Written answers

Thursday, 28 January 2016

  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Traveller Community
      11. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs what is being done for Traveller children in our society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3215/16]
    • Preschool Services
      12. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when he will publish the implementation plan for the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 for children with special...
    • Child Poverty
      13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the specific measures he is taking to tackle child poverty; the targets he on his own and in conjunction with other Departments has set for...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      14. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the discussions and agreement between his Department and the Department of Social Protection on changes and reforms to the community...
    • Children and Family Services
      15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has evaluated the psychological impact on young persons arising from the economic downturn; how this is most regularly represented; if...
    • Preschool Services
      16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his negotiations and discussions with the preschool sector regarding the capacity within existing preschools to handle the extension to the...
    • Ombudsman for Children Remit
      17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will extend the mandate of the Office of the Ombudsman for Children in order that it can receive complaints from children in direct...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the assurances he will provide that services will be able to extend the provision offered under the early childhood care and education...
    • Child Protection
      19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are child protection issues for homeless children and children living in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Insurance Yield
      20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the projected increase in the yield from employer's pay related social insurance, further to the increase in the minimum wage; and...
    • State Pensions Payments
      21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of State pensions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3479/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme. [3497/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [3500/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme. [3503/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [3504/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [3508/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [3509/16]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will submit the file to the social welfare appeals office, as requested on 15 December 2015, in respect of an appeal by a...
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person participating in an apprenticeship who has a partner and two children, is eligible to apply under the family income...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the invalidity pension scheme;...
    • Departmental Funding
      35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the funding she allocated and the funding spent on capital projects and other initiatives in the constituency of Louth-East Meath,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the supports available to returned emigrants; if she will waive the habitual residence requirement; and if she will make a...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection how many persons have participated in the JobBridge scheme in counties Galway and Mayo, in each year since the scheme was...
    • Water Conservation Grant
      38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have received the water conservation grant in counties Galway and Mayo, by county; and if she will make a...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Applications
      39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to ensure a person (details supplied) receives an allowance which the person applied for, but was refused. [3617/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to review an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will make a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the domiciliary care...
    • Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme
      42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if and when Social Protection assistance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under the part-time job...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a requested statement can be forwarded urgently to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the average contributions currently required to qualify for a State pension; her views that the current system...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      45. 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 she...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of Intreo offices that are accessible, that are inaccessible, to persons with disabilities; the cost of making all...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why the pension of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to which he had made contributions by working in the Forestry...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external...
    • Public Inquiries
      50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which she or her Department have been responsible...
    • Ministerial Allowances
      51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the expenses claimed, including the amount of mileage and the amount claimed, by her and Ministers of State of her Department, by...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount she spent on media clipping and media monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015; and if she will make...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal against a disallowance under the jobseeker's allowance scheme submitted on 4 December 2015 by a person...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an adult dependent allowance in respect of a child still in full-time education has been restored to a person (details supplied)...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if and when child benefit will be made payable to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if payments under the jobseeker's allowance scheme or other payments have been paid up to date to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Redundancy Payments
      57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to report on the management of the redundancy scheme fund for the period 1967 to 2015, during which time it was known as the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of an application for repayment of excise duty on fuel used in motor vehicles, for the transport of drivers with disabilities by a person (details...
    • Insurance Costs
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance to address an insurance issue (details supplied). [3511/16]
    • Tax Code
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the inheritance laws, to allow a flat allowance for an individual over a person’s lifetime, regardless of the size of the inheritance...
    • Property Tax Administration
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason why only two months after being informed that their local property tax liability would be limited to band 1, some residents of Longboat Quay in...
    • Tax Code
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce of a tax free allowance for fishermen, similar to the seafarer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3550/16]
    • Fuel Rebate Scheme
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the website of the Revenue Commissioners; and if it will be repaired in order that a person (details supplied) in County Cork can apply for a...
    • Departmental Funding
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding he allocated and the funding spent on capital projects and other initiatives in the constituency of Louth-East Meath by project and initiative and...
    • Tax Code
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance why savings accounts in the name of children are subject to deposit interest retention tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3571/16]
    • Tax Data
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount raised from motorists in mineral oil tax, vehicle registration tax, value added tax, carbon tax, motor tax and driver licensing in the years...
    • EU Budget Contribution
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance the Irish contribution to the European Union budget for the years 2013 to 2015; the projected contribution for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • European Investment Bank Loans
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount Ireland has drawn down from the European Investment Bank for each year since 2011, by project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3577/16]
    • Tax Data
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance the total betting duty paid in 2015 and the estimated betting duty for 2016 by licensed betting offices and by online facilities; and if he will make a...
    • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money the Revenue Commissioners paid as a reward for information received from whistleblowers or other information received and the number of...
    • State Claims Agency
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Solicitors and Barristers the State Claims Agency directly employs; his views on the legal staffing of the Agency; how this has changed since...
    • Banking Sector Data
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 18 February 2014, the number of jobs lost in the banking sector since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Revenue Documents Issuance
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of certificates the Revenue Commissioners issued to sheriffs, the total value of the certificates and the amount of tax and interest collected in...
    • Tax Code
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the feasibility of having a specific inheritance tax allowance for the family home; the cost introducing a €500,000 threshold in...
    • Property Tax Administration
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance why local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is not being deducted from the person's State pension; and if he will make a...
    • Vehicle Registration
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance to examine the excessive vehicle registration tax charge of €3,256 imposed on persons (details supplied) in County Kerry for the importation of a car;...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance to note the report regarding a person (details supplied); to make urgent regulations to allow the person to benefit from the new scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Credit Unions
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government is accepting the €2 billion offer from the Irish League of Credit Unions to build social housing; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Collection
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the take-liability for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3685/16]
    • Living City Initiative
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of successful applications to date in each relevant area under the living city initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3702/16]
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance the licence structure for licensed premises and off-licence premises; if he will link the licence fee paid by off-licence owners to the square footage of their...
    • Tax Yield
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that has been obtained in terms of the Revenue Commissioners' audit and investigation programmes in each of the years 2012 to 2015; and if...
    • Departmental Reports
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance the reports, reviews and studies he commissioned or agencies under the aegis of his Department commissioned since 9 March 2011, by date of commission, by date...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance the investment the German bank KfW has made here through the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Data
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers within the high earner restriction analysed within the €125,000 to €250,000, €250,001 to €500,000,...
    • Quinn Insurance Limited
      95. To ask the Minister for Finance the fees and costs of the administrators of Quinn Insurance in each year since the firm was placed in administration; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Economic Data
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the size of the economy's output gap; the implications of this for the Government’s taxation and spending plans; and if he will make a...
    • Bank Codes of Conduct
      97. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customer mobility measures that have been implemented in respect of Irish banks as a result of European Union action; his views on the...
    • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for section 481 relief; the amount of tax relief granted and the number of film projects supported in each of the years 2011 to...
    • Bank Codes of Conduct
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will place a clause in the code of conduct for mortgage lenders to require them to charge a reduced interest rate on the warehoused section of a split...
    • Fuel Laundering
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of fuel laundering plants uncovered, by county, in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3713/16]
    • Blind Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the €825 per year tax allowance in respect of trained guide dogs for the blind to trained autism-assistance dogs; and if he will make...
    • Insurance Industry
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of Setanta Insurance policy holders with outstanding claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3715/16]
    • Pension Provisions
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the threshold for so-called trivial pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3716/16]
    • Research and Development Supports
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax expenditure associated with research and development tax credits in each of the years 2011 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance the treatment of the application of VAT on the final price for homes constructed for social housing purposes, including for approved housing bodies; the party...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his...
    • Public Inquiries
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department has been responsible by name; by terms of...
    • NAMA Operations
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance if any direction pursuant to section 14 of the National Asset Management Agency Act has been made to the agency; if any additional statutory function has been...
    • Revenue Commissioners Resources
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by the Revenue Commissioners on press-clipping services and broadcast monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015; and if he...
    • Ministerial Allowances
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance the expenses claimed, including the amount of mileage and the amount claimed, by him and Ministers of State of his Department, by calendar year, during the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount he spent on media clipping and media monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Multi-annual Budget Plans
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has carried out a risk analysis for the Irish economy and the public finances in 2016 regarding the impact of the slowdown and volatility of the global...
    • Tax Rebates
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance if and when a refund of income tax paid will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3867/16]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of funding for sluice gates on an embankment to protect the homes and properties of the residents at Incharee, Glenbeigh, in...
    • Departmental Properties
      115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Garda station in Broadford, County Clare is up for sale by the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3529/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding he allocated and the funding spent on capital projects and other initiatives in the constituency of Louth East Meath, by...
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement
      118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015, if a non-union public servant working in a sector, where...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his proposals for dealing with the ongoing flooding issues in south County Mayo, with particular reference to the Hollymount, Neale and...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
    • Public Inquiries
      123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been responsible by...
    • Ministerial Allowances
      124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenses claimed, including the amount of mileage and the amount claimed, by him and Ministers of State of his Department, by...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount he spent on media clipping and media monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      126. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the arrangements he made with the Microsoft company in relation to being granted the status of being domiciled in Ireland; if that...
    • IDA Site Visits
      127. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of industrial visits organised by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland and by Enterprise Ireland for the past five...
    • National Minimum Wage
      128. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 17 November 2015, if he will investigate a matter (details supplied) regarding a wage...
    • Departmental Funding
      129. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding he allocated and the funding spent on capital projects and other initiatives in the constituency of Louth East Meath by...
    • IDA Site Visits
      130. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number ofIDA Ireland site visits to a town (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Enterprise Offices Data
      132. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of local enterprise office supported jobs by county in 2014 and 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      133. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication, and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
    • Public Inquiries
      134. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been responsible by...
    • Departmental Agencies Expenditure
      135. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by Enterprise Ireland on promotional items in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015, inclusive; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies
      137. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the respondent fee income and the respondent fee income per award accepted by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board for the calendar...
    • Ministerial Allowances
      138. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the expenses claimed, including the amount of mileage and the amount claimed by him and Ministers of State of his Department, by...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      139. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount he spent on media clipping and media monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015, inclusive; and if he will...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Welfare
      140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of animal abuse suffered by greyhounds in the racing industry which includes lenient sanctions for persons who have...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all farm payments for 2015 have been paid to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Aid
      144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of grant aid for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3519/16]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the rural environment protection scheme 2012; and if he...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      146. 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. [3525/16]
    • Fishing Industry Development
      147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding fishing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3530/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite an application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the basic payment scheme 2015; and if he...
    • Departmental Funding
      149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding he allocated and the funding spent on capital projects and other initiatives in the constituency of Louth-East Meath, by...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the 2015 basic payment scheme and the areas of natural...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 19 January 2016, how many persons in counties Galway and Mayo had reductions in their...
    • GLAS Data
      152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received for tanche 2 of green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; the number of applicants from each tier...
    • Forestry Grants
      153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant-aid is available to replant forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3622/16]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why payments in respect of two calves disposed of as a result of bovine viral diarrhoea were not made to a person (details supplied)...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the young farmer scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the young farmer scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total payments made to persons in County Cavan under the 2015 single farm payment, disadvantaged areas, rural environment...
    • European Fisheries Fund
      161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm if the Government has handed back €5 million or any other amount to the European Fisheries Fund; and if so, the...
    • Fish Farming
      162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of inaccuracies in a recent report entitled potential for land based salmon grow out in recirculating aquaculture...
    • Departmental Properties
      165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the properties and sites owned by his Department in Killybegs, County Donegal, in tabular form; the current status of each, including...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 414 of 13 January 2016, to address the specific issues posed in the question. [3670/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment being issued to persons (details supplied) in County Donegal under the 2015 basic payment scheme...
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a ewe premium of €20 to encourage the increase in sheep numbers; if he will provide a targeted agricultural...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
    • Public Inquiries
      170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been responsible by...
    • Ministerial Allowances
      171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenses claimed, including the amount of mileage and the amount claimed by him and Ministers of State of his Department by...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount he spent on media clipping and media monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Harbours and Piers Maintenance
      173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has the promised report to hand on the urgently needed dredging of Howth Harbour, County Dublin; when detailed planning and...
    • Veterinary Qualifications
      174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedures to be followed to enable a person (details supplied) to practice in this jurisdiction; if further studies are...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Funding
      175. To ask the Minister for Defence the funding he allocated and the funding spent on capital projects and other initiatives in the constituency of Louth East Meath, by project and initiative,...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      176. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is aware that members of the reserve Defence Force are being told they have to wear a separate badge on their uniform to single them out as reservists;...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      177. To ask the Minister for Defence the date and duration, the number of persons recruited, by gender, the number with a second level qualification only, the number with a third-level...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      178. To ask the Minister for Defence the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his...
    • Public Inquiries
      179. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been responsible by name; by terms of...
    • Ministerial Allowances
      180. To ask the Minister for Defence the expenses claimed, including the amount of mileage and the amount claimed, by him and Ministers of State of his Department, by calendar year, during the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      181. To ask the Minister for Defence the amount he spent on media clipping and media monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Schengen Agreement
      182. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the status of the Dublin Protocol and the Schengen Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3853/16]
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality given the serious allegations concerning misconduct by An Garda Síochána and inadequacies surrounding a case (details supplied), and...
    • Immigration Policy
      184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to respond to issues raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service regulations; and if she...
    • Departmental Funding
      185. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding she allocated and the funding spent on Capital projects and other initiatives in the constituency of Louth East Meath, by project and...
    • Direct Provision System
      186. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that asylum seekers living in Direct Provision in Richmond Court in County Longford, are unable to open bank accounts, because...
    • Prisoner Data
      187. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of life-sentence prisoners released and the number recalled to prison in 2015; the average length of time, life-sentence prisoners...
    • Citizenship Applications
      188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for Citizenship by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3639/16]
    • Residency Permits
      189. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected Residency Status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 and the person's family; and if she will make a statement...
    • Garda Station Closures
      190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the Garda Síochána station in Santry in County Dublin including any plans to further change its status; if a further...
    • Crime Data
      191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality given her recent public comments on the matter, the number of recorded burglary offences, by Garda Síochána division, during the last...
    • Residency Permits
      192. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status and eligibility for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if she will urgently...
    • Asylum Applications
      193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of applicants for asylum by country of origin, by successful and unsuccessful applications by country of origin for all applicants...
    • Deportation Orders Data
      194. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of deportation orders issued, by country of origin, by country of deportation to; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Immigration Policy
      195. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure by which English language schools which have no external accreditation are permitted on the interim list of education programmes...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Reports
      196. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 396 and 397 of 14 January 2015, Parliamentary Question No. 491 of 24 March 2015, Parliamentary Question...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      197. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 601 of 9 June 2015, if the commission of investigation into matters relative to the Cavan and Monaghan...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      198. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
    • Public Inquiries
      199. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which she or her Department have been responsible by name; by...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      200. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications pursuant to section 115A of the Personal Insolvency Act for a court review of a proposed personal insolvency...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      201. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why section 21 of the Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2015 was not commenced until 20 November 2015; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      202. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the process through which a judgment can be removed from or marked as satisfied in the High Court register of judgments in circumstances where...
    • Ministerial Allowances
      203. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the expenses claimed, including the amount of mileage and the amount claimed, by her and Ministers of State of her Department, by calendar year,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      204. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount she spent on media clipping and media monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      205. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 19 November 2015, regarding the implementation of section 22 of the Road Traffic Act 2002, if this...
    • Garda Data
      206. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 18 November 2015, regarding the number of knives recovered by An Garda Síochána in 2014...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      207. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an update of Stamp 3 to Stamp 4 residency status might be offered as a prelude to naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Deportation Orders
      208. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a review of the circumstances and proposals to deport might be undertaken in the respective cases of persons (details supplied) all of whom...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      209. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for stamp 4 and naturalisation the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a...
    • Leave to Remain
      210. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3866/16]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child and Family Agency Remit
      211. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will extend statutory remit and responsibilities over service provision of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency; and the discussions he...
    • Preschool Services
      212. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the entitlement of a child (details supplied) in County Tipperary to free preschool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3477/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      213. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding he allocated and the funding spent on capital projects and other initiatives in the constituency of Louth, by project and...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      214. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if administrative staff employed on behalf of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, through an agency (details supplied) and other agencies...
    • Children and Family Services
      216. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the availability of adequate resources to respond to and provide for the needs of children at risk; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      217. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if child care facilities will expand to meet the growing need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3661/16]
    • Child Care Services Funding
      218. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he continues to fund voluntary agencies involved in providing child care; if he will provide further resources; and if he will make a...
    • Children in Care
      219. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if sufficient emergency child care and intervention facilities exist; if augmentation is required; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Youth Services Funding
      220. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will meet the resource requests of youth support organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3664/16]
    • Children in Care
      221. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children now in State care and in foster care; the duration of their stay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Children and Family Services
      224. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if sufficient resources continue to be available to provide medical, psychiatric and counselling services for children at risk; and if he...
    • Children in Care
      225. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who died or were injured while in care in each of the past ten years to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      226. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
    • Public Inquiries
      227. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been responsible by name;...
    • Ministerial Allowances
      228. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expenses claimed, including the amount of mileage and the amount claimed, by him and Ministers of State of his Department, by calendar...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      229. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount he spent on media clipping and media monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Health
    • Alcohol Pricing
      230. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a ban on the low-cost selling of alcohol products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3681/16]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      231. To ask the Minister for Health when he will give approval to enable the project in respect of the extension to Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, if the project is compliant with the...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      232. To ask the Minister for Health if further stakeholder engagement, particularly with the independently owned companies in the vape product sector, is planned as the transposition of the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      235. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for an appointment for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3468/16]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      238. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 19 January 2016 (details supplied), the number of the 500 women in the 65 to 69 age cohort who were screened in...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      239. To ask the Minister for Health the status of upstairs beds in Kenmare Community Hospital in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3491/16]
    • HIQA Reports
      241. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urge the Health Information and Quality Authority to report on the community hospital in Daingean Uí Chúis in County Kerry in order to...
    • Home Help Service
      242. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of every one million home help hours provided; the number of home help hours provided in the Health Service Executive's plan for 2016; the cost of...
    • Hospital Procedures
      243. To ask the Minister for Health the approximate number of operations, per million euro, that can take place by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Home Beds
      244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes and beds in Dublin which are currently lying idle. [3514/16]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      245. To ask the Minister for Health why the emergency department in the Mater Hospital in Dublin 1 has been asking sick and injured persons to stay away; if he is aware that it is less than three...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      246. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical procedure for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3535/16]
    • Hospital Services
      247. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Kerry General Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3536/16]
    • Dental Services
      248. To ask the Minister for Health when he will lift the moratorium on the employment of dental hygienists, particularly within the north west; the process an interested party should follow in...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      249. To ask the Minister for Health the status of surgery at Crumlin Hospital in County Dublin for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and when the procedure will be scheduled. [3549/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      250. To ask the Minister for Health the funding he allocated and the funding spent on capital projects and other initiatives in the constituency of Louth East Meath, by project and initiative, by...
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      251. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for orthodontic treatment at the end of September 2015, by local health office area, by those under 16 years of age, by those 16...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      252. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in 2015; and the projected number to be provided in 2016, by local health office, in tabular form. [3590/16]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      253. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant hospital doctors employed, by public hospital, by voluntary hospital, in each of the years 2011 to 2015, in tabular form. [3591/16]
    • HSE Reports
      254. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in publishing the October 2015 Health Service Executive performance report; and when he expects it to be published. [3592/16]
    • Hospital Procedures
      255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that were cancelled and postponed, by public hospital in 2015, in tabular form. [3593/16]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      257. To ask the Minister for Health when it is intended to publish the external review into the operation of the emergency department at University Hospital Galway; the reason for the delay; and...
    • Health Services
      258. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3621/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      259. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the referral of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to Kerry General Hospital for a diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Applications
      260. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the information received to date, the information...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      262. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (detail supplied) regarding the diagnosis of mental illness; the progress on implementing this approach; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      263. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of extended waiting times for discetomies and his views on the provision and availability of such procedures for patients in Dublin Central; if...
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      264. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the extended waiting times for children in need of orthodontic treatment and the provision and availability of orthodontic treatment for...
    • Medical Card Data
      265. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the number of senior citizens in Dublin Central who have been denied a medical card or had their medical card renewal refused, and the number...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      268. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre for Laytown and Bettystown in east County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3675/16]
    • HSE Properties
      270. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the sale of a former health facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3678/16]
    • General Practitioner Training
      271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of students who have graduated from general practitioner schemes in the years 2014 and 2015 and the percentage of those students who have remained...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      272. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to improve the conditions at the accident and emergency department at St. Vincent's Hospital, in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      273. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional funding in 2016 to reduce orthodontic waiting lists on the north side of Dublin given that the waiting times are several years...
    • Patient Safety Agency Establishment
      274. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the failure to establish a patient safety authority as promised in the programme for Government. [3723/16]
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      275. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on medicines, by public hospital, in each of the years 2010 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3725/16]
    • General Medical Services Scheme Data
      276. To ask the Minister for Health the number and list of general practitioners, GPs, who have signed up to the proposed scheme of free GP care for children under six years of age, by county, in...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      277. To ask the Minister for Health when a new medical device for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3733/16]
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      278. To ask the Minister for Health the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his...
    • Public Inquiries
      279. To ask the Minister for Health the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been responsible by name; by terms of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      280. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the Health Service Executive on media clipping and media monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      281. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the Health Service Executive on public relations services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Allowances
      282. To ask the Minister for Health the expenses claimed, including the amount of mileage and the amount claimed, by him and Ministers of State of his Department, by calendar year, during the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      283. To ask the Minister for Health the amount he spent on media clipping and media monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      284. To ask the Minister for Health if he has provided key additional funding and resources for disability services in 2016; if he has estimated the cost of the additional essential resources...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      285. To ask the Minister for Health when detailed planning and construction for the proposed new accident and emergency department at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 will commence; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      286. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a licensing system for all health and care facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3847/16]
    • Medical Card Applications
      287. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a Medical Card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3859/16]
    • Health Services Data
      289. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been issued with a unique health identifier since the Health Identifiers Act 2014 was passed, by local health office, in tabular...
    • Hospital Charges
      290. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form and by public and voluntary hospital between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2015 the revenue raised from charges for private...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      291. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the Health Service Executive...
    • Home Care Packages
      292. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages provided and the number of persons benefiting from these by local health office in 2015 and the estimate for 2016, in tabular...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Funding
      293. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding he allocated and the funding spent on capital projects and other initiatives in the constituency of Louth-East Meath, by project...
    • Passport Applications Fees
      294. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade why persons of over 80 years of age pay the full €89 for a passport; and if he will reduce the cost for them. [3651/16]
    • Middle East Issues
      295. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ask the Israeli authorities why approximately 350 acres of crops, all less than the regulation 40 cm in height and newly planted...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      299. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant associated with all external...
    • Public Inquiries
      300. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department has been responsible, by name,...
    • Ministerial Allowances
      301. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenses claimed, including the amount of mileage and the amount claimed, by him and Ministers of State of his Department, by calendar...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      302. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount he spent on media clipping and media monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement...
    • Middle East Issues
      303. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to protect Christian and other minority communities in the Middle East; if he has taken any initiatives in this...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Provision
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if transport by taxi or another system will be offered to a person (details supplied) to transport a child who has special needs to school; and...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person who did not directly receive money through the redress scheme but subsequently won a case against a solicitor for not filling out the...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide adequate resource supports to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3474/16]
    • Schools Data
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of one, two, three and four-teacher schools that have lost a teacher, by county and in each year since 2011. [3482/16]
    • School Funding
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Cork over the past five years; if she will facilitate the increasing...
    • State Examinations
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce standardised reading texts to determine the need for readers for leaving certificate examinations to ensure equality; and...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a major extension for a school (details supplied) in County Galway has not gone to tender; when it will go to tender; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Third Level Courses Availability
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when she will provide the required funding to the appropriate third level institutions in County Dublin willing to proceed with the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new unit for a school (details supplied) in County Carlow, including the reason one special education needs officer will sign...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry under the summer works scheme will be successful; and if she will make a...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding to complete emergency works required for a national school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding she allocated and the funding spent on capital projects and other initiatives in the constituency of Louth-East Meath, by project and...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed building project for the Holy Family School, Cootehill, County Cavan, including when it will proceed to the next...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the increase or decrease in the number of special needs assistants employed in the State since 2011. [3647/16]
    • School Patronage
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she accepts the results of the survey she carried out with the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in 2012 which clearly demonstrates the...
    • School Accommodation
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that an emergency application for toileting facilities by a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath is immediately granted given...
    • Veterinary Qualifications
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the procedures to be followed to enable a person (details supplied) to practise in this jurisdiction; if further studies are required;...
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the steps she is taking to ensure that the Labour Court Recommendation LCR20577 in respect of a Labour Court hearing on 29 May 2013,...
    • School Accommodation
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of classes that are taught in prefabricated accommodation by county and the year in which prefabricated accommodation will...
    • School Management
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce a pilot programme to devolve to the annual capital budget to schools to allow them schools to plan for capital projects;...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to specify why English language schools with no external quality assurance system were allowed to be part of the interim list of education...
    • School Funding
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down in tabular form by county the funding received for primary schools and post-primary schools for additional accommodation, new...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
    • Public Inquiries
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down in tabular form the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which she or her Department have...
    • Ministerial Allowances
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down in tabular form by calendar year the expenses claimed, including the amount of mileage and the amount claimed, by her and Ministers...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the amount she spent on media clipping and media monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015; and if she will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 in respect of grant repayment requirement might be reviewed given the likelihood of severe...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Departmental Funding
      336. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out by project and initiative, by completion date and by cost the funding he allocated and the funding spent on...
    • Housing Data
      337. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing adaptation grants distributed by county in the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement...
    • Water Charges Administration
      340. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households in counties Galway and Mayo who have paid their water charges; those who have not paid their...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      341. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households in counties Galway and Mayo who have completed septic tank registration and paid the charge, the...
    • Water Charges Administration
      342. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount charged by Irish Water for connecting a new home to the public water supply; if local authorities have reduced...
    • Development Contributions
      343. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of development contributions collected in respect of private house building in each of the years 2012 to 2015...
    • Planning Issues
      344. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will provide for educational impact assessments as per the programme for Government; and the progress in...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      345. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all...
    • Public Inquiries
      346. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been...
    • Ministerial Allowances
      347. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the expenses claimed, including the amount of mileage and the amount claimed, by him and Ministers of State of his...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      348. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount he spent on media clipping and media monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015; and if he...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      349. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has given any directive or guideline on social housing provision for 2016 to Dublin City Council and Fingal County...
    • Housing Provision
      351. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will declare a national housing emergency before he leaves office to address the totally unacceptable living...
    • Planning Issues
      352. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the contacts he has had with the Dublin City Manager in relation to the new north east arterial water main, the Sutton to...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Funding
      356. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding he allocated and the funding spent on capital projects and other initiatives in the constituency of...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      357. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of the grave concerns about the possibility of Ireland missing the 2020 16% renewable energy targets by...
    • Gas Networks Ireland
      359. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proposals to extend the natural gas supply to Cavan town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3679/16]
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      360. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding foreign investment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      361. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of premises forecast to be covered by the national broadband plan’s intervention by...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      362. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the name, cost, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all...
    • Public Inquiries
      363. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been...
    • Ministerial Allowances
      364. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the expenses, including the amount of mileage, claimed by him and Ministers of State at his Department, by calendar year,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      365. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount he spent on media clipping and media monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015; and if he...
    • Natural Resources
      366. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the activity he expects in new oil and gas exploration in Irish territorial waters and in Ireland's economic zone during...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      367. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide sports capital funding in 2016; when he will announce details of same; when the process will open and close; and the...
    • Public Transport Fares
      368. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the cost of public transport to commuters given the dramatic drop in the cost of fuel; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Transport Authority
      369. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority will respond to residents of Wilfield Road in Dublin 4, regarding the issues that the residents...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      370. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to revert to this Deputy on a matter (details supplied) regarding a decision by Transport Infrastructure Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      371. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding he allocated and the funding spent on capital projects and other initiatives in the constituency of Louth-east Meath, by...
    • Penalty Points System Data
      372. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers in counties Galway and Mayo, who have had penalty points applied, the main categories of offence, and the numbers...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Remit
      373. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will revert to this Deputy on a matter (details supplied) regarding lighting at a road traffic junction; and if he will make a...
    • Regional Airports
      374. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of service disruptions, including cancellations and delays, which have affected public service obligation supported flights...
    • Tourism Promotion
      375. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money spent in marketing in south Galway by Fáilte Ireland in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      376. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a junction (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3687/16]
    • Regional Road Network
      377. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to fix the Cliff Road at Rossbeigh, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3732/16]
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      378. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
    • Public Inquiries
      379. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been responsible by...
    • Ministerial Allowances
      380. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expenses claimed, including the amount of mileage and the amount claimed, by him and Ministers of State of his Department, by...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      381. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount he spent on media clipping and media monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Regional Road Network
      382. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact the Dublin city manager in relation to the urgently needed upgrading of the road surface, road markings and traffic...
    • Local Authority Services
      383. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has issued any directives or guidelines on the luminescence of street lighting to local authorities including Dublin City Council...
    • Motor Industry
      386. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or the Road Safety Authority have met the key importers and manufacturers of vehicles in relation to improving safety systems in...
    • Light Rail Projects Status
      387. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report to Dáil Éireann on developments in the scoping and planning for Metro North; if he or agencies of his...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Boat Permits
      388. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application for a permit by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      389. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding she allocated and the funding spent on capital projects and other initiatives in the constituency of Louth-East Meath, by...
    • National Parks Closures
      390. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the situation in relation to Diamond Hill, Letterfrack in County Galway, the upper trail of which is currently closed due to...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      391. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
    • Public Inquiries
      392. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which she or her Department have been responsible by...
    • Ministerial Allowances
      393. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expenses claimed, including the amount of mileage and the amount claimed, by her and Ministers of State of her Department, by...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      394. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount she spent on media clipping and media monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015 [3819/16]