Written answers
Wednesday, 8 July 2015
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Care Costs
10. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware that the employment performance monitor for 2015, recently approved by the European Union Council of Ministers, identifies...
- National Youth Strategy
11. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 24 February 2015, if the new national youth strategy has now been completed; and if he will...
- Area Based Childhood Programme
12. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on his Department resourcing the area based childhood programme when the matched funding from The Atlantic Philanthropies is...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the investigations into mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27094/15]
- Domestic and Sexual Violence Services
14. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on plans to address shortcomings in sexual violence prevention services and evidence gathering provided at a...
- Child Care Programmes Implementation Platform
15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he and his Department continues to prioritise accessibility to quality child care facilities, with particular reference...
- Child Care Services Regulation
16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to take measures to reform or regulate the guardian ad litem system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27368/15]
- Child Protection Services
17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which ready access and vital back-up support remains available to children at risk, with particular reference to children at...
- School Absenteeism
18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he is taking to reduce the level of school truancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27093/15]
- Child Protection Services
19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the responsibility his Department has for children who are placed in emergency homeless accommodation; if he will address concerns that...
- Magdalen Laundries
20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has been in contact with the Department of Health to inquire into the reason information which the Health Service Executive had in...
- Area Based Childhood Programme
21. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to increase State funding to prevention and early intervention area based childhood programmes for children by the end of 2015;...
- Homeless Persons Data
22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department collects data on the impact that increasing homelessness is having upon children; if so, the information collected; the...
- Family Resource Centres
23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the ongoing opposition among the local community to the dismissal of a person at a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 5, which...
- Child Care Services Provision
24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the use of national school facilities as venues for preschool or afterschool service providers; if it will be considered...
- Family Support Services
25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions he has put in place to ensure parents have access to proven parenting courses in their local area. [27316/15]
- Child and Family Agency
26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on whether he is satisfied with the operation of Tusla - Child and Family Agency in fulfilling its statutory duties under the...
- School Completion Programme
27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the European Union priority on school completions, the priority the Government places on this issue; and his plans to support...
- Child Care Services Funding
29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on whether tax breaks for child care, direct funding for child care services, or a combination of both, is more preferable to...
- Direct Provision System
30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of responsibility his Department and bodies under its remit, such as Tusla - Child and Family Agency, have for child welfare and...
- Child Care Services Funding
31. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the interdepartmental group dealing with child care is taking into account the issue of transportation, or lack of, when dealing with the...
- Child Poverty
32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current levels of child poverty; the role his Department is taking to alleviate these growing numbers; and if he will make a statement...
- Youth Services Funding
33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans for greater investment in community youth clubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27095/15]
- School Completion Programme
34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 28 April 2015, if the review of theschool completion programme has been completed; the actions...
- Department of Social Protection
- Child Poverty
35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she continues to monitor the subject of child poverty and the number of families affected; the extent to which specific...
- Civil Registration Legislation
36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons will be able to have a wedding ceremony at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Allowance Payments
37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Family Income Supplement
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the social welfare legislation to end the discrimination under the family income supplement whereby pension contributions made...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a claim for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal in respect of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be finalised; and if she will make a...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal in respect of a carer’s allowance, registered on 10 April 2015, will be determined for a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Schemes
46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of each of the current grant schemes that are administrated by her Department and that are available to community groups...
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress on the recent commitment (details supplied) provided by her to revise her Department's application forms, which currently provide a...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payments will commence to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the disability allowance; and when arrears will issue in this case....
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determining an application for a carer’s allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- One-Parent Family Payments
51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the updated correct level of one-parent family payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determining an application for a carer’s allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Carer's Allowance Payments
55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment of arrears under the carer’s allowance scheme; and if she will make a...
- National Identity Card
56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce a national identity card which can be managed by generating a unique national identity code for every citizen by using a...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [27898/15]
- Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in the event that she is considering restoring the telephone allowance for certain persons, if she will consider an information technology allowance...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision on an appeal for a carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be expedited; and if she...
- Child Care Services Provision
60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide clarity on the financial and community child care supports available on the transitionary path to employment from the one-parent...
- Disability Allowance Applications
61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determining an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
- Department of Finance
- Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Data
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons availing of the home renovation scheme; the cost of the scheme to date; the average individual benefit from the scheme; and if the...
- Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
63. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the home renovation incentive grant; and if he plans to expand the grant. [27764/15]
- Tax Reliefs Availability
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has explored the area of tax incentives for the renovation of old homesteads and abandoned dwellings in rural areas; and if there are estimates...
- Departmental Schemes
65. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of each of the current grant schemes administrated by his Department which are available to community groups or projects; the amount...
- Tax Code
66. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 6 May 2015, if his Department had any further communication with the Revenue Commissioners regarding the 5,300...
- Insurance Industry Regulation
67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the practice in whole-of-life insurance policies where the premium continues to rise as the customer ages; his views that this practice is in...
- Property Tax Assessments
68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will enquire of the Revenue Commissioners if they have made a decision regarding the a repayment request by a person (details supplied) in County Cork,...
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the activity of the strategic investment fund to date in supporting small and medium-sized enterprises through the provision of...
- Tax Yield
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional revenue that would be generated if the stamp duty on conveyances and transfers of properties valued at over €1million was increased to...
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of seizures of illegal cigarettes in the past 12 months; the amount of revenue lost to the State; and his plans to combat the serious matter of...
- EU-IMF Programme of Support Drawdowns
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that has been lent to Ireland by the International Monetary Fund; the interest rate payable; the total amount of interest paid; the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Prevention Measures
76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware that a school (details supplied) and playing fields in County Limerick are threatened by erosion caused by the River...
- Flood Relief Schemes Funding
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects to publish the new capital investment framework which will include provision for flood relief capital works; and if he...
- Departmental Schemes
82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of each of the current grant schemes that are administrated by his Department and that are available to...
- Public Sector Pensions
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding public sector pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27893/15]
- Construction Contracts
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the contracts for the construction of a public sector development (details supplied) in County Galway will be signed, given the...
- Site Acquisitions
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 314 of 13 May 2014 (details supplied), if he will provide an expected time for when a reply will...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Intellectual Property Management
86. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the financial and other supports available to assist innovators and enterprises involved in research and development towards developing...
- Departmental Schemes
87. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of each of the current grant schemes that are administrated by his Department and that are available to...
- Company Closures
88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to avert the closure of a company (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [27795/15]
- Industrial Disputes
89. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the procedures and supports his Department will, or intend to, put in place following the announcement by workers in a plant (details...
- Company Closures
90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the procedures his Department will, or intend to, put in place following the announcement by a company (details supplied) in Clonmel in...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Horse Racing Industry Funding
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the issue of supporting horse sports in racing and in securing funding for future development; and if he will meet with...
- Animal Identification Schemes
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the checks his Department has in place to prevent produce from stolen animals entering the food chain; the checks being operated to...
- Live Exports
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to alleviate the current lamb crisis and market price volatility; his views on competition within the lamb trading market;...
- Milk Quota Cessation
95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on short-term borrowings in the dairy sector and the negative impact this has on the industry; and if he will make a...
- Commonage Division
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if shareholders can apply to him for the compulsory partition of commonage, where there is a majority agreement, but not a unanimous...
- Departmental Schemes
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of each of the current grant schemes administrated by his Department that are available to community groups...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that the further documentation requested by his Department on 11 June 2015 in respect of a person (details...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address and respond to concerns raised in a representation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary;...
- Departmental Bodies
100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that Teagasc - the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority - is enabled to recruit additional...
- Animal Welfare
101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of additional information regarding the way in which animals belonging to a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Correspondence
102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on the situation pertaining to a farmer (details supplied) in County Roscommon; his views that it is most...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Livestock Inspections
105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [27914/15]
- Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his definition of active full-time young farmers; the entitlements they may claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Horticulture Sector
107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of investment his Department is making in horticulture; if his Department liaises with local authorities to foster a...
- Departmental Correspondence
108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 490 of 19 May 2015, if he will release a copy of the reply sent to the European Commission in...
- Land Parcel Identification System
109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made in discussions with the European Union on achieving a reduction in the fine imposed on Ireland for over-claims on...
- Departmental Funding
110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation under the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas fund in 2015 to each of the following elements of the...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
111. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of anti-malaria drugs prescribed to Irish troops operating in sub-Saharan Africa in 2015, by number of troops...
- Departmental Schemes
112. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of each of the current grant schemes that are administrated by his Department and that are available to community groups or...
- Defence Forces Reserve Training
113. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will ensure that the viability of the Defence Forces Reserve in County Donegal is secured by providing full-time training in July 2015 for the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Personal Insolvency Act
114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reduce the bankruptcy period from three years to one year to encourage entrepreneurs back into business as soon as possible after...
- Direct Provision System
115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which her Department remains in a position to address the issues of children in direct provision; and if she will make a statement...
- Crime Levels
116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on actions being taken to mitigate the significant rise in livestock theft from farms; the steps being taken to apprehend those behind...
- Prison Staff
117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the environment allowance will be paid to certain prison officers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27751/15]
- Departmental Schemes
118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list of each of the current grant schemes that are administrated by her Department and that are available to community...
- Naturalisation Applications
119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in updating to stamp 4 in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 and that person's family; and if she will...
- Garda Deployment
122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of gardaí stationed in County Mayo; and the number stationed there in January 2011. [27833/15]
- Family Law Cases
123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the current delays in Family Court proceedings; the measures in place to deal with the current backlog; her further views on the...
- Road Traffic Offences
124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 27 May 2015 regarding the offence of holding a mobile telephone while driving; if she has this...
- Road Traffic Accidents Data
126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 6 May 2015 regarding the Garda Síochána CT68 form, if she has this information to hand; if...
- Road Traffic Offences
127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 27 May 2015 regarding Parliamentary Questions Nos. 273 and 275 of 30 September 2014, 350 of 10...
- Garda Operations
130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the process whereby a citizen can obtain access to Garda Síochána recordings that the citizen may have been a subject of, particularly...
- Road Traffic Offences
131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of traffic offences detected; the amount of revenue collected by Go Safe speed van checks in locations (details supplied) in Counties...
- Departmental Correspondence
132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that no leak of information relating to correspondence regarding a person (details supplied) emanated from her Department;...
- Temporary Release of Prisoners
133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there was any communication between her or her Department and the Prison Service in respect of the detention of a person (details supplied);...
- Garda Station Opening Hours
134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the basis of her assertion made in a recent Parliamentary Question reply to this Deputy that all Garda Síochána stations in...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Departmental Schemes
135. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a list of each of the current grant schemes that are administrated by his Department and that are available to community...
- Children in Care
136. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the number of European Union and non-European Union non-Irish nationals who are currently within the care system; and the...
- Child and Family Agency Expenditure
137. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to reply to Parliamentary Question No. 630 of 9 June 2015 if the information from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is to hand;...
- Child and Family Agency Services
138. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the full extent of the facilities currently available to protect children at risk; the number of referrals to the appropriate...
- Psychological Services
139. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the extent to which adequate child psychological services continue to be made available in line with requirements, as already...
- Child Protection Services
140. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he continues to monitor the adequacy of child support services where specific issues have already been brought to the...
- Youth Services
143. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he expects to be in a position to provide adequate funding to groups, bodies and agencies involved in the provision of...
- Child Protection
144. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department continues to detect and monitor potential situations of child abuse of a sexual, physical or...
- Youth Services Funding
146. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department continues to support Kildare youth services throughout the county; and if he will make a statement on...
- Youth Services
147. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department engages with voluntary and local groups and youth services with a view to providing positive and...
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Services
148. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which early alert procedures exist to identify children and youth deemed to have a disposition towards self-harm; the extent to which adequate...
- Ambulance Service Provision
149. To ask the Minister for Health the reason ambulance drivers were directed to bring a child (details supplied) with emergency cardiac problems to the emergency department of Our Lady of...
- Medical Records
150. To ask the Minister for Health the current location of the obstetric records, including the birth registers and the maternity theatre registers,...
- Medical Card Administration
152. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, given that the person has...
- Home Help Service Eligibility
153. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27750/15]
- Primary Care Services Provision
154. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a minor ailment scheme, similar to a scheme which is running in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27754/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
156. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will be in a position to arrange urgently required surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly who has...
- Cancer Incidence
157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age with cancer as of 30 June 2015; the number of these who had a medical card; and the number who had a general...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
158. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated for knee surgery at Croom orthopaedic hospital in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Schemes
159. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of each of the current grant schemes that are administrated by his Department and that are available to community groups or projects;...
- General Practitioner Contracts
160. To ask the Minister for Health if a doctor (details supplied) in County Kildare is registered with the national contracts office in respect of providing services for children under six years...
- Drug Treatment Programmes Policy
161. To ask the Minister for Health if he has explored the introduction of medically supervised injecting centres; and if so, if his Department has developed any estimates as to the possible...
- HSE Properties
162. To ask the Minister for Health his views that it is acceptable for residents at the Health Service Executive's Elizabeth Court psychiatric care home in Phibsborough in Dublin 7 to be...
- Medical Card Eligibility
163. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27822/15]
- Medicinal Products Prices
164. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the charge for items of medication for persons with medical cards. [27825/15]
- Primary Medical Certificates Applications
166. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a primary medical certificate will be prioritised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Admissions
167. To ask the Minister for Health if an earlier date than 2016 will be arranged for an eye operation at Waterford Regional Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
- Health Services Staff Data
168. To ask the Minister for Health the number of trained paramedics in the ambulance service who are out-of-work or on protective leave in each of the Health Service Executive regions; the...
- Nursing Home Services
169. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will approve two places in St. Catherine's nursing home in County Kilkenny in respect of persons (details supplied) in County...
- Hospital Admissions
170. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for an operation for prostate cancer will be arranged at Waterford Regional Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Medical Records
171. To ask the Minister for Health the current location of the obstetric records, including the birth registers and annual returns, made under the 1934 Registration of...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
173. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for vascular procedures at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; the additional measures being taken to reduce waiting times; and if he will make a...
- Cross-Border Health Initiatives
174. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been spent by the Health Service Executive in refunding persons in accordance with the cross-border health care directive in each...
- Hospital Procedures
177. To ask the Minister for Health if a person's address can decide the form of prostatectomy performed in cases of prostatic cancer; if it is the case that robotic assisted radical...
- HIQA Reports
178. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking in response to the Health Information and Quality Authority's compliance monitoring inspection report on a designated centre for...
- Medical Card Data
179. To ask the Minister for Health the average net annual household income of holders of general practitioner visit cards by household size [27924/15]
- General Medical Services Scheme Data
180. To ask the Minister for Health the average household size of holders of general practitioner visit cards or medical cards. [27925/15]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
184. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, for the end of June 2015, for each local health area, the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme;...
- Hospital Services
185. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who was supposed to have a computed tomography, CT, scan recently and every eight...
- HSE Funding
186. To ask the Minister for Health the funding his Department or the Health Service Executive provide to organisations for the provision of health-related telephone support services; and if he...
- Medical Card Applications
187. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27940/15]
- Health Services
188. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick, who is almost totally blind, can expect laser eye treatment. [27944/15]
- Hospital Services
189. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding spinal surgery at Crumlin Hospital in Dublin 12, for a child (details supplied) in County Cork; when the child will be scheduled for the...
- National Lottery Funding Applications
190. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any scheme of assistance available under the aegis of his Department to assist voluntary groups in the community, who are setting up first...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Schemes
191. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of each of the current grant schemes that are administrated by his Department and that are available to community...
- Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of Irish aid provided in each of the years 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; how this compares, as a percentage of gross national...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to set up a language unit in the main population area of Newbridge and-or Naas in County Kildare, given that the county has one of the...
- Bullying of Children
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which her Department continues to monitor bullying among children or teenagers while out of school or on school holidays; if an...
- National Internship Scheme Administration
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average waiting time to access training in each SOLAS training centre; her plans to cater for the anticipated surge of new entrants following...
- Departmental Schemes
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of each of the current grant schemes that are administrated by her Department and that are available to community...
- Teacher Redeployment
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a teacher (details supplied) is not being placed on the supplementary panel despite being on point 5 on the pre-2011 pay scale; and if...
- University Visitor System
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the use of the university visitor system as described under section 20 of the Universities Act 1997, including the number of...
- Special Educational Needs Data
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of requests her Department has received for more special needs assistant posts for the upcoming school year and the number of schools...
- Special Educational Needs Expenditure
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing the number of special needs assistants from 11,330 to 11,830 and to 12,300; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Teacher Data
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing the number of resource teachers from 6,454 to 7,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27871/15]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the allocation of special needs assistants to a school (details supplied) in County Cork for the coming school...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible for a family on family income supplement to avail of a third level education grant despite that family's gross income being in...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will grant funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Longford under the emergency summer works scheme to help alleviate...
- Schools Health and Safety
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of concerns regarding the new traffic management regime at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1, especially in relation to...
- Educational Disadvantage
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 398 to 400, inclusive, of 28 April 2015, when she expects to be in a position to make an overall proposal...
- Pension Provisions
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has an entitlement to a pension from her Department, or a refund of payments made; and if she...
- School Transport Eligibility
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of changes to school transport for persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; the alternatives that are available...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Voluntary Sector Funding
211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that the scheme to support national organisations in the community and voluntary sector will receive...
- Haulage Industry Regulation
212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide urgent consideration to the request of the Irish Road Haulage Association (details supplied) on the...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a study has been undertaken to provide homeless services outside the main urban centres; and the strategy in place for...
- Departmental Schemes
214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of each of the grant schemes administrated by his Department that are available to community...
- Planning Issues
215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the average length of time An Bord Pleanála takes to decide a planning appeal and how this compares with each of the...
- Electoral Reform
218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the inconsistencies with the voter registration process in terms of the difference in how local...
- Electoral Legislation
221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify inconsistencies in the Electoral Act 1992, particularly the section where it states that a persons who...
- Departmental Funding
225. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding in respect of an environmental project (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Homelessness Strategy
226. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of times and dates on which the task force overseeing the interdisciplinary unit on homelessness has met since...
- Local Authority Housing Data
227. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of housing units built by each local authority in 2014 and in 2015 to...
- Housing Issues
228. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the difficulties in getting a connection to the Electricity Supply Board power grid by those behind the...
- Register of Electors
229. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures in place for the registration of homeless persons to vote; if he has provided any guidance or direction to...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
230. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider increasing the level of funding under the housing adaptation grant for people living with a disability...
- Waste Management Regulations
231. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the introduction of the pay-by-weight model, the steps he is taking to ensure bin collection companies...
- Housing Issues
232. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the process for persons who face repossession of their home; and if he...
- Shared Ownership Scheme
233. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has plans to address the difficulties that will be faced by shared ownership home owners when they reach...
- Local Authority Functions
234. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of section 136 (2) of the Local Government Act 2001, as inserted by section 51 of the Local Government...
- Planning Issues
235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the context of his planning regulations regarding change of use-material change of use of retail units, if he will...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Schemes
236. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of each of the current grant schemes that are administrated by his Department and that are...
- Alternative Energy Projects
237. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Comptroller and Auditor General has in recent years made reports to his Department regarding the long-term cost...
- Postal Codes
238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any other company associated or previously associated with Capita plc within the Eircode consortium, such as Bearing...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Departmental Schemes
240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of each of the current grant schemes that are administrated by his Department and that are available to...
- Road Traffic Offences
241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the new measures he announced on 2 July 2015 pertaining to on-the-spot fines for cyclists will also apply to rickshaws in Dublin city...
- Road Tolls
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who commute into Dublin from the locations to the north west of Pace, that is, counties Meath and Cavan; the...
- Rail Services
244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the chief executive officer of Iarnród Éireann to ensure that security will be increased at Howth...
- Public Transport Initiatives
245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 603 of 6 May 2015, if he has received the recommendations from the National Transport Authority...
- National Car Test
246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a review of the national car test policy for vintage cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27917/15]
- Community Involvement Scheme
247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the community involvement scheme which deals with roads has been discontinued; and if he will consider making provisions for...
- Motor Insurance Regulation
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if purchasers of motorcycles and scramblers must have them taxed and insured before they leave their place of purchase; and if he will...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Wildlife Regulations
250. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it is legal to trade in a material (details supplied); if it is legal to export the material to countries outside of the European...
- Departmental Correspondence
251. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason no response has issued to Kildare County Council in relation to a matter (details supplied). [27729/15]
- Heritage Sites
252. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an official in her Department has been appointed to co-ordinate the public consultation and implementation of the Brú na...
- Departmental Schemes
256. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a list of each of the current grant schemes that are administrated by her Department and that are available to...
- Sale of Artworks
257. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans between now and October 2015 to ensure that the Beit paintings are not sold; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Foras na Gaeilge
258. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an mbeidh cás An tUltach, iris atá seanbhunaithe, An Timire agus Feasta á phlé ag an gcéad chruinniú...
- Arts Promotion
259. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the music capital scheme will be open for applications again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27922/15]
