Written answers
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- GLAS Administration
9. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason, if his Department is encouraging farmers to use controlled burning as an option for land management, that when a green...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
10. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to address agriculture’s large contribution to carbon emissions to meet emissions targets...
- Budget Submissions
11. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects to be in a position to reassure the farming community in regard to the various issues it has raised...
- GLAS Administration
12. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if tranche two of the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme will contain the same measures as tranche one; if the low input...
- Agriculture Scheme Administration
13. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek an increase in the budget allocation for areas of natural constraint in order to reverse the cuts from previous...
- Fishery Harbour Centres
14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he has taken each year since 2011 to develop fishing, boat repairs, tourism, and other small businesses at Howth fishery...
- Live Exports
15. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to secure live export markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34031/15]
- Agriculture Scheme Penalties
16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address farm penalties under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34030/15]
- Dairy Sector
17. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on concerns regarding the decline in profitability in the dairy sector; the European Union's refusal to increase...
- GLAS Administration
18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on his Department using the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme as a means to reduce participants’ claimable...
- TAMS Eligibility
20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the elements of the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II that have been announced to date; the closing date for applications...
- Agrifood Sector
21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the announcement of Food Wise 2025, the report of the 2025 agrifood strategy committee, the steps taken to ensure the...
- Common Fisheries Policy
22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that the integrity of the penalty points system of the Common Fisheries Policy has been undermined by the recent refusal of...
- Bovine Disease Controls
23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the implications of research conducted by the Institute for Global Food Security at Queen's University Belfast...
- Milk Prices
24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date in negotiations with the European Union on increasing its market intervention price for milk to reflect...
- GLAS Administration
25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason if green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme planners are qualified by his Department to make the maximum eligible area...
- Fertiliser Prices
26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the high cost of fertilisers for farmers; the global structure of the fertilisers manufacturing industry; if he will update...
- Sale of State Assets
27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale behind the sale of Coillte’s portfolio of telecommunications assets; his plans to sell off other Coillte assets;...
- Animal Welfare
28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on recent consideration of amending the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to provide increased protection to animals,...
- GLAS Data
29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide up-to-date figures for applications under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, with particular reference...
- Dairy Sector
30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the abolition of dairy quotas and the consequent market turbulence, as well as the significant borrowings undertaken by...
- Fishery Harbour Centres
31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of future tendering processes for properties at Howth fishery harbour in County Dublin; and if he will make...
- Animal Welfare
32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current regulations for dog shelters, boarding kennels, dog breeders; and behaviourists and trainers working with dogs; if he...
- Beef Data Programme
33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in rolling out the beef data and genomics scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34219/15]
- Bovine Disease Controls
34. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will remove the 10% threshold for compensation for farmers with tuberculosis reactors; if he will remove the prohibition on...
- Aquaculture Licence Application Numbers
35. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licences awaiting decision when he came into office; sought; and decided, since he came into office;...
- GLAS Applications
36. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he is downgrading the low input permanent pasture measure in the latest round of the green low-carbon agri-environmental...
- Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the attainment of the objectives set out in Food Harvest 2020; he expects the...
- Beef Exports
38. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage of Irish beef that has been exported to China and the United States of America since January 2015; and if he will make a...
- Department of Social Protection
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an increase in rent support will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare given that the person's rent...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be entitled to an invalidity pension as he was previously approved for a...
- Back to Work Allowance
41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Kerry who have applied for the back to work enterprise allowance; who were successful; who have...
- State Pension (Contributory) Applications
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the issue with the State pension (contributory) where persons whose average contributions over a greater number of...
- Disability Allowance Applications
43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a disability allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will...
- Unemployment Benefits
44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons under 25 years of age, by county, in receipt of jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance and signing on for...
- National Internship Scheme Administration
46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when the proposed evaluation of the JobBridge scheme, which is currently out to tender, will be completed and published; if the...
- Youth Guarantee
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for a breakdown of the number of education, training and work experience places which the Government is committed to delivering on...
- Social Welfare Benefits
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will restore the full adult rate of social welfare to young persons engaged in education, training and work experience in...
- Community Employment Schemes Funding
51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if there is a €28 million surplus in her Department's community employment training fund; her plans to restore the training...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance
52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who were and are in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance who were called upon by her Department to...
- Water Conservation Grant
53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of homes that have applied for; that have been paid the Water Conservation Grant. [34821/15]
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the options open to a person (details supplied) who is currently homeless to restore her weekly income, given the successive cuts...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
56. 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...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to expedite an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County...
- Social Insurance Yield
58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the amount of employer's pay-related social insurance collected by her Department in each year...
- Living Wage
59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the discussions she or her Department have had with suppliers or service contractors to her Department, or to...
- Farm Assist Scheme
60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the funding under the farm assist programme in each year from 2010 to 2014; the projected expenditure in 2015; and if she will make...
- Department of Finance
- Credit Unions Regulation
61. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 29 September 2015, if he will confirm that the non-implementation of section 44, the local investment provision,...
- Budget Submissions
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received pre-budget submissions from the artisan cider production sector; his views that this sector could emulate the experience of the craft beer...
- Revenue Commissioners Reports
64. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the Revenue Commissioner's year-by-year statistical reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34867/15]
- Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
65. To ask the Minister for Finance if his view on the legal enforceability of the code of conduct on mortgage arrears has changed following the Supreme Court's ruling on the issue; and if he...
- Credit Unions Regulation
68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will refrain from commencing consultation paper 88 until such time as full consideration is given to the recommendation of the International Credit Union...
- Tax Reliefs Data
69. To ask the Minister for Finance for the number of farmers, in tabular form, who availed of the various tax reliefs specifically in the income tax, stamp duty, capital gains tax and...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to Department or State...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Relief Schemes
71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 30 September 2015, if he is awaiting receipt of a report from the Office of Public Works due...
- Seanad Elections
72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of registered post for ballot papers in the cultural and educational panel by-election to Seanad Éireann in 2014. [34792/15]
- Living Wage
74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the discussions he or his Department have had with suppliers or service contractors to his Department or agencies of...
- Departmental Staff Data
75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff currently employed in each Department and State agency, in tabular form, by county; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the total number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to...
- Political Funding
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding that has been allocated to a political party (details supplied); and the purpose of this money. [34957/15]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- IDA Site Visits
78. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits made by potential multinational investors with the Industrial Development Agency to a town (details supplied) in...
- Departmental Reports
79. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the study on low-hour contracts will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34810/15]
- Living Wage
80. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline the discussions he or his departmental officials have had with suppliers or service contractors to his Department,...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
81. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the total number of staff under the remit of his Department who have applied to be transferred to...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not yet received a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme; and if he...
- GLAS Eligibility
83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Dexter cattle were not included in the 2014 green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Harbours and Piers Development
84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made on the plans for Ros an Mhíl Harbour in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34765/15]
- Agrifood Sector
86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which a system may be devised to protect producers and consumers against peaks and troughs in the food production...
- Food Exports
87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects this country to capitalise on the global food market in the future, with particular reference to...
- Food Labelling
89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which traceability continues to be enforced throughout the food production sector, with particular reference to the need...
- Pigmeat Sector
90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects the pigmeat sector to develop and remain viable for producers for the foreseeable future; and if he...
- Fishing Industry Development
91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects the fishing industry to develop in the future, with particular reference to value-added products, and...
- Poultry Industry
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his Department continues to evaluate the poultry sector, with particular reference to the extent to which the...
- Fisheries Protection
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which European fish catch conservation measures continue to benefit the industry, with particular reference to...
- Dairy Sector
95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he can reassure the dairy sector regarding its future prospects in the wake of the abolition of quotas; and if he...
- Artisan Food Sector
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the future development and expansion potential of the artisan food sector; and if...
- Exports Growth
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects new markets to open up markets for all Irish food and food products; and if he will make a statement on...
- Food Industry Development
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects the innovative ability of the Kerry Group to continue to become a main player on global markets, given...
- Bovine Disease Controls
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of disease control, traceability, and isolation in the context of the...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when headage payments for 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
102. 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...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons receiving farm subsidies; the total amount paid out, by county; the highest amount paid to a person, by county;...
- Rural Development Programme Projects
104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers are no longer allowed to nominate a person in their stead, such as a spouse, partner, son, or daughter, to attend...
- Animal Welfare
105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 in order to provide protection for foxes from dogs (details supplied). [34931/15]
- Departmental Staff Relocation
106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the total number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to...
- Department of Defence
- Rapid Response Initiative
107. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of military personnel, by rank, who are on the Irish Aid Rapid Response Corps roster. [34774/15]
- Departmental Staff Relocation
110. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the total number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to Department or State...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Naturalisation Applications
111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will indicate the eligibility for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Garda Deployment
112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality If she will provide additional resources to An Garda Síochána in Tallaght in Dublin 24 to facilitate effective action to tackle...
- Residency Permits
113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34785/15]
- Drugs Seizures
114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug seizures by An Garda Síochána in the R district in 2014; in 2015 to date; the type; the monetary value, of the drugs...
- Data Protection
115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the risks to archives services posed by current negotiation in Brussels on the draft European Union regulation on the...
- Garda Recruitment
116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when further recruitment to An Garda Síochána will commence. [34858/15]
- Naturalisation Applications
117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine and expedite an application for temporary and limited leave to remain in the State by a person (details supplied) in County...
- Court Accommodation Refurbishment
118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider Wicklow court house as part of the €10 million provision in Exchequer funding for courts building refurbishment under...
- Garda Deployment
119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown of the number of community Gardaí in the Kerry division; and where they have been stationed for the years 2010 to October...
- Garda Station Closures
120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the savings from Garda Síochána station closures in the Kerry division since January 2011. [34880/15]
- Garda Operations
121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures within An Garda Síochána for handling and transporting blasting gelignite; if An Garda Síochána is routinely...
- Visa Applications
122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider whether or not an injustice has occurred in the case of an application for a visa by a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Staff Relocation
123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the total number of staff under the remit of her Department that have applied to be transferred to Department...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Housing Provision
124. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware of the serious concerns in the Tallaght region of Dublin 24 regarding the imminent closure of the Cuan Álainn refuge...
- Counselling Services
125. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide the necessary funding to re-establish the scheme of grants for marriage, child and bereavement counselling services, as...
- Departmental Staff Relocation
126. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the total number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to...
- Department of Health
- Early Childhood Care Education
127. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding support for a family with a young child with autism under the early childhood care and education scheme (details supplied) in Dublin 5;...
- Health Services Provision
128. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied); his plans to address the major concerns raised; to meet the representative group; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Appeals
129. To ask the Minister for Health if and when medical cards will be restored to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34751/15]
- Dental Services Provision
130. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 will be issued new dentures by a dentist. [34766/15]
- Hospital Appointment Status
131. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for hip surgery will be scheduled without further delay for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [34767/15]
- Primary Care Centre Provision
132. To ask the Minister for Health given that the Health Service Executive has committed to providing a new modern primary care centre in Tubbercurry in County Sligo, if he will provide an...
- Health Services Provision
133. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to a person (details supplied) who is severely disabled following a stroke but who wishes to return home as soon as possible. [34778/15]
- Community Care Provision
134. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the 100 bed community nursing unit in St. Patrick's Hospital in County Waterford; if he will confirm that a design team has been...
- General Medical Services Scheme Administration
135. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical cards and general practitioner visit cards are not issued from date of receipt of application instead of from date of completion; and if he...
- Drugs Payment Scheme Expenditure
136. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the €144 per month drugs payment scheme threshold to €125 per month. [34799/15]
- Medical Card Delays
137. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a continuous delay in processing a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the application will be expedited due to...
- Youth Services Funding
138. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reverse the decision to cut the Health Service Executive funding for the Oasis outreach project in the Mounttown-Monkstown Farm area, an outreach...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
139. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new patient accommodation at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth, due to be completed in 2017; the number of patient...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
140. To ask the Minister for Health for information regarding the recruitment process for the two infection prevention and control nurse positions which are currently vacant at Our Lady of...
- Hospital Acquired Infections
141. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to receive the legionella risk assessment report on Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth, which an independent contractor...
- Hospital Facilities
142. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of installing a new water treatment system circa April 2014 at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth; the rationale for its...
- Hospital Acquired Infections
143. To ask the Minister for Health the course of action he is proposing to deal with the Health Information and Quality Authority report on the threat of legionnaires' disease to Our Lady of...
- Health Services Funding
144. To ask the Minister for Health when he will respond to correspondence, dated 19 June 2015, from this Deputy's concerning the funding deficit at an organisation (details supplied) in County...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
145. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a hernia operation carried out in St. Vincent's hospital in Elm Park in Dublin 4. [34875/15]
- Hospital Services
146. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dermatology patients in County Donegal; the number of these under the care of a consultant from Altnagelvin Area Hospital; Sligo General...
- Medical Card Data
147. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over 80 years of age who do not have a medical card. [34890/15]
- National Children's Hospital
148. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34891/15]
- Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
149. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the provision of fertility treatment, specifically in vitro fertilisation and iIntracytoplasmic sperm injection, more readily available; the...
- Dental Services
150. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he has to ensure that all medical card holders, irrespective of their location, are provided with free dental benefit if they need to access...
- Medical Card Eligibility
151. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the policy of means testing adult children for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34909/15]
- Mental Health Services Funding
152. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek extra funds (details supplied) for dementia in the forthcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34912/15]
- Hospital Investigations
153. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 878 of 9 June 2015, the details of an incident that occurred in St. Vincent's hospital in Dublin 4; and if he will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
154. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for vital services for persons with autism (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34932/15]
- Home Help Service Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding providing vital home help services for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34933/15]
- Departmental Staff Relocation
156. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to departmental or State...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Charities and Voluntary Organisations
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Greater Chernobyl Cause may expect to receive follow-up action in regard to the provision of assistance (details supplied); and if she...
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in County Kerry who have applied for the Momentum Ignite programme; the number who were successful and-or completed the...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected delivery date for providing a school building for a new school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way she can reconcile her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1272 of 22 September 2015, that residents at Linden House were not entitled to...
- Schools Building Projects Status
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position on the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if all the impeding matters have being addressed;...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding large class sizes in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34816/15]
- Schools Building Projects Status
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the proposed extension for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Transport Eligibility
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that concessions do not apply on a service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34878/15]
- Springboard Programme
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Springboard places, by year, since its launch; the average take-up rate of the courses; the number of specific courses available;...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress regarding a new school (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34893/15]
- Living Wage
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the discussions she or her Department have had with suppliers or service contractors to her Department or to agencies of her...
- School Staffing
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of pupils required to gain an extra teacher; if this requirement is greater in smaller schools with a teacher principal...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the reason the changes to the general allocation model have discriminated against some schools of a similar size; and if she will make...
- Capitation Grants
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the capitation grant for primary and secondary pupils; the reason there is a differentiation; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Administration
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the number of administrative days that are allocated to school principals; her plans to redress the imbalance between administrative...
- Pupil Data Collection
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the reason primary schools are required to make regular test result returns to her Department; the purpose of these results; and if...
- Teachers' Remuneration
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans to redress the inequity in teachers' pay scales that were applied to recent new entrants; and if she will make a statement...
- Educational Disadvantage
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of the schools in counties Wicklow and Carlow participating in the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme; the...
- Third Level Institutions
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the authority or legislation under which she or her Department can establish or order an investigation into the activities of universities,...
- School Accommodation
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in the provision of a replacement primary school for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make...
- Schools Building Projects Status
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in the provision of a replacement building for a school (details supplied); when will a contractor be selected for this...
- Departmental Staff Data
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form the total number of staff under the remit of her Department that have applied to be transferred to Department...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Wind Energy Guidelines
180. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he has had on new planning guidelines for wind turbines; the scenarios examined for set-back distances...
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
181. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will examine a submission on a proposal (details supplied) which offers a possible and affordable solution to the...
- Homelessness Strategy
182. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the report he received entitled, Report to the Dublin Region Homeless Executive on Difficulties Accessing...
- Homeless Persons Data
183. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of non-Irish persons in 2013 and 2014 who accessed homeless accommodation in the greater Dublin area, as...
- Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance
184. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the 121 vacant council houses unoccupied throughout County Sligo; how and when these will be allocated; and...
- Water Quality
186. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34786/15]
- Seanad Reform
187. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reform the by-election process for Seanad Éireann, whereby only Members of the Oireachtas have a vote....
- Capital Assistance Scheme Applications
189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update and date for approval of an application for additional funding by a housing association (details supplied)...
- Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance
190. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason ten of the 16 social housing units at St. Lawrence’s Park in Stillorgan, County Dublin are empty and are...
- Capital Assistance Scheme Applications
191. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when an application by an organisation (details supplied) under the capital assistance scheme will be approved; and if he...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
193. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for the list of allocations of funding to local authorities in 2015 under the rural water programme for group sewerage...
- Living Wage
194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline the discussions he or his Department have had with suppliers or service contractors to his Department, or to...
- Leader Programmes Expenditure
195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government The funding under the Leader programme in each year from 2010 to 2014; the projected expenditure in 2015; and if he will...
- Leader Programmes Funding
196. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of Leader funding allocated by Mayo north-east Leader partnership each year, pursuant to the rural development...
- Irish Water Remit
197. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the 2013 Irish Water Act to allow Irish Water or the local authority to accept responsibility for all...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if all second level schools under the national broadband plan attained the 100 Mbs Internet download speed target by the...
- Gas Networks Ireland
199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of any disruption to emergency cover for maintenance of the Irish Gas network in the past six months; and...
- Living Wage
200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to outline the discussions he or his Department have had with suppliers or service contractors to his Department, or to...
- Better Energy Homes Scheme
201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if window upgrades have been considered in the context of improving the energy efficiency of homes; and if he will make a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- National Car Test
202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to deal with the current backlog in available appointments for the national car test; the current average waiting time for an...
- Public Transport
203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full cost of providing an additional 80 buses to the Bus Éireann fleet. [34801/15]
- Departmental Agencies Reports
205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will conduct a business impact analysis on the proposals contained in the Dublin transport study; and if he will make a statement...
- Road Network
206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the preferred route for the Adare bypass will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34895/15]
- Public Transport Provision
207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to resolve the issue of overcrowding on commuter routes where passengers are often refused admission to buses or...
- Leaganacha Gaeilge d'Fhoirmeacha Foirmiúil
209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport céard iad na socruithe atá déanta chun a chinntiú go mbeidh na foirmeacha dá dtagraítear in Ionstraim...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the total number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge
211. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén méid airgid a íocadh amach faoi scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge gach bliain ó 2009 briste...
- Calafoirt agus Céanna
212. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil airgead curtha ar fáil sa gClár Bun Structúr agus Infheistíochta Caipitil 2016-2021 d’fhorbairt...
- Hedge Cutting Season
213. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No.666 of 10 February 2015, if there is an update from the working group regarding possible changes...
- Island Communities
214. 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...
