Written answers

Wednesday, 20 April 2016

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Jobs Data
      1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs lost and gained in County Kildare in each of the past six years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7728/16]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      2. To ask the Taoiseach the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or him to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in 2016 broken down by agency and by...
    • Departmental Properties
      3. To ask the Taoiseach the details of vacant State properties and land, including car parks not in use, owned by his Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department by...
    • Departmental Data
      4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will each provide a list, in tabular form, of the following information in respect of the period 1 January 2016 to date: each statutory instrument signed; each...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      5. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to extend the payment of the children's allowance beyond a child's 18th birthday in circumstances where they are still in full-time second...
    • Employment Support Services
      6. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which it is expected that the skills available among those persons on the live register can be matched to the skill requirements of the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      7. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the projected numbers of recipients of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance over the next five years and to provide a table...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      16. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application under the disability allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow will be expedited; and if she will make a...
    • Community Services Programme
      17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a community services project for the Cross Roads Community Centre in Cong, County Mayo, was received; when a decision will be...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their application under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      19. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their application under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Code
      20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review and revise the casual dockets signing-on system to cater for those persons whose working week does not align with that of her Department...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive notice of the outcome of an appeal under the invalidity pension scheme. [7299/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork was refused a carer's allowance; if this claim was appealed to the independent appeals office;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application under the carer's allowance scheme and the household package scheme will be approved for persons (details supplied) in County...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite and approve an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny under the carer's allowance scheme made in November 2015....
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if payment under the disability allowance scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be made to the person's parent; and if the...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Meath under the invalidity pension scheme; and when the person can expect a...
    • Carer's Allowance Data
      27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting time for applications for carer's allowance to be decided upon; the number of applications currently awaiting a decision by a deciding...
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to employ additional staff to deal with the lengthy delays in assessing carer's allowance application forms; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision under the carer's allowance scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Administration
      30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if bank charges for community employment schemes are to be paid for by her Department or by the sub-schemes involved. [7345/16]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent support will be increased in line with market trends in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Family Income Supplement Appeals
      33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the progress of a family income supplement appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application under the carer's allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will make a statement...
    • Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme Eligibility
      37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare appears to not qualify for participation in the part-time incentive scheme; if their...
    • Departmental Programmes
      38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused entry to a Level 5 certificate in health care support; and if she will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or her to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in 2016 broken down...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will engage with the Departments of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and Children and Youth Affairs to make the benefits currently available to...
    • Community Welfare Services Data
      41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of service users who attended the weekly community welfare service clinic held at the inspector's office in Falcarragh, County Donegal,...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to expand the eligibility criteria for the household benefits package to allow adult semi-dependent children getting jobseeker's allowance...
    • Community Welfare Services
      44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the analysis completed on the functioning of the community welfare services where face-to-face clinics were withdrawn previously, for example, Clane,...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has evaluated the number of applicants that have to wait a week or longer for a face-to-face appointment to make a claim for social protection...
    • Labour Market
      47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the current situation regarding access to job activation, training and education for unrecognised jobseekers not on the live...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered extending access to the back to education allowance for qualified adults. [7504/16]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the current situation regarding enabling jobseekers not on the live register to sign on for credits. [7505/16]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a social protection appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7519/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details provided) in County Meath; and if she will make a...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Data
      54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of A1 contributions a person requires to achieve a full State contributory pension; the average number of contributions per year that a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she continues to monitor the need for any further increase in rent support with particular reference to the needs of families;...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application under the rent allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [7563/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application under the disability allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; when a decision will issue. [7568/16]
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to consider reversing the policy of systemically transferring post office business to private banks as social protection transactions account for 30%...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied). [7605/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement...
    • Employment Support Services
      67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of her contract with Turas Nua; the process by which persons are selected from the live register; if persons who have been engaging with...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application under the carer's allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [7626/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite a review of an application under the disability allowance scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [7634/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application under the carer's allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [7635/16]
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of internships that were completed, by age group and by county, in 2014 and 2015; if these reports are available for 2016; and if she will...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if child benefit will be paid for persons over 18 years of age who are in their leaving certificate year; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Parental Leave
      81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection how she allows for force majeure in circumstances, other than late claims, where the claimant was unable to fulfil all of the qualifying criteria for...
    • Maternity Leave
      82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review and address the anomalous position relating to the qualifying criteria for maternity benefit where current rules can mean that a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the degree to which the reduction in the live register can contribute to expediting the process for various social protection payments; and if she...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Application
      85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any examination has been done as to the extent to which cessation of mortgage interest relief has negatively impacted upon particular families; if...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which her Department continues to provide youth unemployment alleviation measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7719/16]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why those in receipt of carer's benefit while signing for credits are not entitled to jobseeker's benefit when their carer's position ends; and if...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the help in place for those who receive a grant for house adaptations but cannot afford the balance themselves. [7762/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering reversing the significant funding cuts that occurred in recent years, to support the vital work that is conducted in...
    • Social Welfare Code
      90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the benefits available for widows; if widows who are working and paying pay related social insurance can receive additional benefits such as illness...
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection how long an application for family income supplement by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been ongoing; when a decision will be made on...
  • Department of Finance
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to deal with the 38,000 mortgages that are in arrears of 90 days or more; and if he will provide reasonable protection for these...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      95. To ask the Minister for Finance if a hard copy of a tax clearance certificate will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [7311/16]
    • Insurance Compensation Fund
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the moneys paid out by the Insurance Compensation Fund for each of the past five years; the amount that would have been paid out if the ICF had no...
    • Mortgage Applications Approvals
      97. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 6 April 2016, if he will direct Allied Irish Banks, as a State-owned bank, to provide the information requested,...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent International Monetary Fund warning that banks following the international financial reporting standards are systemically overvaluing...
    • Tax Code
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine ways of reducing the tax component of residential rental prices to ease the burden on renters; if an emergency finance Bill will be...
    • Tax Relief Data
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of instances between 2000 and 2014, inclusive, in which tax relief on pension contributions paid in during the period of their assignment abroad...
    • Property Tax
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance to review the local property tax in order to make it a fairer system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7436/16]
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence regarding mortgage difficulties for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7437/16]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or him to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in 2016, by agency and by...
    • VAT Rate Application
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take action to scrap value added tax payable on defibrillators, or the automated external defibrillator, in recognition of the life-saving...
    • Credit Union Regulation
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7617/16]
    • Insurance Industry
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance further to my many written questions on this issue to confirm if there has been any update in relation to the Setanta Insurance issue following the recent...
    • Credit Availability
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance the total rate of credit lending to small and medium enterprises via the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; the total level of take-up from the fund by...
    • Betting Regulations
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will revisit the decision to impose a 1% levy on track bookmakers who have a remote licence; if he will consider spreading the burden more evenly over...
    • Tax Rebates
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a claim for a tax rebate by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7703/16]
    • Economic Competitiveness
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the economy continues to remain competitive when compared to other competing jurisdictions within the European Union and without; and if...
    • Bank Charges
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the levels of bank charges being imposed by various banks; the basis for such charges,...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which his Department continues to monitor the potential economic fallout in the event of a partial or entire United Kingdom exit from the...
    • Wards of Court
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a report on the implementation of the public accounts committee recommendations in relation to wards of courts' funds that were lost in the crash....
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to require insurance companies to engage in far greater data sharing as occurs in Northern Ireland so that fraud can be reduced and to make it...
    • Tax Code
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider reducing the rate of value added tax payable by ice-cream parlours to 9% in recognition of the labour intensive nature of the business...
    • Tax Data
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons qualifying for the rent a room tax relief for each year since 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7821/16]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works Staff
      121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to recruit guides and grounds staff for Kilkenny Castle for the tourist season; and if positions will be offered on a...
    • General Elections Expenditure
      122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to date of the 2016 general election; if all the costs are now accounted for; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flooding in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7413/16]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Government contracts being given to companies that are registered in tax haven...
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which any assessment has been done throughout the country with a view to identifying areas of potential flooding which...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the report from the Office of Government Procurement into the use of social clauses in public contracts, particularly...
    • Drainage Schemes Expenditure
      127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding that has been allocated to Cavan County Council to date in 2016 to carry out essential drainage work; if it is proposed to...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or him to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 14 April 2016 if he will dispose of a site purchased for a Garda Síochána station...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the embankment at Roscullen and Shanakeale, Castlemaine, County Kerry, will be prioritised for repair and strengthening works...
    • Drainage Schemes Status
      132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed at lands in Boolteens, Castlemaine, County Kerry, following works to address recent...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains confident that public expenditure and reform expectations remain in line with previously identified...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which procurement has featured in a positive way in the context of achieving savings in the course of the past four years;...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Update
      136. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which reform, as a component in economic strategy, continues to achieve savings in line with projections; and if he will...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Trade Data
      137. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which Ireland’s trade with various European countries throughout the European Union continues to grow; the way...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      138. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will direct the Personal Injuries Assessment Board to update its book of quantum; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Motor Insurance
      139. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will list all advice on the issue of motor insurance premiums he has received in the past 18 months; if he will publish these...
    • Job Creation Data
      140. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created by companies supported by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland in County Wicklow in each of the past...
    • EU Directives
      141. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if EU Directives 51 of 2003 and 34 of 2013 must first be transposed into law before they can become binding on banks and auditors;...
    • Employment Rights
      142. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to regulate the au pair system and educate families on their rights and responsibilities on this matter; and if he will make...
    • Work Permits Applications
      143. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a decision has been made on a work permit for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      144. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or him to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      146. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, details of each tender awarded by him or by an agency of his Department; the bids received; the...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      147. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department has carried out an impact analysis of the effect on Irish enterprises in the event of the United Kingdom voting to...
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      148. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied that all means of assistance available to the indigenous business sector here are readily available and accessible;...
    • Job Creation
      149. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he expects foreign direct investment to play a part in job creation over the next five years; and if he will make...
    • IDA Site Visits
      150. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits to County Kerry by prospective Industrial Development Agency Ireland companies to date in 2016; the details of...
    • Workplace Relations Services
      151. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the rationale for regional adjudications by the workplace commission for Waterford taking place in Gorey, County Wexford; his views on...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Forestry Sector
      152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has finalised arrangements for the establishment of a compensation scheme for the replanting of forestry damaged by the recent...
    • Farm Inspections
      153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farm inspections carried out by his Department in 2015 and in 2016 to date, by county in tabular form. [7593/16]
    • Agriculture Scheme Penalties
      155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the penalties imposed on farmers as a result of inspections carried out on their holdings in 2015 and to date in 2016 by county, in...
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for farm payments by a person (details supplied). [7250/16]
    • Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
      157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application under the national reserve young farmers payment by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing payment under the basic payment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Agriculture Scheme Administration
      159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason maps issued for the 2016 single payment scheme, disadvantaged areas scheme and other area based schemes show a reduction...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the rural environment protection scheme; and if he will...
    • Pesticide Use
      161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that are available to control the pest, willow beetle, given that the growing of willow crop has become more prevalent...
    • GLAS Applications
      162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he received correspondence in March 2012 regarding allegations of serious fraud in an organisation (details supplied); and the...
    • Beef Data Programme
      165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7423/16]
    • Forestry Sector
      166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the present status of aid to producer groups and the implementation of the knowledge transfer scheme for forestry owners, following...
    • Animal Welfare
      167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedure for a person to take back possession of dogs seized under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013; and if he will make a...
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding small sheep farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7441/16]
    • Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
      169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider granting a person (details supplied) in County Donegal the 2015 young farmers scheme payment; and if he will make...
    • GLAS Appeals
      170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a decision from the agriculture appeals office regarding an...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 6 April 2016, if he will make available the study as referenced in the reply in which a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or him to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in...
    • Herd Data
      173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a herd number transfer by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application under the agri-environment options scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application under the basic payment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo [7525/16]
    • TAMS Payments
      176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7551/16]
    • TAMS Applications
      177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details provided) in County Cork has received full payment under the single payment, disadvantaged area payment and...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the single farm payment due to a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be immediately paid; and if he will make a...
    • Sugar Industry
      180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to revive the sugar beet industry here; if his Department has been approached by any private firms which want to revive the...
    • Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
      181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will confirm receipt of an application from a person (details supplied) in County Cork for entitlements from the...
    • Forestry Sector
      183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 29 September 2015, to provide a re-instatement grant to persons whose forestry was...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a claim for a parcel of land in a 2014 single payment application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will...
    • Transfer of Entitlements Application
      185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payments to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7682/16]
    • Pigmeat Sector
      186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has to establish a pork forum, similar to the beef forum, representative of all the interests within the pigmeat...
    • Dairy Sector
      188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of discussions at the recent European Union Agriculture Council in relation to the serious problems facing the dairy...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a single payment for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Direct Payment Scheme
      190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he proposes to take in conjunction with his European Union colleagues to protect the concept of the viability of the family...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which all farm support payments already due in 2016 have been paid up to date; the number, if any, outstanding for...
    • Food Industry Development
      193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which indicators in respect of the Food Harvest 2020 and Food Wise 2025 remain in line with expectations; and if he...
    • Food Marketing Programme
      194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which new markets for beef, lamb, pigmeat or poultry or products thereof continue to be established; and if he will...
    • Food Safety Standards
      195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy and frequency of checks and inspections in respect of food and food product labelling here...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why there is a mandatory charge for the use of water and refuse services for all boats irrespective of size whether they avail of...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Mayo following their successful appeal to the agriculture appeals...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when jobs (details supplied) in his Department will be advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7819/16]
  • Department of Defence
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      201. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will expedite and approve three separate applications for assistance under the flood damage schemes submitted by businesses (details supplied) in County...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      202. To ask the Minister for Defence the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or him to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in 2016 broken down by...
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      203. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding an application for funding (details supplied) in County Cork which has been passed to his Department. [7544/16]
    • Defence Forces Retirements
      204. To ask the Minister for Defence to investigate the status of members of An Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil who retire from their positions after a number of years of service but receive...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      205. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of officers who have left the Defence Forces across all services in each of the years 2011 to 2015. [7642/16]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      206. To ask the Minister for Defence the personnel strength of the Permanent Defence Forces when 1,450 new members are recruited following the recruitment campaign announced on 13 April 2016....
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • International Terrorism
      207. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts, if any, being made by the Government to prevent a terrorist attack here; if any new measures have been taken in the aftermath of the...
    • Garda Operations
      208. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide Garda surveillance cameras in the Connemara area of County Galway to increase security there, particularly in view of the...
    • Garda Deployment
      209. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown of both civilian and members of An Garda Síochána based in Stepaside and Dundrum Garda Síochána...
    • Garda Districts
      211. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of media reports (details supplied) which state that she is proposing a review of Garda districts; to provide further information...
    • Garda Deployment
      212. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in every Garda station in south County Kildare on 23 April 2015 and each year since 2006, in tabular form; and if...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      213. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person (details supplied) other than returning to Somalia to obtain photo identification to satisfy conditions for...
    • Garda Deployment
      214. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that new Garda recruits will be assigned to the Sligo-Leitrim division, when the next school of Garda recruits pass out of the...
    • Legislative Measures
      215. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when, further to the signing into law of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015, the Act will commence; the impediments that prevent...
    • Garda Overtime
      216. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her proposal to cut overtime in An Garda Síochána will have serious implications in combating violent crimes especially as these...
    • Garda Transport Data
      217. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of patrol cars available to members of An Garda Síochána undertaking policing in each of the Loughrea, Ballinasloe and Tuam...
    • Immigration Status
      229. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will grant permission to remain here to persons (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7461/16]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      230. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or her to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in 2016 broken...
    • Garda Divisional Headquarters
      231. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the new information technology system in Garda capital headquarters is up-to-date to allow tax clearance certificates to be issued...
    • Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
      232. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons on the sex offenders list at a Garda Síochána station (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and when each person on...
    • Garda Equipment
      234. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has been made aware of ongoing threats to members of An Garda Síochána, on and off duty; if she expects to be in a position to...
    • Cumas Gaeilge sa Gharda Síochána
      235. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality cad é an líon comhaltaí nua a bhfuil Gaeilge acu agus a tugadh isteach i ngach babhta earcaíochta go dáta sa Gharda...
    • Garda Equipment
      236. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount invested in personal protective equipment for An Garda Síochána for each of the the years 2012 to 2016 to date; and if she...
    • Garda Resources
      238. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, given the recent upsurge in gang-related violence in the Dublin area and the comments by the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors on...
    • Garda Deployment
      239. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána stationed in County Waterford; the number who retired in each of the past five years; their...
    • Employment Rights
      240. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to improve regulation for au pairs who are brought by families here as part of a cultural exchange programme and wish to be recognised...
    • Garda Strength
      241. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she expects the strength of An Garda Síochána to increase over the next three years; and if she will make a...
    • Organised Crime
      242. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which her Department and the Garda authorities have identified the total membership of criminal gangs operating in all parts of the...
    • Crime Data
      244. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of burglaries and other crimes reported in each Garda district or division throughout County Kildare in the past five years to...
    • Court Procedures
      245. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if court appellants are being charged to acquire digital audio recordings of their original court hearings; if so, the reason, as such costs...
    • Taxi Data
      246. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Carriage Office received any reports regarding the cloning of taxi plates in the Dublin area between 2003 and 2006; if an investigation...
    • Visa Applications
      247. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a visa extension for persons (details supplied). [7795/16]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
      248. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding unaccompanied minors who on entering the State were placed in State care; the numbers of such children placed in...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      249. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or him to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in 2016...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      250. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the family support centres and family resource centres funded by the Child and Family Agency in 2015 by centre; by county; by the funding...
    • Foster Care Supports
      251. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to support all children in foster care as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7578/16]
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      253. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address concerns that there is insufficient capacity in the early education sector to accommodate the roll-out of the second preschool...
    • Child Care Services Data
      254. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new recipients of the community child care subvention scheme since the expansion announced in budget 2016 and since the...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      255. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capital funding he provided in his Estimates for 2016 towards the provision of new and upgraded child care facilities; if he will...
    • Child and Family Agency
      256. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will authorise an investigation into Tusla, the Child and Family Agency and the Health Service Executive's handling of a case...
  • Department of Health
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      257. To ask the Minister for Health the frequency with which the contract for taxis for the Health Service Executive is put to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7254/16]
    • Community Care Provision
      258. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons due to be discharged from congregated care settings over the next three years on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      259. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was not granted to a person (detailed supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7248/16]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      260. To ask the Minister for Health when the additional beds at Kenmare hospital, County Kerry, will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7249/16]
    • Hospitals Data
      261. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract operations at South Infirmary Victoria Hospital in 2015 which were for private patients and for public patients; and if he will make a...
    • Motorised Transport Grant Closure
      263. To ask the Minister for Health when he will introduce a replacement scheme for the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      264. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      265. To ask the Minister for Health if, in relation to the draft Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (Regulation of Temporary Absence Cover by Pharmaceutical Assistants) Rules 2016, which attempts...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      266. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an ophthalmologist appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7293/16]
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      267. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 22 March 2016, his views on correspondence regarding non-rostered paramedics with the National Ambulance Service...
    • HSE Funding
      268. To ask the Minister for Health if payments due to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be made in full to the person directly; if there is an outstanding sum due; and if he will...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      269. To ask the Minister for Health if the hours of home care granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be operated in line with the old system rather than under...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      270. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be reinstated in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7323/16]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on hospital waiting lists which are eligible to avail of the cross-border treatment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      274. To ask the Minister for Health when the gratuity payment due to certain Home Help workers will be made in lieu of pensions payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7329/16]
    • Medical Card Applications
      275. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has submitted all documentation required in their case;...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      276. To ask the Minister for Health if and when determination of eligibility for a medical card will be complete in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the documentation...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      277. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person with (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7347/16]
    • Health Services
      278. To ask the Minister for Health if efforts have been made to move a person (details supplied) in County Dublin or alter the continued residential treatment for the person as per the person's...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      279. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of an application for a Medical Card by a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      280. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria a person must meet in order to become a home carer through either the Health Service Executive or the commercial sector; if, apart from Garda...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      281. To ask the Minister for Health when required surgery will take place in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7365/16]
    • Patient Transport Provision
      282. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive a decision on an application for transport from the Brothers of Charity [7367/16]
    • Health Services Funding
      283. To ask the Minister for Health if School Leaver Camphill Funding for Full-time Residential Care will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly under the Health...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list for speech and language therapy in County Wexford; the number of these who have been on the waiting list...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      286. To ask the Minister for Health to schedule a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Longford [7375/16]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      287. To ask the Minister for Health if financial assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 to travel to the United Kingdom to recieve treatment which is not available...
    • Home Help Service Data
      288. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Home Help hours for which have been budgeted fore in 2016 by county, in tabular form; the number of Home Help hours for which had been budgeted...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      289. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a hearing aid by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7385/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      290. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (detail supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7389/16]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      291. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of public hospital beds in operation [7390/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      293. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will receive a hospital appointment. [7398/16]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      294. To ask the Minister for Health when works will commence at a care centre (details supplied) in Dublin 4; and the estimated time for their completion. [7401/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      295. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7405/16]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      296. To ask the Minister for Health to investigate the possibility of including the medication Frampya for the treatment of multiple sclerosis on the medical card and long-term illness schemes;...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      297. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an issue with registering a personal identification number; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      298. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital procedure for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7415/16]
    • Home Help Service Data
      299. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons nationally who are currently listed as waiting for home help hours; the number of hours included in the waiting list; the cost of...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      300. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had consultations with the Health Service Executive regarding the possible funding of a drug, eculizumab, for a person (details supplied); the...
    • Hospital Procedures
      301. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the case of persons (details supplied) in County Louth who are scheduled to undergo bariatric surgeries later in 2016; how many bariatric...
    • Hospital Facilities
      302. To ask the Minister for Health the status of facilities (details supplied) in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7431/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      303. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the waiting list for cataract operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7432/16]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      304. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns on behalf of the Donegal Centre for Independent Living in respect of pay cuts and the rise in employers' pay-related social...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      305. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider allowing the use of cannabidiol oil to treat a person diagnosed with Dravet syndrome (details supplied) who otherwise faces the prospect of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      306. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7459/16]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      311. To ask the Minister for Health the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or him to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in 2016 broken down by agency...
    • Vaccination Programme
      312. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns raised regarding the adverse effects on some recipients of the human papillomavirus vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      313. To ask the Minister for Health the details of how long the current waiting list for cataract consultations with specialists and cataract operations in South Infirmary Victoria...
    • Hospital Charges
      314. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was referred to Altnagelvin Area Hospital for follow-up treatment subsequent to having undergone surgery at...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      315. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7501/16]
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      316. To ask the Minister for Health to fast-track the approval of the new drug Orkambi for the treatment of cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7502/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      317. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 and the reason for the delay in this person receiving an...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      318. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive Health Service Executive footwear; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7514/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      319. 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. [7520/16]
    • Health Services Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2015; the number of these patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      328. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7543/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for additional home help service for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7549/16]
    • Home Help Service Data
      330. To ask the Minister for Health if the number of home help hours is being reduced in 2016; if media reports of a cut of 50,000 hours are accurate; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      332. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will receive a hospital appointment. [7566/16]
    • Hospital Transfers
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital transfer for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7571/16]
    • Nursing Staff
      334. To ask the Minister for Health the way he proposes to stop our exceptionally qualified nurses from leaving the profession due to low pay and inadequate working conditions, particularly newly...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      336. To ask the Minister for Health if the projected 15,450 home care packages for 2016 will still be delivered; if the Health Service Executive has made any reduction in the provision of these...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      338. To ask the Minister for Health when the €8 million allocated for therapy services for young people will be drawn down; if he expects the full €8 million to be spent in 2016;...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      339. To ask the Minister for Health when the €35 million allocated for mental health services will be drawn down; if he expects the full €35 million to be spent in 2016; and if he...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      340. To ask the Minister for Health if funding to organisations providing services to persons with a disability are subject to ongoing review so as to facilitate the provision of services across...
    • Hospital Services
      341. To ask the Minister for Health if there are proposals to provide additional services or new facilities at Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7600/16]
    • Home Help Service Data
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of home help and home support hours provided for counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2016; if this will be the minimum provision for 2016; and if...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      343. To ask the Minister for Health to arrange a medical assessment for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7616/16]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      344. To ask the Minister for Health the number of radiographers who are supposed to be employed at University Hospital Waterford; the number currently employed: when the exodus from the hospital...
    • General Practitioner Services
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients referred by their general practitioners who have been refused entry onto a waiting list, by age group, and by county, in 2014 and 2015;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      347. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a situation (details supplied); the steps and resources he will put in place to avoid this ongoing situation in the cardiothoracic unit; and...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      349. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a date for an appointment for services to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7678/16]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages that have been approved but have not commenced due to lack of funding, by community health organisation, in tabular form; and...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      351. To ask the Minister for Health when he will provide an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Help Service Provision
      352. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in County Cork whose home help is on sick leave has not had it replaced; if he will immediately reinstate the home help; and if...
    • Home Care Packages
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the changes to the home care package, particularly in counties Roscommon and Galway. [7707/16]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he continues to take to alleviate the problem of overcrowding at various general hospitals throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which waiting times can be reduced for elective procedures in hospitals throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which step-down public or private nursing home beds are available or are being made available throughout the country with particular reference to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting attention in respect of various elective procedures at various public hospitals throughout the country; the number of...
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      358. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has been refused home help despite being severely disabled. [7759/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      359. To ask the Minister for Health why the home help hours of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin have been cut. [7760/16]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      360. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a formal or informal policy operating within the health and emergency services of refusing care to mental health and suicidal cases if the...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      362. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be immediately admitted for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7782/16]
    • Health Services
      363. To ask the Minister for Health why cancer patients have to pay €1,400 for genetic testing; if he offers financial assistance to patients for this payment; if he will examine the case...
    • Patient Transport
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports or subsidies available to outpatients who are in receipt of social protection benefit and are unable to access bus, train or other...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for a procedure for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; the waiting times for spinal and orthopaedic surgery and treatment; and if he...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the number and the cost of new speech and language therapists he will recruit in 2016; and the number who were recruited in 2015, by county; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      372. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be scheduled for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7812/16]
    • Hospital Services
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the pigmented lesions clinic at St. Vincent’s University Hospital is closing to new referrals between May and September 2016 due...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      374. To ask the Minister for Health the details of patients on waiting lists for the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital for outpatient appointments, inpatient procedures and...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Consular Services Provision
      375. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a person (details supplied) including the person's condition and health. [7791/16]
    • Passport Services
      376. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to consider making available the equipment necessary to make the passport rapid renewal service available in County Cork; the cost of such...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      377. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts his Department and the Government are making to highlight the importance of Britain remaining in the European Union to those...
    • Passport Applications Data
      379. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the meeting of target issue dates in the processing of passports and passport cards in 2016; his plans to meet the increased...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      380. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or him to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in 2016...
    • Passport Applications
      381. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the issue of the granting of a passport to a new-born child or the inclusion of the child on their mother's passport in the case...
    • EU Migration Crisis
      382. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the safeguards being taken to ensure that refugees who are returned to Turkey under the European Union-Turkey migration deal have their...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      385. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Egyptian authorities misled officials in the Irish Embassy in Cairo on the whereabouts of a person (details supplied) who is...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      386. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised the killing of a person (details supplied) and if he will make a statement on the inaction of the Turkish Government to bring...
    • Human Rights Issues
      389. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the ongoing efforts being made to secure the release of almost 300 school girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram; and...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      390. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions, if any, that have taken place at recent European Foreign Affairs Council meetings on the plight of the Kurdish people; the...
    • Anti-Terrorism Measures
      392. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the manner in which his Department plans to address the threat of religious fundamentalism to Ireland; the measures or discussions that have...
    • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
      393. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expected percentage of overseas development aid that will be spent on climate justice or climate-related initiatives in 2016; and if he...
    • Religious Persecution
      394. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the European Union, in conjunction with the United Nations, continues to focus on the activities of ISIS, with...
    • EU Issues
      395. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which particular emphasis is placed on efforts within the European Union to address the issue of euroscepticism; and if he...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      396. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to engage with the various parties in Syria with a view to bringing about a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a written decision will issue to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal regarding the building of a new classroom; if she will permit...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the grant aid for major capital works for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; the developments from the schools...
    • School Transport Data
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department, in conjunction with the National Transport Office, have carried out an analysis of the effect on traffic congestion if every...
    • School Furniture Provision
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available to a school (details supplied) in County Galway for the purchase of whiteboards at a cost of approximately €6,600;...
    • Oibreacha Feabhsúcháin do Scoileanna
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar an iarratas atá déanta ag scoil i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí leis seo) faoin...
    • School Transport Administration
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 22 March 2016, if he will confirm that Bus Éireann inspectors' charging criteria for school...
    • Departmental Properties
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will resolve the ongoing problem with the implementation of the pitch development proposals at a club (details supplied) in Dublin 24, due...
    • School Staff
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional criteria and exceptions her Department applies to the determination of qualification for teacher numbers in a national school when...
    • School Transport Administration
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 699 of 6 April 2016, if she will clarify if her Department conducts reviews of Bus Éireann maintenance...
    • Youthreach Programme Staff
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who is employed as a resource worker, not allowed incremental credit for teaching...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why it is difficult for persons (details supplied) under 23 years of age to apply independently for a third level grant in their own right. [7346/16]
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if emergency works will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7358/16]
    • School Accommodation
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 437, 438 and 442 of 19 January 2016, when a reply will issue; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to approve a request for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to be granted the assistance of a special needs assistant. [7384/16]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of funding that has been secured, and expended, to date, for the construction of a proposed secondary school in the Limerick...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence concerning a person (details supplied) regarding autism unit places in schools in County Kildare. [7387/16]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an upgrade to the broadband service at a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork will be completed; and if she will make a...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the recruitment of new secondary school teachers in the coming school year for qualified teachers who are subbing at...
    • School Staff
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to approve an additional classroom teacher for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare from September 2016 in accordance with the staffing...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to address the unequal pay developing in the teaching profession; her views on the recent Organisation for Economic...
    • School Funding
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of applications for school grants (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7443/16]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a teacher who qualified in May 2015 would be denied the pay conditions laid out in her Department's Circular 0040/2011 (details supplied)...
    • School Staffing
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teacher allocation Circular 2016/2017 has an exception made for the retention level of a second teacher of eight and on the other hand...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or her to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in 2016 broken...
    • School Staffing
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend the condition in the staffing appeals mechanism for schools larger than four teachers, where a school will still lose a teacher...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on a summer works application for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Irish Language
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision on the language status of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be made; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Examinations Exemptions
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare regarding Irish exemption for students with Asperger's syndrome; and if she...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that Student Universal Support Ireland grants, both fee and maintenance, are not paid to all Quality and Qualifications Ireland...
    • School Accommodation
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when additional accommodation will be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Oideachas Gaeilge
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an eol di go bhfuil folúntas d’ollamh le Gaeilge i roinn na Gaeilge in Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh ó 2014; an cúis...
    • State Examinations
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a reader for the leaving certificate for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [7567/16]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a date for the commencement of work on a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [7602/16]
    • Schools Building Projects
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application for emergency funding under the emergency works scheme by a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and...
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary schools in County Cork and Cork city that have delivering equality of opportunity in schools status; the extra supports and resources...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 732 of 6 April 2016, when the tender report was submitted to her; when the assessment will be completed;...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grant assistance available to a student who intends to study for a masters degree in England; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Summer Works Scheme
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the summer works scheme results will be announced, given the delay is causing logistical problems for schools planning tenders etc.; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why she has refused an application for resource hours by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction a new and expanded permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 17; if the site owned by her...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction two temporary classrooms for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 while the permanent structures are under construction;...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the proposed building project at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staff
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why there is only one category (details supplied) for a school to be considered for an administrative principal on reduced pupil numbers. [7789/16]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if stage 2B of the permanent school building project for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be completed without further delay and...
    • School Enrolments
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rules and criteria for entry to primary schools; whether the current rules can be outlined; whether there are rules or guidelines; whether...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
      449. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons in mortgage arrears who have been given the option of the mortgage to rent scheme in counties Laois...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications
      450. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an urgent application for mortgage to rent by a family (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Local Authority Housing
      451. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is an agreed limit within existing legislation to which a local authority can purchase houses in an existing...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      452. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Sligo County Council's housing voids application to his Department, which aims to bring 38 empty local authority...
    • Water Quality
      453. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water has carried out an analysis on the extent of asbestos water mains piping here; and if Irish Water has plans...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      454. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to identify the presence of lead water pipes in County Wicklow; and the programme of work in place to deal with...
    • Local Authority Services
      455. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that Wicklow County Council is requiring all elected representatives to provide a signed waiver form from...
    • Homeless Accommodation Funding
      456. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to make an additional allocation for homeless services in the four midland counties, given only 1.5% of the total budget...
    • Irish Water
      457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures in place to prevent incidents of pollution by Irish Water; how stringent are these measures; how often the...
    • Motor Tax Exemptions
      458. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding commercial tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7343/16]
    • Local Authority Services
      459. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress to date on the taking in charge of developments with stand alone treatment plants; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Provision
      460. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants awaiting housing assistance in each county here in January 2016, January 2015, January 2014 and...
    • Dog Licences
      464. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 has been amended to remove the €400 per annum dog licence fee exemption...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Administration
      465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the additional resources being allocated for local authorities to assist the implementation of the housing assistance...
    • Noise Pollution
      466. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry who have reported an issue to the local authority; and...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      467. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that Kildare County Council has a process of only replacing windows in elderly persons homes if there is...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or him to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and...
    • Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks
      469. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a date has been set for a meeting between the expert panel and the affected homeowners in County Donegal and, if not,...
    • Housing Provision
      470. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the spending allocated to each local authority for the refurbishment or regeneration of vacant social housing in each of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      472. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the recent changes that have been made to the approvals process for capital funded social housing projects undertaken by...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to establish a service to cater for homeless persons who present themselves, which would be more holistic than...
    • Illegal Dumping
      474. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the situation in relation to Galway County Council and the number of fines issued by it for illegal dumping, in particular...
    • Local Authority Finances
      475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of civil cases for compensation arising from alleged accidental injury or damage that have been instigated...
    • Library Projects
      476. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the proposal to provide a new library in Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan; the stage this project is at; the...
    • Fire Stations Provision
      478. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the proposal to provide a new fire station in Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan; the stage this project is at;...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when an application for funding for a sewerage scheme (details supplies) in County Cavan will be approved, given the...
    • Fire Service Staff
      481. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why there is no facility for inter-transfer between counties for full-time employees of the fire services; and if he will...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments Data
      482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department continues to monitor progress in regard to the completion of development works in...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Data
      483. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which adequate resources remain available to the various local authorities to facilitate the provision of...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department continues to be made aware of new applicants applying for local authority housing...
    • Housing Provision
      486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing purchases or new housing starts approved by his Department in respect of County Kildare in the past...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of all the National Asset Management Agency's properties in Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown, by addresses, by...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Data
      488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for a detailed report on the numbers of landlords and property owners who have signed up under the housing assistance...
    • Rural Development Programme
      489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a rural development basic services programme fund will be established to run in parallel with the new Leader programme;...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an explanation for the doubling of the cost of providing temporary homes, modular homes and rapid build homes for...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Inland Fisheries
      492. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to consult with the fisheries board over plans to close Lough Sheelin near Finea, County Westmeath (details supplied) to...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      494. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount to be invested in providing broadband under the Connecting Communities initiative, that is, to areas where it...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      495. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or him to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      496. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regard to his broadband map, if he will confirm that blue areas that are due to receive 30meg by end of 2016...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      504. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress to date towards reaching targets arrived at by the previous administration in respect of renewable energy...
    • Energy Regulation
      505. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered introducing legislation to require all suppliers of domestic electricity to have the same schedule...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Local Improvement Scheme Funding
      506. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to restore funding for local improvement schemes in the next budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7300/16]
    • Sports Organisations
      507. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide Elite Martial Arts recognition as a governing body by the Irish Sports Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cross-Border Projects
      508. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if financial provision has been made in his Department's Estimate for 2016 to progress the proposed Narrow Water bridge project; and if...
    • Road Projects Status
      510. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the proposed western bypass of Ardee, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7335/16]
    • Road Network
      511. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Louth County Council will receive a positive response to the request in November 2012 to retain the status of classification of the...
    • Public Transport Provision
      512. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a proposed timeline for the extension of the Luas green line to Bray in County Wicklow is in place; if not, when this timeline is to...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      513. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why rickshaws are not regulated as there are concerns for public safety and the loss of income for taxi drivers who are regulated; and if...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      514. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Minister or the Government to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015...
    • Taxi Regulations
      515. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if holders of a hackney licence in rural areas must be available for any minimum number of hours per week or if they are free to operate...
    • Public Transport Provision
      516. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport following the publication of the transport strategy for the greater Dublin area 2016 - 2035 to outline the plans to advance the metro...
    • Dolaí Bóthair
      518. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport cén fáth go ngearrtar táillí dola ar fheithiclí príobháideacha atá in ann naonúr a iompar ag...
    • Greenways Development
      519. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the current position regarding the grant application submitted to his Department in respect of the development of the Leitrim...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      521. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the proposals to launch a new sports capital programme in 2016; if there is provision for same in his Department's Estimate...
    • Taxi Data
      522. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the overall county by county take-up there has been of the new rural hackney scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Aviation Policy
      523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the degree to which regional airports are expected to continue to play a major part in the national transport network in the...
    • Tourism Policy
      524. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to indicate those areas in the tourism sector that have shown the greatest potential for future development and expansion, internally and...
    • Road Projects Status
      525. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when necessary upgrade works are due to commence on the M7 Naas to Newbridge Osberstown interchange and Sallins bypass, County Kildare,...
    • Tourism Promotion
      526. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he has examined the potential growth for business tourism here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7732/16]
    • Industrial Disputes
      527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has or will meet with officials of Transport Infrastructure Ireland, given the seriousness of the Luas dispute. [7796/16]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Invasive Fish Species
      534. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the various proposals that have been made for remedial work to be carried out and a management plan to be put in place...
    • Cuanta agus Céanna
      535. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an raibh aon chomhráite idir a Roinn agus Comhairle Contae an Chláir maidir leis na táillí atá á...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      536. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has considered the scientific evidence regarding Coolrain bog in County Laois that a better outcome could be achieved by using...
    • Waterways Ireland Staff
      537. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 850 of 6 April 2016, if she is aware of the difficulties this staff redeployment is currently...
    • State Bodies
      538. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or her to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in...
    • Foireann Roinne
      539. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard iad na céimeanna atá tugtha go dtí seo leis an bhfolúntas do stiúrthóir na Gaeilge ina Roinn...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      540. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén t-eolas atá aici faoi aon atheagar atá beartaithe nó idir lámha ar struchtúr na bainistíochta...
    • Ulster Canal Restoration Project
      541. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the stage of the proposal to restore the Ulster Canal; the funding provided in her Department estimates in 2016 for this project;...
    • Wildlife Protection
      542. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if hares are a protected species; the steps she takes to protect this species and prevent poaching; to whom incidents of poaching...
    • Arts Funding
      543. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the public funding which was provided for the construction of the new Wall of Remembrance at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin 9; and if...

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