Written answers

Tuesday, 17 November 2015

  • Department of Social Protection
    • Community Welfare Services
      69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the opening of the promised community welfare office for Naas, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Family Income Supplement Payments
      70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that payments under the family income supplement scheme are not reckoned in any means testing within her...
    • Education and Training Provision
      71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the training courses available for unemployed persons who had been self-employed and now wish to upskill; her views that every...
    • Respite Care Grant Payments
      72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the respite needs of carers, despite the fact that the respite care grant was renamed as the carer's support...
    • Social Welfare Code
      73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that persons who are in receipt of family income supplement and the back to work dividend, and who are in work, are...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the requests her Department made for a person (details supplied) to be applying for 200 to 300 jobs a week; and...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection given a dispute involving workers on the Gateway scheme in the Ballymount depot in south Dublin, the protections in place for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
      76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views that only two of 40 social protection cuts have been restored in full; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Job Initiatives
      77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the progress made on the commitment in the Pathways to Work 2015 strategy to develop and evaluate actions to extend...
    • National Internship Scheme Administration
      78. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why her Department has reversed the ban on 54 companies from participating in the JobBridge scheme, as recently reported by the...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of progress of the JobsPlus scheme; the number of positions, companies participating, by county; and the total numbers...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that changes in recent years to the State Pension (Contributory) Scheme have not disproportionately penalised...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has factored in the increase to the cost of fuel due to the national ban on smoky coal in the increases to the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the situations where unemployed persons who do not qualify for jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit can...
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has analysed the impact the changes to income disregard in the farm assist scheme have had on farmers; if she will...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection given the proposals for restrictions on rent increases, if she will implement an increase to rent supplement levels in order that...
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to facilitate the sharing of information with the Department of Education and Skills, and with the...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the review of the methodology used in the calculation of contributions to determine eligibility for the State...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she and her Department continue to address the issue of youth unemployment, with particular reference to...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that current rent supplement limits are realistic in order to meet the needs of recipients in today's rental...
    • Departmental Contracts
      89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection how she will ensure that a private-for-profit company, that financially incentivises job placement, will remain free of...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to redeploy her departmental staff, at varying levels and grades, who are engaged in the national rents units, due to the...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the implications of the Economic and Social Research Institute’s report evaluating the back to education allowance; and if...
    • Departmental Contracts
      92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 5 November 2015, if she will provide, copies of the detailed service statements which...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the current waiting times for appeals regarding payments of allowances and benefits to be processed and decided; and if she will...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to allow for an increase in payments under the jobseeker's allowance scheme for those under 25 years of age who may be at...
    • JobPath Implementation
      95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the operation of the JobPath scheme in assisting persons access employment. [40007/15]
    • Immigration Policy
      96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the operation of the habitual residence condition in relation to returning immigrants who had been resident in...
    • Unemployment Data
      97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views regarding the potential supply of labour statistics being a measure of the real extent of...
    • Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme Data
      98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the uptake of the back to work family dividend scheme, by county; and if the scheme is subject to review to ascertain its...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection given recently released figures from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government showing that the number of...
    • Child Poverty
      100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her assessment of child inequality and poverty; the action her Department is taking to address this problem; and if she will make...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the number of refusals of applications for a carer's allowance has increased due to the changes in the Social Welfare Act 2014...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Funding
      102. To ask the Taoiseach the value of capital investment projects and grants under way and approved for funding by his Department, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      103. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding his meeting in Downing Street in London in England on 9 November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40023/15]
    • EU Membership
      106. To ask the Taoiseach if he agreed any of the requests from Britain in relation to staying in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40027/15]
    • Commissions of Investigation
      109. To ask the Taoiseach the costs to date of the Commission of Investigation into Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and the overall anticipated budget and cost to complete its work and to...
    • Tourism Employment
      110. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which the number of jobs in the tourism sector has improved in each of the past four years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39736/15]
    • Unemployment Levels
      111. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons who have left the labour force in the past four quarters, and how this has affected unemployment rates; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Membership
      112. To ask the Taoiseach if he has asked the Departments of Finance, Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, and Foreign Affairs and Trade to prepare an analysis of any future Irish step-back or exit...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person, who is certified sick on a Gateway scheme for a week, has their income deducted by €80; and the lawful...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of requests for payments of additional rent supplement, over and above the standard rate approved in each local...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Applications
      115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review an application for a medical appliance benefit by a person (details supplied), given the person's considerable...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Kerry was refused a domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a carer's allowance was refused to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • JobPath Implementation
      119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 5 November 2015, if employees of Turas Nua Limited and Seetec Limited will have any...
    • Job Initiatives
      120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if persons on the JobPath scheme are prohibited from working part-time up to three days a week and claiming jobseeker's allowance...
    • Departmental Funding
      122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the financial or other assistance available to a community group (details supplied) in County Carlow which provides meals for...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is waiting for a decision on an appeal for a domiciliary care allowance; and if...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Respite Care Grant Administration
      125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will allow recipients of the respite care grant, which will be re-introduced from January 2016, to receive two separate...
    • JobPath Implementation
      126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if persons who believe that they have been unfairly and-or unprofessionally treated by employees of companies, such...
    • One-Parent Family Payments
      128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the wording of correspondence sent to non-custodial parents, regarding their liability to her Department, in the event of a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why it is asserted that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare owes €312 to her Department, given that the person...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection on the need to increase the basic social protection rate to combat the increase in inflation since January 2011; that the failure...
    • Social Welfare Code
      132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 3 November 2015, if she is aware of any individual problems persons have been facing...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to a carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Universal Retirement Savings Group
      136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the report of the Universal Retirement Savings Group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in deciding on an appeal for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has been offered a position through the Tús work placement initiative...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a fuel allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal under the disability allowance scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and...
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has considered allowing self-employed persons access to the family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce more supports for self-employed persons, such as access to illness benefit and unemployment benefit; and if...
    • Death Certificates
      144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for a delay in the procedures to issue death certificates for those Irish citizens who have died abroad, following the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a jobseeker's allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a review of an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if successful; when...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal under the disability allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal under the carer's allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and when they can expect a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an appeal under the disability allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an appeal under the domiciliary care allowance scheme for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an application for disability allowance will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of reversing the increase in the age of qualification for the State pension to 66 years of age. [40455/15]
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Payments
      162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a mortgage interest supplement for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny which has been under...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to relax the eligibility criteria for entry to a community employment scheme, with particular reference to persons under...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
      165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will facilitate an increase in rent allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who will be homeless unless...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry as all...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Galway should be forced to await the processing of an appeal on an invalidity pension...
    • Unemployment Benefits
      169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of unemployment benefit and jobseekers' allowance; the extent to which such figures...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which recipients of the one-parent family allowance who have had any reductions in income arising from changes to...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have failed to qualify for the State pension (contributory) due to insufficient contributions throughout...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Applications
      174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for the State pension (non-contributory) who have failed to qualify on the basis of means in each of the...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she continues to focus on youth unemployment, with particular reference to the need to ensure adequate...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she continues to monitor the time taken to process applications for various social protection payments; if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she will improve the waiting times of appeals against decisions regarding social protection payments; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a basis supplementary social protection payment; the extent to which the numbers dependent on...
    • Job Initiatives
      181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she continues to focus on persons who are long-term unemployed, with a view to identifying the extent to which...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she continues to be in the position to avail of European Union support to alleviate youth unemployment; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a social protection benefit to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow was recently cut. [40619/15]
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath to ensure the person is granted a top-up...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • National Internship Scheme Administration
      186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the progress of the review of JobBridge; and when it is anticipated that the review will be published and considered by her. [40645/15]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for farm assist granted and refused from 1 January 2015 to date, by county and in tabular form; the...
    • Child Benefit Reform
      188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if both parents of a child must apply for child benefit payments to receive them or any other form of social protection assistance...
    • Public Sector Staff Career Breaks
      189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review and expedite a request by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, which was made in August 2015. [40689/15]
  • Department of Finance
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding insurance claimants against Setanta Insurance Company; when payments will be made to these claimants; the reason for the delay; the...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the current qualifying criteria for access to the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme for persons with disabilities; if he has...
    • Tax Residency
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures in place to ensure that those who are not tax resident here do not breach the conditions of non-residency; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the commencement of the Consultation Paper 88 regulation. [40119/15]
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of negotiations with the European Union on Ireland's corporation tax rate and the proposed centre for competition and consumer policy of the...
    • EU Budget Contribution
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost and moneys received from the European Union in each year since 2011; the likely net cost or benefit to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance the vacancy rate in the Central Bank of Ireland's enforcement division; the number of these vacancies that relate to regulation of insurance firms; and if he...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Government decision announced in Dáil Éireann on 31 March 2011 in relation to bondholders; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Corporation Tax
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on Ireland's corporation tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35263/15]
    • Budget Measures
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of items in the Finance Bill 2015 or pending from previous years still awaiting European Union approval, such as under state aid regulations; and...
    • Financial Services Sector
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Irish collective asset management vehicles established to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40324/15]
    • Bank IT Systems
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has instructed the Irish banks to upgrade their out-of-date information and technology infrastructure and systems since Bank of Ireland recently...
    • Budget Measures
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected fiscal space permissible in each of the next five years and cumulatively over this time; and the main factors that might cause these parameters...
    • State Banking Sector
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance the income from dividends and other sources from the State’s holding in Allied Irish Banks and in other banks expected in 2016; and how the sale of...
    • Stock Markets Regulation
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance if the practice of short-selling shares on the Irish Stock Market has resumed; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40446/15]
    • VAT Rate Application
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the difference in the value added tax registration threshold for the sale of services as against the sale of goods; if he will review this...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance for details of his correspondence with a company (details supplied) regarding the emissions scandal, further to a previous inquiry from this Deputy; and if he...
    • Fuel Quality
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce certification or a qualification for public display in each petrol station that has been vetted by Customs and Excise for fuel quality,...
    • Banking Operations
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Allied Irish Banks that, in view of the homeless and accommodation crisis, it should not evict sitting tenants from properties of...
    • Tax Collection
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue collected through capital acquisitions tax for each year since 2011, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • NAMA Property Rental
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures followed to protect and respect the rights of tenants in properties which have come under the control of the National Asset Management Agency;...
    • Tax Exemptions
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the Revenue Commissioners include neurofeedback training as a refundable medical expense; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the current rate of 13.5% value added tax charged on the carbon tax, which is effectively tantamount to a tax on a tax: his views that this...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Monuments
      223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of protracted waiting times to visit Kilmainham Gaol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40109/15]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
      226. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of budget funding in the 2015 for flood relief works; the amount spent to date; the budget for such works in 2016; and if he...
    • Valuation Office
      227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that the Valuation Office has instructed all local authorities to reduce the rateable valuation on energy and...
    • Departmental Budgets
      228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has agreed final 2015 Estimates with the Department of Health; if he expects that Department's budget 2016 Estimate to increase...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has responsibility for a parcel of land (details supplied) in Dublin 22; why the legal process initiated by South Dublin County...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of applications for reinstatement, following retirement on grounds of ill health with prior notice, granted since 2004; the...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reduction in rates payable by local authorities and the State as a result of the revision of the global valuation on utilities,...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he will take to address the emerging two-tier public service, where recent new entrants are being paid substantially less...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to provide funding in respect of a submission by Galway County Council to the Office of Public Works in respect of flood...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an explanation as to what is happening relative to the visit of the Office of Public Works to Durrow Abbey and the...
    • Pension Provisions
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding pensioners and the Lansdowne Road agreement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date the Office of Public Works attached the minimum requirements document to the recent advertisement of a bicycle hire concession...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role of his Department and the National Procurement Office in respect of vehicles being purchased for An Garda Síochána;...
    • Industrial Relations
      243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the terms of reference of the recently established community and voluntary forum; the chairperson; the membership; the number of...
    • Ministerial Pensions
      244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage reduction in the annualised amount of the public service pension for Ministers who will retire on a full combined...
    • Pension Provisions
      245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reduction in annualised amounts of the public service pension, for those who retired before 29 February 2012, for those who retired...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Community Enterprise Centres
      247. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if grants, seed funding or development funding is available to a company (details supplied) in County Kildare with regard to the...
    • National Minimum Wage
      248. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the increase in the minimum wages in budget 2016; its impact on...
    • Commission for Energy Regulation
      249. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline his views on the changes to registration for electricians (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fuel Quality
      250. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline his plans to introduce certification or a qualification for public display in each petrol station that has been vetted by...
    • Employment Rights
      251. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the steps he will take in respect of so-called if-and-when contracts to further protect...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Tax Exemptions
      252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) can avail of the 90% tax exemption if the family farm is signed over to that person and is then in...
    • Fishing Industry
      253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to offer his assessment of the impact that so-called super trawlers have had on fish stocks in Irish seas; if he will implement a ban...
    • GLAS Payments
      254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail the number of farmers admitted into the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme with a start date of 1 October 2015; the...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the agri-environment options scheme 2; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the basic payment scheme and the areas of natural constraint scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Beef Data Programme
      261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application under the beef data genomics programme by a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be considered with 2013...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of payments under the disadvantaged areas scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of single payments for 2015 for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the replacement capacity rule; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will intervene in the decision not to award payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme to a person (details supplied) in...
    • District Veterinary Offices
      266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his views on the future of the regional veterinary laboratory based at Fawcett's Bridge, Doonally, County Sligo to ensure...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be issued with headage payments for 2015; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Greyhound Industry
      271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the regulatory, legislative or other steps he will take to address the issue of the large number of stress-related...
    • Plant Protection Products
      272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the spraying course for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Development Programme
      273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 421 of 14 July 2015 on the modification of the Irish rural development programme to include...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payment under the single payment scheme and the areas of natural...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 8 July 2015, if he will confirm that Horse Racing Ireland took the claims of grievance...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the single payment scheme for 2015 will issue to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fishing Industry
      279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fishing vessels boarded for visual inspection in each of the past three year, by size of vessel. [40318/15]
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for a single payment by a person (details supplied) will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the single payment scheme and the disadvantaged areas scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a mandatory programme of electronic identification of bovine animals which leads to paperless traceability in...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 7 March 2012, the status of the issuing of a licence for mussel farming (details...
    • GLAS Applications
      285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme by persons (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed;...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farm payment will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter. [40468/15]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will arrange for a visual inspection of the land concerned in advance of an oral hearing under the agri-environment options...
    • Woodland Improvement Scheme
      290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in relation to the native woodland scheme; and if he will...
    • Beef Data Programme
      291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had discussions with the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society in relation to visually displaying the ratings of the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the basic payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the cause of the delay to...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the areas of natural constraint and basic payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Ash Dieback Threat
      295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his Department's response regarding compensation for the landowners in Lisnatullagh in County Leitrim, whose lands are...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a basic payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when it will issue; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the single payment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      299. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the tenure of a chief executive of an organisation (details supplied) is limited to two terms; the reason for this limit; if he is...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage penalty that applied to payments to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the resulting financial penalty that...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will receive a grant approved under the targeted agricultural modernisation...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 3 November 2015, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
      304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers' payments under the areas of natural constraint scheme and the basic payments scheme that have been delayed...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      305. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals regarding simplification of the Common Agriculture Policy, ahead of the meeting of European Union Ministers with...
    • Dairy Sector
      306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the latest reports that the payment of the European Union dairy aid package to farmers could be delayed until the end of...
    • Beef Industry
      307. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he has taken to ensure a premium price for Irish beef processors given the increasing differential between beef prices in...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      308. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the agri-environment options scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      310. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will review the issue which has arisen relative to the payment of the new recruits who reported for duty to the Curragh Camp (details supplied), who are...
    • Defence Forces
      311. To ask the Minister for Defence his views, that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been unduly disadvantaged by virtue of section 13(2) of the Army Pension Act 1923, given...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      312. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will rule out using shipping units for the accommodation of refugees and asylum seekers from the Middle East and from north Africa; and if...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      313. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a copy of a statement given to An Garda Síochána by a person (details supplied) will be made available to that person; and if she...
    • Crime Prevention
      314. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional funding that has been allocated to the text alert scheme as part of the recently announced national anti-crime strategy- Operation...
    • Courts Service Data
      315. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 511 of 14 of July 2015, relating to the number of drink driving cases before the courts between January...
    • Garda Reserve
      316. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if some of the new intake places in An Garda Síochána will be set aside for members of the Garda Reserve; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      317. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has reviewed the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40158/15]
    • Visa Applications
      318. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will grant an appeal for a visitor's visa for a person (details supplied). [40166/15]
    • Industrial Relations
      319. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of industrial processes established in her area through side deals concluded with trade unions in parallel with the Lansdowne Road...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      320. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address anti-social behaviour, including drug-taking, aggressive behaviour, and violence in the Temple Bar area of Dublin 2; and if...
    • Crime Levels
      321. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the concerns of the community in Kilnamanagh in Tallaght, in Dublin 24 regarding the recent increase in crime there; on the efforts...
    • Pre-Nuptial Agreements
      322. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the level of progress in terms of legislative proposals to accommodate pre-nuptial agreements to enable them to be enforced by the courts; if any...
    • Cycling Policy
      324. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of cyclists using pavements; the action that is being taken to implement this offence; her views on correspondence (details supplied)...
    • Direct Provision Expenditure
      325. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amounts paid to companies or persons running direct provision centres in each year since the system was introduced in 1999 by recipient and...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      326. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding streams and grants she provides for the installation of closed-circuit televison systems by community and resident groups and by...
    • Garda Reserve
      327. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the next complement of Garda Síochána reserves will be called up and trained; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Migrant Integration
      328. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a regularisation scheme for undocumented migrants; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Garda Deployment
      329. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda Síochána districts in Dublin that received additional gardaí following the recruiting of extra gardaí in 2014; and...
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      330. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to refurbish Swords District Court in County Dublin; the estimated cost of making it fully wheelchair-accessible; and if she will make...
    • Sexual Offences Data
      331. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sex offenders released from prison in 2014; the number of these prisoners who participated in the Building Better Lives programme;...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      332. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application by a prisoner (details supplied) in Maghaberry Prison in Northern Ireland to complete his sentence here will be concluded;...
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      333. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the contract to refurbish Mullingar Courthouse in County Westmeath will be signed; when construction will commence; and if she will make a...
    • Legal Aid Applications
      334. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the supports available to help single and separated fathers access legal aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40482/15]
    • Criminal Law Review
      335. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in so far as it falls within her remit, she has undertaken an impact analysis of reforming the present criminal penalties for prostitution...
    • Legislative Programme
      336. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to bring forward legislation to deal with persons who damage or remove lifebuoys, defibrillators or other safety devices from public...
    • Garda Transport Data
      337. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the new vehicles being purchased for An Garda Síochána, if she will provide details in the tender document issued...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      338. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40638/15]
    • Legal Aid Service Expenditure
      339. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of free legal aid in 2014. [40664/15]
    • Judicial Appointments
      340. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judges at each level from District Court to Supreme Court; the salary scales at each level; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      341. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the death of a person (details supplied) by the independent review mechanism; and when the family may expect to be...
    • Legal Aid Service Expenditure
      343. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding free legal aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40684/15]
    • Judicial Council Legislation
      344. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation to establish a register of interests for court judges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40711/15]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Education Welfare Service
      345. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans for educational supports for young persons who are struggling in school, for young persons who are out of school, and for young...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      346. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a person (details supplied) can avail of a free place under the early childhood care and education programme from September 2016 to June...
    • Adoption Services Provision
      347. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the arrangements he is putting in place to compensate couples who have paid deposits to an adoption agency here (details supplied) which...
    • Adoption Legislation
      348. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when he expects the Adoption Amendment Act to be enacted with regard to children in long-term foster care being eligible for adoption; the...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      349. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current Tusla, Child and Family Agency, operations in County Donegal; the locations of its local area offices; the range of services...
    • Aftercare Services
      350. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an aftercare package was provided to a person (details supplied) in County Laois after that person left foster care; and if he will make...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      351. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding made available for child care services in budget 2016; the improvements this funding will deliver for families; the progress...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      352. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to include children in the free school child care second year (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child and Family Agency
      353. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs regarding the changes in funding provided by Tusla, Child and Family Agency, to rape crisis centres and the transfer of research...
    • Departmental Funding
      354. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding and the number of organisations receiving funding to support victims of physical or sexual abuse allocated in 2015; and the...
    • Aftercare Services
      355. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs why young persons at 17 years of age will not be included under the eligibility criteria for an aftercare plan under the aftercare Bill...
    • Child and Family Agency
      356. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current funding situation for Westmeath Support Service Against Domestic Abuse (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Health
    • Water Fluoridation
      357. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the company or companies that supply Irish Water or the local authorities with fluoride in the State; the terms of these...
    • Mobility Allowance Review
      358. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the mobility allowance for persons with a physical disability so they may avail of the taxi service; if she will provide an update on this...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant gynaecologists who are assigned to Galway University Hospital and to the entire Health Service Executive west administrative...
    • Hospital Procedures
      361. To ask the Minister for Health why a surgical procedure for a person (details supplied) in County Clare was cancelled; when the procedure will take place; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a wheelchair to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39997/15]
    • Health Services Funding
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for a new false eye for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40045/15]
    • Home Care Packages
      364. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 14 October 2015, in which the annual cost of providing home care to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      365. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in County Louth who holds a medical card cannot receive dental treatment under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure to be followed by members of the national ambulance service who identify themselves as having mental health issues; if the Health Service...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      367. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's annual spend on agency nursing staff; the current number of permanent nursing vacancies; if there is a current policy of non-recruitment of...
    • Health Services Staff
      368. To ask the Minister for Health if it is Health Service Executive policy to prevent staff from returning from part-time hours to full-time hours; if it is appropriate that staff members be...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the date for a procedure for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40079/15]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      370. To ask the Minister for Health his views on making medical cards assessable for all children with a disability without having to go through the entire application process, which is stressful...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40106/15]
    • Vaccination Programme
      372. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the current shortage of Bacillus Calmette Guerin vaccines; when the first delivery of the vaccine may be expected; the age of a patient at which...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of instances of Tuberculosis in each of the years 2013 to 2015 to date; the number of instances in children, in older persons, and in the prison...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      374. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be notified by Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin in Dublin 12 of a date for a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      375. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made by the Health Service Executive on the co-ordination of homeless services for the homeless in the Dublin region as part of its responsibility...
    • Hospital Staff
      378. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure adequate resources are provided to St. Vincent's Hospital in Athlone in County Westmeath, which is extremely understaffed at present; and if...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to ensure that balance is achieved between the public interest and the interests of practitioners and service providers when appointments are...
    • Industrial Relations
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the status of industrial processes established in his area under side deals concluded with trade unions in parallel with the Lansdowne Road talks in May 2015;...
    • Medical Card Applications
      382. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40227/15]
    • Health and Social Care Professionals
      383. To ask the Minister for Health if a physiotherapist who attained a qualification in a European Union state other than Ireland is allowed work in the public funded health sector. [40239/15]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      384. To ask the Minister for Health further to the response to Parliamentary Question No. 965 of 22 September 2015, which did not include the number of nursing and midwife vacancies by hospital...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the registration of physical therapists under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005. [40256/15]
    • Disability Services Funding
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40268/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation in Cork University Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      389. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath was informed by a hospital that it would be September 2016 before that person could undergo a certain...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      390. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reverse cuts in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 18, so that appropriate transport will be provided. [40280/15]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the Health Service Executive scheme that was launched in July 2015, the aim of which was to recruit nurses who had been trained here to...
    • Disability Services Funding
      392. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) in County Cork regarding funding for people with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Autism Support Services
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if discrepancies in supply versus demand for adult places in autism services have now been rectified; if they will recur in 2016 and in coming years; his plans...
    • Clinical Indemnity Scheme
      395. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a medical injuries assessment board, along the same lines as Personal Injuries Assessment Board; his position with regard to the high...
    • Psychological Assessments
      396. To ask the Minister for Health when a psychological assessment of a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be carried out, given that it has been applied for. [40312/15]
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      397. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the necessary funding to upgrade the operating theatre in Kerry General Hospital, given that no funding has been provided to carry out...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      398. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish an interim report on the review of the progress of the fair deal scheme; when the final report is due; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time spent on the personal assistant service waiting list; and the estimated cost of clearing the waiting list. [40329/15]
    • Disability Diagnoses
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of extending the assessment entitlements in the Disability Act 2005 beyond children born after 2002; and a breakdown indicating...
    • Disability Services Provision
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the funding he provided and the Health Service Executive provided to the Order of St. John of God for the running of St. Raphael's in Celbridge in County...
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      405. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reverse the cuts to the hourly rate of pay for nursing and midwife interns, and to implement a minimum wage hourly rate; his views that further...
    • Vaccination Programme
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the impact of the human papilloma vaccine on young persons; if the vaccine has had serious side effects on a number of persons; the number of persons affected;...
    • Health Services Provision
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a sound-proof audiology room in Roscommon town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40364/15]
    • Disability Services Funding
      408. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive in the context of its 2016 service plan, and in the context of long waiting lists for essential therapy services...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      409. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a priority list for the provision of primary care centres; if he will make this publicly available; the basis on which funding allocations are...
    • Legislative Process
      410. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 5 November 2015, the identity of the patient advocacy groups referred to in his reply. [40394/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the status of full-time residential care for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40397/15]
    • Health Services Access
      413. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs report will be released to the parents of a person (details supplied) as it is delaying that person's access to services; and if he...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      415. To ask the Minister for Health if and when home help will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40425/15]
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the processing of the new application submitted by a manufacturer (details supplied) for the pricing and reimbursement of Kuvan, or...
    • Home Help Service Data
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Roscommon who have received approval for home help hours and for additional home help hours, but are on a waiting list for...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      420. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive a badly needed cataract operation. [40434/15]
    • Medical Card Data
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the average annual cost of providing an enhanced medical card for hepatitis C sufferers; how this compares with the annual cost of providing a standard medical...
    • Health Promotion
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation of resources he is committing to promote and encourage disease prevention in children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40443/15]
    • HSE Staffing
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public lactation consultants; their locations; his plans to recruit more; to extend their hours, for example, to weekends and beyond 5.00 p.m.;...
    • HSE Expenditure
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent by the Health Service Executive on the purchase of infant formula in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40445/15]
    • Disability Services Funding
      425. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that adequate funding is provided to support the important work of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      427. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide further funding to assist with training assistance dogs for disabled persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      428. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who worked for 40 years at the Midland Health Board dispensary at Kilbeggan, in County Westmeath, is...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      429. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for an operation in Tullamore General Hospital in County Offaly. [40475/15]
    • Health Services Access
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person can expect to receive transport to respite services from the Health...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      431. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for a cataracts operation will be provided to a person (details provided) in County Kerry. [40478/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      432. To ask the Minister for Health if services at Children Respite Services on the Callan Road in County Kilkenny have been permanently closed, suspended indefinitely or postponed on a...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute hospital beds in use in each of the past ten years and in 2015 to date; if the current provision is adequate relative to best practice in...
    • Universal Health Insurance White Paper
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the April 2014 White Paper on universal health insurance; if this represents current policy on the health service; his views on a multi-payer...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
      438. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no plan is in place to develop services across the pathway four years after the publication of the national neuro-rehabilitation strategy, given the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have sustained high-level life-changing injuries, some of whom are ventilated and have spent long periods of time in nursing homes...
    • Medical Card Applications
      442. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, who has submitted all relevant information;...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe as to when the recruitment process to be employed in order to fill nursing posts which will form part of a home care package afforded to a person...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Data
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the number of admissions to emergency departments in the past year for persons with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40505/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [40511/15]
    • Respite Care Services
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of respite by the Health Service Executive at Birr community nursing unit for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      447. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the nationally-set special delivery unit targets for scoliosis surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40521/15]
    • Hospitals Data
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons, who undergo scoliosis surgery to correct spinal curvatures each year; who are awaiting this surgery; the waiting periods involved; and...
    • Hospital Staff
      450. To ask the Minister for Health if specialists are available to perform spinal monitoring during surgery to correct scoliosis spinal curvature; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if it is open to patients who have been waiting for scoliosis surgery to correct spinal curvature, and whose condition is deteriorating, to access the...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      452. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 835 of 3 November 2015, and the reply provided by the Health Service Executive (details supplied), if he will arrange for the question...
    • Hospital Admissions
      454. To ask the Minister for Health if a bed will be provided at the National Rehabilitation Hospital, as a matter of urgency, for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who has been...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for patients to be referred to Nua Healthcare. [40577/15]
    • Accident and Emergency Department Staffing
      456. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate reports that the accident and emergency department at St. Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny is understaffed and under-resourced; if the new...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for orthopaedic surgery in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Dublin 12; the number of years that these young children...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      458. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has to wait two years to have an operation at the Midlands Regional Hospital in Tullamore in County...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      460. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will receive an appointment for a surgical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40633/15]
    • Community Care
      463. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide accommodation at a facility (details supplied) in Cork city for additional community care and long-stay beds; the status of any impending...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      464. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40653/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      465. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the waiting list for surgery for scoliosis patients in Galway University Hospital. [40656/15]
    • Water Fluoridation (1 comment)
      466. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will provide an update in relation to the fluoridation of water; and if he...
    • HSE Staffing
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the reason positions for temporary grade IV and grade V posts in Kildare and west Wicklow are restricted to Health Service Executive staff working in this...
    • Hospital Services
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the action taken by his Department or the Health Service Executive in dealing with the breach of the no-smoking policy in the wards of St. Luke's Hospital in...
    • Health Services
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the status of domestic dwelling houses (details supplied) subject to certain charging orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40692/15]
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      473. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address orthodontic waiting lists, given that a three-year waiting list exists in Galway University Hospital alone; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      476. To ask the Minister for Health if and when early intervention support will be available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40706/15]
    • Dental Services
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of X-rays carried out at the Dublin Dental Hospital in 2014 and in 2015 to date; the number of patients of the Dublin Dental Hospital being referred...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the number of early intervention teams for children, by local health area, in tabular form; the number of persons on each team; the number of children in each...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      479. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Letterkenny General Hospital to have a computed tomography, CT, scan;...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      482. To ask the Minister for Health if the promised additional nurses and midwives at Mullingar Regional Hospital in County Westmeath have been appointed; if the reconstituted embargo has had an...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      483. To ask the Minister for Health when the service improvement team engaged to examine the future funding of a school (details supplied) in County Longford will give its report, given it is now...
    • Psychological Services
      484. To ask the Minister for Health if the current level of psychological service of two days per month at a school (details supplied) in County Longford is adequate for 160 plus persons availing...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • International Relations
      485. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made contact with the President of Turkey, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40026/15]
    • International Terrorism
      486. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a book of condolences has been opened for the victims of the Russian aeroplane crash, as many citizens would like to pay their respect....
    • Israeli Settlements
      487. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to respond to the European Union plan to introduce labelling for goods produced in settlements in the West Bank....
    • North South Ministerial Council
      488. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade which Department has overall responsibility for biosecurity, other than in the case of animal health; his views that it is a matter for the...
    • Human Rights Issues
      489. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that 151 persons were executed in Saudi Arabia in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40289/15]
    • Humanitarian Aid
      490. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the report from the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, on the serious drought in Ethiopia; and if...
    • Consular Services Provision
      491. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a consular visit for a prisoner (details supplied) who is in Low Moss Prison, Glasgow, Scotland and who has suffered a...
    • European Union Membership
      492. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent communication by the British Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron, to the European Commission regarding British...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Availability
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school bus ticket for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40398/15]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish modern-day craft programmes to facilitate apprenticeships in key areas such as in cooking and food preparation, where the...
    • Teacher Data
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers employed in primary schools in County Meath in September of each of the years 2010 to 2015 to date; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital expenditure on primary education in County Meath in each of the years 2011 to 2014; the expected outturn for 2015; and if she will...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new, permanent building for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on...
    • State Examinations
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra concessions will be made for a leaving certificate student (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Placement
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify a situation (details supplied) regarding access to school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40076/15]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence regarding resources for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding for a new school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if approval and funding will be provided in the...
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the completion of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be included in her new six--year...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if the brief formulation report is complete; if not, the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine and expedite an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to Student Universal Support Ireland; and if she...
    • School Placement
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive a place in a secondary school; if not, the reason why; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rainwater Harvesting Systems Provision
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide grants to schools for facilities for water harvesting. [40187/15]
    • Industrial Relations
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of industrial processes established in her area under side deals concluded with trade unions, in parallel with the Lansdowne Road...
    • Schools Building Contractors
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the contract between the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB) and Castlethorn Construction to build the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding to complete the sports hall at Adamstown community college in Lucan in County Dublin in 2016. [40230/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the lack of facilities for teenagers on the autism spectrum disorder (details supplied) in Killarney in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Schools Building Contractors
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of contracts that her Department is funding via the education and training boards for new-builds with a construction company (details...
    • School Patronage
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support an application for a new Irish-medium school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40263/15]
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation in relation to third level grants where a person on Pay As You Earn, whose income changes during the course of the year, and where...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation regarding applications for third level grants for Irish citizens who have lived over 80% of their lives here but had to leave the...
    • Third Level Fees
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for fees for third level institutions paid by her Department or Student Universal Support Ireland for persons from...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve an application for a laptop for a child (details supplied). [40306/15]
    • Residential Institutions
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of cash sums and properties, with their values, transferred to the State by the religious orders under the institutions redress...
    • Legislative Process
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional cost of giving full effect to the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004. [40325/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full-year additional cost of removing the cap on the number of special needs assistants. [40327/15]
    • School Completion Programme
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new schools that have been constructed and have come into operation in each area, according to their area status under the Pobal...
    • School Equipment
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have defibrillators installed; the number of staff who are trained to use them; who covers the payment for the...
    • Autism Support Services
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the preschools with autism spectrum disorder units in County Kildare; if there is none in place, her plans to provide them; and if she will make...
    • Residential Institutions
      533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of cash sums and properties, with their values, transferred to the State by the religious orders under the 2002 indemnity agreement,...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue following an interim response (details supplied) regarding professional development support from the Special Education...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a new school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40492/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants for each of the primary schools in County Tipperary for each year of this Dáil term, in tabular form;...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure funding is made available for building works at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the Student Universal Support Ireland grant's 45 km distance policy for the adjacent rate and non-adjacent rates of grant awarded,...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that an application by a school (details supplied) in County Dublin under the summer works programme is approved; and if she...
    • School Staffing
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the long-term strategy for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; if there will be amendments to the employee numbers; and if she will make...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress she has made regarding the long-promised review of Caranua, with particular reference to the possibility of children of victims of...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to expedite the urgent progression of a school building project (details supplied) in County Carlow, given the difficulties that have arisen; and...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath to ensure the person receives the due entitlement under the...
    • School Patronage
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current policy in respect of diversity in school patronage; and the steps she will take to ensure the demand from parents for...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene with the special educational needs organisers to ensure a school (details supplied) in County Longford retains the two...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Motor Tax Rates
      547. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his advice to car owners who believe they may be liable for an increase in motor tax due to the Volkswagen company's...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      548. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the special purpose vehicle announced under the social housing strategy will be put in place; the implementation...
    • Local Authority Housing Rents
      549. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has issued instructions to local authorities on how to set differential rent rates for social housing...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      550. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will investigate the feasibility of a purchase-to-rent scheme to provide long-term social housing tenants with the...
    • National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
      551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that responsibility for delivering objective 3.2 of the national positive ageing strategy, relating to the...
    • Irish Water Administration
      553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the costs and the timeframe for the proposed re-branding of Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Rates
      554. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimates of the revenue lost from the reduction of rateable valuation on energy and telecommunications infrastructure...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      555. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that the National Asset Management Agency is effectively breaking residential contracts which were agreed...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      556. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider a matter (details supplied) on the housing aid grant for older people; and if he will make a statement...
    • Election Management System
      557. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the provisions in place to enable a homeless citizen to vote; and if there is no present provision, the measures he plans...
    • Vehicle Registration
      558. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why the owner of a new coach, factory-built, purpose-built motor caravan fulfilling the requirements to be deemed a motor...
    • Local Government Reform
      559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the report he commissioned on the re-organisation of the local authorities in County Galway; if he will...
    • Industrial Relations
      560. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of industrial processes established in his area under side deals concluded with trade unions in parallel with...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      561. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the initiatives and funding available to Westmeath County Council and to Longford County Council to develop social...
    • Planning Issues
      562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to change planning regulations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40269/15]
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide additional funding to local authorities for the housing aid for older persons scheme; and if he will...
    • Register of Electors
      564. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department has taken to increase awareness of voting registration before 25 November 2015; and if he will...
    • Upgrade of Public Amenities
      565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of installing fully accessible toilets, including a hoist and a changing bench in 50 public amenities. [40330/15]
    • Air Pollution
      566. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframes with regard to the smoky coal ban he announced on 20 September 2015 and that will come into force...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance
      567. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts he has allocated to Sligo County Council for adaptations and extensions to social housing, for each of the...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Data
      569. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of landlords who have withdrawn from the rental accommodation scheme before the landlord's contract with the...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Provision
      570. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the procedures in place to protect tenants in private rented accommodation whose homes have been taken over by receivers;...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      572. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of foreshore leases which fell due for rent review and the actual number of rent reviews that were finalised by...
    • Social Housing Clearing House Group
      573. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for further details, including background informmation, on the companies (details supplied) which made submissions to his...
    • Fire Service Staff
      576. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that the abolition of town councils has resulted in their former staff, who also work for the fire service,...
    • Housing Regeneration
      577. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the proposals for the refurbishment of the housing complex for elderly persons at Jamestown Court in...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      578. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce legislation following a recent Supreme Court ruling on the applicability of the rules on motor tax;...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      579. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the impediment to local authorities borrowing for social housing construction still exists; if so, the rationale for...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      583. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide any circulars, memoranda, explanatory notes or information provided to local authorities in respect of...
    • Local Authority Housing Eligibility
      584. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to issue guidelines to local authorities in respect of persons who have lost their homes through bankruptcy to...
    • Dublin Docklands Development Authority
      585. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government where the legal liability for a development (details supplied) in Dublin 2 will rest upon the dissolution of the Dublin...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board Staff
      587. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual budget and number of personnel employed by the Private Residential Tenancies Board in each of the years 2010 to...
    • Irish Water Administration
      589. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for a list of the amounts transferred by each water services authority to Irish Water, pursuant to Statutory Instrument...
    • NAMA Property Sales
      590. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the sale of National Asset Management Agency sites (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Post Office Network
      593. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when developments from the post office network business development group will be forthcoming; and if he will make a...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      595. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the incentives and rewards available to small scale wind energy providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Internet Safety
      596. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress to date on the implementation of the recommendations in the O'Neill report on Internet content governance;...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      597. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost to the Exchequer of subsidising wind farms in each of the years from 2011 to 2015 to date; if he will cease the...
    • Energy Policy
      598. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will convene open public meetings in the midlands region on the question of Ireland's future sustainable energy...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      599. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will indicate how European Union policy is impacting on Ireland's offshore wind farm developments; if he is...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      600. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 10 November 2015, regarding the unconventional gas exploration and extraction...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      601. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that parts of north County Louth (details supplied) may not have broadband provision until 2021; and...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      602. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on using an underground alternative on the North-South interconnector, which employs high voltage direct...
    • Hydraulic Fracturing
      604. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Queen's University in Belfast has withdrawn from the Environmental Protection Agency’s study into...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Public Transport Provision
      605. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that responsibility for delivering objective 1.5 of the national positive aging strategy, relating to age-friendly public...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received a request for emergency funding from Cork County Council to carry out necessary and vital repairs to a road (details...
    • Rail Services
      607. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for closure of the lift at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 13, which leads to disabled persons and persons with...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be a sports capital programme in 2016, what the budget will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40174/15]
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work completed to date in integrating various Government funded agencies such as the Health Service Executive, the Irish Wheelchair...
    • Rural Transport Programme
      612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the value for money on the rural transport programme report which was completed in 2009 recommended that management of the programme...
    • Integrated Ticketing
      619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the leap card system operated by the National Transport Authority is accepted for journeys made using public transport to destinations...
    • Road Signage
      620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the issue of inadequate road signage, and the lack of visible road speed signage around Dublin city (details supplied); and...
    • Park and Ride Facilities
      621. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the schemes, grants and amounts he and the National Transport Authority provide to fund the development of park and ride facilities, by...
    • Transport Infrastructure
      622. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the huge transport problems for those with a disability during and following the construction of the new Luas line, as...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      623. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 23 September 2015, if he will provide the information he referred to during the oral...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      624. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Dublin Bus has applied to the National Transport Authority for funding of extra buses in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      625. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the impact the construction of the N17 motorway from Tuam to Gort in County Galway, together with accommodation and ancillary works...
    • Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
      627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts he has made to lobby the Canadian Government to recognise drivers' licences issued by the Irish authorities and held by Irish...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address matters (details supplied) in relation to the review application and decision of 2 November 2015, under the Freedom of...
    • Legal Costs
      629. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of legal fees, and the amount of money in settlement of legal cases, paid by the National Sports Campus Development Authority...
    • National Roads Authority Projects
      630. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to add an outer orbital motorway route to complement the M50 along the South Drogheda, Navan, Newbridge corridor, to the...
    • Road Safety
      631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to consult with the Road Safety Authority regarding a submission (details supplied) on the advantages of rear-facing children's...
    • Tourism Promotion
      632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of public consultation regarding the marker signs for the Wild Atlantic Way, with particular reference to their design, size...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      633. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce new powers to allow An Garda Síochána to fine cyclists in breach of the law on the spot, and to collect...
    • National Roads Authority Projects
      634. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene with Transport Infrastructure Ireland to immediately review the current road works on the N71 Muckross Road in...
    • National Car Test
      635. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that when a motorist avails of an early national car test appointment, as invited to do so in ongoing media...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      636. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the nature of the documents that are being withheld by the National Sports Campus Development Authority; his views on the decisions of...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding
      639. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of jobs that were supported by Údarás na Gaeltachta in each town situated within the three parishes (details...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      640. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to extend the burning season for farmers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40435/15]
    • Departmental Funding
      641. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht from which fund or funding mechanism she provided funding for the Lárionad Forbartha Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta in Baile an...
    • Waterways Issues
      642. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she is taking to resolve the ongoing issue in Portaneena in County Westmeath, which has been previously brought to her...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff
      643. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding staffing levels in the National Parks and Wildlife Service in County Kerry; and if...

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