Written answers
Thursday, 8 October 2015
- Department of Defence
- Military Neutrality
10. To ask the Minister for Defence with regard to his Department's White Paper on Defence, his views on a change to the State's policy and definition of military neutrality, and if he will...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
11. To ask the Minister for Defence the role the Defence Forces will play in supporting employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34449/15]
- Civil Defence
12. To ask the Minister for Defence with reference to section 9.3 of the White Paper on Defence that he published in August 2015, if he will provide, in detail, his Department’s ambitions...
- Naval Service Operations
13. To ask the Minister for Defence if he envisages that Ireland will dispatch another naval vessel on humanitarian missions after the LE Samuel Beckett mission ends on 30 November 2015; and if...
- European Union Naval Force Operation–Mediterranean
14. To ask the Minister for Defence the co-ordinated strategies that will be put in place for 2016 regarding the European Union Naval Force Operation–Mediterranean; and if he will make a...
- Naval Service Operations
15. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update regarding the LE Samuel Beckett role in assisting in the humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean; and if he will make a statement...
- Defence Forces Properties
16. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the sale of Magee Barracks in County Kildare.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34446/15]
- Defence Forces Equipment
17. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to provide the international defence industry with increased access to the Irish Defence Forces for product testing, particularly in view of their...
- Defence Forces Properties
18. To ask the Minister for Defence his priorities for Custume Barracks in Athlone in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34451/15]
- Defence Forces Equipment
19. To ask the Minister for Defence the partners of Defence Forces consortium bids for Horizon 2020; the criteria in deciding who to partner, and the types of projects to become involved with; to...
- Overseas Missions
20. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which future deployments of Irish peacekeepers at various locations overseas will be deployed in such numbers, and with the necessary supports to...
- Commemorative Events
21. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update regarding his Department's role in the 1916 commemorations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34260/15]
- Naval Service Operations
22. To ask the Minister for Defence given recent events in County Mayo (details supplied), if he will ensure that in future there will be an automatic Navy response following a request from An...
- Defence Forces Strength
23. To ask the Minister for Defence if he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of training, equipment, supply, and transport and communications throughout the Defence Forces in the Army, Navy...
- Naval Service Strength
24. To ask the Minister for Defence given the single force concept, his views regarding the way in which the Naval Service Reserve underwent such a drastic drop of 76% in sea-going days between...
- Airport Security
25. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied with the current system for the provision of aid-to-the-civil-power duties at Shannon Airport; if he has had discussions with the Department...
- Military Aircraft Landings
26. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will publish the records maintained by the Air Corps on the numbers and types of United States of America military aircraft that were given permission to...
- Defence Forces Reorganisation
27. To ask the Minister for Defence his views that the disestablishment of the 4th Western Brigade in 2012 has had a negative social impact on rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...
- Military Neutrality
28. To ask the Minister for Defence his views that the new White Paper on Defence contradicts itself, as it has a pledge to maintain military neutrality, which it characterises as non-membership...
- European Union Naval Force Operation–Mediterranean
29. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the role the Defence Forces are playing in the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean; and his future plans for this role. [34385/15]
- Army Barracks Closures
30. To ask the Minister for Defence his priorities for Columb Barracks in Mullingar in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34450/15]
- Naval Service Operations
31. To ask the Minister for Defence the circumstances surrounding the delay in involvement by the Naval Service in a recent search in County Mayo which had been requested by An Garda...
- Military Neutrality
32. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the consideration given to the contradiction between Ireland's traditional position of neutrality and the new Defence Forces strategy as outlined...
- Department of Social Protection
- State Pensions Payments
33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider the pension calculation which was brought in during the austerity period where a person who has worked...
- Wage Subsidy Scheme
34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the issues raised in correspondence from a group (details supplied). [35174/15]
- Disability Allowance Applications
35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been refused payment of a disability allowance; and if she will make a...
- Community Employment Schemes Cessation
37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide this Deputy with a copy of the community employment supervisors' enhanced redundancy agreement. [34981/15]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance from a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be finalised; and if she will...
- Death Certificates
39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 822 of 22 September 2015, if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding death...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Data
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the average cost of each jobseeker's allowance claim for each of the years from 2011 to date in 2015 ; and if she will make a...
- Live Register Data
41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the differing exit rates from the live register in 2015 to date in tabular form for single persons who are over 26 years of age and...
- Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending jobseeker's benefit to the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35055/15]
- Invalidity Pension Applications
44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a decision on a review; the reason for the delay; and if she will...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an increase in rent support will be authorised for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if partial rent support will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the case will be urgently reviewed;...
- Child Maintenance Payments
49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare who are on the local authority housing waiting...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the cessation of a jobseeker's allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an increase in rent support will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
52. 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; and if she will make a...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Appeals
53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate if a decision not to award an exceptional needs payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if partial rent supplement will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Finance
- Fuel Laundering
55. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures his Department is taking to ensure that diesel being sold at garages is tested as green diesel to protect motorists in this regard; the number of...
- Pension Provisions
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for the changes to the approved minimum retirement fund, given that many pension holders are concerned that their ability to withdraw funds will...
- Credit Unions Regulation
57. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the consultation paper 88 on credit unions from the Central Bank of Ireland . [34964/15]
- Tax Rebates
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a tax rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34973/15]
- Pensions Levy
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid through pension levy payments; if these have been discontinued; the number of existing pensioners whose pensions have been reduced because of...
- Universal Social Charge Application
62. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34990/15]
- NAMA Expenditure
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide. in tabular form per property and development, the amount the National Asset Management Agency has spent on bringing properties, built...
- Tax Code
64. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on altering the deposit interest retention tax rate according to the level of interest paid in order that persons with modest savings are not taxed...
- NAMA Staff Data
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the payroll savings to the National Asset Management Agency in 2016 from the voluntary redundancy of the 51 staff accepted to date; the redundancy pay-out to...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Relief Schemes Status
66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter regarding flooding in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Sector Staff Data
67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public servants at the end of each year from 2007 to 2014; at the current time by Department; and if he will make a...
- Pension Provisions
68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35155/15]
- EU Programmes
69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the new INTERREG IV programme will become operational; the funding allocated to the programme; to each measure within the programme;...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Local Enterprise Offices
70. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding allocated to each local enterprise office or its predecessor; the outturn by office in each of the years 2011 to 2014; and...
- Industrial Development
71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an Industrial Development Agency office dedicated to County Kerry will be opened in the county, given the poor performance of the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the areas of natural constraints scheme and the basic payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
- Beekeeping Industry
78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered a ban on bee imports due to the danger to the Irish bee population from disease in imported bee stocks. [35008/15]
- Harbours and Piers Funding
79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be made available for a project (details supplied) in County Cork; when work will commence; and if he will make a...
- Special Protection Areas Designation
80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the up-to-date position on his efforts to bring about a fair deal for owners of hen harrier designated lands; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in making a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the area-based payment and the...
- Forestry Grants
82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when decisions will be issued to farmers who have applied for forestry grants and who are awaiting assessment of the possible effects...
- Agriculture Schemes
83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce measures to address the income difficulties in the sheep sector, including a new direct payment scheme to...
- Meat Processing Plant Inspections
84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the controls he has put in place to monitor carcass trimming in meat plants; if this work is being monitored by agricultural officers...
- Aquaculture Licences
85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the report of the review of the aquaculture licensing regime will be published as provided for in Foodwise 2025; and if he will...
- Agriculture Schemes
86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the locally led targeted agri-environment output scheme will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35067/15]
- GLAS Data
87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have qualified for the first phase of the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme (GLAS) and GLAS+ by...
- Agriculture Schemes
88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when approvals will commence for young farmers under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Scheme Expenditure
89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of targeted agricultural modernisation scheme I funding that will be spent as part of the 2007 to 2013 rural development...
- Rural Development Programme
90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the changes he has made in the current rural development programme to the knowledge transfer measure; the update on the roll-out of...
- Beef Industry
91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that meat factories are using a new and different mechanical grading formula over the past few weeks, and that this is...
- GLAS Administration
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers to date who have terminated their contracts under the agri-environment options scheme; the rural environment...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cavan for the slaughter of 16 cattle; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Legal Cases
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of a review undertaken within his Department following a judgment in a court case (details supplied); if this report was...
- Commonage Land
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonages in the municipal district of Connemara in County Galway; the name of each commonage; the details of the...
- GLAS Eligibility
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme; and if he will make a...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the decision by 19 European Union states to prohibit or geographically restrict the cultivation of eight genetically modified...
- GLAS Eligibility
100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason low input permanent pasture and traditional hay meadows have been capped at 5 ha; hedge planting has been excluded from...
- Beef Data Programme
101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the training and advice element under the beef data and genomics scheme has been tendered out in its current format; if he...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payments for 2014 under the agri-environment options scheme. [35171/15]
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive outstanding payments. [35172/15]
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Deployment
107. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent of aid-to-the-civil-power duties for Defence Forces personnel per month in 2015 to date related to guarding United States of America military...
- Military Medals
108. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will explain his refusal to amend Defence Forces regulation 9, new series, for the four year rule for granting of Distinguished Service Medals for the...
- Air Corps
109. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he expects the Air Corps to benefit from recent reviews and discussions with particular reference to modernisation and development in line...
- Air Corps Strength
110. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he expects the strength and capacity of the Air Corps to develop in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35127/15]
- Air Corps Training
111. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which members of the Air Corps at all levels continue to participate in training and overseas missions in line with the rest of the Defence...
- Overseas Missions
112. To ask the Minister for Defence the degree to which he expects the Army, Navy and Air Corps to continue to participate in overseas missions in the future; and if he will make a statement on...
- Defence Forces Operations
113. To ask the Minister for Defence the degree to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the Defence Forces to meet emergencies of a security or natural disaster situation; if the...
- Defence Forces Strength
116. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of promotional positions outstanding, or waiting to be filled, in the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35133/15]
- Defence Forces Personnel
119. To ask the Minister for Defence to outline the extent to which agreement and provision has been made in respect of members of the Defence Forces who are due to retire on foot of service, but...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
120. To ask the Minister for Defence to outline the extent of the recruitment proposed or required in respect of the Army, Navy and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35137/15]
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
121. To ask the Minister for Defence to set out the extent to which the number of women in the Army, Navy and Air Corps has fluctuated in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
122. To ask the Minister for Defence to set out the extent to which all outstanding moneys due from the United Nations in respect of overseas deployment of the Army, Navy and Air Corps have been...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Departmental Funding
123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Law Society of Ireland is provided with any State funding. [34982/15]
- Garda Deployment
124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the current levels of service being provided by An Garda Síochána in a Garda station in an area (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding redeployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35093/15]
- Residency Permits
126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position regarding the residency status and eligibility for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she...
- Naturalisation Applications
130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35110/15]
- Garda Recruitment
132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if provision will be made for the person; and if she...
- Residency Permits
133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining the eventual residency status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on...
- Family Reunification
134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; if the person's spouse can come to Ireland on a permanent...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child and Family Agency Expenditure
135. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form by area the amount Tusla-Child and Family Agency has spent on new cars for residential care units in...
- Department of Health
- Medical Card Applications
136. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all information has been submitted; and if...
- Health Services Access
137. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the Health Service Executive provides occupation therapy reports for local authority tenants living in Tallaght in Dublin 24 seeking to...
- Medical Card Applications
138. To ask the Minister for Health #the position regarding an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Home Care Packages
139. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the €3 million of the overall intensive home care packages allocation of €10 million to support persons with dementia, the number...
- National Dementia Strategy
140. To ask the Minister for Health if support will be provided for dementia care in budget 2016 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34988/15]
- Prescription Charges
141. To ask the Minister for Health when a repayment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, who was wrongly charged prescription charges despite being in receipt of a...
- Patient Transport
143. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide financial support to assist with the transport costs of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22, who requires taxis to get to and from...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
144. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ophthalmic surgical procedures and cataracts surgical procedures that have been carried out in University Hospital Galway in each month of each...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
145. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Treatment Purchase Fund nursing home bed rates are set at such different levels from location to location, for example the single bed...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
146. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic surgical procedures that have been carried out in University Hospital Galway in each month of each year from January 2011 to...
- Mental Health Services
147. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts filled using the extra moneys committed to in the programme for Government for the enhancement of community-based mental health services,...
- Mental Health Services Legislation
149. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider amending the Mental Health Act 2001 to ensure adequate oversight of community-based services by the Mental Health Commission; and if he...
- Mental Health Services
150. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the standard of care provided by the mental health inpatient unit in University Hospital Galway has improved or deteriorated since the closure...
- Health Service Complaints
151. To ask the Minister for Health if the national advocacy unit is still operational; if so, if there is a set timeframe for reply to a complainant; to conduct an investigation into the...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
152. To ask the Minister for Health when a rheumatologist will be appointed to Mayo General Hospital on a full-time basis, rather that one day per week, as this is not sufficient; if the...
- Vaccination Programme
153. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding the provision of the tuberculosis (BCG) vaccine for infants, the current anticipated timelines; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Meetings
156. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding a person (details supplied) in County Galway with whom he met during a visit to University Hospital Galway; and if he...
- Budget Submissions
157. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he will take as a result of the budgetary submissions made by the Alzheimer Society of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mental Health Services Provision
158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide intensive dementia-specific care to all local health offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35024/15]
- Hospital Appointment Status
162. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment from Sligo Regional Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Vaccination Programme
163. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements he has made to meet with parents of girls who are suffering from illnesses following the administration of the Gardasil human papilloma virus...
- Hospital Appointment Delays
164. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an ear, nose and throat clinic appointment at University Hospital Limerick for a person (details supplied) in County Clare, has been cancelled twice...
- Hospital Appointment Status
165. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment for a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35084/15]
- National Dementia Strategy Implementation
166. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35092/15]
- Hospital Staff
167. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide cover for the absence-on-leave of a consultant general paediatrician in charge of diabetes and endocrinology at University Hospital...
- Hospital Appointment Delays
168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate, notwithstanding previous replies to parliamentary questions on the matter, the action that will be taken to expedite provision of the...
- Medical Card Applications
169. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate, notwithstanding a reply to a previous parliamentary question and given that all documentation requested has now been submitted, if a full...
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate if the cost of special hip operation to be carried out on a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who holds a full medical card and...
- HSE Expenditure
171. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the allocations by the Health Service Executive to services under each of the funding bands in 2015; the amount of money...
- HSE Funding
172. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of agencies allocated funding to provide day services in 2015; the amount of money allocated to them (details supplied); and if...
- Medical Card Reviews
173. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in notifying a person (details supplied) in County Dublin that the documents she submitted in support of a review and re-assessment in...
- Medical Card Eligibility
174. To ask the Minister for Health given the Irish Cancer Society report on the cost of cancer, if he will firstly ensure that primary care reimbursement service revises its means assessment to...
- Medical Card Applications
175. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not yet received a decision on an application for a medical card; if a decision will be made on this...
- Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Fee
176. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the Irish Dental Council will review a decision to refuse a person (details supplied) in County Dublin a licence to...
- Ambulance Service Provision
177. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on ambulance services in the north-west Kildare and Edenderry areas; his plans to have the Edenderry ambulance station open 24...
- Hospitals Building Programme
178. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that there was no commitment to building a new regional hospital in Navan in County Meath to serve the north east in the recently published capital...
- Medical Card Administration
179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of administrative staff working in the medical card processing section of the Health Service Executive, at present and in each year from 2010 to...
- Medical Card Data
183. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age with cancer who have received a medical card since the measure was introduced in July 2015; if there is an average...
- Palliative Care Services
185. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the development of a comprehensive service plan for palliative care in the midlands region; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
186. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are on the waiting list at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin in Dublin 12 for spinal surgery; and scoliosis...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Northern Ireland Issues
187. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position regarding the all-party talks in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35167/15]
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position regarding the proposed immigration reform Bill in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on...
- Humanitarian Aid
190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if additional humanitarian assistance will be provided for South Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35170/15]
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport Provision
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the difficulties being experienced by families (details supplied) in County Offaly in accessing school transport; if she will...
- Teaching Qualifications
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a City and Guilds qualification obtained in another country is recognised within the Irish education system; if a person holding such a...
- Institutes of Technology
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a merger (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34987/15]
- School Staffing
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a situation in a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary, and the need to retain teachers; and if she will make a...
- Asylum Support Services
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if asylum seekers attending Youthreach centres will receive a weekly allowance in line with the asylum seekers who receive third level college...
- Schools Building Projects Status
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position of funding for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry which has recently received planning permission to build a new...
- Vaccination Programme
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements she has made to meet with parents of girls who may be suffering from illnesses following the administering of the Gardasil human...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will use any discretionary measures available to her regarding an application for a student grant by a person (details supplied) to award...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which any particular deficiency has been identified regarding the number of apprentices available for location throughout the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of extra accommodation required at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when the necessary work...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional post-primary school teachers who will be required in each year from September 2016 to September 2021 to maintain the...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Student Supports Service is insisting upon a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath being assessed upon her parents income...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
204. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will resist proposals by the European Commission in the review of the national emission ceiling directive currently...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
205. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government If Ireland will inform the European Commission that it intends to go genetically modified organisms free; the reason for...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will introduce the regulations, as stipulated in Part 3 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014; and if...
- Local Authority Funding
207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts of grants allocated to each local authority in each of the past three years; the basis on which these...
- Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
208. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make provision for the write-down of non-principal private residence charge debt in cases of particular...
- Local Authority Housing
210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on his meeting with chief executive officers of the local authorities, regarding the urgent need for...
- Motor Tax Yield
211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on dropping annual overall motor tax revenues; that the figures will continue to drop with more lower emission...
- Rural Development Programme
212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects that Leader funding will be available to community groups in County Clare, under the new rural development...
- Building Regulations Amendments
213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider reviewing the current building control regulations, abolishing the self-certification of buildings,...
- Disability Support Services
214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce new legislation, or to amend existing legislation, to clarify the definition of an assistance dog;...
- Development Contributions
218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if levies collected in advance of the previous metro north proposal will have to be now refunded; the basis for this; and...
- NAMA Social Housing Provision
219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is examining the reason only 2,500 of 6,500 properties offered by the National Asset Management Agency for use as...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if further funding will be allocated for unfinished estates to be completed, particularly in Bundoran in County Donegal...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Prices
221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is concerned that retail gas prices for consumers have not come down in line with wholesale gas prices...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the application for Killarney Valley South and East Kerry Recreational Park, comprising an all-weather pitch, a...
- Public Transport Provision
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the provision of the bus rapid transit line from Swords in County Dublin to Dublin city centre; and how additional...
- Road Projects Expenditure
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the proposed western bypass of Ardee in County Louth; if the project is shovel-ready with all the required land...
- National Roads Authority Projects
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when works will commence on a project (details supplied); its estimated timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35034/15]
- Road Projects Status
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the proposed Laytown-Bettystown link road in County Meath, as announced in his Department's capital plan; the expected...
- Bus Éireann Services
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Bus Éireann fares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35081/15]
- Road Tolls
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that the penalties and interest charged by e-Flow for non-payment of toll charges are acceptable; if he has discussed the...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Special Areas of Conservation Management
229. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the up-to-date position on her efforts to bring about a fair deal for owners of hen harrier designated lands; and if she will make a...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
230. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon has not received a payment under the turf cutting compensation scheme;...
- Road Projects Status
231. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will urgently address the condition of the roads in Killarney National Park; if patching works will be carried out immediately...
- Wildlife Conservation
233. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the interdepartmental steering group established by her Department to help in developing a threat response plan for the hen...
