Written answers

Tuesday, 20 October 2015

  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Crime Data
      112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recorded burglaries in County Tipperary for the years 2011 to 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35184/15]
    • Legislative Measures
      115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will advance the long-awaited mediation Bill through the Houses of the Oireachtas. [35309/15]
    • Misuse of Drugs
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the need for emergency legislation and measures in relation to the proliferation of tablets in Dublin, where An Garda...
    • Inspector of Prisons Reports
      117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the investigation into the recording of telephone conversations between prisoners and their solicitors, which was initiated by a...
    • Garda Station Closures
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations that have been closed in County Wexford since 2000; if her Department plans to reopen any of them; and if she will...
    • Garda Investigations
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the matters raised recently concerning the disappearance of a child (details supplied) in 1977; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Garda Strength
      120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she expects to increase Garda Síochána strength at various stations arising from the ongoing recruitment programme,...
    • Crime Prevention
      121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to immediately roll out emergency recruitment measures for new gardaí given the rapid escalation in rural crime; her further plans...
    • Garda Resources
      122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the need for additional Garda Síochána resources in a community (details supplied) in County Meath;...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the barristers panel review of a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35282/15]
    • Garda Strength
      124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to reverse recent reductions in Garda Síochána numbers in counties Laois and Offaly; and to increase the...
    • Crime Prevention
      125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will engage with the Irish Farmers Association on its proposals for curbing criminality in rural areas; the Government's priorities in...
    • Prison Accommodation Provision
      126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to address capacity issues in prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35220/15]
    • Garda Resources
      127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she expects extra members of An Garda Síochána to become available for duty over the next five years; if adequate...
    • Policing of Events
      128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown of the security costs for the MacGill Summer School held in the Glenties in County Donegal in July 2015; and if she will make a...
    • Crime Prevention
      129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her policy on rural policing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35190/15]
    • Garda Station Opening Hours
      131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has discussed the issue of rural Garda Síochána station opening hours with the Garda Commissioner or with the Garda...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department is reviewing the procedures for how driving under the influence of alcohol is dealt with by An Garda Síochána. [35280/15]
    • Communications Surveillance
      133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for interceptions that have been made under the Interception of Postal and Telecommunications (Regulations) Act 1994...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on her Department's collaboration with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, An Garda Síochána, the Road...
    • Deaths in Prison
      135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action she proposes to take in response to the report of the Inspector of Prisons and Places of Detention in relation to the deaths of two...
    • Prison Visiting Committees
      136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that appointees and re-appointees to prison visiting committees have the ability and interest to do the work; the number of...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to address anti-social behaviour, such as drug-taking and knife crime, in Dublin city centre; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Expenditure
      138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the money spent on surveillance equipment and technology by An Garda Síochána. [35278/15]
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
      139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Government's response to the March 2013 report on penal reform from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and...
    • Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest
      140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on how the Garda Commissioner has dealt with whistleblower allegations since she came to office; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Garda Investigations
      141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will meet with the sister of a child (details supplied) who disappeared from her Donegal home in 1977 to discuss recent developments in...
    • Crime Prevention
      142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to tackle the prevalence of burglaries; if there are specific measures planned for repeat offenders; and if she will make...
    • Legislative Measures
      143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will advance the long-awaited Judicial Council Bill through the Houses of the Oireachtas. [35308/15]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Reports
      144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the Garda Commissioner's examination of the Moriarty report, the Flood report and the Mahon report; and if she will make a...
    • Sentencing Policy
      145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider legislating for the introduction of a sentencing council similar to that in place in England and Wales. [35307/15]
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the barristers panel review of all the cases it is dealing with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35283/15]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the key measures under the new comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Resources
      149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are figures available regarding the additional Garda Síochána resources which have been freed up arising from the...
    • Stardust Fire
      150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for an update regarding investigations by her Department into the Stardust tragedy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35259/15]
    • Crime Prevention
      151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to deal with the increasing levels of rural crime in counties Laois and Offaly. [35772/15]
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
      152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered the cash for gold report of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality; the action she will take; and if she...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on concerns regarding ongoing Irish Republican Army activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35218/15]
    • Home Repossession
      154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform the family home repossession legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32834/15]
    • Communications Surveillance
      155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to bring forward proposals to change the Interception of Postal and Telecommunications (Regulations) Act 1994. [35281/15]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Industrial Production
      156. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the Central Statistics Office figures that show manufacturing production fell in August 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35262/15]
    • Cabinet Committee Membership
      157. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the Cabinet committees in the current administration; and the names of the Ministers and Ministers of State who are members of each...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if financial assistance is available to assist private patients in purchasing digital hearing aids; and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding rent supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36784/15]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a social welfare payment has not been made to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement...
    • Local Employment Service
      163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the policy on Local Employment Services Training Support grants, given the difficulties administrators and...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application for a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Data
      166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in 2015 in receipt of the disability allowance; the blind pension, the invalidity pension; and the carer's...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of rent supplement nationally; by county; the associated cost to her Department; and if...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if all payments of disability allowance due to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny have been resolved and paid, in...
    • Respite Care Grant Appeals
      170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal of an application for a respite care grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare;...
    • Social Welfare Code
      171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will issue correspondence to blind persons in Braille, given that not all blind persons have another person to read their...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to change the criteria for Community Employment Schemes (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 is entitled to the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Meals Programme
      174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form the budget and cost of the school meals programme in Counties Laois, Kildare and Offaly; the...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility
      175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the progress made on the review of eligibility for the Insolvency Payments Scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if, in order to avoid a family being made homeless (details supplied) in Dublin 15, she will exercise discretion and not reject...
    • Community Work Initiatives
      177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason unemployed persons who do not have a social welfare claim in their own right, namely, they are classed as qualified...
    • Disability Support Services
      180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 30 September 2015, if she will provide a timeframe for the groups (details supplied)...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when the file of a person (details suppled) in County Kildare will be forwarded by her Department to the appeals office for a...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application for a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she...
    • Direct Provision Allowance Payments
      184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection given that the recent budget aimed to benefit children and families, why she did not increase the weekly living allowance for...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will investigate the reason a decision has not been made on an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when payment of a disability allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who is in urgent need of...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider a special dispensation for retired members of the Defence Forces, with no other means other than their...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost in 2015 of the wage subsidy scheme; the financial implications to the Exchequer of reducing the minimum hours threshold...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position for persons on JobBridge and Gateway schemes, if they are involved in an accident in the workplace (details...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway was refused a carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when appeals under the jobseeker's benefit scheme by persons (details supplied) will be decided; and if she will make a statement...
    • National Internship Scheme Places
      194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 32 of 13 October 2015, when a jobseeker's allowance will be paid, given that the person...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding applications for social welfare allowances by persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm receipt of correspondence (details supplied) by her Department; that the relevant records have been updated;...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Employment Support Services
      200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department will fund training for persons on long-term unemployment benefit to facilitate their becoming qualified bus or...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is only in receipt of part of a carer's allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Tax Code
      202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who will benefit from the tapering of pay-related social insurance introduced in the budget; the average...
    • Public Services Card Provision
      203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the legislative basis for the public services card; and if there is a legal obligation to be issued one. [36639/15]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a claim by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36647/15]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the financial assistance available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Qualified Child Increase Payments
      206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost in 2016 of increasing the qualified child increase by €5; by €10. [35950/15]
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is not in receipt of a fuel allowance, given that the person qualifies...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure arrears of a disability allowance will issue without delay to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under the domiciliary care scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved for a place on the community employment scheme for...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision taken on an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost in 2016 of increasing the jobseeker's allowance for those aged from 18 to 24 years, by €10; €20;...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a domiciliary care allowance will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who was refused a jobseeker's allowance and a back...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is only in receipt of a part-carer's allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans, in the assessment of a person's entitlement to a jobseeker's allowance or to a jobseeker's benefit, to extend...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
      223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 7 October 2015, regarding the number of occasions over the past five years that a...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Galway, given that the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is in receipt of invalidity pension is entitled to all benefits; and if she...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the provision and increase of rent support will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a one-parent family allowance is payable to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a back to education allowance, or equivalent, is available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if eligibility for a disability allowance will be reviewed or appealed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which rent support will be increased for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a back to education allowance, or any assistance, is available for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if rent support will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied). [36097/15]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Numbers
      236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who applied for a State pension (contributory) in each of the past four complete years whose application was...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent support for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding income levels at pre-budget 2013 levels; and if she will make a statement...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Rebates
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is funding for a new business such as a Start Up Refund (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36549/15]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will prioritise the bringing forward of an appointment in respect of an appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Longford for a primary medical...
    • Tax Code
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding taxation of pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36146/15]
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance the process required for Permanent TSB variable mortgage customers who wish to avail of the 1% cut in interest rates announced by the bank in July 2015; if...
    • Credit Unions
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a credit union (details supplied) in Dublin 13 with its concerns with the Consultation Paper 88 issued by the Central Bank of Ireland in...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Applications
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason applicants reclaiming the personal tax credit in 2016 and 2017 following work done in their home under the home renovation incentive is conditional...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to roll out the disabled drivers board of appeal officers to other regions given that when disabled persons are refused their primary medical...
    • Tax Code
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance if the reduction of the rate of capital gains tax, from 33% to 20%, announced in Budget 2016 will be available to farmers forced to sell their land under...
    • Credit Unions
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the request by the Irish League of Credit Unions to lift restrictions which prevent credit unions from providing broader banking services; if...
    • Tax Code
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be lost if Capital Gains Tax was reduced from 33% to 30%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36554/15]
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a mechanism to claim relief for the payment of private tuition for a child, given the educational needs of the child; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Credits
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 11 March 2015, which estimated the cost of extending, to the self-employed, an earned income tax credit equivalent...
    • Universal Social Charge Exemptions
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost in 2016 and in a full year of exempting an additional 42,000 income earners from the universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Credits
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has estimated the number of persons who are entitled to the Home Carer tax credit, but who have not applied for it; how awareness of the tax...
    • NAMA Property Construction
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the National Asset Management Agency's proposal to build and develop residential and commercial property is compliant with competition...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person is entitled to tax relief on a purchase to facilitate business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35980/15]
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance if the rate of tax on earnings from activity such as renting a room on AirBnB will be reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35981/15]
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland has loaned to Irish businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35998/15]
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Capital
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that Activate Capital has loaned to Irish businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35999/15]
    • NAMA Property Construction
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of planning permissions that have been sought on land controlled by the National Asset Management Agency in the period 2009 to 2014; and if he will...
    • NAMA Operations
      271. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has been instructed, or if is it allowed, to seek to make itself a preferential creditor in its dealings with...
    • Tax Credits
      273. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons availing of the blind persons' tax credit in 2015; and the full-year cost to the Exchequer of same. [36016/15]
    • NAMA Property Sales
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of any cases where the National Asset Management Agency has declined the highest offer on a property; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • NAMA Operations
      275. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the National Asset Management Agency has at all times complied with Irish procurement law in its appointment of advisers; and if he...
    • Departmental Offices
      276. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update of the current operational status of a local Revenue Commissioners' office (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason a front-desk service...
    • Exchequer Revenue
      277. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual amount of tax generated by the Exchequer from stallion fee income between the years 2007 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
      280. To ask the Minister for Finance further to previous parliamentary questions on the issue of the mis-selling of payment protection insurance policies, if he will confirm the current status of...
    • Tax Code
      281. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding stamp duty relief for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36134/15]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      287. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are procedures in place in order to make disused buildings available to the community, for example old courthouses or Garda...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      288. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if measures will be put in place to ensure that employees of State agencies and local authorities may remain in their employment until...
    • Severe Weather Events Expenditure
      289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the works to be funded by the proposed additional storm funding allocation to Clare County Council of €1,435,952 will be...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the appointment of a member to the Top Level Appointments Committee who simultaneously holds the post of chair of the Revenue...
    • Commercial Rates Calculations
      292. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the difference between the approach to commercial rates for hair salons versus premises that are being used as an educational...
    • Estimates Process
      293. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the 2015 forecast outturn for health as detailed on page 6 of his Department's 2016 expenditure report includes any supplementary...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reverse the two-tier pay scale for teachers and other public servants introduced in 2011. [36415/15]
    • Garda Station Closures
      295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a Garda station (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36536/15]
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      296. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Office of Public Works has deemed a portion of land (details supplied) in County Cork to be a flood plain; if this...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      297. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 6 October 2015, his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a small tourist...
    • Registered Employment Agreements
      298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consultation with employers that took place before the reinstatement of the employment regulation orders; if a provision has been...
    • Microenterprise Loan Fund Application Numbers
      299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 1 October 2015, if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Microfinance...
    • Work Permit Applications
      300. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) in County Longford in updating a work permit; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Garda Investigations
      301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will instruct the Garda Síochána fraud squad to investigate the issue of milk quota irregularities involving a person...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a payment under the area aid scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      305. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the development of a harbour (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36220/15]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received a payment for 2014 to 2015 under the areas of natural...
    • GLAS Applications
      309. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied under tranche 1 of the new green low-carbon agri-environment scheme who will qualify for the top-up...
    • TAMS Payments
      310. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a payment under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; and if...
    • Meat Processing Plant Inspections
      311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review all levies charged to farmers at meat factories, given the additional €105 billion spending anticipated,...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      312. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment under the single payment scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make...
    • GLAS Applications
      315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications he has received under tranche 1 of the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; the average expected...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      316. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing a payment under the area constraints scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...
    • Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta
      317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh maidir le hiarratas ar theidlíochtaí faoin "Scottish Derogation" i ndáil le...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      318. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment review under the Rural Environment Protection Scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo. [36358/15]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application under an area based scheme will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • TAMS Payments
      321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when persons (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on a recently submitted grant application for the upgrading of...
    • Farm Inspections
      322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 142 of 26 March 2015, 366 of 21 April 2015 and 558 of 22 September 2015, the way landowners...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme will be made to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay;...
    • Agricultural Qualifications
      325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who obtain the certificate in agriculture in Northern Ireland have the same entitlements in the participation in schemes...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the terms and conditions of the areas of natural constraint scheme if he will consider in the case of breeding...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • TAMS Payments
      328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in paying the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II. [36434/15]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; when this...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      330. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received a payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme; the reason...
    • TAMS Application Numbers
      332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II for improvements to dairy facilities,...
    • GLAS Administration
      333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department liaises with the horticultural industry on proposals or changes it makes to environmental schemes that require a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make...
    • TAMS Eligibility
      335. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person who has a herd number since May 2010 will be entitled to 60% under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; and if...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing payments under the disadvantaged areas scheme for 2014-2015 to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Forestry Grants
      337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for planting from a person (details supplied) in County Sligo, who has received preliminary clearance for 9.17...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      338. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money clawed back from farmers in disallowances and penalties arising from the land parcel identification system...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      339. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry at an early date under the disadvantaged areas scheme; and if...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payments under the single payment scheme and the area aid scheme; and...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      341. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a payment under the agri-environment options scheme 1; and if he will...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress of an appeal by persons (details supplied) in County Clare under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      345. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme and the areas of natural...
    • GLAS Administration
      347. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the omission of new hedgerow planting from the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS 2, given the take up...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme will be made to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay;...
    • Forestry Sector
      352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding forestry income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36136/15]
  • Department of Defence
    • Air Ambulance Service Provision
      353. To ask the Minister for Defence if increasing the air ambulance service's mission hours to 1,400 would require the procurement of an additional helicopter or helicopters; and if so, the cost...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      354. To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department requested Kildare County Council to delist any structures at the Magee Barracks site in Kildare town; if, in the event of the sale of this...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      355. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for a recruitment drive for the Naval Service and for the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36550/15]
    • Defence Forces Properties
      356. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to close Saint Bricin's Military Hospital in Dublin 7; if so, the timeframe for the closure; in the event of closure, if the Government is committed...
    • Naval Service Operations
      357. To ask the Minister for Defence if Ireland was one of the 21 European Union member states participating in phase one of the European Union Naval Force Operation – Mediterranean,...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      359. To ask the Minister for Defence the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36049/15]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan
      360. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures her Department will take to recommit to the full implementation of the national disability strategy. [36454/15]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      361. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the contact her Department has with An Garda Síochána regarding the process in place for payment of and appeal of...
    • Crime Prevention
      363. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality how she proposes to deal with the escalation in incidents of knife crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35847/15]
    • Property Registration Authority Administration
      364. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application (details supplied) to the Property Registration Authority will be finalised and approved, given that this application was...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      365. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 615 of 22 September 2015, her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding judicial procedures and...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      366. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a review of a case (details supplied) has been published. [36180/15]
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      367. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review by the independent review mechanism of a case (details supplied); and when the family may expect to be informed as to...
    • DNA Database
      370. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, database established by the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) 2014 will be...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      371. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the supports in place for the installation of a closed-circuit television system for residents, residents associations and management companies...
    • Garda Strength
      372. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will urgently review Garda Síochána strength in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36223/15]
    • Legislative Programme
      373. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will bring the criminal justice (victims of crime) Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Immigration Status
      374. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining a matter under the removals section of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service under regulation 20...
    • Garda Station Closures
      376. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the decision to close 139 Garda Síochána stations will now be reviewed, following her confirmation that theses closures have only...
    • Garda Recruitment
      377. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the selection process for the 610 new posts in the Garda Síochána announced in budget 2016 will be open to persons who are not...
    • Garda Station Opening Hours
      378. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider increasing resources with a view to opening Tubbercurry Garda Síochána station in County Sligo on a 24 hour-seven...
    • Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration
      379. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sitting members of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal who are in receipt of payments; and the amounts of these payments. [36482/15]
    • Garda Strength
      380. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána personnel, and their rank, assigned to the Tipperary division in 2007 and 2008; and if she will make a...
    • Crime Data
      381. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of burglaries that occurred in County Tipperary in the years 2000 and 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36487/15]
    • Garda Deployment
      382. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that additional Garda Síochána attention is provided to an area (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will...
    • Garda Transport Data
      383. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unmarked Garda Síochána cars brought into the fleet and withdrawn from the fleet, in 2014; and if she will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      385. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a Bill on corporate manslaughter will come before the Houses of the Oireachtas; the time frame for it becoming law; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      386. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to open an independent investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Stardust Fire
      387. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 26 May 2015, if she will provide an update on the investigation by her Department into the new...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      388. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide assurances that the vehicles allocated to the emergency response unit and regional support unit are high performance; if the...
    • Crime Data
      389. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serious offences, including unlawful killing, allegedly committed by persons while on bail in each of the past 12 years to date;...
    • Garda Equipment
      391. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate provision continues to be made to ensure the availability of the most sophisticated technology to assist An Garda...
    • Crime Investigation
      392. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which serious life-threatening crimes have gone undetected in the course of the past ten years to date; and if she will make a...
    • Organised Crime
      393. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which Irish criminal gangs have put themselves outside the jurisdiction to evade detection or punishment; the number of such...
    • Garda Resources
      394. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which rapid response mobile Garda Síochána units are available to combat the activities of criminal gangs, with reference...
    • Organised Crime
      395. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which Interpol or Europol continue to be utilised in the context of combatting serious organised crime; and if she will make a...
    • Bail Law
      396. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals she has in mind to inhibit the extent to which bail is made readily available to repeat offenders or to first-time offenders in...
    • Legal Aid Service Data
      397. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which criminal legal aid is sought and obtained by the same persons over a number of years, with particular reference to alleged...
    • Firearms and Ammunition Security
      398. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of legally held shot guns or hand guns reported stolen from households in each of the past 12 years to date; the extent to which such...
    • Visa Applications
      400. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why she has maintained the restrictions on consideration of applications for Irish visas by Libyan nationals; her plans to review these...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      401. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the review of proposals relating to the structural separation of alcohol products; when she expects the proposals to be...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      402. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider opening a public inquiry into the circumstances of the fire at the Bundoran Central Hotel in 1980. [36036/15]
    • Immigration Status
      404. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department can confirm that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 was resident in the State for the purposes of being eligible to play...
    • Residency Permits
      406. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36053/15]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      413. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No.616 of 22 September 2015, the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) in County Waterford...
    • Residency Permits
      415. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) in County Longford in regularising residency status; and if she will make a statement...
    • Garda Investigations
      416. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the 12 outstanding complaints to An Garda Síochána involving the National Asset Management Agency; if more complaint...
    • Garda Deployment
      417. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to increase the allocation of Garda Síochána resources to the Lismacaffrey area of County Westmeath, given...
    • Visa Applications
      418. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for a visa by a family (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Divisional Headquarters
      419. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality given that contracts have been signed for construction of the Garda Síochána Divisional Headquarters in Renmore in County Galway; if...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      420. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to correspondence (details supplied), if a response has been furnished to the person; if consideration has been given to the proposal;...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Preschool Services
      421. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding preschool education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36384/15]
    • After-School Support Services
      422. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding after-school clubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36525/15]
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      423. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a child (details supplied) in County Kerry who has special needs is entitled to a second free preschool year; and if he will make a...
    • Family Resource Centres
      424. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will resolve a human resources related issue (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36299/15]
    • Education Welfare Service
      425. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will report on the educational welfare of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [36328/15]
    • Early Years Strategy Implementation
      426. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the names of recipients in County Mayo of funding under the Early Years capital programme for each year since 2011; the amount of funding...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      429. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the names of recipients in County Mayo of his Department's National Lottery Funding for each year since 2011; the amount of funding awarded...
    • Youth Cafés Provision
      430. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the names of recipients in County Mayo of funding for Youth Cafes in each year since 2011; the amount of funding awarded to each recipient;...
    • Child and Family Agency Investigations
      431. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 710 of 22 September 2015, if he has received a report on the case of the child in the Dublin 15 area;...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      432. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs under Early Childhood Care and Education changes announced in Budget 2016, the number of children his Department estimates could lose out...
  • Department of Health
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      436. To ask the Minister for Health if his officials met recently with representatives of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to discuss legal and technical issues with the Standardised...
    • Infectious Disease Epidemics
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the precautions that will be taken to prevent Legionella contamination in a hospital (details supplied) in County Louth; the position regarding the shower...
    • Hospital Procedures
      438. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations or procedures cancelled, by hospital; by speciality, during each of the past five years. [36151/15]
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      439. To ask the Minister for Health his plans, to construct a 100-bedroom care facility for the elderly in Letterkenny in County Donegal; that this facility will serve the elderly population...
    • Health Services Provision
      440. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the growing number of men in County Donegal who have to travel to County Galway to receive treatment for prostate cancer; if he will...
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Donegal presently awaiting orthodontic treatment; and the length of time they have been on the waiting lists [36157/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      442. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that Diabetes Type 1 patients in County Donegal have a 26-month waiting time to see a consultant; if he will ensure the appointment of a second...
    • Community Care
      443. To ask the Minister for Health if the practice by the Health Service Executive of depriving home support workers of their legal entitlements to premia payments is confined to Donegal Primary...
    • HIQA Inspections
      444. To ask the Minister for Health if the Alzheimer's Ward, Unit 1, in Saint Stephen's Hospital in Glanmire in County Cork is to be included for inspection by the Health Information and Quality...
    • Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to support the girls who have been diagnosed with Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) as...
    • National Dementia Strategy
      446. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a submission from the Alzheimer Society of Ireland regarding the need to support persons with dementia to live at home for as long as...
    • General Practitioner Services
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the authority that a general practice has to ban a patient who is in receipt of a medical card, from its services because the person made a complaint to Dublin...
    • Health Care Issues
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding claims of abuse of service users of the Health Service Executive (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Charges
      449. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide justification for a scenario whereby persons are charged the full amount for their hospital stay, even when they are spending that time on a...
    • Hospitals Funding
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the funding, in detail, provided to a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36186/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      451. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the delivery of primary health care centres on the Convent Road in Clondalkin; on the Rowlagh in North Clondalkin; at Ballyowen; and at Lucan,...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      452. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment of nurses at the Mater Hospital in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36191/15]
    • Medical Equipment Provision
      453. To ask the Minister for Health when a replacement manual wheelchair will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36192/15]
    • Hospital Equipment
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in procuring a microscope at Tallaght Hospital in Dublin 24 (details supplied), the lack of which has resulted in the cancellation of...
    • Maternity Services
      455. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 24 June 2015 in relation to the newly-instituted national incident management system, where severity ratings are...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that will be providing the additional 440 beds to ease the pressure on emergency departments, in tabular form; the number of beds each hospital...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      460. To ask the Minister for Health if a second palliative care consultant for the midlands region has taken up the post at the Midlands Regional Hospital in Mullingar in County Westmeath; if so,...
    • National Dementia Strategy
      461. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36236/15]
    • General Practitioner Services
      462. To ask the Minister for Health for details of general practitioner deployment, including rotas, assigned to the NowDoc out-of-hours general practitioner service at one of its centres...
    • Hospital Services
      463. To ask the Minister for Health the pathway for all categories of patients, most especially trauma patients, when Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in County Louth is off-call. [36250/15]
    • Maternity Services
      464. To ask the Minister for Health why the fatal foetal anomaly in initial drafts of a policy in relation to drawing up national care standards for pregnancy bereavements was subsequently...
    • Abortion Legislation
      465. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider repealing the Regulation of Information (Services Outside the State for Terminations of Pregnancy) Act 1995, given that it places serious...
    • Respite Care Services
      466. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on an application for respite care by a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be made; the availability of respite in the Cork city...
    • Health Services Staff
      467. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will resume duty as an administration officer, following a career break. [36283/15]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      468. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the nursing home support scheme, fair deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36294/15]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      469. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that while 120 jobs have been promised in the area of speech and language therapy, approximately 120 therapists qualify annually from Irish...
    • Mental Health Services
      470. To ask the Minister for Health to outline developments in the involvement of the Health Information and Quality Authority in the inspection of mental health services since the signing of a...
    • Pension Provisions
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the reason contributions made by a person (details supplied) in County Cork are not being recognised in calculating a pension. [36310/15]
    • Hospital Procedures
      472. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare, who has been on a waiting list for more than five years, will have knee surgery; and if he will make a...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      474. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the plain packaging Bill; if there are serious legal issues in respect of this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Applications
      475. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36347/15]
    • Home Help Service
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the guidelines, inspections and audits in place to ensure home help services provided through agencies on behalf of the Health Service Executive are of an...
    • Health Services Staff
      477. To ask the Minister for Health if there is only one bone marrow nurse in the country with responsibility for recruiting potential donors; if so, his views on whether this is adequate given...
    • Health Professions Regulation
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishment of a regulation board of psychotherapy and counselling under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; and...
    • Health Services
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the recourse a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 has to query a diagnosis and medication. [36375/15]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      480. To ask the Minister for Health the allocations made to organisations (details supplied) over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36382/15]
    • Cancer Awareness
      481. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recognition of the month of September as childhood cancer awareness month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36385/15]
    • Respite Care Services
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding respite care for persons (details supplied) in County Kerry who have a child with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prescription Charges
      484. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the cost of prescription drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36397/15]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      485. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are waiting for an appointment with the Waterford child and adolescent mental health services; the composition of the services team;...
    • Hospital Procedures
      487. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures cancelled at University Hospital Waterford in the first six months of 2015; the number of these that were for...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
      488. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding rehabilitation care of persons with brain injuries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36406/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      490. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set a date for an operation at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9, for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; why the person was not admitted on...
    • Pension Provisions
      491. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the Health Service Executive, in response to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 28 May 2015, refused to provide the information requested,...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on mental health for each of the years 2011 to 2014; and the budgeted expenditure for 2015 and 2016 [36418/15]
    • Patient Safety
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to regulate independent private clinics and main street eye surgery clinics; his views that, it is acceptable that 19 legal cases have...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      494. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital in Dublin 11 for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make...
    • Marriages of Convenience
      496. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the reason non-European Union citizens are effectively being denied the constitutional right to marry European Union citizens, as the Health...
    • Symphysiotomy Reports
      497. To ask the Minister for Health the number of offers made and accepted under the surgical symphysiotomy payment scheme to date [36478/15]
    • Medical Qualifications
      498. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the cost of training ten paramedics to full qualification [36494/15]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      499. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the Health Service Executive will provide funding for a child (details supplied) in County Cork to attend the John Tracey Clinic in Los...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for a kidney transplant at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      507. To ask the Minister for Health The Programme for Government commitments on health that he deems to be fully delivered, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36517/15]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      508. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to improve the situation in emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36518/15]
    • National Dementia Strategy Implementation
      509. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the National Dementia Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36519/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      511. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a computed tomography, CT, scan at Mercy hospital in County Cork for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      513. 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; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Accident and Emergency Department Staffing
      514. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no general practitioner present in the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 after midnight and at weekends;...
    • Hospital Charges
      515. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through parking charges at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 for the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 to date; if the hospital has any...
    • General Practitioner Services
      516. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 299 and 300 of 13 October 2015 regarding the cost of extending free general practitioner care to all those under 18...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      517. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Longford, who has been waiting on the public list for over two years, can have a back disc operation done privately;...
    • Medical Card Applications
      518. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a full medical card by persons (details supplied) in County Longford, as all information has been submitted...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      520. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding home help hours for a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36595/15]
    • Health Services
      521. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a clinical and educational assessment for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Staff Registration
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to expedite the processing of nurse registration applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36599/15]
    • Vaccination Programme
      523. To ask the Minister for Health when children will be called for tuberculosis, BCG, vaccinations which have been missed due to the shortage of vaccines; if priority will be given to children...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      526. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 14 October 2015, the number of representations that specifically mention ambulance and Loughglynn to each Minister...
    • Medical Card Applications
      527. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on an application for a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      528. To ask the Minister for Health if the financial cost of a special hip operation to be carried out on a person (details supplied) in County Longford who is an old age pensioner and whose...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be an increase in home help hours in County Wexford in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36617/15]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      530. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the stand-off between the National Treatment Purchase Fund and fair deal that is preventing the AnovoCare nursing home from opening, and...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      531. To ask the Minister for Health if family income supplement is taken into consideration when assessing an application for a discretionary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      532. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment at St. James's Hospital in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Childhood Obesity
      534. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address levels of childhood obesity and the measures his Department is taking to promote healthy eating and increased levels of physical activity...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a residential intellectual disability service (details supplied) in County Kildare was permitted to operate, from 2012 to 2015, at a location for...
    • Health Services Provision
      539. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will have an assessment of need carried out; the length of time the child has been on a waiting list; and if he...
    • Medical Card Drugs
      540. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider covering the significant cost of the drug Lucentis under the medical card scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      542. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on outpatient waiting lists for Mayo General Hospital, by the specialities for which they are waiting, in each case stating the...
    • Health Insurance Company Payments
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the amount currently owed to acute hospitals by private health insurance companies pending the submission of documentation by hospital consultants required for...
    • Health Services Data
      544. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have availed of addiction services in each Local Health Office area, by addiction service, in 2013; and in 2014; and if he will make...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Payments
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to medical doctors under the Medical Card and General Medical Services Schemes by the Health Service Executive in 2014; citing, in tabular...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals, in tabular form, on which fines were imposed for failing to meet waiting list targets in August 2015; the hospitals for which fines were reduced...
    • Hospital Procedures
      547. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has, to date, appointed surgeons to carry out pancreas transplants in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; the steps the Executive...
    • Vaccination Programme
      548. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the whooping cough vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36026/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      549. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cavan can expect an appointment for a diagnosis with an occupational therapist; if this will be given priority; and...
    • Medical Card Applications
      550. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36061/15]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      551. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate if and when Crohn's disease will be included in the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36072/15]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the primary care reimbursement scheme, PCRS, is refusing to accept the self-assessment - Chapter 4 of Part 41A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997,...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      553. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to release the capacity review into the national ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36088/15]
    • HSE Data
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the contract a company (details supplied) currently has with the Health Service Executive; the amount the company has been paid to date for that contract; the...
    • Health Services Provision
      556. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will approve treatment for a person (details supplied) who has been on a waiting list for ear, nose and throat treatment over...
    • Clinical Trials
      557. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Roaccutane studies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36145/15]
    • HSE Data
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the Exchequer of a number of initiatives (details supplied), given the inability of the Health Service Executive, through the Minister for Health,...
    • State Claims Agency
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the ten largest medical claim payouts and the ten largest non-medical claim payouts settled by the State Claims Agency in 2014, in tabular form; in each case,...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Middle East Issues
      560. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given the recent killing of civilians by the Israeli Defence Forces, if he will re-examine Ireland's role in pursuing an arms embargo...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      561. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding overseas aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36237/15]
    • Human Rights Issues
      562. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times he has spoken to the Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Sameh Shoukri, regarding the case of a person (details...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      563. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the air conditioning is not working inside the public visiting area of the Irish embassy in Abu Dhabi; that only a small...
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      564. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens who are engaged in overseas development and aid work, as volunteers; as workers; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Communications
      565. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given the recent terrorist attacks and the major loss of life in Turkey, if his Department has updated its travel advice for Irish citizens...
    • Middle East Issues
      566. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the comments of Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister, Ms Tzipi Hotovely, who recently said in recent media interviews that the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Staffing
      567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reversing the adjustments made to the school staffing ratios in four-teacher; three-teacher; and two-teacher primary schools that...
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have been built since 2005 that have been found to be in breach fire safety regulations; and the name of the company...
    • Teacher Training Places
      570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the difficulties teaching graduates are currently having in securing the full 100 hours to complete their higher diploma in...
    • School Curriculum
      571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new integrated primary languages curriculum for primary schools will be developed; if she will incorporate a third language into the...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be reinstated with delivering equality of opportunity in schools status; if not, the reason; and if she will...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Eligibility
      573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has been refused funding under the vocational training opportunities scheme for a course...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be included in her Department's five-year building programme; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36176/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when resource hours will be provided to a child (details supplied) in County Cavan, given the child's entitlement to same and given that the...
    • Education and Training Boards Remit
      577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the reason education and training boards have no structured links with local industries for trainees during and following completion...
    • School Funding
      578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out in detail the funding provided to schools (details supplied) in County Cork for capital works since March 2011; the purpose of the...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Eligibility
      580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the category of funding available to cover urgent essential work to the roof of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry, as a...
    • School Patronage
      581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out her plans for a new school for 2016 in the Stillorgan and Goatstown areas in County Dublin; when the patronage will be awarded; and if...
    • School Enrolments
      582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the legislative provisions necessary to ensure that schools are no longer allowed to discriminate in admissions criteria on the basis...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be included in her Department's five-year plan which is due to be announced shortly; and if she...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the progress to date in renewing the delivering equality of opportunity in schools programme; the outcome of the review process of...
    • School Accommodation
      586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the replacement of old prefabricated units which are in poor condition, and the provision of a suitably fitted-out autistic...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her views on correspondence regarding a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport Applications
      588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the position further to Parliamentary Question No. 530 of 29 September 2015 in respect of a student with special needs whose parent...
    • School Enrolments
      589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding advances towards secular education; access for unbaptised children to national schools; and the repeal of Section 7(3)(c)...
    • Teacher Data
      590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans to revise the online claim system to record and differentiate leave due to an assault from regular sick leave, in order that...
    • School Staffing
      591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans to amend the relevant circular relating to compassionate leave for special needs assistants to ensure it includes the death...
    • School Patronage
      592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the position regarding a new school proposed (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36331/15]
    • School Transport Availability
      593. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that Bus Éireann has refused a bus ticket to a child (details supplied) in County Offaly on the basis of a late payment,...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene and seek a reply to an application for grant assistance by a person (details supplied) to Student Universal Support...
    • School Patronage
      595. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify a situation in regard to a school project (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Review
      596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding school extensions in County Kildare; if she will provide the information in tabular...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to her interim response (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36387/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in a pupil (details supplied) in County Kilkenny receiving an assessment from the special educational needs officer...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria attached to the announcement earlier in 2015 that 600 new special needs assistants are to be put in place; if these will be...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the starting pay scales for teachers introduced in 2011, which have led to severe inequity and stress on new teachers, and...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to further advance inter-institutional collaboration between institutes of higher education; the progress that has been made to ensure...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Staff
      603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a psychological assessment from the National Educational Psychological Service;...
    • School Staffing
      604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of, a situation at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the request regarding teacher numbers; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes that have been made in budget 2016 in regard to special education needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36448/15]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills due to the socio-economic make-up of the catchment area in question, if she will extend Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools status to...
    • School Accommodation
      607. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a new primary school for the Doughiska and Roscam area of Galway, which has seen unprecedented population growth...
    • School Patronage
      608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the community national schools' government by Education and Training Boards Ireland, out of the pilot phase; and the number...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will provide funding for a child (details supplied) in County Cork to attend the John Tracey Clinic in Los Angeles in the...
    • School Funding
      610. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the school voluntary contribution (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36538/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide extra resources to students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36539/15]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools will be invited to apply for a new summer works scheme which will commence in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport Administration
      613. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school bus ticket for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36589/15]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      614. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will liaise with Bus Éireann concerning a family (details supplied) in County Offaly who obtained concessionary school bus tickets...
    • School Staffing
      615. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of two-teacher schools; the minimum number of pupils required to keep the two teachers; if exceptions can be made to this; and if she...
    • School Enrolments
      616. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support and advise parents whose children cannot receive a secondary school place due to living a few hundred metres outside the...
    • School Staffing
      617. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the 2,260 additional teaching posts provided for in budget 2016 will be advertised; the location of these posts for a breakdown of the...
    • School Holidays
      618. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to make changes to school holidays (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36644/15]
    • School Accommodation
      619. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the provision of accommodation in a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35947/15]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application by a school (details supplied) in County Cork for funding under the capital funding programme will be determined; and if she...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a staff bonus scheme is in place at Caranua; if a scheme providing an annual bonus by way of payment or goods or services is available to any...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be provided to replace prefabricated accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
      624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to a previous parliamentary question, if she will confirm the timeframe for consideration by the appeals board of the case being made for...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      625. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to restore ex-quota allocations for Guidance Counsellors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36034/15]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      626. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a teacher (details supplied) in County Kildare will be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36024/15]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the provision of an extension for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved; and if she will confirm the status of this...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Eligibility
      629. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a number of instances of ambiguity of information (details supplied) from Education and Training Boards and her Department's...
    • Student Accommodation
      630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which student accommodation requirements may be met in the short to medium term, with particular reference to putting the necessary...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
      631. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position in regard to the acquisition of premises to accommodate life-long learning facilities at various locations in North Kildare;...
    • School Textbooks
      632. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of providing free school books at both primary and post-primary school level for a full year; if her Department has considered this; and...
    • Teacher Data
      633. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers and secondary teachers who have qualified each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staffing
      635. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time positions available in 2015 for primary teachers and for secondary teachers; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to reduce the class sizes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide assistance to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 which was built in the 1950s and requires maintenance work and an end...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      640. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school placement for a person (detailed supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36131/15]
    • Schools Establishment
      641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a proposal for a school (detailed supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36132/15]
    • European Globalisation Fund
      642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a detailed report on the implementation of the European Globalisation Fund programmes for Lufthansa Technik Airmotive and...
    • Momentum Programme
      645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the number of places on the Momentum programme by 20%. [36013/15]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      646. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if persons (details supplied) in Dublin 22 who have received a notice to quit, but who are unable to source alternative...
    • Planning Issues
      647. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to a motion passed at a meeting of Meath County Council (details supplied) in October 2015, if he will request An...
    • Water Conservation Grant
      648. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that it is unfair and discriminatory that persons must be living in the principal private residence on 30 June...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      649. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government due to the increasing number of homeless persons, if he will ensure access to all necessary supports, such as housing...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      650. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Act 2013 as it applies to cases (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Water Services Funding
      651. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total capital expenditure on water services, excluding water metering, for each year from 2011 to 2015. [36204/15]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      652. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to request lower emission reduction targets than those of our European Union counterparts; and if he will make a...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      653. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has assessed the conditions in Traveller accommodation, including the safety of such accommodation; and...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Administration
      654. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when his Department will issue the housing assistance payment transfer list regulations to local authorities; and the...
    • Environmental Policy
      656. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to a Topical Issue on the matter, his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the waste tyre industry; and...
    • Planning Issues
      657. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in processing the proposed extension of the Clonburris special development zone boundary, first...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      658. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a new scheme to replace the 1995 tenant purchase scheme terminated in December 2012; and if he will...
    • Planning Issues
      660. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reports presently underway into alleged planning irregularities being carried out by his Department; the locations...
    • Local Authority Housing
      661. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason it is a requirement for local authority houses to remain empty for a period of six months before they can be...
    • Graffiti Issues
      662. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on the amount each local authority has spent on graffiti removal in each of the past five...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      663. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of requests for permission to employ additional staff his Department received from Dublin City Council since 1...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
      664. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if legislation is being proposed to introduce a two-year rent freeze in the private rental market to prevent additional...
    • Motor Tax Rates
      665. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to include vehicle registration tax Category C vehicles for the CO2 emission based rate of tax; and if he will...
    • Planning Issues
      666. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he can exercise any powers to initiate and reverse planning zoning decisions made by Meath County Council in its...
    • Local Authority Housing
      668. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of capital social housing expenditure for social housing new builds and acquisitions and for the rental...
    • Event Licensing Regulations
      670. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the review of the event licensing framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35948/15]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      671. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make public the Law Society submission to his Department in respect of the building control regulations, SI 9;...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      672. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to his proposals for tyre disposals, and given that discussions with sector representatives have recently...
    • Water Services Funding
      673. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider a continuance of the capped charge for Irish Water's household billing for persons of pensionable age,...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
      675. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce grant assistance or tax credit measures to assist owner-occupiers to fund fire safety repairs in...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit
      676. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the protection provided to persons renting out a property in the event of tenants becoming troublesome; and if he will...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      677. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated full-year cost of increasing the income threshold for persons with disabilities applying for a housing...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      678. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the commitments he has made to support the homeless in budget 2016 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Building Regulations
      679. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the safeguards in place to protect homeowners from substandard building work when they are renovating or extending...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications
      680. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application for mortgage-to-rent for a person (details supplied) in Cork City; and if he will...
    • Building Regulations
      682. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a lack of building regulation on a number of properties at risk...
    • Emergency Planning
      683. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Government’s policy to distribute in-date iodine tablets to each family in the State is still in place; and...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      684. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regard to the planned renewable heat incentive, considering some biomass users have postponed installations until...
    • Inland Fisheries Stocks
      685. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 11 June 2015, the consultation to date regarding the need for investment in...
    • Post Office Network
      686. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the Business Development Group report (details supplied) on the enhancement of post offices will be published; if...
    • Postal Services
      687. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an assurance that there are no plans to privatise any parts of the postal service; and if he will make...
    • Radio Broadcasting
      688. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources for an update on the survey Raidió Teilifís Éireann is carrying out on the longwave radio service;...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      689. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of the UK Office of Gas and Electricity Markets' reversal of its previous decision regarding the greenlink...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Rail Network
      690. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that upgrade works will be carried out at railway junction XL083 at Kilshane in County Tipperary to improve the safety...
    • Driver Licences
      691. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that Irish citizens (details supplied) born in the North of Ireland who renew their drivers licence are now designated as...
    • Road Network
      692. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the standard carriageway widths for new national secondary and primary roads being built; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Projects
      695. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the design details of the new N22 Ballyvourney to Macroom Road in County Cork. [36274/15]
    • Road Projects Status
      697. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be made available for the commencement of the Daingean Uí Chúis Relief Road in County Kerry, phase 4, which...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      698. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 24 June 2015, the date on which the proposed new bus service in Kentstown in County Meath...
    • Driving Tests Waiting Lists
      699. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a date will be set for a driving test for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the current waiting times for same; and if he...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      700. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a final reply will issue to this Deputy's correspondence regarding the building of a stadium (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
    • Driver Licences
      701. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a licence exchange agreement has been reached with British Columbia in Canada which would allow a Canadian national resident here with...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      702. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a precedent whereby funding was awarded under the 2013 or 2014 Sports Capital Programme without the relevant Diocesan Trust...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      704. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the Dublin Bus fleet that is wheelchair accessible in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36416/15]
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      705. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has raised the issue of the cost recovery program DATA which has had a major impact on the salaries of Dublin Airport Authority...
    • Rail Services
      706. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Iarnród Éireann to increase the frequency of services between Dublin Connolly and Rosslare Europort; and if...
    • Freedom of Information Fees
      707. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will justify demands for €150 for Freedom Of Information requests regarding exemptions granted under the Air Navigation...
    • Rail Services
      708. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ask Iarnród Éireann to indicate the number of Dublin Area Rapid Transit services with four carriages departing from...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      710. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a primary school can apply for a Sports Capital Grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36559/15]
    • Driver Licences
      711. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the conversion of Irish driver licences in Alberta in Canada; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36614/15]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      712. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected commencement date of the Tralee to Daingean Uí Chúis County Kerry road improvements; if the work will be completed...
    • Public Transport Infrastructure
      713. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the position of the upgrading of the bus stop in Bandon in County Cork to make it wheelchair accessible on the...
    • Light Rail Projects
      714. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given that a Lucan LUAS line, LUAS F, has been in planning since 2000 and that the development would have had 10.5 km of rail with...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      715. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for details of the proposed schedule for commencement of the proposed upgrade of the Macroom by-pass; when this work will commence and be...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Wildlife Regulations
      716. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question 1708 of 22 September 2015 seeking clarification of Regulation 25 of the European Communities (Birds...
    • Architectural Heritage
      717. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of the cultural and economic importance of an institution (details supplied) in County Mayo, the commercial threat to...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data
      718. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of the Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme; the number of persons provided with turf; the cost of providing and delivering it;...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      719. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views that it is acceptable that a person (details supplied) in County Galway is waiting over 17 months for a decision on an...

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