Written answers

Wednesday, 2 December 2015

  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Youth Services Funding
      9. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has adequate resources for the provision of youth support services; the extent to which he continues to receive submissions from bodies...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      10. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs how the €85 million in funding for child care will improve affordability and accessibility to early childhood care; if there is a...
    • National Educational Welfare Board Remit
      11. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he will take to expand the role of the National Educational Welfare Board by liaising with other Departments; and if he will make...
    • Child Abuse Reports
      12. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs why a number of recommendations made in the Ryan report have yet to be implemented; if the increased budget for Tusla - Child and Family...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures he will put in place for the smooth and prompt implementation of the extension of the early childhood care and education scheme...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges
      14. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has met with Respond Housing Association regarding the closure of a refuge centre (details supplied) in Dublin 24 on 12 December 2015....
    • Child Detention Centres
      15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the findings published on 22 October 2015 by the Health Information and Quality Authority following an unannounced inspection...
    • Child Protection Services
      16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans in place to provide care and protection to incoming refugee children from war torn areas, as agreed under the European Union...
    • Youth Services Funding
      17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide Kerry Diocesan Youth Service with the necessary funding to further develop its comprehensive work programme for 2016 and...
    • Child Protection Services
      18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he continues to be in a position to identify the extent of children at risk, with particular reference to early...
    • Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund
      19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will re-introduce funding for the young people's facilities and services fund; his views on the substantial benefits this will have...
    • Child Care Law Reporting Project
      20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs given the publication of the Child Care Law Reporting Project, his views on the need to extend this worthwhile project; and if he will make...
    • National Play and Recreation Policies
      21. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the national play and recreation policy; if this policy is being amended to provide for play and recreation space and time for...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges
      22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 21 October 2015, if he has met with the Respond Housing Association to discuss and resolve the...
    • Family Resource Centres
      23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is satisfied that Tusla - Child and Family Agency has support resources to adequately fund and manage its remit regarding family...
    • Ministerial Dialogue
      24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has had discussions with the Department of the Taoiseach or with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding the welfare of...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of proposals to assist parents with after-school child-minding services in public schools; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child Protection
      26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he and Tusla - Child and Family Agency are taking to ensure that adequate child protection and welfare measures are in place in...
    • Child Poverty
      27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his assessment of child poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42511/15]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has had met with youth groups such as Future Voices Ireland, Soar Foundation, Youth Work Ireland, SpunOut.ie, Young Social Innovators...
    • Early Childhood Care Education Standards
      29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress achieved in enhancing the training and up-skilling opportunities for persons working in the early education and child care...
    • Child Care Services Inspections
      31. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of progress that Tusla - Child and Family Agency is making in the registration and inspection of early years services under the...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding to be allocated to County Donegal and the number of children to benefit from the recently announced new programme...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges
      33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 21 October 2015, his progress in resolving the issue of funding of Cuan Álainn women's...
    • Children in Care
      34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions he is taking in response to the most recent Health Information and Quality Authority inspection report which highlights the lack...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges
      35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a refuge centre (details supplied) in Dublin 24 that has housed 71 women and 96 children fleeing domestic violence since 2012;...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to a Topical Issue debate (details supplied) on 12 November 2015, for an update on his efforts to provide equal access to pre-school...
    • Domestic Violence
      37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will make prioritise the restoration of funding that was cut to domestic abuse and violence services, given the increase in Tusla -...
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      38. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when he will publish revised child care regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42649/15]
    • Direct Provision System
      39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is satisfied with the role he and Túsla - Child and Family Agency have played in the welfare of children in direct provision and...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has sufficient social protection contributions to qualify for a disability benefit or an invalidity...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when arrears of a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under the disability allowance scheme. [43055/15]
    • Social Welfare Code
      43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why illness benefit and family income supplement are not included in the 2015 Christmas bonus scheme. [43056/15]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the qualifying criteria for the part-time job incentive scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43058/15]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      45. 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...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review cases where maintenance orders have been awarded by the courts and where these orders were not complied with; if...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimate and actual expenditure on the wage subsidy scheme, the workplace equipment and adaptation grant, the employee...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are availing of the internship programme in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43109/15]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if persons who were previously on a jobseeker's allowance and who were moved onto a supplementary welfare payment due to illness,...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive arrears of a Disability Allowance; the reason for the delay; and if...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments
      52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for arrears under the domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a review of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement...
    • Back to Education Allowance Applications
      55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review an application for the back to education allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick, given new...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding arrears of payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43197/15]
  • Department of Finance
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance the rules, regulations and protocols applying to senior executives in State or semi-State companies relating to receiving and declaring benefits-in-kind,...
    • Tax Collection
      58. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of any income tax liabilities outstanding and affecting the estate of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      59. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and names of lenders who have availed of funds from the Strategic Banking Corporation, and the value of Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff who were on a total remuneration package including pension payments, allowances and benefits of between €100,000 and...
    • Pension Provisions
      61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given any consideration to allowing Irish persons who have emigrated for economic reasons to transfer their pensions, up to a certain threshold, to...
    • Tax Credits
      62. To ask the Minister for Finance given that budget 2016 will allow a €550 earned income tax credit for self-employed persons and that persons receiving maintenance payments could be...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if towns located within the Finn Valley region in County Donegal, including Ballybofey, Castlefinn, Killygordon, Lifford, Liscooley and...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Employment Rights
      64. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will support a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43177/15]
    • Job Creation Targets
      65. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the potential number of projected jobs that will be created under Enterprise 2025, by sector, by year, in tabular form; and if he will...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive 2015 farm payments; the reason for the delay; if such delays are causing...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments under the single payment scheme for 2015 for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will...
    • Beef Data Programme
      68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the suckler cow scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      69. 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...
    • Animal Welfare
      71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans regarding stray and feral cats which are categorised as neither owned or wild under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013;...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 12 November 2015, when payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme and the basic...
    • Beef Data Programme
      73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants who have withdrawn to date from the beef data and genomics scheme 2015; the number who have re-applied to...
    • Animal Disease Controls
      74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who sought financial support to dispose of their persistently infected calves under the bovine viral diarrhoea...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme and the Basic Payment Scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Forestry Grants
      77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the logic behind and reason for point 14.2 in the afforestation grant and premium scheme 2014 to 2020, especially as it pertains to...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment under the basic payment scheme 2015. [43142/15]
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if applications for payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme can be amended to correct an error; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      80. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons classified as disabled who are currently employed by the Defence Forces. [43092/15]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Recruitment
      81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the recruitment of 100 gardaí including the costs associated with their training, payroll and allowances. [43108/15]
    • Registration of Title
      82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a file in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be finalised by the Land Registry. [43150/15]
    • Garda Operations
      83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for a detailed report on Garda Operation Vantage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43066/15]
    • Crime Data
      84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the crime statistics for the Garda Síochána R and J districts in 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Operations
      85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the Garda Síochána Operation Trivium; the number of vehicles seized, the amount of drugs seized, the amount of...
    • Garda Equipment
      86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 8 July 2015 regarding the Garda Síochána CT68 form, if changes to the police using leading...
    • Garda Strength
      87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the optimal ratio between the number of members of An Garda Síochána and the population to ensure Ireland adheres to international best...
    • Garda Station Closures
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations that have been closed since March 2011. [43105/15]
    • Immigration Status
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43110/15]
    • Prisoner Data
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons imprisoned for sentences of less than six months in each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date. [43111/15]
    • Prison Accommodation Standards
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality what it would cost to end the practice of slopping out within our prison system. [43113/15]
    • Immigration Status
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43132/15]
    • Garda Inspectorate Reports
      99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has recently taken a report from the Garda Síochána Inspectorate; if she will publish it; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • UN Conventions Ratification
      100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative steps that need to be taken in order to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; the time...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Protection Services
      101. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is satisfied with the availability of adequate resources to provide for the requisite services for children at risk; and if he will...
    • Children in Care
      102. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in residential care and in foster care; if adequate resources are available to meet these demands; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      103. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if adequate resources continue to be made available to children or their families at risk through self-harm; if particular requirements...
    • Child Abuse
      104. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of reports of the physical, mental or sexual abuse of children received in each of the past five years to date; if an adequate...
    • Children in Care
      105. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if resources continue to be made available to meet demands arising from children or teenagers who have been abandoned; if the structures in...
    • Child Protection Services
      106. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which various voluntary groups, bodies and organisations dealing with the rights and well-being of children remain in contact...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      107. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he continues to engage with juvenile offenders in providing rehabilitative or educational supports; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Bullying of Children
      108. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will put a rapid alert system in place to detect and combat bullying of children and young adults through the electronic and social...
    • Mental Health Services
      109. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has studied the issue of depression in young persons with particular reference to identifying early alert and subsequent support; and...
    • Youth Services
      110. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has identified the life-skill support requirements for young persons with particular reference to ensuring adequate provision at all...
    • Youth Services Provision
      111. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a co-ordinated youth support service exists; his plans to address such issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43163/15]
  • Department of Health
    • Obesity Strategy
      112. To ask the Minister for Health if he has studied obesity in children, with particular reference to identifying dietary habits and to disseminating information or protocols to assist...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      113. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow citizens of the United Kingdom (details supplied) who receive an Irish pension to receive a medical card; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Drugs
      114. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on including the multiple sclerosis drug Frampidine in the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Parliamentary Questions
      115. To ask the Minister for Health why this Deputy has not received a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 30 September 2015; and if this information is available or not. [43050/15]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      116. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent assessment of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 will be arranged. [43051/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      117. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is waiting to have a procedure in the South Infirmary Hospital in County Cork; and if...
    • Mental Health Services Staffing
      118. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health posts that were approved in 2012, 2013, 2014 and in 2015 to date but which are not yet filled; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospice Services
      119. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of public funding for the Laura Lynn Hospice, the only children's hospice in the country; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prescription Charges
      120. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 412 of 27 January 2015, the status of the anomalous situation which results in medical card holders on mixed dosage...
    • Disability Services Funding
      121. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Gheel disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43073/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      122. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43074/15]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      123. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the home-based crisis teams; the work they perform; the location of each team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43077/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      124. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 will received a decision regarding a discretionary medical card. [43087/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      125. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43096/15]
    • Dental Services Provision
      126. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the return of a schools dental service to County Kildare, in the context of the development of a new primary health care centre on the Dublin...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      128. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse and registered general nurse community posts that are vacant in County Roscommon and in County Galway; his plans to fill...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      129. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a hospital appointment. [43128/15]
    • Patient Transport Provision
      130. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that buses which have been specifically obtained to ferry patients from St. Luke's Hospital to Beaumont Hospital are not in service; the reason...
    • Health Care Professionals
      131. To ask the Minister for Health if he has made a final decision regarding his proposal to prescribe the title of physical therapist as a variant of the specified title of physiotherapist; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      132. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for a procedure will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry following a further urgent referral; and if he will make a statement...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding orthodontic treatment for children in the midlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HSE Properties
      134. To ask the Minister for Health his commitment to maintaining health administration services in a town (details supplied) in County Meath. [43167/15]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      137. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the application to include the drug Kuvan Sapropterin in the drug re-imbursement programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43172/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      138. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for orthopaedic hip replacement surgery in Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      139. To ask the Minister for Health why the outpatients clinic at the Sheil Hospital in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, has been cancelled on a number of occasions in the past number of months...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      140. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Galway University Hospital. [43175/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      141. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43176/15]
    • Hospital Services
      142. To ask the Minister for Health the inpatient and outpatient care services provided at St. Joseph's Community Hospital in County Donegal in each year from 2005 to 2015 to date, in tabular...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      145. To ask the Minister for Health if a family income supplement is taken into consideration when assessing an application for a discretionary medical card (details supplied); and if he...
    • Departmental Funding
      146. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application (details supplied) under the capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43199/15]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights Issues
      147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he is taking to secure the release from prison of a person (details supplied), particularly given the concerns expressed by a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Services Staff
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will contact the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick concerning the position of a retired caretaker; if...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in the case of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 13 to ensure that extra supports are provided. [43052/15]
    • School Textbooks
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a book (details supplied) is on the approved list for the junior certificate English course; if she has received complaints regarding its...
    • School Services Staff
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why secretaries and special needs assistants in primary schools who are being paid by the board of management have no pension entitlements or...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the child safety concerns in respect of traffic, of parents of children attending a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Third Level Fees
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are impediments in European Union legislation to changing Irish legislation to give all Irish citizens access to the free fees scheme...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a proposal for a school campus at the Commons on the Hazelhatch Road in Celbridge, County Kildare, and of the planning application...
    • Site Acquisitions
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Commons on the Hazelhatch Road in Celbridge, County Kildare, site was purchased; who purchased this site; who authorised its purchase;...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans and intentions with regard to a Gaelcolaiste in north Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43137/15]
    • Site Acquisitions
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the purchase of a site for a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43165/15]
    • National Training Fund
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount collected from the national training levy in each of the years 2010 to 2015 to date; a breakdown of the use of this funding by types...
    • Departmental Reports
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the final report of the Cassells group will be published. [43179/15]
    • Third Level Qualifications Data
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she has taken in the past number of years to increase the number of computer science graduates; the cost of the €1,000 top-up...
    • School Transport Administration
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is acceptable that some of the bus service for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath was cut following the granting of an...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      163. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the targets for 2015 for the provision of social housing units under the rental accommodation scheme and leasing in each...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of Ireland's application to the European Union for community-led local development funding for rural areas;...
    • Local Authority Funding
      165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the Central Government funding provided to local authorities for each year between 2000 and 2015, in tabular form. [43079/15]
    • Local Authority Rates
      166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount by which he has compensated each local authority to cover lost revenues due to the global revaluations of...
    • Regeneration Projects Status
      167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the proposed regeneration plan for St. Patrick's Park in Rathangan, County Kildare; if he is in receipt of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of meetings of the social housing proposals clearing house group with interested parties since its...
    • Water Quality
      169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a grant to replace the lead pipes will be made available as promised. [43120/15]
    • Departmental Contracts
      170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government given freedom of information documentation (details supplied) from his Department which shows a meeting between himself...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      172. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a rebate scheme for truck owners who paid their motor tax at a higher rate before the Court of...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the findings of the urban wastewater treatment in 2014 report by the Environmental Protection Agency in...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government while respecting the need to protect confidentiality, if he will provide a full report, without names or contact details...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      176. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local action groups in Counties Longford and Westmeath will be among those entering into Leader funding contracts with...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Railway Stations
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact Iarnród Éireann and inquire if extra security personnel will be deployed at Howth Junction and Donaghmede...
    • Departmental Funding
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that is available to a music festival (details supplied) in County Cork; if increased funding is available; and if he will...
    • Taxi Regulations
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the taxi advisory committee that was disbanded in July 2015 will be reconvened; the persons who will be on the taxi advisory...
    • Vehicle Registration
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in processing a log book for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal for tax purposes; and if he will make...