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...