Written answers
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Autism Support Services
11. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the early education supports available to children diagnosed with autism; and the reason these children cannot avail of early education...
- Domestic Violence Refuges
12. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of State funding that has been provided to the Cuan Álainn women's refuge in Tallaght in Dublin 24 in each of the past five...
- Asylum Support Services
13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions being made to ensure refugee children who enter Ireland in the coming months will be provided with the care they need upon...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
14. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for an update on negotiations with Russian officials regarding a bilateral agreement which could allow Irish couples to adopt Russian...
- Aftercare Services
15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address the concerns of the Irish Network of Foster Carers, INFC, relating to the decision by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency,...
- Child Care Services Provision
16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures that were introduced in budget 2016 to tackle some of the issues many parents face with child care, particularly in relation to...
- Domestic Violence Refuges
17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action he will take to ensure the vital services of a refuge (details supplied) in Dublin 24 are not closed before Christmas 2015; what...
- Education Welfare Service
18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department has analysed the impact homelessness has on school attendance, the education of pupils and the life of schools;...
- Detention Centres Provision
19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs how he is dealing with the deteriorating safety situation at Oberstown Youth Detention Centre, where staff and children in care have been...
- National Youth Strategy
20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 8 July 2015, if the new national youth strategy has been finalised; and if he will make a...
- After-School Support Services
21. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans for after-school child care, following the findings of the interdepartmental group's report; and if he will make a statement on...
- Domestic Violence Refuges
22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures his Department has taken to ensure that the Cuan Álainn women's refuge in Tallaght in Dublin 24 does not close down due to...
- Child Care Services Regulation
23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to publish revised child care regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35527/15]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will update Dáil Éireann on his Department’s engagement with plans for a nationwide scheme to provide preschool...
- Departmental Strategies
25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the efforts that are being made to fulfil the envisioned outcomes of the Better Outcomes, Brighter Future document produced by his...
- Early Years Strategy Implementation
26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for an update on the implementation of the national early years access initiative and the area-based childhood ABC programme. [35510/15]
- Child Protection Services
27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has warned the Government, in an unpublished briefing document, of serious risks to children in child...
- Child Care Proceedings
28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs regarding the Child Care Law Reporting Project, which has released its third report; his views on whether the project is producing...
- Child Abuse Reports
29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the One in Four annual report released on 7 October 2015; his views on the resources needed to respond to child sex abuse; and...
- Child Care Services Funding
30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the report of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development which states that child care costs in Ireland are the...
- Child Protection
31. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he foresees the possibility of addressing the underlying issues contributing to child poverty or affecting child welfare...
- Homeless Persons Data
32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of homeless children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36428/15]
- Child and Family Agency Expenditure
33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the legal costs for guardians ad litem, as appointed by the courts under the Child Care Act 1991, from 2011 to 2015; the progress in...
- Child Care Costs
34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the burden of child care costs borne by parents of young children in commuter communities, such as in counties Kildare, Louth,...
- Child Poverty
35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department co-operates with other Departments and State agencies to ensure the best outcomes for tackling child...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures his Department has in place to facilitate the inclusion of children with special needs in mainstream preschool settings; the...
- Child Protection Services
37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current number of cases where a social worker has not been allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35330/15]
- Child and Family Agency Funding
39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the serious funding crisis in Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, whereby 5,000 children, some at significant risk, are...
- Child and Family Agency Staff
40. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he will take to appoint additional front-line staff to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, services in counties Roscommon and...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the annual Pobal early years sector survey which found that children with special educational needs face a huge challenge in...
- Residential Institutions
42. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he has taken to investigate recent reports of inappropriate seclusion of children in a residential care facility (details...
- Department of Social Protection
- Departmental Staff Grades
43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the scenario whereby a person (details supplied) in County Clare is outside of the incremental pay scales with respect...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an increase in support may be facilitated for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [36669/15]
- EU Funding
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications received in 2015 to date by her Department under the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived...
- Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the measures she is taking to restore moneys to Irish airlines (general employees) superannuation scheme pensions; and if she will...
- National Advocacy Service
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for a breakdown of the funding allocated to the national advocacy service in terms of staffing numbers, etc. in each of the past...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a file concerning an application for a invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick has not been...
- Jobs Initiative
49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware, of any labour complaints in relation to a company (details supplied) in County Dublin; that the company receives...
- Disability Allowance Payments
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a review of a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be processed; and if...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware, of the difficulties facing former members of the Permanent Defence Force participating in community employment...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate the eligibility for rent allowance of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Department of Finance
- VAT Rate Application
54. To ask the Minister for Finance the change a number of years ago that facilitated a change in the value added tax on greyhound feed; the reason for the change; and if he will make a statement...
- Tax Code
55. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to abolish the stamp duty liability incurred by tenants paying more than €30,000 per year; or if he will increase the threshold to reflect...
- Bank Debt Restructuring
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the negotiations that have taken place or are taking place around restructuring Ireland's debt repayments, especially the large portion resulting from the...
- Freedom of Information
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of freedom of information requests, in tabular form, received by his Department in 2015 to date; the number of these where the period of...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Prevention Measures
58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the use of tyres in flood defence works, particularly given their use in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a...
- Public Sector Pensions
59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform given the announcements to recruit new members of An Garda Síochána, if he will address the issue where former members of the...
- Freedom of Information Data
60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of freedom of information requests, in tabular form, received by his Department in 2015 to date; the number of these in which...
- Government Expenditure
61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if new rules are coming into effect in 2016 regarding Supplementary Estimates for ministerial Vote groups; if supplementary estimates...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Job Retention
62. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the communications he has had with the company Twitter concerning its Irish operations and on the recently announced 336 job losses at...
- Freedom of Information Requests
63. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Freedom of Information requests, in tabular form, received by his Department in 2015 to date; the number of these where...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath did not receive a payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme for 2015;...
- Sheepmeat Sector
65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason samples taken from sheep for genotyping purposes are sent to Edinburgh University in Scotland at a cost of €30 each,...
- Forestry Sector
66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department requires repayment of €6,545.45, including both annual premium and establishment grant, on a forestry...
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive the outcome of an appeal under the 2014 single payment scheme; and if...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has received all the necessary information from a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of an...
- GLAS Applications
71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reinstate the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme which was cut by 50% given that this is directly penalising good...
- Freedom of Information Data
72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of freedom of information requests, in tabular form, received by his Department in 2015 to date; the number of these where...
- Aquaculture Licences
73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason after the unexplained death or escape of approximately 232,780 salmon into Bantry Bay on Saturday, 1 February 2014, records...
- Harbours and Piers Development
75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the traffic management works that are taking place at Howth Fishery Harbour Centre (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will...
- Department of Defence
- Easter Rising Commemorations
76. To ask the Minister for Defence when the viewing stand tickets will be issued to the family members of those being remembered next year in the 1916 commemorations. [36675/15]
- Freedom of Information Data
77. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of freedom of information requests, in tabular form, received by his Department in 2015 to date; and the number of these where the period of...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Visa Applications
78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a determination will be made on an application for a visa by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Deployment
79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that a Garda Síochána information services centre (details supplied) in County Mayo is understaffed, making it difficult...
- Garda Civilian Staff Recruitment
81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to hold an internal executive officer competition in the Garda Síochána information services centre; and if she will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she is bringing the bail Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36715/15]
- Freedom of Information Requests
83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of freedom of information requests in tabular form received by her Department in 2015 to date; the number of these where the period of...
- Departmental Reports
84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the implications of the 173 recommendations contained in the report of the working group on the protection process for Departments; the services...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- School Completion Programme
87. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the report from the Economic and Social Research Institute on the funding of the school completion programme; and if he will...
- Family Resource Centres
88. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to direct Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to address the salary inequalities in the family resource centres where staff doing...
- Youth Services Funding
89. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for a breakdown of funding for youth services and supports in west Wicklow from 2011 to 2015 to date; his plans to improve these services by...
- Child Care Services Provision
90. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the €16 million cost of 800 low-cost child care places announced in budget 2016 is a full-year cost estimate; how this cost was...
- Freedom of Information Requests
92. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to indicate, in tabular form, the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in 2015 to date; the number of these...
- Budget 2016
93. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which the 2016 budget is likely to positively impact on the welfare and well-being of children; and if he will make a...
- Juvenile Offenders
94. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of places of detention for juvenile offenders; rehabilitative training is...
- Child Poverty
95. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he expects to be in a position to target areas of child poverty in the future; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Child Care Services Provision
96. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which adequate counselling remains available to vulnerable children and adolescents; if improvement is warranted and likely;...
- Child Care Services Funding
97. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which statutory and voluntary child support services continue to have adequate resources available to them to meet their...
- Child Abuse
98. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of incidents of child physical, mental or sexual abuse reported to the various agencies in each of the past three years on a...
- Youth Services Funding
99. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he expects to be in a position to offer support financially and-or otherwise to youth organisations in the coming year;...
- Bullying in the Workplace
100. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which support remains readily available and accessible to young victims of bullying in the workplace or other areas outside...
- Children in Care
101. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which the welfare of children in State care or in institutions continues to be monitored effectively; and if he will make a...
- Child and Family Agency Services
103. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which assistance remains available for children deemed to be at risk of self-harm, the support available to their families;...
- Youth Services Funding
105. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department continues to support Kildare youth services throughout the county; and if he will make a statement on...
- Direct Provision System
106. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department monitors the needs of children in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36777/15]
- Early Childhood Care Education
107. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of the €47 million for the expansion of the early childhood care and education programme announced in Budget 2016 will be...
- Child Care Services Provision
108. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the need for more quality affordable child care; his views on the need to increase funding for these community-based...
- Early Childhood Care Education
109. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the early childhood care and education scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Health
- Departmental Expenditure
110. To ask the Minister for Health if the estimated 2015 forecast outturn for the Health Vote as detailed on page 6 of the 2016 Expenditure Report includes a Supplementary Estimate for Health;...
- Hospital Appointment Status
112. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow who was referred from University Hospital Waterford to Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar will be seen by a...
- Transport Support Schemes
114. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date on the replacement schemes for the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant which was discontinued in February 2013; the...
- Vaccination Programme
115. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36697/15]
- Traveller Community
116. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted an analysis recently on the life expectancy of members of the Traveller community; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Counselling Services
117. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will take to ensure that counselling and psychotherapy services are accessible and affordable to all who need to avail of them; and if he will...
- HSE Expenditure
118. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that was spent on outpatient counselling and psychotherapy services by the Health Service Executive in each of the past five years. [36703/15]
- Health Services Provision
120. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of making screening available to all first blood relatives of known coeliacs. [36719/15]
- Hospital Appointment Status
121. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36721/15]
- HSE Funding
122. To ask the Minister for Health the current position with regard to moneys which were included in the vote for health and the Health Service Executive prior to 2015 but ceased to be so...
- National Lottery Funding Applications
123. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application under the national lottery scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; when he expects to announce the list...
- Freedom of Information Data
124. To ask the Minister for Health the number of freedom of information requests, in tabular form, received by his Department in 2015 to date; the number of these where the period of...
- Hospital Services
125. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 707 of 21 March 2012, the progress in developing and operating dedicated heart failure units in Cork city under the...
- Nursing Staff Provision
126. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of nurses leaving the public health system each year, broken down by retirement; or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
127. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time emergency departments and other similar units that are open for specific periods, broken down by...
- Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
128. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for orthodontic treatment, by local health office area, for those up to 16 years of age and for those over 16 years of age at the...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
129. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include an illness (details supplied) in the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36795/15]
- HSE Funding
130. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36801/15]
- HSE Savings
131. To ask the Minister for Health the sources of the additional €131 million non-Vote income to be collected by the Health Service Executive in 2015; the sources of at least €130...
- Hospital Appointment Status
133. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for eye cataract surgery; the reason the person has so far had three appointments...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Naval Vessels
134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the military vessels that are accessing Irish waters; their purpose; their point of origin and destination; and if he will make a statement...
- Foreign Military Aircraft
135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the military aircraft that are accessing Irish airspace, their purpose, their point of origin and destination; and if he will make a...
- UN Issues
136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on Ireland's involvement with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom; and if he will make a statement on...
- Freedom of Information Requests
137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of freedom of information requests, in tabular form, received by his Department in 2015 to date; the number of these considered...
- Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total funding under the different programmes made available for official development assistance in 2016; the percentage of gross...
- Northern Ireland Issues
139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with the former First Minister, Mr. Peter Robinson, and the Deputy First Minister, Mr. Martin Mc Guinness, in the...
- Human Rights Issues
140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals he has to raise again at the European Union Foreign Affairs Council, the United Nations or other international fora the need...
- Migration Crisis
141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of discussions at the recent European Union Foreign Affairs Council in relation to the terrible plight of refugees fleeing the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport Tendering
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet a delegation from school bus contractors in County Kerry regarding the unfair competition in the tendering and procurement...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans to review the residency condition which must be satisfied by applicants for Student Universal Support Ireland grants with...
- Education Welfare Service
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the problems being experienced in west Wicklow relating to the lack of provision for 12 to 16 year olds who have been expelled...
- School Transport Eligibility
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport grant will be awarded for a child (details supplied) in County Meath for the 2014-15 school year; and if she will make a...
- Schools Administration
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the specific details of the extra release days for school principals as referred to in the budget; and if she will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in the case of a pupil (details supplied) in County Kildare who previously had the support of a special needs assistant,...
- Freedom of Information Requests
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Freedom of Information requests, in tabular form, received by her Department in 2015 to date; the number of these where the period...
- Education Policy
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details on the Primary Education Review Group chaired by An t-Ollamh Brian MacCraith; when the report will be published; and if she will make...
- Autism Support Services
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivery of a much needed autism spectrum disorder unit for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
- Language Schools Closures
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the closure of English language schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consult with the Central Applications Office regarding a person (details supplied) who recently applied to study nursing and missed...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of deaf children in primary and post primary education who are availing of the sound field classroom technology; the budget her...
- Schools Building Projects Status
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the status of a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36805/15]
- School Transport Eligibility
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 13 October 2015, the reason a student (details supplied) in County Clare, who applied through the...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Vehicle Registration
156. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, under the new budget, the vehicle registration tax for commercial vehicles registered between now and 1 January 2016...
- Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
157. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline in tabular form the funding that has been provided to west Wicklow in the past three years to deal with...
- Water Conservation Grant
159. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to revise the eligibility for the water conservation grant to include households which have paid their bills but...
- Local Authority Housing
160. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on the new affordable rental scheme pilot announced in budget 2016; the locations for the...
- Departmental Schemes
162. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the housing aid for older persons scheme and the housing adaptation grant for people with disabilities exclude works to...
- Local Authority Expenditure
163. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for local authorities to publish online details of how funds are spent; the projects the funds are spent on; and...
- Freedom of Information Data
164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of freedom of information requests, in tabular form, received by his Department in 2015 to date; the number of...
- EU Directives
165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend Statutory Instrument Number - 349/1989 - European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment)...
- Workplace Equipment Adaptation Grant
166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if grants are available to employers to upgrade their buildings to make them accessible to persons with mobility issues;...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Freedom of Information Requests
167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of freedom of information requests, in tabular form, received by his Department in 2015 to date; the number of...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Marine Safety
168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a deep channel will be marked from the slipway into the main harbour (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Bus Éireann operates any wheelchair accessible buses from Letterkenny in County Donegal to Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a percentage of the proceeds from the sale of the Government's Aer Lingus shares will be restored to Irish Airlines (general...
- Freedom of Information Data
171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of freedom of information requests, in tabular form, received by his Department in 2015 to date; the number of these for which...
- Road Projects Status
172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided in 2016 towards the necessary planning and design work on the proposed Virginia bypass on the N3 road in...
- Ports Policy
175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Drogheda Port Company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36814/15]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Waterways Ireland Funding
176. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding provided by her Department to Waterways Ireland in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Freedom of Information Requests
177. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of freedom of information requests, in tabular form, received by her Department in 2015 to date; the number of these where...
