Written answers

Wednesday, 9 December 2015

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Information and Communications Technology
      11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the provision of electronic tablets to school children to reduce the excessive weight of their school bags is feasible; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she needs to be more assertive with local authorities in setting out the parking and road safety requirements of schools; if her remit, which...
    • Teacher Data
      13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers employed in the primary and post-primary sector; the number of teachers on part-time contracts; and her plans to address...
    • Schools Designation
      15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath that requires an upgrade to Delivering Equality of Opportunities in...
    • School Curriculum
      16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of junior cycle reform; the level of participation of teachers in training for the new curriculum and assessment;...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in addressing infrastructure supports for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Patronage
      18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the transfer of school patronage and the numbers of schools that have requested a transfer; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Addiction Prevention Programmes
      19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget for school-based prevention and education programmes on addiction; the programmes available at primary and at second level; the time...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she supports the principle of equal pay for all teachers. [43914/15]
    • Skills Development
      21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is focused on the need to ensure that the skills of those persons leaving the education system can be matched to the requirements of the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied regarding her ability to meet the full requirements of special needs teachers and special needs assistants at primary and...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the maximum support to all pupils in disadvantaged schools in 2015/2016. [43918/15]
    • School Funding
      26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to fund primary schools to the same level as secondary schools. [43916/15]
    • Teacher Data
      27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of relief teaching days allocated to teachers on a departmental pension at primary and post-primary levels in 2013-2014, in 2014-2015,...
    • Health Promotion
      28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the challenge by schools (details supplied) in Greystones in County Wicklow to the location of a fast-food restaurant close to their...
    • Departmental Policy Reviews
      29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of consultation on the proposals contained in the review of education in the Gaeltacht policy published by her Department. [43869/15]
    • School Enrolments
      30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions she has had on the inclusion of provisions excluding denominational schools from using a child's religion in selection criteria...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in primary and post-primary schools who have been diagnosed with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Curriculum
      32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to remove rule 68 from the school guidelines. [43700/15]
    • State Examinations
      33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce an assessment regime for allocating supports under the reasonable accommodations at the certificate examinations scheme for...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason for the delay; when work will commence; and if she...
    • School Transport Administration
      35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath is in breach of its planning guidelines, due to excessive traffic at the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the apprenticeships approved by the new Apprenticeship Council; if these courses will include day-release rather than block-release,...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal to discuss urgent accommodation matters; and if she...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed on lower rates of pay due to participation in an apprenticeship or training. [37223/15]
    • Schools Health and Safety
      39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she needs to interact more directly and more proactively with local authorities in respect of road safety at rural schools; her views on the...
    • Education Policy
      40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce a national strategy for hunger prevention in schools; if her Department will retain responsibility for developing,...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the Apprenticeship Council which has recently marked one year in operation. [43868/15]
    • School Services Staff
      42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the anomaly whereby school secretaries are on inferior contracts compared to departmental secretaries and initiate a system of...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the continued use of the JobBridge scheme to employ teachers within schools. [43697/15]
    • Religious Instruction in Schools
      44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a practical application to the right of a child to opt out of religion classes instead of continuing the current situation of...
    • School Management
      45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to rebuild a middle management structure in our primary and secondary schools. [43917/15]
    • Third Level Courses Availability
      46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the practice whereby third level institutes do not fill all their places, but maintain points at an inflated level in order to...
    • Student Support Schemes
      47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how she is responding to foreign students who, in some cases, experience language difficulties when dealing with the educational system. [43876/15]
    • School Staffing
      48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why, under the current staffing schedule, mainstream schools with 15 to 27 teachers require 37 extra pupils to gain or retain a teacher, while...
    • Schools Designation
      49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will award DEIS status to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo, so that its pupils will have parity with pupils in neighbouring...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Data
      50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount directly paid in allowances under the adult refugees programme to persons and their dependants residing in a hotel...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
      51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of children in receipt of a domiciliary care allowance in each of the years 2013 to date, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a fuel allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why there are so many recipients of rent supplement in the local authorities where the housing assistance payment has been rolled...
    • Civil Registration Legislation
      54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will address a query from a person (details supplied) in County Cork about an Irish citizen marrying a non-European Union...
    • Free Travel Scheme Applications
      55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a companion free travel pass for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be finalised; and if...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and when a decision will be made....
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the support systems in place to assist a person (details supplied). [44305/15]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a disability allowance will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she...
    • Water Conservation Grant Applications
      61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will accept a late application under the water conservation grant, as the person was not aware of the closing date; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an entitlement to the Christmas bonus for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when the appeal of an application under the disability allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be...
  • Department of Finance
    • Insurance Coverage
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure home insurance companies provide better information to customers in order that they are in a better position to provide an...
    • Tax Yield
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance the income generated from the extension of betting duty to online bets to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44257/15]
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff within his Department earning over €100,000 by grade in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44266/15]
    • Tax Code
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is standard practise for the Revenue Commissioners to issue the detailed calculations of a person's income to be included with the self-assessment notice...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that the Office of Public Works dredges the Tolka River from the Luke Kelly Bridge to the sea to protect against future...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on proposals unveiled in the Capital Investment Plan 2016 to 2021 to develop and regenerate Waterford city's north quays to...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a contractor to the Foynes flood relief scheme will be appointed, if all relevant stakeholders to the project have been consulted;...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 11 November 2015, his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding flood relief...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the Alliance of Retired Public Servants concerns that, while legislation provides for gradual restoration of pensions from...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • IDA Overseas Offices
      74. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, when and where the Industrial Development Agency Ireland plans to open new offices outside Ireland; and if he will make a statement...
    • Import Costs
      75. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the quantity of goods that was imported into Ireland from Western Sahara in each of the past five years; why is Ireland importing goods...
    • Work Permit Applications
      76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 24 November 2015 and the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow, if the...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
      77. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to reply to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 26 November 2015 wherein he states that he received only one request from the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications
      78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be approved for a grant under the dairy equipment scheme; and if he will...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application under the single payment scheme by persons (details supplied) in County Limerick, if all payments will...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the single payment scheme and the disadvantaged areas scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Íocaíochtaí Deontas
      81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh maidir le hiarratas ar theidlíochtaí faoin "Maolú Albanach" maidir le feirmeoir...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the length of time it will take for payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme to issue to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Íocaíochtaí Deontas
      84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi scéim na limistéar faoi shriantacht nádúrtha do 2015 le...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when headage payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44345/15]
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why an application under the national reserve scheme by a person (details supplied) was not successful, if there is any action the...
    • Ash Dieback Threat
      87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to make required funding available to nurseries to help combat and prevent the spread of ash tree disease; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme and the young farmer scheme will issue to a person (details...
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme
      89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why cluster flushers, which are dairy equipment, are not eligible for grant aid under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why dairy farmers, whose herds locked up due to inconclusive tests for tuberculosis in cattle, are not compensated for the loss of...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a fishing licence by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Defence
    • Air Corps Recruitment
      92. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will hold a further recruitment drive for the Air Corps early in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44268/15]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Parental Leave Framework Agreement
      93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to extend the age limit for children from eight to 12 years of age in order that parents can draw down parental leave, as children up to...
    • Garda Overtime
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the overtime budget allocation to and the amount spent by An Garda Síochána in 2013 and in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Immigration Controls
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she is taking to deal with the outrageous system of queueing that is currently in place for the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration...
    • Garda Recruitment
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a particular percentage of the posts in An Garda Síochána's recruitment process is being reserved for serving members of An Garda...
    • Garda Reserve
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a member of An Garda Síochána can, on retirement, go directly into An Garda Síochána Reserve force without any formalities;...
    • Garda Deployment
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda Síochána numbers in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residency Permits
      99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is unusual for an application for residency to take eight years to determine, as appears to be the case for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Legal Costs
      100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why she consented to the order of the Supreme Court in Case No. 219 JR of 2003 (details supplied) that provided for the awarding of costs for an...
    • Garda Data
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each station in each of the Dublin metropolitan divisions on 1...
    • Legislative Programme
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support reform (details supplied) to the Coroners Bill 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44381/15]
    • Criminal Law
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to address the serious issues relating to prostitution and trafficking, as highlighted in the RTE "Prime Time" programme...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the options open to An Garda Síochána in policing the use of quad bikes on public roads and in public parks, given the ongoing public...
    • Legal Aid Application Numbers
      105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons waiting on civil legal aid by geographical area. [44431/15]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Capitation Grants
      106. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs why a person (details supplied) in County Carlow is not in receipt of the higher level of capitation, E73. [44334/15]
    • Child Care Services Data
      107. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children waiting to be allocated a social worker by length of time waiting, geographical area, and whether the children are...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      108. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff and the number of social workers in Tusla, the Child and Family Agency in whole-time equivalent terms at 31 December...
  • Department of Health
    • Child Health Services
      111. To ask the Minister for Health if school medical examinations continue to identify children with issues requiring urgent attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44415/15]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      112. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in receipt of domiciliary care allowance who also have medical cards in each of the years 2013 to date, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Health Services Provision
      114. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for service disruptions to an outpatient clinic (details supplied) at Dungloe Community Hospital in County Donegal; when this clinic will be fully...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      115. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for outpatient appointments at Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal per outpatient clinic, who have been...
    • Health Services Provision
      116. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive in Cork will provide accommodation for a person (details supplied) while the person is undergoing treatment. [44296/15]
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      117. To ask the Minister for Health what information is sufficient for self-employed persons to provide to the primary care reimbursement service concerning their tax affairs; and if a self...
    • Primary Care Centre Data
      118. To ask the Minister for Health the names, status and expected opening dates of the primary care centre projects announced in 2012, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Administration
      119. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of adjusting medical card thresholds to take account of the minimum wage increase on 1 January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tattooing and Body Piercing Regulation
      120. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce registration, inspection or operational standards for tattoo parlours with particular emphasis on parental consent for those under 18...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Data
      121. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are receiving anti-depression medication through the general medical services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Practitioner Services
      122. To ask the Minister for Health if negotiations have begun with the general practitioner unions on the free general practitioner care for children under 12 scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      123. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for orthodontic treatment by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and the reason for the delay in issuing an appointment....
    • Health Services Data
      124. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have had to wait on trolleys for over 24 hours between 2010 to 2015 to date in tabular form. [44331/15]
    • Home Care Packages
      125. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package will be completed in order for a bed to become available for a person (details supplied) who is currently awaiting transfer to Cork...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      126. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the fair deal package for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [44343/15]
    • Health Care Professionals
      127. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received the report on regulation of physiotherapists and physical therapists; the outcome of the report and if it will ensure protection of both...
    • Health Services Provision
      130. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a headstrong jigsaw site in the north inner city of Dublin following from a meeting held with an organisation (details...
    • Home Care Packages
      131. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocation for home care packages and home help services per community health care office, the basis on which these amounts are determined; and the...
    • Health Services Data
      132. To ask the Minister for Health the number of early intervention teams in each local health office; the waiting time for assessments and the numbers on the waiting list by team. [44370/15]
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      133. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on an orthodontic waiting list by geographical area. [44371/15]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      134. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be performed on a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      135. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list figures for child and adolescent mental health services by the number waiting and by duration. [44375/15]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      136. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the eligibility for a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44377/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      138. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who requires advice and support from a social worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      139. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and therapist services in primary care by age category, geographical area and time waiting. [44391/15]
    • Health Services Data
      140. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy in primary care by age category, geographical area and time waiting. [44392/15]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      142. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists in primary care in whole-time equivalent terms on the public payroll and in active service, and the number of...
    • Health Services Data
      146. To ask the Minister for Health the level of late payment of payroll taxes in the Health Service Executive and in bodies under its control; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Care Professionals
      147. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in introducing regulation of the counselling and psychotherapy sector, if this is urgently required in the public interest, his...
    • Legislative Programme
      148. To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain the undue delay in the public health (alcohol) Bill and his intentions in this regard, given the ongoing problems with alcohol misuse and...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Ministerial Meetings
      149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he last met formally with the Irish ambassador to China, Mr. Paul Kavanagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44270/15]
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 3 November 2015, wherein he stated that permission would not be granted for the landing of an...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Number 880 of 3 November 2015, his views that it is appropriate that records are not kept of the number of...
    • Air Navigation Orders
      153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 882 of 3 November 2015, where he stated that permission was granted for landings of 46 aircraft that...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 863 of 3 November 2015, regarding the presence of 4 Hercules C-130s in Shannon Airport on 18 April...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the decision of the United Kingdom to engage in military actions in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44367/15]
    • EU Meetings
      156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent agreement reached between the European Union and Turkey on the refugee crisis; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made in talks with the British Government and the five Northern Ireland Executive parties on the outstanding issues following...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Amalgamation
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she considered the Pobal Haase-Pratschke deprivation index of an area when eligibility for delivering equality of opportunity in schools was...
    • Superannuation Schemes
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant employed since 2001 must retire on age grounds at 65 years of age; if there are exemptions to this regulation; and...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new post-primary schools proposed for the Stepaside and Kilternan areas in Dublin 18, including their locations; if they will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to have an application for a higher education grant by a person (details supplied) in County Cork dealt with given the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision for a special needs assistant; the reason for the delay; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the proposed secondary level school in Kingswood Heights in Tallaght in Dublin 24; if she will confirm the catchment area for the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite an appeal under the Student Universal Support Ireland grant scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      171. 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 the person's...
    • State Examinations Statistics
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest data from the State Examinations Commission and her Department on the percentage of school leavers from all 192 secondary level...
    • Schools Data
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Number 500 of 1 December 2015, the number of primary schools, by county, by ethos and denomination, in tabular...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Data
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children waiting to be assessed by the National Educational Psychological Service by geographical area and by time waiting. [44387/15]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will improve pupil-teacher ratios at primary and second level schools over the next twelve months; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Skills Development
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the education system, at all levels, will meet the skills demand in the workplace; if apprenticeships will impact on the situation; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the adequacy of the school building programme and, in particular, with the completion of the replacement of temporary or...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if adequate resources are in place to meet the teaching and accommodation requirements of children with Asperger's syndrome and autism at primary...
    • School Enrolments
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new enrolment process will address difficulties that have emerged in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44408/15]
    • School Patronage
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if issues relating to school patronage will be addressed in the short to medium term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44409/15]
    • Education Policy
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will continue her support smaller urban or rural schools with a denominational ethos; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Accommodation
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and how she will address issues relating to student accommodation in the short to medium term; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bullying in Schools
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the issue of school bullying will be monitored to ascertain the best methodology to deal with it; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Gaelscoileanna Issues
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she continues to evaluate progress on the provision of a Gaelcholáiste in north Kildare, having particular regard to the case being...
    • Student Grants Data
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for higher education grants for the current school year that have been approved, refused, are pending; and if she will...
    • Residential Institutions
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 533 of 17 November 2015 in respect of the 2002 indemnity agreement in which she stated that...
    • Child Abuse
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of claims against the State by persons who were abused in day schools; the number of cases which have been settled and which are...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      190. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the new builds and acquisitions to be completed and the new units to be provided by housing associations under the capital...
    • Housing Data
      192. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has analysed the proportion of council homes purchased under previous tenant purchase schemes that have ended up...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      193. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the proposals around building the sea wall in the Clontarf and Raheny area in Dublin; the objections...
    • Planning Issues
      194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will immediately designate the Dublin north fringe region and Fingal south as a strategic development zone to ensure...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will request the National Asset Management Agency to undertake and organise a major programme of social housing in...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      196. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the deadline for achieving mandatory European Union quality standards for wastewater treatment; the implications for the...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      197. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that more than 10% of the 20,000 houses being built by the National Asset Management Agency in the...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the commencement date for rent certainty measures as outlined in recent legislation; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      199. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications received from Donegal County Council for social housing units under the Social Housing Strategy...
    • Housing Provision
      200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to support rent supplement and housing assistance payment limits and introduce rent certainty as short-term housing...
    • Local Authority Services
      201. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will given further consideration to a request (details supplied) from Ballybay and Clones Municipal District; and if...
    • Housing Issues
      202. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of reports of land hoarding taking place in the Dublin area in respect of land zoned for housing, if this...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application from Donegal County Council for funding to further develop the potential of Malin Head in County Donegal,...
    • Greenways Funding
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the various reports and the details and assessment of projects that were submitted for greenway funding, the order of merit they were...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of proposals unveiled in the Capital Investment Plan 2016 to 2021 to develop and regenerate Waterford city's north quays and...
    • Rail Network
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the DART interconnector project and the commitment to deliver it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44294/15]
    • Public Transport
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a health and safety matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44386/15]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Value for Money Reviews
      210. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any of the recommendations outlined in the 2015 value for money and policy review of the Arts Council have been implemented to...