Written answers

Tuesday, 26 January 2016

  • Department of Defence
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      56. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will extend the remit of the scheme he announced on 10 December 2015, for small businesses affected by flooding, in order that more businesses may apply,...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      57. To ask the Minister for Defence given evidence presented at the United Kingdom Parliament Defence Committee's inquiry on Lariam on 13 January 2016 that noted the impossibility of being 100%...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      58. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 8 October 2015, if any consortium in which the Defence Forces are involved has been successful in its bid for...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      59. To ask the Minister for Defence when Defence Force numbers will reach the agreed ceiling of 9,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2749/16]
    • Emergency Planning
      60. To ask the Minister for Defence when the last meeting of the Government task force on emergency planning took place; the date of its next meeting; if he is continuing to chair these meetings;...
    • Naval Service Operations
      61. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question Number 287 of 24 November 2015, if he has received the findings and recommendations of the review of the fire on board the...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      62. To ask the Minister for Defence the status of additional initiatives the Defence Forces are taking following the Paris terror attacks in France and other incidents; and if he will make a...
    • Overseas Missions
      63. To ask the Minister for Defence the details of his recent discussions with his European Union counterparts in relation to the possibility of increased numbers of Irish troops being sent to...
    • Easter Rising Commemorations
      64. To ask the Minister for Defence the degree to which the Defence Forces will play a role in the 1916 commemorations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2805/16]
    • UN Missions
      65. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is aware of concerns in a number of quarters regarding Ireland's involvement in the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force mission in the Golan...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      66. To ask the Minister for Defence the status of the funding available from his Department for compensation works in relation to flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1831/16]
    • Air Corps
      67. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received and read the report he commissioned to investigate the allegations that Air Corps inspectors tasked with certifying repairs and...
    • Overseas Visits
      68. To ask the Minister for Defence to report on his recent visit to the Golan Heights to meet Irish troops serving on the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force mission and to south Lebanon...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      69. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied regarding the availability of specialised equipment to enable the Defence Forces deal with emergencies such as recent flooding; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      70. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is monitoring the trial of the alleged perpetrator of the murder of Irish United Nations peacekeepers and the attempted murder of a person (details...
    • Civil Defence
      71. To ask the Minister for Defence further to section 9 of his White Paper on Defence, his ambitions for strengthening the technological capacity of civic defence organisations which provide...
    • UN Missions
      72. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force mission in the Golan Heights is an effective use of the skills and experience of the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Constitutional Convention Recommendations
      73. To ask the Taoiseach which Oireachtas Committee will be responsible for reviewing the Constitutional Convention report on economic, social and cultural rights; if the report will be reviewed...
    • Job Creation Data
      74. To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs created on a seasonally adjusted basis since the Action Plan for Jobs was established in each Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics 3 Region...
    • Live Register Data
      75. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons signing on the Live Register at locations (details supplied) in County Laois and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2514/16]
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      76. To ask the Taoiseach in the lifetime of this Government, the number of proposals managerial staff in any agency or managerial body under his remit put forward to alter the roll-out of public...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection what steps she will take to instigate a review of the habitual residence condition to ensure that it is not discriminatory,...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
      78. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of raising rent supplement spending by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2701/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 is entitled to a fuel allowance. [2712/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in November of 2015 for carer's allowance; and if she...
    • Community Services Programme
      82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will link the funding provided to groups under the community services programme with the minimum wage so that all such...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application made by a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will...
    • School Meals Programme
      86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the annual expenditure, the number of recipients and the number of schools under the school meals programme in 2014-15 and in...
    • Social Welfare Code
      87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason an unmarried couple are deemed a cohabiting couple when claiming social protection, but are deemed single persons when...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments
      88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the payment of arrears to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of participants under the TÚS, work placement initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2807/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application under the carer's allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance review will be made for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she...
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will change the requirements for victims of flooding under the means test to facilitate more persons affected by flooding in...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision on an invalidity pension to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
      94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the one-parent family allowance scheme; and if she...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if it is compulsory for applicants under the jobseeker's allowance scheme to provide evidence of having applied for advertised...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal under the carer's allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if...
    • Pension Provisions
      100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a pension for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10. [2915/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application under the carer's allowance scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be made;...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments
      103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if persons can backdate a payment under the domiciliary care allowance schemes for longer than six months if they can prove that...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare regarding a companion travel pass; and if she will make...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Louth under the carer's allowance scheme including when a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a review will be completed for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the disability allowance scheme. [2997/16]
    • Community Services Programme
      108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a community services programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to confirm any proposed changes to the number of contributions required to qualify for a State pension (contributory) up to and...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a review of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Laois under the carer's allowance scheme; and if...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons accommodated by the new communities unit at Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 during the years 2014 and 2015. [3095/16]
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an alternative personal public service number will be issued to a new baby delivered to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is holding and if she will consider an application from an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 24 for a new community...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny under the carer's allowance scheme; and if...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the entitlement of a person (details supplied) under the illness benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under the disability allowance scheme; and if she...
    • Redundancy Payments Waiting Times
      118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason and nature of the delay in settling cases in dispute under the Waterford Crystal settlement; when these will be...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in the lifetime of the Government, the number of proposals managerial staff in any agency or managerial body under her remit put...
    • Departmental Offices
      120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will give further consideration to the request from the Ballybay and Clones municipal district to retain the offices of her...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath under the carer’s allowance scheme; and if...
    • Home-makers Scheme
      122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending the home-maker's credit scheme to persons who left the workforce to provide full-time care before April...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) was not informed when commencing payment of pay-related social insurance contributions at the age...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a review under the invalidity pension scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she...
  • Department of Finance
    • VAT Exemptions
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a value added tax exemption of arts events on fees paid to performers who do not reside in the Republic; and if he will make a statement...
    • Pensions Levy
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the Electricity Supply Board has continued to deduct the pension levy from members of the Electricity Supply Board pension scheme after 1...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance to consider an application for a primary medical certificate by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, including the circumstances surrounding his...
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the tax saver scheme for public transport users; the number of users of the scheme and the average annual benefit to a user of...
    • Tax Code
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance following a ruling by the European Court of Justice, if he will amend the legislation to allow vehicles on loan from another jurisdiction be exempted from...
    • Fiscal Policy
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross and net fiscal space available to the Government for each year from 2016 to 2021 if the structural balance improvement is maintained at 0.6 per cent...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will issue a further reply to an earlier reply (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2773/16]
    • Pensions Levy
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a levy and retired staff (details supplied) of the Electricity Supply Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2776/16]
    • Government Expenditure
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance if his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 17 November 2015 is still accurate or if the figures contained within it have in any way been recalculated;...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid to date in professional fees to named professional firms in relation to the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, including...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid by the National Treasury Management Agency and the National Asset Management Agency for public relations in 2015; the amount paid to each...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance if a paper application for tax relief on health expenses for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be processed following correspondence dated 10...
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance why a document (details supplied) was not furnished the Banking Inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2923/16]
    • Tax Code
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance to rectify an anomalous tax situation for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [3011/16]
    • Property Tax
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the Local Property Tax being levied at a lower rate for single occupants of homes, given that in Britain, for example, single persons pay...
    • Pension Provisions
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of small self-administered pension arrangements (details supplied) in existence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3070/16]
    • Credit Review Office Remit
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the announcement contained in his budget day speech on 14 October 2014, the date that Permanent TSB Bank will come within the remit of the Credit...
    • Tax Data
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of indexing tax bands, credits and allowance across all tax headings in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3159/16]
    • Pensions Levy
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will cease pension deductions when the 0.6 per cent pension levy is discontinued; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance in the lifetime of this Government, the number of proposals managerial staff in any agency or managerial body under his remit put forward, to alter the...
    • Tax Code
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the Home Carer's Tax Credit from €1,000 to €1,650 per year, and of increasing the Home Carer's income threshold to...
    • Financial Services Ombudsman Data
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints received, upheld, and in which compensation was awarded by the Financial Services Ombudsman regarding the sale of whole-of-life...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the guidelines for the age of compulsory retirement for staff working in the Houses of the Oireachtas; if there is a distinction between...
    • Departmental Properties
      150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will outline the status of the use of the former Garda Síochána station at Ballymore Eustace,...
    • Coastal Protection
      151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of tidal protection banks (details supplied) at Kilkee, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3120/16]
    • Public Sector Pensions Levy
      152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will phase out the pension-related deduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3068/16]
    • Garda Station Closures
      153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a Garda Síochána station (details supplied) in County Cork, including the future plans for it; and if he will...
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding flooding. [3149/16]
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the lifetime of this Government, the number of proposals managerial staff in any agency or managerial body under his remit put...
    • Public Service Contracts
      156. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the criteria a contractor must satisfy to carry out works for the Office of Public Works and if a person (details supplied) can be...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Exports Data
      157. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the new markets opened up to Irish exports and the nature of these exports, such as beef, in each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he...
    • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
      158. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of the implementation of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement to the Exchequer; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Investigations
      159. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department has ever investigated allegations of maladministration of European Union grants and funds; in which years such...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      160. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available to small and medium enterprises to provide training to employees in order to comply with legislative...
    • Third Level Expenditure
      161. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of the €296.1 million programme for research in third level institutions, cycle 5, announced in 2010 that has...
    • Legislative Measures
      162. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Construction Contracts Act will be fully implemented and all adjudication plans fully in place so that subcontractors who are...
    • Community Enterprise Centres
      163. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of two applications by an enterprise centre (details supplied) in County Mayo to the Enterprise Ireland community...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      164. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to support and advise a small company (details supplied) in Dublin 9 that is seeking to develop and expand its business; and if he...
    • Consumer Protection
      165. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied with the returns policy of a company (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [3111/16]
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      166. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in the lifetime of this Government, the number of proposals the managerial staff in any agency or body under his remit put forward, to...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Industrial Development
      167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he has taken to promote new entrants to the Irish whiskey sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2766/16]
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the consultation process and the provision of €150,000 for consultants to design the new breakwater for Dunmore...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the basic payment scheme 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for a farm payment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Offices
      172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the district veterinary office in County Galway is being downgraded and being moved; where it is being moved to; if the move will...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why farm payments have been delayed for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of the agricultural funding paid to farmers in County Wexford, by payment type, by area and district address and by...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2774/16]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the single payment scheme 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Draught Horse Stud Book (2 comments)
      181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that the Irish draught horse breeders are being forced to travel to the United Kingdom to have their draught mares and...
    • Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta
      182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh maidir le hiarratas ar theidlíochtaí faoi “Maolú na hAlban”...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has not received payment under the agri-environment options scheme, the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork will issue under the single payment scheme 2015; and if he will make a...
    • GLAS Payments
      186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme including when the person (details supplied) in...
    • Farm Improvement Scheme Eligibility
      187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to intervene in two cases (details supplied) in County Kerry where applicants have been deprived of grant aid under the farm...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the young farmers scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payment to a person (details supplied) under the grassland scheme, the disadvantaged areas scheme and the single...
    • Forestry Sector
      192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a query regarding forestry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2892/16]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) has not received payment under the single payment scheme, given that the person understands from a...
    • Sporting Rights
      195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Land Commission retains any sporting rights on lands, and if not who has these rights; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Jobs Initiative
      198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many meetings of the Killybegs employment implementation group his Department attended since the group's formation in 2011; by...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) under the young farmers payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment under the single payment scheme. [2936/16]
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review over-claims on parcels in County Kerry under the single payment scheme 2013 and 2014 in respect of a person...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the basic payment scheme and the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2962/16]
    • Forestry Management
      206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the current flooding of the Shannon Basin and the benefits that trees can have to prevent flooding in river basin catchments...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 14 January 2016, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare,...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 487 of 3 November 2015 and 223 of 19 January 2016, the status of a review for a person...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure payment is made to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath under the agri-environment options scheme. [2984/16]
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2987/16]
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of direct payments paid to farmers under European Union and national schemes from 2013 to 2015, inclusive, by pillar 1 and...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will publish the details of the scheme or schemes he is putting in place to assist farmers affected by recent flooding; the...
    • Jobs Initiative
      214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the activities undertaken by the local implementation group, formed in 2012 as part of the 2011 Killybegs, County Donegal jobs...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3032/16]
    • Beef Data Programme
      216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a calf payment to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [3038/16]
    • Forestry Management
      217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a compensation scheme for the replanting of forestry damaged by the recent storm events; and if he will make a...
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications
      218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for grant-aid; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3072/16]
    • Herd Numbers
      220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person can transfer part of a herd number to the herd number of a son or daughter (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment to persons (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment to persons (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford under the basic payment scheme; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford under the national reserve scheme; and if he...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • GLAS Payments
      227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford under the green low-carbon agri-environment...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment to persons (details supplied) in County Wexford under the basic payment scheme; and if he will...
    • Land Transfers
      229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on a private contract clause application lodged by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered an appeal for a late application lodged by persons (details supplied) in County Sligo under the basic payment...
    • Forestry Grants
      231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will make a final decision on an entitlement to a re-establishment grant for forestry owners who suffered storm damage some...
    • Trust Funds
      232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a trust fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3127/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3137/16]
    • Afforestation Programme
      236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his target for land availability for afforestation by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3165/16]
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the lifetime of this Government the number of proposals managerial staff in any agency or managerial body under his remit put...
    • GLAS Payments
      238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 418 of 26 May 2015, if he will now take steps to ensure that a person (details supplied) in...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) County Westmeath who has secured the necessary green certificate qualification is...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment under the agri-environment options scheme. [3218/16]
    • Beef Genomics Scheme
      243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the beef genomics scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the young farmers scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the young farmers scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Fishing Industry
      248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to alleviate the shortage of available crew in the fishing industry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive a payment under the area aid scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Farm Safety Scheme
      251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive payment under the farm safety scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Employment Rights
      252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any matters which he is aware of but on which he has not taken action, given that his Department was aware of issues...
  • Department of Defence
    • UN Missions
      253. To ask the Minister for Defence if it is appropriate that Irish soldiers are being used as human shields on the Golan Heights to protect the annexation of Syrian territory and oil supplies...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      254. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received the report of the working group on the use of Lariam in the Defence Forces; and if he will outline its contents. [2954/16]
    • Commemorative Events
      255. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has commissioned a commemorative medal to be made available to all present and past members of the Irish Defence Forces, in recognition of their loyal...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      256. To ask the Minister for Defence in relation to a member of the Permanent Defence Force (details supplied) who joined as an engineer officer on 29 March 2006 under the condition governing the...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      257. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 310 of 17 November 2015, if payment to the recruits will stand as at 23 September 2013; and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      258. To ask the Minister for Defence in the lifetime of this Government, the number of proposals managerial staff in any agency or managerial body under his remit put forward, to alter the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      259. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of payments issued under the Irish Red Cross humanitarian scheme, including payments to persons in the Athlone area; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
      260. To ask the Minister for Defence the strength of the Reserve Defence Forces, the extent to which the numbers have fluctuated over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      261. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of women serving in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps, by rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3263/16]
    • Defence Forces Operations
      262. To ask the Minister for Defence if he can rely on a rapid response from the Defence Forces when called upon to assist the civil authorities in the event of a terrorist act; and if he will...
    • Overseas Missions
      264. To ask the Minister for Defence if Irish soldiers will be deployed overseas in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3266/16]
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      266. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will update, upgrade or replace equipment in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3268/16]
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      268. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of promotional positions to be filled in each of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3270/16]
    • Air Corps
      269. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions on which the Air Corps Helicopters responded to emergencies in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Immigrant Investor Programme Applications
      270. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time for applications under the Immigrant Investor Programmes; if she has a dedicated contact point in her Department with...
    • National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan
      271. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2763/16]
    • Commercial Rates Exemptions
      272. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Social Protection branch offices that are used exclusively for Social Protection business are exempt from rates; and if she will make a...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      273. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Number 320 of 1 December 2015 (details supplied), the status of the information sought in relation to this...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      274. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to respond to concerns (details supplied) relating to the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      275. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the various sections of the Bankruptcy (Amendment) Act 2015 will commence; if it is necessary to bring forward Commencement Orders to ensure...
    • Posthumous Pardon
      276. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to ensure that the recent pardon in the name of a person (details supplied) be corrected to reflect their correct name (details supplied), this...
    • Garda Deployment
      278. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí Síochána stationed in Rathcoole in County Dublin as of November in each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if she...
    • Legislative Process
      279. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the change in legislation making unmarried fathers guardians of children after they have lived 12 months with the mother's children, including...
    • Firearms Certificates
      280. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that were made for non-resident firearm certificates and issued by the Garda Síochána to a gun club (details...
    • Garda Deployment
      281. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of Gardaí in each station in County Wexford on 1 January in each of the years...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      282. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the locations identified by her Department to house the 4,000 refugees Ireland has committed to; the progress in establishing a network of...
    • Community Policing
      283. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to return community Garda Síochána levels to pre-cut levels; and if community policing is vital for community relations, and in certain...
    • Legislative Measures
      284. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her efforts to secure the access rights of grandparents to their grandchildren; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3008/16]
    • Communications Surveillance
      285. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the telephone records of any Member of the 31st Dáil were provided to An Garda Síochána, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      286. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the costs associated with the independent review mechanism, including to whom the payments were made. [3018/16]
    • Garda Station Closures
      288. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the impact of the closure of almost 140 Garda stations during this Government's term of office; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Courts Staff
      289. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a court messenger and sheriff have been engaged for Waterford Court; the reason for the delay; when the roles will be filled; and if she will...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      291. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of proposals made during the lifetime of this Government by managerial staff in any agency or managerial body under her remit to alter...
    • Citizenship Applications
      292. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reduce the cost of applications for Irish citizenship and certifications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3236/16]
    • Communications Surveillance
      293. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has restricted the report which is to be carried out by former Chief Justice Mr. John Murray into the hacking of telephones and the...
    • Garda Operations
      296. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality while understanding the need for the State to have powers of surveillance in combating various types of crime, how many regulations have been...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      297. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why she did not request the exhumation of a deceased person (details supplied); if she will issue an exhumation order; if she will request an...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child and Family Agency Remit
      298. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her efforts to secure the fostering and adoption rights of grandparents with respect to their grandchildren; and if he will make a...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      299. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions he will make for children with special needs given the extension of the free pre-school year; if additional funding will be...
    • Human Rights Issues
      301. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will adopt the recommendation of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission that contracts for subcontracted State services for...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      302. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs what steps he intends to take to ensure that anti-poverty and social inclusion targets in the National Policy Framework for Children and...
    • Departmental Funding
      303. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will allocate funding to a service (details supplied) in County Donegal through Tusla, the Child and Family Agency; if not, the...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      304. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in the lifetime of this Government, the number of proposals managerial staff in any agency or managerial body under his remit put forward...
  • Department of Health
    • Medical Card Reviews
      305. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 was denied a medical card. [2844/16]
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      306. To ask the Minister for Health if he has sanctioned a pay increase for workers (details supplied) further to recommendations by the Workplace Relations Commission; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      307. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath to ensure that preschool assistant support is provided; and if he will make a...
    • Hospice Services
      308. To ask the Minister for Health the hospice and end-of-life care services available in County Donegal for children under 18 years of age who have high complex medical needs; if he will remedy...
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the pay rights of undergraduate and intern student nurses following the long and protracted discussions with the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation; and...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      310. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2721/16]
    • Health Promotion
      311. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will introduce a sugar tax for food and drink sold in hospitals, along the lines of the one recently announced by the National...
    • Prescription Charges
      312. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will reconsider the eligibility of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal for a repayment given that prescription...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      313. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2770/16]
    • Health Services
      314. To ask the Minister for Health if the relevant authorities, in particular, the Health Service Executive, made all efforts to contact a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 at the various...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      315. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2780/16]
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      316. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the experience of a person (details supplied) in a hospital. [2798/16]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      317. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2799/16]
    • Hospital Staff
      319. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatrics palliative care consultants employed by the Health Service Executive; the number of similar consultants employed for the treatment of...
    • Home Care Packages
      320. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 is being refused additional home care package hours despite being moved into independent living in 2014; his...
    • Nursing Education
      321. To ask the Minister for Health the degree and training programmes available for those wishing to qualify as palliative care nurses; where such courses are offered and the number of places...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      322. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2818/16]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      326. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a request by a consultant endocrinologist, at St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8 for funding for a 640 G insulin pump for a person (details supplied)...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      327. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for surgery in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      328. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for a reply to be issued to correspondence (details supplied) which was sent to the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Funding
      329. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2870/16]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2882/16]
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      331. To ask the Minister for Health to investigate a case in conjunction with the Health Service Executive (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2884/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      332. To ask the Minister for Health the length of Health Service Executive waiting lists for dermatology services, by county, by region and countrywide; the number of dermatologists employed by...
    • Health Services Staff
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a retirement pension for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2888/16]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      334. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Longford will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2893/16]
    • Mental Health Services
      335. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the incremental closure of mental health services in the Drumcondra, Clontarf and Ballymun areas, Dublin, and the centralisation of services...
    • Mobility Allowance Schemes
      336. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-instate the mobility allowance or provide a similar scheme to the one which was closed to new applicants in February 2013; and if he will make a...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the re-introduction of school screenings for scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2903/16]
    • Medical Card Applications
      338. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow a discretionary medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo, whose application has been ongoing for some time; and if he will...
    • HSE Capital Programme
      339. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of projects in the Louth-East Meath constituency that will be funded under the Health Service Executive capital budget for 2016; if the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the number on the waiting list a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is currently at to see a neurologist in Connolly Hospital and in the Mater Hospital in...
    • General Practitioner Services
      342. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently resolve the ongoing need for a full-time resident general practitioner in Rathmore, County Kerry, to fully replace the former retired general...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      344. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive treatment for which the person is waiting since June 2015. [2943/16]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      345. To ask the Minister for Health why a valid medical card held by persons (details supplied) in County Laois was cancelled while it was under review; why the medical card did not continue in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to improve waiting times for patients awaiting spinal surgery for scoliosis in the Saolta Healthcare Group; if additional...
    • Health Care Professionals
      347. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 415, 426 and 441 of 1 December 2015, if he will provide an update on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      348. To ask the Minister for Health why there is no BreastCheck clinic in the Dublin 12 area, given that a person in Crumlin who has to get a regular annual BreastCheck has been informed she has...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      349. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for an assessment for a person (details supplied) by the child and adolescent mental health services of the Health Service...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Data
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the number of serious injuries due to road traffic collisions, by hospital, in each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date. [2976/16]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      351. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2980/16]
    • Respite Care Services
      352. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to provide much-needed additional respite beds in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3000/16]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the proposed new Central Mental Hospital. [3001/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for the provision of a home help service to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; if he will provide the necessary hours; the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      355. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence in relation to a family (details supplied) in County Dublin regarding the nursing home fair deal scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      356. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence concerning the tuberculosis, BCG, vaccination in relation to a family (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      357. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive much needed surgery. [3059/16]
    • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
      358. To ask the Minister for Health if a consultant (details supplied) at Sligo General Hospital will be replaced immediately; if not, the impact that this will have on waiting lists; if the HSE...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      359. To ask the Minister for Health if he will purchase new ambulances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3069/16]
    • Medical Card Data
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards and the number of general practitioner cards as at 1 January 2016; the number of each type issued on a discretionary basis; the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the reason why a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon cannot be assigned to a permanent general practitioner medical card panel; the steps being taken...
    • Maternity Services
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who received a second trimester ultrasound, by hospital, in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      364. To ask the Minister for Health to consider restoring assistance to persons with coeliac disease to purchase gluten free food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3107/16]
    • Home Care Packages
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of home care hours for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3112/16]
    • Health Insurance
      366. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3126/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      367. To ask the Minister for Health to address the issue of waiting lists and cancelled surgeries for scoliosis patients; to provide a breakdown of the number of persons and the length of time...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      368. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in County Louth is unable to access the drug Fampyra, in spite of its approval by the Health Service Executive in October 2015...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      369. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-imburse costs to persons for the drug Fampyra, who are covered under the general medical services scheme and the long-term illness scheme for the...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Data
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of admissions through emergency departments that are privately insured versus public patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Consultants Contract
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants, by type of contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3142/16]
    • Health Services
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for a device; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3153/16]
    • Home Care Packages
      378. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has been refused extra home care hours, given that physical support is very necessary for that person's quality of family life;...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
      379. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the implementation of the strategy on neuro-rehabilitation 2011 to 2015. [3163/16]
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      381. To ask the Minister for Health in the lifetime of this Government, the number of proposals managerial staff in any agency or managerial body under his remit put forward, to alter the...
    • Hospital Services
      382. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will have a necessary procedure carried out in February 2016 either in Blackrock Clinic...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      383. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 691 of 13 January 2016, his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding mental health services; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      384. To ask the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive has cut a vital grant to Louth-Meath Down Syndrome by 60%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3220/16]
    • Hospital Services
      385. To ask the Minister for Health how much it has cost the Health Service Executive to relocate services from Letterkenny University Hospital to the McGinley Building at Justice Walsh Road in...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      386. To ask the Minister for Health if and when he will provide funding for the proposed expansion to the existing nursing facilities in St. Patrick's Hospital in Cashel and St. Conlon's...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      388. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he has taken, or plans to take, in the context of the international agreement between the Irish and British Governments to...
    • Human Rights Issues
      389. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on escalating attacks on and the repression of Kurdish people in Turkey; if he is aware that the Turkish authorities have locked...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      390. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in the lifetime of this Government, the number of proposals managerial staff in any agency or managerial body under his remit put forward to...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      391. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names and annual salaries of each of the special advisers to each Minister and Minister of State in his Department during the periods...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      392. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in his Department earning over €100,000 per year, by grade, in each of the years 2007 to 2010; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      393. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the photography costs for his Department, inclusive of costs incurred from the use of the ministerial allowance; the list of occasions for...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      394. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department for each of the years 2000 to 2010 in tabular...
    • Ministerial Travel
      395. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of airfares for each Minister in his Department in each of the years 2000 to 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff Allowances
      397. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the rent allowances available to public servants and his departmental officials who are posted overseas, by country, for each of the years...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      398. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of statutory and non-statutory public advertising that his Department funded for each of the years 2002 to 2012; and if he will...
    • Diplomatic Representation Expenditure
      399. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of each Irish embassy overseas in each of the years 2002 to 2007, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      400. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenses incurred by each Minister of his Department for each of the years 2002 to 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Site Acquisitions
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has agreed the purchase of additional lands adjacent to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; the details of this purchase; and...
    • School Accommodation
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding towards the cost of transporting and installing a prefabricated building at a national school (details supplied) in...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school transport scheme, including provisions put in place to enable families to retain their eligibility if elder siblings...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding has been approved, tenders completed and contractors appointed for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a new secondary school (details supplied) in County Clare will be provided with only 100 MB of broadband access instead of 1 GB; and if she...
    • Education Schemes
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering a motion by the Irish National Teachers' Organisation, passed at its 2015 congress, seeking permission to extend the...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific extra capital funding she has made available for the amalgamation of two schools (details supplied) in County Clare as per her...
    • Electoral Commission Administration
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools will be used as polling stations in the upcoming general election; her plans to ensure that schools are not used as polling stations...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building of a new school (details supplied) in County Galway; if she is aware of the concerns of staff and parents in the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will announce the location of the new Educate Together secondary school to serve the Stepaside area of County Dublin, which is due to...
    • School Patronage
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the patronage selection for the new school to serve the Stillorgan and Clonskeagh area in County Dublin will commence; and if she will make...
    • Site Acquisitions
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a permanent site has been located for Ballinteer Educate Together school, Dublin 16; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2762/16]
    • Education and Training Boards Funding
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount she has provided in current funding and bloc grants for education and training board schools in each of the school years from 2011-12...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pay scales for newly qualified teachers; if the academic allowances for teachers will be restored; if not, the reason; and if she will make a...
    • Education Policy
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why methods that are archaic and deemed abusive are still being used in a special school; her views on correspondence (details supplied) on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a schools building project (details supplied) in County Tipperary, including its date of completion; if she is aware of the urgency...
    • Nursing Education
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree and training programmes available for those wishing to qualify as palliative care nurses; where such courses are offered and the...
    • School Funding
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding available as part of her devolved grant scheme in 2016; the amount of funding which has already been awarded to school...
    • School Accommodation
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a request for an extension by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2830/16]
    • School Funding
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2841/16]
    • School Accommodation
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2842/16]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will issue the commencement notice to allow long overdue works to commence at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin given that...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when persons (details supplied) will be paid for tutoring during the July provision programme 2015. [2873/16]
    • Teacher Training Places
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how an applicant for third level primary teaching is determined as being a Gaeltacht applicant; and if she will provide details of the procedure...
    • Third Level Funding
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing the per capita recurrent grant to all universities and institutes of technology by 10% in 2016-17; and the cost of...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will provide a communications support as an aid to a profoundly deaf person (details supplied) in County Cork who has no access to sound...
    • Schools Recognition
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Carlow will be included in the building programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2938/16]
    • European Court of Human Rights Judgments
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has discussed the impact of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in the O'Keeffe v. Ireland case recently; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2964/16]
    • State Examinations Fees
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason fees for the correction of mock junior certificate examinations differ from school to school, as evidenced by a differential in County...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of a building project (details supplied) in County Roscommon, including when it will be completed; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans for a new school building and community centre for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5, given the recent announcement...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide funding for urgent repairs to a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3033/16]
    • Teaching Contracts
      440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to previous parliamentary questions to set out the course of action open to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin to have an...
    • School Accommodation
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of an application for additional classroom, resource, learning support and special needs accommodation for a school...
    • Schools Establishment
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review an application by a group (details supplied) in County Donegal to form a new secondary school in 2016, given the increase in students...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reintroduce the Gaeltacht teaching allowance for teachers and the allowance for teaching through Irish; whether it is unfair that some...
    • School Management
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the members of the board of management of school boards are obliged to be vetted. [3067/16]
    • School Accommodation
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce a new funding stream and grant for schools to enable them to construct buildings such as general purpose halls; and if she...
    • School Funding
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of an appeal for funding by a community college (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Examinations Fee Exemptions
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently examine and rectify the situation whereby a person holding a medical card is exempt from the fee for the leaving certificate and...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve an application for a summer works scheme given the urgent need to provide additional facilities at the school (details...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of the site selection and construction of a three-school campus for schools (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out in the lifetime of this Government the number of proposals managerial staff in any agency or managerial body under her remit put...
    • School Accommodation
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for additional funding for a school building project (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when Ballyowen Meadows new school building will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3221/16]
    • School Accommodation
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will move into its promised building, given that in 2005 it was promised a premises formerly...
    • Teacher Redeployment
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the teacher exchange programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry under the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Teaching Contracts
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a contract of indefinite duration for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a difficulty facing holders of degrees and diplomas who are qualified to teach in Montessori schools in having their teaching...
    • School Transport Provision
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the school transport arrangements for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Water Quality
      460. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the water quality of a river in Counties Mayo and Sligo and the monitoring and inspection plan of...
    • Water Conservation Grant Data
      461. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the full year cost of the water conservation grant in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3061/16]
    • Animal Welfare
      462. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that a raid on a property (details supplied) found 200 dogs, of which the local authority subsequently...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      463. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will provide information to Tipperary County Council regarding the new incremental tenant purchase scheme which...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      464. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has notified local authorities that the Government-imposed recruitment ban on appointing staff has been lifted; how...
    • Pyrite Issues
      465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his engagement with Dublin City Council on pyrite issues in the Dublin Central area; if work will be to the highest...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      466. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make a decision on the application for funding by Dublin City Council for the roll-out of phase two of the...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      467. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding he has provided to local authorities to assist in the routine turnaround of vacant social housing properties...
    • Septic Tank Grants
      469. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a grant scheme for old septic tanks damaged by floods in the recent bad weather or if he will provide...
    • Cuanta agus Céanna
      471. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government cén uair a bheifear i dteagmháil le Comhairle Contae na Gaillimhe maidir leis an airgead atá curtha ar...
    • Ceadúnais Feamainn a Bhaint
      472. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government Environment, Community and Local Government cén staid ag a bhfuil iarratas ar cheadúnas bainte feamainne ag...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of capital funding social housing units built by local authorities in 2015 and the number of current funded...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the lifetime of this Government, the number of proposals managerial staff in any agency or managerial body under his...
    • Water Charges Administration
      476. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who suffer from ill health such as from cystic fibrosis or other long-term illnesses are entitled to a fixed...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      477. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if loans are available by way of shared ownership and other such loans for persons who are working and who are on a...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      478. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will intervene to allow a person, who is part owner of a local authority house under the shared ownership scheme in...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      479. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the expected renewable heat incentive will be launched in 2016, given the Government's commitment regarding this;...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      480. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an area (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive broadband under the national broadband plan; the timeline...
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      483. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the broadband speeds that will be needed to satisfy future demand; his plans to meet this demand; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Projects
      485. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will commission A Written History of the Post Office by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      486. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in the lifetime of this Government, the number of proposals managerial staff in any agency or managerial body under his...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland Remit
      487. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his responsibility or agencies of his Department for repairs to Ashford Weir in County Wicklow, further to recent storm...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      488. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on the total number of serious injuries due to road traffic collisions in the years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016...
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      489. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reintroduce the local improvement scheme though the local authorities. [3091/16]
    • Road Projects
      490. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to allocate funding for lighting for Tang village in County Westmeath. [2705/16]
    • Bus Éireann Services
      491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how many of Bus Éireann's recently announced new fleet will be wheelchair-accessible; if they will be allocated to areas not...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      492. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015 will be commenced; the progress being made in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      493. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving instructor (details supplied) in County Donegal can obtain an exemption from section 87 of the Road Traffic Act in order to...
    • Cycling Facilities Funding
      494. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available to communities and groups under the smarter travel scheme for a community (details supplied) in County Galway which...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if and when another round of funding will be announced for locations under the marketing of Ireland's Ancient East; and if he will make a...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      496. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will open a programme of funding for swimming pools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2855/16]
    • Road Projects
      497. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will respond to Clare County Council's application for funding for a roundabout on the R 352 at the junction of Oakley Wood and...
    • Public Transport Provision
      498. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the modelling works carried out to estimate the potential future demand for a rail line from Navan, County Meath to Dublin city; the...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      499. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a query regarding Sport Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2985/16]
    • Public Transport
      500. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide figures for the potential additional costs on the Exchequer if his Department were to transfer operation of the Luas to Coras...
    • Roads Maintenance
      502. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the problems Bus Éireann drivers are experiencing with icy roads, particularly in County Westmeath; and his plans...
    • National Roads Authority Remit
      503. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs of the recently launched Transport for Ireland advertising campaign; the agency or company funding the advertising campaign;...
    • Penalty Points System
      505. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter, details supplied, regarding penalty points and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3151/16]
    • Rail Services
      506. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of park-and-ride car parking spaces at each rail station. [3161/16]
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      507. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in the lifetime of this Government, the number of proposals managerial staff in any agency or managerial body under his remit put...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sporting Rights
      508. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the ownership and the sporting rights the National Parks and Wildlife Service has on lands in County Westmeath; and if she will make...
    • Easter Rising Commemorations
      509. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht why, in relation to invitations to attend State 1916 centenary events, she is making a distinction between relatives of those who...
    • Arts Funding
      510. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on correspondence, details supplied, from the Association of Artists' Representative Organisations concerning the...
    • Easter Rising Commemorations
      511. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the rules and guidelines on how invitations will be issued to potential guests at the 1916 Commemoration Events, including those...
    • Seirbhísí Farantóireachta
      512. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard atá déanta aici lena chinntiú go mbeidh seirbhís farantóireachta laethúil go hÁrann tar...
    • Film Industry Promotion
      513. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will comprehensively review the funding allocation for the film industry, including the Irish Film Board, given its impact on...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      514. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in the lifetime of this Government, the number of proposals managerial staff in any agency or managerial body under her remit put...

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