Written answers

Wednesday, 30 September 2015

  • Department of Social Protection
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the length of time that an applicant for a carer's allowance and-or a carer's benefit must currently wait for...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the current number of recipients of rent supplement; the number receiving uplifts in their rent supplement; her plans to increase...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      13. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that the free travel pass is protected in Budget 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33022/15]
    • Pension Provisions
      14. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason Labour Court recommendations on pensions for community enterprise supervisors and assistant supervisors are not being...
    • Housing Provision
      15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her Department's role in alleviating the current housing crisis. [33028/15]
    • Child Benefit Data
      16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of families currently in receipt of child benefit; the total cost involved; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Activation Projects
      17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the walk peer project or a similar scheme based on this model under the disability activation project will be re-opened and-or...
    • Respite Care Grant Payments
      18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will restore the respite care grant to its 2012 rate. [33088/15]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has carried out a review of the current level of rent supplement and the impact the reduction of same has had on...
    • Public Sector Staff Redundancies
      20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that some State agencies require employees who wish to avail of voluntary redundancy to sign compromise agreements;...
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reversing the changes made to the farm assist scheme, with respect to income disregards, given that these...
    • Employment Support Services
      22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the employment supports currently in place for persons with disabilities. [33147/15]
    • Tax Credits
      23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a training and education credit for the Pay Related Social Insurance system, similar to the homemaker's credit,...
    • Respite Care Grant Payments
      24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that care given by carers for a caree who has died or recovered is recognised by a pro-rata payment of the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when the new framework around the Pathways to Work 2016 to 2020 will be published; if there will be stakeholder consultation, and...
    • Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme
      26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the One-Parent Family Payment who have transitioned to the Back to Work Family Dividend since July...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her Department's plans to undertake an impact assessment on the cuts made to the one-parent family payment, especially in view of...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending children's allowance to those secondary school students who turn 19 years of age before their...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views regarding the increasing call from housing and homeless agencies for an immediate increase in rent supplement levels to...
    • National Carers Strategy
      30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to assist carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33089/15]
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has carried out an analysis on the impact of her changes to the farm assist scheme with respect to the impact of income...
    • Free Travel Scheme Review
      32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the proceedings of the interdepartmental working group to examine and report on the current and...
    • Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
      33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the length of time it takes to process a new carer's allowance claim, and the length of time to...
    • JobPath Implementation
      34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the tendering process undertaken to award the JobPath contract; if this contract secures matched...
    • Water Conservation Grant
      35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on her Department's administration of the water conservation grant; and if she will make a statement...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will urgently increase rent supplement to enable persons remain in their current rented properties and to stem rising...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the current terms of employment that are in place for persons who are employed as Foras Áiseanna Saothair – the Irish...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider allowing discretion on the 15-hour week employment exemption under the carer's allowance scheme, where it has...
    • Pensions Reform
      39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the measures she is taking to reduce pension costs that are charged on members of pension schemes; and if she will make a statement...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her Department's plans to increase rent supplement limits to deal with the continuous rise in rent prices; and if she will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the way in which she will assist persons with disabilities to enter the workforce. [33146/15]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 5 February 2015, her views that this case was adequately investigated given that...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
      43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to reverse the cut to rent supplement in view of the current housing and homelessness crisis. [33037/15]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent, if any, to which scope exists for an increase to be made to the various social welfare payments that have been subject...
    • Pension Provisions
      45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce auto-enrolment for pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33032/15]
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
      46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the ever-increasing number of landlords who are refusing to accept rent allowance, and the extremely low level of the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to raise the cap for rent allowance and the housing assistance payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending rent allowance support to those persons who are working full-time and who are on very low incomes,...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an application from a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the action she will take to ensure that the senior citizens and disabled travellers who use the free travel scheme do not suffer a...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will urgently examine an application for an invalidity pension from a person (details supplied) in County Kerry as the...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a review of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason for...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Appeals
      55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position in relation to an appeal for a contributory pension in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to set out the position on an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if this can...
    • Back to Work Allowance Application Numbers
      58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to set out the number of persons who have applied for the back-to-work enterprise allowance; the number who were successful; the...
    • Disability Support Services
      59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a meeting will be arranged with senior officials in her Department to discuss the future of an organisation (details supplied)...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in view of the increase in youth unemployment from 19.9% to 20.2% to set out the impact of the new measures introduced by her...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for disability allowance will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      62. To ask the Tánaiste and 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...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo for domiciliary care allowance; and if...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the way in which the procedures for examination of applications for social welfare payments can be standardised and streamlined to...
    • Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
      65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the way in which the reduction in the live register can contribute to expediting the process for various social welfare payments;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and-or jobseeker's benefit at 31 December in each year from 2008 to 2015...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the facilities in her Department to examine all aspects of applications for contributory State pension, where the applicant refers...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection how her Department monitors rent supplement to ensure that everything possible is done to maximise the impact on the housing...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection how provision can be made to address any issues arising from cutbacks forced upon her Department arising from the memorandum of...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent, if any, to which she is aware of any hardship to lone parents, arising from changes in the one-parent family payment,...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
      73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection whether the extent of the negative impact of the cessation of mortgage interest relief on particular families has been examined;...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the average length of time taken to determine all social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33637/15]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which payment of jobseeker's allowance or basic social welfare has been made available in each of the past five years...
  • Department of Finance
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Management
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding potential conflicts of interest in the appointment of a person (details supplied) which, in partnership with a United States of America...
    • Tax Code
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider seeking the extension of the seafarer’s tax allowance to those whose voyages both begin and end in the State, but which involve...
    • VAT Rebates
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance the position of value added tax refunds on aids and appliances used by disabled persons in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [33493/15]
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance if an application for a primary medical certificate will be granted on appeal to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [33501/15]
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance the resources in his Department to manage and respond to freedom of information, FOI, requests; the additional staff or staff hours he has made available...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the current distressed mortgage crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33508/15]
    • Tax Code
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that persons who rent a room in their primary residence are exempt from tax on income generated, according to the limits set, regardless of...
    • IBRC Loans
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 2 July 2015, if he will provide a breakdown, by category, of the number of Facility Letters or Agreements issued...
    • EU Directives
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance when legislation will be published to implement Council Directive 2014/86/EU of 8 July 2014, amending Directive 2011/96/EU, on the common system of taxation...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Commission for Public Service Appointments
      86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review local authority membership of the Commission for Public Service Appointments; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has received a report from a consulting engineering firm regarding minor flood relief works carried out at...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide information indicating the performance of each Department in responding to freedom of information, FOI, requests in...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the next open interdepartmental higher executive officer competition will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 2 July 2015, the reason a company (details supplied) which recently terminated its...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a building (details supplied) in Dublin 12; the future plans for this building; if it can be transferred or made available...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 131 of 15 July 2015 and 343 of 14 July 2015, his views on the discrepancy between the figures...
    • Equality Tribunal Cases
      94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views that the Equality Tribunal lacks the powers to compel respondents in discrimination cases to furnish complainants with...
    • Employment Rights
      96. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for the completion of the study being carried out on zero-hour contracts by the University of Limerick; and if he will...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the role his Department had in arranging and negotiating an advertisement on Raidió Teilifís Éireann radio from an...
    • International Summits
      98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he took and the discussions held regarding the retention of the International Web Summit in Dublin; the actions taken to...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedures in place to deal with complaints from farmers regarding the nutritional value of animal feedstuffs purchased and...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a payment under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make...
    • Forestry Grants
      101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the forestry section in his Department will make a decision regarding forest owners whose plantations were adversely impacted by...
    • GLAS Eligibility
      102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all rare breeds of cattle and sheep will be accepted in applications for the 2015 green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if...
    • TAMS Administration
      104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if arrangements can be put in place to enable young farmers who have a joint herd number with a parent, and who are suitably...
    • EU Regulations
      105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his officials confirmed to the Information Commissioner on 31 July 2015 (details supplied), after a...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • European Court of Justice Rulings
      108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that caps on compensation in discrimination cases may contravene European Union law as articulated in the European Court of Justice...
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on Glenties courthouse in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33487/15]
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the accommodation allocated to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2 will be inspected, as it is unsuitable for that person's needs; and if...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a...
    • Immigration Status
      112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status or both of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Prisoner Releases
      113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the monitoring and supervisory steps taken by An Garda Síochána, or any other State body, in instances where a person is released from...
    • Prison Investigations
      117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the section 31 investigation into the recording of client-solicitor telephone calls between prisoners and their legal teams; and...
    • Legislative Measures
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason post-release monitoring and reform of the Sex Offenders 2001 Act were excluded from the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015,...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Review
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to publish the Haddington Road review; whether the Garda Síochána Inspectorate has completed its examination of the absence...
    • Crime Data
      120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm if the publication of crime statistics has resumed since June 2015, following their suspension as a result of Garda...
    • Judicial Appointments
      121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm the name of the judge appointed under section 100 of the Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2005; when the judge was...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Data
      122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to ensure that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission will publish figures outlining the percentage of...
    • Prison Security
      123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the solution available to persons whose telephone calls with their legal teams were recorded while they were in prison. [33612/15]
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      124. To ask the Minister for Health if the recruitment process has commenced to replace the two podiatrists that have left the Grattan Street Health Centre in Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      125. To ask the Minister for Health if an emergency cataracts operation will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33468/15]
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
      126. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Health Service Executive's neuro-rehabilitation strategy 2011 to 2015; the aspects of the strategy that have been fully...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      127. To ask the Minister for Health if there are a sufficient number of speech and language therapists to carry out diagnostic assessments; his views on the assessment process and its success...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      128. To ask the Minister for Health if medication will be made available to assist a person's (details supplied) medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33480/15]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      129. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a replacement scheme for the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance which were abolished by the Government in February...
    • Hospital Procedures
      130. To ask the Minister for Health when the orthodontic bed at University College Hospital Galway will be reinstated for carrying out dental extractions under anaesthetic, as no procedures have...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      131. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33505/15]
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      132. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive an appointment for dental work [33516/15]
    • National Asthma Programme
      134. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funds for the immediate implementation of the Health Service Executive national clinical programme for asthma in the forthcoming budget,...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      135. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make provision in the upcoming budget for a reduction in the cost of medication for those persons with asthma, as the cost of medication is...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      136. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when this person can expect an appointment for a magnetic...
    • Health Insurance Data
      137. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance from age 0 to 17; 18 to 29; 30 to 39; 40 to 49; 50 to 59; 60 to 69; 70 to 79; and 80 years and over....
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      138. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with ambulance response times in the Connemara area of County Galway; his plans to provide additional resources to improve these times; and...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      139. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist a person with special needs (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in accessing day-centre facilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      141. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all incidents, including the date, model number and remedial action taken, regarding wheels on ambulances being found to be...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      142. To ask the Minister for Health the parts of the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Act 2015 that he plans to amend by way of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2)...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      143. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical appointment for a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33640/15]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Momentum Programme
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have applied for the Momentum ignite programme; the number who were successful; who completed the programme; and if she...
    • Youthreach Programme Funding
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has assessed the impact that cuts have made to the training allowance for persons under 18 years of age who are attending...
    • Youthreach Programme Staff
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consultations she has had with trade unions on the implementation of operators guidelines for teachers in Youthreach; her views on the...
    • Psychological Assessments
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an urgent appointment for a child (details supplied) in County Monaghan [33496/15]
    • Legislative Measures
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans in relation to the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; the sections of this Act which have been implemented...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an extension has been approved for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33513/15]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1272 of 22 September 2015, if she will confirm that her Department did not pay for teachers at Linden...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the amalgamation of two schools (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if a new school will be provided on a specific site; the...
    • School Transport Tendering
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1192, 1257, 1258, 1259, 1260, 1261, 1262, 1263, 1264, 1265 and 1266 of 22 September 2015, if she will...
    • Child Abuse
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 23 September 2015, the number of families who have come forward since the previous apology in 1999...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the educational supports available for children and young adults with autism and other learning difficulties in...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Irish Water Funding
      155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out, in tabular form, the expected revenues from Irish Water in respect of domestic water charges for 2015,...
    • Local Authority Rates
      156. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or his officials have assessed the impact of the small business rate relief scheme in Northern Ireland; if...
    • Local Authority Funding
      157. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of restoring all cuts in central Exchequer funding to local authorities since 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Staff
      158. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities have a records manager in place to deal with information...
    • Rural Development Programme
      159. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the recently announced investment package for rural Ireland to increase the attractiveness of rural towns and...
    • Planning Issues
      160. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter regarding planning regulations (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rainwater Harvesting Systems Provision
      161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce guidelines in respect of recycled grey water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33558/15]
    • Water Meters Installation
      163. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify comments made (details supplied) regarding advice provided to him by Irish Water; and if he will make a...
    • International Agreements
      164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government following his welcome for the European Union negotiating position at the 21st conference of the parties to the United...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Post Office Network
      165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether post offices provide more than economic value, and also have major social and community values...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources given the considerable challenges facing the building industry, and the Government's commitment to incentivise renewable...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on issues highlighted in the campaign by the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union for...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Motor Industry
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the potential repercussions for the Irish motor industry, and the action his Department will take, as a result of allegations made...
    • Driver Test Centres
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the pass and failure rates in each driving test centre in Dublin; and if the price of a re-test will be...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that Carrickedmond Gaelic Athletic Association club in Longford will receive funding under the Sports Capital Programme...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter regarding car insurance premiums (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33565/15]
    • Public Transport
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there are no scheduled bus routes using the Quincentenary Bridge over the Corrib river in Galway City, given the number of...