Written answers

Tuesday, 1 December 2015

  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views regarding anti-social behaviour, such as drug taking and knife crime, in Dublin city centre; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Operations
      57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in Gurranbraher and Mayfield in the Cork city Garda...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reviews of cases which have been completed by the independent review mechanism; the likely time frame for completion of the reviews...
    • Garda Operations
      62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in Limerick city under Operation Thor; and if she will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why the Judicial Council Bill and the issue of the reform to judicial appointments have not been progressed through the Houses of the Oireachtas...
    • Garda Operations
      64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in County Galway under Operation Thor; and if she will make a...
    • Legislative Programme
      65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality given the controversy surrounding advice given to the Minister for Finance relating to the Commission of Investigation into Certain Irish Bank...
    • Garda Deployment
      66. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each station in County Wexford on 1 November 2010 and on 1...
    • Traveller Community
      69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she will take to tackle the discrimination faced by members of the Traveller community; if she will support the establishment of a...
    • Garda Deployment
      70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Henry Street and Roxboro districts on 1 November 2010 and on 1 November 2015; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Garda Recruitment
      71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of new gardaí since the resumption of recruitment, by county; and her views on the current status of the community Garda role...
    • Garda Deployment
      72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the need for additional Garda Síochána resources in communities (details supplied) in County Meath; if she will request a report from...
    • Crime Prevention
      73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she will take to prevent assaults on vulnerable older persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42398/15]
    • Garda Deployment
      74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each station in County Westmeath, County Longford, County...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive communication from the review panel of barristers regarding a case; and if she will make a statement...
    • Garda Inspectorate Reports
      76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that the issues highlighted in the Garda Síochána Inspectorate report, particularly relating to the...
    • Garda Operations
      77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in County Louth under Operation Thor; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Confidential Recipient
      78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she believes that the present arrangements for investigations into Garda Síochána whistleblowing allegations are sufficiently robust,...
    • Garda Deployment
      79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each station in County Clare on 1 November 2010 and on 1 November...
    • Traveller Community
      80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the establishment of a Traveller agency to address issues of equality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42431/15]
    • Garda Reserve
      81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána reserves; the number in County Kildare; their role in the community; if they should be more proactive in...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the Garda Síochána to introduce a public order unit for Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42400/15]
    • Garda Deployment
      83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place to relieve gardaí of administrative duties and to allow them to concentrate their efforts on crime prevention; her...
    • Asylum Applications
      84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of the working group's recommendation to prioritise applicants for asylum who are waiting for a decision for five...
    • Garda Deployment
      85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each station in County Cavan and in County Monaghan on 1 November...
    • International Terrorism
      88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the analysis she has carried out regarding potential security threats posed by Ireland's facilitation of the US military at Shannon in County...
    • Garda Operations
      89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in north and west Cork under Operation Thor; and if she will...
    • International Terrorism
      90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the emergency meeting of EU Justice and Interior Ministers in Brussels in Belgium on 20 November 2015 which discussed the...
    • Prison Accommodation Standards
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the practice of doubling and trebling the number of prisoners in prison cells is draconian; if there should be one prison bed per prison cell,...
    • Garda Deployment
      92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each station in the Limerick Garda Síochána division on...
    • Asylum Applications
      93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from outside the European Economic Area who were refused asylum, work or study visa or residence applications by the United...
    • Garda Operations
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in County Cavan and County Monaghan under Operation Thor; and...
    • Garda Deployment
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each station in the Gurranbraher and Mayfield Cork city Garda...
    • Crime Prevention
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she, independently or in conjunction with other Departments or agencies, administers supports such as information, advice or grant assistance...
    • Garda Operations
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in County Mayo under Operation Thor; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a plan to increase the number of gardaí on the beat in all areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42284/15]
    • Legislative Measures
      100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when legislation reducing bankruptcy terms from three years to one year will be introduced to Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a...
    • International Terrorism
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her assessment of the threat of a terrorist attack taking place here, similar to the attack in Paris in France; and if she will make a statement...
    • Garda Station Closures
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the decision to close 139 Garda Síochána stations in recent years, given that the savings are only around...
    • Garda Deployment
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and Garda Síochána stations in the Kilkenny district division on 1 November 2010 and on 1 November 2015; and...
    • Direct Provision Expenditure
      105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amounts paid to the companies contracted to run each State-owned direct provision centre, from the inception of the system to present, by...
    • Garda Deployment
      106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each station in County Galway on 1 November 2010 and on 1...
    • Traveller Community
      107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Government intends to make a statement recognising the ethnicity of the Traveller community as recommended by the Oireachtas Committee...
    • Garda Deployment
      108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each station in County Kildare on 1 November 2010 and on 1...
    • Garda Operations
      109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in the Togher district in the Cork city Garda...
    • Traveller Community
      110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on establishing a Traveller agency to drive urgent improvements in Traveller accommodation and to implement existing Traveller health,...
    • Garda Deployment
      111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each station in the north and west Cork Garda Síochána...
    • Garda Operations
      112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in County Longford and in County Westmeath under Operation...
    • International Terrorism
      113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an assessment of Ireland's exposure to terrorist activities; the extent to which the national security agencies co-operate...
    • Garda Operations
      114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in the Thomastown district under Operation Thor; and if she...
    • Crime Data
      115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the number of reported incidents of the various categories of crime has fluctuated and the extent to which the strength of An...
    • Proposed Legislation
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why the Mediation Bill has not progressed through the houses of the Oireachtas over the past three years. [42457/15]
    • Garda Operations
      117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in County Laois and in County Offaly under Operation Thor;...
    • Immigration Controls
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she is putting he place to analyse, assess and prevent the entry into this State of members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria;...
    • Garda Operations
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in County Kildare under Operation Thor; and if she will make...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Census of Population Data
      120. To ask the Taoiseach the number of applicants over 70 years of age who applied for the position of field supervisor for census 2016; the number who were employed; and if he will make a...
    • Dáil Reform
      121. To ask the Taoiseach the Dáil reform that has been achieved since this Government took office in 2011 and his future plans for Dáil reform; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Unemployment Data
      122. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons under the age of 24 who were unemployed and on the live register, who were in employment, who were on activation schemes and who were in tertiary...
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      124. To ask the Taoiseach the number of legal cases currently ongoing against his Department including State agencies under his aegis; the number of cases that took place during the years 2011 to...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      125. To ask the Taoiseach the number of employees under his remit who are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; the number of these who are receiving incremental salary payments;...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an appeal under the carer's allowance scheme will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments
      129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 204 of 9 December 2014 and 185 of 14 July 2015 (details supplied), the status of the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      130. 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 Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and...
    • Back to Work Allowance Eligibility
      132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a grant or lump sum funding is available to assist persons setting up in self-employment under the back to work enterprise...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      133. 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 Mayo; if it will be expedited; and...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when payment of a disability allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why children (details supplied) under 16 years of age who have high dependency and medical issues, many of whom live in rural...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a fuel allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a decision will be made on an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 190 and 195 of 20 October 2015, if she will clarify that, as the JobBridge intern is not...
    • Water Conservation Grant Administration
      139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a letter to claim the water conservation grant was not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; if it will be...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the eligibility of participants on community employment schemes who are over 55 years of age; her plans to overturn...
    • Respite Care Grant Payments
      141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a respite care grant by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when a decision will be made;...
    • Respite Care Grant Applications
      142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a respite care grant by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when a decision will be made...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the average time it takes to hear and decide a social protection appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42564/15]
    • Back to Work Allowance Application Numbers
      145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications in 2015 to date under the back to work allowance scheme; the maximum, minimum and average time it takes...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person in respect of whom an adult dependent allowance is paid cannot access assistance to re-train, upskill or educate for...
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in relation to her Department's Estimates for 2008, if a sum of €3.75 million was accrued under provision of a review of...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she granted relativity with Civil Service grades to community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors; the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why an application for renewal and extension of a community employment scheme at a place of work was rejected for a person...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; when a decision...
    • Community Services Programme
      153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a recently submitted application for funding by a community and enterprise centre (details supplied) in County Donegal, which...
    • Social Welfare Code
      154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the provision of an adequate social protection safety net for self-employed persons whose businesses fail or for...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a carer's allowance was not approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [42626/15]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if there is a need to provide a permanent accessible Money Advice and Budgeting Service office in Athy in County Kildare; and if...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who has appealed a refusal of an application for a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42671/15]
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who was awarded a disability allowance from 2 July 2014;...
    • Free Travel Scheme Data
      161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount of money paid to each private bus operator for the operation of the free travel scheme, by route, in 2014. [42700/15]
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the community employment schemes; if there are changes in the policy relating to these schemes; and if she will make...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      164. 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 Mayo; if it will be expedited. [42726/15]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Longford to ensure the person is granted a carer's...
    • Departmental Contracts
      167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the remit and purpose of the study she commissioned the London-based Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion to carry out in...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an appeal under the carer's allowance scheme from a person (details supplied), given that all medical evidence...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [42806/15]
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in re-awarding a fuel allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [42817/15]
    • Social Insurance
      176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 6 October 2015, the status of her negotiations with the Social Welfare Branch...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a review of a domiciliary allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny regarding that person's special circumstances. [42923/15]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the steps she takes when evidence is brought to her Department that a tenant collects rent supplement fraudulently and fails to...
    • Public Services Card
      182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the legislation that was enacted to introduce the public services card; if a radio frequency identification microchip is embedded...
    • Adult Education
      183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to examine the need for the provision of a comprehensive programme for jobseekers who require upskilling in numeracy and literacy...
    • Departmental Programmes
      184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of participants in activation programmes who because of their participation are not included on the live register, by...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal under the disability allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a review of a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [43016/15]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of legal cases currently ongoing against her Department, including State agencies under her aegis; the number of cases...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of employees under her remit who are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; the number of these who are...
  • Department of Finance
    • VAT Rate Application
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance why the Revenue Commissioners do not consider the seaweed bath business to be entitled to the 9% value added tax rate, which was introduced specifically for...
    • Tax Code
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax arrangements that apply in the scenario outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42349/15]
    • Tax Collection
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the approach and steps taken by the Revenue Commissioners in pursuing a person for outstanding taxes where the person's business has failed and the person...
    • Tax Code
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance for clarification on recent changes in budget 2016 on entrepreneurs' retirement relief (details supplied). [42494/15]
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cash transfers made by Allied Irish Banks to the Exchequer in redemption of preference shares, bail-out funds and other Exchequer funding that...
    • Mortgage Lending
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance when he or the Central Bank of Ireland will review the current lending restrictions on mortgage lending and, in the context of such a review, if he will...
    • State Banking Sector
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance the levies paid by the banks to the State, following the bank guarantee and recapitalisation, and the funds recouped by the State from these banks through the...
    • Property Tax Application
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the local property tax in respect of those on social protection assistance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Property Tax Assessments
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there has been an increase in charges of property tax for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the Finance Bill 2015 to bring tax justice to public servants, especially those who have an occupational pension (details supplied); and if...
    • Tax Collection
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons with incomes above €500,000 in the past tax year for which figures are available; the average effective tax rate that applied to...
    • Universal Social Charge Yield
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected revenue from the Universal Social Charge for 2015 and for 2016 [42826/15]
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 24 November 2015, the amount of corporation tax paid in 2014 by the bands identified; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Collection
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is no longer the policy of the Revenue Commissioners to receive or issue payments in respect of tax liabilities or refunds arising thereto by way of...
    • Property Tax Rate
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recent reports that he is considering major increases in the household property tax over the lifetime of the next Dáil, and that such...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the Central Bank of Ireland's report in July 2015; if the report confirms the fears of standard variable...
    • Alcohol Sales
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reports that online retailers of alcohol from outside of Ireland are offering lower prices, allegedly without paying the correct excise and value...
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason fortnightly-paid workers who have a 27th payment date for the universal social charge in 2015 are being charged at a higher rate without the...
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of legal cases currently ongoing against his Department, including State agencies under his aegis; the number of cases that took place during the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Political Reform
      214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his future plans for political reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42352/15]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of an area (details supplied) in County Mayo in respect of the Office of Public Works' recently published draft flood hazard...
    • Public Sector Pay
      216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all State employees are paid at or above the minimum living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42379/15]
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of legal cases against his Department and State agencies under his aegis, that took place during the years 2011 to 2014, and...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of his meetings with Kerry County Council on the matter of flood defence work at a location (details supplied) in County...
    • Heritage Sites
      222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when competition for permits (details supplied) will be launched; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a statutory maximum period during which a valuation review of commercial properties must be undertaken by the Commissioner...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding State procurement policy regarding office supplies and stationery provision; and if...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure
      225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the savings that have been made by changes to the State's procurement policy; if such calculations recognise and factor in that small...
    • Public Sector Pay
      226. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on overpayments and problems of data protection in the PeoplePoint human resource system; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding public service spouses' and children’s schemes that provide insurance...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rate of erosion from flooding for 2015; the body responsible for flood defences at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a flood defence project (details supplied) in County Clare; the remaining elements of the project which have to be...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of employees under his remit who are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; the number of these who are...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • IDA Supports
      231. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation why the Industrial Development Agency Ireland's mid-west office logo and tag line at the end of its e-mails promote investment in...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      233. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of North-South co-operation between Enterprise Ireland and the Industrial Development Agency Ireland and their Northern...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      234. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the city status of a location; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Industrial Development
      235. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 29 September 2015, the details of any further developments relating to investment in the...
    • State Properties
      236. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent on lease private security, pest control and other services relating to the maintenance of Carrisbrook House at 122...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      237. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the aspects of the north-west and north-east regional action plan that will target the chronic lack of investment in County Donegal,...
    • Work Permit Application Numbers
      238. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new work permits and the number of existing permits that have been approved and that have been renewed for the meat...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      239. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding situation at Enterprise Ireland; its cash reserves; the commitments that have been entered into in terms of its routine...
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      240. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of legal cases currently ongoing against his Department, including State agencies under his aegis; the number of cases that...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      241. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of employees under his remit who are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; the number of these who are...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine which Ministers were responsible for animal welfare matters prior to the commencement of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013,...
    • Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta
      243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoin scéim buníocaíochta agus faoi scéim na limistéar...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will provide the funding to complete the breakwater at Greencastle in County Donegal; and if he will support the plans to...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the basic payment scheme, the areas of natural constraint scheme and the agri-environment options scheme will...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payments following a successful appeal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when further single payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals
      248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a refusal of an application under the rural environment protection scheme for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Dairy Sector
      249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the deadline for compliance with Bord Bia regulations for dairy farmers. [42357/15]
    • Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta
      250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a eiseofar íocaíocht d'fheirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (Sonraí leis seo) faoi scéim na...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme and the single payment scheme to a person (details...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      252. 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 Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta
      253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi scéim na limistéar srianta nádúrtha agus faoin scéim...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the basic payment scheme and the areas of natural constraint scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
      255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2015 areas of natural constraint scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2015 areas of natural constraint scheme and the basic payment scheme to a person (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue a final reply (details supplied) to correspondence sent to his office; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • GLAS Applications
      260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the number of farmers in hen harrier special protection areas; and the number of these who have entered the green...
    • Special Protection Areas Designation
      261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set down the number of hectares in hen harrier special protection areas that are commonage land and the number under...
    • Fisheries Protection
      262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the penalties in place for super trawlers that switch off the automatic identification system such that they are not...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2015 area of natural constraints scheme and basic payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the personal circumstances surrounding the late registration of calves by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue under the 2015 area of natural constraints scheme, the basic payment scheme and the young farmer and...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ash Dieback Threat
      267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of ash tree disease given that nurseries are awaiting replies from his Department. [42556/15]
    • GLAS Applications
      268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision on an application under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry...
    • GLAS Appeals
      269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision on an application under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how he determines that amounts claimed by a participant in the agri-environment options scheme for non-productive capital costs...
    • Beef Data Programme
      271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive payment under the beef genomics scheme for 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions
      272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the number of on-site farm visits carried out in respect of the 400 farmers involved in the non-productive capital...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [42616/15]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged areas payment 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Fisheries Protection
      275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will put an observer on any vessel fishing in the exclusive economic zone, under the Law of the Sea to which Ireland is a...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the urgent need for dredging Howth Harbour in County Dublin; when dredging will commence; the estimated cost of...
    • Ash Dieback Threat
      277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the reason for the delay in responding to the concerns of a person (details supplied); and if he will issue a reply. [42662/15]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the reason for the delay in issuing payment under the agri-environment options scheme to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2015 basic payment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the...
    • Harbours and Piers Maintenance
      280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a clear direction to the local authority with regards to the replacement or maintenance of an existing winch which...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 13 October 2015, when payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme will issue to a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a reply promised in a reply to a parliamentary question of 6 October 2015 (details supplied) will issue, given his response that...
    • TAMS Eligibility
      283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial assistance available to protect farm buildings prone to flooding, particularly within the Shannon Callows; and if he...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for the transfer of entitlements will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Equine Industry
      285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why the rigorous inspections of the Irish draught horse breed have been suspended, given the importance of the breed; and if he will...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why category B for force majeure did not apply to the allocation of entitlements for an application under the 2015 basic payment...
    • Animal Welfare Expenditure
      288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 19 May 2015 on an issue (details supplied) where he confirmed that these organisations...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when persons (details supplied) in County Cork will receive the next payment under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he...
    • Beef Industry
      290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reconvene the beef forum, given recent developments in the beef market and given that some factories are reverting to...
    • Agriculture Scheme Penalties
      291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why penalties were applied on payments that were issued to a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the 2015 basic payment...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the agriculture reserve fund taken out of farmers' direct payments; the amount of funds to be reimbursed to farmers;...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 386 of 6 October 2015, if he will include the refurbishment and retrofitting of existing farm...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers awaiting first instalments under the basic payment scheme and the areas of natural constraint scheme; the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the single payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing payment under the basic payment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if...
    • Fisheries Protection
      298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if whales and dolphins in Ireland's 200 nautical-mile exclusive economic zone are adequately protected under the European Union...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be expedited; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of legal cases currently ongoing against his Department and State agencies under his aegis; the number of cases that took...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of employees under his remit who are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; the number of these who are...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      303. To ask the Minister for Defence the reason for the delay in obtaining security clearance for applicants to the 27th infantry battalion reserve (details supplied); if the delay is caused by...
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      304. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of legal cases currently ongoing against his Department including State agencies under his aegis; the number of cases that took place during the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      305. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of employees under his remit who are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; the number of these who are receiving incremental salary...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • International Agreements
      306. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the new visa deal between the European Union and Turkey; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37148/15]
    • International Terrorism
      307. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the need for better security, co-operation and sharing of intelligence across the European Union; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schengen Agreement
      309. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Schengan agreement; if members of the European Union Council want it dismantled; if it is under threat, given the atrocities in...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      310. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she is taking to ensure that extreme right-wing views on immigrants from Syria and other countries being branded as terrorists are...
    • Garda Operations
      311. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any embassies made requests to An Garda Síochána for additional security over recent times; and if those requests were adhered to....
    • Garda Compensation
      312. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána compensation claims that are under assessment within her Department, from gardaí either previously or...
    • Visa Applications
      315. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 has been refused access to the third-level graduate scheme despite having a 12-month work experience...
    • Taxi Regulations
      316. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans regarding illegal taxis (details supplied) operating in towns. [42453/15]
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      317. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which support services exist to rehabilitate, educate and upskill first-time juvenile offenders, with specific reference to the...
    • Legislative Process
      318. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015 will come into effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42464/15]
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      319. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision on a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny regarding a deportation order will be revoked; and if she will make a statement...
    • Garda Remuneration
      320. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a pay increase for members of An Garda Síochána (details supplied) due in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • International Terrorism
      321. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the consultations she has had with the Department of Defence regarding the potential threats to domestic security that could be posed in the...
    • Data Protection
      322. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the outcome of discussions at the Justice and Home Affairs Council of the European Council on 20 November 2015, with regard to the retention of...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      323. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42627/15]
    • Independent Review Mechanism
      324. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Number 598 of 3 November 2015 her views on correspondence in relation to same; and if she will make a statement...
    • Residency Permits
      325. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a request for permission to remain by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she has received documentation concerning...
    • Garda Equipment
      326. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will increase the number of mountain bicycles allocated to the Garda Síochána R district; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Drugs Crime
      327. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of a new strain of the drug cannabis that makes persons more violent; the current strategies used to combat drug-related crimes...
    • Proposed Legislation
      328. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of legislation for the recognition of Irish Sign Language. [42731/15]
    • Garda Deployment
      329. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current allocation of gardaí for the area covered by Cabra Garda Síochána station; if she will address the need for additional...
    • Stardust Fire
      330. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why the associated researchers of the Stardust tragedy have not been given recognition in the Stardust submission; when the final submission will...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      331. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are ongoing negotiations to house refugees with the owners of a property (details supplied) in County Kildare. [42767/15]
    • Residency Permits
      333. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine an application for temporary and limited leave to remain in the State by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry given...
    • Wards of Court
      334. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has any plans to prepare draft legislation to put in place procedures that would facilitate the Comptroller and Auditor General in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      335. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Coroner's Bill; when it will be progressed through the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Drugs Seizures
      336. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Question No. 114 of 7 October 2015 regarding the number of drug seizures by An Garda Síochána in the R district in 2014 and...
    • Garda Operations
      337. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests made by An Garda Síochána in each Dublin station under Operation Thor since its start date, in tabular form, and...
    • Garda Investigations
      338. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Questions Nos. 192 and 193 of 17 April 2014, the status of her request to An Garda Síochána for a report on the status of...
    • Garda Stations
      339. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the development of Gorey Garda Síochána station in County Wexford and for making it more accessible for those with...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      340. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a copy of a statement given to An Garda Síochána by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be made available to that...
    • Garda Resources
      341. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the adequacy of the facilities available to An Garda Síochána to tackle modern crime, with particular...
    • Garda Deployment
      342. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the strength of the emergency response unit, with particular reference to the need to meet the threat of urban crime and...
    • Garda Resources
      343. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that sufficient resources are available to augment the appropriate intelligence unit of An Garda Síochána, having...
    • Garda Strength
      346. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the strength of An Garda Síochána in each of the past ten years to 2015 to date; the extent to which she will be in a position to...
    • Crime Data
      347. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of various categories of crime reported in each Garda Síochána division in each of the past ten years to date; her plans to...
    • Organised Crime
      349. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she expects to be in a position to identify and isolate the membership of criminal gangs, with a view to putting them out of...
    • Drugs Crime
      350. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which drug trafficking continues; if specific provisions can be made to make a serious impact on this life-destroying activity; and...
    • Organised Crime
      351. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the activities of criminal gangs continues to be monitored throughout counties adjacent to County Dublin, such as County...
    • Garda Stations
      352. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of the number of Garda Síochána stations closed over the past number of years, the number of such stations that were open on...
    • Prison Accommodation Provision
      353. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate prison accommodation is available, with particular reference to the needs of various categories of prisoners and the...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      354. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if provision is in place to grade applicants for rehabilitative training and education in order to ensure the maximum benefit to...
    • Legal Aid
      355. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has any plans to review the regulations governing the provision of free legal aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42922/15]
    • Garda Resources
      356. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the taking away of resources from the local Garda Síochána in Drogheda in County Louth, as stated by the local...
    • Crime Prevention
      357. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the use of security cameras for strategic locations in rural communities that are must-pass areas for criminals targeting...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      358. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of employees under her remit who are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; the number of these who are receiving...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Foreign Adoptions
      359. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of foreign adoptions that have taken place since legislation was introduced in November 2011 in relation to the Hague...
    • Adoption Authority of Ireland
      360. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff members in place in the Adoption Authority of Ireland. [42340/15]
    • Adoption Services
      361. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans that have been put in place in relation to the winding down of Arc Adoption; and the number of foreign adoptions that took place...
    • Adoption Legislation
      362. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to review the Irish interpretation of the Hague Convention, given that other European signatories to it are still able to adopt...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      363. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to facilitate the adoption of orphans from Syria as part of the Government's participation in the European Union's refugee...
    • Residential Care Services Funding
      364. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount paid to each individual service provider of private residential services; the subhead for each payment, for example, capital...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      365. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the need to have a career path for those who take degrees in early childhood education and to have proper pay and conditions...
    • Child Protection
      366. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans for Christmas festivities for the 1,500-plus children living in hotel rooms and guesthouses; if he has directed officials to...
    • Child Care Costs
      367. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 22 October 2015, for details of the sources or the review of studies he undertook to make the...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      368. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on correspondence regarding the early childhood care and education scheme and the revision to this scheme in budget 2016 (details...
    • Family Resource Centres
      369. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on proposals from the family resource centres, FRCs, that funding for the family resource programme is ring-fenced within the...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      370. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when 24-hour social work services will come into effect; how the service will work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42706/15]
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      371. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide capital funding to enable early childhood education and care settings to expand, in keeping with the announcements made...
    • Child Care Costs
      372. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick is exempt from paying child care costs under the child care employment and training...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      373. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will commit to re-establishing child contact centres to facilitate safe and supervised accessed visits between children and...
    • School Completion Programme
      374. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress of the school completion programme; if he will implement the changes recommended by the Economic and Social Research Institute...
    • Adoption Services Provision
      375. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the safeguards in place to protect the deposits paid by clients to adoption agencies, such as the Arc Adoption agency; if these safeguards...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      377. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to revert to this Deputy on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43027/15]
    • Child Care Services Data
      378. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to revert to this Deputy on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43028/15]
    • Preschool Services
      379. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to revert to this Deputy on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43029/15]
    • Child Care Services Funding
      380. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to revert to this Deputy on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43030/15]
    • Preschool Services
      381. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to revert to this Deputy on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43031/15]
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      382. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of legal cases currently ongoing against his Department including State agencies under his aegis; the number of cases that took...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      383. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of employees under his remit who are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; the number of these who are receiving...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Funding
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the funds allocated to the Travel2Care scheme for 2016. [42305/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      385. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the long waiting lists for patients with diabetes type 1 to see a consultant in Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal. [42307/15]
    • Hospital Transfers
      386. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the policy of transferring children who have cancer from Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin in Dublin 12 to St. James's Hospital in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      387. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be performed; if he is aware of delays in this case; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      388. To ask the Minister for Health if it is acceptable for a Teachta Dála to repeatedly request a meeting with the national ambulance service to discuss matters of concern within that...
    • Hospital Facilities
      389. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of reports of issues with some windows in the new medical block at Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if the national ambulance service has a policy of leaving deceased persons at the location of their death; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Groups
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if the name change from Letterkenny General Hospital to Letterkenny University Hospital means that the hospital has the same status as all other hospitals in...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols that are in place between his Department, the Health Service Executive and An Bord Altranais when An Bord Altranais is hearing a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's policy regarding paying the transport costs of a person with a disability who is attending adult day services with various...
    • Health Services
      394. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for the Health Service Executive to address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      395. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the long-term illness scheme to asthma patients, given that this is a life-long illness which requires daily medical treatment along the...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed primary care centre for Celbridge in County Kildare; when it will be open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      397. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an appointment for surgery. [42371/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be expedited. [42440/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42448/15]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      402. To ask the Minister for Health where an applicant has a joint bank account with a niece or nephew, if the full balance or half the balance will be taken into account in the assessment of...
    • Audiology Services Provision
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time in counties Wicklow, Carlow and Kildare for an appointment with community adult audiology services; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      404. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a programme of immunisation against meningitis, given the statistics that one in ten persons will die from it and one in three survivors...
    • Hospitals Funding
      405. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report to Dáil Éireann on proposed activity-based funding of hospitals in 2016; how he estimates the new system will impact on his overall...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      406. To ask the Minister for Health if income conditions to obtain a medical card need to be reviewed, given concerns by citizens that the rate of interest applied to savings during income...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application under the fair deal scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the availability of suitable accommodation in the Cork...
    • Health Services Charges
      408. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of an extra cost of €2 patients attending the Inchicore health clinic have to pay for their blood samples to be sent to St. James's...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      409. 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. [42520/15]
    • Prescription Charges
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a married couple (details supplied) in County Kildare only pay €25 for their joint prescriptions charges each month. [42522/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42526/15]
    • Hospital Services
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the number and details for each occasion Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth, had to avail of protected call during the past four years;...
    • Departmental Funding
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to Grow, the world community mental health movement in Ireland so that it can continue supporting persons suffering from mental...
    • Health Care Professionals
      415. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to protect the status of the titles of physiotherapist and physical therapist; the consequences of protecting the title of physical therapist; and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times and the number of adults and children waiting in each level four, three and two hospital for computerised axial tomography, CAT, scans,...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      417. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the 2014 national adult waiting list initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42601/15]
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      419. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a dental appointment; the reason for the delay; the waiting time for children in Counties Cavan and...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      420. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied ) in County Kildare will receive an appointment for an eye test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42609/15]
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      421. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a primary health care centre (details supplied) in County Dublin; if a site has been identified; its location; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff
      422. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a national transfer panel for physiotherapists within the Health Service Executive; the status of the review on transfer methods for all...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Laois. [42614/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for orthopaedic surgery to treat scoliosis curves and the number of such surgeries carried out in Galway University...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      427. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding to South Dublin County Council in 2016 to continue the important work of the estate management project in Fettercairn estate and...
    • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
      428. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a full-time consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42655/15]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the number of economists generally employed by his Department; and within that, the number of health economists employed. [42656/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo who is waiting more than two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42666/15]
    • Home Care Packages
      432. To ask the Minister for Health why a care worker to provide morning care at appropriate times to a person (details supplied), as indicated by a care assessment, (details supplied) in County...
    • Vaccination Programme
      433. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who requires financial assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42708/15]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a review under the medical card scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement...
    • General Practitioner Services
      436. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the efforts being made to maintain services at Bansha Medical Centre in County Tipperary; if he will instigate greater efforts to retain...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new nursing staff recruited, the number of nursing staff who left, the total number of nursing staff, and the net increase or decrease in the...
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      438. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend nationwide the programme set up with the Irish Blood Transfusion Service that allows persons in Cork and Dublin to have up to four free...
    • Hospital Charges
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if he will abolish the charges for ongoing treatment as inpatients in hospitals on hemochromatosis sufferers, given that the treatment takes less than 25...
    • Medical Card Applications
      442. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review an application for a discretionary medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Maternity Services
      443. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with persons (details supplied) to discuss a family matter. [42781/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      444. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford, given that this application is with a deciding officer for the past...
    • Meals-on-Wheels Services
      445. To ask the Minister for Health if Crosscare has indicated to the Health Service Executive that it requires another agency to take over the delivery of the meals-on-wheels services in Dublin...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      447. 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...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      448. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be re-instated for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16. [42812/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) to expedite a very urgent appointment in a hospital, given that the urgency of this case...
    • Health Services Staff
      452. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 417 of 29 September 2015, regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and the reply issued by...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      453. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 509 of 10 November 2015, if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath, and if, given...
    • Health Care Professionals
      454. To ask the Minister for Health if he has responded to CORU on the first part in the two-part consultation process, which is required under section 4(2) of the Health and Social Care...
    • Hospital Services
      455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide sufficient funding to facilitate persons with scoliosis who are categorised by their consultants as urgent cases needing immediate surgery;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the inpatient and outpatient waiting list for orthopaedic surgery and procedures at Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal; and the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      458. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been agreed to date to support rural general practitioners; his plans to provide further assistance to protect their viability; the...
    • Health Services Provision
      459. To ask the Minister for Health to provide essential physiotherapy treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42926/15]
    • Hospital Services
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the details of inpatient and outpatient care services provided at Lifford Community Hospital in County Donegal, for each year from 2005 to 2015 to date, in...
    • Disability Services Provision
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for appointments for physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and speech and language therapy in County Cavan and in County Monaghan...
    • Home Help Service Appeals
      466. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on an appeal under the home care package scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be made. [42942/15]
    • Alcohol Advertising
      467. To ask the Minister for Health given the report published by Action Ireland sampling 700 schoolchildren from Dublin, Galway and Cork, and the findings that girls are now more likely to...
    • Vaccination Programme
      468. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to meeting the group Regret to address its members' concerns about their daughters' health in relation to the human papilloma virus vaccine;...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      469. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the BreastCheck cut-off age from 65 to 70 years of age and increase health advertising on its importance, given the ageing population and the...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the short-term plans in place to relieve the overcrowding in accident and emergency departments; if he will reform the nature of these departments, for...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for persons diagnosed with long-term degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's who do not qualify for a medical card; if there are...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      472. To ask the Minister for Health if a waiting time, in many cases in excess of 14 months, is too long for public patients waiting to see a gynaecologist; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      473. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 5 November 2015, why he has not introduced a statutory duty of candour rather than a purely voluntary open...
    • Maternity Services
      476. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase support for neonatal care and, in particular, for the roll-out of a retro-transport service to be run in conjunction with the neonatal...
    • Abortion Legislation
      477. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the letter signed by 838 doctors from 44 countries regarding the decriminalisation of abortion, that Amnesty International published recently...
    • Pharmacy Services
      478. To ask the Minister for Health if a doctor prescribes medication for a patient on a medical card that is available over the counter, does a pharmacist have to charge for that medicine; and...
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      479. To ask the Minister for Health if he will retrospectively refund patients with multiple sclerosis for moneys spent on the drug Fampyra before 1 October 2015. [43018/15]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in implementing each of the 31 recommendations in the 2011 Health Service Executive report, Time to Move on from Congregated...
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of legal cases currently ongoing against his Department, including State agencies under his aegis; the number of cases that took place during the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees under his remit who are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; the number of these who are receiving incremental salary...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights Issues
      484. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) who is imprisoned in Egypt in a manner contrary to the Irish Constitution;...
    • Passport Services
      485. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade about the remedy available to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has legally changed name by way of deed poll, who has...
    • Human Rights Issues
      486. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to make a representation to the Egyptian authorities regarding a person (details supplied) who has been incarcerated without trial...
    • Foreign Policy
      488. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Irish policy on the recognition of independence for Kurdistan; if he has raised the welfare and rights of the Kurdish people...
    • Travel Documents
      489. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will open negotiations with his counterparts in the United States of America to obtain global entry cards to the United States of...
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      491. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of legal cases currently ongoing against his Department, including State agencies under his aegis; the number of cases that took...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      492. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of employees under his remit who are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; the number of these who are receiving...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the pay provided to primary teachers recruited before 2011 in contrast to primary teachers recruited since 2011 in tabular format;...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Eligibility
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will revisit her decision to refuse funding for essential emergency works to a national school (details supplied) in Cork city; the...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if pupils attending a school that does not have delivering equality of opportunity in schools, DEIS, status (details supplied) following an...
    • Schools Establishment
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the schools listed in the summary of new schools to open in 2017 and 2018 list, Appendix 1, are due to be operational in 2017 with the number...
    • School Accommodation
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve the provision of an extension for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and detail the status of the project. [42350/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 will be provided with a place at a school that meets that person's special needs. [42364/15]
    • Schools Data
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of minority faith schools by county, by denomination, by primary or post-primary and by patronage, such as voluntary, comprehensive,...
    • School Patronage
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when decisions will be made on the patronage and site of the new primary school in the Goatstown and Stillorgan area of County Dublin; if she...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for an electronic device for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [42454/15]
    • School Staffing
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will appoint a third teacher to a school (details supplied) in September 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42461/15]
    • School Accommodation
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the health and safety issues in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Educational Psychological Service Administration
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average response times for decisions by the National Educational Psychological Service under reasonable accommodation in the certificate...
    • Education and Training Boards
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will revisit the arrangement in education and training board schools with religious denominations to have a particular class time per week...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the July provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42569/15]
    • School Staffing
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of improvements relating to guidance counselling in secondary schools, as announced in budget 2016; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Supervision and Substitution Scheme
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will cover the cost of first substitution days in secondary schools, as previously, given the financial and staffing impact the current...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will prioritise further pupil-teacher ratio reductions in secondary schools in future budgets; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Equipment
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding and programmes available to secondary schools to upgrade information and communications technology hardware; and if she will make a...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training and support she is putting in place for primary and secondary school teachers who are teaching children who are experiencing...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person qualifies for a special rate student grant if he or she is within the threshold and meets all qualifying conditions but is in...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number ​of outstanding applications under the ​Student Universal Support Ireland scheme that​ remain to be processed...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who are employed by Caranua; if the service is adequately funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42598/15]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the amalgamation of both national schools in Kanturk, County Cork, given that planning permission has been granted; the next steps...
    • SOLAS Administration
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a safe pass for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42634/15]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding teachers' wages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42635/15]
    • Land Swaps
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the land swap papers received from a club (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if the business will be passed to the Chief...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what priority has a new national school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42665/15]
    • Religious Discrimination
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of students not wishing to study religion at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick and related matters. [42667/15]
    • Proposed Legislation
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission observations on the Education (Admission to School) Bill 2015; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is on the list of building projects to proceed to construction between 2016 and 2021; and if she will make a...
    • Adult Education
      527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to adult literacy and basic skills during each year since 2007. [42738/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) that is still pending and if an observation of care is...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary will qualify for delivering equality of opportunity in schools, DEIS, status; and if she will...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of home tuition eligibility (details supplied). [42802/15]
    • School Accommodation
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding for the provision of temporary accommodation in the Presentation College, Athenry, County Galway, in order that the...
    • Psychological Assessments
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the position of a school psychologist will be filled in order to carry out an National Educational Psychological Service assessment for a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      533. 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, given...
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland Administration
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact of the introduction of Quality and Qualifications Ireland fees on community-based education centres; if she has or if she will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      535. 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...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application under the summer works scheme in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be prioritised for funding, given...
    • School Enrolments Data
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the provision of a secondary education school (details supplied) in Duleek, County Meath; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plan and likely timeframe for the amalgamation of two schools (details supplied); the amount provided for the capital works; the details of...
    • Teaching Contracts
      539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many employees in the primary and secondary school system are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; how many of these are...
    • School Accommodation
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the urgent need to proceed with an extension at a school (details provided); that this school has sought permission to...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take steps to have an application for a higher education grant by a person (details supplied) dealt with; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal cases currently ongoing against her Department including State agencies under her aegis; the number of cases that took place...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of employees under her remit who are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; the number of these who are receiving...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Electromagnetic Fields Studies
      544. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on any recent initiatives or studies his Department or its agencies have carried out in conjunction with...
    • Planning Issues
      545. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the consultation his Department has undertaken with Fingleton White, with Dublin City Council and with Fingal County...
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      546. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the taxation and valuation system of commercial properties via commercial rates is sufficiently transparent, given the...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      547. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to exempt pensioners from the water charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42530/15]
    • Motor Tax Collection
      548. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of annual motor tax revenue spent on the administration and transaction costs involved in levying the tax....
    • Library Services Funding
      549. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of funding for a library to be constructed in Kinnegad in County Westmeath. [42561/15]
    • Library Services Staff
      550. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding employment opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
      551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why there is such a delay in an application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 for a home care grant. [42787/15]
    • Leader Programmes Expenditure
      552. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to allocate an additional €40 million over the coming years to enhance the Leader programme, given the...
    • Political Reform
      553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reforms he has achieved since this Government took office in 2011 and his future plans for political reform; and if he...
    • Vacant Site Levy
      554. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a time limit on bringing properties into use (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      555. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of European Union funding from the Leader programme for the periods 2014 to 2020 and for 2008 to 2014, to allow...
    • Housing Issues
      556. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will appoint an independent panel to investigate the issue of mica and defective blocks in County Donegal, as...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      557. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority houses in County Mayo that are vacant for up to six months, six months to 12 months and more...
    • Local Authority Housing
      558. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he is taking regarding vacant buildings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Planning Issues
      559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the regulations governing the construction and maintenance of aviation fuel pipelines; if these are adequate to ensure the...
    • Commercial Rates
      561. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of compensation that will be paid to each local authority as a result of the global rates revaluation, in...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when an application by Clare County Council to sanction the position of community warden will be considered and...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to Mayo County Council for energy efficiency measures in its housing stock between 2011...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      564. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to Mayo County Council for housing construction and acquisition between 2011 and 2014; the...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Data
      565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to Mayo County Council under the housing adaptation grant for people with disabilities...
    • Register of Electors
      568. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department is working to ensure that citizens and families experiencing homelessness will be able to vote in the...
    • Water Charges Arrears
      569. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or any body under his Department's remit is instructing approved housing bodies to actively pursue tenants to pay...
    • Housing Management Companies
      570. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the effectiveness of the existing arrangement of stipulating by planning condition the setting up...
    • Planning Issues
      571. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a review (details supplied) on planning matters has been completed; when it will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Fire Service
      572. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding to Dublin City Council for the purchase of an additional hydraulic platform and turntable...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      573. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on Dublin City Council drawing down funds for Traveller accommodation (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Fire Service
      574. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that firefighters in County Kildare are not available to cut down trees, but that in neighbouring counties...
    • Waste Management
      575. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for waste enforcement in the southern region; how he anticipates enforcement will be carried out; if this will...
    • Rural Enterprise Development Zones
      576. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend the deadlines to the 2015 budget for the rural enterprise development zones, issued to local authorities...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      577. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units completed by approved housing bodies in 2015 to date. [42791/15]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Application Numbers
      581. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new applications approved for social housing in the first six months of 2015. [42798/15]
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      582. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the time frame for laying the statutory instrument on the new tenant purchase scheme, which was signed on 17 November...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration
      584. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his commitment to raise the cap from €220,000 for the mortgage to rent scheme, and if this commitment will come...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      585. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of an ongoing situation (details supplied); the steps he will take to resolve it; and if he will make a...
    • Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas
      586. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress he has made in implementing the recommendations of the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural...
    • Capital Assistance Scheme Funding
      587. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an announcement is imminent regarding the allocation of money for the construction of an on-site communal facility at...
    • Emergency Accommodation Provision
      588. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of all aspects of his planning, including modular housing, to alleviate the number of families in emergency...
    • Departmental Funding
      591. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding available for the refurbishment of buildings recently purchased by a person who intends to use these buildings...
    • Construction Industry Register Ireland
      592. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is required for competent builders, contractors, specialist sub-contractors and tradespersons who undertake to carry...
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      594. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of legal cases currently ongoing against his Department including State agencies under his aegis; the number of...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      595. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of employees under his remit who are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; the number of these...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Hydraulic Fracturing
      596. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the chief medical officer will carry out a health impact assessment into hydraulic fracturing. [42657/15]
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      597. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the penalties Ireland will face if we do not meet our target of 10% of transport energy coming from renewable sources by...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      598. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has plans to invest in improvements to the fixed line broadband network in east County Galway, specifically in the...
    • Prospecting Licences
      599. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 12 November 2015 and given his statement regarding oral agreements in...
    • Hydraulic Fracturing Policy
      602. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to keep Ireland free of hydraulic fracturing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42763/15]
    • Prospecting Licences
      603. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the exploration prospecting licences 3435, 2899, 2900 were issued; the length of these licences; if an option exists...
    • Energy Resources
      608. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to ensure the security of Irish oil and gas supplies and the key role being played by Whitegate...
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      609. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of legal cases currently ongoing against his Department including State agencies under his aegis; the number...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      610. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of employees under his remit who are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; the number of these...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Fáilte Ireland Expenditure
      611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Fáilte Ireland’s spend on the marketing campaign for the Wild Atlantic Way. [42298/15]
    • The Gathering Expenditure
      612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the spend on the recent marketing campaign for the The Gathering. [42299/15]
    • Airport Development Projects
      613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is committed to the current application by the Ireland West Airport Knock for 90% Exchequer funding for the expansion plans...
    • Rail Network
      614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has established the timeframe for the completion of the western rail corridor and its associated cost. [42303/15]
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has established the cost of upgrading the N4 road between Cloonamahon and Castlebaldwin in County Sligo to enhance the Sligo to...
    • Air Safety
      616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the public safety regulations he is implementing regarding the growing usage and...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      617. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 628 of 17 November 2015, the amount spent by the National Sports Campus Development Authority, now...
    • Public Transport Review
      618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he proposes to conduct a review of all public transport services in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon. [42695/15]
    • Rural Transport Programme
      619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow the nomination of elected members of local authorities to sit on the boards of the Local Link companies within their...
    • Transport Management Certificate of Professional Competence
      620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who sat the transport management certificate of professional competence examination for each of the three...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      622. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to a previous parliamentary question (details supplied), if he will address a matter regarding the National Sports Campus...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      623. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a submission for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42859/15]
    • Public Transport Fares
      624. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to ensure parity of bus transportation costs to the consumer (details supplied). [42860/15]
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      625. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposals to provide a substantial increase in the non-national road network grant allocation to Monaghan County Council for 2016; if...
    • Road Safety Strategy
      626. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a national speed limit campaign will take place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42978/15]
    • Road Projects Status
      627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the construction of the north ring road in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43021/15]
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a number of compulsory purchase orders needed to progress the construction of the north ring road in Cork; the estimated cost of...
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      629. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of legal cases currently ongoing against his Department, including State agencies under his aegis; the number of cases that...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      630. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of employees under his remit who are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; the number of these who are receiving...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Noxious Weeds
      631. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of the increasing presence of Japanese knotweed in urban areas, particularly in Dublin; how individual citizens can...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
      632. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42528/15]
    • Fisheries Protection
      633. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht why she has not performed an assessment of the impact of the Asian clam infestation in the River Shannon at Lanesborough in County...
    • Forestry Sector
      634. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she will take to save the oak woodlands (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • National Monuments
      635. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht why no public consultation took place on the plans to erect a statue to polar explorer Ernest Shackleton in Athy in County Kildare....
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Remit
      636. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional benches will be provided at various locations (details supplied) in Killarney National Park in County Kerry so that...
    • National Monuments
      637. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of the representations from the Committee for the Commemoration of Irish Famine Victims to have a memorial stone...
    • Scéimeanna Teanga
      638. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén fáth nach bhfuil scéim teanga i bhfeidhm ach ag 115 chomhlacht phoiblí as 400. [42819/15]
    • National Raised Bog Management Plan Publication
      641. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funds available for restoration work in raised bogs; the location of the bogs; the programme of work; when the work will...
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      642. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of legal cases currently ongoing against her Department including State agencies under her aegis; the number of cases that...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      643. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of employees under her remit who are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; the number of these who are...

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