the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      295. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) will be moved back to a nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47768/17]
    • Disability Services Funding
      296. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated for disability services in County Louth; the amount of funding allocated to acute services and non acute or...
    • Occupational Therapy
      297. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for occupational therapy for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47772/17]
    • Disability Services Funding
      298. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to an organisation (details supplied) for disability services; the way in which the funding is being used; and if...
    • Occupational Therapy Staff
      299. To ask the Minister for Health the number of empty posts resulting from occupational therapists currently on leave in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47783/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      300. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment at University Hospital Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47785/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      301. To ask the Minister for Health if the fair deal scheme can be shared between a nursing home and the community for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      302. To ask the Minister for Health if a hearing test for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47791/17]
    • Long Stay Residential Units
      304. To ask the Minister for Health when the organisation (details supplied) will be informed of funding being made available as part of the mid term review of the capital plan; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      305. To ask the Minister for Health when an orthopaedic appointment will issue to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this appointment in view of the fact...
    • Disability Services Funding
      306. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2013 to 2016; the locations in which this funding has been...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      307. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in whole time equivalent terms in the CAMHS service, for each CHO, in tabular form. [47808/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      308. To ask the Minister for Health if an earlier hospital appointment can be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47825/17]
    • Primary Care Centres Expenditure
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent on renovating the Passage West health centre, County Cork since 2009. [47848/17]
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
      310. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to simplify the process whereby social workers registered with the Northern Ireland Social Care Council can be registered with CORU to work here; his...
    • Hospital Staff
      311. To ask the Minister for Health if one of the three surgeons at Portiuncula University Hospital is to be absorbed into the UHG rota; the reason for such a move; his plans to replace the...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      312. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which his Department responded to the declaration of the status red alert weather warning in relation to its own employees; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      313. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available for a person (details supplied) for a residential care place with an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Clinical Trials
      314. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to ensure that the existing group of 21 persons that are receiving the drug respreeza as part of a clinical trial continue to receive...
    • Occupational Therapy Provision
      315. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the concerns of a person (details supplied) who categorically denies that the HSE provided episodes of occupational therapy care to them on dates...
    • Childhood Obesity
      316. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the level of childhood obesity; the measures he is taking to tackle this problem; the State agencies his Department is working with in this...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      317. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated for the recruitment of two additional full-time consultant breast radiologists for Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      318. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons that usually collect blister packs from their pharmacy monthly now have to collect the packs weekly; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      319. 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. [47992/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      321. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for knee replacement surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48000/17]
    • Dental Services Provision
      322. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce funding to provide for more dental teams to help cope with primary school check-ups in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      323. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 393 of 3 October 2017, if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if a reply will issue;...
    • Ambulance Service
      324. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his commitment to increase ambulances, EMTs and paramedics each year with a view to improve response times as set out in the programme for...
    • Health Services Provision
      325. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an insulin pump; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48017/17]
    • Health Services
      326. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date to deliver a project (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48018/17]
    • Medical Card Applications
      327. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made regarding a medical card application by a person (details supplied); his views on whether it is correct for an application to take...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      328. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at Beaumont Hospital; if the appointment can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Advanced Healthcare Directives
      329. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring forward proposals to allow for a nominated person that is part of an unmarried cohabiting couple to make decisions with regard to medical...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE commitment to deliver a new primary care centre in Dundalk that will accommodate the needs of local community mental health...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Versatis patches are not covered by a person's (details supplied) medical card; the reason they did not receive notification of same; and if he will...
    • Blood Transfusion Service Provision
      334. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place to allow for persons with haemochromatosis that require venesections to access these services free of charge at blood donation clinics;...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      335. To ask the Minister for Health if persons suffering with narcolepsy as a result of the swine flu vaccine that are attending university in the UK are permitted to obtain a medical card here...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      336. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Tullamore hospital has been without a chiropodist for the treatment of diabetic patients; if the HSE plans to recruit for this post; the timeframe...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on the drugs strategy in County Louth in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the funding sought and approved by each of the...
    • Disability Services Provision
      339. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the meeting held with a disability manager and the HSE in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HIQA Data
      341. To ask the Minister for Health the names of the persons and organisations on HIQA's standards advisory group in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [48088/17]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      342. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to grant pregnant women diagnosed with gestational diabetes temporary long term illness status in order to allow them access free medicines and...
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      343. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 4 May 2017, the position regarding a review (details supplied); the results of this review; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      344. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the opening of the primary care centre in Summerhill, Dublin 1. [48148/17]
    • Hospitals Funding
      345. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48149/17]
    • Hospitals Car Park Charges
      346. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the prices (details supplied) of the official Our Lady of Lourdes car park in Drogheda, to reduce the cost to the visitors and in...
    • Hospital Services
      347. To ask the Minister for Health the schemes available for a person (details supplied) to apply for that would see an operation carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Help Service Provision
      348. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide extra home help hours for a person (details supplied) who has suffered an injury and does not want to enter a nursing home; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be scheduled for an operation. [48236/17]
    • Hospital Records
      350. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 240 of 3 May 2017 and 1112 of 20 June 2017, if the files in question have been examined; if the files have been...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      351. To ask the Minister for Health if funding can be guaranteed for the national remit a group (details supplied) has been undertaking from 2018 for the term of the strategy. [48248/17]
    • Health Services Reports
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the unit in his Department that will be co-ordinating the response of his Department to the Sláintecare report as outlined in his own department's...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the basic farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [47633/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      354. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the nature of his Department's partnership with an organisation (details supplied); and if the organisation is in receipt of funding...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a person's (details supplied) 2017 ANC and BPS payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47658/17]
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the farming of alpaca livestock can be used when calculating eligibility for the single farm payment; and if he will make a...
    • Food Safety Standards
      358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the views of the HSE regarding concerns which have been expressed regarding glyphosate (details supplied) entering the food chain;...
    • Transfer of Entitlements Application
      360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the completion of the sale of entitlements from one person (details supplied) to another will be expedited. [47723/17]
    • Fisheries Protection
      361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the presence of a boat (details supplied) fishing in Wexford harbour for the past two or three...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a payment for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; when this payment will issue; the reason for the delay in payments;...
    • Transfer of Entitlements Application
      363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under a scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [47788/17]
    • Departmental Operations
      364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to use the State's printing services such as the currency production division of the Central Bank for its printing of...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of Brexit negotiations regarding the issue of access to fisheries for Irish vessels post Brexit; and if he will make a...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if extra funding provided for the area of natural constraints scheme will be used effectively by targeting landowners with the worst...
    • Fish Farming
      367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 24 October 2017, if he will publish the audits his Department undertook into the...
    • Aquaculture Licence Appeals
      368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 295 of 24 October 2017, when the attention of the Marine Institute attention was drawn to a...
    • Origin Green Programme
      369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 24 October 2017, his plans to commission a review of the origin green programme in view...
    • Sea Lice Controls
      370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to commission an independent review of his Department's sea lice monitoring programme to ensure accurate testing is taking...
    • Fish Farming
      371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of a company's (details supplied) salmon farms that are under investigation by his Department for breaches of licence...
    • Fishing Industry
      372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department continues to thwart the intentions of the Houses of the Oireachtas that established the Marine Institute,...
    • Severe Weather Events
      373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if financial support will be made available to persons who experienced damage to fishing equipment as a result of Storm Ophelia; and...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an ANC payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47888/17]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47919/17]
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied); the way in which his Department responded to the...
    • GLAS Payments
      377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48020/17]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farm payments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48021/17]
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase suckler cow subsidies. [48041/17]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 13 April 2017, if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a review of the beef genomics scheme in view of the fact that it has been in operation for two years; if so, the...
    • TAMS Eligibility
      383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the provision of a system (details supplied) is covered for grant aid purposes under TAMS. [48073/17]
    • Harness Racing Industry
      384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in the context of a report (details supplied), his Department will provide emergency funding of €100,000 to an...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Building Regulations
      385. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the requirements that are imposed on hotels and other accommodation providers in relation to the installation and...
    • Post Office Network
      386. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he has taken to implement the recommendations of a report (details supplied); and the allocation he will...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      387. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 17 October 2017, the way in which the SEAI estimated that the cost to...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      388. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when persons (details supplied) can expect to be connected to fibre broadband. [47722/17]
    • Commission for Energy Regulation Staff
      389. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the staffing resource levels of the Commission for Energy Regulation are sufficient; if there has...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      390. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the deployment of solar, anaerobic digestion and wind power are hampered by indications of a...
    • Single Electricity Market
      391. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the future integrated single energy market will work with existing renewable support schemes for...
    • Inland Fisheries
      392. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the detail of the proposal made by the CEO of Inland Fisheries Ireland regarding the possible leasing of the salmon...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      395. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date for the roll out of high-speed broadband for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Television Licence Fee Yield
      396. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount retained by the State from the television licence fee in view of the fact that RTÉ was in receipt of...
    • Emergency Services Provision
      397. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the behaviour of companies (details supplied) in the delivery of the previous emergency call answering service...
    • Emergency Planning
      401. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the protocols now in place for future status red alert weather warnings; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Broadcasting Sector Regulation
      402. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to appoint a television regulator (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47940/17]
    • Electronic Commerce
      403. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason deeds of transfer, family home declarations and other sworn declarations were excluded from the terms of the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      406. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be available in Eddoxtown, Rathfeigh, County Meath. [48051/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      407. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 26 October 2017, his Department's expenditure under subhead A3 -...
    • Energy Schemes Data
      413. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications to the warmth and wellbeing scheme to date in 2017; and the number of successful...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Eligibility
      414. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process by which the SEAI has identified homes that are eligible for upgrades under the warmer homes scheme; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      415. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that his Department has spent on the better energy warmer homes scheme, the better energy communities...
    • Energy Schemes Data
      416. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department's estimates of the amount of carbon that has been displaced as a result of the better energy warmer...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      417. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the number of fixed charge notices that have been issued for inland fisheries offences has increased...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      418. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Storm Ophelia will delay the roll-out of broadband in parts of County Kerry to the end of 2018; and if he will make...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      419. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure the regulations to stop cyclists using footpaths are enforced. [47628/17]
    • Sport Ireland Funding
      420. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a request by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47629/17]
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      421. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the licensing arrangements in place for the use of a device (details supplied); the role of his Department, the Road Safety Authority and...
    • Rail Services Provision
      422. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Iarnród Éireann to increase the frequency of the Dublin to Sligo train service in each direction at the...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      423. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a request for funding has been made to his Department from Louth County Council; if not, if such a request will be considered if made...
    • Vehicle Testing
      424. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a van for personal use needs a yearly commercial vehicle test whereas a car van for commercial use needs a bi-annual national car...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
      425. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a service station on the M9 between Kilcullen and the next exit at Ballytore going south has not been delivered (details...
    • National Transport Authority
      426. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had recent contact with the National Transport Authority in the context of car pooling; his plans to rollout an initiative to...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
      427. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be provided to carry out works on the M11-N11 in response to the findings of a needs assessment report commissioned by...
    • Light Rail Projects Provision
      431. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision regarding the extension of the Luas to Bray, County Wicklow will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network Expansion
      432. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of installing a twin railway track on the Sligo line as far as Mullingar and Longford; his plans regarding same with a...
    • Olympic Council of Ireland
      433. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legal fees incurred to date by the Olympic Council of Ireland in relation to the controversy surrounding the Olympic Games in Rio de...
    • Sports Funding
      435. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of high performance funding his Department has provided to the various sporting bodies in each year since 2011, in tabular...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      436. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allocate some of the additional sports capital funding of 5% to sporting bodies in order to support high performance...
    • Coast Guard Services
      437. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the person or body that has ultimate responsibility to ensure the safety of the Coast Guard; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      438. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department responded to the declaration of the status red alert weather warning in relation to its own employees;...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      439. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the forthcoming projects regarding transport capital infrastructure being prepared or implemented by the National Transport Authority;...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      441. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Law Reform Commission has been requested to produce an up to date consolidation of all road traffic law; and if he will make a...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      442. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the successful candidates who applied for the sports capital grant 2017 will be notified; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport Provision
      443. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures in place to provide adequate public transport to service a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Taxi Regulations
      444. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has considered allowing taxis to use contraflow bus lanes in Dublin city; if following the expansion of the Luas...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      445. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bilateral meetings he held with his European counterparts in January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      446. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if CIÉ has recently carried out an audit of its land holding with a view to ensuring optimal use of same; and if he will make a...
    • Transport Policy
      447. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the implementation status of the national policy framework on alternative fuels infrastructure; and if he will...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Youth Services Funding
      448. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the grants available through her Department for a pilot programme (details supplied) that works with young persons through voluntary...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      449. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which her Department responded to the declaration of the status red alert weather warning in relation to its own employees; and...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      450. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of a residential unit (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48015/17]
    • Child and Family Agency Payments
      451. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to serious delays in payments in the area of domestic violence services in Tusla; if Tulsa ensure that all...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      452. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which his Department responded to the declaration of the status red alert weather warning in relation to its own employees;...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development Funding
      453. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to provide renovation grants to restore properties in small towns and villages as part of the Government’s promised...
    • Departmental Funding
      454. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the annual transitional funding and conditions attached provided by his Department for a society (details supplied) will be made...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was not eligible to receive the fuel allowance; and if the decision can be reviewed....
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of dental work now covered by PRSI for a person (details supplied). [47651/17]
    • Invalidity Pension Waiting Times
      457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive confirmation on their application for the invalidity pension which was sent to...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is experiencing severe morning sickness, thereby making it difficult to attend work, can avail of State...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a domiciliary care allowance review for a person (details supplied) will issue; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will have their disability file reviewed and the medical evidence sent and assessed by the...
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
      461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the situation whereby persons who are referred to a company (details supplied) by her Department are...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive payment for their spouse and child on their illness benefit claim; and if she...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 26 October 2017, the means that are being referred to in this instance that were...
    • Child Maintenance Payments
      464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when child maintenance was changed from income for the child to assessable parental income; the way in which this change came...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a request (details supplied) made in December 2016 to amend repayments. [47805/17]
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme
      466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the mortgage interest supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47822/17]
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which her Department responded to the declaration of the status red alert weather warning for its own employees;...
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for the fuel allowance by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [47939/17]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households availing of rent supplement in County Donegal in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017,...
    • Family Income Supplement Data
      471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households availing of family income supplement in each of the years 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rent supplement tenancies expected in Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council in timeframes (details...
    • Employment Support Services
      473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the points raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48014/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on...
    • JobPath Programme
      475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Data Protection
      476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1218 of 7 November 2017, the steps in relation to text messages that are generated on...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the community employment scheme launched in December 2015 (details supplied) on a pilot basis will be continued following...
    • Exceptional Needs Payments
      478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be facilitated towards funeral costs in respect of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding self-employed persons becoming eligible for claim invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement...
    • Community Services Programme
      480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1212 of 7 November 2017, if a company (details supplied) currently seeking funding...
    • Bereavement Grant
      482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reintroduce the bereavement grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48066/17]
    • Guardian's Payment Applications
      483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a guardian's payment application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of self employed contributions in the case of a person (details supplied); the extent of State pension to which...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a weekly jobseeker's allowance payment was reduced in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Child Benefit Applications
      486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review of a child benefit application by a person (details supplied) in County Louth; if the social welfare...
    • Child Benefit Data
      487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of child benefit applications awaiting processing for persons in County Louth; the length of time these persons...
    • Social Welfare Inspections
      488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the guidelines in place on timeframes for undertaking social welfare inspections in respect of child benefit applications; if...
    • Pension Provisions
      489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has an entitlement to a pension based on their social contributions while working; and if she...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who is at retirement age and has made 520 + 23 social service contributions over a...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is not receiving a full contributory pension; if the calculation...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1191 of 7 November 2017, the number of applications received in respect of the scheme;...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in respect of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a social welfare appeal in respect of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied);...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Planning Appeals
      495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); and the steps he will take to ensure that developers do not...
    • Postal Voting
      496. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend the eligibility criteria for postal voting to persons who suffer from mental illnesses or disorders, such...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      497. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend SI No. 408 of 2012 to give local authorities the ability to assess mortgage applications from discharged...
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      498. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the lack of planning guidelines for solar farm developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47687/17]
    • Wastewater Treatment
      500. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grant or other financial assistance available to a person wishing to upgrade their wastewater treatment plant or septic...
    • Vehicle Registration
      501. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (details supplied) qualifies for commercial vehicle road tax on their newly purchased vehicle as a small goods...
    • Housing Inspections
      502. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost to provide funding to Dublin City Council to hire 100 more inspectors for inspecting rental properties; his...
    • Defective Building Materials
      503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he has taken to date to address the problem of mica affected households since the report was published,...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      504. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to put in place new planning guidelines on the development of renewable energy sources such as solar, wind power and...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      505. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a group water scheme subsidy funding for 2016 and 2017 will be made available to an organisation (details supplied); and...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Administration
      506. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the complete guidelines under which local authorities operate the housing assistance payment...
    • Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
      507. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the draft national planning framework is not available in Irish to date; when it will be available in Irish; and if...
    • Pyrite Issues
      508. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the counties in which pyrite has been located; the way in which a person who suspects their home may have a pyrite problem can...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will have legislation in place to deal with wind turbine applications; if in the absence of this legislation, the 2006...
    • Vacant Properties
      510. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding in place to help local authorities deal with vacant housing in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will respond to issues raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied); the way in which his Department...
    • Housing Issues
      512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has been contacted by an organisation (details supplied), a union and large multinationals regarding their...
    • Property Registration Authority Data
      513. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to collect data on the price of non-agricultural land; when he expects this information...
    • Land Availability
      514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of land owned by each local authority that could be developed; the amount of time each piece of land has been...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      515. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the most recent estimate of the number of persons and families on homeless, housing and transfer lists in Dublin City Council...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      516. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units, including new build, purchased and tenancy vacancies of planned new homes, to be delivered...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP tenancies expected in Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council in timeframes (details supplied); and if...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      519. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average amount of time a person can expect to wait before being housed by Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council by...
    • Legislative Measures
      520. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 743 of 10 October 2017, if the same legislation applies to activity parks such as bike...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      521. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the clause regarding payment of water charges in order to qualify for the tenant purchase scheme will be removed; when this...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      522. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are schemes to provide central heating in local authority housing and if not, if funding will be made available for...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      523. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the 59 units of additional public Traveller accommodation delivered by local authorities in 2016 and the 66 delivered in 2017...
  • Department of Defence
    • Military Medals
      525. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to recognise the role played by Army personnel that were on duty along the Border during the troubles in Northern Ireland; and if he...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      526. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of occasions on which non-Irish registered ships and vessels have been boarded by the Naval Service following which wild salmon has...
    • Military Records
      527. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if retirement papers and a service book will be issued to a person (details supplied). [47859/17]
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      528. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when Army personnel awaiting tech three payments can expect payment to issue; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some personnel...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      529. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which his Department responded to the declaration of the status red alert weather warning in relation to its own employees; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      530. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when a person (details supplied) who recently retired from the Defence Forces will receive their final salary payment. [48120/17]
    • Air Corps Equipment
      531. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason he indicated (details supplied) further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1383 of 7 November 2017, when the question related...

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