Written answers

Tuesday, 17 December 2019

  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Medical Services
      64. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the case for implementation of telemental health and psychosocial support with Defence Forces personnel has been examined; and if he will make...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      65. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the ongoing review of technical pay within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53031/19]
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the assertion that the Army Reserve, by reason of legislation and structural organisation, is largely prevented from enabling the...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the timeframe for talks to continue with the Department of Education and Skills until a site can be secured for the new school to replace the...
    • Air Corps Operations
      69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action he plans to take to address the fact that less than half of Air Corps pilots feel well informed on the regulation of remotely piloted...
    • Defence Forces Expenditure
      70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider the proposal to increase the defence budget of the EU in the coming years as mentioned at the recent NATO summit; his views...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      71. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to prevent members of the Defence Forces having to routinely serve multiple excessively long shifts contrary to the...
    • Defence Forces Contracts
      72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 7 November 2019, if the question of arms being purchased and sold to countries that violate...
    • European Defence Capabilities
      74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the expenditure to date on the European Defence Fund by Ireland; the status of the integration into the European Defence Fund by Ireland; and if...
    • Permanent Structured Co-operation
      75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether many aspects of PESCO are at odds with the centrality of peace and conflict resolution as set out in A Better World, which...
    • Ministerial Transport
      76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his use of the Government jet to date in 2019. [50046/19]
    • Defence Forces Operations
      77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when Ireland will withdraw from Operation Sophia and return to search and rescue missions in view of the continuing deaths of refugees and...
    • Army Barracks
      78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to reconsider the barracks infrastructure of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52758/19]
    • Defence Forces Strength
      79. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the strength of the Defence Forces has stabilised to the extent necessary to achieve recommended strength in the Army, Naval...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      80. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the introduction of recent measures have stemmed the exodus from the Defence Forces; and his views on whether his policies over the past eight...
    • Army Barracks
      81. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has witnessed the working conditions in the Curragh Camp; his plans to improve the facilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      83. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps being taken to address the loss of specialist skills in the Defence Forces as identified by the Public Service Pay Commission; and if...
    • Protected Disclosures
      84. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he has taken since the first protected disclosure regarding chemical poisoning in the Air Corps was received four years ago; the steps...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      85. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of protected disclosures made to his Department since the current legislation was introduced; the number of personnel dismissed from...
    • Permanent Structured Co-operation
      87. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the integration of Ireland into PESCO in view of the upcoming second anniversary of the participation of Ireland in same; the level...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Data
      88. To ask the Taoiseach the rate of employment for those of working age and classified as having a disability; and the way in which this compares to the EU average. [52887/19]
    • Unemployment Data
      90. To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobless households here; and the way in which the rate of jobless households compares to the EU average. [52950/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      91. To ask the Taoiseach the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in his Department; the amount spent on credit cards in each year since 2016; the bank interest paid...
    • Departmental Budgets
      92. To ask the Taoiseach the capital allocation of his Department in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each year. [52582/19]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      93. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 18 June 2019, if the information is now to hand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52639/19]
    • Defence Forces Medical Services
      94. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 26 November 2019, if a further update will be provided in view of the urgency of the matter; and if...
    • Air Corps
      95. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to instances in which Air Corps personnel were engaged in employment outside of their official duties; if he has...
    • Defence Forces Expenditure
      98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the food budget of the Defence Forces equates to €4.35 per day while the budget per prisoner is €6.25; and his views in relation...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Brexit Negotiations
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on Brexit discussions at the most recent Foreign Affairs Council meeting. [52989/19]
    • Brexit Issues
      101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the next steps following the general election in the UK on the withdrawal treaty Bill with his UK counterpart. [53345/19]
    • International Agreements
      102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the intergovernmental declaration on children, youth and climate change presented at the UNFCCC 25th...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider expanding the diplomatic footprint further in 2020 by increasing the number of embassies globally; if Georgia will be...
    • Human Rights
      104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department was represented at the 2nd International Conference on Christian Persecution convened by the Government of Hungary and...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to support the development of democracy in Sudan; his plans to provide humanitarian assistance; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Official Engagements
      106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to invite his Spanish counterpart to Dublin in early 2020 for a bilateral meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Passport Services
      107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of a passport for a senior citizen; when the scheme of free passports for senior citizens was abolished; the estimated cost of...
  • Department of Finance
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of abolishing stamp duty for first-time buyers of a residential property. [52559/19]
    • Universal Social Charge Data
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue raised by a universal social charge at rates and income brackets (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year saving to the Exchequer of the withdrawal of section 481 investment in film scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Motor Insurance Claims
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance if the national claims information database has been fully established; if not, when it will be established; if aggregated data will be published as part of...
    • VAT Rebates
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of VAT rebate at the point of sale paid to regular farmers, feedlot farmers and factory owned feedlots; his views on whether there is an imbalance in...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance if the external review of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland has been completed by the National Treasury Management Agency appointee; if he has...
    • Tax Data
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue raised from a universal charge of 0.1% on total income and gains before deductions and charges on companies; and if he will...
    • Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance the policy of the Revenue Commissioners regarding the referral of cases to the sheriff for the collection of debt; the reason for the period of time that has...
    • Brexit Preparations
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the recruitment of 30 officers to Rosslare Europort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52885/19]
    • Mortgage Arrears Rate
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has carried out work to assess the proportion of mortgage arrears cases in which relationship breakdown may be a factor; his views on...
    • Tax Data
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yearly amount raised by a levy on online digital advertising at 0.5%, 1%, 2%, 3% and 5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52940/19]
    • Tax Code
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce specific provisions via legislation following receipt of a detailed analysis report by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners in...
    • Revenue Commissioners Data
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized from persons entering or leaving the State by the Revenue Commissioners enforcement unit at Cork and Shannon airports in each of the...
    • Insurance Coverage
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure householders with issues of household subsidence can avail of home insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Property Tax Data
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance the administrative costs including cost of collection and collection of arrears of the household charge that were borne by the Revenue Commissioners in each...
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress the National Treasury Management Agency has made to date in divesting the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund of its assets in fossil fuel...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid out in tax refunds for private health insurance in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53124/19]
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual anticipated number of recipients of the help-to-buy scheme in 2020 and 2021; the anticipated median payment under the scheme; and the anticipated...
    • Credit Availability
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the data in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019 for rejected bank finance applications by SMEs that were appealed to the Credit Review Office;...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the SBCI business support investment platform and funding for the SME sector obtained via the European Investment Bank. [53288/19]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times he has met either the CEO and-or the chairperson of each bank located here to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a difference in the carbon tax applied to smokeless coal and regular coal. [53357/19]
    • Tax Credits
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure a person (details supplied) receives their appropriate tax free allowances in view of the fact they have returned to work;...
    • Home Building Finance Ireland
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed by Home Building Finance Ireland; and the staffing costs per annum. [53417/19]
    • VAT Rate Application
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year cost of introducing a special 9% VAT rate on residential construction. [53420/19]
    • Property Tax Data
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of allowing local property tax deductibility for landlords when calculating rental profits. [53431/19]
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of establishing an enhanced loss relief for landlords to allow relief for rental losses against other income sources in the same...
    • Tax Data
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of developing a separate method of taxing rental income, for example, a flat tax or a separate rate of tax, as a policy lever to...
    • European Banking Union
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the outcome of the discussions at the December 2019 ECOFIN meeting on strengthening the banking union. [52991/19]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans in place for drainage of the Inagh River, County Clare, in particular the section of river between Moanreel and Glann,...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when phase 2 of the refurbishment works at a Garda station and Garda water unit in Athlone, County Westmeath will be fully completed;...
    • National Monuments
      155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Carrigafoyle Castle, Ballylongford, County Kerry will open off season (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      157. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if flood mitigation works will be carried out on the River Shanowen, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the target set for public service employment for persons with a disability; the date by which same is to be achieved; the percentage as...
    • Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles
      159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has fulfilled the commitment given in the Programme for Partnership Government that taxi companies that wish to bid for State...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
      160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made in resolving the insurance issues faced by homeowners who reside in flood risk areas; the compensation planned for...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Skills Shortages
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address labour shortages in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52564/19]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of the review of a decision not to expand a pilot shared apprenticeship scheme for the construction sector in 2018; his plans in this...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for SNA access made for County Donegal to the NCSE during the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 school year; and if he will make...
    • Remote Area Boarding Grant
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in awarding a remote area grant to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52600/19]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will move to a permanent location; his views on whether it should move into the first of the new schools to be...
    • School Transport Data
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary school students, respectively, availing of the school transport scheme. [52641/19]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of written approvals given for extra accommodation for ASD classes since May 2016; and the number of ASD classes provided with the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of extending the school inclusion model nationwide. [52654/19]
    • Capitation Grants
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing the capitation grant for primary schools by 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%, respectively, in tabular form....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school extension project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52658/19]
    • School Transport
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the balance sheet buses are on regarding the €4.16 million spent on new dedicated school buses in 2016 from surplus payments from school...
    • State Examinations
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be allowed accommodation to sit their leaving certificate in a separate room due to a medical condition....
    • School Transport
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 128 of 26 November 2013 and 233 of 3 December 2019, in which he stated that Bus Éireann has confirmed...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for an extension to ASD classes which was approved by his Department in June 2018....
    • Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an gcinnteoidh sé go mbeidh scoil (sonraí tugtha) ag fáil an deontais caipitíochta níos airde arb é €202 an...
    • School Funding
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided for new schools and upgrading work in schools in Oranmore, Maree, Claregalway and Clarinbridge, County Galway, since 2011;...
    • School Accommodation
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application by a school (details supplied) for upgraded and additional accommodation will be approved; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Funding
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application has been made or is under consideration to the European Globalisation Fund further to the announcement of proposed job losses...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has still not had their registration with the Teaching Council processed; the reason for the delay; and if...
    • Education and Training Boards
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the educational or training opportunities available to a young person over 16 years of age who has not completed the junior certificate either...
    • Technological Universities
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding securing a location for a campus (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52851/19]
    • Apprenticeship Data
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of female and male apprentices in training by each employment sector and subsector as of 9 December 2019 for craft based and consortia...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if home tuition hours will be extended for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [52914/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resources provided to primary schools that establish a special class for children with autism; if the full building, alteration and...
    • School Transport
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review will be initiated of the school transportation assessment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52979/19]
    • Summer Works Scheme Expenditure
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount provided to schools in County Wexford through the summer works scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he...
    • School Staff
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of employing ten new school secretaries. [53022/19]
    • Third Level Staff Recruitment
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Minister of State with special responsibility for higher education or officials on her behalf have ever directly or indirectly canvassed...
    • Third Level Institutions Governance
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a report (details supplied) has been investigated; and if so, if he is satisfied the investigation was independent. [53025/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a new school extension and improvement works by a school (details supplied); the timeframe for the project; when...
    • Fire Safety
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the poor condition of the school building at a school (details supplied); his plans to provide the school with...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53041/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on a review of the allocation of special education teaching supports in mainstream classes by a school (details...
    • National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken to implement the national positive ageing strategy in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53071/19]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on sealing the records of the Ryan Commission for 75 years; if he or his officials have met with survivors of industrial schools that...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant application to SUSI by a person (details supplied); the reason the application was refused; if they can...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children participating in a pilot programme specialised therapists into schools and preschools in 2018 and to date in 2019. [53097/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivery of a permanent location for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53104/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) in County Kerry will be provided assisted technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53105/19]
    • Departmental Functions
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the Women’s Caucus period poverty motion passed by Dáil Éireann recently. [53142/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a permanent extension by a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the...
    • Institutes of Technology
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the submission of the application from the institutes of technology in counties Carlow and Waterford for designation...
    • School Admissions
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the shortage of second-level school places in Gorey, County Wexford at present and over the next five years; and if he will...
    • Departmental Properties
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the lease in respect of a school (details supplied); if he will consider awarding ownership of the lease to an organisation in the...
    • School Patronage
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the patronage process for a post-primary school in Citywest, Dublin 24; when the outcome will be published; and if he will...
    • Schools Property
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the purchase of a school (details supplied) will be finalised as agreed with the owner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53186/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to open ASD units using the recent changes in legislation that no longer require consent from a school; and if he will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if ASD units are automatically considered when schools require extensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53193/19]
    • School Transport
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 26 November 2013, his views on confirmation by the Comptroller and Auditor General that a surplus...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Data
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that will be in place in view of the fact that P60s and P45s and so on are no longer available; the arrangements that will be in...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to introduce a new in-school speech and language therapy service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53256/19]
    • Education Policy
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of specific interventions and alternative education programmes created to address vulnerable children at risk of becoming gang...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional resources and steps he is taking to close a gap (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53258/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Data
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of each school that recently progressed to the next stage of architectural planning, stage 3 tender phase and that had previously...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in providing a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53261/19]
    • Site Acquisitions
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the acquisition of land from South Dublin County Council for a school (details supplied) is complete; the timeframe for the future development...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53263/19]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the first and full-year costs of reinstating the payment of apprenticeship fees in phase 4 and 6. [53426/19]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Data
      247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timescale for applications received for persons coming here from outside the EU that are seeking visa approval to work here...
    • European Arrest Warrant
      248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of requests received under the European arrest warrant Act 2003 that sought the extradition of persons for human...
    • Insurance Fraud
      249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative proposals progressed into primary or secondary law annually since 2016 to clampdown on fraudulent insurance...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Prisoner Data
      251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of prisoners detained solely on remand in each prison; the breakdown of offences with which they are charged;...
    • Prisoner Diversions
      254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons diverted from prison through the prison in-reach and court liaison scheme in 2018 and to date in 2019; if...
    • Prisoner Data
      255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time individual prisoners spent in safety observation cells and high-support units in 2018 and to date in...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Legal Cases
      257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the investigations by An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions into the findings of...
    • Bench Warrants
      260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 12 June 2019, if the report is now to hand; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Recruitment
      261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 3 July 2019, if the report is now to hand; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Operations
      262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 12 June 2019, if the report is now to hand; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Warrants
      263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 649 of 6 September 2019, if the report is now to hand; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 1 October 2019, if the report is now to hand; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Crime Data
      265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 1 of October 2019, if the report is now to hand; and if he will make a statement...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied). [52643/19]
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed charge penalty notices issued to drivers for the new statutory offence under Article 4 of SI No. 495 of...
    • Legislative Measures
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative and policy measures available to tackle underage drinking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52715/19]
    • Coroners Service
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a report by the coroner in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be made available to their family...
    • Ministerial Functions
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process upon which a scheme may be designated under section 2A(7) of the Landlord and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment)...
    • Legislative Reviews
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 in order that applicants for certificates of naturalisation...
    • Garda Operations
      272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount An Garda Síochána received to date in 2019 from organisations (details supplied) for policing their...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community-based CCTV applications in counties Cavan and Monaghan awaiting approval; when such applications will...
    • Domestic Violence
      274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the domestic violence disclosure scheme in the UK; his plans to introduce similar...
    • Family Reunification
      275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that for non-EEA families, immigration permissions here are tied to one partner or...
    • Direct Provision System
      276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a report (details supplied) calling for the abolition of direct provision due to the impact it has on children;...
    • Legal Aid
      277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the financial support available for persons that require legal representation as part of the family law court process; if it is...
    • Gambling Legislation
      278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the nature of the representations received from persons involved in private members clubs; the responses he or the Minister of...
    • Drugs Seizures
      279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount and type of illegal drugs seized by An Garda Síochána in 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if...
    • Prison Medical Service
      280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners on methadone treatment in each prison in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he...
    • Garda Reserve
      281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserves recruited to date in 2019; the number at January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Deployment
      282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to dedicated drugs units to date in 2019 in each division; and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Recruitment
      283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda sergeant vacancies that remain unfilled in each division to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement...
    • Policing Issues
      284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he plans to take in order to address the findings of a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the specific interventions and alternative education programmes created to address vulnerable children at risk of becoming gang...
    • Organised Crime
      286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to develop an inter-agency model involving An Garda Síochána, the Department of Employment Affairs and...
    • Law Reform Commission
      287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his view on proposals by the Law Reform Commission to cap personal injury awards that would safeguard judicial independence...
    • Garda Data
      288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí allocated to the Garda stations in Ballymun, Finglas and Santry; the overall number of...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times to date in 2019 he has met with his US counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53331/19]
    • Garda Promotions
      291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of items of correspondence received from persons regarding the competition for promotion in relation to candidates...
    • Legal Aid Applications Data
      292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the fees paid to a solicitor representing a client in a criminal matter before the District, Circuit and High Court in...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      293. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding received by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in 2018 and to date 2019. [53149/19]
    • Financial Services Sector
      294. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a comparison website provided by the State to compare banking and finance products provided by financial institutions....
    • Regional Enterprise Development Fund Data
      295. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocations to the regional enterprise development fund in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, by county, in...
    • Research Funding
      296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants received under the second call of the disruptive technologies innovation fund by county; the approved...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      297. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of her decision to set up an interdepartmental group to develop clear guidelines for employees and employers on remote...
    • Brexit Data
      298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants and participants in Brexit schemes and supports provided by her Department or agencies under her remit, in...
    • Work Permits Data
      299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a general employment permit application by a person (details supplied). [52681/19]
    • Job Retention
      300. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied); if she has spoken with management of the company regarding...
    • Work Permits Data
      301. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if additional work permits for chefs will be granted due to the demand in the industry (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Community Enterprise Centres
      302. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the assistance available for the development of community enterprise centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52964/19]
    • Research Funding
      303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding to be allocated to the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund over the lifetime of National Development Plan...
    • Work Permits Data
      304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a refund of the fee for a general employment permit can be offered if the employment permit is issued but the visa application is...
    • Regional Enterprise Development Fund
      305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the successful regional enterprise development fund projects will be announced; if an application (details supplied) will be...
    • Departmental Funding
      306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the project funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) by her Department or agencies under her remit in each of the years...
    • Consumer Protection
      307. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position in the EU legislative process with regard to proposals for the European Commission new deal for consumers (details...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      309. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding allocated to the Supporting SMEs online tool in each year since established, in tabular form; the number of SMEs by size...
    • Research and Development Funding
      310. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding allocated to the programme for research in third-level institutions in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019;...
    • Gender Balance
      311. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the finding of a report (details supplied) that a serious gender imbalance persists at the top level of businesses here...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      312. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date, location and purpose of each meeting since May 2016 she and her two predecessors as Minister or a Minister of State attended...
    • Research and Development Funding
      313. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the introduction of a new five-year cycle with respect to the programme for research in third-level institutions; the...
    • Horizon 2020 Strategy Funding
      319. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of SMEs that received Horizon 2020 funding in each year since the programme became operational by county, in tabular form....
    • Brexit Preparations
      321. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if information (details supplied) regarding mentoring supports since the UK referendum to leave the EU in June 2016 will be provided....
    • Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme Data
      322. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of drawdowns issued under the microfinance scheme on 1 December 2018 and 1 December 2019; the value of approvals on the same...
    • Brexit Preparations
      323. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the uptake on the various schemes offered to assist businesses in preparing for Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      324. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA visits by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53414/19]
  • Department of Health
    • National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to implement the national positive ageing strategy in his Department [53175/19]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of advanced nurse practitioner posts filled at University Hospital Kerry; the number of posts filled in each of the years 2016 to 2018; his plans...
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      328. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to safeguard rural pharmacies against planned fee changes due to come into affect in January 2020; and if the planned fee changes will be postponed...
    • Medicinal Products
      329. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide soluble paracetamol to medical card patients. [52554/19]
    • Health Services
      330. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52555/19]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency and non-emergency ambulance call-outs to Great Island, Cobh, County Cork in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the...
    • Patient Transfers
      332. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be transferred to St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8. [52583/19]
    • Respite Care Services Data
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of facilities providing a seven day respite service for adults and children in each CHO. [52591/19]
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      335. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list in each CHO at the latest date available; and the number...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      338. To ask the Minister for Health if the senior nurse position will be filled in a facility (details supplied). [52605/19]
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      339. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 21 November 2019, if the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland will be funding the remainder of the digitalised...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      340. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery at Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52630/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      341. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for support from CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52631/19]
    • HSE Properties
      342. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1184 of 6 September 2019, if the report by Beaumont Hospital and fire safety checks were received; and if he will make a...
    • State Claims Agency Data
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases ongoing against the State Claims Agency in relation to the swine flu vaccine; if the approach taken by the State in dealing with these...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      344. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists being experienced in County Mayo for orthodontic services; the measures he has taken to alleviate same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      345. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is be eligible for treatment under the cross border directive from either Ireland or the UK; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Provision
      346. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52674/19]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      347. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a child seeking access to a speech and language therapist; the number of children that have access to a speech and language...
    • Mental Health Commission Reports
      348. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 26 November 2019, the specific areas of significant improvement in view of the fact the MHC acknowledged...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if appropriate stress tests and heart monitoring will be arranged for a person (details supplied) [52684/19]
    • Hospital Services
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is not being referred by their consultant for a scan or treatment for their serious medical condition; if the medical...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      351. To ask the Minister for Health the status of changes approved regarding the fair deal scheme for farms and small businesses; when the unqualified three year cap rule will apply to farms and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      352. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52704/19]
    • Home Help Service
      353. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding home help (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52706/19]
    • Medicinal Products
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the gainshare and incentive model for biosimilar prescribing operates; if €500 per patient is being allocated to hospital treatment...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      355. 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. [52713/19]
    • Public Health Policy
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the legislative and policy measures available to tackle underage drinking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52716/19]
    • Mental Health Services
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which out-of-hours responses for general adult mental health services have been expanded to date in 2019 by moving to the 7-7 model; the number of...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which out-of-hours responses for child and adolescent mental health services have been expanded to date in 2019 by moving to the 7-7 model; the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      359. To ask the Minister for Health if parents and guardians will be reimbursed for private health spending undertaken as a direct result of the lengthy waiting list times experienced by children...
    • Advertising Regulation
      360. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) regarding the upcoming Treatment of Cancer (Advertisements) Bill 2018; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements been made to replace a person (details supplied) in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Hospital who is due to leave...
    • Mental Health Services
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the practice to assign a psychologist to patients during the transition period from child and adolescent services in mental health to adult services...
    • Home Help Service
      363. To ask the Minister for Health if suitable home help hours will be allocated to a person (details supplied) [52762/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      364. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide a person (details supplied) with their discharge notice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52770/19]
    • Mental Health Services
      366. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide consultant psychiatric consultation notes to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52772/19]
    • Dental Services
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place for children in Leixlip and Celbridge, County Kildare who require dental services in the dental system; the location of the nearest...
    • Eating Disorders
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the remaining €1.48 million allocated to CCP on eating disorders in 2018 was spent in tabular form. [52784/19]
    • Medical Card Applications
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if an over 70s medical card will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52789/19]
    • Care of the Elderly
      373. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a new statutory scheme for home support for older persons and adults with a disability; if this will be a centralised new facility in relation to...
    • HSE Legal Cases
      374. To ask the Minister for Health the legal fees incurred by the HSE in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [52825/19]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of critical care ambulance service transfers to Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s University...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      376. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 164 of 13 November 2019, the person or body responsible for collecting the data on the number of women travelling abroad...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a speech and language therapy application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52830/19]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      378. To ask the Minister for Health if an embargo on the recruitment of nurses is in place; the number of overseas nurses recruited to University Hospital Galway to date in 2019; and if he will...
    • Disabilities Data
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of wheelchair users in Dublin and nationwide. [52839/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      381. To ask the Minister for Health if the mammogram service will be extended beyond 67 years of age in line with the service provided every two years from 50 to 67 years of age; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Data
      382. To ask the Minister for Health if the medical card covers mammograms after 67 years of age; if not, the reason therefor; if provision will be made for same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Wexford awaiting cataract surgery; the number waiting more than 12, 24 and 36 months, respectively; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      384. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [52853/19]
    • General Medical Services Scheme Data
      385. To ask the Minister for Health if there are restrictions on non-EU qualified general practitioners working here applying for a medical card list. [52867/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications Data
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the weighting percentages to be used as part of the upcoming HSE FreeStyle Libre device review decision making process that will be given to criteria (details...
    • Hospital Equipment
      388. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be approved for the provision of a MRI scanner for Roscommon University Hospital to address the significant backlog for same across the Saolta...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      389. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a MRI in each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group; the longest waiting time per person on each list; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Provision
      390. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the diagnosis, management and treatment of endometriosis here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52877/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant ENT surgeon at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the average waiting time to see the surgeon; and if...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) had their home support hours cut in view of the fact their condition is deteriorating; and if he will make a statement...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      393. To ask the Minister for Health when changes to the fair deal scheme regarding farm and small business assets will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52890/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      394. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will have their assessment of need carried out. [52910/19]
    • Patient Transport Expenditure
      395. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on patient transport in the past year in the Kildare West Wicklow CHO7 area; if the amount increased; and the criteria used to select patients...
    • Health Services Access
      396. To ask the Minister for Health when an appropriate programme of treatment will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52918/19]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant gynaecologists per hospital in each of the years 10 December 2014 to 10 December 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists to see a consultant gynaecologist by hospital and the length of time waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the number of endometriosis specialists by hospital nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52924/19]
    • Health Services Reform
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if the Women’s Health Taskforce will be examining the diagnosis delays and treatment options of endometriosis here; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who accessed treatment for endometriosis abroad through the cross-Border directive in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019;...
    • Home Help Service Data
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for new or additional home support services by county; and the number of new applicants for additional hours by number and length...
    • Vaccination Programme
      403. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the national HPV vaccination programme to provide universal HPV vaccination to boys up to 17 and 18 years of age (details supplied); if the...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      405. To ask the Minister for Health if the full €55 million in development funding allocated to mental health in 2019 has been released to the HSE by his Department further to his previous...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for an operation for another 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52994/19]
    • Paediatric Services
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the paediatric dermatology list; his plans to eliminate unacceptable delays in children receiving appropriate treatment; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient appointments outstanding for more than two, three and four years, respectively, at the end of November 2019, by each reporting...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      411. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 10 December 2019, the dates on which operational meetings were held with agencies (details supplied) in each of...
    • Hospital Services
      412. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled with the surgical team in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53020/19]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application mechanism for a person who suffers from severe epilepsy and is seeking access to medicinal cannabis oil to treat the...
    • Health Services Provision
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); the timeframe for commencement of a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53027/19]
    • Vaccination Programme
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the policy in relation to girls who missed out on the provision of vaccines for medical reasons (details supplied). [53034/19]
    • Assisted Decision Making
      416. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is preparing regulations for the institution of a register of advance healthcare directives to allow for commencement of Part 8 of the...
    • Hospitals Funding
      417. To ask the Minister for Health when the increases required to implement the increased public hospital capacity included in Sláintecare will be included in detailed multi-year funding...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the 2019 to 2021 capital plan only provides for an additional 480 public acute hospital beds over the three years which is 300 beds below the 780...
    • Hospital Consultant Remuneration
      419. To ask the Minister for Health when he will restore pay parity for new consultants in order that the required number of consultant posts and the 500 permanent posts will be filled (details...
    • Hospital Services
      420. To ask the Minister for Health if the urgent care centre at Tallaght Hospital will be opened on time as planned (details supplied). [53051/19]
    • Tattooing and Body Piercing Regulation
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to regulate the piercing and tattoo sector; the status of guidelines on the sector; the age of consent for such procedures; and if he will...
    • Hospital Services
      423. To ask the Minister for Health when the stoma clinic at University Hospital Waterford will be reinstated (details supplied). [53070/19]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      424. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 1 October 2019, the reason the parliamentary question has remained unanswered to date despite two reminders...
    • Respite Care Services Funding
      425. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided for respite in the 2020 budget allocation to a care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      426. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a matter in relation to successful candidates on the 2016 HBS recruitment panels for senior staff positions in...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a speech and language therapy assessment in each CHO; and the number in each CHO waiting more than eight months, one and two...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      430. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment for a child (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53102/19]
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received the pension increments for 2018 and 2019 as promised in line with the national wage agreement; and if...
    • Home Help Service Data
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours provided in each LHO area to the end of November 2019 or the latest date available; the way in which it compares to the target...
    • Health Services Data
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting on a non-hospital based health waiting list by the speciality and or procedure they are on the list for by...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting on a hospital based health waiting list by the speciality procedure they are on the list for; and the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      436. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the development of new hospitals in Cork; the status of progress; the timelines; the funding that has been ring-fenced; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a swimming pool (details supplied) announced it is discontinuing the adult-only session each weekday morning between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.; and if this...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      438. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received pension increments for 2018 and 2019 as promised in line with the national wage agreement; and if he...
    • Period Poverty
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the Women’s Caucus period poverty motion passed by Dáil Éireann recently. [53141/19]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      440. To ask the Minister for Health if the recently appointed consultant psychiatrist in CHO9 will be providing mental health services to deaf persons in Cork city and county; if his attention...
    • Health Services
      441. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a request from organisations (details supplied) seeking a meeting; if the meeting will be scheduled as soon as possible in order to discuss...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the recommendations by the taskforce on youth mental health report, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53168/19]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      443. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to replace the only pain management consultant who is due to leave their post by the end of 2019 (details supplied); if his plans include an...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot obtain approval for a zimmer frame; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53180/19]
    • Autism Support Services
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an autism assessment for a person (details supplied) [53187/19]
    • Health Services
      447. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied there are adequate health services and facilities in place provide for the health and welfare needs of women with endometriosis; and if he...
    • Medical Card Applications
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place in view of the fact that P60s and P45s and so on are no longer available; the arrangements that will be in place for persons to...
    • HSE Funding
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation of funding provided in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the estimated allocation in 2019 and 2020 in respect of the National Breastfeeding Action...
    • HSE Expenditure
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on the procurement of infant formula products in 2018 and 2019 in maternity hospital settings, paediatric hospitals and units of hospitals and...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      451. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 445 of 10 December 2019, the details of the English study referred to; the location in the study in which the figure of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      452. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of parents regarding the HPV gardasil vaccine (details supplied); his views in relation to the concerns; and if...
    • Departmental Websites
      453. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is no longer possible to access on the website of his Department press releases and speeches by Ministers in previous Governments over the past...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      454. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend long-term illness benefit to persons with enduring mental illness over 16 years of age that cannot work consistently due to their...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress in the recruitment of a consultant psychiatrist for Wexford CAMHS. [53232/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the vacancies in the CAMHS team in County Wexford; and the steps taken to improve recruitment and retention of needed staff. [53233/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to support an association (details supplied) to ensure the continuation of its living assistance service in County Cork indefinitely and...
    • Mental Health Services
      458. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of fully implementing the recommendations of A Vision for Change. [53238/19]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of a 1% pay rise for all staff in the mental health service by discipline and the number of staff in each respective discipline in tabular form. [53239/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of establishing an additional fully staffed child and adolescent mental health teams. [53244/19]
    • Counselling Services Provision
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of implementing universal access to free counselling services upon general practitioner referral; and the additional cost of increasing the number of...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of establishing an additional fully staffed crisis house. [53246/19]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the community mental health teams in operation nationwide; and the vacancies in each respective team, in tabular form. [53247/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the child and adolescent mental health teams in operation nationwide; and the vacancies in each respective team in tabular form. [53248/19]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of ensuring a minimum of one psychiatric nurse as part of each primary healthcare team. [53249/19]
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the funds used in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, respectively, to provide focused support for tenancies of persons with enduring mental...
    • Suicide Prevention
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to the National Office of Suicide Prevention in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, respectively, by the purpose for which...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Staff
      474. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the number of staff in CHO area 7 to meet the demand for children in need of speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug liaison midwives in place in each CHO area in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospitals Funding
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding St. Vincent’s Hospital Group received in each of the years 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      477. To ask the Minister for Health if a diagnostic assessment with the school-age team will be expedited for a pupil (details supplied). [53313/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect can expect an appointment with the ENT department at the Midland Regional...
    • Hospital Facilities
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the capital development project for CSSD at Roscommon University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53364/19]
    • Hospital Equipment
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to replace the CAT scan at Roscommon University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53367/19]
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address the overcrowding in the emergency department at Portiuncula Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53368/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      484. To ask the Minister for Health if a treatment placement in the UK will be funded in a relevant placement for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53398/19]
    • Health Services Staff Training
      485. To ask the Minister for Health the number of courses (details supplied) provided in the various hospital group areas to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Forestry Sector
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider planting a tree of a native Irish species for each school child creating a new national forest called foraois na...
    • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Data
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the 2019 Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot, BEEP, scheme by county, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Organic Farming Scheme Applications
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the decision to reject an organic farming scheme application by a person (details supplied) will be overturned on appeal; the...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if donkeys will be continued as stocking rates for area of natural constraints payments; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payments have been delayed for farmers in counties Meath and Louth causing severe financial difficulties for farmers in...
    • Veterinary Inspection Service
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the creation of a border inspection post at Rosslare Port, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Forestry Data
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of felling and thinning licences appealed in each month since September 2018; the number of appealed applications approved...
    • GLAS Payments
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when GLAS payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52678/19]
    • Afforestation Programme
      496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether grants not directly paid to forest owners should not be used in the calculations for the threshold for the...
    • Beef Industry
      497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications submitted to the BEAM scheme; the breakdown between suckler and beef finishers; the amount required to...
    • Data Protection
      499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the data protection measures in place to ensure information stored in animal identification and movement systems cannot be accessed...
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of registered feedlots nationwide; the breakdown between farmer owned and factory owned feedlots; the number of livestock...
    • Departmental Funding
      501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be released as part of a final claim by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Scheme Administration
      502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 816 of 5 November 2019, the way in which his Department communicated with persons (details...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farm payment will be issued to a person (details supplied). [52744/19]
    • Forestry Data
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry planting applications, forestry road applications and forestry felling licence applications currently with the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farm payment will be made to a person (details supplied). [52751/19]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [52761/19]
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [52764/19]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farm payments will issue to a person (details supplied). [52774/19]
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farm payments will issue to a person (details supplied). [52780/19]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [52788/19]
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an aquaculture licence will be granted if the applicant has been engaged in unauthorised aquaculture activities in the same area...
    • Forestry Sector
      516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appeals with the forestry appeals committee; the number with the committee more than two, four, six and 12 months,...
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52843/19]
    • TAMS Applications
      521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter regarding a TAMS grant in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason lamb prices are lagging behind those of international competitors (details supplied); the steps he will take to address...
    • Harbours and Piers Maintenance
      523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be provided in 2020 for the upgrade of the East Pier at Howth Harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Aquaculture Regulation
      524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons his Department has written to regarding unauthorised aquaculture activities in Ballyness Bay, County Donegal...
    • Aquaculture Licence Data
      530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates on which each of the aquaculture licenses for Ballyness Bay were granted. [52953/19]
    • Departmental Communications
      532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason action will be taken from January 2020 (details supplied) with respect to departmental emails more than two years old; if...
    • European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
      533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund; the application criteria; the organisations that may apply; the assessment...
    • Nitrates Usage
      534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to lower nitrogen fertiliser use; his further plans to facilitate a switch from calcium ammonium nitrate to urea fertiliser...
    • Afforestation Programme
      535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount distributed to applicants through the afforestation grant and premium scheme in 2018 and to date in 2019. [53136/19]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a BPS farm payment will be issued to a person (details supplied). [53140/19]
    • Beef Industry
      537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his view on whether there is an unfairness in the flat rate of VAT refund (details supplied) between feedlot beef producers and small...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full-year cost of recruiting three additional full-time archaeologists for his Department, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Beef Industry
      539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific designation sought from the EU for PGI status for Irish beef; the status of the application; when he expects a decision...
    • Dairy Sector
      541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the national dairy herd in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Sector
      543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of tree felling licences that were challenged and delayed and subsequently had a negative impact on the industry; and if...
    • Beef Industry
      544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the weekly kill weight across beef processing factories from January 2019 to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Beef Exports
      546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the weekly export weight of beef from January 2019 to date in 2019, in tabular form; the countries to which the beef is going to; and...
    • Beef Imports
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria applied for inspections of beef imports and exports at ports here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53402/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the uptake in the schemes to protect the agri-food industry during the Brexit process; the efforts taken to promote schemes in County...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the waiting times for the various payment schemes operated by his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • National Broadband Plan Expenditure
      550. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent to date on the national broadband plan; and the cost of external consultants, legal advice and...
    • Energy Poverty
      551. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rate of energy poverty here; the way in which it compares to the EU average; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      552. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of an application by a person (details supplied); if the application will be expedited in view of the length...
    • European Council Meetings
      553. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the discussions at the December 2019 Environment Council meeting on climate change; and the way in...
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      554. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) on the renewable energy support scheme and the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      555. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the charging model on the ecar network recently introduced by the ESB; the details of the charging model;...
    • Biofuel Obligation Scheme
      556. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of biofuel in petrol, diesel and other carbon oils; the targets regarding these percentages; the reason...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      557. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a property (details supplied) cannot avail of broadband. [52755/19]
    • National Broadband Plan
      559. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the provision of technical advisory services in support of the national broadband plan was not part of the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      560. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to provide infrastructure to connect solar energy projects to the electric grid; and if he will make a...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      561. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason estates in an area (details supplied) have no landlines, broadband or radio signal; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      562. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress since 2011 to provide broadband to a location (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Craoltóirí Seirbhíse Poiblí
      564. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment cé mhéad airgid a cuireadh ar fáil, gach bliain, ón Státchiste, ag tógáil airgead an...
    • National Broadband Plan
      565. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 10 December 2019, the breakdown of the value of each contract awarded to a...
    • Climate Action Fund
      566. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding to be allocated to the climate action fund over the lifetime of the national development plan...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      567. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53063/19]
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Data
      570. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applicants by county awaiting the installation of SEAI warmer homes scheme works; the national average...
    • Air Pollution
      571. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will permit Wexford County Council to proceed with its unanimously agreed motion to ban the sale and use of smoky...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Funding
      572. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the delay in the provision of the SEAI grant to persons (details supplied). [53236/19]
    • Online Safety
      573. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the appointment of a digital safety commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53333/19]
    • Air Pollution
      574. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered a strategy of financial incentives for the use of smokeless coal in the areas not under the smoky...
    • Electricity Generation
      575. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the financial supports available to improve the electricity capacity of regional towns in order that they can attract...
    • Energy Prices
      576. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a comparison website provided by the State which allows persons to compare utility bills. [53385/19]
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      577. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to have mobile telephone coverage improved in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • International Agreements
      578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the bilateral agreement between Ireland and the United States of America by which the State pays for the air traffic control...
    • Sport Ireland
      579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) that would be of concern to his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Electric Vehicles
      580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the scheme for reduced toll charges for electric vehicles; the number of cars in the scheme; if his attention has been...
    • Parking Provision
      581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a change to the eligibility criteria for a disabled parking permit in certain cases (details supplied); and if he...
    • Taxi Regulations
      582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider providing a representative to the board of the Taxi Regulator for taxi drivers from County Cork in view of the unique...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if requests from sport capital grant beneficiaries are allowed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52793/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocations made to organisations in Oranmore, Maree, Claregalway and Clarinbridge, County Galway, under the sports capital programme...
    • Smarter Transport
      585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure from 1 January to 31 August 2019 under headings (details supplied); and the projects funded under B8.1 Smarter...
    • Public Service Vehicles
      587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the most recent count of wheelchair accessible vehicle journeys by week and year by taxi, minibus and private vehicles; and if he will...
    • Tourism Promotion
      591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans of Bord Fáilte for accessible tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52838/19]
    • Haulage Industry Regulation
      593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a legal requirement for haulage companies to pay agreed upon subsistence rates to drivers that are separate to...
    • Public Transport Subsidies
      595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of PSO funding that will be provided to each State public transport operator in 2020. [52919/19]
    • Rail Network Expansion
      596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average cost of preparing a light rail feasibility study. [52920/19]
    • Greenways Funding
      598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure of his Department from 1 January 2019 to date under the heading of E7 Greenways; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Projects Status
      599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline on the progress of the Dunkettle Interchange; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52978/19]
    • Rail Network Expansion
      600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in publishing the Irish Rail report and a report by a company (details supplied) on a review of the western rail...
    • Road Projects Status
      601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of on the new N5 road upgrade from Westport to Turlough, County Mayo; the commencement date; the estimated competition date...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding for roads provided to Mayo County Council for road works in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019....
    • Public Transport Data
      603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers employed by Dublin Bus, Irish Rail and Bus Éireann, respectively, on long-term sick leave as of 11 December...
    • Public Service Vehicles
      604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the purposes of a PSV inspection and CVR test with reference to the aspects of these inspections that may overlap. [53058/19]
    • Road Safety
      605. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 3 December 2019, if chickens being conveyed from poultry farms to slaughter houses can be...
    • National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
      606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps taken to implement the national positive ageing strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53110/19]
    • Transport Policy
      607. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planned Cork metropolitan area transport strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53112/19]
    • Road Projects Status
      608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planned M20 motorway between Cork and Limerick; the current stage of the project; the next steps and associated...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps taken in line with the national development plan 2018-2027 in support of high-speed rail link between Cork and Dublin; and if...
    • Railway Stations Upgrade
      611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the planned investment in lifts at train stations nationally to ensure they are reliable and accessible to persons with disabilities or...
    • Air Services Provision
      612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of domestic flights in each of the years 2015 to 2018, by airport, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Services
      614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the overcrowding at certain peak times on rail services on the Rosslare rail line; his plans for...
    • Road Projects Status
      615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the completion of the M11 motorway from Oylegate to Rosslare. [53151/19]
    • Ports Development
      616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking or plans to undertake to develop Rosslare Europort in order to attract greater freight and passenger traffic;...
    • Rural Transport Programme
      617. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the successful LocalLink bus route from Fermoy to Mallow, County Cork been cancelled;...
    • Driver Licences
      618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the requirement will be examined for separated persons to have a separation agreement in cases in which they wish to have their name...
    • Public Transport Provision
      619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the review into the 233 bus route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53403/19]
    • Driver Licences
      620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps taken to expedite the printing and issuing of driver licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53404/19]
    • Tourism Promotion
      621. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to promote the tourism potential of the Lee Valley region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53405/19]
    • Road Projects Status
      622. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if broadband ducting will be included on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53406/19]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      623. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the ECCE application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the full entitlement will be allowed in view of the fact they...
    • Childcare Services Data
      624. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of aftercare worker positions funded by her Department [52817/19]
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      625. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the need for a women’s refuge in County Carlow will be examined in order to provide safe accommodation for women in emergency...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      626. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay in introducing legislation to allow for the forensic excavation and recovery of the remains at the site of the...
    • Childcare Services Funding
      629. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding continues to be provided to childcare providers once the attention of her Department has been drawn to the fact that a...
    • Childcare Services Regulation
      630. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department notifies the city and county childcare committees when a crèche is due to have its registration removed; if so, the...
    • Childcare Services
      631. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of days before the public announcement by Tusla of a crèche closure her Department is informed of the closure; and if she...
    • Childcare Services Funding
      633. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding is provided to unregistered crèches through Pobal or other means; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52623/19]
    • Childcare Services Regulation
      634. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered introducing a fining system for crèches that are found to be in breach of their registration; and if she will...
    • Childcare Services
      635. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which childminders have been included in the consultation and development of the draft childminding action plan; the way in...
    • Child and Family Agency
      636. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla is now using guidelines of one refuge space per 10,000 persons as opposed to 10,000 women; if a review of refuge spaces in the...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      638. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of refuge spaces available in Dublin city and county by local authority area; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Youth Services
      639. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the legislative and policy measures available to tackle underage drinking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52714/19]
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      640. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of refuge places available by county in tabular form; her plans to increase the number in line with the obligations under the...
    • Childcare Services Regulation
      641. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the changes requested in relation to the management of privately-owned childcare facilities to date in 2019 in respect of a planning...
    • Children in Care
      642. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that left residential care in each year since 2016 due to ageing out; and the number assigned an aftercare worker....
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      643. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of aftercare worker positions funded by her Department. [52813/19]
    • Childcare Services Provision
      645. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to improve the level of community-based childcare provision in Fingal, County Dublin in view of the fact Fingal has the lowest...
    • Disability Services Provision
      646. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the options available to a family (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52854/19]
    • Childcare Services Data
      647. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare places available for children that are 0 to one years of age available in counties Meath, Kildare, Louth, Wicklow...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Data
      652. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on waiting lists for year 1 ECCE places in counties Meath, Kildare, Louth, Wicklow and Dublin by local electoral...
    • Early Years Sector
      653. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the demographic or other research conducted in order to assess the number of childcare places needed in each county. [52862/19]
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      654. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent social workers employed on a permanent basis by Tusla in each year since 2014, in tabular form. [52863/19]
    • Childcare Services Funding
      658. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capital assistance available for the development and building of crèches; the amount spent each year since 2012 on capital...
    • Childcare Services Provision
      659. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provision available for early childhood education for children diagnosed with moderate to severe autism; the preschools and childcare...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      660. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason €60 million was returned to the Exchequer from her Department; if efforts were made to ensure the funding was spent on...
    • Childcare Services Regulation
      661. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the draft childminding action plan public consultation was advertised; the reason the public consultation process only ran for six...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      663. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the State will begin the collection of DNA samples for the purpose of returning human remains in Tuam, County Galway to identifiable...
    • Childcare Services Regulation
      664. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to reconsider the policy in respect of the implementation of stringent funding agreements and rules within the community managed...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      665. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a copy of a report (details supplied) produced in respect of the need for a facility will be provided; the action taken on the report;...
    • Child Abuse Reports
      666. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of allegations of child sexual abuse that were determined as unfounded in 2018 and 2019; if it will ensured that Tusla creates a...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      667. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding will be channelled from Tusla through a partnership (details supplied) that has a SLA with Tusla via her Department to address...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Inland Fisheries
      668. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding is available to property owners who allow fishermen access through their land; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Noise Pollution
      669. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role local authorities should play in tackling the issue of excessive dog barking; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Communications
      670. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has ever directly or indirectly canvassed the president of higher education institution on behalf of a job applicant; if so, if...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      671. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding to be allocated to the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund over the lifetime of National Development Plan...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Employment Support Services
      672. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that will be put in place by her Department and agencies under her aegis for employees that lost their jobs in a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      673. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has received proposals to address the issue of pension and gratuity of community employment supervisors; if so, her...
    • JobPath Programme
      674. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry must participate in JobPath with Turas Nua due to their age; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      675. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the threshold disregard for the carer's allowance and carer's benefit is due to rise when the amount of hours a carer can...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      676. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive a decision on their application for a carer's allowance; and if...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      677. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive an invalidity benefit. [52596/19]
    • Free Travel Scheme Applications
      678. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be issued with a travel pass and a companion pass; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Support Grant
      680. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52710/19]
    • Social Welfare Fraud Data
      681. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown by location of the 220 suspected cases of fraud that were detected by use of facial matching technology since...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      682. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specification of the facial matching technology her Department uses to detect potential fraud; the make and or brand and...
    • Respite Care Grant Applications
      683. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a respite care grant in respect of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      684. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52779/19]
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      685. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider changes to allow pensioners who are no longer allowed to drive for medical reasons to qualify for free...
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      686. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application for a working family payment by a person (details supplied); and...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications Data
      687. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for the invalidity pension refused in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular...
    • Public Services Card
      688. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions she plans to take having received the enforcement notice from the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner in...
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      689. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to arrears on their fuel allowance application. [52909/19]
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Applications
      690. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a State pension by a person (details supplied). [52912/19]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      691. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied). [52913/19]
    • Poverty Data
      692. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of material deprivation for lone parents here; the way in which it compares to the EU average; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Data
      693. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the percentage of appeals...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Data
      694. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of exceptional needs payments made in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes Data
      695. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare recipients subject to sanctions in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in...
    • Poverty Data
      696. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of material deprivation for those not at work due to an illness or disability here; the way in which this compares...
    • Pension Provisions
      697. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of target dates and commitments met on time as set out in A roadmap for Pensions Reform 2018-2023 in terms of...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      698. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for decisions on social welfare payments in tabular form; the number of persons awaiting decisions...
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      699. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for fuel allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      700. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to assist those completing their term on community employment schemes to transition to...
    • Employment Rights
      701. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of approximately 40 workers in the film industry who submitted their names and PPS numbers who allege they have...
    • Living Alone Allowance
      702. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53038/19]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      703. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a decision on an application for an invalidity pension; and...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      705. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare entitlement of a person (details supplied); if they are entitled to support in order to secure employment;...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory)
      706. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision to refuse an application for the State pension (non-contributory) by a person (details supplied) will be...
    • Maternity Benefit
      707. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a payment for a person (details supplied). [53088/19]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      708. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53089/19]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      713. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Insurance
      714. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the situation facing home tuition teachers (details supplied) regarding their PRSI...
    • Employment Rights
      715. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of bogus self-employment; the steps she plans to take to address the issue; and if she will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      719. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider appointing a commissioner for independent living for disabled persons; and if she will make a statement...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory)
      720. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears of non-contributory pension will issue to a person (details supplied). [53170/19]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      721. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the arrangements in place in view of the fact that P60s and P45s and so on are no longer available; the arrangements that...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      722. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the different means test arrangements in place under various social welfare legislation in respect of persons making...
    • Public Services Card
      723. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the requirement will be examined for separated persons (details supplied) to have a separation agreement or solicitor's...
    • Employment Rights
      724. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to update the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53329/19]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      725. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times for the various payment schemes operated by her Department, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      727. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the insurance contribution record of a person (detail supplied) will be provided; if they qualify for a State pension, the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
      728. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the first and full-year cost of increasing rent supplement payments by 5%,10%, 15%, 20% and 25%, respectively. [53428/19]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Finance Agency Funding
      730. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of finance available per annum for the Housing Finance Agency to lend to approved housing bodies; the amount loaned...
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      731. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual profile of expenditure of the Project Ireland 2040 urban regeneration fund; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      732. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the publication of the updated wind energy guidelines; and his views on whether it is completely unacceptable...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      733. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of active HAP tenancies in quarters 2 and 3 of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52597/19]
    • Homeless Persons Data
      736. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of adults and children that have spent time living in emergency accommodation or have registered as homeless in...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      737. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of landlords under HAP that had payments stopped due to tenants ceasing payment to councils; the steps he is taking...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      739. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if rents on properties within a rent pressure zone can be increased by more than 4% in one year in circumstances in which a...
    • Water Services Funding
      740. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the decisions for funding for the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021 will be announced; and if he will make a...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      743. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed water scheme for the areas of Murrisk, Lecanvey, Kilsallagh and Louisburgh, County Mayo; and if he...
    • Proposed Legislation
      745. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the emergency management and fire and public safety Bill will be brought forward; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
      746. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties successfully purchased through the national mortgage-to-rent scheme since its launch in 2012, by...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      747. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount paid by each local authority in annual management charges for tenants living in social housing built by private...
    • Housing Provision
      748. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual rent which will be paid in the first year for a development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      753. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an apartment built in 1997, which complied with fire safety regulations at the time, is now obliged to upgrade its fire...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      754. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount paid out in Cork city and county under the HAP scheme since its commencement to date by municipal district; and if...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      755. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made in Cork city and county by municipal area under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      758. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to enable tenants of voluntary housing bodies to purchase their homes similar to the tenant purchase scheme for...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      760. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to Cavan County Council in each of the years 2011 to 2018 for the purchase and construction of houses;...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants
      762. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the maximum value of the grant available under the individual domestic well grant scheme in the near...
    • Electoral Reform
      763. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing or supporting legislation to provide for a reduction in the voting for the local elections in...
    • Local Government Reform
      764. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the powers devolved from central Government to local government since he came to office; and the powers removed from local...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      765. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an income guidelines review for social housing is underway; if so, when an outcome is likely; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      766. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Part 8 schemes commenced in each local authority area by county in each year since 2016, in tabular form; the...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility
      769. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a log cabin is an eligible form of housing under the HAP scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53183/19]
    • Home Loan Scheme
      771. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider amending the criteria of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to make it available to persons that...
    • Housing Provision
      772. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the approval for a turnkey housing project (details supplied) in County Kerry will be amended to factor in additional...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      773. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant local authority houses permanently taken out of stock in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in...
    • Housing Data
      774. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses purchased under the tenant (incremental) purchase scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in...
    • Housing Provision
      775. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if planning permission for a development can be granted if an outstanding unenforced unauthorised development remains...
    • Planning Issues
      776. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to improve the limited criteria that pertains to planning regulations for afforestation in view of the serious...
    • Housing Estates
      777. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of strategic planning regulations in particular the situation regarding planning for housing estates over 100...
    • Development Contributions
      778. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the first and full-cost of replacing revenue from residential construction development levies with funding to local...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      779. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the potential impact of a €650 million increase in the Housing Finance Agency borrowing for the Rebuilding Ireland home...
    • Housing Finance Agency
      780. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff employed by the Housing Finance Agency; and the staffing costs per annum. [53423/19]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      781. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the first and full-year cost above current capital plan expenditure allocations of achieving...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      782. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the first and full-year costs of increasing HAP, RAS and social housing current expenditure programme payments by 5%,10%, 15%,...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      783. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the first and full-year cost above current serviced sites fund allocations of achieving 5,000, 6,000, 7,000, 8,000, 9,000 and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      784. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average Dublin and national sales price by unit type of an affordable loan under the affordable housing scheme. [53430/19]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Rights of Way
      785. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding is available to property owners who allow fishermen access through their land; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Commemorative Plaques
      786. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a granite stone can be placed at the famine commemoration site at the Custom House, Dublin 1 similar to the commemoration...
    • Commemorative Events
      787. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the location and date the national famine commemoration event will take place in 2020; the reason the location is not announced...
    • National Archives
      788. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to a report on behalf of an organisation (details supplied) that found only four out of 61...
    • Cultural Policy
      790. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the challenge facing many artistic and cultural organisations in obtaining insurance and the...
    • Arts Funding
      791. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider the development of a scheme to support amateur drama and musicals which represent an important part in...
    • National Concert Hall
      792. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has met formally with the CEO of the National Concert Hall in the past two months; if so, the issues discussed; and if she...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff
      793. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 23 October 2019, if she will request Kerry County Council to take steps to ensure...

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