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...

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