Written answers
Thursday, 10 December 2015
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government given that capital-funded social housing provision targets, including new-builds and units provided under the rental...
- Rural Development Policy
12. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the detail of the proposed charter for rural Ireland, when it will be published, how it is being devised, the consultation...
- Local Authority Housing Data
13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of residential units made available to local authorities in 2015, the number of these made available to citizens...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Number 731 of 6 October 2015, the status of the 1,400 homes to be transferred from the...
- NAMA Social Housing Provision
15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions and negotiations he has had with the National Asset Management Agency on increasing its provision of social...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the wind farm development guidelines on setback distances will be published, the reason for the delay; and if he will...
- Departmental Contracts
17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 170 and 171 of 2 December 2015, if procedures exist for accidental or unscheduled...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
18. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the State's capacity to engage in mitigating measures against harmful greenhouse gas emitters is severely restricted...
- Leader Programmes Expenditure
19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the spend incurred under the Leader programme 2007 to 2013; the original allocation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Authority Housing
20. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why he places a limit of €30,000 when considering applications for the funding of vacant housing units owned by...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
21. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for replenishing actual housing stock, given the announcement of the new tenant purchase scheme; and if he will...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
22. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the aftermath of his welcome investment in the public housing programme, if that programme can be accelerated to provide...
- Commercial Rates Valuation Process
23. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Government will bridge the financial gap caused by the net reduction in global valuation of commercial rates on...
- Illegal Dumping
24. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the necessary funding for the continued remediation of the Kerdiffstown landfill site will be ring-fenced in future...
- Leader Programmes Administration
25. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the new Leader programme, when it will be delivered in communities, the status of its delivery in County...
- Waste Management
26. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has engaged with Bord na Móna on the decrease in tonnage allowable from 1 December 2015 at the Drehid landfill...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
27. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to place a moratorium on wind farms until effective regulations are put in place. [44055/15]
- Commercial Rates
28. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of revenues from commercial rates to local authorities as a result of the global revaluations undertaken by the...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
29. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government considering the housing and homelessness crisis, if he will consider, as an alternative to temporary modular homes,...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he has had regarding the manner in which the pyrite remediation scheme has been constructed and the...
- Planning Issues
31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is concerned regarding our planning laws as they relate to the timescales to decide on planning applications for...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
32. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how the target of 1,400 new-builds or acquisitions by local authorities and approved housing bodies will be met by the end...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
33. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the contact he has had with Homebond in the past two months regarding the structural issues which emerged in the course of...
- Housing Issues
34. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his role in providing a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities...
- Building Regulations
35. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the investigation panel to examine the mica issue will be set up and functioning, its terms of reference, when it will...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
36. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the plan for the provision of social housing is the most effective option available in tackling the worsening housing...
- Waste Management
37. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that the significant numbers of tyres collected by the local authorities in Dublin in the weeks before...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
38. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of his engagements with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources on his stated objective...
- Security of the Elderly
39. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding he has made available for the provision of alarms, pendants and other security devices for the elderly in each...
- Ministerial Meetings
40. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received any written or oral representations on behalf of Task Alarms from any elected representative, and the...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme Expenditure
41. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 732 of 6 October 2015, if the information has been compiled and if the data...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
42. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce sectorial targets to reduce carbon emissions, given the discussions in Paris in France discussions and...
- Department of Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Applications
43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will make a decision on an application by persons (details supplied) in Dublin 5 under the carer's allowance scheme. [44436/15]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 10 November 2015, the steps a tenant who was under housing assistance payment should...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if community welfare offices in County Louth have the capacity to assist persons with meeting the cost of deposits for...
- Back to Education Allowance Appeals
51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will make a decision on a review for a person (details supplied) in County Louth under the back to education allowance...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review further medical evidence in support of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if there is a mechanism available whereby a person who was on community employment and then signed on for credits for six months...
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the Christmas bonus (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44516/15]
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for re-instatement, following retirement on grounds of ill-health, with prior notice granted since 2004;...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an increase in rent support in line with increased rent will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County...
- Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a payment under the jobseeker's scheme will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the entitlement to partial rent support of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if efforts will be made to ensure that...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if and when rent support will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to have an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath...
- Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme Data
64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have availed of the back to work dividend scheme since it was introduced; how this compares to the...
- Department of Finance
- NAMA Social Housing Provision
66. To ask the Minister for Finance given the current housing crisis, why social housing comprises only 10% of the housing stock to be delivered by the National Asset Management Agency; if this...
- Tax Credits
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of extending the existing PAYE tax credit of €1,650 to all individuals who currently pay income tax as a...
- Tax Data
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of instances and transactions in which capital acquisitions tax and in which inheritance tax was payable and the value to the Exchequer of each of...
- Tax Reliefs Data
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs relating to property, the number of persons availing of each relief and the total cost to the Exchequer of each relief in the most recent tax...
- Tax Rebates
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a refund on tax paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44508/15]
- Property Tax Data
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of property tax paid in County Louth for each of the years 2014 to date; the proportion that was spent in County Louth; and if he will make a...
- NAMA Social Housing Provision
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements under which the National Asset Residential Property Services Limited, the National Asset Management Agency social housing special purpose...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for re-instatement, following retirement on grounds of ill-health, with prior notice granted since 2004; the legislation and rules...
- Property Tax Administration
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which it is concluded that a person (details supplied) in County Longford is a property owner, given that the person is not; and if he will make a...
- National Treasury Management Agency Remuneration
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the salary band of each of the four members of the staff of the National Treasury Management Agency who received retention payments in 2014 and in 2015 as...
- Banking Sector Remuneration
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in the financial institutions covered by the bank guarantee that have received so-called retention payments in 2014 and 2015 and the amount...
- State Banking Sector
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the valuation placed on the State's banking assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44651/15]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of employees who are on Civil Service redeployment panels by grade; if his Department is required to accept staff from...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who have been placed on Civil Service panels arising from open competitions held in 2014 and 2015 to date by grade;...
- Flood Relief Schemes
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will request the Office of Public Works to carry out remedial works to address flooding to the lands of a person (details supplied)...
- Flood Relief Schemes Status
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of planned flood relief schemes (details supplied) in County Cork including the commencement and completion dates for each...
- Flood Relief Schemes
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for flood relief in Athleague village in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44537/15]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for re-instatement, following retirement on grounds of ill-health, with prior notice granted since 2004; the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Organic Farming Scheme Applications
89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the organic scheme will be open for new entrants in 2016. [44460/15]
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2015 basic payment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo, the reason for the delay;...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
91. 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 persons (details supplied) in...
- Departmental Properties
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a lease of a building (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44491/15]
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44493/15]
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application under the basic payment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in headage payments for 2015 being issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
- Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action a person who applied for 40% grant aid for a new shed because the closing date was approaching may take, given that this...
- Agriculture Schemes
102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if simplification in the rules applying to young farmer schemes across the European Union, as announced in recent weeks (details...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers awaiting the first instalment of payments and the value of outstanding payments under the basic payment scheme...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for re-instatement, following retirement on grounds of ill-health, with prior notice granted since 2004;...
- Forestry Grants
106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a forestry grant payment will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, as all the paperwork was destroyed. [44615/15]
- Agriculture Scheme Data
107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of applicants in County Cavan paid to date under the 2015 areas of natural constraint scheme and the single payment...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for non-payment of area aid under the young farmers scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo, if he will...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
111. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of applications for re-instatement, following retirement on grounds of ill-health, with prior notice granted since 2004; the legislation, rules and...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Pension Provisions
112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will offer Garda Síochána pensioners the option of weekly, fortnightly or monthly salary payments; and if she will make a...
- Garda Equipment
113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce the use of body cameras and car dash cameras within An Garda Síochána, given recent high profile incidents of...
- Road Traffic Offences
114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions and of convictions for motor tax offences and the cost to her Department, to An Garda Síochána and to the...
- Commencement of Legislation
115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when section 52 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will commence, and if its non-commencement is preventing students from...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for re-instatement, following retirement on grounds of ill-health, with prior notice granted since 2004; the...
- Naturalisation Applications
117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Family Reunification Applications
119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a previously refused application for family reunification by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 will be reconsidered and if further...
- Residency Permits
120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if health needs will be borne in mind in determining eligibility for residency status by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
- Asylum Applications
121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44583/15]
- Travel Documents
122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a temporary travel pass and visa will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) in County Clare in regularising residency status; and if she will make a statement on...
- Naturalisation Applications
127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44592/15]
- Immigration Status
129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will regularise residency and eligibility for stamp 4 for a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement...
- Deportation Orders
131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Naturalisation Applications
132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Investigations
133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person who reports an issue and provides a lengthy written statement to An Garda Síochána is entitled to an update on the stage...
- Garda Vetting Applications
134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for Garda Síochána vetting by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
135. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications for re-instatement, following retirement on grounds of ill-health, with prior notice granted since 2004; the...
- Department of Health
- General Medical Services Scheme Administration
136. To ask the Minister for Health if and when he will re-instate the rural practice allowance, the distance code and the prescribing physicians allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
137. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a replacement nurse on Cape Clear Island in County Cork, including the steps the Health Service Executive has taken to fill...
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
138. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the most recent projection by the project team of cost is €740 million, not including fit-out of the hospital, as against...
- Hospitals Expenditure
139. To ask the Minister for Health the expected cost in 2015 of purchasing medical procedures, consultations, operations and after care from private hospital facilities and of addressing the...
- Medicinal Products Prices
140. To ask the Minister for Health if he has investigated why the price of units of cancer drugs is up to more than €200 higher in this State than elsewhere, given recent research...
- Health Services Data
142. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting, the average waiting time and the number of persons who have waited in excess of the Health Service Executive's 13-week target...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
144. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the gastrointestinal endoscopy initiative, which includes colonoscopies undertaken by the National Treatment Purchase Fund, including when this...
- Health Services Access
145. To ask the Minister for Health further to recent media reports (details supplied) the measures he will take to ensure parity of access for persons without private health insurance awaiting...
- Health Services Staff Data
146. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels of radiographers and gastroenterologists and the vacancies in endoscopy services by region and hospital group. [44453/15]
- Primary Care Centre Expenditure
147. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital expenditure on primary care centres and convalescent facilities for 2016. [44464/15]
- Respite Care Services
148. To ask the Minister for Health why a decision has been taken to refuse access to respite care for users of a service from other regions who have in the past used the service; his views on...
- Hospitals Capital Programme
149. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise funding for phase 2 of the current developments at St. Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44494/15]
- Hospitals Funding
150. To ask the Minister for Health how the funding of €16.9 million, €8.9 million revenue and €8 million capital provided in July 2015 to support acute hospitals over the...
- Hospital Services
152. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 26 November 2015, the locations of the 135 hospital beds which were closed for refurbishment or for...
- Seirbhísí Sláinte
154. To ask the Minister for Health cén polasaí atá aige i leith seirbhísí sláinte ar na hoileáin amach ón gcósta; cad atá déanta aige...
- Health Services Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the referral of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44505/15]
- National Lottery Funding Applications
157. To ask the Minister for Health why lottery funding was refused to an organisation (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44513/15]
- Hospital Appointment Status
158. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44517/15]
- Health Services Provision
159. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has been informed that there is a two-year waiting time to access the Health Service Executive's support services, by which...
- Medical Card Eligibility
160. To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant medical cards to the 9,000 children who do not have them but who do qualify for a domiciliary care allowance, given that these children met...
- Hospital Groups
161. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Saolta Hospital Group review of accident and emergency services at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe in County Galway, including its...
- Hospital Services
162. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the maternity review at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe in County Galway including its completion date; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
163. To ask the Minister for Health the consultant vacancies at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe in County Galway, the steps the Saolta Hospital Group is taking, through its group structure,...
- Ambulance Service Data
164. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in publishing the Lightfoot Capacity review of the ambulance service; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
165. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the emergency response vehicles in the north-east region regarding an emergency call for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Applications
166. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44547/15]
- Medical Card Data
167. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who require chemotherapy, who have a medical card or who obtained a medical card following diagnosis, and who have to pay €75 per...
- Health Services Funding
168. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of the additional €66 million out of the additional €600 million that is being allocated to the Health Service Executive West in...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for re-instatement, following retirement on grounds of ill-health, with prior notice granted since 2004; the legislation, rules and...
- Dental Services Provision
170. To ask the Minister for Health if dental treatment through a person's medical card, or otherwise, is available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on...
- Medical Card Applications
171. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card will be reconsidered for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44590/15]
- General Practitioner Services
172. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request Westdoc to re-establish a fully staffed cell in Roscommon town, in line with the commitment given to the public following the closure of the...
- Health Services Provision
173. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the serious concerns of service users about physiotherapy services within the early intervention service in County Roscommon, as service...
- Hospital Procedures
174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed by public hospital in 2015 to date in tabular form. [44617/15]
- Hospital Services
176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures procured from and the amount spent on these procedures in private and independent hospitals by the Health Service Executive by...
- Health Services Staff Data
177. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health care professionals working in primary care as of 1 December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44620/15]
- Prescription Charges
179. To ask the Minister for Health the amount collected in prescription charges for medical card prescriptions in each of the years 2011 to 2014 and the projection for 2015. [44622/15]
- Drug Treatment Programmes
180. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who sought drug treatment and rehabilitation services by county or local health area for each of the past five years and in 2015 to date...
- Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
182. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for drug prevention, treatment and rehabilitation projects in each of the past five years; the projected budget for 2015; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointment Status
183. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44657/15]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Shannon Airport Facilities
184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a M142 high mobility artillery rocket system, HIMARS, was delivered through Shannon Airport during August 2015. [44461/15]
- Irish Prisoners Abroad
185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the ongoing birthday postcard campaign for a person (details supplied). [44475/15]
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for re-instatement, following retirement on grounds of ill-health, with prior notice granted since 2004; the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for temporary classroom accommodation by a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a student grant by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be expedited; the reason for the delay; if Student...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence from a school principal regarding the proposed special educational needs programme; and if she will make a statement...
- School Services Staff
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will accept the arbitrator's findings in the recent arbitration process into the pay and remuneration of school secretaries and caretakers...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for re-instatement, following retirement on grounds of ill-health, with prior notice granted since 2004; the...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for a higher education grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44593/15]
- Teaching Qualifications
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who holds a Bachelor of Arts in early childhood education is allowed to teach at primary school...
- Gaelscoileanna Issues
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the decision to close off Gaelcholáiste access to students in north eastern Kildare outside the catchment area of the closest...
- Religious Instruction in Schools
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views regarding ending religious criteria for admissions to the model schools where she is the patron; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Enrolments Data
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of extra school places provided since March 2011 in areas (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Early Start Programme
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Early Start programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44656/15]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- NAMA Social Housing Provision
200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will request the National Asset Management Agency to build a greater percentage of houses for social housing than...
- Local Authority Housing Repossessions
201. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to withdraw the new regulations on the repossession of local authority houses that are abandoned, given the difficulties...
- Climate Change Negotiations
202. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Conference of Parties 21 in Paris in France; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- NAMA Social Housing Provision
203. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an agreement has been made with the National Asset Residential Property Services Limited, the National Asset Management...
- Motor Tax Yield
207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of road tax paid in County Louth and the proportion of same spent in the county in each of the years 2014 to...
- Housing Finance Agency
208. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review local authority home loans taken out in the 1970s and 1980s at exorbitant interest rates which persons...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
209. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide long-term funding to the atmospheric research station at Mace Head in County Galway, given its...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications for re-instatement, following retirement on grounds of ill-health, with prior notice granted...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities will endeavour to meet the housing requirements of those already in emergency accommodation or those...
- NAMA Social Housing Provision
212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the availability of housing through the National Asset Management Agency for local authority...
- Local Authority Housing Applications
213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how he can simplify the process of local authority housing applications and reduce the time taken to process individual...
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has identified the ongoing monthly housing accommodation requirement for those on local authority housing waiting...
- Local Authority Housing Data
215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units allocated by local authority for each of the past seven years to date; and if he will make a...
- Flood Prevention Measures
216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is in consultation with the Office of Public Works and the local authorities to address ongoing flood prevention and...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if and when the revised guidelines on wind farms will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44638/15]
- Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding for housing adaptation grants in County Kildare is adequate to meet requirements; and if he will make a...
- Housing Estates
219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which various estates awaiting taking-in-charge by the local authority have been progressed in the past five...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which funding made available over the past five years for the completion of unfinished estates in the...
- Derelict Sites
221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which derelict, incomplete or abandoned sites in various local authority administrative areas continue to...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- White Paper on Energy Policy
224. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will publish the energy policy White Paper, if it deals with micro-generation; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applications for re-instatement, following retirement on grounds of ill-health, with prior notice granted...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Swimming Pool Programme Status
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he directly or through the aegis of the local authorities has engaged with the relevant support groups in north Kildare on the...
- Road Network
227. 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...
- Public Transport Fares
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the latest fare hikes introduced by Dublin Bus and the justification for the increase which will see a five-day bus pass...
- Airports Passenger Data
229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers who travelled through airports in the past year for which records are available; and if he will make a statement...
- Public Service Obligation Services
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of public service obligation air services he subsidises, the details of each service by destination, annual cost and number of...
- Regional Airports
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of capital expenditure and of operational expenditure support he paid or allocated to regional airports during the past five...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for re-instatement, following retirement on grounds of ill-health, with prior notice granted since 2004; the...
- Road Network
233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure a substantial increase in the grant allocation for non-national roads to Cavan County Council in 2016, given the...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Údarás na Gaeltachta
234. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí sonraí faoin tacaíocht atá á cur ar fáil ag Údarás na Gaeltachta do...
- Wildlife Protection
235. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the review of section 40 of the Wildlife Act, as regards the extension of the season for controlled burning of mountain...
- Departmental Staff Rehiring
236. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications for re-instatement, following retirement on grounds of ill-health, with prior notice granted since 2004;...
