Written answers
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
- Department of Health
- Hospital Waiting Lists
63. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the increasingly long waiting times for operations at Cappagh Hospital in County Dublin, where waiting times of 18 months and longer are...
- Hospital Beds Data
67. To ask the Minister for Health if hospital acute bed capacity here is sufficient and if the norm for hospital bed occupancy should be 85% capacity, as is the case in other countries; the...
- Hospital Groups
69. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the emergency department at Mayo General Hospital; when the recommendations will be published; and if he will make a statement on...
- Programme for Government Initiatives
70. To ask the Minister for Health why two fundamental health commitments in the 2011 programme for Government, namely the undertakings on universal health insurance and the introduction of free...
- Legislative Measures
71. To ask the Minister for Health where he has amended the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015, which is shortly due to come before both Houses of the Oireachtas and which will seek to...
- Medicinal Products Licensing
72. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the drug Nivolumab, an immunosuppressant drug treatment for cancers that experts have described as a game-changer; if he will license this...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
73. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in improving emergency vehicle response times in rural areas and in Connemara, County Galway, in particular; if the stationing of ambulances at...
- Hospital Beds Data
74. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds that were allocated to University Hospital Waterford in the recent winter hand-out allowance for overcrowded hospitals; the number of beds...
- General Practitioner Services
75. To ask the Minister for Health the type of measures he is considering to help support the provision of general practitioner services in rural areas, given the global pressures on the...
- General Practitioner Contracts
76. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the negotiation of a new contract for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3925/16]
- Services for People with Disabilities
77. To ask the Minister for Health his views on survivors of severe acquired brain injury depending on a maintenance programme in nursing home care rather than in proper rehabilitation therapy;...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
79. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware, and if it is acceptable, that there are approximately 250 children with scoliosis who are waiting for an operation to fix their spine or waiting...
- Medicinal Products Availability
80. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is negotiating with the drug supplier Vertex, which produces the drug Orkambi, a drug which has been found to significantly...
- Hospital Staff
81. To ask the Minister for Health why he has not honoured commitments by his predecessor to fund academic appointments to University Hospital Waterford in the context of the reconfiguration of...
- Mental Health Services Staffing
82. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the chronic shortage of nursing staff in St. Joseph's Association for the intellectually disabled in Portrane, County Dublin;...
- Hospital Facilities
83. To ask the Minister for Health the number of commissioned units in public and voluntary hospitals that have yet to open, including the patient accommodation capacity in each, in tabular form;...
- Mental Health Services Provision
84. To ask the Minister for Health the progress he has made in ending the practice of placing children and adolescents in adult psychiatric wards, further to the commitment of the programme for...
- Services for People with Disabilities
85. To ask the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive's service plan makes no provision for an increase in the number of personal assistant hours for persons with disabilities in...
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
86. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he it taking to address the issue of patients on trolleys at Mayo General Hospital, including the capacity problem that sees the emergency...
- Home Help Service Provision
87. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and the number of hours being provided for home help, and the funding and the number of packages being provided for home care in 2016; and if he...
- Hospital Staff Data
88. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency staff at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2013 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Community Care Provision
89. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive community intervention teams by local health office; the local health offices that do not have a community intervention...
- Health Services Access
90. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent statistics from Health Consumer Powerhouse, which found Ireland to have the longest emergency department waiting times in Europe and...
- Health Services Staff
91. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his provision of arthritis-specific front-line staff during his period as Minister for Health, including consultants, clinical nurse specialists,...
- Hospital Staff
92. To ask the Minister for Health the number of academic appointments at University Hospital Waterford funded since the reorganisation of hospital services in the south east; the appointments he...
- Disability Support Services Provision
93. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding and services for survivors of severe acquired brain injury, including those currently provided, and the number of patients affected; and...
- Speech and Language Therapy
94. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure all persons with a disability who need speech and language and therapy services get adequate services in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Labour Activation Measures
95. To ask the Taoiseach the number of participants on labour activation schemes, by scheme and by month, since July 2015, in tabular form. [4169/16]
- Departmental Legal Cases Data
96. To ask the Taoiseach his views on a submission (details supplied); if he will reply to the requests in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3409/16]
- Departmental Funding
97. To ask the Taoiseach 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 completion...
- Unemployment Data
98. To ask the Taoiseach the rates of unemployment in Limerick city and county in each of the years 2009 to 2012, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3408/16]
- Departmental Expenditure
99. To ask the Taoiseach 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. [4204/16]
- Ministerial Expenditure
100. To ask the Taoiseach the expenses claimed, including the amount of mileage and the amount claimed, by each Minister and Minister of State, by calendar year, during the current Dáil...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
101. To ask the Taoiseach the name, costs, date of commission, date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011....
- Departmental Investigations
102. To ask the Taoiseach 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 reference, by...
- Appointments to State Boards Data
103. To ask the Taoiseach the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application process or otherwise, from 7 March...
- Department of Social Protection
- Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount allocated and spent to date under the humanitarian fund for flooding, by county. [4420/16]
- Carer's Allowance Payments
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive arrears following an appeal under the carer's allowance scheme. [3953/16]
- Invalidity Pension Applications
107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will...
- Water Conservation Grant Eligibility
108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is not entitled to a water conservation grant since moving address given that the...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the deadline for submissions to the Labour Market Council for its review of payments for persons under 26 years of age under the...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determining an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under the domiciliary care...
- Illness Benefit Payments
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who receives a payment under the illness benefit scheme receives an additional...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Data
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the sum of payments made under the exceptional needs payment scheme for each of the years from 2011 to 2015, in tabular form, by...
- Family Income Supplement Data
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of lone parents claiming family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4033/16]
- Social Welfare Benefits Applications
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a transfer payment for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under the one-parent family payment scheme; and...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
- National Internship Scheme Eligibility
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is not being considered for a placement under the JobBridge scheme; why a farm...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the research conducted by the Simon Communities, Locked Out of the Market III: The Gap Between Rent Supplement/HAP...
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have had a penalty applied to their social protection payment, for refusing to take part in a labour...
- Employment Support Services
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of participants in the Dublin 15 and 24 areas who have been referred to the JobPath scheme. [4171/16]
- National Internship Scheme Data
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of companies that have been banned from the JobBridge scheme. [4172/16]
- Disability Allowance Applications
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been refused under the disability allowance scheme; if the...
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter under the fuel allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4192/16]
- Paternity Leave Scheme
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if self-employed fathers will be entitled to paternity leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4258/16]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the application process under the invalidity pension scheme where a person (details supplied) lives in County Derry and...
- Community Employment Schemes Operation
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the responsibility of employers in relation to health and safety and manual handling courses when persons take up a community...
- Personal Public Service Numbers
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 26 January 2016 and request for a change of personal public service number of a...
- Disability Allowance Applications
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a Parliamentary Question reply can be accepted as a reply from a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in respect of an...
- State Pension (Contributory) Appeals
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) should be refused a State Pension (contributory) based on a regulation set out in section 110 (1)...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing an application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the...
- Jobseeker's Benefit Applications
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is only entitled to a reduced rate of jobseekers benefit or allowance; and if...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the disability allowance scheme; and if she...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4349/16]
- Redundancy Statistics
144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications made for redundancy payments in counties Cavan and Monaghan under the social insurance fund...
- Qualified Child Increase Payments
145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the-full year cost in 2016 of increasing the qualified child increase by €2.20; €3.00; €3.50; €4.00...
- Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost in 2016 of restoring the back to school clothing and footwear allowance to 2011 rates; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the savings made to all schemes under the auspices of her Department as a result of reductions in rates or services since she took...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick and payment under the invalidity pension scheme;...
- Invalidity Pension Eligibility
149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the processes for a resident of the north who works or may have worked in this State to claim an invalidity pension or other...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) in County Longford under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) in County Longford under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if...
- Illness Benefit Applications
153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath under the illness benefit scheme; and if she will...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Offaly under the invalidity pension scheme, including when...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Laois under the domiciliary care allowance, including when...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Offaly under the carer's allowance scheme, including when...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath under the invalidity pension scheme, including when the...
- Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Offaly under the farm assist scheme, including when the person...
- Disability Allowance Applications
160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Offaly under the disability allowance scheme, including when...
- Appointments to State Boards Data
161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment, through a public...
- Paternity Leave Scheme
162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if working fathers who do not work full-time hours will be entitled to paternity leave from September 2016; and if she will make a...
- Department of Finance
- Home Tuition Scheme Staff
163. To ask the Minister for Finance to review the changes made to the employment status of home tutors, which gave them pay-as-you-earn status in his Department; his views on the consequences of...
- Property Tax Yield
164. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected from the local property tax, by local authority, in each year since 2012. [4119/16]
- Financial Services Ombudsman
165. To ask the Minister for Finance the legislative and regulatory measures he is taking to address instances where persons have been mis-sold financial products such as endowment mortgages,...
- Financial Services Ombudsman Data
166. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of compensation that has been awarded to persons who have been mis-sold financial products during the lifetime of this Government; and if he will...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
167. To ask the Minister for Finance if any staff members of the National Treasury Management Agency or the National Asset Management Agency received a bonus payment for 2015; the total amount...
- Tax Credits
168. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons the tax credit of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was adjusted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4045/16]
- Fuel Laundering
169. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mobile testing laboratories for on-the-spot analysis of contaminated fuel the Revenue Commissioners have commissioned, including the purchase...
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
172. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications received, the number of successful applications, the number of applications which were refused under the disabled drivers and...
- Tax Rebates
174. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a tax refund on income in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4110/16]
- Tax Code
175. To ask the Minister for Finance why an unmarried couple are deemed a cohabiting couple when claiming social protection but are deemed single persons when one of the partners gains employment...
- Customs and Excise Staff
176. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of unfilled vacancies at each grade structure in the office of Customs and Excise in counties Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo; if the existing...
- VAT Rate Application
177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding value added tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4176/16]
- Revenue Commissioners Reports
178. To ask the Minister for Finance the next steps he will be taking to fill the data gaps identified in the recent spillover analysis of Irish tax policy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Yield
179. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional yield that would be generated if the 8% universal social charge rate was increased to 9% for persons earning over €70,044 per year; and...
- Ministerial Meetings
181. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will meet the President of the World Bank, Mr Jim Yong Kim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4277/16]
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
182. To ask the Minister for Finance to support a matter (details supplied) regarding compensation for clients who were mis-sold financial products; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Code
184. To ask the Minister for Finance why a company (details supplied) in County Kerry is continuing to trade after depriving grant aid, under the farm improvement scheme, to a number of persons...
- Fuel Rebate Scheme
185. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will process moneys due from the Revenue Commissioners for the rebate of fuel costs for persons (details supplied) in County Limerick with a disability;...
- Insurance Coverage
186. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the refusal by two insurance companies to insure a house (details supplied) in Dublin 9 that they claim is a flood risk area; and if he will make...
- Central Bank of Ireland Transactions
187. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of surplus generated by the Central Bank of Ireland, of the surplus in each of the years 2013 to 2015, inclusive, that relates to interest on Irish...
- State Investments
190. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the State's shareholdings in various banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4452/16]
- Mortgage Arrears Rate
191. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate of mortgage arrears, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4453/16]
- Life Insurance Policies
192. To ask the Minister for Finance the recourse available to persons who believe they have been mis-sold a whole of life assurance policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4456/16]
- Pensions Levy
193. To ask the Minister for Finance when the losses will be incurred, after he imposed a levy on private sector pensions, and be re-instated on those pensions; and if he will make a statement on...
- Appointments to State Boards Data
194. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application process or otherwise, from...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Coastal Protection
195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a sea wall (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3955/16]
- Public Sector Staff
196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4138/16]
- Teachers' Remuneration
197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will amend the incremental payment procedure in order that a second level teacher who retires before July 2018, and who has had...
- Appointments to State Boards Data
198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application...
- Flood Risk Insurance Cover
199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions he is taking to assist the residents in Glounthaune in County Cork who have had remedial works carried out to secure flood...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Job Creation
200. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his projections for reducing the long-term unemployment numbers and rate in the period to 2020, by year; and if he will make a...
- Unemployment Levels
201. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for attaining a national unemployment rate below 6%; by year, from 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Renewable Energy Projects
202. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding employment opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4150/16]
- Employment Rights
203. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding permanent contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4173/16]
- Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
204. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the discussions on the free trade agreement between the European Union and the United States of America; and if he will...
- Trade Relations
205. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of trade between Norway and Ireland in each of the years 2013 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4270/16]
- Health and Safety Regulations
206. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to support a matter (details supplied) regarding health and safety legislation in relation to asbestos; and if he will make a...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
207. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline supports for small businesses especially in small stores (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Job Creation Data
208. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created by companies supported by Enterprise Ireland in County Cavan and in County Monaghan in each of the past ten...
- Job Losses
209. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs lost in companies supported by Enterprise Ireland in County Cavan and in County Monaghan in each of the past ten...
- IDA Jobs Data
210. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set down in tabular form the number of jobs created by companies supported by IDA Ireland in County Cavan and County Monaghan in...
- Enterprise Ireland
213. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set down in tabular form the number of closures of companies supported by Enterprise Ireland in County Cavan and County Monaghan in...
- Employment Support Services
214. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline the actions he has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied); the supports available to workers in the event of...
- Appointments to State Boards Data
216. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme 2015; and...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of a reduction in payments to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the single payment scheme;...
- Agriculture Scheme Applications
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 19 January 2016 to set out the status of applications by a person (details supplied) in...
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payment under the single farm payment scheme; and if he will make a...
- GLAS Eligibility
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Forestry Premium Payments
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of payment of a forestry application (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of a farm payment due to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo, including when the payment will be made;...
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has not received payment under the single payment scheme. [4068/16]
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4077/16]
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payment to a person (details supplied) under the young farmers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when persons (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive the balance of a payment under the basic payment scheme; and if he...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the single payment scheme and the green low-carbon...
- Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if he will clarify the matter for the person; and...
- Agriculture Schemes
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in transferring an entitlement to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, given that all documents...
- Agriculture Scheme Applications
232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schemes applied for by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in 2015, including the outstanding payments due; and if he will...
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farm payments to a person (details supplied) in County Cork, including when all outstanding payments will issue; and if...
- Agriculture Scheme Applications
234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farm payments to a person (details supplied) in County Cork, including when all outstanding payments will issue; and if...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4158/16]
- Agriculture Schemes
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 10 December 2015, if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an Irish...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payment to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the single payment scheme, including if the payment...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
238. 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; if the checks as...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
239. 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; and if he will make a...
- Forestry Grants
240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made a decision on an appeal of an application for afforestation pre-approval by a person (details supplied) in County...
- EU Regulations
241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 2015 national reserve (young farmer/new entrant) and young farmers scheme terms and conditions, in particular the condition...
- Departmental Legal Cases
244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will implement the recommendations of the Committee of Public Accounts in relation to the decision in a court case involving...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payment for a person (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farm payments to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4292/16]
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he received an appeal from a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the disadvantaged areas scheme; when he will make a...
- Forestry Grants
248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review an application for a forestry grant and to contact the person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
- Beef Data Programme
249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused access to the beef data and genomics programme; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the basic payment scheme and the areas of natural...
- Departmental Correspondence
251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 1 December 2015, why he has not issued a final response as yet; and if he will make a...
- GLAS Payments
252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment with regard to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the green low-carbon agri-environment...
- Agriculture Scheme Applications
253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the young farmers scheme and the national reserve...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
255. 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. [4457/16]
- Agriculture Scheme Applications
256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the old young farmers scheme; and if he will make a...
- Live Exports
257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 17 December 2015, the progress to date in persuading Chinese authorities to remove...
- Appointments to State Boards Data
258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Station Refurbishment
260. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will refurbish the Garda Síochána station in Coolock, Dublin 5, in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4282/16]
- Visa Applications
261. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a long stay visa in respect of a family (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3975/16]
- Language Schools
262. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to respond to issues raised concerning English language schools (details supplied). [4025/16]
- Travel Documents
263. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when the appropriate travel document will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Laois who needs to travel to an embassy to obtain...
- Residency Permits
264. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Coroners Service
265. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her offices were contacted by the coroner in the case of a person (details supplied); the advice given regarding the decision to consider...
- Commencement of Legislation
266. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will sign the commencement order for the new one-year bankruptcy legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4069/16]
- Fines Data
267. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people resident in Dublin 12, 8,10 and 6W who were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment; the number who were processed at the...
- Garda Transport Data
269. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new and unmarked Garda Síochána cars that will come into the fleet in 2016; if the contract to supply the cars has gone...
- Garda Expenditure
270. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to support the budget allocation for the Garda Síochána air support unit in the years 2013 to 2016; and if she will make a statement on...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
271. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of increasing the number of Garda Síochána closed circuit television cameras in Dublin city centre from 77 to 107; and if she...
- Immigration Status
272. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will grant permission to remain here to persons (details supplied) in County Donegal; if she provided sufficient information in regard to...
- Garda Station Closures
273. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations that were closed in County Cavan and in County Monaghan over the past ten years, in tabular form;...
- Garda Stations
274. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations in County Cavan and in County Monaghan in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she...
- Garda Strength
275. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána on 1 January in each of the past ten years, including details of the numbers in training on those dates....
- Crime Data
276. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidences reported to An Garda Síochána at Garda Síochána stations in Ballybofey, Carrigans, Castlefinn,...
- Appointments to State Boards Data
277. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application process or...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Care Education
278. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware that some groups of Montessori teachers, who work in early years childcare, have been told by their employers that their...
- School Absenteeism
279. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the strategies that are in place, or planned, to increase attendance and combat absenteeism in schools, and to ensure greater levels of...
- Early Childhood Care Education
280. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the eligibility to free preschooling of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Children in Care
281. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons in care without an allocated social worker; by county or by sub-county level, such as Dublin North, Dublin...
- Child and Family Agency Staff
282. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of front line and non-front line administrative staff and the number of senior managers employed in Tusla, the Child and Family...
- Foster Care Supports
283. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young adults discharged from State or foster care upon turning 18 years of age in 2014 and in 2015; the number or percentage...
- Children in Care
284. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of including developmental outcomes for children in care as part of the general longitudinal study Growing up in Ireland Survey...
- Child Abuse
285. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of allocating all 7,199 child abuse referrals cases which were not allocated a social worker in August 2015 and of which 1,275...
- Child and Family Agency
286. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of providing a 24 hour-seven day emergency access to social workers in all service areas, including in areas where this access is...
- Child Care Services Funding
287. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding allocated to city and county child care committees, by county, in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Early Childhood Care Education
289. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will use discretion where a child is under the criteria by a number of weeks, in order to be deemed eligible for the early childcare...
- Preschool Services
290. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Cork qualifies for a second free pre-school year. [4429/16]
- Early Childhood Care Education
291. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide resource hours assistance to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4431/16]
- Appointments to State Boards Data
292. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application process...
- Department of Health
- Misuse of Drugs
293. To ask the Minister for Health his efforts to combat the sale and distribution of Z-drugs and the need for further resources to combat this major problem in conjunction with the long-awaited...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
294. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3948/16]
- Hospitals Discharges
295. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has not been discharged from St. Vincent's Hospital in County Dublin; the length of time this person has been medically ready...
- Prescription Charges
296. To ask the Minister for Health the staus of the prescription charge and the maximum payment allowable when two spouses have different doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Provision
297. To ask the Minister for Health the day care centres for elderly persons in Cork city and county run or supported by the Health Service Executive; how many persons can be catered for each...
- Hospitals Data
298. To ask the Minister for Health the details of inpatient and outpatient care services provided at Killybegs Community Hospital, County Donegal for each of the years 2005 to 2015, in tabular...
- Hospital Services
300. To ask the Minister for Health how he will ensure that bed capacity and staffing levels at a community hospital (details supplied) in County Donegal will be maintained; if he will alter or...
- Ambulance Service Data
303. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of ambulance cover currently in operation in south County Donegal, including the average response times in the region; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Consultants Recruitment
304. To ask the Minister for Health if a full-time permanent consultant urologist has been appointed to Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal following the resignation of the former...
- Hospitals Expenditure
305. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent on private rented accommodation and properties, including all administrative and clinical facilities, as part of operations at...
- Nursing Home Beds
306. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the proposed additional nursing home beds for Drogheda and Ardee, County Louth, as announced in local media on 25 January 2016; and if he will...
- Hospitals Building Programme
309. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed new 100-bed unit in the grounds of St. Mary's Hospital on the Dublin Road in Drogheda, County Louth; what stage the design plans are...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
310. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds available under the fair deal scheme, by county, from 2011 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3992/16]
- Hospitals Discharges
312. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth; and the action he is taking to reduce this number. [3994/16]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
313. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the interdepartmental agency working group set up following the report reviewing the fair deal scheme which was published on 20 July 2015; the...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
314. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations regarding the provision of sanitary wear, special nappies, and so on, for children under three years of age who have a digestive tract illness...
- Nursing Home Subventions
315. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund will cover an increase by the nursing home under the fair deal scheme or if this increase needs to be covered by the...
- Medical Card Applications
316. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the provision of a medical card to a person (details supplied) is expedited. [4015/16]
- Disability Support Services
317. To ask the Minister for Health why he is not releasing funding to cover transportation costs for young adults with a disability at Saint Michael’s House in County Dublin; and if he...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
318. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include fibromyalgia in the long-term illness scheme and provide increased supports to persons suffering from fibromyalgia, a condition now...
- HSE Properties
319. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the sale of a HSE building (details supplied) in Castleisland, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4032/16]
- Hospital Appointment Status
320. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4036/16]
- HSE Expenditure
322. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to general practitioners (details suppled) under the medical card and general medical services schemes by the Health Service Executive in 2014...
- Early Childhood Care Education
323. To ask the Minister for Health to review a decision to refuse a person (details supplied) in County Meath preschool assistance hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4041/16]
- Home Help Service Data
325. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the number of persons in County Galway and in County Mayo waiting for assessment and reassessment for home help hours, and for additional home help...
- Hospital Appointment Status
326. To ask the Minister for Health if and when an urgent procedure will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4054/16]
- Coroners Service
327. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); if he was contacted regarding the matter; the basis upon which a foetus can be considered a person;...
- Clinical Trials
328. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 429 of 8 December 2015, his plans to roll out similar projects to other hospitals in the Saolta Group; and if he will...
- Hospital Appointment Status
329. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly including when a person will receive it. [4078/16]
- Health Services Provision
330. To ask the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive does not cover manual lymphatic drainage treatment for public patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4079/16]
- Health Services Allowances
331. To ask the Minister for Health the status of replacing the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant which was closed to new applicants in 2013; the progress made to date in finding a...
- Community Care Provision
332. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently consider the request (details supplied) by Ballybay and Clones municipal district in relation to the need to provide adequate respite beds in...
- Hospital Beds Data
333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of detoxification beds and treatment beds available for drug addicts, or for alcoholics, by location. [4125/16]
- Prescription Charges
334. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 412 of 27 January 2015 and 12 of 2 October 2015, the status of the response by the Health Service Executive to this...
- Medical Card Data
335. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards and general practitioner cards, of each type, issued on a discretionary basis; each type assigned to those over 70 years of age;...
- Vaccination Programme
336. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive examined reports of teenage girls developing serious health problems after having the human papilloma virus vaccine; the manner...
- Health Services Provision
337. To ask the Minister for Health to arrange for appropriate home supports to be provided to a person (details supplied) in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4131/16]
- Hospital Procedures
338. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective operations cancelled by Cork University Hospital in each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4134/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
339. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be scheduled for a procedure. [4137/16]
- Disability Services Funding
340. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding being allocated to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4139/16]
- Services for People with Disabilities
341. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be transferred to the Cope Foundation. [4144/16]
- Hospital Appointment Status
342. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is in urgent medical need; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Insurance Levy
343. To ask the Minister for Health to advise on Government levies for private health premiums; if he will reduce such levies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4152/16]
- HSE Investigations
344. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference of the investigation that the Health Service Executive commissioned into staff conduct issues, arising from the Health Information...
- HSE Reports
345. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultancy reports, analyses and so on that the Health Service Executive commissioned since July 2014, in tabular form, including details of...
- Health Care Policy
346. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the co-operation activities carried out under the memorandum of understanding on health regulation, traditional Chinese medicine, training,...
- Autism Support Services
347. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a full diagnostic assessment in respect of autism in Waterford University Hospital, including a breakdown of the waiting...
- Mental Health Services Staffing
349. To ask the Minister for Health the status of recruitment and waiting times for child and adult mental health services in County Waterford, given the significant delays parents are...
- Health Services
350. To ask the Minister for Health to immediately examine and intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4175/16]
- Child and Family Agency Services
351. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a service (details supplied) in Dublin 13; the reason that the Special Needs Programme was withdrawn; the reason the funding for a clinical...
- General Practitioner Services
352. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be made available to a General Practitioner practice (details supplied) in County Donegal, to ensure that the centre is...
- Medical Card Eligibility
353. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce measures in order that persons who are 80 years of age and over are automatically entitled to a medical card (details supplied); and if he...
- Hospital Beds Data
354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult beds available in the cystic fibrosis unit in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; the number of persons awaiting a bed; if the number of beds in...
- Community Care Provision
357. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide more hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4191/16]
- Nursing Home Beds
358. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals to recruit additional staff to ensure that the full complement of beds is used in a nursing home (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he...
- HSE Staff Remuneration
359. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in relation to the persons's pay scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Legislative Programme
360. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Autism Bill legislation which was promised to give Ireland a national strategy on autism; the status of the autism service for adults in...
- General Practitioner Services
361. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a payment for a medical test by a person, details supplied, who has a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4209/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
362. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of fines imposed on hospitals and the number of hospitals that have been fined, by hospital, as a result of not meeting hospital waiting unit...
- Hospitals Funding
363. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the upgrade of the Shiel Hospital in Ballyshannon, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4256/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
364. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the long waiting lists for appointments for children diagnosed with scoliosis, given the response from the parliamentary affairs division...
- Hospital Services
365. To ask the Minister for Health why braces for the treatment of scoliosis are not funded in all hospitals, given their obvious importance to patients, especially children; and if he will make...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
367. To ask the Minister for Health to amend the current protocols to allow children with scoliosis who are under 14 years of age and whose parents pay private health insurance to access surgery...
- Health Screening Programmes
371. To ask the Minister for Health to re-introduce the Adam's forward bend test school scoliosis screening programme to ensure early diagnosis for children suffering from scoliosis; and if he...
- Medical Internships
372. To ask the Minister for Health the educational institutions offering degree programmes and-or training programmes for those wishing to specialise in paediatric palliative care; and if he...
- Services for People with Disabilities
375. To ask the Minister for Health to support a matter (details supplied) regarding the provision of a wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4310/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
376. To ask the Minister for Health to support this matter (details supplied) regarding the case of a person. [4311/16]
- General Medical Services Scheme
377. To ask the Minister for Health to support a matter (details supplied) regarding the high cost of gluten free produce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4312/16]
- General Practitioner Services
378. To ask the Minister for Health to support a matter (details supplied) regarding the D Doc service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4313/16]
- Health Services Provision
379. To ask the Minister for Health to support a matter (details supplied) regarding an individualised plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4316/16]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
380. To ask the Minister for Health if he has appointed a clinical lead to the national endoscope working group which was established by the Health Service Executive; if he will name the...
- Hospital Procedures
381. To ask the Minister for Health why the target for processing routine colonoscopy patients within 13 weeks, has been revised from 100% to 70%, given the publication of the HSE service plan...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
382. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of outsourcing colonoscopy patients who are waiting longer than 12 months for an appointment through the National Treatment Purchase Fund, in each of...
- Hospital Appointment Status
383. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an operation at Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal; if this...
- General Medical Services Scheme
386. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Flexique is included in the Health Service Executive list of reimbursable items under the general medical services scheme; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
388. To ask the Minister for Health why an application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the fair deal scheme was refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4345/16]
- General Practitioner Services
389. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who was removed from a general practitioners' list and who has unsuccessfully applied to at least...
- Hospital Procedures
390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgical procedures which have been cancelled or postponed, by hospital, across the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland hospital group,...
- Speech and Language Therapy
392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting lists who are waiting up to four, four plus to 12 and 12 plus months, by local...
- Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
394. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are awaiting orthodontic assessment, by region, up to six, six plus to 12, 12 plus to 24 and 24 plus months in tabular form; and if...
- Mental Health Services Staffing
396. To ask the Minister for Health the specific staff who have been recruited since August 2015 to community-based and hospital-based mental health services in counties Galway and Roscommon; and...
- Mental Health Services Provision
397. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-open the acute psychiatric unit in Ballinasloe in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4361/16]
- Hospital Appointment Status
398. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4378/16]
- Health Services Access
402. To ask the Minister for Health why parents of children awaiting an assessment of need in County Cork are being advised to submit a formal complaint to the Health Service Executive in order...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
403. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a date for an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4396/16]
- Patient Transfers
404. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be transferred to Temple Street Hospital in Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Provision
405. To ask the Minister for Health if a general practitioner can refer a patient to a consultant within the European Union and the European Economic Area, for inpatient care under the...
- Autism Support Services
406. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4402/16]
- Hospital Beds Data
407. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 27 January 2016, why he has referred this question to the HSE, given that the same information sought in a...
- Infectious Disease Incidence (2 comments)
408. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is planning an awareness campaign in relation to a certain condition (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4423/16]
- Nursing Staff Provision
409. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the shortage in the number of nurses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4424/16]
- Health Services Provision
410. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have an appropriate assessment carried out by the HSE or by the person's service provider; and if he will...
- Hospital Appointment Status
411. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly with a doctor in the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore in County Offaly [4438/16]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
412. To ask the Minister for Health to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath immediately admitted to a hospital to undergo a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospitals Data
413. To ask the Minister for Health how many elective surgeries have been cancelled in Tallaght hospital, Dublin 24, since 1 October 2015 [4463/16]
- Medicinal Products Licensing
414. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Products Regulatory Authority, formerly the Irish Medicines Board, received proof or assurances from Roche Pharmaceuticals that all clinical...
- Hospital Appointment Status
415. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4468/16]
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
416. To ask the Minister for Health the number of long-term stay beds in operation at Lifford community hospital, at Saint Joseph's community hospital and at Ramelton community hospital in County...
- VAT Rate Application
417. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the VAT rates on sunbed sessions and on sunscreen, given the 13.5% rate on sunbed sessions and the 23% rate on sunscreen, and given the...
- Health Services Staff
418. To ask the Minister for Health how persons will lodge complaints in a timely manner to the Medical Council, given how long the process takes, that he has not implemented a statutory of...
- Health Services
419. To ask the Minister for Health why the HSE is not conducting an independent review into the aftermath of a case as a person's family (details supplied) have requested; and if he will make a...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
420. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of Fampyra and the restrictions that have been placed on covering the cost of the medication by the Health Service Executive; and...
- Medical Records
421. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with medical records, as requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4594/16]
- Health Services Provision
422. To ask the Minister for Health to re-affirm the commitment given to the proposed medical centre in Rhode village in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4604/16]
- Respite Care Services
423. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly for additional respite hours and day care service with the Midlands HSE; when the person...
- Medical Card Applications
424. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a case by a person (details supplied) in County Offaly under the medical card scheme, including when the person will receive a decision. [4606/16]
- Hospital Appointment Status
426. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive an appointment with a consultant at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly....
- Medical Card Applications
427. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly under the medical card scheme, including when the person will receive a decision. [4609/16]
- Appointments to State Boards Data
428. To ask the Minister for Health the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application process or otherwise, from...
- Hospital Appointment Delays
429. To ask the Minister for Health to advise why surgery has been cancelled on six occasions to date for a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan with Down Syndrome; to ensure no further...
- Hospitals Data
430. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to Saint Joseph's Community Hospital in Stranorlar in County Donegal in each of the years 2013 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will...
- Hospital Appointment Status
436. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will receive an appointment for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4635/16]
- Health Services
437. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the long delay in the HSE arranging a trust fund for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo, including an assessment of the costs of the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights Issues
438. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made to secure the release of an Irish citizen (details supplied) detained in Egypt without trial; and if he will make a...
- EU Enlargement
439. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Serbia becoming a member of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4280/16]
- Diplomatic Representation
440. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he last met the Irish Ambassador to Japan, Ms Anne Barrington; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4281/16]
- Foreign Conflicts
441. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the growing number of protests and demonstrations in Haiti, that the unrest was generated after the Presidential election...
- Consular Services Expenditure
442. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade why the cost of running Irish embassies and consulates abroad rose by 10.5% in 2015 as compared to 2014. [4467/16]
- Appointments to State Boards Data
443. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of appointments to State boards by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application process...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport Administration
444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is appropriate for the Freight Transport Association to carry out inspections on private buses contracted to Bus Éireann given that...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the decision to cut a special needs assistant from Saint Christopher's Service in County Longford given that the HSE has...
- School Enrolments
446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advocate at Cabinet level for the amendment of the Equal Status Acts to give effect to the principle that no child should be given...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grant financial assistance or bursary available to Irish persons who wish to obtain a postgraduate degree in nursing in a university (details...
- School Accommodation
448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will facilitate the repair of the prefabricated unit which is owned by her Department, further to the recent report from the environmental...
- Schools Building Projects Expenditure
449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding and grant-aid provided to primary schools and post-primary schools and education centres through her various schemes for major works...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected number of new apprenticeship training places that will be created in the period to 2020, by year, by employment sector; her...
- School Enrolments
452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a school place will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3986/16]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average class size for each primary and post-primary school and education centre in County Donegal, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Gaelscoileanna Issues
454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 2 December 2015, what criteria will be used in assessing the sufficient viability of Aonad; which...
- Schools Building Projects Status
455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 155 and 156 of 2 December 2015, the differences between the proposals in the original applications for...
- Flood Risk Assessments
456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 2 December 2015, if she will reconsider her earlier reply with regard to extending the brief of the...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of apparent deadlock in relation to the proposed sites for schools along the Hazelhatch Road, if the Kildare Wicklow Education and...
- Schools Building Projects Status
460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (detailed supplied) in County Tipperary, including details of the works applied for; and if...
- Schools Amalgamation
461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her short-term and medium-term plans for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4031/16]
- Student Grant Scheme Administration
462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently examine and expedite Student Universal Support Ireland grant review for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to issue a policy recommendation to all schools that children with special educational needs receive individual education plans, along with...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry under the summer works programme; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered the submission for Louth Meath Education and Training Board and specifically O'Fiaich College in Dundalk, County Louth to...
- Departmental Staff Recruitment
466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when vacancies in the office in her Department in Athlone, County Westmeath following a number of retirements, will be filled. [4104/16]
- Schools Establishment
467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding a Gaelscoil (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4105/16]
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has made a decision on an application for funding by a school (details supplied) in County Cork under the summer works scheme; and if she...
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Places
469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding apprenticeships; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4123/16]
- Schools Building Projects Status
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4129/16]
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she received an application from a school (details supplied) in respect of energy efficiency measures under the summer works scheme; when she...
- School Curriculum
472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make history a compulsory junior certificate subject rather than a choice subject in the junior certificate, depending on the school...
- Schools Building Projects Status
473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4165/16]
- Schools Refurbishment
474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the poor physical condition of a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; if she will improve the facilities at the...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding financial support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4196/16]
- Teachers' Remuneration
476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding remuneration for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4199/16]
- Departmental Correspondence
477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will issue a final response to correspondence (details supplied) sent to her in September 2015; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Transport Data
478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, per county, the number of applications received for each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 under the primary...
- School Funding
480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided to primary and post-primary schools for capital works by county from 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on the...
- State Examinations
481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will have a reader in place in time for the leaving certificate applied...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the rules for assessment of income for self-employed persons to allow for current-year income to be considered similar to the rates...
- School Enrolments
483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to support a matter (details supplied) regarding school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4305/16]
- Teaching Council of Ireland
484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 17 June 2015, if she has made a decision on the matter; if not, when she expects to make a decision;...
- Capitation Grants
485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional funding she has allocated to schools through the capitation and ancillary grant, given the recommendation of the arbitrator to...
- Schools Building Projects Status
487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the construction of the community school in Clifden in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4359/16]
- State Examinations
488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision whereby a person (details supplied) in County Cork was denied access to a scribe for the leaving certificate...
- Teaching Council of Ireland
489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of regulation 3 of the Teaching Council registration regulations dealing with those persons who have applied for registration as a...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of traineeships and the number of persons who participated on these courses in 2015; the estimated numbers for 2016; the cost of...
- School Transport Provision
491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide school transport to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [4405/16]
- School Equipment
492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide equipment for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4409/16]
- Schools Building Projects Status
493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned extension and refurbishment works at a second level school (details supplied) in County Cork; when the project will...
- Third Level Funding
495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of routine capital funding or steady State fixed capital investment that will be required for all universities, and for all institutes...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4459/16]
- Special Educational Needs Data
497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism spectrum disorder units attached to primary and post-primary schools by location; the overall number of places available; if...
- School Enrolments (1 comment)
498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the research she conducted of population figures to ensure the adequate provision of secondary school places in Ongar, Castaheaney and Littlepace...
- Schools Building Projects Status
500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the commencement date for construction of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; given that the tender process is complete and all legal...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with reference to those who are self-employed in the dairy farming sector, to make the student grant scheme more accessible by allowing...
- Appointments to State Boards Data
502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application process or...
- Gaelscoileanna Issues
503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that an entire class of students in north County Kildare have been denied access to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin,...
- School Funding
504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why she has declined funding to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [4637/16]
- Gaelscoileanna Issues
505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why she decided that An Aonad in Maynooth, in County Kildare was preferable when there is a clear, demonstrable demand for a Gaelcholáiste...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Housing Finance Agency
506. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the interest rates that the Housing Finance Agency charges to local authorities for lending to approved housing bodies for...
- Motor Tax Yield
507. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue generated from road tax collected in Cork County from 1 January 2015 to date; and if he will make a...
- Cycling Facilities Funding
508. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will finalise an application by a group (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the expressions of interest...
- Architectural Qualifications
510. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of architects and the building control regulations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Private Residential Tenancies Board
512. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the procedures under the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 whereby landlords who claim to be selling a property...
- Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
513. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why the Private Residential Tenancies Board and the Economic and Social Research Institute's rent index on rents is not...
- Waste Management
514. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the domestic pay-by-weight waste management charges scheduled for introduction in July 2016 that will be imposed on...
- Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the €180 million funding allocated to approved housing bodies for capital funded social housing units...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
518. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the new social housing plan to guarantee up to 90% of income for private investors (details supplied); and...
- Housing Assistance Payments Data
519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how many of the 5,680 housing assistance payment recipients were transferred from rent supplement. [4118/16]
- Motor Tax Yield
520. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount collected from motor tax, by local authority, in each year since 2012. [4119/16]
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
521. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vacant social housing units returned to productive use, and the funding provided, by local authority, in...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
523. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding housing schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Data
524. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of the 13,000 social housing units provided in 2015 under the housing assistance payment scheme, the rental...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
525. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how many of the current-funded social housing units were transferred from the Social Inclusion and Community Activation...
- Local Authority Charges Application
529. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the Non-Principal Private Residence Second Home Tax including the charges and penalties which apply; if...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
530. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons on the social housing list, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4245/16]
- Housing Assistance Payments Data
531. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons in receipt of the housing assistance payment, by county; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
533. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the targets for 2015 for the provision of social housing units under the Rental Accommodation Scheme and through leasing,...
- Ministerial Appointments
534. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has appointed a chairperson to the MICA expert panel; if not, when he will do so; and if he will make a statement on...
- House Purchase Schemes
535. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is considering a new scheme to allow for the purchase of individual houses by tenants of voluntary and co-operative...
- Pyrite Issues
536. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to support a local community hall (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4306/16]
- Library Services
537. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to support a matter (details supplied) regarding a health and safety issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Waste Tyre Disposal
538. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of all alternatives which his Department considered in advance of introducing a full producer responsibility...
- Voluntary Housing Sector
546. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 30 and 142 of 21 November 2013, the action he has taken given the new information...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
547. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social houses that were built in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the past ten years, in tabular form;...
- Flood Relief Schemes Data
548. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts submitted to his Department as estimates for flood damage from the recent floods, by local authority. [4419/16]
- Voluntary Housing Sector
549. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is an agreed national policy on the rent charged to tenants by approved housing bodies; if rents are related to...
- Departmental Expenditure
550. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the expenses he incurred in the administration of the Water Services Act 2013 or grants made by him pursuant to section 15...
- Housing Adaptation Grant
551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the range of grants that are available for the repair of an old house by a person; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
552. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of properties which have been successfully purchased through the national mortgage to rent scheme since its...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of houses owned by local authorities, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4455/16]
- Local Authority Staff Data
555. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff dealing with housing, by local authority. [4465/16]
- Housing Adaptation Grant Data
556. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of stair lifts installed and paid for, by cost of installation, by local authority, in each of the past five...
- Appointments to State Boards Data
558. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Angling Season
559. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a reduced rate for senior citizens on the fee payable when purchasing the various categories of...
- Fisheries Protection
560. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the levels of monitoring and surveillance in operation by the various competent authorities along the River Finn and...
- Energy Schemes
561. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if public buildings, including schools, are eligible for financial assistance from his Department, or from the...
- Fisheries Protection
562. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources for specifics on the 2015 eel review by Inland Fisheries Ireland; if the survey will be conducted over the...
- Broadband Service Provision
563. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe for the roll-out of broadband at Cullenhugh, Ballinalack, Mullingar, County Westmeath, given that families...
- Legislative Programme
565. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the recently published White Papers on energy (details supplied) will be enacted as soon as possible; if they will be...
- Broadband Service Provision
566. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when an efibre upgrade will be rolled out at Bridgend in County Donegal, as Bridgend is designated as a second tier town...
- Appointments to State Boards Data
568. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of appointments to State Boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Departmental Bodies Expenditure
569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of taxpayers' money that has been spent, that has been committed to be spent and is projected to be spent on legal advice in...
- Road Projects Expenditure
571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocation to Cork County Council for local and regional roads from 1 January 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Bodies Expenditure
572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Sport Ireland and the National Sports Campus Development Authority; and if he will...
- Swimming Pool Projects
573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the swimming pool grant funding scheme, including when it opened and when it will close; the expected timescale for...
- Bus Éireann Services
574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to allay the fears of the employees of Bus Éireann on the potential privatisation of the company; and if he will make a statement on...
- Taxi Regulation Review Report Implementation
575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cavan is unable to transfer a hackney licence to a relative; the requirements or...
- Tourism Industry
576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce a passport-style initiative to encourage more visitors to the Wild Atlantic Way; and if he will make a statement on...
- Sports Capital Programme Data
577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applicants seeking payment or grant-aid, the number of these that were successful, the amounts requested as against the...
- Public Service Vehicles
578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of complaints made to the National Transport Authority and to Transport for Ireland against taxi drivers, by category of...
- Road Projects Expenditure
579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocations for regional and local roads, by local authority, for 2016. [4117/16]
- Legislative Measures
580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce testing systems for drivers under the influence of drugs, including on-the-spot swab testing; and if he will make a...
- Road Tolls
581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the high cost of tolls for commuters from north County Meath using the M3 on a daily basis (details supplied). [4140/16]
- Driver Licences
582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an Irish emigrant (details supplied) with 17 years driving experience and a full clean licence from the US, has to resit a...
- Rail Services
585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of providing an additional 30 DART carriages and 30 additional intercity rail carriages; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Road Safety
586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations and legislation in place to govern the use of rickshaws on public roads in County Dublin and in other urban centres; and...
- Roads Maintenance Funding
587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation of funding for regional and local roads in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and...
- Driver Licences
588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to address an issue raised by a person (details supplied) in County Cork about to the issuing of a driving licence here to persons who...
- Coras Iompair Éireann
589. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide supports for a company which was contracted by Córas Iompair Éireann to construct a garage to house and...
- Sports Capital Programme Data
590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation of grants under the sports capital programme in 2014, 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4418/16]
- Roads Maintenance
591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to urgently consider the request by the Ballybay and Clones municipal district of the urgent need to upgrade the R190 Ballybay to...
- Roads Maintenance Funding
592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to explain how he arrived at the figure of €106 million for repairing flood damaged roads to be allocated to local authorities;...
- Dublin Bus Services
594. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital funding Dublin Bus will require for the purchase of new buses, for fleet replacement and for increasing the number of buses...
- Sports Funding
595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to the Irish Sports Council, to each of the constituent national governing bodies of sport and to the Women in...
- Appointments to State Boards Data
596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Waterways Issues
597. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will make the use of canals and waterways more accessible to boat owners and operators; and her views that these waterways are...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
598. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a decision on an application for a turf cutting cessation compensation...
- Appointments to State Boards Data
599. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application...