Written answers

Thursday, 19 November 2015

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Fiscal Policy
      8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects his Department to continue to meet deadlines, and to continue to play an important part in economic...
    • Public Sector Staff
      12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the systemic analysis he has undertaken of the effects on public service delivery of the reduction in public service staff numbers from...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to increase the level of investment in capital projects to secure the continued growth in the economy; his views that this...
    • National Monuments
      16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of his Department's effort to address an issue of significant heritage concern (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover
      17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to ensure that home owners can access insurance following the completion of catchment flood risk assessment and...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of defined-benefit pension schemes currently listed for public sector employees, the number that are in deficit; his plans to...
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will expedite a number of reports commissioned by the Office of Public Works regarding flooding in a number of areas across County...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform given the well documented importance of public investment in bringing about economic growth, if he has had discussions recently with the...
    • Expenditure Reviews
      21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific actions he is taking on foot of the recently published Comptroller and Auditor General report, to ensure expenditure occurs...
    • Freedom of Information Remit
      22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will extend the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 to cover the strategic operations of An Garda Síochána; if...
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to address flood risks within the Shannon basin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40404/15]
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the indicators that exist to measure the participation of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in public procurement; if there are...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress being made on flood alleviation measures in Foynes and Askeaton in County Limerick; his plans to carry out further works on...
    • Driver Test Centres
      26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to a previous parliamentary question, and given the acknowledgement by the Road Safety Authority of the restrictive,...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to allow self-employed persons to pay extra voluntary contributions in order to be allowed access social protection...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied)l in County Monaghan is awaiting a decision on an application for an invalidity pension; and if she...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a review of disability allowance entitlement by a person (details supplied). [40979/15]
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Data
      31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications, successful applications and unsuccessful applications, respectively, for partial capacity benefit since...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to reverse the cuts experienced by recipients of illness benefit and invalidity pension in respect of training...
    • Mortgage Arrears Information and Advice Service
      33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of her announced independent financial advice service (details supplied); the number of persons who have availed of the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an increase in rent allowance will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the eligibility of a person (details supplied) in County Meath for a disability allowance, based on medical...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal under the disability allowance scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be finalised; and if she will...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a fuel allowance has been withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, given that there has been no change to the...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [41025/15]
    • Pension Provisions
      41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her Department in the arrangements for the provision of pensions to former employees of Waterford Crystal; and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if rent support will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose rent has increased from €750 to...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a personal public service number will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the rent support to a person (detail supplied) in County Kildare will be increased, given that the person's rent has been...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if, and when, a jobseeker's payment will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has received no payment...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent of rent support available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare ; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is eligible for disability benefit, a disablement payment or an invalidity...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a further review of an unsuccessful appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Laois under the disability allowance scheme...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a basic social protection payment will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Social Insurance
      50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if pay related social insurance contributions by self-employed persons count towards the cost of hearing aids; if not, the reason;...
    • Data Protection
      51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the Bara judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered last month (details supplied); if the...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who is in receipt of disability allowance is entitled to the Christmas bonus;...
    • State Bodies
      54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of new State bodies and agencies under her remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently listed for employees under her remit; the number that are in deficit; her...
  • Department of Finance
    • Electric Vehicles
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of electric cars registered in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41060/15]
    • Income Data
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects incomes in the public and private sectors to grow over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41092/15]
    • Banking Sector
      58. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to each of the State-backed banks of the financial advice scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40929/15]
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Application
      59. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the proposal to allow 100% mortgage interest relief to some landlords, as per the Government announcement of 10 November 2015....
    • Tax Compliance
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the operation of the relevant contracts tax system in the construction industry; the number of persons in the industry working under this...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      61. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking in response to the recent report from Financial Stability Board in Switzerland which described how improved monitoring of shadow...
    • Pensions Levy
      62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41010/15]
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties sold by AIB, Bank of Ireland and Permanent TSB through both the approved housing body mortgage-to-rent scheme and the local authority...
    • Pension Provisions
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance the role he has had in the arrangements for provision of pensions to former employees of Waterford Crystal; when all lumps sums and regular payments will be...
    • Banking Sector
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of plans to provide basic bank accounts for low income households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41061/15]
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance when the central credit register will be fully operational; the steps that have been taken and the costs incurred to date; the reason for the delay; and if he...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the State's holding in alcohol, tobacco, aerospace and defence industry stocks; the value of such stocks disposed of in 2014 and in 2015 to date,...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the Central Bank of Ireland has spent on training for its staff in 2014 and 2015; the details of each course provided including the name, the cost...
    • Property Tax Administration
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the Bara judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered last month (details supplied); if the information in any of the...
    • Data Protection
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate, in tabular form, all instances from 1 January 2000 to 2015 to date where legislation introduced by him or on his behalf, which is enacted...
    • State Bodies
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new State bodies and agencies under his remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies subject to a sunset...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Data Protection
      72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the Bara judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered last month (details supplied); if he will...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the monitoring process in place for the implementation of the capital investment programme; if there is an accountability mechanism; and...
    • Drainage Schemes Status
      74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason it is taking much longer to approve the urgent drainage works proposed for the Clare River in County Galway, given that it was...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to implement the recommendations made in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the...
    • Pension Provisions
      76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role his Department has had in the arrangements for provision of pensions to former employees of Waterford Crystal; and if he will...
    • Fiscal Policy
      77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied that sustainable economic targets remain attainable, given the need to remain competitive...
    • Housing Provision
      79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he may be further in a position to assist in dealing with the housing crisis inherited from his predecessors by way...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which good public procurement practices continue to achieve savings in the public interest; and if he will make a statement...
    • Fiscal Policy
      86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the benefits accruing from the Haddington Road and Croke Park agreements are in line with expectations, with...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he and his Department have identified the vital infrastructural projects in respect of which he expects progress over...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which recruitment throughout the public service has reopened, with particular reference to the need to replace positions...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the gains to public sector workers' incomes (details supplied) under the Financial Emergency Measures in...
    • Public Sector Staff
      90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to impose additional reductions in pay, and changes to working terms and conditions, on those public sector workers who are...
    • Public Sector Staff Grades
      91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he has in place to improve the representation of women in higher civil service grades above assistant principal officer; and...
    • Data Protection
      92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for details of all instances from 1 January 2000 to 2015 to date where legislation introduced by him or on his behalf, which is enacted...
    • State Bodies
      94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new State bodies and agencies under his remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently listed for employees under his remit; the number that are in deficit; his plans...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the 2015 basic payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who visited her...
    • Beef Data Programme
      97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40937/15]
    • GLAS Expenditure
      99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected expenditure by his Department under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme in 2015; and if he will make a statement...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the licence arrangement agreed that allows a Lithuanian flagged fishing vessel (details supplied) to operate in the Irish economic...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40981/15]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a single payment for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when will payment be made; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payments under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure any outstanding grants will be paid to a person (details supplied). [41024/15]
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the deepening of the harbour in Daingean Uí Chúis in County Kerry for large ships; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the request of a person (details supplied) to invoke mediation as an alternative to a Supreme Court proceeding; and if...
    • Bord na gCon
      116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Bord na gCon had to recently make a public apology to a trainer regarding the alleged doping of a dog; if the undisclosed, but...
    • Beekeeping Industry
      117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the concerns among Irish beekeepers regarding the risks associated with the importation of bees, particularly the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a single payment for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be expedited; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41113/15]
    • Food Safety Standards
      120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how the new requirements introduced by the Chinese authorities in which cadmium levels for live brown crab have been set at 0.5 mg...
    • Data Protection
      121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for details of all instances from 1 January 2000 to 2015 to date where legislation introduced by him or on their behalf, which is...
    • State Bodies
      122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of new State bodies and agencies under his remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      123. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel in the Defence Forces explosive ordnance disposal teams, in each of the years 2012 to 2015 to date, in tabular form. [41100/15]
    • Air Corps Equipment
      125. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel that can be transferred by an individual Air Corps helicopter. [41102/15]
    • Data Protection
      126. To ask the Minister for Defence for details of all instances from 1 January 2000 to 2015 to date where legislation introduced by him or on his behalf, which is enacted and still in force,...
    • State Bodies
      127. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of new State bodies and agencies under his remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies subject to a sunset...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      128. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently listed for employees under his remit; the number that are in deficit; his plans to consolidate any of...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
      129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality cén uair a chuirfear ar fáil an tuarascáil a lorgaíodh ó údaráis an Gharda Síochána maidir le...
    • Garda Deployment
      130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Garda Síochána emergency response unit, by location. [40914/15]
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will investigate the litany of leaks regarding sensitive Garda Síochána criminal investigations to national media outlets; and...
    • Gender Balance
      132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the gender breakdown in each rank in the Garda Síochána, in tabular form. [40921/15]
    • Garda Training
      133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have been supported to learn a foreign language in each of the past three years and in...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of section 22 of the Road Traffic Act 2002, in which it is an offence to not produce one's licence in court; if...
    • Prisoner Data
      136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in custody on remand while awaiting trial in the Special Criminal Court, for one year plus to two years; for two years...
    • Community Alert Programme
      137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding allocated to the community and text alert and neighbourhood watch schemes in 2015 to date. [40957/15]
    • Garda Remuneration
      138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 12 November 2015, if she will address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40983/15]
    • Migrant Integration
      139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a proposal (details supplied) regarding racism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40997/15]
    • Garda Deployment
      140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that the Garda Síochána station in Edgeworthstown in County Longford is adequately staffed, given that in October...
    • Victim Support Services
      141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support a victim (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41028/15]
    • Departmental Funding
      142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41029/15]
    • Commissions of Investigation
      143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 8 April 2014, for an update on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41030/15]
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of video footage from a protest (details supplied) in Gorey in County Wexford which indicates excessive use of a baton by a...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of occasions to date in which a bank veto in a personal insolvency case has been overturned by the courts since the passing of...
    • Deportation Orders
      146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the residency, long-term residency and eligibility for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 1 October 2015, and the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway, the extent to which...
    • Residency Permits
      149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality notwithstanding previous correspondence on the matter, if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be reviewed on...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the examination of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement...
    • Asylum Applications
      152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for refugee status and residency by a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be reappraised; and if she will make a...
    • Data Protection
      153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for details of all instances from 1 January 2000 to 2015 to date where legislation introduced by her or on her behalf, which is enacted and still...
    • Community Alert Programme
      154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to review the cost structures which apply to texts in relation to community alert text schemes, which are a considerable...
    • State Bodies
      155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new State bodies and agencies under her remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies subject to...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child and Family Agency
      156. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the positive parenting initiative, as set out in Better Outcomes, Brighter Future; if extended locations for the...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      157. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for a breakdown of the 2015 and 2016 budget provided to Túsla - Child and Family Agency; the additional supports provided to the...
    • Data Protection
      158. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for details of all instances from 1 January 2000 to 2015 to date where legislation introduced by him or on his behalf, which is enacted and...
    • State Bodies
      159. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new State bodies and agencies under his remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      160. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently listed for employees under his remit; the number that are in deficit; his plans to...
  • Department of Health
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure
      161. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which provision is being made, or has been made, in respect of the costs associated with the hepatitis C and HIV tribunals, in respect of which...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      162. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40913/15]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      163. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to adjust the eligibility to the long-term illness scheme to include conditions and illnesses such as asthma, osteoporosis and cancer, given the high...
    • General Practitioner Services
      164. To ask the Minister for Health the status of out-of-hours general practitioner care in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40931/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      165. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the application will be reviewed in the event of refusal;...
    • Hospital Transfers
      166. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital transfer for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40935/15]
    • Health Care Professionals
      167. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the protection of the title physical therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40940/15]
    • Hospital Trusts
      169. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding private managers in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40949/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      170. To ask the Minister for Health for numbers on, and the waiting times of, the waiting lists for hospital treatment in County Louth, by hospital, by specialty; and if he will make a statement...
    • Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times
      171. To ask the Minister for Health the further actions that have been taken by the Health Service Executive to reduce the number of patients on trollies in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      172. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include certain medications (details supplied) in the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40953/15]
    • Home Care Packages
      173. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package will be provided to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40955/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      174. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40964/15]
    • Patient Data
      176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in St. Loman's Hospital in Mullingar in County Westmeath for each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date. [40975/15]
    • Community Care
      177. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons living in community homes in County Westmeath and in County Longford in each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date. [40976/15]
    • Mental Health Services
      178. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for adults and children to receive treatment for mental illnesses in County Longford and in County Westmeath in each of the years 2011 to...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      179. To ask the Minister for Health the facilities in place for persons in need of long-term psychiatric help in County Longford and in County Westmeath. [40978/15]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      180. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants, doctors, nurses and general practitioners in hospitals in each of the years 2012 to 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      181. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the case of a patient (details supplied) in the National Rehabilitation Hospital in County Dublin who is due to be discharged to a nursing...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      182. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the referral of parliamentary questions to the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Applications
      183. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be reinstated for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40998/15]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      184. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to address the widely reported practice of general practitioners charging medical card holders for blood tests; if he will clarify...
    • Home Help Service Expenditure
      185. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost per hour to the Health Service Executive for home help provided by private agencies. [41009/15]
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns and queries (details supplied) regarding orthodontic treatment. [41013/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      187. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive occupational therapy and physiotherapy appointments, in accordance with a referral from the early...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      188. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm how long each person of a family (details supplied) in County Cork has been on an ophthalmology waiting list; when each person will be seen;...
    • Health Services
      189. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41032/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      190. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41034/15]
    • Health Services Data
      191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 608 of 6 October 2015, if each machine is now operational in each of the hospitals concerned; the names of the hospitals...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      192. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a hospital procedure will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41077/15]
    • Data Protection
      193. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the Bara judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered last month (details supplied); if the information in any of the...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      194. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 392 of 10 November 2015, why a person (details supplied) in County Cavan is only receiving an exercise programme as part...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      196. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources, whole-time-equivalent staff, and positions provided for in budget 2016's new measures that commit to an additional €8 million...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      197. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the crisis experienced by Camphill Communities of Ireland where significant and vital services could be closed within the foreseeable future;...
    • State Bodies
      200. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new State bodies and agencies under his remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies subject to a sunset...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Emigrant Support Services
      201. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding allocated to emigrants and the diaspora for 2016. [40958/15]
    • Foreign Policy
      203. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent Foreign Affairs Council meeting, with particular reference to the terrible atrocities committed recently in...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      204. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the raid on a hospital in Hebron in Palestine by Israeli security forces that resulted in the death of a Palestinian man. [41043/15]
    • Data Protection
      206. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for details of all instances from 1 January 2000 to 2015 to date where legislation introduced by him or on his behalf, which is enacted and...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently listed for employees under his remit; the number that are in deficit; his plans to...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a major extension at a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40916/15]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) from County Longford to Student Universal Support Ireland; and if she will make a...
    • School Funding
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding school funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40980/15]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 for provision of an additional two classrooms, a staircase and a special...
    • School Placement
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to limit the number of pupils entering a school (details supplied) in County Dublin to 150 in each year; if this is not the case, the...
    • Third Level Funding
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the urgent requirement for a link building capital development project at St. Angela’s College in County Sligo, which had...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the regulations of Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) to implement in respect of situations where a student who was...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a student grant appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41031/15]
    • School Transport Applications
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school transport for a child (detals supplied) in County Roscommon. [41096/15]
    • Data Protection
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if privacy impact assessments have been undertaken in relation to the primary online database and the post-primary online database; if so, by...
    • School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details of the decision by the Primary Staffing Appeals Board to an appeal by a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has met with the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal, along with the design team, for the...
    • School Enrolments
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence regarding access to second level schools for a family (details supplied) in Dublin 9, who are being discriminated...
    • Data Protection
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the Bara judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered last month (details supplied); if the information in...
    • State Bodies
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new State bodies and agencies under her remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies subject to...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently listed for employees under her remit; the number that are in deficit; her plans to...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      227. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the rules and guidelines surrounding dog breeding establishments; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure
      228. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which provision is being made, or has been made, for the costs associated with the Mahon tribunal, in...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration
      229. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of a procedural agreement that exists between lenders and approved housing bodies in respect of the...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Deposits
      230. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way a property services company (details supplied) will manage booking deposits for a student accommodation village,...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Funding
      231. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how the €20 million fund announced (details supplied) was spent; if any of the fund remains; through which local...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
      232. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41002/15]
    • Irish Water Remit
      233. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he considers it fair that wastewater pipes that traverse private gardens and for which maintenance and ownership fall...
    • Planning Issues
      234. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is acceptable for Dublin City Council to breach An Bord Pleanála’s planning conditions in respect of the...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date the decision was taken to grant Leader funding to a marina (details supplied) in County Westmeath; who was...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      239. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to implement the recommendations made in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the...
    • Mortgage Data
      240. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number and value of mortgage loans issued under the home choice loan scheme for first-time buyers by year and by local...
    • Data Protection
      242. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the Bara judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered last month (details supplied);...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a suggested measure to address the homeless crisis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Data Protection
      244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for details of all instances from 1 January 2000 to 2015 to date where legislation introduced by him or on his behalf,...
    • Cycling Facilities Funding
      245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has received an application from Longford Tourism for funding to develop a cycle route from Killashee to...
    • State Bodies
      246. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of State bodies and agencies under his remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      247. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of defined benefit pension schemes listed for employees under his remit; the number that are in deficit; his...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Iascaigh Bhradán
      248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources ar íocadh aon chúiteamh le hiascaire (sonraí tugtha) faoin scéim cúitimh d’iascairí...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of altering the better homes scheme so as to reimburse the contractor rather than the household which had the...
    • Invasive Fish Species
      250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 3 November 2015, if the two tons of Asian clams removed from the River...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when residents of rural County Tipperary will see an improvement in the delivery of broadband services; and if he will...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      253. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to implement the recommendations made in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the...
    • Data Protection
      254. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of the Bara judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered last month; if he will...
    • State Bodies
      256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of new State bodies and agencies under his remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Haulage Industry
      257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts made to date in opposing the imposition on the haulage industry of the lorry road user levy introduced in the Six Counties in...
    • Road Safety
      258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the recent report by the Road Safety Authority on the regulation of vintage cars; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application has been received by the National Transport Authority to amend the current licence operated by Dublin Coach and M7...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Funding
      260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Ten T projects proposed for funding in the last call for projects to national Governments by his Department; the basis on which they...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Funding
      262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of restoring funding to local authorities under the local improvement scheme for community involvement schemes for non-local...
    • Rural Transport Programme Funding
      263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of increasing funding for the rural transport programme by 15%, and of expanding the service to areas currently neglected, or...
    • Road Projects Status
      264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a section of roadway (details supplied) in County Kerry will be prioritised for works; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tourism Industry
      265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding tourism potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41017/15]
    • Road Safety Strategy
      266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new regulations regarding the need for tachograph machines to be fitted to vehicles that are pulling a heavy load, in respect of the...
    • Data Protection
      267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for details, in tabular form, of all instances from 1 January 2000 to 2015 to date where legislation introduced by him or on his behalf...
    • State Bodies
      268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new State bodies and agencies under his remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      269. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a chuirfear ar fáil an tuarascáil a lorgaíodh ó údaráis an Gharda Síochána...
    • Feabhsú Céibheanna
      270. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair atá sé i gceist ag an Aire Stáit Mc Hugh casadh le toscaireacht ó Inis Meáin chun an cheist...
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      271. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to implement the recommendations in the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Environment, Culture and the...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      272. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date and time when the weir at Meelick was fully opened to facilitate the maximum flow of water, following the recent heavy...
    • Data Protection
      273. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for details, in tabular form, of all instances from 1 January 2000 to 2015 to date where legislation introduced by her or on her...
    • State Bodies
      274. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of new State bodies and agencies under her remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      275. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently listed for employees under her remit; the number that are in deficit; her...