Written answers

Wednesday, 4 March 2015

  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
      10. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding the impact of extending the number of areas from which the Pyrite Resolution Board can receive...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when local authorities will receive details of housing grant allocations for 2015; the number of houses he expects to be...
    • Water Charges Yield
      12. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money collected from commercial water charges in 2013 and 2014; and the projected yield from commercial water...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason his Department’s estimates of the number of social housing units to be provided from a reformed Part V...
    • Housing Estates
      14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the taking-in-charge process for housing estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9067/15]
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the wind farm guidelines on which a public consultation was held will be published, and the main provisions of same;...
    • Water Charges Administration
      16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is proposed that new water services legislation will include provision for local authorities and private landlords to...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the current void in the financial support for rural projects, if he will urgently resume the Leader programme;...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      18. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider releasing funding for extensions and home improvements to local authorities as a way of easing the...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has any information on the carbon footprint of one 3 MW wind turbine, taking into account the transport,...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      20. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he remains satisfied that the measures to alleviate the housing crisis are adequate in every respect, with particular...
    • Irish Water Administration
      21. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money in owed development contributions transferred to Irish Water on property vesting day under section...
    • Irish Water Establishment
      22. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the commitment in the programme for Government regarding the Irish Water networks; and if he will...
    • Water Charges Administration
      23. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government relating to the composite connection charge levied by Irish Water since 1 January 2014, which was intended to replace the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      24. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the support and funding being made by the Government to help Sligo County Council resolve its financial difficulties; the...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      25. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the revised wind energy guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8873/15]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      26. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he has had with Irish Water in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9066/15]
    • Local Authority Functions
      27. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the directions he has issued to local authorities under section 75 of the Local Government Act 2001, which relates to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      28. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the details of the proposed social housing programme, in terms of the number of newly built units that...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      29. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the special summit on homelessness, in December 2014, particularly the issue of the...
    • Waste Disposal
      30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the option, in legislation, of payment for waste collection for non-domestic and commercial waste by bin...
    • Water Pollution
      31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he will take following a report (details supplied) that cancer causing toxins from illegal fuel laundering...
    • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Scheme
      32. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider introducing legislation to ensure the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in public places, such as...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      33. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding the proportion of new homes which must be reserved as social, or affordable, housing under Part 5 of...
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
      34. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the outcome of the social inclusion and community activation programme tenders; and if he will make a...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
      35. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the progress of his meetings with the Irish Property Owners' Association;...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      36. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government while acknowledging the allocation of funding in 2014 for repairs necessitated by the storm damage caused in January 2014,...
    • Local Authority Funding
      37. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the policy and supports available from his Department to assist local authorities in carrying out twinning arrangements,...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
      38. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has concerns regarding the role of vulture funds in increasing rents by over 20%, as reported recently (details...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
      39. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views in relation to the fact that, despite what was originally stated when the Pyrite Resolution Board was...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      40. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of the new social housing builds, and refurbishments, as well as the...
    • Control of Dogs
      41. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures that have been put in place by his Department to ensure that dogs in the care of local authorities are...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Standards
      42. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reform the rental housing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8875/15]
    • Housing Issues
      43. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on introducing a comprehensive housing strategy that addresses the housing challenges that prevail; and if he...
    • Planning Issues
      44. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will carry out a review of the current planning regulations, where State funded third-parties will lodge appeals to...
    • Water Services Funding
      45. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on reports that local authorities will incur an estimated €40 million expenditure due to the delayed...
    • Local Authority Staff
      46. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he can approve increased staffing levels throughout the local authorities, with a view to meeting the...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      47. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to end long-term homelessness by 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8874/15]
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure
      48. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the findings of a recent investigation by Raidio Teilifís Éireann into the allocation of private...
    • Pyrite Resolution Board Data
      49. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the relatively small number of homes for which applications have been made to the Pyrite Resolution Board; if...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      50. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the progress of providing funding for the construction and upgrade of rural group water...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Insurance Yield
      51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the revenue accrued from PRSI contributions, both employer and employee, in each year since 2007. [9499/15]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an oral hearing can be accommodated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath regarding their application for...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm receipt of a valid request in respect of a person (details supplied) to transfer from her Department's County Longford office to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether self-employed persons are treated adequately on the live register; if she acknowledges that many self-employed persons feel that...
    • Child Benefit Appeals
      56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a children's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the way a person proves the...
    • Departmental Properties
      57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of all properties rented by her Department; the annual cost of the leases; the duration of the leases; and the capacity...
    • State Pensions Reform
      59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reverse the changes that increased the State pension age from 66 years to 67 years in 2021 and to 68 years in 2028; and her plans for...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the decision whereby in July 2015 the lone parent's payment for children over seven years of age is to be removed. [9559/15]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of senior civil servants who retired since 2011 in her Department who have been appointed to a State board under her aegis following their...
  • Department of Finance
    • VAT Rate Application
      62. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT rate that applies to defibrillators, which are life-saving equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9423/15]
    • Disabled Drivers Grant Appeals
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry was refused a disabled driver's grant; if the case will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to investigate the serious tax evasion by a number of citizens who held accounts in the Swiss HSBC thereby evading their tax responsibilities; the...
    • Tax Compliance
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance if hosts of short-term tourist accommodation using online exchange services (details supplied) to rent tourist accommodation are monitored by the relevant...
    • Tax Forms
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue monitoring agency for relevant contract tax C2 holders is still in place; if not, when it was abolished; and when the deduction form RCT1 was...
    • VAT Rebates
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on a VAT rebate application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [9436/15]
    • Departmental Properties
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all properties rented by his Department; the annual cost of the leases; the duration of the leases; and the capacity and...
    • Universal Social Charge Yield
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue accrued to the Exchequer via the universal social charge in each year since its introduction. [9498/15]
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax foregone by the Exchequer as a result of taxation deductions in respect of private health insurance in each year since 2007. [9500/15]
    • Tax Yield
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue generated for the Exchequer in each of the past five years through taxes and duties on alcohol and tobacco; and if he will provide a...
    • Insurance Compensation Fund
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on what has turned out to be an inappropriate insurance compensation fund mechanism for claims against the former Setanta Insurance, in liquidation,...
    • Tax Collection
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax payments will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9555/15]
    • Tax Data
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of self-employed taxpayers schedule D case I or schedule D case II in each of the taxable income categories: up to...
    • IBRC Operations
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 30 of 4 February 2015, the reason he stated in his reply that the sale of an entity by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation...
    • Tax Forms
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has had a payment declared on their P60 certificate. [9591/15]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of senior civil servants who retired since 2011 in his Department who have been appointed to a State board under his aegis following their...
    • Departmental Properties
      79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all properties rented by his Department; the annual cost of the leases; the duration of the leases; and the...
    • Public Sector Allowances Payments
      80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reinstate the rent allowance for new public servants including gardaí, prison officers and fire officers, which was...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Departmental Properties
      81. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of all properties rented by his Department; the annual cost of the leases; the duration of the leases; and...
    • Job Losses
      82. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding job cuts in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9556/15]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      83. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of senior civil servants who retired since 2011 in his Department who have been appointed to a State board under his aegis...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Forestry Sector
      84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will make access to all afforestation planning permission applications available on local authority planning...
    • Departmental Properties
      85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of all properties rented by his Department; the annual cost of the leases; the duration of the leases; and...
    • Organic Farming
      86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a grant in respect of organic farmers (details supplied) for a new fodder growing system using organic barley...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility
      87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a review will be carried out by his Department on the stocking rate requirements currently being imposed on a farmer (details...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the agri-environment options scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo have not yet been transferred to a new owner; and if...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not yet received a refund regarding their 2010 single farm payment scheme...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of senior civil servants who retired since 2011 in his Department who have been appointed to a State board under his aegis...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Properties
      93. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of all properties rented by his Department; the annual cost of the leases; the duration of the leases; and the capacity and...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      94. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of senior civil servants who retired since 2011 in his Department who have been appointed to a State board under his aegis following their...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Direct Provision System
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the distress being caused to asylum seekers in the direct provision system as a result of delays in processing their applications, if...
    • Departmental Properties
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of all properties rented by her Department; the annual cost of the lease; the duration of the leases; and the capacity...
    • Refugee Status Applications
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9486/15]
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to the response to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 11 November 2014, which was received on 30 January 2015, regarding the number of...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Courts Service has assigned an offence code for the prosecution of drivers who have been disqualified but failed to produce or surrender...
    • Human Trafficking
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions made relating to trafficking persons to Ireland in 2014 and to date in 2015; and the steps she is taking to eliminate...
    • Garda Remuneration
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider sanctioning an increase in wages and/or restoring the rent allowance payment for the recent intake of trainee members of An...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details on the number of senior civil servants who retired since 2011 in her Department and who have been appointed to a State board...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • School Discipline
      104. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to detail the peak age for exclusion from primary and secondary level education, taken separately and together; and if he will make a...
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      105. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in respect of the €8,664,012.21 expended on guardians ad litem in 2014 to set down the number of persons receiving such payments in...
    • Departmental Properties
      106. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of all properties rented by his Department; the annual cost of the leases; the duration of the leases; and the...
    • Youth Services Provision
      107. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the name of all the youth projects in the State that have undergone spot checks since January 2014; and the number of times each...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      111. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of senior civil servants who retired since 2011 in his Department who have been appointed to a State board under his aegis...
  • Department of Health
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      112. To ask the Minister for Health the peak age for admission into psychiatric care for persons under the age of 18 years of age, for persons between the ages of zero and 25, for all persons;...
    • Disability Services Provision
      114. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for early intervention teams in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, the number of children waiting for their first appointment,...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      116. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the provision by the Health Service Executive of a piece of equipment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Health Services
      118. To ask the Minister for Health the work his Department will do to mark Brain Awareness Week organised by the Neurological Alliance of Ireland from 9 March to 15 March 2015; and if he will...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
      119. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the risk to neurological services arising from the lack of clarity on the funding of Neurological Alliance of Ireland affiliates beyond June 2015;...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      120. To ask the Minister for Health with respect to the moneys allocated towards the development of community mental health teams, amounting to €35 million in 2012, €35 million in...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      122. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent positions working in community mental health teams in counties Galway and Roscommon working in each year from 2011 to 2015,...
    • Health Services Data
      123. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons incarcerated in psychiatric institutions here in the 1950s; if any investigations have taken place to investigate the reason this...
    • Health Services Funding
      124. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to address the massive underfunding issues in respect of an organisation (details supplied) through real and fair assessments of needs and...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      125. To ask the Minister for Health when an application under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9441/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      126. To ask the Minister for Health the non-surgical options provided by the Health Service Executive for children with a diagnosis of scoliosis. [9442/15]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      127. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will provide funding for persons diagnosed with scoliosis to attend clinics overseas to receive treatments, such as the...
    • Health Services Funding
      128. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that adequate funding is provided for the residential centres of the Camphill Community of Ireland to ensure the continuation of services at...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      129. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for the fair deal nursing home package in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Properties
      130. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all properties rented by his Department; the annual cost of the leases; the duration of the leases; and the capacity and...
    • Health Services Funding
      131. To ask the Minister for Health if he will maintain the level of funding that is provided to a service (details supplied) in view of the great impact it has on the lives of the persons who...
    • Medical Card Applications
      132. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry and when they will receive a reply. [9469/15]
    • Dental Services
      133. To ask the Minister for Health the dental treatments available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9470/15]
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      134. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Products Regulatory Authority had any correspondence with a pharmaceutical company (details supplied) regarding the safety or otherwise of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      138. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9481/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      139. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on dermatology services in University Hospital Waterford; if he will provide an update on recruitment to fill vacant posts; if he...
    • Health Services Staff
      140. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors by specialty, including consultants, non-consultant hospital doctors and general practitioners currently registered and practising in the...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      141. To ask the Minister for Health in view of recent statistics from the OECD which indicate that only 67% of health spending in the State is funded by Government revenue, if he will provide a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      142. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the State of the introduction of free general practitioner care for all citizens. [9503/15]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      143. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the State of the introduction of free allied health professional care for all citizens, specifically for physiotherapy, speech and...
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      144. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the State of providing free access to all prescribed medicines for all citizens. [9505/15]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      146. To ask the Minister for Health the current cost to the State of providing free general practitioner care for those with medical cards. [9507/15]
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      148. To ask the Minister for Health the current spending on acute hospital services, including across our public hospital network and through the national treatment purchase fund. [9509/15]
    • Health Insurance Prices
      149. To ask the Minister for Health the affect that removing any subsidy from private health insurance, both in terms of taxation and reduced hospital charges, would have on premia for those...
    • Health Services
      150. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline current medical phone helpline provision, whereby members of the public may discuss symptoms with medical staff; and his plans to increase...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      151. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of primary care centre provision, including numbers of centres and plans to build or procure further centres. [9512/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      152. To ask the Minister for Health if a common public-private waiting list system has been considered for evaluation-investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9513/15]
    • Primary Care Centres
      153. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the 90 primary care networks; the moneys spent on these to date in each year since they were established; planned developments; and if he...
    • Hospital Groups
      155. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the six hospital groups; the moneys spent on these to date in each year since they were established; planned developments; and if he will...
    • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
      156. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of unfilled hospital consultants posts. [9517/15]
    • Hospital Consultants Contract
      157. To ask the Minister for Health the number and detail of the varying kinds of hospital consultant doctor contracts currently in vogue; if there are changes that are envisaged; and if he will...
    • Health Insurance Company Payments
      158. To ask the Minister for Health the total of the revenue stream to public hospitals from private health insurance sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9519/15]
    • Health Insurance Data
      159. To ask the Minister for Health the total spent by the public on private health insurance, by provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9520/15]
    • Disability Services Programme Review
      160. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the current reviews of disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9521/15]
    • Hospital Charges
      161. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of the various current hospital charges per person in the public system; the overall amount generated by such charges in each of...
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      162. To ask the Minister for Health if bulk buying by joint contract on an international basis with either the National Health Service in the North and in Britain or the EU has been examined for...
    • Universal Health Insurance Provision
      163. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a roadmap of elimination of hospital charges planned alongside the introduction of universal health insurance; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Consultants Contract
      164. To ask the Minister for Health if consultant contracts will be revisited before the roll-out of universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9525/15]
    • Programme for Government Initiatives
      167. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the conclusion reached in the report recently published by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, entitled Health System...
    • General Practitioner Services
      168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of out-of-pocket payments by the public to general practitioners and out-of-pocket payments for medications in each of the past...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      169. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of out-of-pocket payments by the public to allied health professionals including physiotherapists, speech and language therapists...
    • Dental Services Expenditure
      170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of funding of dentistry services over the past three years; the percentage that was funded by out-of-pocket payments; and the...
    • Universal Health Insurance
      171. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the envisaged basket of care for universal health insurance; what this will include; if an average cost to the public has been...
    • Hospital Staff
      172. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child psychiatrist posts, part-time and full-time, in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth, in 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      173. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the policy proposals to be brought to Government for the drafting of primary legislation for a new mobility allowance scheme; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Data
      174. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form for 1 February 2014 and 1 February 2015 for each local health area, the number of medical cards in circulation generally...
    • General Practitioner Services
      176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that adequate funding is provided to ensure that there are no reductions in the level of service provided by North East Doctor on Call Ltd....
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      177. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the reinstatement of a speech and language therapist post in Ballinrobe, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9581/15]
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      178. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department's proposals to assist in reducing the long waiting lists for orthodontic care in the mid-west region; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on an outpatient waiting list to see a consultant, for each of the hospitals in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, broken down by...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      180. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Carlow and Kilkenny awaiting approval under the nursing home support scheme; the number of persons in Carlow and Kilkenny...
    • Vaccination Programme
      181. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to introduce a vaccine for meningitis B onto the national immunisation scheme; the contact that has been made between his...
    • Hospital Consultants Contract
      182. To ask the Minister for Health the policy with regard to hospital consultants seeing private patients at public clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9598/15]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      183. To ask the Minister for Health the number of senior civil servants who retired since 2011 in his Department who have been appointed to a State board under his aegis following their...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Down syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9471/15]
    • Redundancy Payments
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for delay in issuing a redundancy payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if she will confirm the up to date...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills is she satisfied that primary and second level teachers receive adequate training on young persons' mental health; if not, her plans to improve...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of second level schools that provide access to school based counselling services; the number of primary level schools that provide...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if transport will be provided to a primary school in County Cavan from a location (details supplied); if she will ensure that families in that...
    • Departmental Properties
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of all properties rented by her Department; the annual cost of the leases; the duration of the leases; and the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason behind not awarding an Educate Together school to Kilcolgan, County Galway, considering her Department had entered into a long...
    • State Examinations
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow a waiver in spelling, grammar and punctuation in respect of a student (details supplied) in County Leitrim for their leaving...
    • Site Acquisitions
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in relation to the acquisition of a site for the development of a project (details supplied) in County Galway; and...
    • Child Abuse Reports
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of allegations of physical and/or sexual abuse that have been made against primary and secondary school teachers by students and/or...
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that there is a 2008 Labour Court recommendation (details supplied), when it will be implemented; when the outstanding moneys...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of senior civil servants who retired since 2011 in her Department who have been appointed to a State board under her aegis following...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Departmental Funding
      197. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Migraine Association of Ireland's appeal to Pobal will be granted; when a response will issue; and if he will make...
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Administration
      198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update in relation to the current tendering process that his predecessor introduced around the...
    • Departmental Funding
      199. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will meet with the Neurological Alliance of Ireland to discuss the ongoing funding of neurological services run by...
    • Local Authority Assets
      201. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities are required by legislation to hold moneys accrued from the sale of dwellings owned by the authority...
    • Irish Water Funding
      202. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason revenue raised from road taxation has gone to the establishment of Irish Water; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      203. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to move 75,000 families and persons from rent allowance to the housing assistance payment scheme by 2020; if he...
    • Departmental Properties
      204. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of all properties rented by his Department; the annual cost of the lease in each case; the...
    • Building Energy Rating Compliance
      205. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the price obtained by local authorities for building energy rating certificates from...
    • Local Government Reform
      206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the boundary of Drogheda, County Louth, as proposed by the Drogheda Chamber of Commerce (details...
    • Fire Safety
      207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious issues of fire safety at the Longboat Quay development in Sir John...
    • Register of Electors Administration
      208. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the electoral register for Dublin city is accurate in view of the fact that only four out of the nine...
    • Community Development Projects
      213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grants available for local community groups to apply for funding to build a bench; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
      214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the results of the SICAP, social inclusion and community activation programme, tendering process will be known by...
    • Proposed Legislation
      215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce rules with regard to two neighbours living alongside each other in a built-up environment where...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his office has received requests from each of the local authorities for approval for the purchase or...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current position/status of unpaid shared ownership mortgages, impairment of which is due to an annual increase of 4.3%...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he expects to be in a position to assist Kildare County Council, the ESB and eircom to underground utility cables in...
    • Air Pollution
      220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the most recent results of the monitoring of air pollution; the way these compare with previous results; if he expects to...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which adequate funding has been made available to each local authority to facilitate home adaptation grants...
    • Water Services Provision
      222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he remains satisfied that the structures now in place are adequate to meet the current and future requirements in...
    • Water Pollution
      223. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the degree to which necessary steps are ongoing to prevent the pollution of ground water; and if he will make a statement...
    • Water Charges Administration
      225. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on his plans to make arrangements for the payment of water charges where tenants in private...
    • Water Conservation Grant
      226. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider introducing amending legislation to enable Irish Water to share customer information with the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      227. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of senior civil servants who retired since 2011 in his Department who have been appointed to a State board...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Properties
      228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of all properties rented by his Department; the annual cost of the leases; the duration of the...
    • Postal Codes
      229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Greentrees Road, Dublin 12, is in Walkinstown, Terenure or Perrystown; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Service Obligation Levy
      230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will examine and address a matter (details supplied) regarding the public service obligation levy and standing...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of senior civil servants who retired since 2011 in his Department who have been appointed to a State board...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Departmental Properties
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all properties rented by his Department; the annual cost of the leases; the duration of the leases; and the...
    • Tourist Accommodation
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures in place to ensure that short-term hosting and lodging tourist accommodation being advertised via online exchanges (details...
    • Road Projects
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be provided to a motion passed by Carrickmacross-Castleblayney Municipal District in relation to the need to...
    • National Car Test
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the national car test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9577/15]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider revising the system of speeding fines and consider introducing graduated fines for infringements of the limits at the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of senior civil servants who retired from his Department since 2011 who have been appointed to a State board under his aegis...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Cultural Policy
      239. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will support the application submitted by the GAA for UNESCO heritage status in respect of hurling; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Properties
      240. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of all properties rented by her Department; the annual cost of the leases; the duration of the leases;...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      241. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of senior civil servants who retired from her Department since 2011 who have been appointed to a State board under her...