Written answers
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
- Department of An Taoiseach
- National Economic and Social Council
16. To ask the Taoiseach if will report on his interactions to date with the National Economic and Social Council, NESC; if he will further report on his plans for changes to the NESC; and his...
- Departmental Strategy Statements
19. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding his Department's strategy statement commitment on rural development. [49420/17]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Community Employment Schemes Administration
35. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent in each county for community employment; and the procedures in place for schemes that require extra funding...
- State Pension (Contributory)
40. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to implement changes to the State pension in order to rectify pension inequality faced by women. [50591/17]
- Data Protection
46. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has satisfied herself that the public service identity data her Department as data controller provides to the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
47. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that officers have due cognisance for the housing situation of persons on certain payments, who may be...
- State Pension (Contributory)
51. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to re-examine the situation for women that lost out on their full State contributory pension due to leaving the...
- Foster Care Policy
52. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the position of foster parents that are in receipt of homemaker credits but can only qualify for this while...
- State Pension (Contributory)
53. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the PRSI contribution bands changes made in budget 2012 for the pension will be changed back to the previous four bands;...
- Citizen Information Services
54. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Citizens Information Board has taken a final and official position on the cost benefit analysis report on the...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
55. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the qualifying conditions for exceptional needs payments have changed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Family Income Supplement
56. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale behind renaming family income supplement to the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the...
- National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan
58. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the role her Department will play in the National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-21; and if she will make a statement on...
- State Pension (Non-Contributory)
59. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will bring a complete report to Cabinet on the pension anomaly introduced in 2012. [50316/17]
- Social Welfare Appeals Delays
60. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the significant time delays for the appeals process in relation to social protection payments which can...
- Child Maintenance Payments
61. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has satisfied herself that lone parents are being forced through rigorous court proceedings in order to seek child...
- JobPath Programme
62. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there will there be a review of the Jobpath scheme in view of the continuing fall in the live register and unemployment....
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
63. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the entitlements of persons to a State pension (contributory) whose insurance contributions records were...
- Live Register Data
65. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the high levels of underemployment and low levels of job quality in County Wexford; the...
- Community Employment Schemes Review
69. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the outcome of consultations with key stakeholders regarding community employment and other activation measures which took...
- Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
70. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when proposals on defined benefits schemes for the social welfare pensions and civil registration Bill will be published and...
- State Pensions Reform
72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the gap between the age at which the State pension becomes payable and the age at which public servants must...
- Pension Provisions
73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to introduce an auto enrolment pension system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50503/17]
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the provision of a pension for community employment supervisors; if she will address the failure to act on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals Delays
77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to speed up the manner in which various appeals are being dealt with which can cause severe hardship;...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Brexit Staff
78. To ask the Taoiseach the estimated cost of hiring additional Brexit staff in his Department; and the cost by grade. [50914/17]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
79. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to First Minister Arlene Foster since 12 November 2017 regarding Northern Ireland and Brexit. [50535/17]
- Brexit Negotiations
80. To ask the Taoiseach the Government's position on the potential inclusion of investor court mechanisms in a trade negotiation mandate with the UK post Brexit in view of the fact that the...
- Brexit Staff
81. To ask the Taoiseach the estimated cost of hiring additional Brexit staff in his Department; the cost by grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50914/17]
- Brexit Expenditure
83. To ask the Taoiseach the estimated cost of an additional €100 million in Brexit related loans offered by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland if approved to the Irish State;...
- Enterprise Ireland Funding
84. To ask the Taoiseach the estimated cost of funding for mentoring programmes provided by Enterprise Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50917/17]
- IDA Ireland Site Visits
86. To ask the Taoiseach the number of visits organised by the IDA to the midland region to date in 2017; the number of these visits that were to IDA sites in Athlone and Mullingar, respectively;...
- Exports Data
87. To ask the Taoiseach the average margin per sector for traders exporting to the United Kingdom, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50920/17]
- Brexit Staff
88. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff currently employed in State agencies and his Department tasked with issues related to Brexit; the number of staff by grade, agency and unit; the...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
89. To ask the Taoiseach the number of full-time and part-staff employed in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, in each of the years over the 2010 to 2016 period and to date...
- Research and Development Funding
90. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of funding allocated to the programme for research in third level institutions on an annual basis in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff
91. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by account, administrative staff, legal...
- Job Creation Targets
92. To ask the Taoiseach the national and regional job targets and unemployment rate projections under the programme for Government in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and enterprise 2025, by year;...
- Emigrant Support Services
93. To ask the Taoiseach the annual targets for attaining 70,000 returned emigrants per year, in tabular form. [50933/17]
- State Bodies Funding
94. To ask the Taoiseach the funding allocated in 2016 and 2017 to each State agency under the aegis of his Department including local enterprise offices, Science Foundation Ireland,...
- Health and Safety Authority Expenditure
95. To ask the Taoiseach the amount allocated by the Health and Safety Authority for farm safety initiatives in 2016, 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51238/17]
- Department of Finance
- Electric Vehicles
96. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of reducing the BIK rate on electric vehicles to 0% for each year until 2023. [50992/17]
- Paradise Papers.
97. To ask the Minister for Finance if papers (details supplied) were discussed at the last EU Council meeting. [47896/17]
- Stamp Duty
98. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to consider the conditional retention of the 2% stamp duty rate on all agricultural land transfers to preserve and encourage land mobility; and if he...
- Land Transfers
99. To ask the Minister for Finance if the payment of a deposit on a commercial land transfer before the budget change of 11 October 2017 will be recognised as a binding contractual agreement;...
- Motor Insurance Costs
100. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on that matter. [50744/17]
- Land Transfers
101. To ask the Minister for Finance if a stamp duty overpayment on an inter-family farm land transfer in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry will be refunded; and if he will...
- Tracker Mortgages
102. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding tracker mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50772/17]
- Stamp Duty
103. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of stamp duty paid on agricultural transfers over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50788/17]
- Revenue Commissioners Data
105. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appeals received and processed by the Revenue Commissioners in each of the past five years from 2012 to 2016. [50847/17]
- Customs and Excise Staff
106. To ask the Minister for Finance the average cost of recruiting one additional customs revenue official. [50912/17]
- Brexit Issues
107. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a costing for the implementation of border checks on the Border with Northern Ireland in the event of a hard Brexit. [50913/17]
- Currency Exchange
108. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated impact on GDP and GNP if parity with the pound is maintained for one week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50919/17]
- International Relations
110. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of doubling the footprint of Enterprise Ireland, the IDA, Bord Bia, Irish embassies and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the...
- Housing Issues
111. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to improve housing financing structures for new housing, in particular the NTMA, to small and medium builders and the builders of apartments; and if...
- Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
114. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of adapting the employment and investment incentive (details supplied), in tabular form. [50947/17]
- Vehicle Registration Data
115. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of extending a vehicle registration tax, VRT, rebate to electric vehicles only for each of the years up to 2023. [50962/17]
- Departmental Correspondence
117. To ask the Minister for Finance if all correspondence between the European Commission and his Department regarding a case (details supplied) will be published; and if he will make a...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Garda Station Closures
118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the costs associated with Garda stations that remain closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51105/17]
- Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme
119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the outcome of discussions regarding catchment flood risk assessment and management, CFRAM, and the need to introduce measures to deal...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the provision of a pension for community employment scheme supervisors; the actions taken by him to resolve this issue; if...
- Public Sector Staff Data
121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of persons that serve on the high level appointments commission for the Civil Service; the length of time that each one has...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Momentum Programme
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure on the momentum programme; the estimated cost of increasing the number of places on the programme by 20%; and if he will make a...
- School Accommodation Provision
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been made available for a school project (details supplied) to be completed in view of the fact that the current junior...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has assessed the need for an autism spectrum disorder specific special school in the Dublin 15 area; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Home Tuition Scheme
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in receipt of the home tuition grant in the Dublin 15 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50753/17]
- Departmental Properties
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); if it is to be transferred to the responsibility of the City of Dublin Education Training Board; if...
- Schools Establishment
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to open an Educate Together national school in the Fermoy area of Cork. [50787/17]
- Schools Administration
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if has guidelines or regulations in place setting out the standards for cleanliness and hygiene which primary schools must meet, for example...
- Schools Building Projects Status
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when tenders will be invited for a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50836/17]
- Education and Training Boards
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board has concluded its examination of options for accommodation for a new school (details...
- Schools Building Projects
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons his officials have not yet communicated with the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare as to whether...
- Schools Building Projects Status
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has completed the schedule of accommodation requirements for the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if completed,...
- Apprenticeship Data
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated in 2018 for all craft based and consortia led apprenticeships from the national training fund and the Exchequer; the number...
- School Textbooks
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if charging for primary school books (details supplied) is in keeping with article 42.4 of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on...
- Minor Works Scheme
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the minor works grant will be paid to primary schools (details supplied); if he will consider placing such grants on a fixed schedule along...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) can be included on the school build programme for a new build on a locally identified site in view of the rapid...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of implementing a one point reduction in average class size at primary level; and the estimated full year cost for...
- School Staff
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of fully restoring the staffing schedule for retaining and gaining a teacher that applied for schools before 2012...
- Capitation Grants
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of restoring capitation grants to primary schools to pre 2010 levels; and the estimated full year cost of a 10%...
- School Staff
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of providing schools with one administration day per week for teaching principals to cover the establishment of a...
- National Educational Psychological Service Staff
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of employing an additional 100 new NEPS psychologists. [51120/17]
- Special Educational Needs Staff
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of restoring temporary English as an additional language post to pre-2012 levels. [51122/17]
- School Guidance Counsellors
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of restoring ex quota guidance counsellors to all schools. [51124/17]
- Momentum Programme
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of increasing the number of places available on the momentum programme by 20%. [51126/17]
- School Transport
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of restoring school transport services to the criteria that existed pre-2011. [51127/17]
- Teachers' Remuneration
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of restoring all allowances to new entry teachers which were abolished in 2012 to 2013. [51128/17]
- School Staff
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of appointing 350 assistant principal posts. [51129/17]
- School Curriculum
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of introducing a computing and coding curriculum for primary schools. [51130/17]
- Student Grant Scheme
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of restoring postgraduate grants to 2011 levels. [51131/17]
- Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of linking student maintenance grants to the consumer price index, CPI. [51132/17]
- Student Assistance Fund
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of increasing the student assistance fund to peak levels in 2012 to 2013. [51133/17]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the reduced pupil teacher ratio, 26:1, as announced in budget 2018 will be implemented; the way the reduced ratio to the...
- Irish Language
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider exempting children with dyspraxia from the requirement to learn Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51246/17]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Brexit Staff
162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated cost of hiring additional Brexit staff in his Department; the cost by grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Communications
163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the internal report by his Department that was reported in the media on 23 November 2017 (details...
- Diplomatic Representation
164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe for an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50773/17]
- Female Genital Mutilation
165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to provide multi-year funding for the next phase of the UNFPA-UNICEF joint programme on female genital mutilation, FGM, which is...
- Brexit Negotiations
166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has communicated a position to the European Commission regarding the practical measures that might be taken to ensure the commitment...
- Overseas Development Aid Data
167. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of reaching the 0.7% ODA and GNP target from its current base of approximately 0.3% in incremental steps, in tabular form; and if...
- Emigrant Support Services
168. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure on the emigrant support programme and the full year cost of increasing expenditure by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%; and if he will...
- Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure on the trust fund for Africa and the full year cost of increasing expenditure by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%; and if he will make a...
- Diplomatic Representation Expenditure
170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average full year cost of running an embassy and the average full year cost of running a consulate; and if he will make a statement on...
- Diplomatic Representation
171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of additional embassy staff that have been hired since the Brexit referendum result of 23 June 2016; and if he will make a...
- Peace and Reconciliation Programme
172. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure on the peace and reconciliation fund and the full year cost of increasing expenditure by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%, in tabular...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Reserve
173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reserves serving in An Garda Síochána as of 24 November 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Civilian Staff Data
174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian members of An Garda Síochána as of 24 November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Strength
175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda division on 31 October 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50724/17]
- Garda Deployment
178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí by Garda division on 31 October 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50727/17]
- Garda Strength
179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have transferred into the Kildare division in 2017; and the number of gardaí who have...
- Family Reunification Data
180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times ministerial discretion on humanitarian grounds has been used to waive the economic conditions for sponsors...
- Family Reunification Applications
181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the number of applications for family reunification made by persons with international protection here in each of...
- Court Judgments
182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the progress that has been made on introducing legislation in view of the Supreme Court finding on the ban on work...
- Court Accommodation Provision
183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the position regarding Westport Courthouse; if it will not reopen as a courthouse; if so, the future plans for the...
- Garda Information and Communications Technology
185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the status of the project to enhance network access to rural Garda stations; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Operations
186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the status of on the Garda mobility strategy as referenced in the Garda modernisation and renewal programme 2016 to...
- Independent Review Mechanism
187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding allegations relating to the way in which An Garda...
- Property Registration Authority
190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for a map review (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50786/17]
- Garda Vetting
191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50789/17]
- Probate Applications
192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the ongoing backlog in the Probate Office is a factor in the number of vacant homes; the data in regard to the number of...
- Immigration Status
193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the current and or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Garda Deployment
194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the number of gardaí available in the Dún Laoghaire district; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory
195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the number of tenders received for the construction of the new State forensics laboratory by the closing date of 20...
- Protected Disclosures
197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to correspondence of 25 October 2017 from a person (details supplied) if an investigation into the theft of prison...
- Garda Station Refurbishment
198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if in the context of the conditions evident in Sligo Garda station, which necessitated Garda members to vacate same; if a...
- Garda Recruitment
199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the first and full year cost of hiring one additional member of An Garda Síochána; and the cost of that member for...
- Garda Civilian Staff Data
215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of hiring an additional member of civilian Garda staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51043/17]
- Garda Reserve
225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the first and full year cost of increasing the strength of the Garda Reserve by 50 members; and the cost for the second, third,...
- Electronic Tagging
250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in custody that are electronically monitored while on temporary release in each of the years 2013 to 2016...
- Crime Data
255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons charged with an offence under section 12 or 13 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act...
- Electronic Tagging
260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of providing electronic tagging for a person on bail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51088/17]
- Prison Service Data
266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost per week of keeping a prisoner in jail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51094/17]
- Prisoner Data
268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons incarcerated in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51098/17]
- Prison Service Data
269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons incarcerated, by institution, in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda-controlled CCTV systems in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51101/17]
- Court Judgments
273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will direct the Chief State Solicitor's Office to make an appropriate payment in view of the conclusion of a High Court...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Commemorative Events
274. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to invite a representative from the main Unionist and Alliance parties in the North to participate in the All Party...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding
275. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget allocations capital and current for Údarás na Gaeltachta in 2016, 2017 and 2018 in tabular form; and if she...
- Foras na Gaeilge
276. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget allocations, capital and current, to Foras na Gaeilge in 2016, 2017 and 2018; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Irish Language
277. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget allocations, capital and current, for the 20-year language strategy in 2016, 2017 and 2018, in tabular form; and if she...
- Department of Health
- Health Services
278. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 317 of 17 October 2017, if the matter regarding an organisation (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make...
- General Practitioner Services
279. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are eligible for general practitioner visit cards. [50983/17]
- Medical Card Data
280. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are eligible for medical cards. [50984/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
281. To ask the Minister for Health when a hip operation will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50737/17]
- Medical Card Drugs Availability
282. To ask the Minister for Health if Versatis patches have been removed from prescribed medications under the medical card scheme; if so, the reason therefor; the replacement for same; and if...
- HSE Correspondence
283. To ask the Minister for Health the reason correspondence coming from Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel to persons has on its letterhead Our Lady's Campus, Cashel rather than Our Lady' Hospital,...
- Hospital Services
284. To ask the Minister for Health the date for the re-opening of beds at a hospital (details supplied) following receipt of Health Information and Quality Authority registration; and if he will...
- Respite Care Grant Administration
285. To ask the Minister for Health if a specific allowance which is being made available in a certain location for respite care (details supplied) can be used to avail of respite care in a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
286. To ask the Minister for Health the status of residential care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50780/17]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
287. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can secure an urgent sleep study appointment in Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway in view of serious health concerns and...
- Nursing Home Beds Data
288. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home spaces available in County Meath; the number of persons on the waiting lists for these nursing homes; the average wait time for...
- Medical Card Reviews
289. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of a medical card can be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50805/17]
- Assisted Human Reproduction
290. To ask the Minister for Health the policy regarding surrogacy and the rights and entitlements of new parents via surrogacy to avail of social welfare and health services support; and if he...
- Patient Safety
291. To ask the Minister for Health if all maternity units are complying with the obligation to publish a monthly maternity patient safety statement; if not, the hospitals which have never...
- Hospitals Funding
292. To ask the Minister for Health if funding and resources will be made available to facilitate additional spinal fusion operations for children with scoliosis before Christmas 2017; and if he...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
293. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE expects to replace the ophthalmologist in Bindon Street clinic, Ennis, County Clare; the implications this doctor's departure has had on waiting...
- Ministerial Meetings
294. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met consultants at Merlin Park University Hospital regarding the need for investment following roof leaks that closed two operating theatres; the...
- General Medical Services Scheme
295. To ask the Minister for Health if blood tests which are carried out by general practitioners are covered free under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospitals Capital Programme
296. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the provision of capital funding for Phase 3C of Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare, from the additional capital allocation of...
- HSE Funding
297. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); the reason for the refusal of the application by a charity for an education officer and information officer;...
- Dental Services Provision
298. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the lack of dental treatment under the primary dental programme at a school (details supplied); his plans to address this...
- Health Services
299. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to provide generators to persons in their homes who need continuous access to electricity for their medical supports; and if he will...
- Hospital Consultant Contracts
300. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement a system of clocking in for consultants in hospitals to prevent the abuses revealed by a programme (details supplied) which have led to...
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
301. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the situation of heath care workers that work for section 39 organisations and are not directly paid by the HSE and therefore will not be...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
302. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 22 November 2017, if he will request the NTPF to ensure that the public or private status of patients on hospital...
- Hospital Consultant Contracts
303. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 22 November 2017, the person or body responsible for ensuring compliance with the consultants contract; if it is...
- Protected Disclosures
305. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 323 of 10 October 2017, if the disclosure been processed in accordance with his Department’s policy and...
- Disability Services Data
306. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have transferred from congregated settings to community living to date in 2017; and the number of additional homes provided. [50896/17]
- Speech and Language Therapy Staff
307. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional whole time equivalent speech and language therapists newly employed by the HSE to date in 2017; and the sectors of the HSE in which...
- Services for People with Disabilities
309. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of the 185 new residential emergency places provided under disability services in 2017, in tabular form. [50899/17]
- Disability Services Data
310. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children’s disability network teams established. [50900/17]
- Hospital Appointments Delays
313. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50905/17]
- Emergency Departments Waiting Times
314. To ask the Minister for Health if persons that are aged 75 years or over have experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours to date in 2017; and, if so, the hospital in...
- Nursing Home Fees
315. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of amending the fees charged under the NHSS to enable nursing home residents with an assessed weekly income of €300 or less...
- Hospitals Expenditure
316. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost current and capital of providing a mobile catheterisation laboratory for Waterford University Hospital. [51135/17]
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
318. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an extra 500 hospital consultants; and the average estimated cost for support staff required per consultant. [51137/17]
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
319. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 4,000 nursing staff. [51138/17]
- Prescriptions Charges
320. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing prescription charges. [51139/17]
- General Practitioner Services
321. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of increasing the general practitioner rural practice allowance to €25,000. [51140/17]
- National Maternity Strategy Implementation
322. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of implementing the national maternity strategy. [51141/17]
- Home Help Service Data
323. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 2.2 million home help hours. [51142/17]
- Mental Health Services Expenditure
325. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of completing the recruitment required for the full implementation of A Vision for Change. [51144/17]
- Drugs Payment Scheme
326. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of reducing the drug payment threshold to €100. [51145/17]
- Speech and Language Therapy Staff
327. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of recruiting an additional 200 speech and language therapists. [51146/17]
- Occupational Therapy Staff
328. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of recruiting an additional 200 occupational therapists. [51147/17]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
329. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of recruiting an additional 200 physiotherapists. [51148/17]
- Ambulance Service
331. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of providing an additional emergency ambulance fleet; and the full-year costs of additional personnel required for its staffing....
- General Practitioner Services Provision
334. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s estimated full-year cost of providing free general practitioner care to all the population. [51153/17]
- Hospital Beds Data
335. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of providing an additional 100 critical care beds. [51154/17]
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Data
336. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an additional 150 inpatient rehabilitation beds. [51155/17]
- Nursing Home Services
338. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for investment in Abbeyleix nursing unit in County Laois; the extensions and upgrades planned; the timeframe for these; the provision being made in...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
339. To ask the Minister for Health when required surgery will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51159/17]
- Health Services Data
342. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care; the numbers waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and the...
- Primary Care Centres Data
346. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012, in tabular form; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51185/17]
- Patient Data
347. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of serious reportable events being notified within 24 hours to a designated officer. [51186/17]
- Ambulance Service Data
351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in September 2017; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than of 20...
- Hospital Admissions
352. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations that have been cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Voluntary Hospital Sector
353. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations that have been cancelled or postponed in each voluntary hospital to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospitals Data
354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures the HSE procured from private and independent hospitals to date in 2017; the amount spent by the HSE on these procedures in private...
- HSE Staff Data
355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the HSE on 1 November 2017 or...
- Hospitals Data
356. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out MRI scans, in tabular form; the number of persons waiting as of 1 November 2017 or the nearest...
- Medical Card Data
362. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards for persons over 70 years of age in circulation as of 31 October 2017 for each local health area, in tabular form. [51201/17]
- Services for People with Disabilities
364. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide more dedicated funding and assistance for those living with dyspraxia, or developmental co-ordination disorder; if he will ensure that...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Brexit Staff
365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of hiring additional Brexit staff in his Department; the cost by grade; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Food Wise 2025 Strategy
367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of a review of Food Wise 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50918/17]
- Agrifood Sector
368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the costing of the development of further loan schemes for the agrifood sector and funding for Bord Bia promotion and development...
- Agriculture Scheme Administration
369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department followed the entire EU Council regulations dealing in particular with persons who were under an agri-environment...
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appeals to the independent Agriculture Appeals Office; the number that were allowed, partially allowed and...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) regarding the agri-environment options scheme, AEOS, will be re-examined; and if he will...
- Dairy Sector
372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request dairy co-operators to organise a scheme for the purchase of generators by dairy farmers; his plans to provide low...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals
373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50858/17]
- Aquaculture Licence Administration
374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status and timeframe of the implementation of the recommendations outlined in the independent review of the aquaculture licence...
- Environmental Impact Statements
376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of environmental impact assessments, EIAs, he has commissioned for aquaculture licences in 2014, 2015 and 2016; the water...
- Sheep Welfare Scheme Appeals
377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51165/17]
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated amount the payment increase per hectare would be for proposals (details supplied), in tabular form. [51169/17]
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated amount the payment increase per hectare would be under proposals (details supplied), in tabular form. [51170/17]
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons approved under the areas of natural constraint, ANC, scheme by each respective area designation, namely,...
- Rural Development Programme Data
383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual expenditure incurred in 2014, 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017 for each measure under the Rural Development Programme...
- Departmental Agencies Funding
384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Exchequer funding allocated in 2016 and 2017 to each State agency under his aegis, including Bord Bia, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, the...
- Departmental Staff Data
385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time and part-time staff working in the dedicated market access unit established within the meat and milk policy...
- Sheep Welfare Scheme Data
386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated additional annual increase in Exchequer funding needed for the sheep welfare scheme to attain compensation at amounts...
- Beef Data and Genomics Programme
387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the approximate additional annual increase in Exchequer funding needed for the beef data and genomics programme if compensation were...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Funding
388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding for the areas of natural constraint, ANC, scheme in 2016 and 2017; and the budget allocation for 2018. [51237/17]
- Fish Exports
389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume and value of fish exports in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Fisheries Protection
390. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the designation of rivers as...
- Waste Management Regulations
391. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to implement legislative measures compelling private waste collectors to provide more detailed guidance to...
- Energy Schemes Data
392. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the energy upgrade work funded by his Department over the past two years, by county (details supplied); and if he will...
- Fisheries Protection
393. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will roll out a hardship fund or compensation scheme for eel fishers whose livelihoods were decimated following...
- National Broadband Plan Expenditure
394. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the budget allocation for the national broadband plan in each of the years 2016, 2017 and 2018. [50950/17]
- Electric Vehicles
395. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of extending SEAI purchase grants for the purchase of electric vehicles only for each year up to...
- Climate Change Policy
397. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that his Department has committed to the green climate fund in each year since 2011; and the amount that it...
- Recycling Policy
398. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated first and full year cost of operating a bottle deposit scheme. [50989/17]
- Mobile Telephony Services
401. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that his Department has spent each year since 2011 on improving mobile phone coverage. [50993/17]
- Departmental Agencies Funding
404. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding that his Department has allocated to the Digital Hub Development Agency each year since 2011; and...
- Mobile Telephony Use
407. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the membership of the national mobile phone and broadband task force and the salaries associated with the task force....
- Mobile Telephony Services
408. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing concerns in relation to poor mobile telephone coverage in areas such as...
- Broadband Service Provision
409. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to improve broadband telecommunications service throughout County Cavan; if his attention has been drawn to...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Electric Vehicles
411. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated first and full year cost of extending toll waivers to electric and hybrid vehicles. [50964/17]
- Haulage Industry Regulation
414. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the process to introduce a maximum regulatory weight laden limit for five or more axle non articulated trucks; the...
- Rail Network Safety
415. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to Waterways Ireland or another relevant body to upgrade the footpath and provide lighting between...
- Driver Test Data
416. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of delays for driving tests by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50779/17]
- Driver Licence Renewals
417. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given by his Department to establish a mechanism by which emigrants may renew their driving licences whilst...
- Cycling Policy
418. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to raise the awareness of safety for cyclists and proposals for the co-operative use of infrastructure by cyclists and...
- Bus Éireann Services
419. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to improve a service (details supplied) in view of the number of complaints regarding this service and the...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
420. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of capital expenditure that his Department plans to invest into transport, tourism, and sport each year for the next four...
- Cycling Facilities Funding
421. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that his Department will spend on cycleways in 2018. [51005/17]
- Local Improvement Scheme Expenditure
422. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that his Department has spent on the local improvements scheme in each year since 2011; and the amount that will be allocated...
- Park and Ride Facilities
423. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of rail journeys that are initiated from park and ride stations each day. [51007/17]
- Electric Vehicles
425. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated number of electric and hybrid vehicle registrations that will take place each year up to 2023, by vehicle type. [51010/17]
- Public Service Obligation Data
426. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of PSO subvention that has been paid to Bus Éireann, Irish Rail, Dublin Bus, and Luas since 2011, by year and company....
- Regional Road Network
427. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that has been allocated to the regional and local roads grants scheme for 2017 and 2018. [51013/17]
- Rail Network Expansion
428. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that has been spent on the Metro north project to date in 2017. [51014/17]
- Road Projects Expenditure
432. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of completing the M20 Cork to Limerick motorway project. [51018/17]
- Departmental Expenditure
433. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's planned capital spend for each year until 2025, by project. [51019/17]
- Road Projects Expenditure
434. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of completing the Narrow Water bridge project. [51020/17]
- Traffic Management
436. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that his Department has budgeted for implementing congestion measures on the M50, M40 and M11. [51022/17]
- Electric Vehicle Grants
437. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that his Department has allocated to a scheme to incentivise the use of electric vehicles among taxi drivers for 2018. [51023/17]
- Electric Vehicles
438. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that will be available to individual taxi drivers who wish to switch to the use of electric vehicles; the...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Detention Centres
441. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost per week of a juvenile prisoner in a detention centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51096/17]
- Visiting Teacher Service
444. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full-year cost of restoring the visiting teacher service for Travellers to primary and post primary schools. [51121/17]
- Foster Care
445. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the statutory basis for the national standards in foster care. [50776/17]
- Departmental Funding
446. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an extension to the period within which an early years capital grant of €50,000 must be spent by a community project (details...
- Departmental Functions
448. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount allocated to each county under learner funds 1, 2, 3 and 4. [50966/17]
- Departmental Programmes
449. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons who have benefitted from the learner fund each year since 2013. [50967/17]
- Early Childhood Care and Education Data
450. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of capitation that has been paid to early childhood care and education facilities since 2011, by year. [50968/17]
- Departmental Funding
451. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding that her Department has allocated to a programme (details supplied) in 2017. [50970/17]
- Child Care Services Data
456. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children eligible under bands A, AJ, B and D, respectively, by age bracket. [50975/17]
- Central Statistics Office Data
458. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children here, by their household's income bracket (details supplied). [50977/17]
- Child and Family Agency Data
459. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Tusla registered creches, by county. [50978/17]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- RAPID Programme
464. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of RAPID programme funding on an annual basis in each of the years 2010 to 2016; the allocations for 2017 and 2018, in...
- National Broadband Plan Administration
465. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of local authorities with a full-time equivalent broadband officer as of November 2017. [50994/17]
- Departmental Funding
466. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of funding provided to a charity (details supplied) in each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017; his plans to increase the...
- Mobile Telephony Services
467. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount that his Department has spent in each year since 2011 on improving mobile telephone coverage. [50904/17]
- Departmental Programmes
468. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget allocations for the local improvement scheme in each of the years 2016, 2017 and 2018. [50935/17]
- Peace and Reconciliation Programme
470. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget allocations for the PEACE programme in each of the years 2016, 2017 and 2018. [50937/17]
- Leader Programmes Expenditure
473. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the actual spend to date on the Leader programme under the rural development programme 2014 to 2020, by animation, administration and...
- Rural Development Programme Data
474. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget allocations for the plan for rural development in 2016, 2017 and 2018. [50941/17]
- Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Data
475. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget allocations for the social inclusion and community activation programme in 2016, 2017 and 2018. [50942/17]
- Rural Development Programme Funding
476. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount prepaid to local authorities at the end of 2016 for rural development purposes; the schemes under which it was allocated,...
- Leader Programmes Expenditure
477. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the financial allocations on an annual basis under the 2014 to 2020 rural development programme per measure 19, support for Leader...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Community Services Programme
478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if Pobal funding has been withdrawn for an organisation (details supplied); if so, the reason therefor; the way in which the...
- Jobs Initiative
482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to change the jobs initiative scheme; the reason persons working on the scheme are being asked to transfer from...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [50757/17]
- JobPath Data
484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid in 2016 in registration fees to companies (details supplied) for the JobPath scheme. [50762/17]
- Departmental Communications
487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if data transmitted between her Department's central server and local branch offices is transmitted via HTTPS or HTTP. [50770/17]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of pension a person (details supplied) now qualifies for based on their number of contributions; and if she will...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Data
493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding allocated to exceptional needs payments in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will...
- Community Employment Schemes Operation
494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that the focus on social inclusion is retained and copperfastened in community employment schemes; and if...
- Maternity Leave
495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the policy regarding maternity leave and adoptive leave for women who become mothers through surrogacy in cases in which the...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the maximum social welfare benefit is being paid to a person (details supplied); if there are further benefits they are...
- Disability Support Services Funding
498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure on the reasonable accommodation fund in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will...
- Services for People with Disabilities
499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the job activation programmes for persons with a disability; the expenditure on same; the estimated cost of increasing...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost to the Exchequer of the following spending proposals (details supplied). [50934/17]
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the first and full year cost of increasing the child benefit payment by €1, €2; €3, €4,...
- Farm Assist Scheme Data
502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of a proposal (details supplied). [51111/17]
- Carer's Allowance Data
503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer's allowance applications that are approved or refused on an initial application; the extent to which...
- Child Benefit Data
504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families in receipt of child benefit to date; the extent to which these numbers have varied over the past five...
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which each sector within her Department can respond in terms of dealing with applications for various means...
- State Pension (Contributory)
506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she continues to examine the anomalies in respect of payment of the contributory State pension to persons...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of funding provided by her Department by way of rent support to families on local authority housing lists over the...
- Social Welfare Schemes
509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Christmas bonus will be paid; and to which categories of social welfare recipients; and if she will make a statement...
- Youth Unemployment Data
510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent of youth unemployment throughout the country, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51210/17]
- One-Parent Family Payment
511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which persons that have lost their one-parent family allowance have had their cases reviewed to ensure the...
- Social Welfare Appeals Data
512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals in respect of various payments awaiting a decision for more than two months; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if changes are required in the criteria governing cohabitation with a view to ensuring that hardship is not caused; and if...
- State Pension (Contributory) Data
517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of reversing the changes made in 2012 to the bands for the contributory pension; and if she will make a...
- Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data
520. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance by €5, €10 , €15,...
- One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure
521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of reversing changes made to the one-parent family payment in 2012, in tabular form; and if she will make...
- State Pensions
525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of reinstating the State transition pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51225/17]
- Bereavement Grant
526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of reinstating the bereavement grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51226/17]
- Maternity Benefit
529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing maternity benefit by one to six weeks respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Paternity Benefit
530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full year cost of increasing paternity benefit by one to six weeks respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Community Services Programme
531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding to community services programmes; the cost of increasing funding in line with the national minimum wage; and if...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Building Regulations
532. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of fines and or prosecutions levied against building owners under section 65 of the Housing Act 1966; the number of...
- Development Contributions
533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authorities applying development contributions for telecommunications infrastructure as of November 2017....
- Motor Tax Exemptions
534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of waiving motor tax for electric vehicles for each year up to 2023. [51009/17]
- Planning Issues
535. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of enforcement orders that have been lodged against apartment owners for using their home for home sharing by local...
- Vacant Properties Data
537. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the number of vacant homes is related to the ongoing backlog in the Probate Office; the data in regard to the number of...
- Housing Data
538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 618 of 21 November 2017, the provision of funds for land acquisition, by local...
- Social and Affordable Housing
540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will announce details of the new affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50851/17]
- Building Energy Rating Administration
541. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of residential houses in each category of the BER rating system. [50959/17]
- Wind Energy Guidelines
542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the wind planning guidelines; the status of the strategic environment assessment on these guidelines; and if he...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the income of an elderly person is taken into consideration when the discount under the tenant purchase scheme is...
- Irish Water
544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a contract (details supplied) in view of recent statements from Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
545. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social housing delivered under each of the categories (details supplied) by local authority, in each of the years 2011 to...
- Department of Defence
- Naval Service
547. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the costs incurred by the Naval Service in participating in high speed boarding trials with a company (details supplied) as reported in the...
- Air Corps
548. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the full year savings achieved by the abolition of the service commitment incentive scheme for Air Corps personnel. [50903/17]
- Defence Forces Strength
549. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons serving in the Permanent Defence Force; and the estimated full year cost of increasing the numbers to 9,500, 10,000,...
- Defence Forces Reserve Strength
550. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons serving in the Reserve Defence Force; and the estimated full year cost of increasing the numbers to 3,000, 3,500, 4,000,...
- Defence Forces Personnel
551. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason, if RACO and PDFORRA are signatories to the current C and A agreement and in cases in which amendments or changes require agreement...
- Defence Forces Strength
552. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason his Department has failed to conduct a review of unit manning levels to include examination of unit personnel capacity of duty...
