Written answers

Tuesday, 24 November 2015

  • Department of Defence
    • Air Corps
      74. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to expand the role of the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41149/15]
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      75. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 25 June 2015, if he has been involved in any recent discussions at European Union level regarding the import and...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      76. To ask the Minister for Defence the level of engagement he has had with stakeholders, including at European level, regarding defence and security procedures, given the increased threat...
    • Defence Forces
      77. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to allow the international defence industry to have increased access to the Defence Forces for product testing, with regard to whether safeguards are...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      78. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the Defence Forces are given opportunities to upgrade their skills in line with military forces throughout Europe and globally, with...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      79. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of vacant posts within the bomb disposal units in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41150/15]
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      80. To ask the Minister for Defence the measures he is taking to keep members of the Defence Forces out of poverty, caused by pension related deductions and various changes to tax and pay related...
    • Defence Forces Implementation Plan
      81. To ask the Minister for Defence the status of the development of a new institute for peace support and leadership training at the Curragh Camp in County Kildare. [41175/15]
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      82. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the Defence Forces continue to be upgraded, in terms of military equipment, transport including aircraft, sea-going vessels and road and...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      83. To ask the Minister for Defence further to his meeting with a local authority delegation on 5 November 2015 on the matter of Custume Barracks in Athlone in County Westmeath, and given his...
    • Naval Service Operations
      84. To ask the Minister for Defence the length of time it is expected that the Naval Service will continue to be deployed in the Mediterranean; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defence Forces Funding
      85. To ask the Minister for Defence how the budget allocation of over €900 million will be spent; how, in particular, the measures he will be responsible, given the refugee crisis; and if...
    • EU Battle Groups
      86. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on Ireland's participation in a European Union battlegroup, led by Germany, to be established in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • White Paper on Defence
      87. To ask the Minister for Defence the projects and proposals that he submitted to the Government’s 2016 to 2021 capital investment plan; the projects that were accepted; and those that...
    • Overseas Missions
      89. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the safety of members of the 51st Infantry Group who will leave later this month for service with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon,...
    • Internal Security Issues
      91. To ask the Minister for Defence given the attacks in Paris in France, if he has had discussions with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding potential threats to Ireland; and if he...
    • Internal Secrutiy Issues
      92. To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department has engaged in consultations with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding the implications of the terrorist attack on Paris in...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      93. To ask the Minister for Defence for an update on the work of the LÉ Samuel Beckett in the Mediterranean, and on his recent meeting with the ship’s captain and members of the crew....
    • Overseas Missions
      94. To ask the Minister for Defence the action that is being taken to ensure that Irish troops in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebannon contingent are guaranteed freedom of movement in...
    • Defence Forces Funding
      95. To ask the Minister for Defence for a breakdown of how the €6 million increase in his Department’s budget, outlined in budget 2016, will be spent. [41162/15]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Data Protection
      96. To ask the Taoiseach 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, contains a provision amending...
    • Departmental Agencies
      97. To ask the Taoiseach the number of new State bodies and agencies under his remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of these that are subject to a sunset clause; the...
    • Pension Provisions
      98. To ask the Taoiseach the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently listed for employees under his remit; the number that are in deficit; his plans to consolidate these schemes; and...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure
      99. To ask the Taoiseach the extent which provision is being made, or has been made, for the costs associated with the Moriarty tribunal, in respect of which legal or other costs are still...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of positions within the Civil Service that have been filled by persons on the JobBridge scheme, since 2011; if she is...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if...
    • Pension Provisions
      102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will address the concerns set out in correspondence (details supplied) regarding pensions, her plans to address this...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on staff who work in community employment and who are based in child care facilities, and the new rules which will not...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Respite Care Grant Applications
      106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a respite care grant is not being awarded for 2014 to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; if any information remains...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is eligible for a fuel allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has received all the relevant information relating to an application for a rent allowance by a person (details...
    • Employment Support Services
      109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the current number of participants in the JobBridge and community employment schemes, by county; and if she will make a statement...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application for a disability allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she...
    • JobPath Implementation
      111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding JobPath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41310/15]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a decision on an application for a disability allowance; the reason...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determining an appeal under the invalidity pension scheme for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an increase in rent support will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • State Pensions Payments
      116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the State pension (non-contributory) to €228 per week and the State pension (contributory) to...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will re-examine an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the current number of persons participating in the JobBridge scheme, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the current number of persons participating in community employment schemes, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, given...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of years she considers a reasonable amount of time to pursue the repayment of an overpayment of a jobseeker's allowance...
    • Family Income Supplement Data
      125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of families in receipt of family income supplement; the total cost for each of the years 2010 to 2015 to date; the...
    • Water Conservation Grant Eligibility
      126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if and when a water conservation grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that a social protection appeal by a person (details supplied) is processed as a matter of urgency; and if she...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the staffing levels in the decisions advisory office in her Department in each of the years 2013 to 2015 to date. [41565/15]
    • Departmental Staff
      129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the type of self-care, such as counselling, which is available for staff working in front-line positions in her Department, in...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      130. 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 Sligo; and if she will make...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) who has a genuine case; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for certain information (details supplied), with the answers based on the period from September 2014 to September 2015; and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason for the delay; and...
    • Respite Care Grant Applications
      134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a respite care grant will be urgently awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who requires the assistance to...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be determined; and if she will...
    • School Meals Programme
      136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding allocated to the school meals programme; the number of schools included by county; the criteria used to...
    • Disability Allowance Data
      137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for disability allowance received, granted at initial stages, refused, appealed, and subsequently...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
      138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason an exceptional needs payment was refused for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9, and if she will outline the...
    • Pension Provisions
      139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if pension entitlements accrued in Spain can be transferred to a person's (details supplied) entitlement in this jurisdiction; and...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the rate of child dependant payment on a carer's allowance award to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be...
    • Water Conservation Grant Applications
      141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if and when a water conservation grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
      142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the policy that persons in receipt of a jobseeker's benefit have their claim frozen if they go on JobBridge,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's contributory pension and...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Social Insurance Data
      145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the employee pay related social insurance exemption threshold to €377 and the introduction of a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the monthly rent limits in line with the actual cost of renting (details supplied) given the latest reports...
    • Registration of Deaths
      147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider implementing a registration system for unborn children who die from unnatural causes, including accidents;...
    • Rural Social Scheme Data
      148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of rural social workers in County Kerry participating in community schemes; the schemes they are participating in; if...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41814/15]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41815/15]
  • Department of Finance
    • Mortgage Lending
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of the space permitted for exemptions from the deposit rules used by the banks to date, subject to the Central Bank of Ireland's...
    • Credit Unions Services
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the recent proposal by the Irish League of Credit Unions to offer mortgages and other banking services to its members; and if he will make...
    • Banking Sector
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the decision of Bank of Ireland to place restrictions on the limits of cash transactions in its branches; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance when the recently announced changes to the small benefit exemption scheme will be enacted; if it will be enacted for the important pre-Christmas 2015 period;...
    • Living City Initiative
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for tax relief received; the number approved under the Living City Initiative to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pensions Levy
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of commitments to abolish the private pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41299/15]
    • Property Tax Administration
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance if those who enter into agreements with the Revenue Commissioners to pay the local property tax are still liable for a late payment surcharge given that the...
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the request by the Credit Union Advisory Council and the International Credit Union Regulators Network to review their three issues...
    • Licensed Moneylenders
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to improve the regulation of moneylenders; when this matter will be fully and satisfactorily dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41365/15]
    • IBRC Operations
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the safeguards in place to ensure that former directors or other employees of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation are not profiting from the sale of the...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of proposals for the provision of finance to small and medium enterprises from the European Investment Fund; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Yield
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance for details of the Exchequer receipts on a litre of petrol and a litre of diesel at garage pumps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41489/15]
    • Corporation Tax
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that paid corporation tax in the bands €0 to €50,000, €50,000 plus to €100,000, €100,00 plus to...
    • Government Expenditure
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Question No. 208 of 17 November 2015, if he will list the number of other calls on the central fund referred to in the reply. [41634/15]
    • Tax Credits
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance why a person (details supplied) did not receive any change in income, despite the changes to tax credits in budget 2016. [41673/15]
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the current cost of rental accommodation for the National Treasury Management Agency to whom the rent is paid; the plans the agency has to move office...
    • NAMA Staff Data
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance in regard to the National Asset Management Agency, the number of persons it employed, its wage bill and the cost of its office accommodation in each of the...
    • Banking Operations
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance further to his reply to Question No. 215 of 17 November 2015, in which he explains that receivers acting on behalf of AIB may seek vacant possession of a...
    • Property Tax Yield
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected from the local property tax, LPT, in County Roscommon in 2014; the moneys paid from the LPT fund to Roscommon County Council in 2015; the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Local Authority Rates
      173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to remove the requirement for crèches and playschools to pay local authority rates; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of exemptions requested by individual Departments, State agencies and local authorities to the moratorium on recruitment and...
    • Public Sector Staff Redundancies
      175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if lock keepers have to change their title to get the option of voluntary redundancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Office of Public Works Expenditure
      176. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Question No. 347 of 3 November 2015, the reason for the delay in providing a full and comprehensive response; and if he will...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a telecommunications mast at a location (details supplied) in County Cork is in use; if not, the plans to have it removed. [41627/15]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a works scheme (details supplied) in County Clare; the timeframe for a decision; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Valuation Office
      179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date that each local authority was advised in writing by the Valuation Office regarding the global revaluations in 2015; if any...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the involvement the OPW or its agents have in the management and control of a centre (details supplied); if the OPW is in full control;...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • National Internship Scheme Placements
      181. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is legislation which specifically protects the rights of unpaid interns outside the JobBridge scheme; if unpaid internships...
    • Work Permit Applications
      182. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Question No. 93 of 12 November 2015, the extent to which the information sought by way of correspondence dated 8 September...
    • IDA Jobs Data
      183. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name and location of IDA Ireland-led foreign direct investment companies; the number employed by each company; the percentage of...
    • Price Inflation
      184. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Irish competitiveness is being adversely effected by rising costs, including the costs incurred by companies in transporting their...
    • Industrial Development
      185. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to promote County Kerry as a location for foreign direct investment, given the enhanced and regional aid status...
    • Trade Missions
      186. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of his recent trade mission to the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41430/15]
    • Industrial Development
      187. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps that the Industrial Development Agency Ireland and Enterprise Ireland are taking to create employment in an area (details...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      188. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the provision of funding to a project (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Startup Funding
      189. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the €500,000 competitive start fund in encouraging entrepreneurs and members of the diaspora to set up here; the...
    • Employment Rights
      190. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is legislation which specifically protects the rights of paid and unpaid interns; if there is a legal definition of what an...
    • Firearms Licences
      191. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of the 95 military licences issued during 2014 which were issued to persons holding sports firearms, and to companies...
    • Exports Data
      192. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of the 680 dual-use licences that were issued in 2014, which were for commercial purposes. [41649/15]
    • EU Directives
      193. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is drafting legislation or a statutory instrument to transpose the European Union physical agents directive (EMF) 2004/40/EC; if...
    • Job Retention
      194. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will intervene as a State investor for the stalled liquified gas terminal and combined heat and power plant of...
    • EU Directives
      195. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of transposing European Union Directive 2013/35/EU; how derogations provided in the directive will be implemented; and if...
    • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
      196. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the recent European Commission proposals to reform the global investment regime into a public investment court system,...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      197. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken over the past four and a half years to reverse the low level of exports by the indigenous small and medium...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Beekeeping Industry
      198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider, under Article 6 of the European Union treaty, banning the importation of foreign bees; if he will seek the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      201. 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. [41229/15]
    • Coillte Teoranta Lands
      205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Coillte's plans for the ongoing use of the walled garden at Kilmacurragh in County Wicklow; if those plans include the return of this...
    • Harbours and Piers Maintenance
      206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a dredging programme will be established for Howth Harbour (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a roundabout is being installed in Howth Fishery Harbour Centre (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the basic payment scheme and the disadvantaged areas...
    • TAMS Payments
      213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when approvals will issue under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2, dairy equipment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a basic payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41374/15]
    • Fish Exports
      215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he is taking on the Chinese demand for certificates of compliance with cadmium levels of 0.5 milograms per kilogram or...
    • Animal Welfare
      216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if hares were sick or dying at Cashel Coursing Club in County Tipperary, resulting in the cancellation of meetings on 10 and 11...
    • Fish Farming
      217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if will confirm the statement on Bord Iascaigh Mhara's website that chemicals are rarely used on Irish fish farms by providing the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if independent monitors are on board the super trawlers off the west coast, as required under Council Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 of...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person in County Galway (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme, the areas of natural...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals
      220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) has not received payment following the decision of the appeals office dated 26 August 2015; and if he...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants who are active farmers and who submitted an application under the 2015 basic payment scheme, but whose...
    • Agriculture Scheme Penalties
      224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payments under the rural environment protection scheme 4 are payable on the gross area; why he has withheld payments from...
    • Commonage Land
      225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of instructions given to district superintendents regarding Keelderry commonage lands (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Organic Farming Scheme Applications
      244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if organic farmers who were excluded from the electronic payment system in 2015 will be paid before Christmas 2015; if these organic...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the 2015 areas of natural constraint scheme and the basic...
    • Fishing Industry
      247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has conducted investigations into a super trawler that has been fishing off the coast of County Donegal (details supplied); why...
    • Live Exports
      248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will liaise with live shellfish exporters to address new restrictions being applied to live exports to the Chinese market...
    • Farm Partnerships
      249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will follow through on previous commitments to allow young trained farmers who have joint herd numbers with their parents to...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the criteria for qualifying for a 60% grant for building farm sheds to those young trained farmers who began...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the disadvantaged areas scheme for 2013. [41508/15]
    • TAMS Administration
      252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 will commence; if farmers in dairying will be prioritised; and if he will make...
    • Farm Household Incomes
      253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on restrictions and penalties being placed on farmers by major factories, and the potential impact these are having on farm...
    • Threat Response Plan for Hen Harriers
      254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when details will be available to those who wish to plant lands in Hen Harrier designated areas, further to the locally-led hen...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme and the basic payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Farm Partnerships
      256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a transfer of entitlements from a person (details supplied) in County Galway to a partnership has been effected; when payment will...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      257. 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. [41533/15]
    • Animal Welfare
      259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to SI No. 128 of 2014, why he is continuing to allow the docking of the tails of hunting dogs, a mutilation considered so...
    • Commonage Framework Plans
      260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why an adviser (details supplied) was prevented from completing a commonage management plan, despite the adviser representing 80% of...
    • Legislative Measures
      261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedure regarding microchipping of dogs and dog licences (details supplied); if he will consider additional safeguards; and if...
    • TAMS Payments
      262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application under the equipment grant scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Functions
      263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 390 of 3 November 2015, whereby the local implementation group of the 2011 Killybegs Jobs...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Administration
      264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a number of farmers have not received payments under the basic payment scheme, one month after the first payments were issued;...
    • GLAS Payments
      265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why the three-month payment for 2015 was cut from phase 1 of the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, specifically in respect of...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for a person (details supplied) will be processed under the 2013 agri-environment options scheme; when monies due...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, under the areas of natural constraint scheme; the...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive farm payments; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine and expedite a single payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the 2015 areas of natural constraint scheme and the...
    • TAMS Applications
      271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when decisions will be made on applications from young farmers under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 who applied...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the basic payment scheme and the areas of natural constraint scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      274. 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 Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • Apiculture Sector
      275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will develop native honey production as a food product, given that 90% of honey consumption is imported and given that this...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the basic payments scheme and the areas of natural constraint scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of companies in County Donegal which have received funding and grant aid from Bord Iascaigh Mhara, by name and by the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive payment under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) has not received a payment under the single payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal in relation to an over-claim that was submitted by this Deputy dated 14 May 2015 on behalf...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when persons (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a farm payment. [41806/15]
    • Horse Racing Industry
      283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will regulate the farrier trade to ensure that horse owners have access to a register of qualified farriers, and to ensure that...
    • Fish Quotas
      284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the north west herring fishery will re-open; if he will ensure that there is a ring-fenced quota for vessels under ten metres in...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the difficulties arising for some young farmers due to the date for enrolment for the green certificate being...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Properties
      286. To ask the Minister for Defence the degree of utilisation, and his future plans, for St. Bricin’s military hospital and the associated lands within this important eight acre site in...
    • Naval Service Operations
      287. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 8 October 2015, if the Chief of Staff has as yet reported to him with his findings and recommendations in regard...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      288. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 356 of 20 October 2015 and 135 of 5 November 2015 and given his statement that St. Bricin's military hospital will...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      289. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of vacancies in the Defence Forces medical corps; the length of time each post has been vacant; the steps being taken to fill these posts; and if...
    • Civil Defence
      290. To ask the Minister for Defence the status of the provision of capital funding to secure permanent Civil Defence accommodation and training facilities in County Longford; and if he will make...
    • Local Authority Services
      291. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will facilitate the taking in charge of St. Barbara's Park on the Melitta Road in Kildare town by Kildare County Council; and if he will make a...
    • International Terrorism
      292. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will be in a position to augment any deficiencies in the Defence Forces in the context of a terrorist attack; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      293. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which adequate technology remains available throughout the Defence Forces to meet any requirements arising from international security issues;...
    • Air Corps Equipment
      295. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the Air Corps is adequately equipped to detect and intercept any activity posing a threat to national security; and if he will make a...
    • International Terrorism
      297. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which military intelligence can be enhanced to deal with potential terrorist attacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41776/15]
    • UN Missions
      304. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is aware that the operational imperative regarding freedom of movement for members of the Defence Forces serving in south Lebanon in pursuit of the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Traveller Community
      306. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the petition organised by Pavee Point (details supplied). [41170/15]
    • International Terrorism
      307. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the security of the country following the attacks in Paris in France (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Property Registration Authority Administration
      308. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding registration with the Property Registration Authority in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Garda Transport Data
      309. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána vehicles in operation in County Tipperary in each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date; and if she will make...
    • Firearms and Ammunition Security
      310. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered a firearms amnesty in relation to various persons who have unlicensed guns, to give them the opportunity to hand the guns...
    • Garda Data
      311. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 23 September 2014, the number of outstanding bench warrants, by Garda division, for each...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      312. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the safety of pedestrians, and the provision of proper procedures for cyclists to be...
    • Prison Accommodation Provision
      313. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase custody capacity in line with the introduction of the Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015, and the possible...
    • Sentencing Policy
      314. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the practice of concurrent sentencing for very serious crimes is proving difficult for families of victims; if she has consulted with Victims'...
    • Court Procedures
      315. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if court day procedures are conducted in a sensitive manner from the point of view of victims and relatives of victims; if the practice of...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      316. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary question No. 165 of 13 October 2015, if she has responded to requests from the family of a person (details supplied)...
    • Legislative Process
      317. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the enactment of the mediation Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41348/15]
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      318. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times the new legal measures to allow a debtor to challenge a bank's veto in insolvency arrangements have been used; the results in...
    • Crime Data
      319. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of criminal convictions for cyber crime, under the Criminal Damage Act 1991, the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act...
    • Garda Transport Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda Síochána districts in Dublin that received additional public order vans; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure
      321. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which provision is being made, or has been made, for the costs associated with the Smithwick and Morris Tribunals, in respect of...
    • Immigration Controls
      322. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the protocols in place for persons living and working here for a number of years without permission and-or documentation; and where national...
    • Garda Strength
      323. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel in the Limerick Garda Síochána Division in each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date; and if she will make a...
    • Crime Data
      324. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the crime statistics in the Dundrum Garda Síochána station area, including separate figures for the former Stepaside Garda...
    • Immigration Status
      325. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if leave to remain in the State will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41567/15]
    • Garda Deployment
      326. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when additional Garda Síochána resources will be deployed in Dublin 12; if she will clarify a situation (details supplied); and if she...
    • Courts Service Data
      327. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 315 of 17 November 2015, where she stated that in this context the question of seeking data...
    • Visa Applications
      328. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale behind the decision not to grant a visa to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41626/15]
    • Residency Permits
      329. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41632/15]
    • Coroners Service
      331. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why three death certificates were issued, containing incorrect information each time, by the Coroner, in relation to a person (details supplied);...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      334. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41640/15]
    • Citizenship Applications
      335. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for citizenship processed in 2015 to date; and the percentage of these that were processed within six months. [41650/15]
    • Immigration Status
      339. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 in respect of the progress to date in determining representations made pursuant to section...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      340. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when information initially requested by this Deputy on 10 July 2015 under the freedom of information legislation will be provided, given that a...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      341. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in processing an application for Garda Síochána vetting of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the...
    • EU Directives
      342. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to incorporate the recently introduced EU victims directive into the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill; and if she will make a...
    • Sexual Offences Legislation
      343. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation to tackle sex trafficking and prostitution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41725/15]
    • Forensic Science Ireland
      344. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to facilitate a purpose-built laboratory for Forensic Science Ireland at Backweston in County Kildare, with particular reference to...
    • Prison Staff
      345. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to run a recruitment competition for the post of prison officer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41738/15]
    • Deportation Orders
      346. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will respond to an issue (details supplied) regarding a deportation matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41742/15]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      347. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation by persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41769/15]
    • UN Conventions Ratification
      348. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a clear and unambiguous deadline for ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities...
    • UN Conventions
      349. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the nature of the reservation to Article 27(a) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; the legal arguments...
    • Prison Committals
      350. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners sentenced to a custodial term who were collected and transported to jail by members of An Garda Síochána and...
    • Garda Compensation
      351. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána compensation claims from gardaí either previously or presently stationed in County Kilkenny or...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      353. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs whether the change to the rules for child care facilities, with unqualified staff not being considered part of the staff ratio, will mean...
    • Foster Care
      354. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of increasing the foster care allowance to €335 per week per child up to 12 years of age; of increasing the allowance to...
    • Child and Family Agency
      355. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the sections of the Act establishing Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, that have not yet been commenced; the reason why; when these...
    • Preschool Services
      356. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address a matter (details supplied) in County Kerry regarding the free preschool year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child and Family Agency Reports
      357. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs why inspection reports from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, on privately-run residential services for children are not yet available on...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      358. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first-year and full-year cost of increasing the capitation grant for the free preschool year by €5 per week, bringing it to...
    • Departmental Funding
      360. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs why grant funding for counselling at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 has been cut by 50% since 2010; if he will support this adult...
  • Department of Health
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists employed to work specifically in special schools; the approximate cost of employing these speech and language...
    • Misuse of Drugs
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the legislative measures that will be introduced to enable prosecutions for the sale and possession of psychoactive substances such as Clockwork Orange; and if...
    • Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the resources available to the new national rare diseases office in implementing the recommendations contained in the national plan for rare diseases; and the...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      365. To ask the Minister for Health when a full-time rheumatologist will be appointed to Mayo General Hospital; if the consultant will have a full back-up team; when a rheumatology day infusion...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Administration
      366. To ask the Minister for Health if the costs of a replacement denture plate for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be covered by a medical card; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Card Applications
      367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card by persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the distribution of funds for the emergency department task force; the allocation provided to each public hospital and public residential home; the number of...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the positive impact the suspension of the Health Information and Quality Authority regulations have had on the enhancement of the bed complement for this...
    • Nursing Home Inspections
      370. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the decision to extend the time period for nursing homes run by the Health Service Executive to meet the regulations; if he understands this...
    • 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. [41295/15]
    • Dental Services
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if dentists will be recruited for the Health Service Executive child dental services in County Cork and County Kerry in 2016; and if he will make a statement...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      373. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include auto-immune hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis as symptoms which qualify for acceptance under the long-term illness book scheme; and...
    • Hospital Procedures
      374. To ask the Minister for Health the number of colonoscopies that have been carried out in public hospitals over the past 12 months, by hospital and in tabular form; the number of patients on...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the primary care centre for Balbriggan in County Dublin; when it will open; when it will hire employees; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41306/15]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin with an intellectual disability is not receiving the appropriate service with St. Michael's House; his...
    • Medical Records
      378. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 12 May 2015, the mechanism the Health Service Executive has in place to allow the person in question to state...
    • Medical Qualifications
      380. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to prescribe the title "physical therapist" as a variant of the specified title of "physiotherapist" in one register in relation to the Health and...
    • Medical Records
      381. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be provided with medical records, as requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41356/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the status of occupational therapy resources being provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41357/15]
    • Hospital Charges
      383. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive charges staff, either permanent or agency staff, a fee to park a vehicle on hospital grounds when working in either public or...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      385. To ask the Minister for Health why the Gníomh Lann learning disability day service located in Balinode in County Sligo is required to change its location; his plans for its future in...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      386. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41408/15]
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      387. To ask the Minister for Health if he will favourably examine an application for a lottery grant to his Department by an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry which is providing...
    • Medical Card Applications
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for an over 70s medical card by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41465/15]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      390. To ask the Minister for Health why a medical card for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W was revoked; and if it will be re-instated. [41474/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied|) in County Longford receives hospital appointments. [41477/15]
    • Medical Card Delays
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the ongoing delay in issuing a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41484/15]
    • Psychological Services
      393. To ask the Minister for Health when a Health Service Executive child psychologist will be appointed to County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41485/15]
    • Medical Card Drugs
      394. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a variance in medicines available on the medical card, by county; if so the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41494/15]
    • HSE Investigations
      395. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 402 of 3 March 2015, if he will ensure that a full and final reply will be provided (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      396. To ask the Minister for Health if an early assessment appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, as the case is urgent; and if he will expedite the...
    • Hospital Procedures
      397. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation for a hip replacement will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [41499/15]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the progress he is making in ensuring that the level of funding required to continue the services approved by the L'Arche Community in County Kilkenny is put...
    • Health Services Staff
      399. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1007 of 17 September 2014, if he will address a matter regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Data
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards in circulation in the Limerick health area on 1 November 2014 and on 1 November 2015, in tabular form; the number of these that...
    • Blood Donations
      401. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove the ban on blood donations from males who have previously engaged in sexual intercourse with other males, as enforced by the Irish Blood...
    • Health Services
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is waiting for an appointment in the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún...
    • Dental Services
      404. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to provide additional resources for dental services in County Cavan and in County Monaghan; if he is aware that the level of dental services...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for equipment by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [41569/15]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a change in the cost of international normalised ratio testing for patients on a medical card who are prescribed warfarin for a blood test;...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      408. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding in the 2016 mental health budget (details supplied) in compliance with A Vision for Change, the mental health services report for...
    • HSE Funding
      409. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the underfunding of a community organisation (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if funding in line with the needs of its residents will be...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a referral for a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41596/15]
    • Primary Medical Certificates Provision
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated with a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      412. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the ambulance response time in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41602/15]
    • Primary Care Centres
      413. To ask the Minister for Health when a primary care health centre will be opened and operational in Coolock in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41613/15]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the differences in core standards of Dublin hospitals; the hospital that has the highest number of staff vacancies; the number of nursing, doctor and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on outpatient waiting lists at each Dublin hospital; the hospital with the shortest waiting time; and with the longest waiting time; and...
    • Home Care Packages
      416. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a solution to a home care problem (details supplied). [41624/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      417. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide assistance to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6. [41629/15]
    • Hospital Procedures
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is waiting for an operation. [41636/15]
    • Medical Card Delays
      419. To ask the Minister for Health why a discretionary medical card has not been issued to a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; if he will agree that it is disgraceful that seriously...
    • Hospital Procedures
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is waiting for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41656/15]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalents working in the intellectual disability sector, the number employed by the Health Service Executive, and the number employed by...
    • Universal Health Insurance
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the recent Economic and Social Research Institute report on universal health insurance; if upon deciding the commission of research into the...
    • Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times
      423. To ask the Minister for Health why more than 2,600 persons have been on trolleys in Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal since 1 January 2015; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      424. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is on the autism spectrum; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Schemes
      425. To ask the Minister for Health when the replacement schemes for the currently suspended motorised transport grant scheme and the mobility allowance scheme will be introduced; if the proposal...
    • Health Services Data
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting assessment from the occupational health department in North Dublin for up to three months, from three months plus to six months,...
    • Health Services Provision
      428. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate a service (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41741/15]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the number of social workers employed in the community for the years 2005, 2010 and 2015 by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41765/15]
    • Vaccination Programme
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of the tuberculosis, BCG, vaccine for infants and the anticipated timelines; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      433. To ask the Minister for Health why the home help hours for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal were withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41801/15]
    • Medical Card Delays
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a discretionary medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants recruited in 2015 to date; the full-year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in consultant numbers resulting from this...
    • Health Strategies
      438. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will publish its service plan for 2016; and when he received the first draft of it. [41829/15]
    • General Practitioner Services
      439. To ask the Minister for Health given his comments on radio that an additional 1,000 general practitioners are required for our health services, the full-year cost of providing them. [41830/15]
    • Medical Card Data
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards, general practitioner cards and each type of card issued on a discretionary basis as of 1 November 2015. [41831/15]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications under the nursing home support scheme approved and awaiting funding as of 13 November 2015. [41832/15]
    • Health Services
      442. To ask the Minister for Health if occipital nerve stimulators are recognised by his Department as providing effective treatment methods for treating chronic pain in the head; and if he will...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Consular Services Provision
      443. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if progress has made in relation to the death of a person (details supplied); the steps he is taking to engage with the parents of the...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      444. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the concerns victim groups have regarding the draft legislation presented by the British Government to the Stormont House...
    • Passport Application Refusals
      445. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a passport has been issued to one person but not to another (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Human Rights Issues
      446. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the charges which have been brought against the Colombian Senator Mr. Iván Cepeda; that the Senator is one of...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      448. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the financial commitments signed up to by the Irish Government in the Fresh Start Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Momentum Programme
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the future of the momentum programme; what will happen to its unused budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41564/15]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on making an exemption from compulsory Irish examinations for higher diplomas in education in the case of foreign language teachers....
    • Departmental Properties
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of arrangement that allowed her to take ownership of the Office of Public Works site on Harcourt Terrace in Dublin 2. [41218/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the decision of the National Council for Special Education to reduce the number of special need assistant posts by two at...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite an application for a Student Universal Support Ireland Grant for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if much-needed additional accommodation will be provided for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence regarding a child (details supplied) in Dublin 13 with an intellectual disability, and the provision of speech and...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the current position of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo on her Department's building unit list; the intended steps towards...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the provision in mainstream secondary schools in County Kildare for children with a disability, including those on the autism spectrum...
    • School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is acceptable for the primary staffing appeals board to remove a teacher of a junior infants class of 37 students, including several with...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision not to provide an emergency works grant to a school (details supplied) in County Cork, given the urgent...
    • Third Level Funding
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the guidelines in place for state-funded universities and institutes of technology which tender for the external delivery of courses....
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that staff, students, parents and friends at Mount Mercy College, Model Farm Road, Cork have been fundraising to build a sports...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who had attended a special autism unit in Derrinturn, but for whom...
    • Gaelscoileanna Issues
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the proven demand for a Gaelcholaíste in north Kildare; that parents are being encouraged to send their children to an...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the funding allocated to it, as announced in the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether it is acceptable to disqualify students (details supplied) who can only supply proof of address from the Department of Social Protection,...
    • Gaelscoileanna Issues
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recently announced establishment of a new Gaelcholáiste in Maynooth in County Kildare will require a new build; how the new build...
    • Third Level Data
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department or agencies under its aegis collect statistics on third-level student debt or on debt incurred while students are attending...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when building at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will commence, given that the building was scheduled to commence in 2008 but no progress...
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a project (details supplied) in County Cork was not included in her capital investment programme; the status of the project; if she is...
    • School Curriculum
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 11 March 2015, the progress in developing a new integrated primary languages curriculum; if this...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed building project for the Holy Family School in Cootehill in County Cavan; when this project will proceed to the next...
    • School Accommodation
      492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for two additional classrooms for a post primary school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...
    • Asylum Support Services
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale behind the five-year residency rule required for young asylum seekers to be entitled to access third level education in the same...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is legislation which specifies the rights and responsibilities of employers towards students in post-primary education undertaking...
    • Student Grants Data
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Exchequer estimates for the amount to link the student maintenance support grants with the Consumer Price Index for the next five years,...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered amalgamating the Central Applications Office and the Student Universal Support Ireland systems, and introducing the...
    • Teaching Contracts
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding teachers rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41558/15]
    • School Enrolments
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the difficulties faced by parents in securing school places for children if they reside in a certain area (details supplied)...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when a permanent site will be purchased for it; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Skills Shortages
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to address the 2015 National Skills Bulletin Report by the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs, which identified a...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will grant free school transport for a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [41595/15]
    • School Patronage
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools who are under the patronage of the Catholic Church, including schools under the patronage of dioceses, religious orders or...
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details of the contractor she funded to build Adamstown Community College in Lucan in County Dublin, and the cost for the provision of this...
    • Construction Contracts
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the contract between the Education Training Board and Castlethorn for the provision of a sports hall and community centre at...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of complaints her Department receives each year from parents of children attending primary school; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Funding
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of voluntary contributions collected by the authorities in primary schools each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • European Globalisation Fund
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a ceiling on the amount of the €2.49 million Lufthansa Technik European Commission funding that can be spent on supports for...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a contractor will be appointed to construct the replacement building for the community school in Clifden in Connemara in County Galway; if...
    • Stay Safe Programme
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide all teachers with an in-service day on the revised Stay Safe child protection programme, similar to the one day in-service...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application from a school (details supplied) in County Clare for funding for additional accommodation; and if she will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a Student Universal Support Ireland grant application by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the outcome of a Student Universal Support Ireland grant application (details supplied), whereby a student lost out on a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been identified for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and when this project will be built. [41768/15]
    • European Globalisation Fund
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will publish the Lufthansa Technik Airmotive, Andersen Ireland and PWA International Limited European globalisation adjustment fund...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently examine and expedite a grant review by Student Universal Support Ireland for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Housing Assistance Payments
      526. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider increasing the housing assistance payment for recipients in north Kildare to reflect the level of rent...
    • Library Services Provision
      527. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a request for funding to construct a new community library in Edgeworthstown in County Longford on a site...
    • Water Quality
      528. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the situation whereby grant aid is not available to replace lead pipes in residential property,...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
      529. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how landlords are expected to find similarly-priced lettings locally to reflect the market average, particularly where...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board Data
      530. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimates from his Department, the Private Residential Tenancies Board, the Revenue Commissioners, and the Department...
    • Rural Development Policy
      531. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the revitalisation of rural communities. [41312/15]
    • Local Authority Functions
      532. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to issue guidance or direction to local authorities regarding the removal of hundreds of out of date public...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Standards
      533. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce regulations to enable the reintroduction of bedsits into the rental housing stock, to alleviate the...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      534. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that when planning permission was granted for the Johnston Court development in Sligo it was a condition,...
    • An Bord Pleanála Review
      535. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the review of An Bord Pleanála will be published; his views on the length of time it takes An Bord Pleanála...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      536. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 573 of 29 September 2015, the progress to date on the taking in charge of...
    • Local Authority Functions
      537. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will release the funding for the redevelopment of a park (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      538. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Irish League of Credit Unions made a proposal to him which included €2 billion for local authority housing...
    • Special Protection Areas Designation
      539. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that north Dublin Bay is not damaged in any way by building proposals around it; and that it is...
    • Emergency Accommodation Provision
      540. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how his ministerial direction that a high percentage of housing vacancies are being allocated to families and children in...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      541. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vehicles that are untaxed and off the road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41488/15]
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      542. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the provision of funding to a project (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      543. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 718 of 6 October 2015, the appeal options that are open to an organisation (details...
    • Land Acquisition
      545. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government a list of lands that have been acquired by State agencies under his control, such as the Housing Agency, from local...
    • Architectural Qualifications
      546. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 588 of 10 February 2015, the status of the decision by Quality Qualifications...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      547. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide assurances to tenants of voluntary housing agencies that the new legislation placing these agencies under the...
    • Electoral Commission Establishment
      548. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the establishment of an independent electoral commission; when it will be established and functioning; and...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      549. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will issue a ministerial order that modular homes should not be located on sites already planned for social housing...
    • Local Authority Functions
      551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he has taken to date following on the receipt by his Department some months ago of the planning review into a...
    • Local Authority Offices
      552. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been a problem with doors and windows in the new Civic Offices in Roscommon, if some or all of these windows...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of instances in which the improvements works in lieu of local authority housing scheme (DoEH&LG...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      554. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for the review of wind energy guidelines; when the review process commenced; the amount of time given for...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board
      555. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his view on a matter regarding the Private Residential Tenancies Board (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make...
    • Commercial Rent Reviews
      556. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details, dates, attendees, and agendas of all meetings between his Department, the Valuation Office and officials from...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to put in place a resolution plan for Clonguish Court in Newtownforbes, the only estate in County Longford...
    • Fire Stations Provision
      560. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why there has been a substantial under-spend from the national fire directorate's capital programme for 2015 on Longford...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments Data
      561. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of ghost and vacant housing estates in an area (details supplied) in County Cork, by location and by stage of...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Local Authority Functions
      562. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources for an update on the status of the proposed national salmon life centre in Ballina in County Mayo; when the development...
    • Electric Vehicles
      563. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the targets for electric vehicle usage here for 2020; and how close Ireland is to meeting its targets for overall EV...
    • Financial Services Sector
      565. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the necessary legislation will be drafted and enacted to permit An Post branches to provide banking services; and if...
    • Bord na Móna
      566. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money spent on the investigations into the dumping at the Bord Na Móna bog at Ballydesmond in County...
    • Angling Season
      567. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of issuing of draft licences for fishing on the Shannon Estuary; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      569. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure that access to the electrical distribution network maps is restored and access to the transmission...
    • EU Regulations
      570. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the concerns expressed last year by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications with regard...
    • Hydraulic Fracturing
      571. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of funding the State expended on research into hydraulic fracturing, which is environmentally damaging and...
    • Corrib Gas Field
      574. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the expected profits to the State for 2016 from the Corrib gas field. [41708/15]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Projects
      575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will direct Transport Infrastructure Ireland to progress work on the Mallow northern relief road. [41297/15]
    • Rail Network (1 comment)
      576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in the context of future expansion of the Dublin Area Rapid Transit to Leixlip, Maynooth and Celbridge in County Kildare, if he will...
    • Road Network
      577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the interim strategy for managing traffic volumes on the N11 from Bray north to the commencement of the new stretch of...
    • Marine Safety
      578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that poorly placed lobster pots in Dublin Bay are making sailing dangerous, and could lead to a loss of life; the action...
    • Road Safety Data
      579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the statistics he maintains on the age of vehicles involved in fatal and in non-fatal car accidents; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital and start-up costs incurred by his Department, and any other bodies involved in the project, in setting up the Wild Atlantic...
    • Public Transport
      582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expenditure allocated for accessibility upgrades to train stations, by county, and by local authority, in the years 2011 to 2015 to...
    • Greenways Funding
      583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the provision of funding to a project (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Transport Authority
      584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development of a national walking policy based on the recommendation in Smarter Travel: A Sustainable Transport Future...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why a payment of a sports capital grant to a Gaelic Athletic Association club (details supplied) in County Leitrim has been delayed....
    • Road Projects Status
      586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the A5 motorway, and any agreement concerning it with the Northern Ireland Executive, following the recent Stormont deal....
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 636 to 638, inclusive, of 17 November 2015, if he will clarify a number of matters contained in...
    • Roadworthiness Testing
      588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce testing of agricultural machinery for safety on the road, such as for emissions, braking systems, lights, hitches,...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      589. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a request under freedom of information legislation submitted by this Deputy, which was due to be decided on and replied to by 13...
    • Road Network
      590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received the report on congestion in the Dublin area which he requested the National Transport Authority to prepare earlier in...
    • Turbary Rights
      591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Transport Infrastructure Ireland will compensate persons for their loss of turbary rights at a location (details supplied) in County...
    • Greenways Funding
      592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for funding of €500,000 to develop a cycle route greenway from Abbeyshrule to Ballymahon in County...
    • Electric Vehicles
      594. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the public transport fleet, including all Córas Iompair Éireann, CIE, companies that are powered by...
    • Taxi Regulations
      595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with the ride-sharing company, Uber, in relation to its entry into the Irish market; the purpose and outcomes of these...
    • Road Safety
      597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering any measures to improve traffic safety on the M50 motorway, given the recent traffic accidents on the motorway, and...
    • Traffic Management
      599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the latest traffic volume survey statistics for Cork, Galway, Waterford, and Limerick city centres, similar to the...
    • Rail Network Projects (1 comment)
      600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if and when he made the decision to reduce the weight or role that wider economic benefits play in benefit-to-cost ratios and business...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will incentivise the private provision of, or directly fund the public provision of, an increased number of secure bicycle lockers...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Built Heritage
      602. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any State funding is available for conservation works at a built heritage structure at risk (details supplied) in County Longford...
    • Heritage Projects
      603. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Asgard boat (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41325/15]
    • Scéimeanna Teanga
      604. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil scéim teanga daingnithe ag Córas Iompair Éireann - lena n-áirítear Bus Éireann, Bus Átha...
    • Departmental Funding
      605. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide funding to a co-operative (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Forestry Sector
      606. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when details will be available to those who wish to plant lands in hen harrier designated areas under the locally-led hen harrier...
    • Film Industry Development
      609. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any European regional development fund funding will be available from 2016 to 2020 for the development of the film industry,...
    • Turbary Rights
      610. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when will the designation be lifted on national heritage area bogs earmarked for de-designation; when will owners and those with...
    • Commemorative Events
      613. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the relatives of those who fought in the 1916 Rising will be invited to official ceremonies to mark the commemoration of the...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      614. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a payment under the bog compensation scheme; and if she will make a...

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