Written answers

Thursday, 5 November 2015

  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Traveller Accommodation
      12. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount approved for Traveller-specific housing in 2015, in County Galway and Galway city; the details of these...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new social or voluntary houses approved for construction in 2015, in Galway city and county; the number of...
    • Rent Controls
      14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government given the escalating housing and homelessness crisis resulting from unaffordable and escalating rents, and the inadequate...
    • Disability Services Provision
      15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the resources his Department will provide in 2016 to move persons out of congregated settings; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the provision of new social housing in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37456/15]
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the latest discussions he has had on new planning guidelines for wind turbines; the...
    • Election Management System
      18. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in respect of unplanned absences on election polling days, if he will consider providing the option of casting a vote,...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Data
      19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how his Department will cater for the housing assistance payment maximum rent limits for those tenancies commencing in...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      20. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to fast-track the delivery of modular units for emergency accommodation; and if he envisages any potential for...
    • Disability Services Provision
      21. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on housing records released by his Department under the Freedom of Information Act, which show that just 90...
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      22. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of his Department's investigations on MICA affected homes in County Donegal; if he supports an exemption from...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Administration
      23. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the housing assistance payment pilot scheme; if he is satisfied that the scheme has been successful to date;...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      24. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of engagement with local authorities regarding the expenditure of funding from his Department for housing...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      25. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the 2015 to 2017 targets for capital and current funded social housing units under the Social Housing...
    • Planning Issues
      26. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to assist local authorities in having estates taken in charge; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      27. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government following the fatal fire in Carrickmines in County Dublin, if there will be a health and safety review of Traveller...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      28. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of discussions his Department has had with the National Asset Management Agency and the four Dublin local...
    • Climate Change Policy
      29. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that Ireland can reach its 2020 climate change and energy security targets without construction of industrial...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility
      30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how his Department will proceed in cases of renewals or existing rentals, where landlords indicate their intention to offer...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on his engagements with the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in...
    • Traveller Accommodation (1 comment)
      32. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to provide an adequate number of high quality Traveller-specific accommodation units; the findings...
    • Energy Conservation
      33. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to put an energy upgrade in place for older local authority homes with solid walls. [37476/15]
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      34. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce rent certainty measures to deal with the spiralling cost of rents in the private rental sector; and...
    • Waste Data
      35. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of municipal waste now recycled; and his plans to reduce the volume produced. [37475/15]
    • Election Management System
      36. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on concerns raised by teachers and parents regarding the use of schools as polling stations on voting days, as...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      37. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units that have been delivered by the National Asset Management Agency to date, the number he...
    • Local Government Reform
      38. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his position on the amalgamation of Cork City Council and Cork County Council; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      39. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will undertake a comprehensive review of the operation of the pyrite remediation scheme; if he will address common...
    • Building Regulations
      40. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address MICA affected homes in County Donegal; if he will adopt a similar approach to that taken with pyrite...
    • Pyrite Issues
      41. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on HomeBond's refusal to address structural defects on the grounds that a property has pyrite, including cases...
    • Legislative Programme
      42. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to revise the planning legislation on the taking in charge of housing developments; and if he will make a...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      43. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that there is now a housing accommodation and homelessness emergency affecting a vast number of our citizens,...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      44. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the homelessness crisis; the Government's plans to tackle the issue; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      45. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on his and his Department's meetings with local authorities on the provision of housing; and if he will...
    • Housing Data
      46. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new social housing units that have been made available in each local authority area in 2015 to date and that...
    • Climate Change Policy
      47. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding Ireland's failure to pledge funding to the Green Climate Fund, the main multilateral funding mechanism...
    • Waste Disposal
      48. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans regarding the disposal and management of worn tyres. [37474/15]
    • Homelessness Strategy
      49. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the short-term strategy that his Department and the local authorities have to deal with the 1,500 plus...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      50. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the new tenant purchase scheme will be put in place. [37478/15]
    • Rent Controls
      51. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for details of discussions he has had regarding rent control measures, given the ongoing housing crisis; and if he will...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      52. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the guidelines in respect of wind turbines with particular reference to density, setback, noise and...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      53. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which the various local authorities have indicated the number of families on their respective housing lists...
    • Emergency Accommodation Provision
      54. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the modular housing proposals are an adequate enough response to this humanitarian crises, given that over...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      55. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units that will be delivered through the local authorities in each of the years 2015 to 2018,...
    • Planning Issues
      56. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider amendments to planning regulations that require the internal layout drawings of dwellings and other...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      57. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the engagement his Department has had with the Department of Finance concerning the evolving role of the National Asset...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      58. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department has in place to ensure all accommodation for Travellers reaches health and safety standards; if...
    • Rent Controls
      59. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or any of his Departmental officials were involved with discussions with the Department of Finance regarding rent...
    • Housing Issues
      60. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his departmental officials or advisors have any role in the Government's response to housing; and if he will make a...
    • Irish Water Administration
      61. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if officials or representatives from his office attend the weekly meeting held in Government Buildings on Irish Water; and...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a recipient of rent supplement may continue to receive the payment where that person owns a property in another area that is not...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer in 2016 of extending the wage subsidy scheme to those in receipt of partial capacity...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      65. 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 [38706/15]
    • Free Travel Scheme
      66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the free travel pass; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in awarding a carer's allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [38735/15]
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received a fuel allowance payment; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants awaiting transfer in her Department to locations other that their present location; the number of...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a file will be sent to the Social Welfare Appeals Office regarding a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Code
      71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an intensive means test will be carried out for a family (details supplied) in County Kildare, given their need for social...
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if there was an entitlement to family income supplement in the period during which a person (details supplied) in County Dublin...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 8 October 2015, the correct level of rent support applicable to a person (details...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Number 48 of 8 October 2015, if partial rent support will be offered in the case of a person...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if approval of a rent increase will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if and when a payment under the disability allowance scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she...
    • Exceptional Needs Payments
      77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason an exceptional needs payment for funeral expenses was not made to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Departmental Customer Charters
      78. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to what extent the customer service charter operating in her Department extends to external contractors who carry out customer...
    • Departmental Properties
      79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding former credit union (details supplied) building now that a new Intreo office has been established there; if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to an increased payment given her circumstances; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the issue of social welfare repayments for a family (details supplied) in County Kildare who are under severe...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when the person will be...
    • Social Insurance Rates
      83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she plans to make changes on the imposition of PRSI charges on community employment scheme participants receiving more than...
    • JobPath Implementation
      84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied with the JobPath process, and that it is not impeding the work of local Intreo offices, and duplicating and...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance the incentives by way of tax that are currently available to those who provide home nursing. [38709/15]
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners insist on receiving a personal public service number for a deceased foreigner who is leaving a legacy to an Irish...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applicants awaiting transfer in his Department to locations other than their present location; the number of applications, by location; the rules...
    • Tax Data
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion that income tax, including the universal social charge, represents of all taxes collected in each of the years 2005 to 2015 to date; the...
    • Pensions Levy Yield
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected from the levy on private pension funds in 2015 to date; how this compares to the amount expected to be collected; if the full amount for...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected number of first-time buyers he expects to benefit from the deposit interest retention tax refund scheme in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a...
    • NAMA Loans Sale
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance the sale price for National Asset Management Agency Project Arrow loans; the discount on the original face value of the loans; the discount on the carrying...
    • NAMA Legal Proceedings
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of legal actions in which proceedings have been issued against the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Banking Sector Data
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland keeps a record of the number of bank branches; the current number in operation; the total number in 2011; and if he will make a...
    • NAMA Operations
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has been provided with an estimate of the possible impact of rent control measures on National Asset Management Agency's activities; and if...
    • State Banking Sector
      97. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has been provided with an estimate of the possible impact of rent control measures on the value of the State’s bank holdings; and if...
    • Government Expenditure
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the warning from the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland that potentially temporary increases in Government revenue are being used to fund...
    • Departmental Strategies
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance if a contingency plan exists for the re-issuing of Irish punts; when that plan was drawn up if it exists; when it was last reviewed; and if he will make a...
    • EU-IMF Programme of Support Drawdowns
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding that had been drawn down under the EU-IMF programme when the Government took office in March 2011, the remaining amount of funding...
    • National Treasury Management Agency Deposits
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance the cash balance held by the National Treasury Management Agency when the Government took office in March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applicants who were short-listed for the post of Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland to succeed a person (details supplied); the number who...
    • NAMA Staff Data
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the National Asset Management Agency's scheme to make retention payments to staff who remain with it; the amount each staff member will be paid;...
    • State Claims Agency
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the State Claims Agency paid in legal costs to solicitors representing it and acting for plaintiffs in 2013 and in 2014; the top ten payments made...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Provision
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance if a primary medical certificate will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38787/15]
    • Budget Targets
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 22 October 2015, the impact that any additional tax revenue in 2015 and 2016, over and above current projections,...
    • Tax Data
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer from the changes to the tax treatment of the expenses of non-resident, non-executive directors, as envisaged in the...
    • Tax Credits
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance if a cash refund will be made to a person making a claim under MED 1 expenses, when the person's income is so low that it does not fall into the tax net, so a...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of applicants awaiting transfer in his Department to locations other that their present location; the number of applications,...
    • Budget Targets
      111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 22 October 2015, the impact that any additional recurring expenditure in 2015 and 2016,...
    • Public Sector Pensions Levy (1 comment)
      114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are plans to link the payment increase to public sector pensioners to the consumer price index, and if so, the timescales for...
    • Decentralisation Programme Data
      116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the departmental units and agencies that are decentralised to County Cork, in tabular form; their locations; the number of staff; if he...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on a matter (details supplied) regarding flood defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38920/15]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants awaiting transfer in his Department to locations other that their present location; the number of...
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      120. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs that have been created to date as a result of the Irish Design 2015 campaign; the costs associated with the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (1 comment)
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the basic payment scheme and the areas of natural constraints scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme Applications
      122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on an application for an areas of natural constraint payment by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants awaiting transfer in his Department to locations other that their present location; the number of...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application from persons (details supplied) in County Limerick under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to a single payment; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal under the single payment scheme and the disadvantaged areas scheme (details supplied); if he will arrange for...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the country is free of bovine spongiform encephalopathy-contaminated product being held in storage; and if he will make a...
    • Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme Applications
      128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a payment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a single payment for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay; if the payment will be...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when applications under the disadvantaged area scheme (details supplied) will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Pension Provisions
      132. To ask the Minister for Defence if there is any circumstances in which retired members of the Defence Forces can have their pension reduced as a result of having being made an award for a...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      133. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of applicants awaiting transfer in his Department to locations other that their present location; the number of applications by location; the rules...
    • White Paper on Defence
      134. To ask the Minister for Defence in view of the White Paper commitment to establish a school of peace at the Curragh, the steps he will take to advance this project; if he has provided...
    • Hospital Services
      135. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 356 of 20 October 2015, when exactly, and by whom, the decision was made to downgrade Saint Bricin's Military Hospital...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received correspondence from the Industrial Development Agency Ireland or any private financial institutions querying the reason that...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals she is putting forward at the all-party talks on the need to establish a cross-Border task force to deal with organised crime; and...
    • Courts Service
      138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish a timeframe for the abolition of the non-jury special criminal courts; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants awaiting transfer in her Department to locations other than their present location; the number of applications, by...
    • Immigration Status
      140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected status in the long-term residency and eligibility for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
    • Residency Permits
      144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm receipt of all documentation required in connection with an application for extended residency and eligibility for...
    • Deportation Orders
      145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if arrangements will be made to review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Equality Legislation
      146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Equal Status Act 2000 will be amended to repeal section 7(3)(c) to ensure that all children will access their right to education without...
    • Traveller Community
      147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the recognition of the Traveller community as an ethnic minority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38838/15]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sections of the Disability Act 2005 that still have to be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38856/15]
    • Legislative Measures
      149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if subsection 7(3)(c) of the Equal Status Act 2000 will be amended (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38857/15]
    • Garda Remuneration
      150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase pay rates for members of An Garda Síochána (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Crime Data
      151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the economic cost of alcohol-related crime and the estimated overall economic cost of crime; if she will provide information on the cost, in...
    • Prisoner Data
      152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes committed by former prisoners; the reoffending rates of juveniles who have been detained; the most up-to-date figures on...
    • Location of Victims' Remains
      154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is proposed to take any new initiatives to support the very important and difficult work of the Independent Commission for the Location of...
    • Crime Data
      155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for an up-to-date breakdown of crime statistics in the Waterford and Kilkenny-Carlow Garda division, by category of offence; and by individual...
    • Garda Deployment
      156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current deployment levels of gardaí and civilian staff, by district and by station, within the Waterford and Kilkenny-Carlow Garda...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Preschool Services
      158. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding free preschooling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38852/15]
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      159. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware of the disappointment of many parents with children who have turned three years of age since 1 July 2015, and who are in an...
    • Preschool Services
      161. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amounts paid to preschool providers for carrying out the administration work for the free preschool year in 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      164. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applicants awaiting transfer in his Department to locations other that their present location; the number of applications, by...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      165. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware of a family (details supplied) in County Meath whose child has missed out on 24 weeks pre-school education, due to being...
    • Aftercare Services
      166. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will explain the recent decision by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to impose effective cuts of €50 per week to the...
    • Preschool Services
      167. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason preschool providers are required to submit details of children attending preschool in hard copy as opposed to by online...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      168. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the free preschool year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38937/15]
    • Home Help Service Expenditure
      171. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost per hour to the Health Service Executive for home helps provided by private agencies. [38710/15]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      172. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is paralysed from the chest down is transported by ambulance from the person's home to the...
    • Legislative Process
      173. To ask the Minister for Health if patients who have concluded successful cases against the Health Service Executive for negligence were consulted during the drafting of legislative proposals...
    • Open Disclosures Policy
      174. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 258 to 260, inclusive, of 22 October 2015, the steps the Health Service Executive will take to address instances of...
    • Medical Card Applications
      175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who applied in July 2015, given that mislaid documents...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants awaiting transfer in his Department to locations other than their present location; the number of applications, by location; the rules...
    • Health Services Provision
      177. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's plans for the development of services at Derrinturn Health Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38765/15]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      179. To ask the Minister for Health how an organisation (details supplied) in County Meath will be provided with an ambulance from the Health Service Executive which is surplus to current...
    • Medical Card Applications
      180. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application for a medical card review for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      181. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38853/15]
    • Respite Care Services
      182. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding respite care for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38854/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      183. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a procedure carried out, given that this has been ongoing for a number of years. [38873/15]
    • Patient Transport
      187. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions being made for those who need assistance to travel for hospital appointments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Help Service Provision
      188. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals, if any, he has to provide additional home help hours for counties Cavan and Monaghan, given the very substantial reduction in such supports...
    • Substance Misuse
      189. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of bed days lost to alcohol-related illness in each of the past ten years; the overall economic cost to the health system for alcohol-related illness;...
    • Home Care Packages
      190. To ask the Minister for Health the home care supports provided by the Health Service Executive to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when an application for a home care package and...
    • Primary Care Centre Data
      191. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of new primary care centres that have opened, by county, for each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date; whether they were direct Health...
    • Health Services Provision
      192. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding the provision of a chiropody service to a person (details supplied) in Cork City; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Community Care Provision
      194. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a community chiropodist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38929/15]
    • Home Care Packages
      195. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the detail on how home care packages are put together by the Health Service Executive; the services provided by health care professionals in...
    • Vaccination Programme
      196. To ask the Minister for Health whether he is aware that in July 2015 the European Medicines Agency started a review of human papilloma vaccines to further clarify aspects of their safety...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      198. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set down the number of applicants awaiting transfer in his Department to locations other that their present location; the number of...
    • Consular Services Provision
      199. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 13 October 2015 if he will provide an update on same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Human Rights Issues
      200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been sentenced to death by beheading by a Saudi Arabian court; that he is...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received further correspondence from a school (details provided) in County Cork relating to its application for emergency works...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position regarding the provision of the second level accommodation for Maynooth post-primary school at the education campus on the...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants awaiting transfer in her Department to locations other than their present location; the number of applications, by...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status on the replacement school for an area (details supplied) in County Longford; the reason for the delay; and when she expects to be in a...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received correspondence from an organisation representing bus and coach operators (details supplied) in which concerns have been...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has raised the issue of the delay in issuing 2015 student grant approvals with Student Universal Support Ireland; if she plans impressing...
    • School Enrolments Data
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of extra school places provided since March 2011 in areas (details supplied) in Dublin 22 and in County Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the second level schools; and the number of qualifying students each school can accommodate in special autistic spectrum disorder classes, by...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to include a school (details supplied) in her five-year capital investment programme; if not, the reason; and if she will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student will be assessed as financially independent from the student's parents with an affidavit from a solicitor swearing that the student...
    • Departmental Investigations
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will arrange for a substantive reply to correspondence dated 26 May 2015 which was acknowledged by her Department on 10 August 2015...
    • School Transport Tendering
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the huge concerns expressed by parents whose children use the school transport system, and parents who are trying to access...
    • School Accommodation
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a school extension consisting of four classrooms and a nurses' station (detail supplied) in County...
    • Childcare Education and Training Scheme
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the refusal of an application for a certificate in education and training by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Motor Tax Collection
      215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for details of the new tax regime for heavy goods vehicles; if it applies to unladen weight or gross weight; when it will...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when applications will open for new private developers for funding under the Leader programme; the criteria for same; and...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants awaiting transfer in his Department to locations other that their present location; the number of...
    • Commercial Rates
      218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total value of commercial rates collected in 2013; in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38772/15]
    • Housing Provision
      219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has sought or received information from each local authority regarding the availability of serviced...
    • Local Authority Housing Bonds
      221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he may be in a position to provide a framework to fund the provision of local authority housing by way...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has received correspondence from the various local authorities regarding the lack of sufficient...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      224. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which adequate provisions remain in place to ensure the reduction in greenhouse gases, in line with the EU...
    • Air and Water Pollution
      226. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the degree to which air and water pollution continues to be monitored; if notable results have been found, on foot of...
    • Waste Management
      227. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which it is expected to deal with waste management by way of reduce, reuse and recycle strategies, landfills...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      229. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to be in a position to publish revised guidelines in respect of the construction of wind farms; and if he...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      233. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which the pyrite remediation programme will be reviewed with a view to identifying the number of households...
    • Illegal Dumping
      234. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost to date of remediating unauthorised or illegal dumping at the various identified locations; the extent to which...
    • Local Authority Functions
      235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department has sought or received communication from the various local authorities with a view to...
    • Derelict Sites
      236. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which prominent derelict sites have been identified in towns and villages; if specific provision is being...
    • NAMA Property Sales
      237. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he continues to monitor sales of property by the National Asset Management Agency with a view to...
    • Planning Issues
      238. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of observations sent by his Department to local authorities in relation to material alterations to development...
    • Thatching Grants Eligibility
      240. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a scheme similar to the existing grant, HA2/T, for the renewal and repair of thatched roofs on...
    • Housing Issues
      241. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding modular housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38858/15]
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      242. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is normal procedure for Leader funding to be used in the planning of a future development of an unauthorised marina...
    • Legislative Programme
      243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation for Leylandii trees similar to legislation introduced in the United Kingdom under that...
    • Air Quality
      244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the Environmental Protection Agency believes it is not necessary to monitor for particulates at all 31 air...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      247. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the context of affordable homes, if he will consider changing legislative provisions so that material improvements will...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      248. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the 22 modular housing units proposed by Dublin City Council will be ready for occupation on or...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Tax Yield
      249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the anticipated additional revenue that his Department estimates will arise from the introduction of the petroleum...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applicants awaiting transfer in his Department to locations other than their present locations; the number...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources for an update on the provision of broadband in an area (details supplied) in County Kildare, where the poor quality of...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      253. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a standard compensation rate for landowners who have a 110 kV line or a 220 kV line erected through their...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Projects
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why the proposed N52 Ardee bypass was not included in the Government's capital investment plan, Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applicants awaiting transfer in his Department to locations other than their present location; the number of applications,...
    • Cycling Facilities Funding
      256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the grant application submitted to his Department in respect of the development of the Leitrim and Cavan Greenway; when...
    • Railway Safety
      258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investment in railway safety in each year from 2011 to 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38866/15]
    • Public Transport
      259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus shelter will be erected on the R448 at Bypass Store, Leighlinbridge, County Carlow. [38876/15]
    • Swimming Pool Programme Status
      260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures in place for the planning, approval and financing of swimming pools; if they were applied to all projects approved in the...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if specific funding will be provided to Monaghan County Council in respect of the urgent need to upgrade the R190 Ballybay to Cootehill...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if urgent consideration will be provided to a request from a club (details supplied) to have its application under the sports capital...
    • Public Transport
      263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status on the proposed bus rapid transit for the Swords to Drumcondra corridor; the funding that has been provided; and the time...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Afforestation Programme
      264. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will expedite the clarification process for forestry planting on hen harrier land and eliminate any unnecessary restrictions...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      265. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applicants awaiting transfer in her Department to locations other than their present location; the number of...
    • National Monuments
      266. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views regarding whether the purchase of the 1916 national monument at Nos. 14 to 17, Moore Street in Dublin 1 has been completed;...