Written answers

Tuesday, 15 December 2015

  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • North-South Interconnector
      45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on using an underground alternative to the North-South interconnector employing high-voltage direct-current...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the national high-speed broadband scheme will be rolled out to the most isolated areas first, as they are the least...
    • Hydraulic Fracturing
      48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he can provide assurances that there are no potential adverse health impacts from hydraulic fracturing, if it were to...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the updated area intervention map for the national broadband plan will be published; if he is aware of concerns that...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of his engagement with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government concerning justifiable...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the ownership of the broadband infrastructure as part of the national broadband plan intervention strategy; the cost to...
    • Energy Resources
      52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he has taken to ensure Whitegate oil refinery in County Cork will remain in operation after July 2016. [44817/15]
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has reached agreement with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government on the regulation of...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if and when high-quality, high-speed broadband will be provided in all urban and rural areas; if the frustrations...
    • Public Service Obligation Levy Application
      55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the State subsidies available to energy providers, including the amounts spent, by category, in each of the past ten...
    • Energy Conservation
      56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland will opt into the mandatory smart metering system. [44815/15]
    • Hydraulic Fracturing
      57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will call off the research project currently being carried out by the Environmental Protection Agency into hydraulic...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of research he has carried out as part of a cost-benefit analysis on wind farms; and if he will make a...
    • Post Office Network
      60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of steps to maintain the existing post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44811/15]
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will carry out mapping of broadband speed-up, downtime and latency, by geographic area; if he has investigated...
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to increase the availability of community renewable energy initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the consultation process he has had with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government on the...
    • National Energy Efficiency Action Plan
      64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress under the national energy efficiency action plan on retrofitting Government and public buildings; if the...
    • Energy Efficiency
      65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the role he envisages social enterprises performing in reducing Ireland's dependence on fossil fuels and, in particular,...
    • Energy Resources
      66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the strategic importance to the State of the oil refinery in Whitegate in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the commitment to provide fibre broadband to every house and business in County Donegal; the deadline for...
    • Corrib Gas Field
      68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for a delay in issuing the final regulatory approval to Shell E&P Ireland that will enable it to start...
    • Energy Resources
      69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the discussions he has had to ensure the oil refinery in Whitegate in County Cork remains in operation as a refinery; and...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to roll out broadband to rural areas in west Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44821/15]
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to encourage the use of electric vehicles, given the very low take-up of such vehicles by public, commercial and...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Unemployment Data
      72. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons categorised as not in employment, education or training who are resident in the areas covered by the Clondalkin and Tallaght social protection...
    • Import Costs
      73. To ask the Taoiseach the value of imported fossil fuels in each of the past ten years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45366/15]
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      74. To ask the Taoiseach the number of applications for reinstatement, following retirement on grounds of ill health, with prior notice, granted since 2004; the legislation and rules or...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      75. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken recently to the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mr. John Key; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44711/15]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      76. To ask the Taoiseach the number of unemployed persons who are not in receipt of a payment under the jobseeker's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44340/15]
    • National Population Statistics
      77. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons aged over 80 years in 2015; and the forecast annual increase in that number to 2021. [45009/15]
    • Departmental Properties
      78. To ask the Taoiseach the ground rents payable by his Department or agencies under his remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016, in tabular...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide compensation measures for home owners in County Donegal to assist with the financial impact of recent flood...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is in receipt of jobseeker's allowance does not qualify for the Christmas...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an appeal under the jobseeker's allowance scheme will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal under the disability allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been refused a fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to clarify the figure taken as means from self-employment accounts when accounts are submitted in respect of the spouse of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of providing an in-work benefit to all working families to guarantee an hourly income rate of €11.75...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding pension contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the invalidity benefit scheme; and if she will...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application under the illness benefit scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce a travel allowance for persons with disabilities in rural Ireland who wish to work part-time but who cannot...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the level of payment for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare with particular reference to the attached documentation; and...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      98. 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 Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the Christmas bonus will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [44923/15]
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a carer's allowance and the respite grant will be immediately paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if she...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application under the disability allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a reduced level of rent supplement is being paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the rate will be...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will award a backdated increase to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who is in receipt of a disability...
    • School Transport Costs
      104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the assistance available for a person (details supplied) in County Laois to assist with school transport; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 3 December 2015, the statutory basis for not providing a Christmas bonus to a person...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the categories of weekly social protection payments not covered by the Christmas bonus; if she will review these with a view to...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of applications for social protection payments by persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Community Services Programme
      109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the Pobal minimum wage increase and its effects on workers (details supplied) in County Kerry. [45018/15]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the ground rents payable by her Department or agencies under her remit, by named property, by name of landlord, by amount payable,...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the supports available for the establishment and operation of men's sheds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45085/15]
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her policy on the payment of single parent payments; her views on the concerns of single fathers who express concern at the fact...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a person (details supplied) who is unemployed and available for work but who is in receipt of no State benefit and...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      116. 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...
    • Family Income Supplement Data
      120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of families who have a person employed in the public service and who are in receipt of, or have been in receipt of,...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      121. 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...
    • Data Protection
      123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a record is kept of calls made by private investigators to her Department on behalf of financial institutions seeking...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a claim for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on an appeal under the invalidity pension scheme; the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [45249/15]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on an appeal under the carer's allowance scheme; the...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
      130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon has not been awarded farm assist; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a review under the domiciliary care allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal under the invalidity pension scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45268/15]
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
    • European Globalisation Fund
      135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons categorised as not in employment, education or training from the Tallaght and Clondalkin social protection...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to expedite an application for a carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will assist back into training and employment citizens, especially women, who do not have a recent social insurance record,...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in awarding a carer's allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [45432/15]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if further medical evidence submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in support of an appeal for the carer's...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if supplementary welfare will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when payment of a carer’s allowance will commence for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo if that person's appeal is...
  • Department of Finance
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to put in place a State-sponsored insurance scheme, to be availed of by residents in flood-prone areas who are not in a position to secure insurance...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance If, under the proposal for the National Asset Management Agency to build 20,000 units over the coming years, there should be a fair balance between the...
    • Tax Code
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the total net discretionary revenue measures in each year from 2017 to 2021, as per the economic and fiscal outlook provided with budget 2016;...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies that exist in his Department, by post, the time frame for each vacancy that has been unfilled; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies that exist in the Central Bank of Ireland by post, the time frame for each vacancy that has been unfilled; and if he will make a...
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of recent submissions and consultations with all of the stakeholders associated with the broader credit union movement, if he will now take...
    • Departmental Bodies Expenditure
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the ground rents the Department or agencies under its remit will pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable in 2015 and in 2016 in...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who were accepted under the living over the shop scheme and the cost of relief, by county, for the past five years in tabular form....
    • Living City Initiative
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance to consider the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in County Cork for relief under the living city initiative; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding grant funding to small and medium enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45176/15]
    • IBRC Liquidation
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Irish Banking Resolution Corporation was fully tax compliant, with all taxes due paid and up to date at the time of the appointment of the special...
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the overall limit of €1 million in chargeable gains for qualifying for capital gains tax entrepreneur relief to €5...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the stamp duty on farm transfers from 1% to 2% from January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45231/15]
    • VAT Exemptions
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the recommendations the Charities Working Group made in respect of the imposition of value added tax on charities; if he has accepted these and if they will...
    • Excise Duties
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will assist small rural golf clubs (details supplied) which are finding it difficult to survive by reducing the value added tax limit or excise; and if...
    • Property Tax Yield
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of the local property tax revenue the Revenue Commissioners retain and the percentage passed on to the local authorities, if a property is in...
    • Property Tax Application
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45412/15]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will provide funding for flood prevention at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding flooding in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45136/15]
    • Coastal Protection
      167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will grant temporary permission to carry out emergency coastal erosion preventative works in a case...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action the Office of Public Works will take following the serious flooding in County Donegal over the weekend and the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the funding provided by the Office of Public Works to each county council to carry out drainage maintenance works for in...
    • Sale of State Assets
      170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list all State-owned companies or companies that the State has had shares in that have been sold in the past five years and...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 1 December 2015, if he will outline the unresolved technical aspects of a flood relief...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all the funding required has been provided to carry out remedial flood prevention works in Mallow, Bandon, Clonakilty and Skibbereen...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flood relief schemes in County Cork at planning, construction and post-construction phases, the commencement and completion dates...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 299 of 17 November 2015, if he or the Office of Public Works has received correspondence from...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      176. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full-year cost of the full restoration of financial emergency measures in the public interest reductions, pension-related deductions...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will indicate the nature of the legal challenges that have to be overcome in relation to flood prevention works in Bandon, County...
    • Departmental Properties
      178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a decision will be made as to whether the former Department of Social Protection property (details supplied) in County Mayo is...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he operates an age restriction policy in terms of board appointments whereby persons who reach 70 years of age while still serving...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will arrange for the Office of Public Works to carry out an assessment of all rivers in County Clare with a view to introducing a...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of all flood relief schemes in County Cork at planning, construction and post-construction phase, the commencement and...
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will implement the Labour Court recommendation (details supplied) to introduce a pension scheme for community employment scheme...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover
      188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he received the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform on hearings regarding the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions the Office of Public Works has taken following the environmental impact statement report on the Dunkellin River and Aggard...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
      192. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the ongoing negotiations on the transatlantic trade and investment partnership and the worries of many non-governmental...
    • Job Retention
      193. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he has taken to protect jobs at a production facility (details supplied) in County Cork, given that the owners have...
    • Enterprise Ireland Staff
      194. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the different sections within Enterprise Ireland including the numbers of employees in each section. [44965/15]
    • Business Parks
      195. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an application for funding of a feasibility study on a business park (details supplied) in County Tipperary, including...
    • Trade Data
      196. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of trade between Ireland and New Zealand in the years 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45012/15]
    • Departmental Properties
      197. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable,...
    • Job Creation Data
      198. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of net jobs created since the Action Plan for Jobs was established in each Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics...
    • EU Directives
      199. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the legislation to give effect to Directive 2014/56/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council will be finalised, if it...
    • Work Permit Applications
      200. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if and when an application for a work permit by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be processed; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Harbours and Piers Expenditure
      201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount he has spent on the harbour in Daingean Uí Chúis, County Kerry, since the approval of Statutory Instrument 233...
    • Food Safety Standards
      202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he will strongly oppose the use of acid washes such as peroxyacetic acid for poultry meat in upcoming discussions with other...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the basic farm payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, the reason for the...
    • Live Exports
      204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 24 November 2015, the status of negotiations between the Irish authorities and their...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question 108 of 19 November 2015, if a person (details supplied) in County Cork has received payment; and if...
    • Animal Experimentation
      212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 permits the breeding of dogs for the purpose of experimentation; and if he...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if qualifying young farmers under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme who need planning permission for work and will soon...
    • GLAS Administration
      214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will deal with a scenario where parties to partnership agreements between older and younger farmers, which have not yet been...
    • Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta
      215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoin Scéim Buníocaíochta agus faoi Scéim na Limistéar...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2015 basic payment scheme and the areas of natural constraint scheme to a person (details supplied)...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork whose holding was the subject in previous years of a Department satellite and...
    • Organic Farming
      218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process used to set organic standards for produce both produced on land and in aquaculture; the steps he has taken to ensure the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Number 344 of 6 October 2015, the status of the appeal concerned; and if he will make a statement...
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry premium payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment under the basic payment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the agri-environment options scheme 1 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      223. 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...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received farm payments; the reason the transfer of entitlements has...
    • Departmental Properties
      226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, name of landlord and amount payable, in...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 296 of 17 November 2015, the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford under the single payment scheme, the reason for the delay;...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
      231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why payment did not issue under the areas of natural constraint scheme for 2015 to a person (details supplied) in County Galway, if...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on an appeal on a payment under the agri-environment options scheme will issue for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment due to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo, including when it will be granted; and if he will make a...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45185/15]
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of parking on his Department's property in Howth in County Dublin, if he has abandoned proposals to introduce paid parking...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the areas of natural constraint scheme and the basic payment scheme for 2015 to a person (details...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
      238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the young farmers scheme. [45313/15]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payment under the basic payment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be expedited due to financial hardship;...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
      241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be expedited due to financial...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive farm payments; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a farm payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Angling Season
      245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the implications of a measure (details supplied) in relation to Irish fish Bass stocks; if he will oppose the measure in...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine a project (details supplied) for possible future development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45382/15]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will insure that a payment under the single payment scheme is immediately made to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Museum Projects
      249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports and funding he will make available to the Howth maritime museum in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Farm Inspections
      250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will suspend all farm inspections in counties Longford and Westmeath due to the serious flooding problems caused by the river...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farm entitlements and payments were miscalculated for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made a decision on an appeal of an application under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme by a person (details...
    • Fodder Crisis
      253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide emergency fodder relief for farmers affected by the flooding in the Athlone area in County Westmeath. [45440/15]
    • Departmental Funding
      254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available from his Department to assist in the expansion of a business (details supplied). [45441/15]
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will forward basic payments to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry and the transfer of entitlement payment, as due to...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 17 November 2015, if payment has issued to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Commonage Advisers
      257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with reference to the assignment of an adviser to a commonage (details supplied) in County Galway for the preparation of green...
  • Department of Defence
    • Flood Relief Scheme Eligibility
      258. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will ensure emergency funds are put in place following the flooding in Athlone, County Westmeath to support those who have had damages caused to their...
    • Departmental Properties
      260. To ask the Minister for Defence the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016, in...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      261. To ask the Minister for Defence when the next intake for Navy recruits will occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45119/15]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legislative Measures
      262. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in enacting all sections of the Child and Family Relationships Act 2015; if she will outline when all sections of the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      263. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44754/15]
    • Legislative Programme
      264. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to tackle sex-trafficking, if it will be enacted before the Christmas 2015 recess; and if she will make a...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      265. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed charge penalty notices issued to learner drivers for driving without being accompanied by a fully qualified driver, for...
    • Courts Service Data
      272. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to reply, dated 4 November 2015, to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 4 November 2015 which was a follow-up to Parliamentary Question No....
    • Road Traffic Offences
      274. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to reply, dated 4 November 2015, to Parliamentary Question Number 117 of 4 November 2015, which was a follow-up to earlier Parliamentary...
    • Garda Deployment
      276. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the number of gardaí stationed in Garda Síochána stations in Crumlin village, Sundrive Road and Ballyfermot in Dublin...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      277. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why a letter was not accepted by a representative from her Department from a group that visited her Department on 22 September 2015 in respect of...
    • Garda Stations
      278. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the discussions she has had with the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána on the provision of a second Garda Síochána...
    • Prison Staff
      279. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline her views on the fact that staff at governor level in the Prison Service can avail of free on-site accommodation in a number of the...
    • Garda Equipment
      280. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the recent additional Garda mountain bikes purchased have been allocated to Garda stations, if not, when they will be delivered; and if she...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      281. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she operates a policy in respect of board appointments whereby persons are compelled to resign on reaching 70 years of age, notwithstanding...
    • Departmental Properties
      282. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to detail in tabular form the ground rents she or agencies under the remit of her Department pay by named property, name of landlord and amount...
    • Prisoner Data
      283. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the number of prisoners in custody and the number under protection in each institution on 23 November 2015. [45094/15]
    • Garda Retirements
      304. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have left An Garda Síochána in the districts of Dundalk, Ardee and Drogheda in County Louth, since 2010;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      305. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of the Intoxicating Liquor (General) Act 1924, her plans to repeal the provision banning the sale of alcohol on Good Friday; and if...
    • Legal Aid Service Data
      306. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been granted free legal-aid in County Galway, by category of offence, the number of times these persons have...
    • Garda Transport Data
      307. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality how many Garda Síochána vehicles, by type, were in operation at the end of each year since 2010 to date, how many are to be...
    • Prisoner Data
      308. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from County Galway who were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment and the number who were processed at the prison where...
    • Garda Equipment
      309. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will investigate the potential for drones to be used for An Garda Síochána surveillance in combating crime, particularly rural...
    • Garda Operations
      310. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality given concerns expressed regarding the proper roll-out of Operation Thor in the Sligo-Leitrim Garda division, the plans in place in the division...
    • Refugee Numbers
      311. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons of Syrian origin or claiming to be of Syrian origin refused leave to land at various points of entry, the reason in each...
    • Residency Permits
      315. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Louth who has recently sent in the requested information; and...
    • Stardust Fire
      316. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of her investigations into the Stardust tragedy in 1981; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45269/15]
    • Prisoner Data
      317. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons serving a sentence of less than three months on 23 November 2015. [45270/15]
    • Educational Services for Prisoners
      341. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of workshop and work-training posts that are vacant in each prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45294/15]
    • Library Services
      344. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hours the library in each prison is scheduled to open each week, the percentage of scheduled opening times the libraries were...
    • Prison Education Service
      345. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners actively following courses with the Open University at present, by institution; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Prisoner Data
      348. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners from 18 to 20 years of age who participated in the integrated sentence management scheme from 24 November 2013 to 23...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      354. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views that in 2014 there were 16,464 incidents of domestic violence against women disclosed to Women's Aid direct services, involving...
    • Detention Centres Data
      355. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if safety at the national children's detention facility in Oberstown is deteriorating for staff and residents, the number of notifiable...
    • Departmental Properties
      356. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in...
    • Adoption Legislation
      357. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 of 8 December 2015, if he will ensure that the Adoption Information and Tracing Bill is brought...
    • Youth Services
      358. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if and when, required counselling through Kildare youth services will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      359. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Number 368 of 1 December 2015, his views on correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the Early...
  • Department of Health
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health services available for children and young persons, particularly those with special education needs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Psychological Services
      361. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the level of child psychology services available in west Cork, if a second child psychologist is required, when will one be appointed;...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      362. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive an appointment for the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore, County Offaly. [44681/15]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists employed in the Health Service Executive disability sector from 2010 to date, in...
    • Nursing Home Services
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons from this State currently resident in nursing homes in the North of Ireland; the cost of this since 2011; and if he will make a statement...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-instate the provision of ambulance services for respite care residents at Cluain Árann community nursing unit in County Tipperary; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      368. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive an appointment in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dental Services
      369. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding dental services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44696/15]
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in delivering a cross-Border radiotherapy unit for the north west to be based at Altnagelvin area hospital in partnership with the Western Health...
    • Hospital Admissions
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the overall annual average length of stay for Irish hospitals over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44717/15]
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care teams in operation from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44718/15]
    • Health Services Funding
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the spending on health as a percentage of gross domestic product for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44719/15]
    • Medical Workforce Data
      374. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses per 1,000 population for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44720/15]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric beds per 1,000 population for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44722/15]
    • Death Certificates
      378. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the number of live births, stillbirths, early neonatal deaths, perinatal deaths, and adjusted perinatal deaths for the past three years; and if he...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on agency staff in the Health Service Executive for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44725/15]
    • Medical Card Application Numbers
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44726/15]
    • Health Services
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the number of serious reportable events within the Health Service Executive over the last five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44727/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      382. 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 the person has submitted all relevant information; and...
    • Mental Health Services
      383. To ask the Minister for Health if he recognises the obstacles persons with mental health difficulties encounter in making a complaint about mental health services, if he will introduce an...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his proposals to regulate psychotherapists and counsellors. [44755/15]
    • Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols relating to waiting times that are in place for paediatric patients presenting for triage in accident and emergency departments. [44759/15]
    • Autism Support Services
      388. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the cuts to vital services for children diagnosed with autism in counties Galway and Roscommon where 2.5 staff currently serve two counties and...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a consultant appointment for a person (details supplied). [44789/15]
    • Hospital Staff
      391. To ask the Minister for Health his views that current rates of payment and premiums for student nurses for intellectual disability, as per the Haddington Road agreement, are a contributing...
    • Health Services Provision
      392. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding essential equipment for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44839/15]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      393. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding the case of a person (details supplied) with the later stages of dementia and Alzheimer's, the current procedures that...
    • Disability Services Provision
      394. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding the available services for adults with an intellectual disability, why a person (details supplied) who will become an...
    • Nursing Home Services
      395. To ask the Minister for Health to justify the exorbitant costs paid to private nursing homes and the measures that are put in place to prevent private nursing homes from adding extra costs...
    • General Practitioner Services
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in receipt of the rural practice allowance and the cost of this, by county, for each of the years 2010 to date, in tabular...
    • Youth Services Funding
      398. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 7 October 2015, why the Health Service Executive has decided to wind down the oasis project at Mounttown Community...
    • Open Disclosures Policy
      401. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the disclosure of hospital and HSE reporting on tragic incidents in the maternity services, to make them fully open to public scrutiny;...
    • Health Services Staff
      402. To ask the Minister for Health if a nurse will be appointed to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44871/15]
    • Disability Services Provision
      403. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) concerning the available services for adults with an intellectual disability, why a current service provider who...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      404. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be permanently placed on a general practitioner list, why this has not been done to date, if it is...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      405. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the parents of children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance, his plans to address the...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the lengthy delay in a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 receiving an appointment at Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin for...
    • Disability Services Funding
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if clients of Saint Patrick's on the Kells Road in County Kilkenny whose financial affairs are being managed by the company will be allowed to change this...
    • Irish Medical Organisation
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the process available through his Department or the Health Service Executive for individuals who are dissatisfied with the outcome of a hearing conducted by...
    • Home Help Service
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the changes being made to home help hours in the Callan area of County Kilkenny, if this pilot project has been agreed with all those concerned including those...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      411. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment for assessment will be arranged at Saint James's Hospital in Dublin for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, given that this...
    • School Transport Provision
      412. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for transport will be provided in 2016 for students attending Our Lady of Good Counsel special needs school in Ballincollig in County Cork (details...
    • Health Insurance Company Payments
      413. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the €100 million payment to the Health Service Executive from Voluntary Health Insurance announced on 8 December 2015, if there is any...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) who is unable to travel to Cork from Tralee in County Kerry to have cataracts removed will be treated in...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
      415. To ask the Minister for Health why the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Drug and Alcohol Task Force removed its funding from the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Outreach Project service and allocated...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      417. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is on the waiting list in Letterkenny University Hospital, the date the procedure will be carried out; and if...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      418. To ask the Minister for Health if efforts are being made to use facilities at hospitals in Northern Ireland in an effort to reduce the continuously rising waiting lists in many hospitals in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list who are waiting up to four, four plus to 12 and 12 plus months; and the...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for the Health Service Executive to respond to a query submitted to his Department on 13 August 2015 (details supplied). [44984/15]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who reach the annual limit €1,728 of the Drugs Payment Scheme, the number of persons who met the previous limits of €1,584...
    • Departmental Properties
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016, in...
    • Rare Diseases
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the all-Ireland network of rare disease registry, and if Bannayan Riley Ruvalcaba syndrome is included in this registry. [45069/15]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      434. To ask the Minister for Health if a parent or guardians of a child with a diagnosis of Bannayan Riley Ruvalcaba Syndrome may apply for a discretionary Medical Card solely in respect of the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      435. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include Bannayan Riley Ruvalcaba Syndrome under the long-term illness scheme, given that as it is a rare condition with multiple symptoms and its...
    • Rare Diseases
      436. To ask the Minister for Health how information on different genetic rare disorders is made available to affected persons and their families, the supports in place for these persons and their...
    • Rare Diseases Strategy Publication
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the functions of the National Office for Rare Diseases, its staffing levels, if it can be accessed by the public, if he intends to implement a strategy or...
    • HSE Investigations
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the investigation into the care and death of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45134/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      440. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive plans to develop a methadone dispensing centre at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare, the support services which...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      441. To ask the Minister for Health when a replacement scheme for the mobility allowance scheme and the motorised transport grant scheme will be finalised, why these schemes have yet to be...
    • Respite Care Services
      442. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will secure urgent respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45143/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      443. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45147/15]
    • Hospital Services
      444. To ask the Minister for Health when full rheumatology services will be put in place at Mayo General Hospital, as was promised in December 2011 through the quality and continuing care...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      445. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to enable the Cystic Fibrosis drug Orkambi to be provided under the medical card scheme and the drugs payment scheme, given its...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      446. To ask the Minister for Health why the flight cost for only one parent and not for two is covered under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45157/15]
    • Medical Card Data
      451. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons 80 years of age and over who are in receipt of a full medical card, the economic cost of a medical card (details supplied); and if he...
    • Hospice Services
      452. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Saint Brigid's Hospice, also known as the Drogheda Memorial Hospital, on the Curragh in County Kildare including the extent of the works being...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      453. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can obtain an early appointment at the Mater Hospital in Dublin 7, given that the person is currently listed...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      454. To ask the Minister for Health why an emergency call for an ambulance made from a location (details supplied) in County Wicklow took 65 minutes to reach the location; and if he will make a...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the ambulance service for County Wicklow and County Carlow, by number, by shift, by location; if the service has been reduced since 2011; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the endoscopy unit at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare; if the preparation of tender documents has been concluded; when the project will...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      458. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of hiring an advanced nurse practitioner, a consultant, a physiotherapist, an occupational therapist, a staff nurse and an additional dentist, each at...
    • Autism Support Services
      459. To ask the Minister for Health when will suitable and appropriate post school placements for persons with Autism be provided for the 23 school leavers from Dublin's Northside who graduated...
    • Health Services Funding
      460. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for in vitro fertilisation treatments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45225/15]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      461. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to re-introduce Scoliosis screening into secondary schools [45230/15]
    • Respite Care Services
      462. To ask the Minister for Health if there is no age discrimination within the respite care services provided by the Health Service Executive for services for stroke victims who are medically...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      464. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has been waiting for over a year for treatment; and if he will make a...
    • Alzheimer's Disease
      466. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding Alzheimer's Disease (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45262/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      467. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be given an appointment for surgery [45265/15]
    • HSE Expenditure
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the annual amount he and the Health Service Executive spend on the drug Ritalin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45315/15]
    • Cystic Fibrosis Treatment
      469. To ask the Minister for Health given the reports of the cost of the new Cystic Fibrosis drug, if he will provide comparatives of costs for other drugs used across his Department and the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      470. To ask the Minister for Health if he will backdate the period of reimbursement for the medication Fampyra on the Long Term Illness Scheme to cover the period that began when users finished...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      472. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 regarding the care received during recent hospital appointments; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Staff
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to ensure that nurses who live here and who seek to undertake a Return to Nursing Course are not tied to the hospital in which they...
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      474. To ask the Minister for Health if he, an agency under the remit of his Department or the Health Service Executive provide funding for a minibus to provide elderly citizens in a community in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      475. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the waiting time for a public patient (details supplied) in County Kerry to receive an appointment in the South Infirmary / Victoria...
    • Dental Services Provision
      476. To ask the Minister for Health why a person's dental treatment (details supplied) in County Galway has ceased, given that due to a medical condition the person has been able to avail of the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      477. 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. [45353/15]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      478. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a family (details supplied) in Dublin 13 with a temporary residential care unit for a person with a mobility impairment; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      479. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with required surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45395/15]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      481. To ask the Minister for Health if further assistance will be allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45409/15]
    • Hospice Services
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the finalisation of the plans for the proposed new specialist inpatient hospice unit with a full range of services in Counties Longford and...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      483. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an urgent appointment for a procedure at Cappagh Hospital in Dublin 11 for a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Applications
      484. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45448/15]
    • Health Care Professionals
      485. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to protect public health safety by distinguishing the difference between physiotherapists and physical therapists and to protect both titles under...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      487. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) in Dublin 13 receives an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45457/15]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Death Penalty
      488. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have raised objections to the existence of the death penalty in the Republic of Kenya; and if he will make a...
    • Consular Services Staff
      489. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned for the safety of Irish civil servants working in Brussels and in other missions, if extra safety measures have been...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      490. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if attacks on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria were discussed with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron; and if he will make a...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      492. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding dealing with the legacy of the past element of the agreement on the North; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Properties
      493. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the ground rents payable by his Department or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      494. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the air strikes in Syria, if he has voiced his position at European Union level; and if he will outline Ireland's position...
    • Human Rights Issues
      497. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the human suffering of families of prisoners of conscience in Iran, especially those of the Baha'i faith, where parents...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      498. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any discussions with the President of France, Mr François Hollande, in relation to French military action in Syria; and...
    • Biofuel Obligation Scheme
      499. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Irish Aid intends to respond to the public consultation issued by the Minister for Communications Energy and Natural Resources in...
    • Economic Partnership Agreements
      500. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on concerns with the passing of Economic Partnership Agreements that they can be considered to be undermining policy coherence in...
    • Human Rights Issues
      505. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will highlight the case of the Douma4, prominent Syrian human rights defenders who were abducted two years ago; and if he will support...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      506. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent meetings he has had with European counterparts on the worsening refugee crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • European Globalisation Fund
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional specialised programmes she provides as part of the Lufthansa Technik European Globalisation Adjustment Fund programme in Rathcoole...
    • Supervision and Substitution Scheme Allowance
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to restore the yard duty payment for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44697/15]
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence received from a person (details supplied) regarding the Further Education and Training Awards Council and Quality and...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 is receiving an allocation of special needs assistant hours appropriate to the diagnosed...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider her decision not to award delivering equality of opportunity in schools status to a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Montessori teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44707/15]
    • Míbhuntáiste san Oideachas
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth gur fágadh scoil i nDún na nGall (sonraí tugtha) amach as an scéim D.E.I.S.; agus an ndéanfaidh...
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 506, 507 and 508 of 24 November 2015, the status of the proposal from Castlethorn Construction regarding...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time Castlethorn Construction was given by the education and training board to build the sports hall and community centre at...
    • Capitation Grants
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the capitation and ancillary grant in 2015 to 2016 to cover the increase in the minimum wage for cleaners, secretaries and...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is compulsory for a special needs assistant to retire at 65 years of age, if there is a mechanism to appeal this ruling; and if she will...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be able to re-apply for delivering equality of opportunity in schools status given that its...
    • School Patronage
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an Educate Together school in the Drumcondra and Marino area of Dublin 3, her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding...
    • Site Acquisitions
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow, when the permanent site will be purchased; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1004 of 3 November 2015, if resource hours or additional special needs assistant hours will be allocated to...
    • School Transport Provision
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide school transport in a case (details supplied) in County Cork. [44932/15]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive the correct level of increment, given that other colleagues who the person taught...
    • Departmental Properties
      527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ground rents she or agencies under the remit of her Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and...
    • School Transport Provision
      528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to a school bus that serves a school in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to advise on the emergency funding for a school (details supplied) in County Louth; when a decision will issue; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Mental Health Strategies
      533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mental health services available for children and young persons, particularly those with special education needs; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed start and completion dates in relation to the pending redevelopment of a college (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why Student Universal Support Ireland will not accept a sworn affidavit when an applicant's parents are separated and there is no legal...
    • Third Level Institutions
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the system of degree courses being offered by private colleges which cost large amounts of money to complete but are not recognised...
    • School Curriculum
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will remove the current rule 68 for primary schools and replace it with another rule maintaining an integrated curriculum or requiring...
    • School Enrolments
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given reports on 8 December 2015 of her view on religious discrimination in school admissions, if she will bring forward changes to section...
    • School Curriculum
      539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will bring forward changes to the Education Act 1998 to enable the teaching of the curriculum in an objective and pluralist manner and not...
    • Teachers' Remuneration (1 comment)
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify a matter in relation to a teacher's degree allowance and salary (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a pupil (details supplied) in County Louth will be re-assessed for provision of special needs assistant or resource hours; and if she will...
    • School Curriculum
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding sign language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45233/15]
    • School Enrolments
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider an appeal on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Galway regarding a school placement; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Number 546 of 8 December 2015, the service providers who received payments from her Department in each of the...
    • School Transport Fees
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that applications for concessionary fares on a school transport route (details supplied) in County Westmeath have been made by parents...
    • School Transport Provision
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 18 September 2013 and with reference to a request to publish the Farrell Grant Sparks, FGS, report...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo who has been residing here for almost two decades and who has attended...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whilst understanding that in accordance with the provisions of the Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Act 2011 and that the board's...
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the rates of pay for casual and part-time teachers in secondary schools who are employed on an ad hoc basis depending on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) in Dublin 13 is allocated a Special Needs Assistant; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Irish Water Consultative Group
      558. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will publish the minutes of the weekly meetings held in Government Buildings regarding Irish Water; and if he will...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide compensation measures for businesses in County Donegal to assist with the financial impact of recent...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      560. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a landowner is permitted to leave excess water from land drains on public roads; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water Conservation Grant Administration
      561. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will change the 2015 closing date for the water conservation grant so that those persons who missed the deadline...
    • Noise Pollution Legislation
      562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the proposed new Street Performing bye-laws, if he will support...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
      563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a private rental tenant who has been in a tenancy for more than 12 months and who has not had a rent review since 2014...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      564. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why and by whom was a tender process (details supplied) declared null and void in December 2014. [44890/15]
    • Foreshore Issues
      570. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has initiated enforcement proceedings under the Foreshore Acts for illegal dumping in a location in County Galway...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      571. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the LEADER Programmes will fully commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44901/15]
    • National Oversight and Audit Commission Remit
      572. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the role and purpose of the National Oversight and Audit Commission, the responsibilities it has taken over from the Local...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      573. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of subvention by the State and local authorities to group water schemes, by county; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Issues
      574. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimates of the reduction in the private housing stock in Dublin, as a result of the introduction of new apartment...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      575. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why Tipperary County Council has refused to purchase a property (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will...
    • Departmental Properties
      576. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      577. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the funding of each LEADER Programme administered by the Mayo North East Company, by project, by amount, by...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      578. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the €30 million budget allocation of the Rural Regeneration and Investment in Rural...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Application Numbers
      579. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants on housing waiting lists an why he is not aware of the level of housing need [45124/15]
    • Fire Safety
      586. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government what the Dublin Docklands Development Authority is doing, as owner of the Longboat Quay common areas, to ensure that the...
    • Mortgage Protection Policies
      587. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1028 of 3 November 2015 regarding over-priced mortgage protection...
    • Planning Issues
      588. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the inquiries into planning matters in Counties Wicklow, Dublin, Cork, Donegal, Galway and Carlow have been completed;...
    • Capital Assistance Scheme Applications
      589. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how long has he been considering (details supplied) a proposal from Dublin City Council on the refurbishment of a block of...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Administration
      590. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures in place under the Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Act 2006, a Statutory Instrument or a...
    • Departmental Funding
      591. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or an agency under the remit of his Department provide funding for a minibus to facilitate greater resources for...
    • Capital Assistance Scheme Administration
      592. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to the voluntary and co-operative funding schemes, if the capital assistance scheme will provide residential...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications
      593. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a mortgage-to-rent case for persons (details supplied) in County Cork, including the next steps in the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Agencies
      594. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the annual cost to the Exchequer of establishing and maintaining the digital hub development agency and any other related...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      596. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources how he will enhance the security of Irish energy supplies, given the central role provided by Whitegate Oil Refinery, if...
    • Rural Broadband Scheme
      597. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress of the rural broadband scheme since its introduction when a company (details supplied) was awarded the...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      598. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the proposed 30 megabite broadband network for all houses by 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      599. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of high-speed broadband being delivered to the Ballinabrackey and Castlejordan areas in County Meath, the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      600. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland can reach its 2020 climate change and energy security targets without constructing industrial wind farms in...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      601. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will tackle the inadequate broadband service to houses and businesses in County Kerry, the number of premises that...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      607. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date for the roll-out of high-speed broadband for an area (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      608. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will improve broadband services in the village of Ashford in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Petroleum and Gas Exploration
      609. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question Number 601 of 1 December 2015, who made the oral agreements with the companies...
    • Gas Exploration Licences
      610. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question Number 600 of 1 December 2015, if any oral or tacit agreements have been made regarding...
    • Departmental Properties
      611. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the ground rent he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by...
    • Energy Resources
      612. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the future of the Whitegate oil refinery, County Cork in view of the announcement that it is now...
    • Energy Policy
      613. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will respond to climate change discussions in the context of reducing dependency on fossil fuels; and if he will...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      614. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has examined the extent of broadband deficiency in terms of availability, quality and speed in rural and in urban...
    • Post Office Network
      615. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will augment and fully utilise the postal services network through the provision of extra compatible facilities,...
    • Exploration Licences Data
      616. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has granted and activated exploration licences in each of the past ten years to date, with particular reference to...
    • Corrib Gas Field
      617. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when supply from the Corrib gas field will be available to the national grid; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bioenergy Strategy
      618. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to outline the developments in the production of bio-diesel and bio-ethanol, their contribution to projected renewable...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      619. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects the telecommunications sector, encompassing broadband, to become comparable to the best in Europe; and if...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      621. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the quality and speed of broadband will be improved over the next three years, particularly in...
    • Hydraulic Fracturing
      622. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a ban on hydraulic fracturing; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      624. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the production of breathalyser test results in both Irish and English, if the Road Traffic Act 2010 should be amended in...
    • Road Projects
      625. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45140/15]
    • Greenways Funding
      626. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Blessington greenway project (details supplied) in County Wicklow, which is shovel-ready, will be allocated funding given that...
    • Road Network
      627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated total cost to the Exchequer of completing an integrated motorway network from Cork to Letterkenny, County Donegal, along...
    • Cycling Facilities Data
      628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to reply to Parliamentary Question Number 601 of 24 November 2015 in which the National Transport Authority stated that it...
    • Taxi Regulations
      629. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider an amendment to the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 to facilitate licensed taxi drivers of small public service vehicles...
    • Sports Organisations
      630. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts he is making to ensure the inclusion and integration of members of the Travelling Community within sporting circles and...
    • Light Rail Projects
      631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 600 of 10 November 2015 and the response from the National Transport Authority confirming that only...
    • Rail Network
      634. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he accepted the recommendation of the National Transport Authority that the design and planning work of the revised Dublin Area Rapid...
    • Rail Services
      635. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the hourly Enterprise train service into and out of Connolly Station in Dublin will commence, if a proposed timetable is available...
    • Sports Organisations
      640. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 587 of 24 November 2015, if he is satisfied with the conduct of the National Sports Campus...
    • Rail Services
      643. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or the National Transport Authority provide the funding to upgrade the audio announcements on the Dublin Area Rapid Transport; and...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      644. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date he last met the chairperson and chief executive officer of Iarnród Éireann, the topics discussed, when he will next...
    • Hotel Accommodation
      645. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of hotels and guesthouses that were warned by Fáilte Ireland in 2013 and 2014 to take action in order to retain their...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      646. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding an application for a driver certificate of professional competence licence by a...
    • Road Projects
      647. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding he or agencies under the remit of his Department provide for the Galway city bypass project; and the status of the...
    • National Transport Authority Funding
      648. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority funding for County Kildare will remain at the same level as in previous years; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Properties
      649. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      650. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the board of Fáilte Ireland has made a decision on an application for funding for phase 2 development of parking and toilet...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      653. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the expenditure on making public transport wheelchair accessible in each of the past five years [45174/15]
    • Tourism Promotion
      654. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to promote the bed and breakfast sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45188/15]
    • Sports Events
      655. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to the University of Limerick arena in Limerick city to replace the boom to enable it to host some of the top...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      656. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Shannon river crossing project at Killaloe in County Clare and Ballina in County Tipperary, including when it will...
    • Tourism Promotion
      658. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his efforts to develop the Ireland’s Ancient East project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44877/15]
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      659. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views regarding rural transport services being used to undercut commercial operators, as articulated in the Transport committee in...
    • Public Transport Provision
      661. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or any agency under the remit of his Department provides funding for minibuses to provide elderly citizens in a community in Galway...
    • Road Safety Data
      662. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of pedestrian road deaths, by county in each of the years from 2005 to date, in tabular form. [45397/15]
    • Road Safety Strategy
      663. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce legislation or regulations to place a mandatory or statutory obligation on pedestrians walking on unlit roads at...
    • Road Network
      664. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a substantial increase in funding for the non-national road network to local authorities in 2016; and if he will make...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      665. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why the board of Iarnród Éireann has so many directors from the United Kingdom, and how directors are nominated or selected...
    • Rail Services
      666. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount it cost Iarnród Éireann to change its name from Irish Rail, why it still uses former addresses for communications...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Turbary Rights
      667. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware that turf cutters who complied with the restriction to their bog in the past have received no compensation under the...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      668. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht why employees of Údarás na Gaeltachta, grades 1 to 5, are not employed on pay scales comparable to the public service, when...
    • Departmental Properties
      669. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      670. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will reopen the built heritage scheme, given that the strict time constraints attached to it caused difficulties for groups...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Eligibility
      671. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a compensation payment to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      672. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will allocate funding to the Hawk's Well Theatre in County Sligo in the near future, in order to help improve its facilities;...
    • Census of Population Publication
      673. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will publish the results of the 1926 census online; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45408/15]
    • Departmental Funding
      674. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports and funding she will make available to the Howth Maritime Museum in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on...

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