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...

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