Written answers
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Job Creation
11. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the allocation of the €250 million fund for regional job creation, including the programmes and schemes that the fund is...
- Enterprise Ireland Funding
12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of start-up companies that have been supported by Enterprise Ireland in County Donegal over the past three years; and if he...
- Employment Rights
13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has expressed any concerns to the Department of Social Protection or the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, in so far...
- Foreign Direct Investment
14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his assessment of foreign direct investment in the Dublin area in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37940/15]
- Jobs Data
15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs that have been created in the Dublin Bay North constituency since 2011; if there are any proposals to develop jobs...
- Information and Communications Technology
16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his Department's efforts in respect of a proposal by a company (details supplied); if he will update Dáil Éireann on the...
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17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has examined the effect on employment creation of the adjustment to the minimum wage in 2016; and the measures introduced in...
- IDA Site Visits
18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency sponsored visits by potential investors to County Donegal, in 2015 and in 2014; and if he...
- Living Wage
19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on all meetings with trade unions and other stakeholders in relation to establishing a living wage; and if he will...
- Exports Controls
20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of licence refusals to exporters producing parts for military goods abroad from 2011 to 2015 to date; and if he will make a...
- Legislative Measures
21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to introduce legislation to prevent tactical insolvencies such as the Clerys debacle. [37212/15]
- Action Plan for Jobs
22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the 2016 Action Plan for Jobs will be published; if it will contain measures to help persons with a disability; and if he will...
- North-South Implementation Bodies
23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reductions in investment in InterTradeIreland over the past five years. [37215/15]
- Employment Support Services
24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is aware of the impact that the winding down of construction on the Corrib gas field is having on employment in County Mayo; if...
- Military Neutrality
25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consideration he has given to the impact on neutrality of the almost 800 licenses granted to exporters producing components for...
- Economic Data
26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of local sourcing by multinationals in this State in percentage terms and in real terms, for each of the past four years....
- Local Enterprise Offices Staff
27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the staffing and financial resource levels of the Local Enterprise Offices in 2015, in comparison to the County Enterprise Boards in...
- IDA Supports
28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation for an update on new investment, research and development expenditure, and new jobs by the IDA related to County Donegal in 2015; how...
- Exports Controls
29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied that the oversight measures of his Department for controls on the export of military and dual use items from Ireland...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the co-operation between his Department, its Agencies and Údarás na Gaeltachta. [37991/15]
- Knowledge Development Box
31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has sought the input of the indigenous SME sector, with regards the development of the knowledge development box. [37211/15]
- Employment Rights
32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress in dealing with the widespread problem of low pay and zero hour contracts; the specific measures he is proposing to deal...
- Living Wage
33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline the discussions he or his Department have had with suppliers or service contractors to his Department or to agencies...
- Action Plan for Jobs
34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he expects Irish industry to continue to remain competitive on European and world markets, with particular...
- Foreign Direct Investment
35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation for an update on the Government's engagement with a company (details supplied) and a local authority in respect of a planned project...
- IDA Site Visits
36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits by IDA Ireland to County Kildare in each of the years 2012 to 2014, inclusive, and in 2015 to date. [37948/15]
- Department of Social Protection
- Occupational Injuries Benefit Eligibility
37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the criteria required to make a claim for compensation by a person who has been effected by asbestos exposure; the legislation that...
- National Internship Scheme Data
38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of every additional 100 JobBridge places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38462/15]
- Carer's Allowance Scheme
41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated net cost to her Department of extending the carer's allowance, from six weeks to 12 weeks, and a further extension...
- Carer's Allowance Payments
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that a person (details supplied) and several other recipients of the carer's allowance in County Wexford did not...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the progress in determining an appeal in respect of a payment under the jobseeker's allowance scheme by a person (details supplied)...
- Departmental Offices
44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to locate a social protection office in the Lucan area of County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Farm Assist Scheme Administration
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if there has been a change on the farm assist forms which does not allow expenses to be detailed; if so, the reason such a change...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will fully outline the options that are available from her Department for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who,...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff Data
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the percentage of staff in her Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training...
- Family Income Supplement Eligibility
51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who was in receipt of the family income supplement;...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection given that her Department turned down an application for rent supplement from a family (details supplied) in Dublin West, and given...
- Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme Data
53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the back to work family dividend in County Kildare; the criteria for qualification; and if she...
- Departmental Funding
55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the funding her Department has allocated to organisations not audited directly by the Comptroller and Auditor General; the names...
- Department of Finance
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
56. To ask the Minister for Finance if Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland, to meet their contractual obligations with the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, are required to apply a...
- Motor Tax Exemptions
57. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to allow for discretion to be introduced regarding vehicle registration tax where a car purchased for a person with a disability must be resold...
- Tax Code
58. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding inheritance tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38600/15]
- Tax Yield
59. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made an estimate of the likely cost in terms of tax foregone of the exemption from capital gains tax for investors who purchased property before 31...
- Departmental Staff Data
60. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of staff in his Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes in place for staff to...
- Departmental Funding
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding allocated by his Department to organisations not audited directly by the Comptroller and Auditor General; the names of these organisations; the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Staff Data
62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of staff in his Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes in...
- Departmental Funding
63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding allocated by his Department to organisations not audited directly by the Comptroller and Auditor General; the names of these...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
64. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which negotiations in respect of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership are continuing; if all outstanding or...
- Economic Growth
65. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he expects innovation and technology to remain a feature of economic development over the next five years; the...
- Foreign Direct Investment
66. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he remains satisfied regarding the extent to which Ireland remains attractive as an investment location for foreign direct...
- Knowledge Development Box
67. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he expects the knowledge development box to facilitate ongoing investment in job creation; and if he will make a...
- Regional Development
68. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he expects the economy to develop throughout the regions, thereby increasing job opportunities; and if he will make...
- Job Losses
70. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he and his Department have identified those areas most seriously affected by job losses in the past eight years;...
- Credit Availability
71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which access to working capital continues to be made available to small and medium-sized enterprises; and if he will make...
- Job Creation
72. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which support is being offered to facilitate job creation in the indigenous sector over the past eight years; and if he...
- EU Funding
73. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he expects European Union assistance by way of innovation and technology to directly benefit the indigenous...
- Skills Development
74. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which it is expected that the skills available through those on the live register will be matched to the skill...
- Action Plan for Jobs
75. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he expects job creation over the next three years to focus on the job requirements of youth unemployment; and if he...
- Departmental Staff Data
76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the percentage of staff in his Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes in...
- Departmental Funding
77. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding allocated by his Department to organisations not audited directly by the Comptroller and Auditor General; the names of...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2011 payment and a 2012 payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the disadvantaged areas scheme;...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38454/15]
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a grant for a milking machine by persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Expenditure
81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid out under the rural environment protection scheme in Counties Westmeath and Longford in each of the years from 2008 to...
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be finalised regarding a transfer of entitlements for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
- Basic Payment Scheme Data
83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications under the basic payment scheme that were listed for a remote satellite inspection; when the inspection took...
- Suckler Welfare Scheme Application Numbers
85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of approved applicants who have withdrawn from the 2015 suckler cow scheme; if he will review the restrictive nature of the...
- Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme Applications
86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment for 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the areas of natural constraints scheme; and...
- Wildlife Protection
87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the protections in place to protect the native Irish bee from prevalent threats such as the American foulbrood disease and the small...
- GLAS Eligibility
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the criteria for the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will...
- Departmental Staff Data
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of staff in his Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes...
- Credit Availability
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce the low-interest loans to farmers, as announced in June of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite and forward payments under the single farm scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments for 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the single payment scheme and the...
- Ministerial Meetings
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Irish Harness Racing Association; and if he will make a statement on...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will arrange for all outstanding payments for all applicants under the basic payment scheme to be made at an early date. [38647/15]
- Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the remote sensing eligibility inspection and the application under the basic payment scheme and the areas of...
- Departmental Funding
102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the funding allocated by his Department to organisations not audited directly by the Comptroller and Auditor General; the...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
103. To ask the Minister for Defence to set out the risk assessments the Defence Forces took to treat known side effects of Lariam from 2001 onwards. [38501/15]
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
104. To ask the Minister for Defence the names of persons registered in County Roscommon who have been awarded under the Military Services Pension Act 1924 together with the annual pension in...
- Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
105. To ask the Minister for Defence the percentage of staff in his Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if training programmes are in place for staff to improve...
- Departmental Funding
106. To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of funding allocated by his Department to organisations not audited directly by the Comptroller and Auditor General; the names of these...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the staffing complement and the staff structures at the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner; and if she...
- Garda Operations
108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána checkpoints that took place in 2014 and in 2015 to date; the location of each checkpoint; the number in...
- Courts Service Data
109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 511 of 14 July 2015, which was replied to on 26 August 2015, and which reply stated that between January...
- Road Safety Data
111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an official from her Department is tasked with comparing statistics and figures kept by the Road Safety Authority, the Courts Service and An...
- Garda Deployment
112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí allocated to the Garda traffic corps in the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date. [38436/15]
- Road Traffic Offences
115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases the Garda brought to Swords District Court for having no insurance in 2014, and in 2015 to date. [38439/15]
- Naturalisation Applications
116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to remain in the State, based on that person being the parent of a child who is an...
- Road Traffic Offences
117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions (details supplied), the number of persons convicted in court of road traffic offences in 2013; in 2014; and in...
- Courts Service
118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the establishment of a second Special Criminal Court; when such a court will come into force; its composition; the funding to be...
- Refugee Status Applications
119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining submissions pursuant to section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, and section 5 of the Refugee...
- Garda Deployment
120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have been transferred from counties Monaghan and Cavan to County Louth in the last 30-day period; the percentage of...
- Crime Data
121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the crime figures for counties Cavan, Monaghan, and Louth for the period from October 2014 to October 2015 by category; and if she will make a...
- Garda Operations
122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, undercover gardaí, and Army personnel deployed during the visit by the Minister for Social Protection to the...
- Visa Agreements
123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm the rights of citizens of Bulgaria and Romania, which countries joined the EU in 2007, to travel to work and to claim welfare...
- Employment Rights
124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the level of background security checks that are carried out in respect of persons travelling to Ireland from outside the EU for leisure or work...
- Garda Resources
125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she continues to review the level of resources, personnel and vehicles being made available to the Garda in Tallaght in Dublin 24, to allow...
- Immigration Status
126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Official Engagements
127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has discussed with the British Ambassador to Ireland or with representatives of the British Government the content of a recent RTE...
- Immigration Status
128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a residence card by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and when that person can expect a decision,...
- Firearms and Ammunition Security
129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to establish a new firearms assessment and appeals authority; to appoint members of the National Sports Coalition to this authority;...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding anti-social behaviour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38606/15]
- Departmental Staff Data
132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of staff in her Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes in place for...
- Departmental Funding
133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding allocated by her Department to organisations not audited directly by the Comptroller and Auditor General; the names of these...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Care Education
134. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he acknowledges that the announcement of the availability of the refund of preschool fees on 21 October 2015, with a deadline of 23...
- Departmental Staff Data
135. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of staff in his Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes in...
- Departmental Funding
136. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding allocated by his Department to organisations not audited directly by the Comptroller and Auditor General; the names of these...
- Department of Health
- Mobility Allowance Review
137. To ask the Minister for Health when the mobility allowance will be reinstated, and new applications accepted for it. [38517/15]
- Health Strategies
138. To ask the Minister for Health when a strategy document by a paediatric diabetes working group under the national clinical programme, outlining a model of care based on regional centres of...
- Respite Care Services
139. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public respite beds available for dementia patients by county and by location, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Waiting Lists
140. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 146 and 156 of 8 October 2015 regarding average orthopaedic procedure waiting times in University Hospital Galway, and...
- Registration of Nurses
141. To ask the Minister for Health the number of qualified nurses of working age living within the State but currently not working within the health service; and if he will make a statement on...
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
142. To ask the Minister for Health if flexible working hours will be introduced for nurses of young children to facilitate bringing more nurses back into the system; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Beds Data
143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds, by public hospital, at the end of 2014 and in 2015 to date, in tabular form. [38459/15]
- Dental Services Provision
144. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in County Kildare cannot continue with treatment at a local dentist in Maynooth in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Drug Treatment Programmes
145. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who sought drug treatment and rehabilitation services, by county or local health area, for 2013, 2014, and 2015 to date, in tabular form;...
- Ambulance Service Data
146. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department in October 2015, or at the latest date available, in tabular form; the number of such...
- Medical Card Applications
147. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a medical card by persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38473/15]
- Health Services Staff Data
149. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthodontists who were employed by the Health Service Executive, covering counties Longford and Westmeath, for each year from 2008 to 2015 to...
- Nursing Staff Provision
150. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses who were employed at Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath in each of the years from 2008 to 2014. [38486/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
151. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting treatment at Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath in each of the years from 2008 to 2014; and the average...
- Home Care Packages
152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care hours that have been allocated to counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years from 2008 to 2014. [38488/15]
- Respite Care Services
153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite care beds that were assigned for patients in counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years from 2008 to 2014. [38489/15]
- HSE Data
154. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency personnel who were employed by the Health Service Executive to serve counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years from 2008 to...
- Medical Card Data
155. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were in receipt of discretionary medical cards in counties Longford and Westmeath, in each of the years, 2008 to 2014. [38491/15]
- HSE Expenditure
156. To ask the Minister for Health the exact components of the €600 million Supplementary Estimate to be introduced for the health service for 2015 in tabular form. [38495/15]
- Health Services Provision
158. To ask the Minister for Health the treatment plan the Health Service Executive had in place to deal with the side effects of Lariam-Mefloquine in 2001; and if these arrangements changed over...
- Departmental Funding
159. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent consideration will be given to the need for increased funding to support the important work of the Tallaght Drugs and Alcohol Task Force in Dublin...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
160. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow where the ambulance originated from; the reason it took so long to arrive,...
- Nursing Staff Remuneration
161. To ask the Minister for Health if the review undertaken by the Health Service Executive to ensure compliance with legislation governing the minimum hourly rate for trainee nurses has been...
- National Dementia Strategy Publication
162. To ask the Minister for Health when the dementia strategy will be published. [38523/15]
- General Practitioner Services
163. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the claims advanced by the National Association of General Practitioners that the average waiting time for a patient to see a general practitioner...
- Dental Services Waiting Lists
165. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for dental treatment, by county, in tabular form; if he is aware of the serious backlog in paediatric dentistry waiting lists; and if...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for inpatient or day patient orthopaedic treatment in the south east, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
- Home Help Service Provision
167. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be an increase in home help hours in County Tipperary in 2016; if any impact analysis has been carried out on the reduction of home help hours;...
- Hospital Services
169. To ask the Minister for Health the status of efforts to improve radiology services at South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38536/15]
- Hospital Staff Data
170. To ask the Minister for Health the number and type of additional staff, specifically hospital staff, in the health service allocated to South Tipperary General Hospital; the overall number...
- Health Services Provision
171. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for hearing and hearing aid assessments in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38538/15]
- Health Services Allowances
172. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review and reverse cuts, including those to the rural practice allowance, and to distance bands, and cuts under the Financial Emergency Measures in...
- Health Services Data
173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were in public and private residential care facilities in County Clare in each of the years 2012 to 2014, and in 2015 to date; the...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
174. To ask the Minister for Health the public cost for the provision of the fair deal scheme; the number of persons who availed of the scheme in County Clare in each of the years, 2012 to 2014,...
- Care of the Elderly Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a calculation of the need for day care facilities in County Clare; the availability of places to 2015; the future need to 2030; if the Health...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
177. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications under the nursing homes support scheme that are, in progress; determined; and awaiting funding approval. [38565/15]
- Autism Support Services
178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting on a full diagnostic assessment in respect of autism in Waterford University Hospital; if he will provide a detailed...
- Banking Sector
180. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support Biobank Trust Ireland in 2015-2016 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38603/15]
- Health Services
181. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter regarding a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38604/15]
- Primary Care Centre Provision
183. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a primary care centre in Lucan in County Dublin; the services it will provide; when it will be operational; and if he...
- Departmental Staff Data
185. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of staff in his Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes in place for staff to...
- Medicinal Products Licensing
186. To ask the Minister for Health do members of the Health Products Regulatory Authority know Roaccutane is a chemotherapy drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointment Status
190. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment at Tallaght Hospital in Dublin 24 for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Provision
191. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for occupational therapy for children (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Appointment Status
192. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment at Cork University Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
193. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 24 September 2015, his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Provision
194. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment to be carried out on a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38660/15]
- Departmental Funding
197. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated by his Department to organisations not audited directly by the Comptroller and Auditor General; if he will list those organisations and...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
209. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the procedures and policies that have been introduced in passport offices, in the wake of the decision of the Supreme Court in a case...
- Foreign Conflicts
210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the Argentinian Government in its peaceful and democratic quest for sovereignty over the Malvinas; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff Data
212. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the percentage of staff in his Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes in...
- Departmental Funding
213. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding allocated by his Department to organisations not audited directly by the Comptroller and Auditor General; the names of these...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports her Department provides to primary school children diagnosed with dyslexia and related conditions; and if she will make a statement...
- Student Grants Data
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in receipt of a grant for third level education in counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years, 2008 to 2014....
- School Transport Data
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who had access to free school transport in counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years 2008 to 2014. [38492/15]
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants who were in schools in counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years 2008 to 2014. [38493/15]
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options that are available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who was refused a Student Universal Support Ireland grant on appeal,...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will indicate eligibility for a higher education grant for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is currently attending a...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student (details supplied) in County Mayo has been refused a special needs assistant; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects Expenditure
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will release the list of schools to receive funding from the capital spending plan, 2016 to 2021, as part of the programme to...
- Emergency Works Scheme
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the refusal of emergency funding to a school (details supplied), given the health and safety implications; and if she will...
- Special Educational Needs Expenditure
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will restore the funding to Traveller education support programmes that was cut over the past year; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Enrolments
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no choice in education in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38598/15]
- Departmental Staff Data
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of staff in her Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes in place for...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current pupil teacher ratio at primary level; at secondary level; the pupil teacher ratio that will exist when the extra teaching resources...
- Digital Strategy for Schools
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the programme of works and funding per year to be expended on the Digital Strategy for primary schools and for secondary schools; and if she will...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the the chronic lack of places for students within the autistic spectrum disorder in special classes attached...
- Departmental Funding
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated by her Department to organisations not audited directly by the Comptroller and Auditor General; the names of these...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Climate Change Policy
231. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of Ireland's position regarding European Union climate change targets; our ability to meet these targets; the...
- Emergency Accommodation Provision
232. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which his Department first discussed the option of using modular housing units to house persons experiencing...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
233. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to address the cost of €185,000 to build one social housing unit; if he...
- Water Charges Administration
234. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if water charges will be billed to modular housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38426/15]
- Local Government Reform
235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of ministerial directions that have been issued annually since 2011 in order that development plans, including...
- Planning Issues
237. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a role will be assigned to the Planning Regulator to determine whether vexatious behaviour, such as ignoring the...
- Local Authority Staff Data
238. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of whole-time equivalent staff employed in the local authority sector in County Tipperary for the years 2010 to...
- Local Authority Finances
239. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the sources of local authority revenue income for County Tipperary; the amounts provided for each year since 2010 in...
- Homelessness Strategy
245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has had further discussions with management at South Dublin County Council regarding the challenges faced by the...
- Planning Issues
246. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a local authority has any flexibility to give oral hearings to third parties to a planning application; and, if not, if...
- Rental Costs
247. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce rent certainty to combat the increase in homelessness (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
248. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has finalised new planning guidelines for wind turbines; if not forthcoming, if local authorities can make new...
- Traveller Accommodation
249. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reinstate the budget for Traveller accommodation, as there are 1,500 Traveller families living in sub-standard,...
- Departmental Staff Data
250. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of staff in his Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training...
- Departmental Funding
251. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding allocated by his Department to organisations not audited directly by the Comptroller and Auditor General; the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Inland Fisheries
252. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the location where the two tonnes of Asian clam extracted by Inland Fisheries Ireland at Lanesborough in County Longford...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
253. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan is not covered by the national broadband scheme; and if he will...
- Broadband Service Provision
254. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the current and expected position in the context of the availability of high-speed broadband in an area (details...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland is on course to meet its 2020 renewable energy targets in respect of biofuels; and if he will make a statement...
- Bord na Móna
256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will establish a round table forum of Departments and local Deputies to assess and address the implications of the...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
259. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of discussions he has had with Eir on the timing and implementation of the Eir fibre broadband investment...
- Departmental Staff Data
260. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of staff in his Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training...
- Departmental Funding
261. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding allocated by his Department to organisations not audited directly by the Comptroller and Auditor General; the...
- Fisheries Protection
262. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a survey was conducted to determine if eel stocks had been depleted to such levels that fishermen were forced to...
- Inland Fisheries Stocks
265. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will commission a survey on brown trout stocks on the River Barrow to decipher if stocks of same are below the...
- Salmon Hardship Scheme
267. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider a voluntary buy-out scheme for current licence holders on the River Barrow where sea-slob trout...
- Inland Fisheries Stocks
268. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will commission a survey on dace stocks on the River Barrow to decipher if population of same have increased; and...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport Initiatives
270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and the National Transport Authority have plans to progress with the bus rapid transit link to Dublin Airport; if so,...
- Sports Capital Programme Administration
271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that a credit union is acceptable as a financial institution when showing evidence of own-funding in making...
- Driver Licences
272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a trailer licence, category BE, will be reinstated on the licence of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
- Departmental Agencies Expenditure
274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full costs expended, including consultancy fees, in the merger of the Railway Procurement Authority and the National Roads Authority...
- Taxi Regulations
275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a matter (details supplied) regarding a small public service vehicle licence; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Light Rail Projects Status
276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to advance the Luas Lucan line project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38556/15]
- Sports Capital Programme Data
277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on matters (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38597/15]
- Departmental Staff Data
278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of staff in his Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes in...
- Driver Licences
279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has had discussions with the authorities in British Columbia, Canada regarding the exchange of driver licences; if he...
- Transport Infrastructure
280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the transport improvements that are planned for the Northside of Dublin in the next five years and ten years respectively. [38650/15]
- Departmental Funding
281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated by his Department to organisations not audited directly by the Comptroller and Auditor General; the names of these...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Deer Hunting
282. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding hunting licences and the delay in persons (details supplied) being issued them; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Staff Data
283. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the percentage of staff in her Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes...
- Departmental Funding
284. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated by her Department to organisations not audited directly by the Comptroller and Auditor General; the names of...
