Written answers
Thursday, 12 November 2015
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Value for Money Reviews
10. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the main findings of the value for money review of the Arts Council; the actions she will take to implement the recommendations of...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
12. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of the constraints on Údarás na Gaeltachta, given its successful management of business facilities, which...
- Built Heritage Investment Scheme
13. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the built heritage investment scheme which her Department recently announced; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Heritage Council Funding
14. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of funding that has been provided to the Heritage Council in 2015; the increase in this funding that is being provided under...
- Commemorative Events
16. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure that children and young persons are involved in the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme; and if she will make a...
- National Archives
17. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she proposes to introduce a 20-year rule for the release of State papers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39501/15]
- Comóradh 1916
18. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí míniú ar an moill atá ar an obair ag ionad Theach an Phiarsaigh i Ros Muc, Co. na Gaillimhe;...
- Seirbhísí Eitilte
19. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair atá sé i gceist aici tairiscintí a lorg arís le haghaidh na haersheirbhíse go hOileáin...
- Departmental Funding
20. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports her Department provides for the protection of built heritage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39550/15]
- Cultural Policy
21. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the drafting of Ireland's first national culture policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39258/15]
- National Library
22. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of capital funding that will be required to refurbish the National Library; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Film Industry Development
23. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures being taken to boost the domestic and international film industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39499/15]
- Departmental Reports
24. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the historic houses report which her Department is currently preparing; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- National Library
25. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of additional funding for the National Library of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39257/15]
- National Archives
26. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of the serious challenges which exist to the proper digital preservation of records at the National Archives; her...
- Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
27. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an moladh go mbeidh 10% de na hoibrithe san earnáil phoiblí in ann...
- Departmental Funding
28. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to increase financial support to Irish musicians; if she or her Department had any discussions with the Department of...
- Commemorative Events
29. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will update Dáil Éireann on her recent visit to Canada for the international Famine commemoration; and if she will...
- Departmental Funding
30. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the financial provision made in the 2016 Estimates for the funding of the five development companies on non-Gaeltacht islands; and if...
- Commemorative Events
31. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she is taking to ensure that the commemorations for 2016 are not Dublin centric; her plans to involve the other regions;...
- Arts Plan
32. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied with the existing policies of her Department regarding supports and grants for emerging Irish artists and...
- Commemorative Events
33. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Ireland 2016 centenary programme and the community participation element of the programme; and if she will make a...
- National Library
34. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware that the present funding situation at the National Library of Ireland is having a direct, detrimental effect upon the...
- Hare Coursing
35. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the large number of injuries inflicted on, and fatalities suffered by, hares during the 2014-15 hare coursing season, as...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Expenditure
36. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the delay in issuing compensation to turf cutters under the turf cutting cessation scheme; if an evaluation of...
- National Library
37. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has consulted the director of the National Library in an attempt to address the relevant issues it faces at present; if she...
- Arts Plan
38. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she will take to improve the working environment for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39502/15]
- Heritage Council Funding
39. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding being provided for the Heritage Council in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39504/15]
- Film Industry Promotion
40. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans that are being implemented to promote Ireland as a film location, and in particular, to highlight all locations of panoramic...
- Seirbhísí Eitilte
41. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí sásta leis an aersheirbhís go hOileáin Árann; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina...
- National Library
42. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to address the challenges at the National Library of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Commemorative Events
43. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans, if any, to mark the role played in the Easter Rising 1916 by the original Carrisbrook House on 122 Northumberland Road in...
- Fisheries Protection
44. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason her Department has not performed an assessment of the impact of the Asian Clam infestation in the Shannon River at...
- Departmental Consultations
45. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the consultation process for Culture 2025; when the document will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Applications
46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application for a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare. [39793/15]
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an appeal in respect of an invalidity pension will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when the entitlement to a disability benefit of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will expire; the entitlements the person...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision regarding a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will be finalised; and if she...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will facilitate an increase in rent allowance to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare whose rent has increased from...
- Rural Social Scheme Administration
51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the minimum insurance in place under the rural social scheme to cover public liability claims; if participants and supervisors on...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be reviewed. [39859/15]
- Social Welfare Code
53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the measures introduced in budget 2016 that will benefit senior citizens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39878/15]
- Child Benefit Eligibility
54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in relation to the SAFE programme, the number of persons in the years 2012 to 2015 to date who have had their child benefit...
- Social Welfare Schemes
55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an application for a hearing aid grant by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for payment of a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Fraud Data
57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount that is represented as fraudulent claims for social protection benefits for the years 2012 to 2015 to date. [39907/15]
- Social Welfare Code
58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Numbers 176 of 20 October 2015 and 52 of 4 November 2015, if she will revise the rule 1(4), Part...
- Community Employment Schemes Data
60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the budget cost and the actual cost of the community employment programme, by allowances, supervision, materials and training to 30...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the file relating to an appeal in respect of a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be sent...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if and when rent increase in line with a monthly rent of €1,000 will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the support payment available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Invalidity Pension Payments
64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the correct level of payment of invalidity pension and entitlements, including household benefits, to a person (details supplied)...
- Department of Finance
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
65. To ask the Minister for Finance if retinitis pigmentosa will be considered a qualifying disability for the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39885/15]
- Fiscal Compact Treaty
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the consequences for the State in not adhering to the medium term budgetary obligation of the fiscal compact; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Code
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax credits that would no longer exist if all tax credits were abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39822/15]
- Tax Data
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost in revenue foregone if a new threshold of €500,000 was introduced for inheritance tax purposes; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out the feasibility of introducing a tax on foods high in saturated sugar, salt, and saturated fats; if such a tax has been introduced in other...
- Fiscal Policy
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact for Ireland’s economy generally, and in terms of reducing Ireland’s debt-to-gross-domestic-product ratio, and the Government’s...
- Banking Sector Data
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid by each eligible bank under the bank levy to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39842/15]
- Mortgage Data
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of completed mortgage switches undertaken in the Irish market in each month in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39876/15]
- Banking Sector Regulation
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has formally communicated to Bank of Ireland his views on restrictions it plans to place on in branch cash transactions; and if he will make a statement...
- Credit Unions Services
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of a proposal by credit unions to offer mortgages, payment cards, and other banking services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Credit Unions Regulation
78. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to remove the restriction on credit unions banning them from lending more than 10% of their loan books for more than ten years; and if he will make a...
- State Banking Sector
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the State will not retain the remaining Allied Irish Banks preference shares until their maturity date in 2019, after the forthcoming partial...
- NAMA Property Construction
82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of reports that the National Asset Management Agency has sold land with zoning for 11,000 residential units, but only 900 have been built to...
- Tax Yield
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of corporation tax collected from multinational companies from January to October 2015 from the top ten paying named sectors, by sector, each in...
- NAMA Legal Fees
86. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Number 93 of 5 November 2011, the costs to the National Asset Management Agency to date of the 66 cases taken against the it...
- NAMA Court Cases
87. To ask the Minister for Finance the costs to the National Asset Management Agency of the 25 favourable court outcomes in cases taken against it; the amount the agency has been able to recover...
- EU-IMF Programme of Support Value
88. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an opportunity for further interest savings as a result of early repayment of European Union and International Monetary Fund loans; and if he will...
- Banking Sector
89. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on comments by the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, Mr. Patrick Honohan, that Irish banks remain too risk averse; his plans, in policy terms,...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Prevention Measures
90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding flooding at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry, with regard to a drain that needs to be cleaned out by...
- Financial Instruments
91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation; if he will...
- Architectural Heritage
92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a consultant is now in place for the preparation of the conservation and management plan for Bunadober Mill in the Neale in Ballinrobe...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Work Permit Applications
93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which his Department has received the information sought by way of correspondence dated 8 September 2015 in the case of a...
- Foreign Direct Investment
94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Industrial Development Agency Ireland has specific leads in relation to locating potential clients at the new advance factory in...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Licence Applications
95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a licence will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39805/15]
- Fishing Industry
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that are being taken to confirm the veracity of the allegations impinging on the reputation of the Irish fishing fleet in...
- Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the national reserve (young farmer-new entrants) and young farmers scheme will be available for young farmers to apply for in 2016;...
- Horticulture Sector
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the purpose of the Hortforum; the progress made by it in ensuring that horticulture farmers get adequate prices for their produce to...
- Direct Payment Scheme
102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why it is proposed to impose group penalties on farmers for non-compliance with cross-compliance issues on commonages under the...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his plans to have sheep fencing included under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2014-20; the steps to be...
- Equine Industry
104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 27 January 2015 for an updated version of the information, given the time lag involved...
- Beef Data Programme
105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person who buys a 5-star rated bull could find that in subsequent years the star rating of the same animal has been reduced; and...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of payments to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry which have been delayed; and if he will make a...
- Sheepmeat Sector
108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the measures he will take to assist sheep farmers in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39864/15]
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide clarification regarding additional top-up moneys from the Exchequer to boost the €13.7 million European...
- Bovine Disease Controls
111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the bovine viral diarrhoea sampling programme is continuing, given that it was planned to be a three-year programme; and...
- Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current entitlements due to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if his Department will take account of the fact that...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Number 363 of 6 October 2015, if he will provide an update; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the 2012 suckler welfare scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- GLAS Applications
115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that a BPS map is digitised without delay for a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon, given that the lack...
- Horse Racing Industry Funding
116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that the thoroughbred foal levy, administered by Horse Racing Ireland since 2000, is presently calculated using the...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme; the reason...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Direct Provision System
119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the implementation of recommendations arising from the recent working group report on the direct provision system; and if she will...
- Garda Stations
120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality who is responsible for a Garda Síochána station (details supplied) in County Kerry that is closed; and if she will make a statement on...
- Domestic Violence Policy
121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality given the signing of the Istanbul convention, if she will publish a timeframe for ratification of the convention; and her plans to implement the...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to sign the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39798/15]
- Irish Prison Service
123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the development of a code of ethics for the Irish Prison Service, against the backdrop of the signing of the Council of Europe code...
- Citizenship Applications
124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine and expedite an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
- Garda Deployment
125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the additional 25 members of An Garda Síochána recently announced for County Louth will be retained permanently in the county; and...
- Garda Transport Provision
126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána vehicles currently in operation in County Louth; and the number of vehicles which were operative in the...
- Family Law Cases
127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recourse available to a person who is denied the right to see an elderly mother who is in the care of another sibling; and if she will make a...
- Prison Accommodation Provision
128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality given the findings of the inspector of prisons that the vast majority of adult male prisoners, and all female prisoners, are accommodated in...
- Citizenship Applications
129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in applying for citizenship, which person has lived and worked here...
- Prison Investigations
130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that have been taken in relation to the standard operating procedures, and governors' or chiefs' orders, operating in the Irish Prison...
- Disability Support Services Provision
131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the process undertaken by the National Disability Authority for the provision of the employer helpline service, as recommended by the...
- Traveller Community
132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the establishment of a Traveller agency to drive and monitor the implementation of policies in relation to the Traveller community;...
- Garda Remuneration
133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a pay increase in September 2017 for members of An Garda Síochána (details...
- Deportation Orders
134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which favourable consideration on humanitarian grounds will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in...
- Residency Permits
135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent of any progress in the context of regularisation of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow who has...
- Naturalisation Applications
139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will set out and clarify the progress to date in determining an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24...
- Residency Permits
140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39944/15]
- Deportation Orders
141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that will be made in regularising the residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
- Firearms Licences
142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the customer service policy in the firearms section of her Department, when persons applying for import and export licences for non-military...
- Refugee Protection Programme
143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on sites being considered for emergency accommodation for refugees entering Ireland, given the concerns regarding the unsuitability...
- Commencement of Legislation
144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will sign the commencement order for the Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Proposed Legislation
145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the proposed single application procedure. [39987/15]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Departmental Funding
146. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the person who sanctioned the withdrawal of funding from Arc Adoption services; the basis on which this decision was made; the contingency...
- Child Protection Services
147. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress to date in having social workers available to meet with families out of hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Preschool Services
148. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick regarding a reduced rate of capitation; and if he will make a...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Appointment Status
149. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39802/15]
- HSE Staffing
153. To ask the Minister for Health for details of Health Service Executive policy regarding maternity leave arrangements, specifically the manner in which vacancies which arise when staff go on...
- Services for People with Disabilities
154. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Government’s promise to establish a scheme to replace the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance scheme; when...
- Medical Card Applications
155. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a medical card. [39844/15]
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
156. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding overcrowding in Kerry General Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39860/15]
- General Practitioner Services
158. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for general practitioners in rural Ireland to deal with island allowances and the provision for house calls, depending on distance; his plans for...
- Mobility Allowance Applications
159. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Meath is provided with a mobility scooter. [39868/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
160. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with an appointment for cataract treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Dental Services Waiting Lists
162. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for dental treatment submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and the reason for the delay in issuing an...
- Counselling Services
163. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the counselling service in the primary care service, including the numbers referred to, seen by and on waiting lists for community health-care...
- Ambulance Service Provision
164. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently review the ambulance service in County Louth with a view to improving the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39916/15]
- An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann
166. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the difficulties that nurses are experiencing in registering and seeking a licence as a result of delays and incompetence by the Irish...
- Hospitals Inspections
168. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 14 October 2015, if he will provide additional details of the prioritised plan for pro-active preventative...
- Services for People with Disabilities
169. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the Health Service Executive will engage in negotiations with Camphill Communities of Ireland as its financial situation is very serious...
- Primary Care Centre Provision
170. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on a primary care centre (details supplied) in County Galway. [39933/15]
- Hospitals Capital Programme
171. To ask the Minister for Health if Saint Patrick's Hospital in Carrick-on-Shannon in County Leitrim is on the capital programme with an indicative date for construction of a unit; his plans...
- General Practitioner Services
172. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the catchment areas of each of the WestDoc bases; the implications of any such review on the catchment areas in east Galway and County...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Consular Services Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who is imprisoned in the Philippines; and the assistance his Department is...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education Policy
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if secondary schools can compel Muslim girl students to remove their hijab before entering the premises; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Eligibility
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale behind the requirement for participants in vocational training opportunities schemes to be on a payment from the Department of...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a special needs assistant for a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects Status
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a determination will be made in regard to funding of a project for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
- Third Level Funding
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the formally approved allocation of €4.3 million for the proposed link building capital development project at Saint...
- Teachers' Remuneration
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she will implement to increase the retention of qualified teachers; if she will revisit the changes to pay, terms and conditions for...
- Schools Building Projects Status
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the tender process regarding a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39968/15]
- School Funding
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18; if she will arrange to meet the principal and teachers to discuss...
- Student Grant Scheme Reform
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to revise the rules regarding student grants for second-chance students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Waste Management
186. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his Department's view on private waste firms using a pay-by-weight service from July 2016; if he will engage with such...
- Housing Adaptation Grant
187. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided in 2015 under the improvement works in lieu of local authority housing scheme; and if he will make a...
- Planning Issues
191. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities have the power to remove protected structures from the list of protected structures; how this may be...
- Local Authority Finances
192. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government given that the adoption of a local authority budget is a reserved function under the Local Government Act 2001, if he will...
- Mortgage Resolution Processes
194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of properties which have been successfully purchased through the mortgage-to-rent scheme since its launch in...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide one-off funding to Tipperary County Council to repair street lighting in housing estates which the...
- Private Residential Tenancies Board
196. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to a landlord who has engaged with the Private Residential Tenancies Board (details supplied) but...
- Alternative Energy Projects
197. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has proposals for local authorities to bring forward guidelines for solar farms; and if he will make a...
- Homeless Accommodation Funding
198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has received a request for the reimbursement of costs incurred for meeting the needs of homeless persons...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
199. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in cases where the original owner of a property dies, if the person who succeeds in ownership of that property is entitled...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the direction that he has provided in respect of housing allocations being prioritised for families who are regarded as...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Natural Resources
201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the ongoing cross-Border study into hydraulic fracturing being funded by his Department, the...
- Prospecting Licences
202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 517 of 19 May 2015 and a previous parliamentary question when the companies...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the publication of the White Paper on Energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39927/15]
- Inland Fisheries Data
204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the Asian clam sample extracted from the River Shannon at Lanesborough in County Longford in June 2015 by...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Parking Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will carry out a review of the disabled parking permit; if he will consider introducing two types of bays, one for persons in a...
- Swimming Pool Programme Status
206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has agreed to re-open the national swimming programme; and if so, when it will open; and the total allocation. [39830/15]
- National Car Test
207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason national car test centres are not providing clear information to persons (details supplied) when booking an appointments...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will revisit an application for a sports capital grant (details supplied). [39887/15]
- National Roads Authority Projects
209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for details of the M7 upgrade as recently announced by his Department; if the project will be fully integrated to include Osberstown...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he envisages he will be in a position to make the necessary funding available to Westmeath GAA for the provision of a new stand at...
- Rail Network
214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to re-open Killucan railway station in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39961/15]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Easter Rising Commemorations
215. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the meetings she has attended to discuss preparations for the centenary celebrations of 1916; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Air Services Provision
216. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to provide funding for the provision of a suitable helipad on Inishturk island off the coast of County Mayo; if funding has...
- Heritage Sites
217. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be provided in 2016 to local authorities or to the Heritage Council for conservation works on protected structures...
- Easter Rising Commemorations
218. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation from her Department for the 1916 commemoration, by local authority in 2015 and in 2016; and if she will make a...
- Film Industry Promotion
219. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects to be in a position to encourage continued use of Ireland as a film location, with obvious knock-on...
- Arts Funding
220. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she expects employment prospects to remain positive throughout the Arts and culture sectors, with particular...
- Commemorative Events
222. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to co-ordinate the commemoration of 1916, with particular reference to the need to...
- Waterways Issues
224. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects to achieve an amicable resolution of issues between Waterways Ireland and traditional dwellers and...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options
225. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she remains satisfied that all issues of concern to traditional turf cutters in County Kildare, in respect the...