Written answers
Tuesday, 8 December 2015
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Cultural Policy
50. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she will develop Irish culture reflecting national and multicultural identity in a readily recognisable fashion,...
- Easter Rising Commemorations
51. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address concerns around the disparity in funding for 1916 Centenary events in rural and urban Ireland; and if she will...
- Hare Coursing
52. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht during the 2015-2016 hare coursing season to date, how many meetings has she monitored through the National Parks and Wildlife...
- Artists' Remuneration
53. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she will take to address the issues of very low incomes among arts practitioners; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Heritage Schemes
54. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are proposals in place for Inchicore and Kilmainham to become an industrial heritage hub due to industrial revolution sites...
- Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
55. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an gcuirfidh sí an t-eolas is deireanaí maidir leis an Straitéis 20 Bliain ar fáil agus cathain a bheidh sé...
- Built Heritage Jobs Leverage Scheme
56. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports she provides for the restoration and conservation of built heritage, including the recently announced Built Heritage...
- Special Areas of Conservation Management
57. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if all outstanding issues arising from the impact on landowners of special areas of conservation and natural heritage areas, with...
- Wildlife Protection
58. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she will take to address concerns regarding the survival of the Golden Eagles in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
- Easter Rising Commemorations
59. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the implementation of the Ireland 2016 centenary programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43544/15]
- National Library
61. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the recently announced €10 million capital investment programme for the National Library will address outstanding concerns...
- State Papers Issues
62. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her timeframe for introducing a 20-year rule for the release of State papers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43499/15]
- Built Heritage Jobs Leverage Scheme
63. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the recently announced built heritage investment fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43457/15]
- Heritage Projects
64. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the recently announced proposals to safeguard Ireland’s historic houses; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding
65. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional funding will be made available to Údarás na Gaeltachta in the supplementary budget allocations, given its...
- Wildlife Protection
66. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will introduce urgent measures to conserve the Golden Eagle population which has fallen to a critically low level; if she has...
- Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Gaeilge
68. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht i gcomhthéacs luach na Gaeilge sa gheilleagar agus staidéar a deir gur fiú os cionn €136 milliún do...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
69. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts she has made since the wildfires of spring 2015 which threatened large parts of Killarney National Park in County Kerry to...
- Cultural Policy
70. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the creation of a body, or the adaptation of an existing body, which would provide funding, upskilling, legal advice and...
- National Monuments
71. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht why a 3,000 year old Bronze Age timber roadway at Mayne Bog in Coole in County Westmeath was completely destroyed in June 2015; why...
- Waterways Issues
72. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent of Waterways Ireland's role in developing and using canal ways and canal banks to incorporate recreational cycle and...
- Easter Rising Commemorations
73. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure that children and young persons are involved in the Ireland 2016 centenary programme; and if she will make a...
- Arts Funding
74. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views that arts funding as a proportion of gross domestic product is too low, given its social, cultural and economic importance;...
- Built Heritage Jobs Leverage Scheme
76. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports she provides to protect the built heritage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43456/15]
- Heritage Projects
77. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the main recommendations in the historic houses action plan; how she can help to provide a sustainable future for historic houses...
- Cultural Policy
78. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the implementation of Culture 2025. [43466/15]
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
79. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é an dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an moladh go mbeidh 10% de na hoibrithe poiblí in ann gnó a...
- National Heritage Plan
80. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht why no national heritage plan has been in place since 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43491/15]
- National Monuments
81. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the tendering process for restoration contracts for Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street in Dublin 1; the estimated cost of the restoration and...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
82. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Killarney National Park in County Kerry has an effective defence against wildfire; if a co-ordinated approach to by her is...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Legal Costs
83. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of financial resources allocated for public prosecution services for each of the years 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43723/15]
- Poverty Data
84. To ask the Taoiseach what percentage of the population was at risk of poverty prior to social transfers from 2011 to date. [44033/15]
- Unemployment Data
88. To ask the Taoiseach the long-term unemployment rate in County Tipperary from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44037/15]
- Departmental Expenditure
92. To ask the Taoiseach his Department's photography costs since he came into office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance by year in tabular form; the occasions for...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
93. To ask the Taoiseach his Department's use of external public relations firms since he came into office by year in tabular form; the uses of these firms and the policy regarding employing...
- Departmental Reports
94. To ask the Taoiseach the reports he commissioned from external consultants since March 2011 by year, by title, by cost, by date published and by company, in tabular form. [43670/15]
- Ministerial Advisers Data
95. To ask the Taoiseach the number of special advisers on his staff and their yearly salary from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43686/15]
- Public Sector Staff Redeployment
97. To ask the Taoiseach the number of employees that will be employed in the 2016 centenary programme office, by grade, the criteria and processes used to select these employees, the number of...
- Departmental Legal Costs
98. To ask the Taoiseach the total cost to his Department, and those under his aegis, for the procurement of legal services in the State from 2011 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Department of Social Protection
- Disability Allowance Payments
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if arrears under the disability allowance scheme will issue before Christmas 2015 to a person (details supplied) in County...
- Carer's Allowance Payments
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 is receiving the full entitlement under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will...
- Water Conservation Grant Eligibility
101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a water conservation grant has not been paid to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has been waiting almost a month for contact from the local social welfare...
- Illness Benefit Applications
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a claim under the illness benefit scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will undertake a national print media advertising campaign to encourage members of the public to report social welfare...
- Social Welfare Fraud Data
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons prosecuted for social welfare fraud in each of the years 2013 to date; and if she will make a statement on...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application under the carer's allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
- Ministerial Meetings
108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of meetings requested by private external lobby groups and the number of meetings held, in tabular form; and if she...
- Departmental Expenditure
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her Department's photography costs since she came into office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance,...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her Department's use of external public relations firms since she came into office by year in tabular form; the uses of these...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reports she commissioned from external consultants since March 2011, by year, by title, by cost, by date published and by...
- Ministerial Advisers Data
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of special advisers on her staff and their yearly salary, from 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing rent supplement limits by 5%, 10% and 15% in the urban areas of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford and...
- Living Alone Allowance
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the living alone allowance to €15 and to €20; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Schemes
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the saving she has achieved from the abolition of the telephone allowance in 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Direct Provision Expenditure (2 comments)
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the direct provision adult allowance from €19.10 to €25.00, €30.00, €35.00,...
- Community Services Programme
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why additional funding has not been awarded to the sponsors of the community services programme to account for the increase in the...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is claiming a social protection payment for 389 and not 390 days can be...
- Property Tax Administration
122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person who is reclassified from lone parent to jobseeker is precluded from having weekly deductions from the payment for...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
123. 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...
- Disability Allowance Applications
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Carlow was not granted, given that the...
- Departmental Investigations
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of investigations she has carried out into the suspected leaking of personal details from the social protection...
- Disability Allowance Applications
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a decision on an application for a disability allowance. [43925/15]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the level of payment under the rent allowance scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if further assistance will...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been approved under the carer’s allowance scheme following an appeal....
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the social protection payments a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 who has been unemployed for the past two years is eligible...
- School Meals Programme
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of on-site inspections conducted to ensure that schools participating in the school meals programme are delivering...
- Departmental Schemes
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the starting point of the homemaker's scheme, given the changes to the State pension (contributory) payment...
- Community Employment Schemes Operation
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a community employment scheme (details supplied) in County Cork; if she will review the situation, given the...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application under the invalidity pension scheme by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who is in receipt of jobseekers allowance does not qualify for the Christmas...
- JobBridge Scheme
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the JobBridge programme to facilitate claimants as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Illness Benefit Payments
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a social protection payment; and if she will make a statement on...
- Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance for children of between 12 and 18 years of age, from...
- Intreo Case Officers
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of Intreo case workers employed to deal with customers between 16 and 25 years of age; the cost to the State of every...
- Illness Benefit Applications
142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Carlow, if the person will be given...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
143. 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...
- Departmental Legal Costs
144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the total cost to her Department, and those under her aegis, for the procurement of legal services in the State from 2011 to 2015...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Credits
145. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will implement a scheme whereby a tax credit of €620 per hectare per year will be given on special protection area hen harrier designated land,...
- Property Tax Exemptions
146. To ask the Minister for Finance the options open to lone parents who have been reclassified as jobseekers who can no longer pay their local property tax weekly, owing to the temporary nature...
- Tax Code
147. To ask the Minister for Finance if a tax is being introduced (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43591/15]
- Ministerial Meetings
148. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings requested by private external lobby groups and the number of meetings held, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
149. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's photography costs since he came into office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance, by year, in tabular form; the...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
150. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's use of external public relations firms since he came into office by year in tabular form; the uses of these firms and the policy regarding...
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
151. To ask the Minister for Finance the reports he commissioned from external consultants since March 2011, by year, title, cost, date published and company in tabular form. [43663/15]
- Ministerial Adviser Appointments
152. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of special advisers on his staff and their yearly salary, from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43679/15]
- Living City Initiative
153. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expand the living city initiative to special regeneration areas in county towns such as Ennis in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
154. To ask the Minister for Finance the payments for consultancy services for banking stabilisation measures classified by service provider in each of the years 2011 to date; and if he will make...
- Tax Collection
155. To ask the Minister for Finance the effect, in percentage and absolute terms, on the investment component of gross domestic product and the knock-on effect on gross domestic product if the...
- Excise Duties
157. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional yield if the excise duty for a publican's licence was increased from €2,535 to €2,825, based on annual turnover between...
- Customs and Excise Controls
159. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the current arrangements in place by customs and Revenue for the detection of drugs that have been ingested by passengers prior to...
- Customs and Excise Staff
160. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of detections of illegal drugs in the west, Border and midlands region in the years 2009 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Corporation Tax Regime
163. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Number 207 of 1 December 2015, the number of companies which paid €5,000.0001 to €7,500,000, €7,500,001...
- Mortgage Interest Relief Expenditure
164. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of restoring 100% mortgage interest relief for all landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43969/15]
- Universal Social Charge Application
166. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of eliminating the universal social charge on income up to €25,000, €30,000, €40,000, €50,000, €60,000,...
- Tax Code
167. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of completing the equalisation of tax treatment for the self-employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43973/15]
- Credit Unions
168. To ask the Minister for Finance if he acknowledges the concerns of credit unions that the planned consultation paper 88 regulations will seriously damage credit unions, restrict their...
- Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Eligibility
169. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who is totally reliant on social protection can partake in the home renovation incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- State Debt
170. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General in 2014, which showed that Ireland is required to borrow €1 billion each year...
- Housing Provision
171. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding social housing construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44137/15]
- Tax Code
172. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional revenue that would be generated if the band A9 vehicle registration tax rate was increased from 30% to 33.5%, if the band A10 rate was...
- Departmental Legal Costs
175. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost to his Department, and those under his aegis, for the procurement of legal services in the State from 2011 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Ministerial Meetings
176. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of meetings requested by private external lobby groups and the number of meetings held, in tabular form; and if he will make...
- Departmental Expenditure
177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's photography costs since he came into office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance by year...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's use of external public relations firms since he came into office by year in tabular form; the uses of these firms and...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reports he commissioned from external consultants since March 2011, by year, title, cost, date published and company, in tabular...
- Departmental Staff
180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of special advisers on his staff and their yearly salary, from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Ground Rents Payments
181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the ground rents payable by the State, by named property, by name of landlord, by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016, in tabular form;...
- Departmental Legal Costs
182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to his Department and those organisations under the aegis of his Department for the procurement of legal services in the State...
- State Properties
183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the recent structural problems that have been discovered at the Department of Social Protection's offices at Buncrana in...
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views that there would be cost implications for the Exchequer in ending age-related compulsory retirement in the public sector; and...
- Public Sector Pensions
185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will counteract the apparent inequity in the current agreement to reduce public service pension reductions for the approximately...
- Public Service Contracts
186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the work of the social clauses project group. [44020/15]
- Departmental Contracts Data
187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of occasions to date that a social clause has been attached to a public contract, and the project to which each has been...
- Flood Prevention Measures
190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44070/15]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- State Properties
192. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of refurbishing the near empty building of Carrisbrook House, given that it is almost totally vacant and of national and...
- Enterprise Support Schemes
193. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the ten projects selected for the €500,000 competitive start fund to encourage enterprise and the diaspora to set up here, when...
- Ministerial Meetings
194. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings requested by private external lobby groups and the number of meetings held in tabular form; and if he will make...
- Departmental Expenditure
195. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his Department's photography costs since he came into office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance, by...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
196. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his Department's use of external public relations firms since he came into office by year in tabular form; the uses of these firms and...
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
198. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of special advisers on his staff and their yearly salary from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- IDA Supports
199. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will direct the Industrial Development Agency Ireland to designate County Kerry as a digital marketing initiative highlighting...
- Employment Rights
200. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views that there would be cost implications for the Exchequer from ending age-related compulsory retirement in the private sector;...
- Enterprise Ireland Funding
202. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he and the relevant statutory bodies under the aegis of his Department continue to meet the requirements of a firm...
- Local Enterprise Offices
203. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to ensure that the delivery of training sessions (details supplied) by local enterprise offices is orientated towards...
- Enterprise Statistics
204. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the annual targets his Department, Enterprise Ireland and the local enterprise office network have set for the increase in online...
- IDA Expenditure
205. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in the context of the extra £12 million sanctioned for the Industrial Development Agency Ireland property programme, the amount...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
207. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will approve funding for the appointment of three additional full-time accountants for the Office of the Director of Corporate...
- Action Plan for Jobs
208. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the €250 million fund for the Action Plan for Jobs will fund all the regional action plans, or if each regional action plan...
- Company Returns
209. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is aware of the situation facing Pairc An Gluinín Management Company Limited in County Kerry, which was set up to...
- IDA Supports
210. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the Industrial Development Agency Ireland's office in Letterkenny in County Donegal. [44140/15]
- Departmental Legal Costs
213. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total cost to his Department, and those under his aegis, for the procurement of legal services in the State from 2011 to 2015 in...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of payment under the 2015 area aid scheme due to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, if the person will receive...
- Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application under the dairy equipment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary, the reason for...
- TAMS Applications
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an application for a grant for a milking parlour by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the agri-environment options scheme. [43516/15]
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
218. 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
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person ( details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a payment for 2015 under the headage scheme; and if he will make a...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) in County Louth has been issued with a debt repayment order, why the person was in breach of the...
- TAMS Eligibility
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 4 February 2014, the status of eligibility of conversion of old buildings such as the...
- Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) in County Offaly did not receive a single payment in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Aquaculture Development
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 243 and 244 of 10 November 2015, given that the basic factual questions asked in each case...
- Aquaculture Licences
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 10 November 2015, why he is not implementing the explicit commitment in Food Wise 2025...
- Aquaculture Development
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 246, 248, and 249 of 10 November 2015, if he will indicate the accreditation and audit body...
- Equine Industry
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the designated inspection role of Horse Sport Ireland in respect of sports and draught horses; the costs involved; and if he will...
- TAMS Applications
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a grant for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 3; and if...
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a single payment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43578/15]
- Departmental Meetings
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings requested by private external lobby groups and the number of meetings held in tabular form; and if he will...
- Departmental Expenditure
232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's photography costs since he came into office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance by...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's use of external public relations firms since he came into office by year in tabular form; the uses of these firms...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reports he commissioned from external consultants since March 2011, by year, title, cost, date published and company in tabular...
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of special advisers on his staff and their yearly salary from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cen uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi Scéim na Limistéar faoi Shriantacht Nádúrtha le feirmeoir i...
- Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application under the single payment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the remaining 30% balance will be paid under the 2015 basic payment scheme and the greening payment scheme to a person (details...
- Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a payment under the single payment scheme. [43774/15]
- Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Eligibility
240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the young farmers capital investment scheme; and if he will make a...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43777/15]
- Fisheries Protection
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will bring to the attention of the European Commission how unfair and detrimental its proposal to ban bass fishing entirely in...
- GLAS Payments
244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schedule for payments under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43818/15]
- Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the young farmers scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, the reason for the delay; and...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility
246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make...
- Rural Development Programme
247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he authorised the National Parks and Wildlife Service to negotiate on the proposed new locally led agri-environment schemes, when...
- Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an older young farmers top-up will be approved for payment and when payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in...
- Rural Development Programme
249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process for grant-aid for tillage facilities to be included in the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II; and if he will...
- Forestry Grants
252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of trees which were levelled in the storm of February 2014, if a replanting grant is available, the parameters involved;...
- Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43860/15]
- Wildlife Conservation
254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a proper compensation scheme is needed for landowners who farm in line with restrictions due to Hen Harrier designation, if he...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43928/15]
- Harbours and Piers Funding
257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to each harbour in County Cork including fishery harbour centres and council owned infrastructure, for each of...
- GLAS Data
258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have been accepted into tranche one of the GLAS; the average annual payment approved and the number of...
- Beef Data Programme
259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have submitted samples by herd size in intervals of ten, 0 to ten, 11 to 20, and so forth, by county, under...
- GLAS Data
260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have been approved for tier one, two and three and by county for the GLAS; and if he will make a statement...
- GLAS Applications
261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of completed applications received to date by tier under tranche two of the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and...
- Beef Data Programme
262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details Supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43991/15]
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will issue commencement and approval notices prior to January 2016 under the second targeted agricultural modernisation scheme...
- Live Exports
264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bovine imports for the years 2011 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44012/15]
- Suckler Welfare Scheme Participation
265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of herds in the suckler cow scheme for the years 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44013/15]
- Bovine Disease Controls
267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tests for bovine brucellosis for the years 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44015/15]
- Departmental Expenditure
268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of food safety, public health, animal health and welfare and plant health for each of the years from 2011 to date; and if he...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
269. 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)...
- Farm Household Incomes
270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average family income for dairy, cattle, sheep and tillage farmers for each of the years 2011 to date; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will be made under the basic payment scheme and the greening scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry....
- Fishing Industry
272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the same way that there is a need for transparency in the Irish Farmers Association, if such transparency is also needed in the...
- GLAS Administration
273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if applicants under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme had their points miscalculated due to a fault in the software his...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the area based payment scheme and the...
- Animal Disease Controls
277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce mandatory testing for separation syndrome in Connemara ponies to protect the breed; and if he will make a...
- Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility
279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that heather will reach maturity with a sustainable stocking rate in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Reports
284. To ask the Minister for Defence when he received a report (details supplied), why it has not been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43579/15]
- Ministerial Meetings
285. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of meetings requested by private external lobby groups and the number of meetings held in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
286. To ask the Minister for Defence his Department's photography costs since he came into office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance, by year, in tabular form; the...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
287. To ask the Minister for Defence his Department's use of external public relations firms since he came into office by year in tabular form; the uses of these firms and the policy regarding...
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
289. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of special advisers on his staff and their yearly salary from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43676/15]
- Departmental Properties
290. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on a proposal (details supplied) to use Columb Barracks as a headquarters for Westmeath Civil Defence; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Legal Costs
291. To ask the Minister for Defence the total cost to his Department, and those under his aegis, for the procurement of legal services in the State from 2011 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Courts Service
292. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of financial resources allocated to the courts, excluding resources for legal aid and public prosecution services; and if she will...
- Legal Aid Service Expenditure
293. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of financial resources allocated for legal aid services for each of the years 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Legal Services Regulation
294. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she is taking to address the fact that Ireland is ranked by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development as the eight...
- Services for People with Disabilities
295. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality The supports available to assist a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43996/15]
- Garda Resources
296. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if resources will be provided for two Garda Síochána patrol bicycles at a location (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will...
- Garda Vetting Applications
297. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite the Garda Síochána vetting process for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as the person's work...
- Garda Station Refurbishment
298. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide funding for the refurbishment of male and female toilet facilities at Coolock Garda Síochána station in Dublin 5;...
- Garda Resources
299. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide funding for the purchase of extra helicopters or aircraft for the Garda air support unit; and if she will make a statement on...
- Ministerial Meetings
300. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of meetings requested by private external lobby groups and the number of meetings held, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
301. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her Department's photography costs since she came into office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance by year in...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
302. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her Department's use of external public relations firms since she came into office, by year in tabular form; the uses of these firms and the...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
303. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reports she commissioned from external consultants since March 2011, by year, title, cost, date published and company, in tabular form. [43667/15]
- Ministerial Advisers Data
304. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of special advisers on her staff and their yearly salary, from 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43683/15]
- Court Procedures
305. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality how persons can obtain a digital recording of their court case; and the cost of same. [43720/15]
- Independent Review Mechanism
306. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases that were before the independent review mechanism, the number where further action was recommended, where no further action...
- Crime Data
307. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions handed down for possession of illegal drugs in the BMW region from 2009 to date; and if she will make a statement on...
- Prison Staff
308. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Prison Service's protocols regarding the dismissal of a prison officer under medical care due to post-traumatic stress incurred in the line...
- Prison Accommodation Provision
309. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality how many places are available in prisons here for people with a physical disability; if the Prison Service sought quotations in 2015 for the...
- Asylum Seeker Accommodation
310. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if 183 male asylum seekers are to be accommodated in Ballybunion in County Kerry; the timeframe for this; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Garda Resources
311. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide increased resources in County Longford and in County Westmeath for An Garda Síochána to deal with rural crime; and...
- Garda Strength
312. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality The number of members of An Garda Síochána serving in the Fermoy district of County Cork in each of the years 2010 to date; the level...
- Immigration Status
313. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status in determining an application for leave to remain in the State submitted in May 2012 by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and...
- Road Traffic Offences
314. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why all fixed penalty notices and the accompanying documentation are issued in Irish and English at the same time; and if she will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
315. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the introduction of gaming legislation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44027/15]
- Legislative Measures
316. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all written submissions made to the justice committee on the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 were considered in full; and if she will...
- Direct Provision Expenditure
317. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 1 December 2015, if she keeps a readily available breakdown of the amounts paid to companies...
- Garda Deployment
319. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of gardaí attached to each Garda public order unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44204/15]
- Bench Warrants
320. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants outstanding in the Garda R district as of 30 November 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44205/15]
- Garda Investigations
321. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a Garda investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44214/15]
- Legislative Measures
322. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the International Protection Bill 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Independent Review Mechanism
323. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the independent review mechanism into Garda malpractice; and if she will make a statement on...
- Asylum Seeker Accommodation
324. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is good practice to have a consultation process with locals in place prior to introducing asylum seekers and refugees into an area, if...
- Refugee Numbers
325. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an analysis of an area is conducted on medical services, public transport, potential isolation and the percentage change in the population...
- Garda Strength
326. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of increasing the strength of An Garda Síochána to 15,000, 15,500 and 16,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Station Closures
328. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations closed and sold from 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44241/15]
- Prisoner Data
329. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average cost of the detention of a prisoner within the prison system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44242/15]
- Prison Accommodation Provision
331. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the capacity of the Prison Service; how this has changed over the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44244/15]
- Garda Equipment
332. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the information technology budget allocated to An Garda Síochána in 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44245/15]
- Departmental Legal Costs
333. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost to her Department and those under her aegis for the procurement of legal services in the State from 2011 to 2015 in tabular form;...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Youth Cafés Expenditure
334. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of funding for a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43540/15]
- Ministerial Meetings
335. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of meetings requested by private external lobby groups and the number of meetings held in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
336. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his Department's photography costs since he came into office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance by year in...
- Departmental Contracts
337. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his Department's use of external public relations firms since he came into office by year in tabular form; the uses of these firms and the...
- Departmental Reports
338. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reports he commissioned from external consultants since March 2011 by year, title, cost, date published and company in tabular form...
- Departmental Staff Data
339. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of special advisers on his staff and their yearly salary, from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Child and Family Agency Services
340. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will request Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to meet with representatives of the Target project in Donaghmede in Dublin 13 to...
- Legislative Programme
341. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay in progressing the adoption (information and tracing) Bill, if he is aware of the effect this delay is having on...
- Child and Family Agency Services
342. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will assure the Westmeath Support Services against Domestic Abuse that it can continue to operate its services on a long-term basis,...
- Children in Care
343. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who have died in care during the years 2011 to date, including their ages and cause of death; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Legal Costs
344. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total cost to his Department, and those under his aegis, for the procurement of legal services in the State from 2011 to 2015 in...
- Department of Health
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
345. To ask the Minister for Health when a nurse will be appointed to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43796/15]
- Food Safety Standards
347. To ask the Minister for Health the number of rapid alerts for food and feed notifications from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44016/15]
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
349. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish an implementation plan for the National Policy and Strategy for Neurorehabilitation Services in Ireland 2011-2015; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Applications
350. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43534/15]
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
351. To ask the Minister for Health if will he intervene as a matter of urgency in appointing the required number of consultant neurologists given the recent report (details supplied) indicating...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
352. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 who has been waiting for 16 months as of November 2015. [43551/15]
- Services for People with Disabilities
353. To ask the Minister for Health if occupational therapy care will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 who requires it due to mental and physical special needs. [43552/15]
- Hospital Transfers
354. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 19 November 2015, the status of this case, if it will be addressed as a matter of urgency (details supplied); and...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
355. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an appointment for a procedure at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown and when the person...
- Medical Card Applications
356. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all relevant information has been submitted; and if he...
- Home Care Packages
357. To ask the Minister for Health why the home care package hours of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 were not increased when the person moved into independent living accommodation; and...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
358. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for an operation for a person (details supplied). [43573/15]
- Meetings with Lobbyists
359. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings requested by private external lobby groups and the number of meetings held, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
360. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's photography costs since he came into office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance by year in tabular form; the...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
361. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's use of external public relations firms since he came into office by year in tabular form; the uses of these firms and the policy regarding...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
362. To ask the Minister for Health the reports he commissioned from external consultants since March 2011, by year, title, cost, date published and company in tabular form. [43665/15]
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
363. To ask the Minister for Health the number of special advisers on his staff and their yearly salary from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43681/15]
- Cross-Border Health Initiatives
364. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients from this State who have accessed the scheme under the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive 201/24/EU since its inception; the costs...
- Medical Card Eligibility
365. To ask the Minister for Health if a person's Health Service Executive compensation award for negligence is assessed as income or capital in an application for a medical card; and if he will...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration
366. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in amending the application form for the long-term illness scheme, which can be downloaded from the Health Service Executive website to...
- Irish Blood Transfusion Service
367. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding unfair in-patient charges for haemochromatosis patients; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Respite Care Services
368. To ask the Minister for Health the status of respite services with St. Michael’s House for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- General Medical Services Scheme Data
369. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders paying the maximum monthly charge for prescriptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43740/15]
- Home Care Packages
371. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of home care packages in 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43751/15]
- Hospital Facilities
372. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address a matter (details supplied) regarding a helipad in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43765/15]
- Hospitals Data
373. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for outpatient cataract surgery at St. Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin 4 following initial assessment; the number of procedures...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
375. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43786/15]
- Registration of Nurses
376. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the lengthy time it is taking for nurse registration (details supplied). [43793/15]
- Hospital Appointment Status
377. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Home Help Service Eligibility
378. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine existing home help hours provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, given the urgency of the case; and if he will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
380. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to transport a special needs adult (details supplied) by taxi to and from the Cope Foundation on the Duntahane Road in Fermoy, in...
- HSE Funding
381. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive to meet with the Target project in Donaghmede in Dublin 13 to discuss the restoration of funding for their...
- Respite Care Services
382. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who needs respite care from St. Michael's House and the Health Service Executive. [43810/15]
- Services for People with Disabilities
383. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the specific issue of the car purchase scheme referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 12 November 2015. [43820/15]
- Health Care Professionals
384. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions he will make for existing physical therapists who are members of the Irish Association of Physical Therapists and who are mainly educated up to...
- Medical Card Eligibility
386. To ask the Minister for Health if he will raise the gross income limits from the current €500 per week for applications for medical cards from persons of 70 years of age upwards; and...
- Cross-Border Health Initiatives
388. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 25 November 2015, the assistance available to patients who wish to receive care under the Cross Border Healthcare...
- Health Services Access
389. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43838/15]
- Medical Card Applications
390. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43839/15]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
392. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a scheme to allow all phenylketonuria patients receive their specialised foods for free, or at a discounted rate; and if he will make...
- Health Insurance Cover
394. To ask the Minister for Health if it is equitable that health insurance companies provide health insurance packages regardless of age or gender; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
395. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for cataract surgery for those graded as routine and for those graded as urgent in University Hospital Galway; if these waiting times...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
396. To ask the Minister for Health when a position will be filled (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43861/15]
- Primary Care Services Provision
397. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of providing a fully operational primary care team for every 1,500 children and if he supports this recommendation of the Barnardos Rise Up...
- European Health Insurance Card
398. To ask the Minister for Health how many different people, including their country of origin, and how many dialysis sessions are provided by the Health Service Executive to people presenting...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
400. To ask the Minister for Health the average response time for an ambulance to arrive at the scene of an emergency call in the Graiguenamanagh district of County Kilkenny; and if he will make...
- Primary Care Services Provision
403. To ask the Minister for Health if funding exists within the Health Service Executive to assist a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Waiting Lists
404. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be called for a procedure; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Insurance Community Rating
405. To ask the Minister for Health to outline what the money raised through the levy on health insurance policies is used for; the amount of money received in each of the years 2013 to date; and...
- Health Services Funding
406. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will honour its commitment to provide capital funding of €320,000 to Tír na nÓg respite house at 2 Friars...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
407. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the National Treatment Purchase Fund initiative in offering external appointments to those waiting longer than 12 months for a colonoscopy; the...
- Nursing Home Beds
408. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all nursing home beds by hospital group area, and by private or public, in tabular form. [43922/15]
- Medical Card Applications
409. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, given that the person has submitted all relevant...
- Autism Support Services
411. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding assessments, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder, the adoption of the very successful methods of a doctor...
- Hospital Equipment
412. To ask the Minister for Health why the older computed tomography scanner in University Hospital Waterford was closed upon the opening of the new computed tomography unit in April 2015, if...
- Medical Card Administration
414. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the bureaucracy within the Health Service Executive faced by persons acquiring discretionary medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Delays
415. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for a medical card by persons (details supplied) in County Longford will be processed, given that it has been with the deciding officer for...
- Disability Services Provision
416. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide transport for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [43951/15]
- Hospital Appointment Status
417. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital Cork for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services Provision
418. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the experience (details supplied) of an individual seeking access to mental health services in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Services Funding
419. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding in his forthcoming Supplementary Estimate to clear the historic deficit of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Respite Care Grant Applications
420. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for additional respite hours by a person (details supplied) in County Offaly, when the person will receive payment, and transport...
- Health Services Provision
421. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the fitting of a device for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44008/15]
- Health Services Charges
422. To ask the Minister for Health the status of medical costs for haemochromatosis patients (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44025/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
423. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 805 of 3 November 2015, where the Health Service Executive stated that there was no evidence to suggest that a patient...
- Health Services
424. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently intervene regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44058/15]
- Health Services Provision
425. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the waiting times for occupational therapy in Dublin 5, 13 and 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44060/15]
- Hospital Appointment Delays
426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who did not attend outpatient appointments at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 and the steps being taken to reduce this number, in the...
- Health Services Staff Training
427. To ask the Minister for Health if and what changes have been made to the Health Service Executive medical training and intern programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44064/15]
- Hospital Appointment Status
428. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for surgery in Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Clinical Trials
429. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the clinical trial surrounding shared care in the area of cataract surgery in County Sligo involving Sligo Regional Hospital and community...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
430. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.45 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will make a...
- Constitutional Amendments
431. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding proposals to remove the eighth amendment of the Constitution, specifically the grounds on which he believes an abortion may be obtained...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
432. To ask the Minister for Health if accommodation in hospitals has been increased to cater for an increasing population (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44107/15]
- Health Services Provision
433. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 4 November 2015, if he will answer the question asked, that is, if the Health Service Executive had a treatment...
- Hospitals Funding
434. To ask the Minister for Health the budgets allocated to each hospital for each of the years 2007 to date in tabular form. [44143/15]
- Hospital Staff Data
435. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at each hospital for each of the years 2007 to date in tabular form. [44144/15]
- Hospitals Data
438. To ask the Minister for Health the number of in patients at each hospital for the years 2007 to date in tabular form. [44147/15]
- Medical Card Eligibility
439. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a medical card to all children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance to ensure that all children with life-limiting conditions and...
- General Practitioner Contracts
440. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in receipt of the rural practice allowance, and the amount allocated by county in each year since 2010, in tabular form....
- Hospital Waiting Lists
441. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment in Kerry General Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
444. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-introduce the back-to-work scheme for nurses who have been out of work for a period of time, given the shortage of nurses in the health service;...
- Nursing Staff Remuneration
445. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the ongoing situation of fourth year nursing students who are earning half the living wage and who cannot afford the long distances of...
- Departmental Legal Costs
446. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost to his Department, and those under his aegis, for the procurement of legal services in the State from 2011 to 2015, inclusive, in tabular form;...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- EU Issues
447. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a cross-Border group will be set up to prepare for a possible British exit from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on...
- Ministerial Meetings
448. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of meetings requested by private external lobby groups and the number of meetings held, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Contracts
449. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's photography costs since he came into office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance, by year in...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
450. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's use of external public relations firms since he came into office by year in tabular form; the uses of these firms and the...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
451. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reports he commissioned from external consultants since March 2011, by year, title, cost, date published and company in tabular form....
- Ministerial Advisers Data
452. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of special advisers on his staff and their yearly salary, from 2011 to 2014, inclusive, and to date; and if he will make a...
- Diplomatic Representation
453. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the prohibition of peaceful demonstrations in France and the measures taken by the police authorities to break up peaceful...
- Passport Services
456. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the initial two months of the passport card, if there have been any reports of it not being accepted at any locations in...
- Northern Ireland Issues
457. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the revelations in the British Broadcasting Corporation's programme "Spotlight" on 24 November 2015 regarding the murder of a...
- Passport Applications Data
458. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports issued and the number of times where the ten-day turnaround was not met in 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will...
- European Council Meetings
459. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will meet the Belgium Foreign Minister, Mr. Didier Reynders, outside the European Union Council; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Appointments
460. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he will fill the post of ambassador of Ireland to Bulgaria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44202/15]
- Ministerial Meetings
461. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will meet the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Co-operation, Mr José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil, outside the...
- Legal Costs
462. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total cost to his Department and those under his aegis of the procurement of legal services in the State from 2011 to 2015, in tabular...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Funding
463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing the number of intellectual disability training places in Dublin City University from 20 to 35; and if she will make a...
- State Examinations Exemptions
464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who requested an exemption in the leaving certificate examinations;...
- Schools Building Projects Status
465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the conveyancing process for a school (details supplied) in County Galway will be concluded so that work can begin on providing a new...
- Education Policy
466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for differing school times (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43522/15]
- Educational Disadvantage
467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools with delivering equality of opportunity in schools status that have merged with other schools since this status was...
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Administration
469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2 to avail of further funding under the Momentum initiative in order to avail of...
- Schools Building Projects Status
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction work will begin and be completed on a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 546 of 17 November 2015 concerning a school (details supplied) in County Longford, if she will respond to...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of applications for grants to Student Universal Support Ireland by independent students and the parameters involved; and if she will...
- State Examinations
473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the State Examinations Commission will complete its review of its procedures for allocating resources to assist leaving certificate students...
- Departmental Programmes
474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish a food forum to address the issue of hunger in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43556/15]
- Autism Support Services
476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Nos. 229 of 4 November 2015 and 162 of 18 November 2015, if she will acknowledge a chronic lack of special...
- Educational Disadvantage
477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Wexford will be considered under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme; if she will...
- School Accommodation
478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the shortage of secondary school places in Wexford town, if she will address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Physical Education
479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of State-funded schools which she has funded since 2002 from her budget for designated facilities for physical education; and if she...
- Departmental Expenditure
480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the gross yearly cost of allowances paid to principals of primary schools to carry out their leadership functions; and if she will make a...
- Teacher Data
482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers who were employed directly in Traveller education in the 2008-09 school year, as a reference year, and in...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers employed directly in providing support to children for whom English was not their first language in the current school...
- Teaching Qualifications
484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers probated by her Department's inspectorate in each year from 2010 to 2014, the number of full-time equivalent...
- Teacher Training Provision
487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost per year of training a primary school teacher over the four years of the bachelor of education course in St. Patrick’s College,...
- Capitation Grants
488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of the capitation grant paid to students in each of the four years of the bachelor of education course and in each of the two years of...
- Ministerial Meetings
489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of meetings requested by private external lobby groups and the number of meetings held, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's photography costs since she came into office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance, by year, in...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's use of external public relations firms since she came into office, by year and in tabular form; the uses of these firms and the...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form, for each year since March 2011, all external consultant reports commissioned by her Department; the costs...
- Ministerial Advisers Data
493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special advisors on her staff and their yearly salary, from 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43677/15]
- Schools Building Projects Status
494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a secondary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43708/15]
- Educational Disadvantage
496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will restore delivering equality of opportunity in schools status to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo under the terms of the...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when Student Universal Support Ireland will finalise an application for a grant by a student (details supplied) in County Mayo given that this...
- School Playgrounds
498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will revert to this Deputy on a matter (details supplied) regarding playground development; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Psychological Assessments
499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a Youthreach student (details supplied) has not been assessed by an educational psychologist. [43762/15]
- National Educational Psychological Service Staff
500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of interviews conducted to date to replace a psychologist within the National Educational Psychological Service in County Mayo; and if...
- Schools Building Projects Status
502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for the future development of a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Patronage
503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will develop an Educate Together school in County Galway, given that an independent demographic study commissioned by GET2LS, the Educate...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the pilot scheme for the allocation of extra teachers to schools for pupils with special education needs, including the schools...
- Adult Education
505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request the City of Dublin Education and Training Board to meet representatives of the Target project in Donaghmede in Dublin 13 to...
- School Funding
506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided to primary and post-primary schools for capital works, by county, from March 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement...
- School Accommodation
507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional capacity will be provided at a school (details supplied) in County Galway to cater for the many students who wish to enrol there...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the recently announced proposals regarding new apprenticeships by the Apprenticeship Council will be operational; if and when there will be...
- School Accommodation
509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the replacement of 58 prefabrications by a school building in Croom in County Limerick, the cost to her Department and to Limerick...
- School Improvement Works
510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grant aid or funding is available for the purchase and erection of security fencing around a school and for the purchase of additional land...
- Student Fees
511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that an apprentice attending a Forás Áiseanna Saothair course is required to pay €1,000 to Cork Institute of...
- Higher Education Funding
512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the expert group's report on the future of higher education funding in Ireland will be published; if the continued funding for the National...
- Special Educational Needs Resources
513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary level and secondary level students in Dublin north-east and Dublin north-west inner city seeking special needs assessments...
- School Enrolments
514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has reviewed the adequacy of places in south Dublin city, particularly in Dublin 4, 6 and 14, for junior infants for the 2016-2017 school...
- Schools Amalgamation
515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a new school name and roll number were issued (details supplied), given the detrimental effect on the support provided to children attending...
- School Governance
517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the governance manual for primary schools 2015 to 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43936/15]
- Religious Education
518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a copy of the consultation paper regarding education on religion, belief and ethics in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools will be notified if their applications have been successful under the summer works programme 2016; and if she will make a statement...
- Special Educational Needs Assessments
520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite a clinical and educational assessment for a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement...
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Longford to a decision on an application for a grant by Student Universal...
- Higher Education Fees
522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce a fee waiver for independently managed community education providers for Quality and Qualifications Ireland re-engagement....
- School Admissions
524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Education (Admissions to Schools) Bill 2015 will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas. [43956/15]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why the resource hours of a person (details supplied) were withdrawn at the start of this school year and if these will be re-instated for the...
- Educational Disadvantage
528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional spending provided in a calendar year to primary schools with delivering equality of opportunity in schools status, including a...
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Certification
529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund funded training courses are not recognised by SOLAS and if she will reconsider this policy. [43964/15]
- Schools Mental Health Strategies
530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available to assist schools to pay for the delivery of programmes on positive mental health and emotional health, given the extent...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review a decision by Student Universal Support Ireland to refuse an application for a grant from a person (details supplied); and if...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is losing an entitlement to a special needs assistant; if she will re-instate this entitlement;...
- School Accommodation
534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the decision not to grant approval for funding for temporary classroom accommodation to a school (details supplied) in County...
- Teaching Qualifications
535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the situation of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if she is aware of such difficulties facing teaching graduates; and if...
- Pension Provisions
536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a teacher (details supplied) for retirement pension and lump sum can be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Transport Applications
537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has applied for school bus transport; and if she will make a statement...
- Teaching Qualifications
538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the circumstances of teachers being probated and if these teachers can carry their probationary period over two years; and if...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why the term unit is used to describe special needs classes; if this term is seen by many families as suggesting that their children should be...
- Disadvantaged Status
541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a school (details supplied) in County Mayo does not have delivering equality of opportunity status, despite assurances to the contrary being...
- Psychological Assessments
543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be assessed and considered for possible learning supports. [44234/15]
- Institutes of Technology Staff
544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff who reached a financial settlement and then retired or terminated their employment and the number who paid arrears relative...
- School Accommodation
545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the cramped and inadequate facilities at a school (details supplied) in Cork city; if she will expand the facilities on the...
- Departmental Legal Costs
546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost to her Department, and those bodies under its aegis, for the procurement of legal services in the State from 2011 to 2015 in...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Leader Programmes Funding
547. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of Leader funds for Louth Leader Partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43831/15]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
548. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in approving an application by Mayo County Council for funding for a group water scheme (details...
- Community Development Initiatives
550. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the number of persons who progressed into employment or self-employment as a result of local community...
- Rural Development Programme
552. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the number of full-time jobs created in enterprises supported under the rural development programme Ireland...
- Local Government Audit Service
554. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to make a statement on the findings of the critical review on merging the local government audit service into the Office...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
555. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the amount of taxpayer money being spent on paying a mortgage on a derelict house in Mountshannon in County...
- Building Regulations
556. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if buildings ( details supplied) in County Kerry are insured appropriately; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Meetings
557. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set down in tabular form the number of meetings requested by private external lobby groups and the number held; and if...
- Ministerial Expenditure
558. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set down his Department's photography costs since he came into office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide details of his Department's use of external public relations firms since he came into office by year in tabular...
- Departmental Contracts Data
560. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide details in tabular form on the reports he commissioned from external consultants since March 2011 by year,...
- Ministerial Advisers Data
561. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide details of the number of special advisors on his staff and their yearly salary from 2011 to date; and if he...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why local authorities have turned down the offer of 4,000 houses offered by the National Asset Management Agency; and if...
- Seniors Alert Scheme
563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 522 of 10 November 2015, if the meeting he held with representatives of an...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
567. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to detail the funding provided in each of the years 2011 to date under the housing adaptation grant scheme for persons in...
- Local Authority Housing Data
570. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the average cost of the construction of completed social housing units in each of the years 2011 to date in...
- Pyrite Incidence
571. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of homes and buildings in County Mayo which are subjected to pyrite issues; and if he will make a statement on...
- Rent Controls
572. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how he will combat rent increases, if and when he will introduce rent controls, what these rent controls will be; and if...
- Housing Provision
573. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the funding allocation announced recently for redevelopment works at Erne Dale in Ballyshannon in County Donegal will...
- An Clár Infheistíochta Caipitil
574. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government cén uair a bheifear i dteagmháil le Comhairle Contae na Gaillimhe maidir leis an airgead atá curtha ar...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure
575. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the expenditure on the housing adaptation grant scheme and the mobility aid scheme from 2011 to date; the cost of...
- Private Residential Tenancies Board
576. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of tenants with landlords who are not registered with the Private Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will...
- Leader Programmes Administration
577. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of completed plans received under the Leader programme to date, including the names of the applicants and the...
- Building Regulations
578. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the investigation panel to examine the MICA issue will be established and functioning; what the process will be for...
- Fire Service
579. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of times the fire service from a station (details supplied) in County Longford was called to assist at serious...
- Planning Issues
580. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of an enforcement order issued by Westmeath County Council in respect of a company (details supplied) in...
- Energy Efficiency
582. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the type of energy efficiency measures attended to by Mayo County Council on its social housing stock pursuant to funding...
- Housing Adaptation Grant
584. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of home grants for the elderly (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44092/15]
- Emergency Services Personnel
585. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government who co-ordinates the emergency service teams in County Longford that are called to the scene of serious road accidents;...
- Fire Service
586. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how many hoax calls Cork City and Cork County Fire Service were called out to in each of the years 2013 to date, the cost...
- Waste Disposal
587. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has discussed its grievances on the workings of the tyre working group and some of the practices and...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
589. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority housing unit builds completed by county in 2015 to date, in tabular form. [44193/15]
- Housing Assistance Payments Data
591. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment tenancies in operation and yearly cost of these tenancies to the State by county...
- Local Authority Housing Data
594. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent on the construction of local authority housing in each of the years 2011 to date, in tabular form, and...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme Data
595. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of former rental accommodation scheme tenants who have been evicted or who have had their tenancies terminated...
- Voluntary Housing Sector
597. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of an application for funding by a housing group (details supplied) in County Tipperary, if and when funding...
- Traveller Accommodation
598. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason housing specifically designed for occupation by Travellers, where more than one house or dwelling is provided,...
- Departmental Legal Costs
600. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total cost to his Department, and agencies under his aegis, for the procurement of legal services in the State from...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Warmer Homes Scheme Eligibility
601. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the review of criteria to include persons in receipt of partial capacity in the eligibility criteria for...
- Trading Online Voucher Scheme
602. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will continue the trading online voucher scheme in 2016. [43768/15]
- Product Labelling
605. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware that there is inadequate enforcement of what is known as the Dim2/Erp legislation in respect of the import...
- Ministerial Meetings
606. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of meetings requested by private external lobby groups and the number held, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Departmental Expenditure
607. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his Department's photography costs since he came into office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
608. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his Department's use of external public relations firms since he came into office by year and in tabular form; the uses...
- Ministerial Advisers Data
610. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of special advisers on his staff and their yearly salary from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on...
- Broadband Service Provision
611. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the purpose of the national broadband plan team’s recent meeting with Center Parcs; the date of the meeting; if it...
- Gas Exploration Research
612. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources how much has been spent to date on the study commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency on the environmental...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
615. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress in meeting the overall renewables targets by 2020 under the Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC, including...
- Energy Policy
616. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his Department's expenditure on subsidies for energy production, on research and development into thermal energy and...
- Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan
617. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will enhance or incentivise the development of offshore wind energy, including the level of subsidy; and if he has...
- Departmental Legal Costs
618. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total cost to his Department, and those bodies under his aegis, of the procurement of legal services in the State...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Reachtaíocht um Thrácht ar Bhóithre
619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport an bhfuil sé sásta go bhfuil córas nua á chur i bhfeidhm faoina ndéanfar tairiscint ghníomhach i ngach...
- Parking Regulations
620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if legislation will be amended for disc parking areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44026/15]
- Civil Aviation Regulation
621. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the law on the use of drones by private citizens. [44085/15]
- Sports Organisations
622. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Sport Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43550/15]
- Ministerial Meetings
623. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of meetings requested by private external lobby groups and the number held, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Expenditure
624. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's photography costs since he came into office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance by year...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
625. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's use of external public relations firms since he came into office by year in tabular form; the uses of these firms and...
- Ministerial Advisers Data
627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of special advisers on his staff and their yearly salary from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Transport Provision
628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why a valid travel pass holder (details supplied) in County Kilkenny is unable to avail of the Bus Éireann 2028 service from...
- Road Improvement Schemes
629. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received any submissions from Mayo County Council for a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Agencies Funding
631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the return the State has received from its ongoing investment in the Dublin Airport Authority and the financial dividend it received...
- Public Transport Subsidies
632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the subvention paid to Córas Iompair Éireann for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43823/15]
- Road Improvement Schemes
633. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if and when he has received an application from Mayo County Council for a specific road grant for the improvement of the road between...
- Sports Facilities Provision
634. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a new stadium for Finn Harps Football Club in County Donegal; if there is an additional urgency within the Department for...
- Road Projects Status
635. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a section of roadway (details supplied) in County Kerry will be prioritised for funding in 2016; and if he will make a statement on...
- Appointments to State Boards
636. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any persons with a disability have been appointed to the board of any transportation companies or organisations that provide public...
- Rail Services
637. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why Iarnród Éireann has decided to change the timetable for the commuter trains at Howth junction (details supplied); and if he...
- Air Services Provision
638. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport following confirmation that the British Department for Transport has agreed to co-fund the re-instatement of the Derry to Dublin air...
- Freedom of Information Requests
639. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the manner of Sports Ireland's engagement with the Information Commissioner in a case (details supplied); and if...
- Rail Services
640. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade the Dublin to Westport rail service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44207/15]
- Taxi Regulations
641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the arrangements in place for persons with literacy issues and difficulties who wish to make complaints to the Taxi Regulator, and he...
- Public Transport Subsidies
642. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of subvention provided to Córas Iompair Éireann, Luas and other companies providing public transport in each of the...
- Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
643. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide grant support through the sports capital grant programme or, following the closure of the local authority swimming...
- Road Projects
644. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to build a bridge linking north County Louth and south County Down at Narrow Water, the steps he has taken to...
- Road Safety
646. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address road safety issues on the N56 national secondary route, if he is aware of the high frequency of road traffic incidents...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Commemorative Events
647. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the context of the commemorative projects in 2016 that will reflect on the lives and deaths of 3,500 Irish soldiers who died in...
- Archaeological Sites
648. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the impact of archaeological and heritage policy on the ambitions of the community that is deemed to be in the buffer zone of a...
- Architectural Heritage
649. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the various initiatives identified in the recently launched historic houses action plan that will support the owners and custodians...
- Heritage Sites
650. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht why she has ceased negotiations on the purchase of Granard Motte, despite Longford County Council having made a significant...
- Commemorative Events
651. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the launch of Raidio Teilifís Éireann's commemorative programme for 1916; and if she will make a statement on...
- Meetings with Lobbyists
652. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of meetings requested by private external lobby groups and the number of meetings held, in tabular form; and if she will...
- Departmental Expenditure
653. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department's photography costs since she came into office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance by...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
654. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department's use of external public relations firms since she came into office by year in tabular form; the uses of these firms...
- Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
656. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of special advisers on her staff and their yearly salaries from 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Arts Funding
657. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the low earnings of those in the arts sector and that they do not have recourse to collective bargaining; and if she...
- Commemorative Events
658. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a designated Famine commemoration day is merited given the scale of the tragedy itself and its effect on Ireland and the world, if...
- Rural Development Programme
660. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will honour the Shannon Callows agreement signed between the heritage section of her Department and farmers in the Shannon...
- Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
661. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 607 of 10 November 2015, and given that her predecessor stated in reply to a previous...
- An Fhoireann Rannach
662. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a cheapfar comharba ar Stiúrthóir na Gaeilge sa Roinn a bheidh ag éirí as oifig ag deireadh na...
- Maoiniú d'Eagrais Gaeilge
663. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an eol di go bhfuil imní ar chuid de na heagraíochtaí Gaeilge faoi na leasuithe atá déanta ar an Scéim...
- Heritage Council
664. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will allocate extra funding to the Heritage Council to compensate for the loss of funding to the Burren Life Wicklow upland...
- Film Industry Promotion
665. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will encourage Ireland as a film location, given the numerous scenic and attractive locations available in urban and rural...
- Cultural Policy
666. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will utilise Ireland's culture as an international national brand with consequent economic benefits; and if she will make a...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
667. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if mutual agreement has been reached on the impact of special areas of conservation and natural heritage areas on traditional turf...
- Arts Plan
669. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she communicates with local community groups involved in the production of amateur dramatic and musical festivals, given the need...
- Artworks Sale
670. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will engage with the private sector to ensure that objets d’art are not sold off to public or private collectors...
- Arts Plan
673. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will encourage employment growth throughout the arts sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44179/15]
- Easter Rising Commemorations
674. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is continuing to develop plans for the 1916 commemoration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44180/15]
- Philanthropy Initiatives
675. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the arts continue to benefit from support from philanthropists at home and abroad, if she will augment and encourage such support;...
- Heritage Sites
676. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she continues to protect valuable archeological sites; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44182/15]
- Departmental Legal Costs
680. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total cost to her Department, and those under her aegis, for the procurement of legal services in the State from 2011 to 2015 in...