Written answers

Tuesday, 6 October 2015

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Curriculum
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of the reform of the junior certificate, the changes that are planned for the Irish language curriculum with particular reference...
    • School Funding
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to concerns of the Irish National Teachers Organisation with regard to schools in rural Ireland, including the issues of...
    • Student Accommodation
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on concerns regarding the shortage of accommodation for university students; the steps she is taking to address this; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to her speech at the IMPACT conference in County Galway in September 2015, her plans to improve the working conditions and salaries of...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action that is being taken to reduce primary school class sizes to the European Union average; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Absenteeism
      137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has analysed the impact that homelessness has on school attendance, the education of pupils and the life of schools; her plans...
    • Student Accommodation
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she will take to provide for affordable student accommodation; her views that the lack of such accommodation has an impact on...
    • School Funding
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to fund primary schools in the same manner as secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33949/15]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend the student grant scheme and the student support regulations in order that erstwhile legally resident Student Universal Support...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when architectural tender documents will be issued for the development of new permanent buildings to replace current prefabricated units at a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a recent analysis (details supplied) which provides evidence that there are severe socio-economic inequalities in access to special...
    • Physical Education
      143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the role of physical education as part of the curriculum at primary and second level; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Management
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to hold an inquiry into the schools using resource hours for administrative duties; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Languages Programme
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for improving foreign language education at primary and secondary level to address the deficit of foreign language skills among the...
    • Educational Projects
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects to be in a position to make adequate provision through the capital works programme to meet the full preschool,...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the newspaper report (details supplied) which indicated that wealthier areas are accessing more resource teaching than poorer areas;...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the current special needs assistant allocation levels in the education system, particularly in the early years of...
    • Education Policy
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for primary school education; if she has any plans to restore teachers' pay and conditions, including newly qualified teachers; to...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reduce class sizes to the European Union average; the measures she plans to put in place to address this problem; when these...
    • Physical Education
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the importance of physical education, in particular swimming, for primary and secondary school students; and if she will make a...
    • School Patronage
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the lack of diversity of school patronage in areas of high multicultural populations, such as west Dublin at both primary and...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given her decision to allow students in protection to be provided access to student supports, if she will also consider extending eligibility to...
    • Education Schemes
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views regarding whether she has considered the patronage, access, curriculum, and teaching proposals from Atheist Ireland with regard to...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to support broadband provision for adult and further education and training centres; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Education Policy
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has taken note of the Irish National Teachers Organisation's Stand Up for Primary Education campaign; and the steps she plans to take to...
    • School Enrolments Data
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who left primary school in summer 2014 and who failed to enrol in a secondary level school in September 2014; and if she...
    • School Accommodation
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of her Department's pre-fabricated replacement scheme if she will provide a list of the number of schools which have benefitted...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the promised delivery of two new prefabricated units at a school (details supplied) in County Cork to properly cater for the...
    • School Discipline
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has ever sought legal advice on the operation of prone restraint and seclusion rooms in schools; if she will provide the...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children requiring resource hours of any kind during each year since 2009; and if she will provide an update on the National...
    • Counselling Services
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to re-introduce a policy for dedicated guidance counselling services in all secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the matter of pupil teacher ratios in Budget 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33944/15]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Live Register Data
      164. To ask the Taoiseach for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of persons on the live register; of these, the number on the live register for fewer than 12 months; from 12 plus to 24...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      165. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed in the Government Information Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34055/15]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      167. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr. David Cameron, since the talks began in Northern Ireland on 21 September 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      168. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of the numbers of supernumerary positions in his Department, and those agencies, organisations or bodies funded by his Department; the maximum...
    • Quarterly National Household Survey
      169. To ask the Taoiseach the level of employment in Tuam in County Galway and the surrounding region for the years 2011 to 2014 and to date in 2015; the number of persons on the live register in...
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      170. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet committee on justice reform has met. [34224/15]
    • Departmental Reports
      171. To ask the Taoiseach if he will lay the reports received under section 100 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 before the Houses of the Oireachtas since he took office, as required by...
    • Ministerial Travel
      172. To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet handbook protocol requires Ministers to consult him in advance of international visits as to whether a spouse may accompany them; if a Minister of State...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Back to Education Allowance
      173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number in receipt of the back to education allowance for the academic year 2014-2015 and the academic year 2015-2016; the...
    • Paternity Leave Scheme
      174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans for paternity benefit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34245/15]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive arrears of a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when arrears of a disability allowance will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the average waiting times from the point of application to a decision being made in respect of each social welfare payment. [34045/15]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a review of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Rural Social Scheme Data
      179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views that the rural social scheme is an income support scheme for rural dwellers, that it is not a job activation scheme; and...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and reinstate a disability allowance to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will make a...
    • Tax Code
      182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the measures in place to deal with employers who, having deducted pay related social Insurance from an employee, do not pay this...
    • Microloan Scheme
      183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for an update on the new personal microcredit scheme currently being developed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to expedite an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Longford which...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the numbers of supernumerary positions in her Department, and those agencies, organisations or...
    • Qualified Child Increase Eligibility
      186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in paying child dependency to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that where a family on one local authority housing list, for example South Dublin County Council, has been...
    • Guardian's Payment Appeals
      188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who her Department has informed that the person is no longer entitled...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can be assisted with training expenses for a new job; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite a payment of illness benefit to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry which has been ongoing for a long period; and if...
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 was refused a fuel allowance. [34285/15]
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a claim for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is not being backdated to the date at...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for a payment of jobseeker's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [34291/15]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department is refusing a carer's allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Galway, given the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the issues raised by a person (details supplied) in County Carlow in correspondence sent to her regarding that...
    • Child Benefit Applications
      197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the process involved when an application is made for State benefits such as child benefit by non-Irish citizens (details...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for a breakdown of the total spend of her Department for each year from 2010 to 2014, the projected spend by her Department for...
    • Unemployment Benefits
      200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's benefit or jobseeker's allowance in 2014; the total amount paid out by her...
    • Family Income Supplement
      205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of families projected to receive family income supplement in 2015; the projected cost of the supplement for 2015; and...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons participating in community employment schemes in each of the years 2010 to 2015 to date; the total amount...
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the farm assist payment who are claiming for themselves alone; for themselves and for...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal made for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; the time frame as to...
    • Rural Social Scheme Administration
      213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to amalgamate the rural social scheme and the Tús work placement initiative; if there will be a time-limit within...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an appeal in respect of a jobseeker's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will facilitate an increase in rent allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the appropriate level of rent allowance payable to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the payment has been reduced...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on a claim for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will urgently provide a person (details supplied) in County Longford with a disability allowance, given the person's...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Delays
      222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Questions Nos. 168 of 22 September 2015 and 55 of 30 September 2015, in which she states the processing time for...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why her Department informed a person in County Cork (details supplied) who is in receipt of illness benefit that the payment is...
    • Family Income Supplement
      225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if notional pay is regarded as assessable earnings for the purpose of calculating a family income supplement payment; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
      226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the basic Social Welfare rate from €188 to €195 per week; and if she will make a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Question No. 165 of 29 September 2015, if she will review this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to deal with the discrimination suffered by women who are excluded from the contributory State pension because they had...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a claim for a Disability Allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be assessed as a priority; and if...
    • Social Insurance
      231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Question No. 267 of 22 September 2015, if she will outline the issues raised by the Social Welfare Branch Managers'...
    • Social Insurance Yield
      234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of income in her Department from pay-related social insurance receipts, on a monthly basis over the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork, as all the...
    • Dental Services
      236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if assistance is available for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for treatment to the person's teeth; and if she will...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on fuel supports for senior citizens for winter 2015-16, given the colder weather in the summer of...
    • Employment Support Services
      238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her Department’s supports and planned supports for young Irish persons who were forced to emigrate during the recession and...
  • Department of Finance
    • National Monuments
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance the expenditure National Asset Management Agency has committed to date in support of the Chartered Land planning application that will destroy the last extant...
    • Tax Yield
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance the total figure foregone in tax to the Exchequer each year as a result of the tax credits for private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on...
    • VAT Exemptions
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider exempting a charitable school (details supplied) in County Longford from VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34613/15]
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund Investments
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of lending undertaken by the NPRF-SME credit fund to date; the number of projects involved; the total number of jobs supported; the...
    • Tax Code
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding tax on landlords (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33988/15]
    • Banking Sector
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 1 July 2015, the progress he and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources have since made in...
    • Tax Code
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance If he will replace the 50% rebate on the alcohol products tax paid to eligible micro-breweries by a corresponding financially neutral excise duty rate, in...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the numbers of supernumerary positions in his Department, and those agencies, organisations or bodies funded by his Department;...
    • Vehicle Registration Data
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new vehicles sold from 1 January 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34183/15]
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Management
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 29 September 2015, if he will confirm the interest rate that will apply to finance drawn down by borrowers under...
    • Tax Code
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the idea of cohabiting couples being allowed to share their tax credits, similarly to married couples, if they meet strict criteria; and...
    • Mortgage Data
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the impact on first-time buyers of the new mortgage rules that the Central Bank of Ireland introduced earlier in 2015; and if...
    • VAT Rate Application
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a budget proposal (details supplied) regarding value added tax rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34314/15]
    • Banking Sector
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the appropriateness of Permanent TSB assessing loan-to-value ratios in order to apply an interest rate reduction, that it is including the...
    • Mortgage Data
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance further to his written request to the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland on 9 July 2015, if he will provide the number of mortgages that were switched...
    • Tax Code
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the rent-a-room scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34338/15]
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford was charged the universal social charge at a higher rate; if adjustments should have been made, given...
    • Tax Code
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of farmers who availed of the various tax reliefs, specifically in income tax, stamp duty and capital gains and inheritance tax codes for farmers...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Transactions
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance a breakdown of the amount in punts that the Central Bank of Ireland converted to euro in each year since 2002; the number of transactions involved; if the...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to exempt the €500 levy payable for the export of second-hand cars to the United Kingdom given that this charge is a deterrent to this market...
    • Pensions Reform
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual tax savings and costs to the State if the standard fund threshold were to be changed from €2 million to €1.2 million;...
    • Banking Sector
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance the residential properties and development land in the ownership of the banks, of which the State is a shareholder; if he will detail the availability of both...
    • Financial Services Sector
      271. To ask the Minister for Finance if, during its investigation into tracker mortgages in the banking sector, the Central Bank of Ireland has identified potential breaches of contracts by other...
    • International Agreements
      272. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 346 and 347 of 22 September 2015, the position regarding frozen funds, in circumstances where the person or...
    • Insurance Industry
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions that have taken place between his Department, the Central Bank of Ireland, the regulatory authority and the Professional Insurance Brokers...
    • Liquor Licence Data
      276. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public house licences in the €0 to €190,000 bracket; the amount that these pubs pay individually per year; the total amount...
    • Banking Sector
      280. To ask the Minister for Finance If Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland, in order to meet their contractual obligations with the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, must apply a...
    • Tax Code
      281. To ask the Minister for Finance in order to qualify for the foreign earnings deduction, if the person concerned must be employed directly by a company, or will a sole trader or contractor...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      287. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work that will be carried out in an area (details supplied) in County Meath to prevent further flooding; and if he will make a...
    • Revenue Commissioners Resources
      290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of requests received from the Revenue Commissioners seeking funding for the purchase of additional equipment and resources in...
    • Pension Provisions
      291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the key changes which were made to the Civil Service widow's and orphan's superannuation scheme since the early 1980s; the rationale for...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      292. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide data on vacant property currently owned or held on long-term lease by the State that is suitable for office...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      293. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the number of companies that have availed of the recently launched Tender Advisory Service, by sector....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, a detailed breakdown of the costs of implementing the Lansdowne Road agreement in each Department;...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the number of supernumerary positions in his Department and the agencies, organisations and bodies funded...
    • Insurance Industry
      296. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made in relation to insurance companies providing building insurance to properties located in areas that are now protected...
    • Office of Public Works Staff
      297. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 25 June 2015, the reason for the delay in responding to employees (details supplied) of the...
    • Coastal Erosion
      298. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the levels of coastal erosion and issues pertaining to coastal reclamation which are of concern along the coastline in...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      300. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if additional funding will be provided to allow a flood prevention project (details supplied) in County Kerry to proceed without further...
    • Drainage Schemes Status
      301. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when works on a project (details supplied) in County Kerry will proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34316/15]
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      302. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, those aspects of the infrastructure and capital investment 2016 to 2021 programme that are new and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      303. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform The estimated running costs for each Department in 2015 compared to the year 2010; if savings have been made; the origin of such...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      304. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding from the allocation of €430 million for flood prevention in the capital programme 2016 to 2020 that will be...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      305. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to deal with the flooding issues in the Shannon region, in particular in areas surrounding Athlone in County Westmeath. [34454/15]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      306. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the integrated flood risk management plan for Ballina in County Mayo, under the western catchment flood risk assessment and...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      307. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff in his Department who were earning over €100,000 in 2014 by grade; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Coastal Protection
      308. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a decision has been made on the application for minor works by Clare County Council in respect of the Shannon estuary coastal...
    • Budget 2016
      311. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of the €750 million of fiscal space identified for 2016 that will be used up by public sector pay commitments relating...
    • Public Sector Staff
      312. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to create employment opportunities for young persons in the public service; his views on the increasing average age of civil...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      313. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Office of Public Works engagements on an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34745/15]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Commencement of Legislation
      314. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Construction Contracts Act 2013, having been signed into law, will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      315. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation for details of the number of supernumerary positions in his Department and the agencies, organisations and bodies funded by his...
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal
      316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to provide extra resources to the Employment Appeals Tribunal, given the 72-week waiting list for a hearing; his views that...
    • Grant Payments
      317. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has received a submission for funding from a group (details supplied) in County Westmeath, which is seeking to establish a...
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      318. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the local enterprise office grant application process; and if he will make a...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      319. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs supported by Enterprise Ireland on 31 December 2014; and on 30 September 2015, by county; and if he will make a...
    • IDA Site Visits
      321. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs supported by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland on 31 December 2014; on 30 September 2015, by county; the...
    • IDA Jobs Data
      323. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency sponsored visits in each year since 2012, and to date in 2015, by county; and if he will...
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      326. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs supported by each local enterprise office on 31 December 2014; 30 September 2015, by county; and if he will make a...
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme Application Numbers
      327. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of drawdowns issued under the Credit Guarantee Scheme on 31 December 2014; on 30 September 2015; the value of approvals on...
    • Microenterprise Loan Fund Application Numbers
      328. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of drawdowns issued under the microfinance scheme on 31 December 2014; on 30 September 2015; the value of approvals on these...
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      329. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of drawdowns issued by each local enterprise office on 31 December 2014; on 30 September 2015; the value of approvals on...
    • Workplace Relations Services
      330. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspections carried out by the workplace relations bodies in each month in 2014, and to date in 2015, by county; the...
    • Workplace Relations Services Staff
      331. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspection staff attached to the workplace relations bodies in 2014; and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      332. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for innovation vouchers; the number issued; redeemed; the total value of vouchers redeemed for each year of...
    • Microenterprise Loan Fund Application Numbers
      333. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications received by the microenterprise loan fund in each year since its establishment, in tabular form; the number...
    • Enterprise Ireland Funding
      334. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding, in tabular form, Enterprise Ireland has provided from the high potential start-up funding Scheme; the total number of...
    • Development Capital Scheme
      335. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of take-up of the development capital scheme to date, in each year since its establishment; the number of jobs supported;...
    • Seed Capital Scheme
      336. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of take-up of the seed and venture capital scheme to date, in each year since its establishment; the number of jobs...
    • Grant Payments
      337. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of take-up of the innovation fund Ireland in each year since its establishment, to date; the number of jobs supported; and...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      338. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payments under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      339. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the terms and conditions for new entrants into the national reserve will remain the same for 2016; and if he will make a statement...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Eligibility
      340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the entitlements of the new suckler cow scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Grant Payments
      341. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the remaining part of a grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fish Discards
      342. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the facilities in place for receiving discards, as and from January 2016, when some demersal species must be landed; and if he...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on an agri-environment option scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [34029/15]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will approve an appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Cork to entitle that person to the national average under the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      345. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the area of natural constraint scheme and basic payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied]) in...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      346. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for delay; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, following a successful appeal to the Ombudsman, will receive a payment under the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment for area aid 2015 will issue a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme 20015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      354. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an area based payment for 2015 for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage loss rate of bovine viral diarrhoea tags for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Beef Data Programme
      356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his view on the reason the genetic testing for the beef genomics scheme is so expensive; his plans to reduce this cost; and if he...
    • Scéim Aoníocaíochta
      357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi Scéim na Limistéar faoi Shrian Nádúrtha, 2015 le feirmeoir...
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a €500 penalty recently issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the single farm payment scheme;...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for details of the numbers of supernumerary positions in his Department, and those agencies, organisations or bodies funded by his...
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on an application under the national reserve old young farmer...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the area aid entitlement of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for the years 2014; and 2015; and if he...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the disadvantaged areas payment scheme; and...
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if scanning for microchips is compulsory in all dog pounds. [34172/15]
    • Budget Submissions
      365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will respond to the pre-budget submission from the Irish Farmers Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dairy Sector
      366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide co-funding to match the recent additional €13.7 million European Union funding to alleviate farm income...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a targeted payment for livestock to supplement income viability for farmers in upland and hill areas which have...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the 2015 areas of natural constraint scheme and the...
    • Beef Data Programme
      369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to simplify the rigid regulation in the beef data and genomics programme to make it more attractive and viable for small...
    • Fisheries Offences
      370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 479, 489, 490 of 9 June 2015 in reply to which he stated that he would forward the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on delayed payments to persons (details supplied) in County Mayo under the agri-environment options scheme. [34252/15]
    • Agriculture Schemes Applications
      372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an application from a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the area of natural...
    • Harbours and Piers
      373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide emergency funding to Donegal County Council for the removal of sand at the pier in An Bun Beag in County...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reintroduce a land drainage scheme, as it would greatly improve land quality and provide much-needed employment in rural...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate payments for a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the areas of natural constraint scheme; if any...
    • Rural Development Programme
      377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on concerns expressed by agriculture advisers regarding the financial administration of the knowledge transfer group...
    • Beef Exports
      378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on Central Statistics Office figures showing that 31 tonnes of Irish beef worth just €194,000 was shipped to the...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the €67.6 million land parcel identification system fine will be drawn down from the 2015 Estimates or the 2016 Estimates;...
    • European Investment Bank Loans
      380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps taken to date to ensure access to European Investment Bank funds for the development of agriculture, food processing, rural...
    • Food Safety Standards
      382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that in the preparation of meat, including in the preparation of halal and kosher meats, all standards are met;...
    • Cuanta agus Céanna
      383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cé mhéid airgid atá curtha i leataobh faoin gClár Bonneagair agus Infheistíochta Caipitil, 2016-2021...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in evaluating an application from Bord Iascaigh Mhara for an aquaculture licence in Galway Bay; the date the...
    • Beef Data Programme
      385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of herdowners, in tabular form, of suckler cows who lodged an initial application for the beef genomics and data scheme...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide grantaid for the conversion of existing sheds to slatted units under the targeted agricultural modernisation 2...
    • Agriculture Schemes Administration
      387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements in place to facilitate persons with dyslexia in interacting with his Department about farm schemes; and if he will...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a land drainage scheme to reduce flooding on land caused by overgrown watercourses and drains in order to...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is legally precluded under European Union law from allocating a top-up under the basic payment scheme to all farmers under 40...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a reply will issue to a letter referred to an official in his Department by the agricultural appeals office on the 20 August...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo receive a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme. [34432/15]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not received a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes Appeals
      394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal submitted to his Department by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if he will ensure that the...
    • Beef Data Programme
      395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the 2013 beef data programme; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
      396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a decision on an appeal against a penalty applied in 2015 under the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Fisheries Protection
      398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the findings of a report on the effects of the seal population on fish stocks, which was commissioned by his Department, will be...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to erect signs along Howth Harbour in County Dublin informing persons that consumption of alcohol is strictly prohibited;...
    • Departmental Reports
      400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 17 June 2015, the location where the work plan, either annual or multi-annual; and the...
    • Control of Dogs
      401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of a current petition concerning threats to dog welfare associated with the current Control of Dogs Act 1998...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Cork has recently received a payment under the 2015 single farm payment scheme and the...
    • Rural Development Plan
      403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to amend regulations regarding participation in the knowledge transfer programme under the rural development plan, in...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Staff Data
      404. To ask the Minister for Defence the numbers of supernumerary positions in his Department, and those agencies, organisations or bodies funded by his Department; the maximum period in each...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      405. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will ensure that the Rathmines College football team continues to have free access to the football pitch at Cathal Brugha Barracks, as has been the case...
    • Pension Provisions
      406. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 29 September 2015, if he is aware that the individual concerned made an application to the Army Pensions Board in...
    • Military Archives
      407. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 346 of 29 September 2015, the reason the Data Protection Commissioner has intervened to block access to 1939 to 1945...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      409. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Army, Naval Service and Air Corps uniforms that have gone missing, or are unaccounted for, in the past five years. [34741/15]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legislative Measures
      410. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the legislative progress of the Scheme of Mental Capacity Bill 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33986/15]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      411. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legal costs that have arisen to the State from a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34192/15]
    • Prisoner Data
      412. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in prison for each of the years, 2010 to 2015; the number who have been identified as having from mental health problems;...
    • Paternity Leave Scheme
      413. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans on paternity leave (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34245/15]
    • Garda Stations
      414. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide funding for a new Garda Síochána station in Athlone in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Operations
      415. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána practices any form of racial profiling when investigating illegal immigration near the Border with Northern...
    • Legislative Measures
      416. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Legal Services Regulation Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34026/15]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      417. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of supernumerary positions in her Department and in agencies, organisations or bodies funded by her Department; the maximum period in...
    • Garda Deployment
      418. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will increase the number of gardaí stationed in a town (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Data
      419. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff from the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner who have left to take up positions elsewhere in the civil and public...
    • Departmental Records
      420. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all records held by her Department concerning the tapping of the telephones of persons (details supplied) in 1983 were transferred to the...
    • Garda Investigations
      421. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications the Garda Commissioner has made for authorisation to intercept under the Interception of Postal and Telecommunications...
    • Garda Operations
      422. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of a surveillance programme within An Garda Síochána named Operation Mizen; if she sanctioned its formation; if she has...
    • Garda Expenditure
      424. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on spending by An Garda Síochána on surveillance equipment and technology; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Direct Provision System
      426. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reforms that are being proposed aimed at improving conditions in direct provision accommodation, following the publication of the report of...
    • Garda Data
      427. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 7 July 2015, the number of gardaí injured in the course of their duty in each Garda division...
    • Visa Numbers
      428. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Stamp 0 visas that have been granted, by nationality, for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Immigration Controls
      432. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to address the high level of queries in the Garda Síochána National Immigration Bureau; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      434. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status and eligibility for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Proposed Legislation
      435. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation to tackle sex-trafficking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34472/15]
    • Citizenship Applications
      437. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons, in tabular form, granted citizenship in each of the years 2010 to 2014, by age; and in respect of those under the age of...
    • Crime Levels
      438. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the level of racist attacks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34579/15]
    • Crime Prevention
      439. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she and her Department are taking to prevent racism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34580/15]
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      440. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the independent review mechanism established to consider allegations of Garda Síochána misconduct, or inadequacies in the...
    • Independent Review Mechanism
      442. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any of the complaints submitted to the independent review mechanism had already been referred to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      444. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average time for completion of investigations, pursuant to section 95 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, by the Garda...
    • Ministerial Transport
      448. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the Garda ministerial transport pool in each of the years 2013, 2014 and in 2015 to date; the number of cars and drivers in the pool;...
    • Garda Equipment
      449. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding all Garda Síochána closed-circuit television cameras; if they are currently working and in proper working order;...
    • Garda Water Unit
      450. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of boats currently in the Garda Síochána water unit; if all the boats are fitted with state-of-the-art equipment; and if she...
    • Garda Training
      451. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who took the mountain bike course in 2014; and in 2015 to date; when the next course will commence; and if she will...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      452. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has received representations from the Family Resource Centre National Forum seeking to discuss recent changes by Tusla-Child and...
    • Children in Care
      456. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps that have been taken to investigate recent reports of inappropriate seclusion of children in the residential care facility in...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      457. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the numbers of supernumerary positions in his Department, and those agencies, organisations or bodies funded by his Department; the maximum...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      458. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures being taken to ensure the continued operation of Cuan Álainn women's refuge in Tallaght in Dublin 24; and if he will make...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      459. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for an update on the current status of mother and baby home investigations; and if all persons who have spent periods of time in...
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      460. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for a breakdown of Tusla - Child and Family Agency's legal expenses, including solicitors' services tendered. [34270/15]
    • Child Care Services Funding
      461. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware that a purpose-built child care facility (details supplied) in County Sligo remains closed; his Department's plans in terms...
    • Youth Services Funding
      462. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay in dealing with an application from a youth services centre (details supplied) in Dublin 12, supported by the City...
    • School Completion Programme
      463. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the report he has commissioned on the school completion programme will be published; if he has received the report; if so, when; his...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      465. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria used for allocating funding to community child care services under strand 1 of early years capital programme 2015; and if he...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      466. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons on the AJ subvention band, that is, those who hold a medical card and currently work; and the number of these...
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      467. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position in relation to sick leave for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34499/15]
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      468. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the capitation fee from €62.50 per child to €66 per child for 38 weeks and for 52 weeks; and...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Provision
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding additional support required by a child (details supplied). [34072/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      471. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (detsil supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Letterkenny General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Education
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of places available on third level nursing courses for students who complete pre-nursing Further Education and Training Awards Council courses; if...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment of nurses at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33989/15]
    • Health Insurance
      474. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make health insurance more affordable (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33992/15]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with type 1 diabetes attending Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal; his plans to appoint an additional paediatric diabetes...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times at Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal for adult patients with type 1 diabetes to be seen by a consultant; if these are...
    • Health Services Provision
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for funding by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34002/15]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency staff employed by the Health Service Executive; the annual cost of these for 2013; for 2014; the estimated projected annual cost for 2015;...
    • Hospital Charges
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of collecting fees in public hospitals, including administrative costs, the cost of debt collection agencies and legal costs for each year from...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      482. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the Kerry branch of Arthritis Ireland has offered to fund the position of a rheumatologist nurse at Kerry General Hospital for a period of...
    • Medical Card Applications
      483. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      485. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for a surgical procedure at the South Infirmary Hospital in County Cork for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Home Help Service Expenditure
      486. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that extra funding is made available for the home help package; and the home care package, in the upcoming budget. [34040/15]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      487. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Crohn's disease is not on the long-term illness scheme; the estimated number of persons who suffer from this condition; the projected change in this...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      488. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; if he will provide, in tabular form, by local health area, the...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      489. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the recruitment of a permanent full-time consultant endocrinologist to University Hospital Limerick, to support the care and...
    • Health Services Staff
      490. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with section 39 funded organisations to discuss the opportunity of pay restoration, in light of the upcoming budget, as their members have...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      491. To ask the Minister for Health if those who are covered by the over 70s general practitioner visit contract but who are not covered under the Health Service Executive public sector General...
    • Medical Card Administration
      492. To ask the Minister for Health if a payment made to the Health Service Executive by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be refunded, as the medical fees are covered by the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      493. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the removal of an application for the full over-70s medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      494. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment at Mercy University Hospital in County Cork for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services Provision
      497. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by local health office or county, the number of persons with disabilities currently being provided with a personal...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      498. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by local health office or county, the number of persons with disabilities currently being provided with a home help...
    • Disability Services Provision
      500. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by local health office or county, the number of persons with disabilities who have applied for a home health service and...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      501. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed primary care centre for east Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34107/15]
    • Transport Support Schemes
      503. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on proposals to be brought to Government for the drafting of primary legislation for a new scheme to replace the motorised transport scheme; and...
    • Disability Services Provision
      504. To ask the Minister for Health that provision be made in the forthcoming budget to offset significant additional costs that are incurred by an organisation (details supplied) following...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      505. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of supernumerary positions in his Department and those agencies, organisations or bodies funded by his organisation; the maximum period in each...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      506. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a necessary surgical procedure will take place for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      507. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with service users of a facility and concerned persons in relation to the proposed closure of a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Health Services Provision
      508. To ask the Minister for Health if he will account for the level of health care, therapy, counselling, home help etc. that the Health Service Executive is providing to a person (details...
    • Health Services Funding
      509. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend funding for the provision of fertility treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34162/15]
    • Pharmacy Services
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the savings he envisages will be made by establishing a State pharmacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34229/15]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      511. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons whose nursing home care is paid for under the fair deal scheme; the annual cost; the average cost per patient; the amount that is...
    • Health Services Funding
      512. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase funding for a group (details supplied) in County Louth, following a recent meeting with the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services Provision
      513. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a person (details supplied) cannot be accommodated at the Central Remedial Clinic despite experiencing significant pain arising from a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      514. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a push chair for a baby (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34240/15]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      515. To ask the Minister for Health if he will acknowledge that the psychology and psychiatry departments in University Hospital Waterford are very seriously understaffed; the reason there has...
    • Health Services
      516. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the Health Service Executive budget for 2016 will include adequate funding to provide a high quality of service to persons with...
    • Health Services Funding
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure involved for section 39 funded organisations seeking funding towards deficit reduction; the amount that has been paid; to which organisations...
    • Health Services Budgeting System
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the meaning of the Rosetta budgeting system within the Health Service Executive, the organisations that fall within this system; and if he will make a...
    • Community Care
      519. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of capital investment in community nursing Homes in County Cork in each of the past five years; the amount provided to each unit; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for a cataract operation in South Infirmary Hospital in County Cork for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Data Protection
      521. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the finding by a member of the public of documents on the public pathway outside Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda in County Louth which...
    • Health Services Provision
      522. To ask the Minister for Health his views that on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; on the management of this case by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      523. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for the Athy child and adolescent mental health service. [34324/15]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      524. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.456 of 29 September 2015, if he will provide details of the two investigations and reports; and the implementation...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      525. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will receive another appointment for surgery following a number of cancellations; the reason for the delay;...
    • Home Care Packages
      526. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for a home care package was received for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the present status of the application; if funding is...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      527. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for a cataract operation at Cork University Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      528. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the 12 month waiting list for speech, language and occupational therapy services in Dublin south west; his views on whether this situation is...
    • Health Services Staff
      529. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding health care assistants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34372/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a cataract operation at Cork University Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      532. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on an application under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the examination of an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare following submission of...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      535. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 16 July 2015, the position regarding an application for dental braces by a child (details supplied) in Dublin 1,...
    • Prescription Charges
      536. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the changes applied to medical card holders for prescription items discriminates against single persons; that the cap of €25 per...
    • Disability Services Funding
      537. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be maintained for an organisation (details supplied), given the importance of its work in the community; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Respite Care Services
      538. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the cuts to respite services for persons with physical and intellectual disabilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the situation regarding the Health Service Executive's position on the drug Fampyra (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34474/15]
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      541. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive national lottery grants scheme will re-open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34478/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      542. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical procedure for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34485/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a service delivered in schools (details supplied); his views on its current operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Patient Data
      544. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the investigations under way following the recent recovery of patient data by members of the public near Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34492/15]
    • Home Help Service Expenditure
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive has paid to private home care providers in each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34493/15]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      550. To ask the Minister for Health if more personal assistant hours will be provided for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34497/15]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a reassessment of an application for a full medical card on medical grounds by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Health Services Provision
      552. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the status of the heart failure programme; the further updates that are available on the Health Service Executive's website; if the very...
    • Maternity Services
      553. To ask the Minister for Health given a recent report, the proposals to provide additional resources in all disciplines for the maternity unit in Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      554. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive a medical appointment for St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin 4. [34528/15]
    • Hospital Facilities
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the opening of the cystic fibrosis unit at University Hospital Limerick. [34532/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      556. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a cataract removal operation will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Provision
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in Cork city and county who are awaiting community podiatry services; the number of podiatrists currently employed to service the region;...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      558. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a request from a family for nursing home support for a parent (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34541/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      559. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request an update from the Health Service Executive regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cork further to the matter having been raised in...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      560. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      562. To ask the Minister for Health if the building of a new 50-bed unit at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Roscommon is included in the list of projects to be undertaken under the current capital...
    • Medical Card Applications
      563. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34564/15]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the Health Service Executive of filling an additional 100 physiotherapist and dietician posts; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      565. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons at national director and assistant national director level within the Health Service Executive at 31 December 2013, 31 December 2014 and...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to release the necessary funding of €500,000 to open the new Health Service Executive ambulance station...
    • Psychological Services
      567. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Irish Council for Psychotherapy’s submission on health and safety matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists to access paediatric occupational therapy services in the Cork North Lee Health Service Executive area; the average...
    • Disability Services Provision
      569. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 148 and 149 of 27 May 2015 regarding assessment waiting times in the assessment of need process under the Disability...
    • Medical Card Administration
      570. To ask the Minister for Health if a general practitioner is entitled to charge for issuing a prescription for a child who qualifies under the under-six medical card scheme; and if he will...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      571. To ask the Minister for Health for details of the 80 new primary care facilities that will be provided under the new capital plan, by county; the overall Exchequer investment involved; the...
    • Long Stay Residential Units
      572. To ask the Minister for Health for details of the €300 million investment in the new capital plan that is to be provided for the replacement, upgrade and refurbishment of long-term...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      573. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns expressed regarding the age limit applied to bowel cancer screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34594/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hip operation at Tralee General Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      579. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of moneys which were returned unspent to his Department for each year from 2010 to 2014, though it had been allocated to Galway...
    • Mental Health Services Staffing
      580. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of nurses who have been assigned to mental health services in County Roscommon, for each year from 2010 to 2014;...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the overall health budget that is devoted to mental health services; if this percentage is in line with the amount advocated in A Vision For...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      583. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an intensive care rehabilitation unit for psychiatric services in the west of Ireland; if he will provide a list of the number of such units that...
    • Mental Health Services
      584. To ask the Minister for Health if it is still the practice for children and adolescents to be placed in adult psychiatric hospitals; if so, the number of children and adolescents who have...
    • Suicide Prevention
      585. To ask the Minister for Health the number of suicide prevention nurses who have been appointed; by location; if any are based in the County Roscommon area; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children, under 18 years of age, in Cork City and County, currently on an outpatient waiting list to see an Ophthalmologist; the number waiting...
    • Mental Health Services
      587. To ask the Minister for Health given recently expressed concern regarding inappropriate prescribing of psychotropic drugs to older or disabled patients, the arrangements his Department has...
    • Mental Health Services Staffing
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the standards in use regarding recommended staffing levels for Primary Care Mental Health services for children; and the progress made in achieving these...
    • Mental Health Services
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if emergency assessments by staff with child mental health qualifications are available for children, with identified mental health emergencies, who attend...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determining an application for support under the nursing home support scheme for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; and if he...
    • Medical Card Administration
      595. To ask the Minister for Health if a centre (details supplied) in County Leitrim that provides a vital addiction service to counties Sligo, Leitrim, Longford and Roscommon will be allowed to...
    • Departmental Funding
      596. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide appropriate funding in budget 2016 to Muscular Dystrophy Ireland given its important work in the community (details supplied); and if he...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      597. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for a cataract operation at Cork University Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determining an application for assistance under the nursing home support scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for a cataract operation at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in County Cork for a person (details supplied)...
    • Health Services Data
      604. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form by local health area, the number of persons who are on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list; within...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding awarding long-term illness cards to patients who are diagnosed with the non-exempt types of diabetes. [34732/15]
    • Health Services Data
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the location of all the teledoc machines purchased under the TRASNA stroke programme; the machines that are operational or recently installed; when it is...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      609. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his Department have received a letter from Relatives from Justice relating to a person (details supplied) who was murdered in July...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      610. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of supernumerary positions in his Department and those agencies, organisations or bodies funded by his Department; the maximum...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      611. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding his Department's role in Ireland being a co-facilitator of the intergovernmental talks on the sustainable development...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      612. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding Ireland's overseas development programme in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34168/15]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      613. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the talks process in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34169/15]
    • EU Issues
      614. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his departmental officials are concerned regarding the referendum on a possible withdrawal of Britain from the European Union,...
    • Official Engagements
      615. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates in 2015 that he met formally with the ambassador of the United Kingdom to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Middle East Issues
      617. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position regarding the implementation of an European Union-wide ban on Israeli products from illegal settlements; and if he...
    • Syrian Conflict
      620. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the involvement of the military of the Russian Federation in Syria. [34524/15]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Administration
      624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines on the renewal of the safe pass card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34286/15]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      625. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address Student Universal Support Ireland’s application of rules preventing young persons estranged from their families from...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      626. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding resource hours for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33990/15]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce a postgraduate grant in budget 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33993/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      628. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a special needs assistant for a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Education and Training Boards Staff (1 comment)
      629. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of resource persons, resource workers, and resource co-ordinators within Youthreach structures; if those persons must be registered...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if adequate funding will be provided to complete a project (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      631. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for grant aid for major capital works by a school (details supplied) in County Cork; the status of the...
    • Minor Works Scheme Restoration
      632. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate the minor works grants to national schools in this school year. [34062/15]
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      633. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of departmental staff with access to the primary online database who have received Garda Síochána vetting for handing data...
    • Education Expenditure
      634. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she has taken to support primary education; if she will continue to support and advance primary education through the allocation of...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      636. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to expedite an application for an appeal against the refusal of a higher education grant to a person (details supplied)...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      637. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 21 January 2014, if advice on the use of seclusion, isolation, or withdrawal rooms by the National...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the numbers of supernumerary positions in her Department, and those agencies, organisations or bodies funded by her Department; the maximum...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34159/15]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      640. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend eligibility for the special rate of Student Universal Support Ireland grant to those applicants whose family income is below...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a family (details supplied) in County Westmeath with four children has been granted seats on the bus to a local school for only two...
    • Momentum Programme
      642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the cost of every additional 100 Momentum places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34297/15]
    • Springboard Programme
      643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the cost of every additional 100 Springboard places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34298/15]
    • Departmental Contracts
      644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 549 of 12 May 2015 and given the Comptroller and Auditor General’s Report of 29 September 2015 as...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      646. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 467 of 17 February 2015 regarding a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary and the provision of a...
    • School Costs
      647. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out her views on the issuing of written demands for cash payments to parents of school-going children by school authorities in return for...
    • Third Level Fees
      648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of students who have qualified to have third level fees paid for the academic year 2015-16; the total that will be spent on...
    • Student Support Schemes
      649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of students who will receive a third level maintenance grant; the total amount that will be spent on these grants, for the...
    • Third Level Funding
      651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the total cost of spending on third level education during the 2014-15 academic year, inclusive of all supports, grants, etc.; and if...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      652. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the progress to date in the provision of a replacement primary school for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the progress to date in the provision of a replacement building for a school (details provided) in County Galway; when will a...
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      654. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to her reply on 10 June 2015 in which she stated that her Department does not have any contracts in place with service providers for the...
    • Further Education and Training Colleges
      656. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans to bring increased accountability and transparency of grading procedures for further education students in line with those...
    • School Accommodation
      657. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she is aware of the safety concerns involving a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and her plans to provide a new school, given...
    • Universities Legislation
      658. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Universities Amendment Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34437/15]
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of primary schools at stage 2B of the planning process for new schools and extensions; if she will confirm that a school...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the reason for the delay in registering with the Teaching Council of Ireland; if she will request that an application (details...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans to make the student grant scheme more accessible by allowing those who are self-employed and experiencing a significant...
    • School Accommodation
      662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the position regarding funding for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34481/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      663. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm receipt of correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if she is aware of this case; and if she will make...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      665. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her views on the campaign by the Irish National Teachers Organisation, which is calling for the reduction of class sizes to the...
    • School Enrolments Data
      666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will indicate the section 29 appeals undertaken in each of the past five years, including details of the outcomes (details supplied)....
    • School Accommodation
      667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 24 September 2015, the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal was not included on this...
    • School Transport Provision
      668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if door-to-door school transport will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; the reason for non-provision of same; and if...
    • School Accommodation
      669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to sanction the additional funding needed to secure the re-development of a school (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she...
    • School Transport Tendering
      671. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of problems arising from the procurement process that is now being used by Bus Éireann to secure transport contractors in the...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      672. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills If she will examine and expedite equal pay for equal work for newly qualified teachers since 2012, as they are receiving almost €10,000...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the status of a school building (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34664/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      675. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the availability of resource or special needs teachers at primary and secondary level; the...
    • School Accommodation
      676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she proposes to replace, extend or upgrade primary and second level accommodation in areas indicating a particular deficiency...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      679. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which poverty and disadvantage continue to affect children at primary and at secondary levels; the action she has taken, or...
    • Student Grants Data
      680. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which all outstanding applications for higher education grants for the 2015-16 academic year have been approved, rejected, or are...
    • Bullying in Schools
      681. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which efforts continue to be made to combat school bullying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34674/15]
    • Schools Review
      682. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of her ongoing dialogue with the authorities in respect of smaller urban or rural denominational schools, with a view to, insofar as...
    • Education and Training Provision
      683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which education continues to meet the educational and training requirements of the workplace; discussion is ongoing to provide for...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      684. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants available at primary and secondary levels throughout County Kildare; the extent to which it is expected to...
    • Student Accommodation
      685. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which a deficit in student accommodation has been identified within the catchment areas of the various third level institutions;...
    • Gaelscoileanna Issues
      687. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in responding to the submissions made by the various school authorities promoting the need for a gaelcholáiste in North...
    • School Accommodation
      688. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new schools on greenfield sites; replacements for existing deficient structures, approved, funded, and completed in the past five...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      689. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the recognition of primary teaching qualifications by the Teaching Council, if she will clarify whether the Marino Institute of...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      690. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the registration of teaching qualifications from the United Kingdom, and elsewhere; that the Teaching Council and her...
    • School Funding
      691. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the substantial difference in the per capita funding to schools per student at primary level when compared with students at...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Funding
      692. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 912 and 913 of 26 May 2015, in which she stated that her Department has no contract with the provider in...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Motor Tax Yield
      693. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue generated from road tax collected from 1 January 2015 to date in respect of pre-2008 vehicles, which...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      694. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of pre-2008 vehicles that paid road tax from 1 January 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Refugee Protection Programme
      701. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the procedure for housing the agreed number of refugees; the agreed terms; the tax incentives for landlords with suitable...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      702. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the case in which a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary does not qualify for rehousing based...
    • Calafoirt agus Céanna
      703. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government an bhfuil airgead curtha ar fáil sa Chlár Bunstruchtúr agus Infheistíochta Caipitil 2016-2021...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      704. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units that have been built in Counties Monaghan and Cavan; the amount of funding that has...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      705. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Leader funding for the rural development programme to the Leader groups, North and East Kerry Development, South...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      706. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a new tenant purchase scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34127/15]
    • Fire Service Staff
      707. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria for the recruitment of firefighters in local authorities; the reason competitions are only open to internal,...
    • Departmental Staff
      708. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the numbers of supernumerary positions in his Department, and those agencies, organisations...
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      709. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to change the manner in which the seniors alert scheme is delivered, in particular if local community alert...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      710. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to institute a scheme, along the lines of the scheme instituted by the State for small trade unions in Trade...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      711. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of payments made to Dublin City Council in the period 2010 to date in 2015. [34276/15]
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      713. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of voids and vacant local authority dwellings for Cork City Council and for Cork County Council; if he will...
    • Building Regulations
      714. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to intervene, as a matter of urgency, to resolve the situation in Longboat Quay in Dublin 2, where 900 residents...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      715. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if officials from his Department have provided formal or informal direction to local authorities not to submit social...
    • Community Alert Programme
      717. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the new funding in place for community alert schemes to erect cameras and other such equipment; how the schemes can apply...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      718. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that Mayo north east Leader partnership, in examining an application (details supplied), complied fully...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      719. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the names of the persons who attended a meeting with him and with Cerberus; the date and venue it was held; the issues...
    • Departmental Schemes
      721. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the eligibility criteria for the €30 million village and town enhancement scheme which was recently announced; the...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      722. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications for Leader funding from within County Mayo, that are currently awaiting assessment at any stage...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      723. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proposed assessment process for choosing the delivery companies for the Leader programme 2016 to 2020; if his...
    • Building Regulations Amendments
      724. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the Building Control Act 2007 regulations, in particular the rules regarding energy standards; and if...
    • Water Conservation Grant
      725. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a water conservation grant is payable to the estate of a deceased person, whose probate is not yet completed, where the...
    • Plastic Bag Levy
      726. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated loss to the Exchequer of reducing the €0.22 levy on plastic bags to €0.17; and if he will make...
    • Environmental Schemes
      727. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the potential in County Sligo for a greenway route (details supplied) to promote tourism and transport in the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      728. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 723 and 1146 of 22 September 2015, his plans to introduce new legislation, or to...
    • Planning Issues
      729. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a local authority has the right to use section 160 of the Planning Act to prevent persons from playing football on...
    • Building Regulations
      730. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that staff shortages in local authorities are a contributing factor to the small number of part VIIIs that have...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      731. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of National Asset Management Agency properties, broken down by local authority area, that have been identified...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Expenditure
      732. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount paid out by his Department in each local authority area for the rental accommodation scheme, housing assistance...
    • Capital Assistance Scheme Funding
      733. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been provided from his Department to each local authority through the capital assistance scheme; the...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      734. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government since the announcement of Strategy 2020, the number of part VIIIs that have been agreed by each local authority; the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      735. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of homes that have been acquired by local authorities through the part V scheme over the past year; and the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      738. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details, by category, and by local authority, of the spend on social housing support, including each of...
    • Departmental Funding
      739. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that was allocated from his Department to the Social Housing Strategy 2020; the amount of this that was,...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Foreign Policy
      740. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will bring to the attention of the European Commission, which, through European Union Council Regulation EC No....
    • Departmental Programmes
      741. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No.1551 of 22 September 2015, if he will publish a list of all contractors who have...
    • Departmental Staff
      742. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the numbers of supernumerary positions in his Department, and those agencies, organisations...
    • Broadcasting Charge
      743. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the public service broadcasting charge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Broadband Plan Expenditure
      744. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated target spend under the national broadband plan; the breakdown in Exchequer funding and other sources; and...
    • Broadcasting Charge
      746. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland's call for the creation of a new fund, which would support public...
    • Departmental Reports
      747. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the outcome of the public consultation on Ireland's eel management plan will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Bord na Móna
      748. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has made specific inquiries with, or representations to, the board of directors of Bord na Móna, in relation...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      751. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for, and the details of, prior representations made to him regarding the introduction of a statutory...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Network
      752. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the upgrading of the Cork-to-Limerick N20 road will be facilitated in the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vehicle Registration Data
      753. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of second hand pre-2008 vehicles registered as a change of ownership since 1 January 2015 to date; and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      755. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to modify the road traffic legislation, and in doing so, make it more understandable and readable for the citizens...
    • Roadworthiness Testing
      756. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a customer service charter in place for commercial vehicle testing; if not, his plans to liaise with the Road Safety...
    • Departmental Programmes
      758. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a review for a certificate in professional competence in transport management courses has been completed; and if he will make a...
    • Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
      759. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the 2015 sports capital grant allocations will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34094/15]
    • Departmental Staff
      760. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the numbers of supernumerary positions in his Department, and those agencies, organisations or bodies...
    • Departmental Properties
      761. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will institute a framework scheme facility and encourage the rehabilitation of disused railway, canal, and similar buildings, in...
    • Road Network
      762. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the N26 upgrade has been excluded from the capital programme 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network
      763. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for investment in the western rail corridor from 2016 to 2020; if these plans include an expansion of the present line; and if...
    • Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
      764. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sports capital grants 2015 will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34177/15]
    • Fáilte Ireland Funding
      765. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding has been allocated to capital projects in County Waterford under the first phase of funding for the Ireland's Ancient East...
    • Rail Network
      767. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given that the new capital plan includes an allocation in the order of €3.6 billion for public transport and, and given that...
    • Tourism Promotion
      768. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the body responsible for promoting Cork city and its environs as a tourist destination; the investment that is being made to promote Cork...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      769. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will approve an application under the sports capital grant scheme for a sports club (details supplied) in County Cavan. [34433/15]
    • Legislative Programme
      770. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the national tourism development authority (amendment) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34436/15]
    • Taxi Licences Renewals
      771. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending a pending taxi licence renewal from a ten-year class to a 15-year class, on the basis of an illness...
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      772. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there are no midlands greenway signs erected to date, given that there are 2,500 signs erected for the Wild Atlantic Way....
    • Rail Services
      773. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that Iarnród Éireann collected from charging customers for reservation of their seats on intercity services, in...
    • Road Projects Status
      775. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is committed to completing the construction of the N28 Cork to Ringaskiddy road scheme under the transport section of the...
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      776. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Seven Arches at Portsalon in County Donegal, one of County Donegal’s most iconic landmarks on the Wild Atlantic...
    • Aviation Issues
      777. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the health and safety measures in place for the use of drones by members of the public; the licensing requirements; if there are zones...
    • Road Projects
      778. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that an upgrade to the M7 will not include a toll bridge, following the announcement of a €27 billion capital...
    • Public Transport
      779. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons the taxsaver programme operated by Bus Éireann is not available to commuters for routes operating through County...
    • Railway Stations Upgrade
      780. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when works are due to commence on the installation of a shelter at Ennis Railway Station in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Monuments
      781. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the 1916 National Monument at 14 to 17 Moore Street has been included in the Project Jewel National Asset Management Agency...
    • Maoiniú d'Fhoras na Gaeilge
      782. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí chun buiséad Fhoras na Gaeilge a choinneáil mar atá nó a mhéadú, leis an gcaint...
    • Museum Projects
      784. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current and planned future funding for the National Transport Museum of Ireland; if she will consider moving the museum to a more...
    • Departmental Staff
      785. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of the numbers of supernumerary positions in her Department, and those agencies, organisations or bodies...
    • National Monuments
      786. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an application has been received from Louth County Council, or from any other body, regarding the opening, maintenance, and...
    • Hare Coursing
      787. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will exclude a coursing club (details supplied) from the 2015 to 2016 hare coursing licence, given that members of the club...
    • Calafoirt agus Céanna
      788. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil airgead curtha ar fáil faoin gClár Bonneagair agus Infheistíochta Caipitil, 2016-2021 d’fhorbairt na...
    • School Transport Provision
      789. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a 100% grant was not provided for the provision of the school bus link from Cleggan to Galway, given the principle of...
    • Arts Funding
      791. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the average annual expenditure on the arts as a percentage of gross domestic product; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

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