Written answers
Wednesday, 25 November 2015
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Aquaculture Data
8. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for data on the prevalence of Bonamia Ostraea in shellfish in Irish coastal waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Commonage Land
12. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the Roxborough and Derrybrien West commonage lands, the reason he did not apply his Department's inspection findings...
- Farm Inspections
13. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure fairness and transparency in the on-farm inspection regime; and if he will make a statement on the...
- TAMS Data
14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have received approval under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 to date; the number it is...
- EU Funding
15. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the funding made available to dairy and pig farmers by the European Union due to the distressed state of the market in 2015 will...
- Commonage Land
16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the review which he authorised following the European petitions committee’s recommendation to conduct a...
- Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
17. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the attainability of the targets in Food Harvest 2020 and Food Wise 2025; if any...
- GLAS Administration
18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide automatic access to the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme plus to farmers who were previously within the 12...
- Animal Welfare
20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce stiffer penalties for persons convicted of animal cruelty, given the frequent and increasing reports of...
- Agriculture Scheme Applications
21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications under the areas of natural constraint scheme and the basic payment scheme that have not been paid in 2015;...
- Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure the continued success of the Irish agri-food sector, given the planned transatlantic trade and...
- Agricultural Waste
23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the communications his Department had with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources regarding bio-digesters; if...
- Animal Welfare
24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will condemn the legal and illegal treatment of hares, in the name of sport; if a debate is required on this draconian cruel...
- Agricultural Colleges Places
25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of students attending agricultural colleges; his plans to examine the level of teaching resources available to meet student...
- Dairy Sector
26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his interaction with the European Union regarding an increase in the intervention price of dairy products; and if he will make a...
- Fishery Harbour Centres
27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for details of future tendering processes for properties at Howth fishery harbour in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
- Exclusive Fisheries Zone
28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on concerns regarding the movements of the Annelies Ilena and the Margiris motor fishing vehicle, the largest and second...
- Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if areas that were deemed eligible as forage in 2008 under the single payment scheme, and designated as special areas of conservation...
- Fisheries Protection
30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority monitored the Margiris supertrawler fishing off the County Donegal coast recently; if the...
- Commonage Land
31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why he has not accepted the evidence that the shareholders of the Keelderry commonage lands have provided, in the form of a detailed...
- Horse Racing Industry Funding
32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to parliamentary question No. 116 of 12 November 2015, whether he recognises that the thoroughbred foal levy is regressive in...
- Fisheries Protection
33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will call for the establishment of independent observers in factory trawlers operating off the Irish coast; and if he will make...
- Harbours and Piers Development
34. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commit to establishing a dredging programme for Howth fishery harbour in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
- Control of Dogs
35. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on concerns that many people are advertising their services as dog trainers with no certification or qualification in the...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
36. 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 farming...
- Aquaculture Licence Application Numbers
38. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of finfish and shellfish licence applications he hopes to decide on between now and 1 April 2016; and if he will make a...
- Forestry Sector
39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a dedicated unit focused on ensuring that all farms make greater use of native forestry as a climate change...
- Food Labelling
40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the reliability of labelling and traceability structures throughout the food...
- Live Exports
41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to support a live cattle trade to Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41236/15]
- Department of Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Applications
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
- Departmental Agencies
43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will list all new State agencies or bodies established under the aegis of her Department since March 2011; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Schemes
44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for a list of the social protection payments that exclude persons with disabilities of working age from participating in the...
- Disability Allowance Data
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons of working age in receipt of disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41889/15]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an increase in a rent allowance will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, with particular reference...
- Invalidity Pensions Data
49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for invalidity pension her Department received in each of the years 2013 to 2015 to date; the number of...
- State Pensions Payments
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for the State pension (contributory) and the State pension (non-contributory) her Department received;...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Data
51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons from 18 to 25 years of age who are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance by €100, €144, and...
- Jobseeker's Allowance
52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the annual cost of increasing the jobseeker's allowance to €188 per week for all recipients under 26 years of age who are...
- National Internship Scheme Data
55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age who are on the JobBridge scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Jobseeker's Allowance Data
57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons under 26 years of age who are currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance; the number of these who are...
- Momentum Programme
58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age currently on the MOMENTUM programme; the number of these in receipt of the...
- Disability Allowance Data
59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are receiving a disability allowance, the number in Clondalkin, and the number in Lucan, County Dublin....
- Disability Activation Projects
60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the Indecon report that was commissioned to look at the disability activation fund; when the report will be...
- Social Welfare Code Reform
61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if there are proposals to allow for a one-year social protection credit to persons who have been in direct provision centres, upon...
- Invalidity Pension Eligibility
63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41984/15]
- Community Employment Schemes Funding
64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will restore the training grant for community employment projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41985/15]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application under the domiciliary care allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she...
- Citizen Information Services
66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding allocated to citizens information centres, and to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, in each of the past...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of staff in citizens information centres and in the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, in each of the past five years....
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the review of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme
69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the part-time job initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42023/15]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
- Farm Assist Scheme Applications
71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for farm assist by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Agencies
72. To ask the Minister for Finance for a list of all new State agencies or bodies established under the aegis of his Department since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Universal Social Charge Application
73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he considers the application of the universal social charge on public service pensions to be discriminatory; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Credit Unions Services
74. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to enable credit unions to offer point-of-sale cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41957/15]
- Financial Services Regulation
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns regarding levies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41977/15]
- Tax Reliefs Eligibility
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine a proposal (details supplied) on tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42014/15]
- Tax Compliance
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Revenue Commissioners are taking to monitor car park washing companies to ensure full compliance with taxation legislation; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing group B of capital acquisitions tax from €30,175 to €33,000 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42016/15]
- Tax Reliefs Availability
79. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any tax arrangements in place to assist the Gaelic Players Association through the elite athletics sports scheme; if there is a record of the...
- NAMA Social Housing Provision
80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has issued a communication to the National Asset Management Agency regarding its portfolio and the requirement that it would significantly contribute to...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Pensions Levy
81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to consider measures to ensure parity in the pension restorations of public servants who retired on reduced pensions, as per those who...
- Departmental Properties
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the application from a respected community development organisation based in Inishowen to utilise the old Garda station...
- Departmental Agencies
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list all new State agencies or bodies established under the aegis of his Department since March 2011; and if he will make a...
- Public Sector Pay
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to his meeting of 30 September 2015 with representatives of community employment supervisors, the progress to date on the matter;...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Enterprise Support Schemes
87. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding available for the Enterprise Ireland community enterprise initiative competition; the number and value of the applications...
- Departmental Agencies
88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will list all new State agencies or bodies established under the aegis of his Department since March 2011; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
89. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount he provided for the manufacturing research centre in Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the...
- IDA Supports
90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the Industrial Development Agency Ireland's plans for Longford town, the county town of County Longford, and for Mullingar, the county...
- Low Pay Commission Remit
91. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of his recent decision to ask the Low Pay Commission to review the impact of the minimum wage on young persons and women;...
- Consumer Protection
92. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the implementation of the European Union directive on consumer alternative dispute resolution, ADR; the policy decisions...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Land Parcel Identification System
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that the inspection criteria and his inspectors’ interpretation, methodology and procedures cannot be relied...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive outstanding payments; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has received a payment under the agri-environment options scheme 3; the exact position...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing a 2015 basic payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Animal Identification Schemes
100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on electronic identification tagging for cattle; his plans to introduce it in the near future; if he will pass on to...
- GLAS Data
101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the roll-out of the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme on commonages; the number of commonage plans that have...
- Agriculture Scheme Data
102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied for the basic payment scheme and for the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, by county and in...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when outstanding payments will be made under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 1; the number of farmers who have...
- Agriculture Scheme Data
104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied for the areas of natural constraint scheme and for the basic payment scheme and the number who have...
- Agriculture Schemes
105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will announce details of the hen harrier scheme or the locally-led environment scheme announced recently; when applications...
- Agriculture Scheme Data
106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when approvals will issue to farmers who applied for the national reserve's young farmers top-up and for the Scottish derogation;...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments for 2015 under the rural environment protection scheme, the agri-environment options scheme and the green low-carbon...
- Farmers' Charter of Rights
108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount expended on the farmers' charter of rights to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41926/15]
- Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person in receipt of a single payment will continue to qualify for the payment if the person rents out land for green energy...
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a late application under the basic payment scheme will be accepted from a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the single payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; the reason for the...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
112. 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...
- Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) in County Limerick has been informed of not being entitled to the Scottish derogation grant in 2015,...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single payment will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [41973/15]
- Legislative Measures
115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a timeline for the promised legislation which will allow the Minister of the day to appoint the control committee of Bord na...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
116. 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...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the basic payment scheme and the areas of natural constraints scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department and an agency within his Department followed proper procedures in relation to an issue (details supplied); the...
- Agrifood Sector
119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects agricultural production to increase throughout each sector in the next four years; and if he will make...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which all farm support payments already due in 2015 have been paid to date; the number outstanding for technical or...
- Fisheries Protection
123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which all countries throughout the European Union observe conservation measures to safeguard fishing stocks; the...
- Common Agricultural Policy Reform
124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied that farm families here will continue to benefit from Common Agricultural Policy reform in a...
- Animal Welfare
126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which pig and poultry producers have been able to upgrade their accommodation in line with animal welfare regulations;...
- Food Exports
127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which new markets for beef, lamb, pig meat, and poultry, or products thereof continue to be established; and if he will...
- Beef Industry
129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the strength of the beef herd, with particular reference to the need to ensure the availability of sufficient calf production to meet...
- Ministerial Correspondence
131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will release his response to letter UA(2015)1842458 from the Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development on the...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the areas of natural constraint scheme and the basic payments scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
- Ash Dieback Threat
133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Ash tree disease; the total number of Ash trees destroyed; the action he is taking to eliminate the disease; and if...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when outstanding headage payments for 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Food Production Issues
135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received representations from Irish cheese producers, particularly from the manufacturers of halloumi cheese, regarding the...
- Department of Defence
- Public Sector Pensions
136. To ask the Minister for Defence the arrangements in place to pay Army pensions in December; if the pensions will be paid in mid-December; if he has received submissions from pensioners...
- Defence Forces Properties
137. To ask the Minister for Defence the plans being put in place to use Custume Barracks in Athlone in County Westmeath as a base for overseas training; and if he will make a statement on the...
- EU Meetings
138. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the European Union Ministers for Defence Council following the 13 November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris in France; and if he will make...
- Defence Forces Deployment
139. To ask the Minister for Defence in view of the French Minister for Defence having invoked article 42.7 of the Lisbon Treaty, if Ireland will be deploying troops to assist France without a...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Public Sector Staff Data
141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the service record for a former civil servant (details supplied) can be acquired; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42021/15]
- Garda Compensation
142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána compensation claims that are currently under assessment within her Department, from gardaí either...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 on 8 October 2015, her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Prisoner Releases
145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of premature and early releases from Irish prisons in the past ten years, in tabular form. [41866/15]
- Naturalisation Applications
146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine and expedite an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all requested information...
- Migrant Integration
147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the integration strategy; when it will be finalised and published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41947/15]
- Employment Rights
148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legal advice given regarding Article 27 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities that necessitates a...
- Paramilitary Groups
149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the device planted outside the Widow Scallan's pub on 21 of May 1994 was a viable explosive device; and if she has considered the implications...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Care Education
154. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the entitlement for the second preschool year excludes children born after 30 June 2012; if there are any plans to address this;...
- Departmental Agencies
155. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will list all new State agencies or bodies established under the aegis of his Department since March 2011; and if he will make a...
- Child Care Programmes
156. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the community child care subvention and the free preschool year; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Early Childhood Care Education
157. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs why the extension to the early childhood care and education scheme is not scheduled to commence in January 2016, rather than in September...
- Youth Services Funding
158. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when he will announce the allocations to youth organisations arising from the additional €1.1 million current expenditure announced...
- Youth Services Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of progress since the publication of the value for money review of youth programmes report in December 2014; and if he will make...
- National Youth Work Advisory Committee
161. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when he will appoint a new national youth work advisory committee, following the completion of the term of the previous committee earlier...
- EU Programmes
162. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the European structured dialogue process in the youth field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41955/15]
- Child Protection
163. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the exact date the eighth report in respect of 2014 was submitted by Mr. Geoffrey Shannon, the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection....
- Department of Health
- HSE Funding
164. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the status of an application for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42201/15]
- Hospital Beds Data
165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional acute hospital beds that have become available in 2015; and the full-year cost of providing these. [41857/15]
- Primary Care Centre Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 5 November 2015, if no new primary care centres have been delivered by way of public private partnerships since...
- Medical Qualifications
167. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made to protect the titles of "physiotherapist" and "physical therapist" in one register in relation to the Health Care and Social Care...
- Disability Services Funding
168. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of funding which will be provided in 2016 to the Health Service Executive in County Donegal for disability services; the amount of this...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
170. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 774 of 3 November 2015, where the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland replied showing that 10,597 persons are on waiting...
- Health Services Staff
171. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a number of staff have left services (details supplied) in County Longford due to financial uncertainty by his Department and the Health...
- Medical Card Data
172. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Westmeath and in County Longford who hold full medical cards; the number of these which are discretionary in nature; the number...
- Medical Card Applications
174. 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....
- Hospital Facilities
175. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have a new minor injury unit at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41935/15]
- Cross-Border Health Initiatives
176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will permit payment directly to healthcare providers, as allowed by the 2011/24/EU Healthcare Directive Art 7(4), when it is in the patient's interest to...
- Medical Card Appeals
177. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appeal under the medical card scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41958/15]
- Hospital Procedures
178. To ask the Minister for Health if it is or ever has been the practice of any Irish maternity hospital, especially the National Maternity Hospital on Holles Street in Dublin 2, to record...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
179. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a serious incident that resulted in the death of a person (details supplied) in Celbridge in County Kildare, where an ambulance was sent from...
- Prescription Charges
180. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the €2.50 charge for the acquisition of medicine for those with a medical card. [41963/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
181. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be carried out; if he is aware of delays in this case; and if he will make a statement...
- Suicide Prevention
182. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to set up a suicide prevention authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41967/15]
- Dental Services Expenditure
183. To ask the Minister for Health how the additional funding that has been allocated to dental and orthodontic services for public patients in the Health Service Executive is being dispersed...
- Animal Welfare
184. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering or formulating plans to outlaw animal testing; if he will introduce penalties for animal testing, as has been done recently in New...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will appoint a lung specialist to Kerry General Hospital owing to the increase in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, as this is the fourth most...
- Health Services Staff Data
187. To ask the Minister for Health the number of graduate physiotherapists, occupational therapists, radiographers and speech and language therapists that the Health Service Executive employed...
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
188. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing posts that the Health Service Executive offered to Irish-trained nurses based in the United Kingdom in order to get them home; the number...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
189. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of critical care beds to 579, as recommended in a 2009 report; and the full-year cost of doing so. [42026/15]
- Medical Card Drugs
190. To ask the Minister for Health if Souvenaid (Nutricia Souvenaid) will be added to the list of medication covered under the medical card scheme. [42049/15]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Agencies
191. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will list all new State agencies or bodies established under the aegis of his Department since March 2011; and if he will make a...
- Diplomatic Representation
192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in each Irish Embassy and Consulate General Office as of 31 December 2014 and 18 November 2015; and if he will make a...
- Irish Citizens Imprisoned Abroad
193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 12 November 2015, if he will provide additional details of his discussions with the Filipino...
- Foreign Conflicts
194. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the attack on a hotel in Bamako in Mali on 20 November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42042/15]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Equality Issues
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools status will be given to all students attending a school (details supplied) in County Mayo, given...
- Departmental Agencies
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will list all new State agencies or bodies established under the aegis of her Department since March 2011; and if she will make a...
- Student Grant Scheme Waiting Times
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite a third level grant for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the position regarding a grant for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the changes made to the pupil-teacher ratio for two-teacher, three-teacher and four-teacher schools; the subsequent modifications...
- School Patronage
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding an Educate Together national school for Dublin 6 and 6W; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on the special needs assistant allocations for a school (details supplied) in County Meath. [42006/15]
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on an application for a Student Universal Support Ireland grant; the...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Departmental Agencies
203. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list all new State agencies or bodies established under the aegis of his Department since March 2011; and if he...
- Water Pollution
204. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or any agency under the aegis of his Department have acted on a matter (details supplied) in County Longford, where...
- End of Life Vehicles Certification
205. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the regulatory status of ELVES limited, the compliance scheme and national collection network for end...
- Homeless Persons Data
206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the information he has received regarding the number of homeless persons (details supplied) allocated...
- Homeless Persons Supports
207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of funding of homeless agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41983/15]
- Homeless Persons Data
208. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff within his Department who are responsible for dealing with homelessness; the role they carry out and...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
209. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the new round of Leader funding will be allocated to local action groups; and if he will make a statement on the...
- NAMA Portfolio
210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has issued a communication to the National Asset Management Agency regarding its portfolio, and the requirement that...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Agencies
211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list all new State agencies or bodies established under the aegis of his Department since March 2011; and if...
- Better Energy Homes Scheme Data
212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of homes in Counties Westmeath and Longford that have benefitted from the better energy warming homes scheme...
- Broadband Service Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if funding is forthcoming from the European Union or if any other investment is being made in the delivery of broadband...
- Energy Regulation
214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an address (details supplied) in County Galway can connect to the national grid through the provision of solar energy...
- Energy Resources
215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will address concerns raised about the possible sale in 2016 of the Whitegate Oil Refinery in County Cork as a...
- Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Eligibility
216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the supports that are available to a public building located beside a river to harness that river to assist in its power...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Traffic Management
217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the emergency response provisions that will be put in place to avoid lengthy delays for road users as a result of serious road accidents,...
- Road Traffic Legislation
218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consult with Transport Infrastructure Ireland on plans to review the speed limits on national roads in the environs of Galway...
- Public Transport
219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for information relating to the tendering process and construction of bus shelters in County Tipperary; the section in his Department...
- Rail Services
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of annual subvention to Iarnród Éireann for each of the past five years. [41962/15]
- Sports Funding
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to the Gaelic Players Association in the years from 1999 to 2015 in tabular form; if he is satisfied with...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Agencies
222. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will list all new State agencies or bodies established under the aegis of her Department since March 2011; and if she will...
- National Concert Hall
223. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider supporting a performance of "Shackleton's Endurance" in the National Concert Hall during 2016 to mark the...
- Departmental Funding
224. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that is available to a music festival (details supplied) in County Cork; if increased funding is available; and if she...
