Written answers

Tuesday, 26 April 2016

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Census of Population Data
      1. To ask the Taoiseach if he is aware of the numerous incidents whereby the address assigned to individual households as listed on census forms, and which correspond with the property's...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • National Internship Scheme Administration
      2. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the companies which were banned from participating in JobBridge, and are now being permitted to take persons on, so that the persons who made formal...
    • Departmental Schemes
      3. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the financial cost of restoring the telephone allowance, based on changed demographics and age profile. [8478/16]
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      4. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to change the ruling where there is no entitlement to a companion pass under the carer's allowance scheme and the free travel scheme to allow the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      5. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an oral hearing will be held on an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      6. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has made a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      7. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will make a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      8. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will make a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      9. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Number 48 of 6 April 2016, the number of casual workers and part-time jobseekers who use bank accounts and the...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who were engaged in activation measures as a direct result of referrals from the Pathways to Work Strategy; the details and...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to alter the rules of the State pension (contributory) scheme to recognise J class pay related social insurance payments in certain circumstances...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the review of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8094/16]
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
      13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will make a decision on an application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      14. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has finalised an application by a person (details supplied) and if the person is in receipt of benefit under the illness benefit scheme. [8139/16]
    • Scéimeanna Fostaíochta
      17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection cad iad na socruithe atá déanta lena chinntiú go bhfuil sé ar chumas an chomhlachta “Seetec”, a bhfuil conradh aige...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will reach a decision on an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme. [8102/16]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible under the jobseeker's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8107/16]
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible under the family income supplement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8108/16]
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to immediately address the ongoing recruitment problems of community employment schemes. [8171/16]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff, vacancies, and new staff appointed, by grade, and the number of clients, by social protection offices, from 2008 to 2016 to...
    • Employment Support Services
      25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the roll-out of the Intreo service, since it commenced, by year, to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a social protection deciding officer must be appointed by the Minister to a specific role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8251/16]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to ensure that victims of domestic violence can access the appropriate social protection supports, including rent supplement;...
    • Pension Provisions
      29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to support a matter (details supplied) regarding pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8193/16]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8195/16]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of farm assist, and under the rural social scheme, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8199/16]
    • National Internship Scheme
      32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why companies which had been banned from the JobBridge scheme, have been readmitted to the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Labour Activation Measures
      38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have had a penalty applied to their social protection payment for refusing to take part in the Gateway scheme, by county....
    • JobPath Implementation
      40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have had a penalty applied to their social protection payments for refusing to take part in the JobPath scheme, by county;...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) regarding the Waterford Crystal Limited contributory pension scheme; and if she will make...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the illness benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8246/16]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a partial rent supplement payment is available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8252/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8259/16]
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an overpayment to a person (details supplied) under the jobseeker's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by persons (details supplied) regarding a decision on a pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8266/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8280/16]
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the illness benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8281/16]
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the illness benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8282/16]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the rent supplement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8283/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8285/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement...
    • Community Employment Schemes Funding
      62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why she cut funding for the Blanchardstown Centre for the Unemployed community employment scheme; the nature of the cut; if she will reverse this...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8307/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8334/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8336/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8349/16]
    • Redundancy Payments
      69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to report on the management of the redundancy scheme fund for the period 1967 to 2015, during which time it was known as the redundancy fund, 1967 to...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme: and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8385/16]
    • Back to Work Allowance Applications
      77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will put forward for consideration, a project a person (details supplied) is proposing in respect of an application under the back to work...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when she will issue rent allowance to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8399/16]
    • One-Parent Family Payment
      79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedures in place to monitor and evaluate the employment and education attainment of former recipients of the one parent family payment after...
    • Education and Training Provision
      80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to expand the access to job activation, training and education for jobseekers who do not qualify for the live register due to their...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details sullied) under the carer’s allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8417/16]
    • Dietary Allowance Administration
      82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the diet supplement, by primary social protection payment, and by county; and the cost of the supplement from...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to appoint members to the Citizens Information Board to replace those members whose term finished in early 2015 given that not replacing these...
    • Rural Social Scheme Administration
      85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of her review of the rural social scheme including if she will consider the proposals put forward by representatives of the rural social...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will award the full rate of payment to new applicants for the State pension (contributory); the significance of the 6 April 2012 date in this...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why claimants under the disability allowance scheme receive the same rate of payment as claimants under the jobseeker's allowance scheme who are over...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the benefits and supports available for carers and if she will extend these; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8435/16]
    • Child Benefit Rates
      89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of child benefit paid in respect of children living in other European Union countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the Dublin Airport Authority pension scheme and the cuts incurred by the deferred Irish aviation superannuation scheme pensioners...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8484/16]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available to enable a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of a disability allowance to return to level five education; and if she...
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, and when, she will issue a fuel allowance to persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8497/16]
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to relax the criteria for applications under the back to education allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8501/16]
  • Department of Finance
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown by each sector, regarding the amount of Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland funding, which has been drawn down using the...
    • Banking Operations
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 14 April 2016, if he is, or was, aware of a bank's involvement with a firm of contractors (details supplied). [8135/16]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons who are disabled drivers in accordance with Statutory Instrument No. 353 of 1994 qualify for the exemption on motor tax for cars that are not...
    • NAMA Property Sales
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance to direct the National Asset Management Agency to cease sales to vulture funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8109/16]
    • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the €2.8 billion the Revenue Commissioners recovered through their investigations into offshore accounts, including details of...
    • Banking Operations
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a company (details supplied) that is located here, trading, paying all its taxes, has its certificate of incorporation and has business...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the list of prohibited countries, described as such by Bank of Ireland, which is used as the criteria for immigrants from those listed countries...
    • Tax Forms
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance the discretion afforded by law to the Revenue Commissioners to forgo the collection of penalties applied to individuals who made a late tax return, less than...
    • Pension Provisions
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is fair that a person with serious medical conditions is only entitled to a full pension at 75 years of age under the conditions of the approved minimum...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners pay the banks through the tax relief at source scheme, in the event of mortgage holders not paying either some or all of their...
    • Debt Restructuring
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance to seek clarification from a bank (details supplied) as to the way in which it intends to conduct a sale of credit card debt of small and medium enterprises...
    • Motor Insurance
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance to introduce greater transparency for insurance companies in order to help curb the rising cost of motor insurance; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pensions Levy
      111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the pension related deductibles for public servants and if he will phase out this measure; and if he will make a...
    • Coastal Erosion
      112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to combat coastal erosion; the moneys spent on the alleviation of coastal erosion, by local authority area, in...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
      114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works makes available information in relation to flooding to home insurance companies; the data available from...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will engage with a not-for-profit community organisation (details supplied), with a view to reducing its...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to reinstate pension entitlements for retired community employment supervisors, given the recommendation from the Labour Court advising...
    • Coastal Protection
      117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a shore bank (details supplied) that has been breached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8068/16]
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to define the term "freeze" in the context of section 2.19 of the Haddington Road agreement; if, now that the agreement has concluded,...
    • Coastal Protection
      119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of coastal protection measures at Ballyferriter, Dingle, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8248/16]
    • Drainage Schemes
      120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason works have not been carried out, given that they were promised as part of the planned works for 2014 in correspondence...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flood relief plans in place to remediate flooding in the village of Clashmore, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans in place to develop flood defences for the town of Athlone; and if there are plans to bring forward solid proposals on this...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the reply to Parliamentary Question Number 126 of 14 April 2016, the reason this directive in relation to quantitative lots...
    • Living Wage
      125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the Exchequer of the State becoming a living wage employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8375/16]
    • State Properties Data
      126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of vacant State properties and land, including car parks not in use, owned by his Department or by bodies and agencies under...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if 3% of places in the public service are being reserved for those with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to allocate funding for the upgrading of Lennox Bridge and Four Masters Bridge, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      130. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department has considered the consequences of a recent court judgement (details supplied) on the compulsory purchase order...
    • Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme Data
      131. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding that has been actually drawn down under the Microfinance Programme established by his Department; the amount of...
    • IDA Site Visits
      132. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits by IDA Ireland to County Kildare in each of the years 2011 to 2015 and in 2016 to date, in tabular form. [8132/16]
    • Employment Rights
      133. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on families who employ au pairs, following a recent ruling by the Workplace Relations Commission; if he will address...
    • Retail Sector
      134. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available for small retailers who expand their business to include a hot food counter and seating area; and if he will...
    • Low Pay
      135. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) concerning small and medium enterprises and the minimum wage; and if he will make a...
    • Jobs Protection
      136. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will engage immediately with a company (details supplied) to assess the impact, if any, on north Kildare of the announcement...
    • Proposed Legislation
      137. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to introduce blacklisting legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8378/16]
    • Company Law
      138. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to prevent companies engaging in tactical insolvencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8379/16]
    • Trade Union Recognition
      139. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to introduce legislation to bring about mandatory trade union recognition; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Consumer Protection
      140. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the rights available to a consumer who does not use a gift voucher before the stated expiry date; his plans to introduce legislation...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      141. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the National Competitiveness Council’s report Costs of Doing Business in Ireland 2016, which states Ireland is a...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Wind Energy Generation
      143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the name and location, by county, of community benefit schemes in place for wind farms owned or operated by semi-State companies...
    • GLAS Applications
      144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status in relation to a green low-carbon agri-environment scheme application for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive forms for the single payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application made for force majeure by a person (details supplied) under the young farmers scheme; the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payment under the single payment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the difference in payments to a person (details supplied) between 2014 and 2015 under the basic payment scheme. [8070/16]
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8081/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8136/16]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the call for tenders for the supply of cattle tags will be delayed until a new Government is appointed to afford an opportunity...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
      155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason reductions in payments were made to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8129/16]
    • Departmental Properties
      156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans of Bord Iascaigh Mhara for the disused ice plant in Dingle, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) under the young farmers national reserve scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Development Programme
      158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 6 April 2016, when the information in relation to the rural development programme, as...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of an overpayment assessed against a person (details supplied); the amount clawed back to date by withholding payments; if...
    • Animal Welfare Expenditure
      160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of several recent high profile instances in which horses have been badly neglected, injured or killed in Dublin, his plans to...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a late application will be accepted for a 2015 private contract clause application from a person (details supplied) who is seeking...
    • Greyhound Industry
      163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all dogs must be microchipped, under the Microchipping of Dogs Regulations 2015; and his plans to offer an exemption to the...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) under the national reserve scheme and the young farmers scheme for 2015;...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal application for a national reserve payment by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of grants available for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8298/16]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the national reserve and young farmers scheme will be open for 2016 applications as the scheme was due to be opened in March...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) awaiting a farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a payment under the agri-environment options scheme;...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the facility in place, as administered by his Department, to alter the designation on a quid pro quo basis, of hen harrier type land,...
    • Veterinary Qualifications
      174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedure to be followed in order to allow a person (details supplied) to practice as a vet here, as they are fully qualified,...
    • Beef Industry
      175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on his role, and that of his officials, in representing the concerns of beef farmers here, regarding the ongoing...
    • Animal Welfare
      176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the controversy surrounding the recent Belly Wien circus, which has been banned in a number of other jurisdictions, and...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason some farmers are suffering extreme delays in receiving their basic payment scheme and green low-carbon agri-environment...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a 2015 national reserve appeal will be considered in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals
      179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal application under the rural environment protection scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      180. To ask the Minister for Defence when he will commence the application process for recruitment to the Irish Army in 2017; the entrance criteria he will set; the educational criteria he will...
    • Defence Forces Allowances
      181. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will restore pay and duty allowances which have been cut in recent years to members of the Permanent Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Property Registration
      182. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the ownership of a plot of land (details supplied) in Dublin 9, given the ongoing issue regarding right of way on the land. [8052/16]
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in relation to the employment of persons with a disability in the public service; the target and number which have been employed in...
    • Visa Applications
      184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the eight-month delay in responding to an application for a visa by a person (details supplied); when she will issue a decision on...
    • Proposed Legislation
      185. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce corporate manslaughter legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8377/16]
    • Commercial Rates Exemptions
      186. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if educational facilities such as speech and drama schools and music schools are exempt from commercial rates. [8391/16]
    • Legislative Measures
      187. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will commence; the funding she has allocated for the decision support service in 2016; and...
    • Visa Applications
      188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the criteria have changed for persons (details supplied) applying for a stamp 0 to remain in the State. [8050/16]
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      189. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if persons (details supplied) in County Laois can be accommodated in an asylum centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8028/16]
    • Private Security Authority
      190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Private Security Appeal Board will conclude its deliberations with a company (details supplied) regarding the decision of the Private...
    • Garda Remuneration
      191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of sending wage and payslips for every member of An Garda Síochána by post. [8064/16]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      192. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to update a passport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8075/16]
    • Garda Stations
      193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is considering the re-opening of Garda Síochána stations; if she is using crime statistics to evaluate this; and if she will...
    • Residency Permits
      194. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied). [8138/16]
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      197. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for Garda vetting will be finalised for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8133/16]
    • Visa Applications
      198. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for a spousal visa by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8097/16]
    • Citizenship Applications
      199. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of application for citizenship in the case of a person and their family (details supplied); and if she...
    • Family Reunification Policy
      200. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a family reunification can be facilitated for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8172/16]
    • Residency Permits
      201. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the eligibility of a person (details supplied) for residency and for permission to remain here; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Illegal Immigrants
      203. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the correct procedure persons (details supplied) must follow to regularise their position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8181/16]
    • Legal Aid Service Reform
      204. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will waive the free legal aid charge for victims of domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8163/16]
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      205. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the supports available to persons who have been victims of domestic violence but who were not co-habitating with or married to the perpetrator;...
    • Domestic Violence Services Funding
      206. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has requested an additional €30 million in annual funding to specifically address domestic violence; and if she will make a...
    • EU Conventions
      207. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will ratify the Council of Europe convention on preventing and combating violence against women, the Istanbul Convention; and if she...
    • EU Directives
      208. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will enact victims' support legislation that will comply fully with the European Union victims' directive. [8167/16]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      209. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 287 and 288 of 14 April 2016, the reason for the termination of fixed charge notices in Table 1 where...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      210. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she can further progress a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8191/16]
    • Immigration Status
      211. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8276/16]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      212. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 287 and 288 of 14 April 2016, if she will report on the number of persons before the courts for speeding...
    • International Agreements
      218. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, with regard to the recent European Union-Turkish migration agreement, she considers Turkey a safe third country for migrants to seek refuge...
    • Legislative Programme
      219. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has ever reviewed the position regarding the crimes and torts of champerty and maintenance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Courts Service
      221. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the scale of the salary paid to county court registrars and the fees paid to sheriffs for the collection of debt; the remuneration arrangements...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      222. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women who have applied for the Magdalen ex gratia scheme; the number of women in receipt of benefits from the scheme overall; and...
    • Deportation Orders
      223. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the current deportation order against a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8376/16]
    • Immigration Status
      224. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected status of a person (details supplied) with particular reference to correspondence sent to her Department; and if she will...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      225. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that an organisation (details supplied) is charging persons €30 for Garda vetting; if organisations are permitted to...
    • Visa Applications
      226. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing times of visa applications for each type of visa; the number of visa applications for each type of visa, that are not...
    • Citizenship Status
      227. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) is entitled to Irish citizenship, having previously applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8428/16]
    • Mental Health Commission
      228. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform the Lunacy Regulation Act; the progress made to date to enact an Assisted Decision Making Bill; if it is intended to abolish...
    • Naturalisation Certificates
      229. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 14 April 2016, the numbers for each of the countries for the top 20 nationalities that have been...
    • Immigration Status
      232. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will examine the case of a person (details supplied) regarding an immigration visa; the supports available to the person's...
    • Visa Applications
      233. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if family reunification will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 who wishes their daughter to live with them...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      234. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if three children, triplets, who turned three on 15 October 2015, are entitled to free preschool which commenced in January 2016; and if he...
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      235. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of recruiting an extra 275 social workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8013/16]
    • Insurance Costs
      236. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is concerned at the rise in the cost of insurance premiums in the child care sector; if he will intervene and support crèches...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      237. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is satisfied regarding the availability of sufficient aftercare workers to Tusla - Child and Family Agency to ensure full...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      238. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the projected numbers of young persons expected to be leaving care over the next three years by county basis; if adequate resources are in...
    • Aftercare Services
      239. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the number of young persons who have either left care or are expected to leave care in the near future and who are currently...
    • Early Years Strategy Implementation
      241. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set down the cost of implementing the recommendations of the interdepartmental group on future investment in early years and school-age...
    • Preschool Services
      242. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for an update on progress in the delivery of free preschool services and special needs assistants for preschool children with disabilities;...
  • Department of Health
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      243. To ask the Minister for Health if, under existing legislation or regulations, any sanctions exist for a doctor, consultant or other health care provider who wrongly informs patients that...
    • Health Services Provision
      244. To ask the Minister for Health when a child psychologist will be made available in County Laois to assess children with autism and other issues; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      245. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the potential cost to the Exchequer of a reduction in the prescription charge to €1 with a corresponding cap of €10. [8479/16]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      246. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his views on correspondence (details supplied) concerning small and medium enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8303/16]
    • Hospital Charges
      247. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the details of the different patient groups and types to which charges for hospital overnight and day inpatient services do not apply; if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      248. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an operation. [8041/16]
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
      249. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the proposals in place to regulate the provision of counselling and psychotherapy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8049/16]
    • Hospital Services
      250. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to open the new vacant 40-bed unit at Our Lady's County and Surgical Hospital in Cashel, County Tipperary, given the ongoing crisis at...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      251. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7998/16]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      253. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the financial assistance available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8003/16]
    • Ambulance Service
      254. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance shifts in the north-east national ambulance service area which have not been covered per month since the beginning of 2016. [8005/16]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      259. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide for the funding and provision of special footwear to a person (details supplied) on the basis of ability matters; and the reason for the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      260. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for orthopaedic hip replacement surgery in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8014/16]
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      261. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the latest plans and timetable to replace the accident and emergency department at Beaumont Hospital with a new and modern facility; and...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      262. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will be scheduled for an urgent spinal fusion operation required; if the person can access the required, urgent...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      263. 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....
    • Medical Card Appeals
      264. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration can be given to reinstating a medical card to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [8030/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      265. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8031/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      269. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [8038/16]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      270. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the intermediate care vehicle allocated to Mallow, County Cork is not moved to Cork city; if he will acknowledge the crucial service...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      271. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8067/16]
    • Registration of Nurses
      273. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the registration of a person (details supplied) with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      274. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently carry out an assessment for eligibility for home help for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      275. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange immediately speech and language therapy for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [8085/16]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      276. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of equipment by the Health Service Executive to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Primary Care Centres Data
      277. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is in place to roll out further primary medical care centres in County Kilkenny; the list of locations being considered throughout the country; and...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      278. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses employed by the Health Service Executive to serve Kilkenny city; if public health nurses are available to cover weekend...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      279. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [8143/16]
    • Health Services Staff
      280. To ask the Minister for Health when the position for the paediatrics diabetes specialist in University College Hospital Galway will be filled (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Mobility Allowance data
      281. To ask the Minister for Health when the alternative scheme to the motorised transport grant will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8152/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      282. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be finalised for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8134/16]
    • Medical Card Administration
      283. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to update the medical card application form to include payment of local property tax or water charges as outgoings; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Staff
      284. To ask the Minister for Health the status regarding staffing (details supplied) at the orthodontic unit at University College Hospital Galway. [8100/16]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      285. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility for a full medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8101/16]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      286. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the proposed primary care centre in Tullow, County Carlow. [8105/16]
    • Hospital Staff
      287. To ask the Minister for Health the plans the Health Service Executive has to meet the staff shortage at Dingle Community Hospital which is resulting in eight beds not being occupied; and if...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      288. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours allocated nationally and for County Kildare in 2014 and 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      289. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a general practitioner service in Rathmore, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8184/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      290. To ask the Minister for Health to request the Health Service Executive to provide additional home help hours to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislative Programme
      291. To ask the Minister for Health when the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8157/16]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      292. To ask the Minister for Health the status of reported reductions to the mental health budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8169/16]
    • Vaccination Programme
      293. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 392 of 14 April 2016, to support a matter regarding the Gardasil vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ambulance Service
      294. To ask the Minister for Health the decisions he or the Health Service Executive have taken on foot of a meeting he held in 2015 in relation to improving the ambulance services in west...
    • HSE Properties
      295. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a day care centre (details supplied) in County Kerry where the Health Service Executive is occupying space; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Funding
      296. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the Health Service will cope with the already showing significant under-provision for 2016; if he accepts that it is impracticable and...
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      297. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an appointment for dental treatment. [8234/16]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      299. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding persons (details supplied) who are awaiting speech therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8240/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      300. To ask the Minister for Health when clinical supports will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8256/16]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      301. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have accessed care services in other jurisdictions and how Ireland compares with other participating states in overall patient...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      302. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for delays in processing the registration of newly qualified nurses so they can obtain a PIN and gain employment in private nursing homes (details...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      303. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for a medical card in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      304. To ask the Minister for Health if home help can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); if it can be arranged for the district nurse to call to the person to assess...
    • HSE Staff
      305. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a claim for a retirement pension by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8279/16]
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      306. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an appointment for dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      307. To ask the Minister for Health the specific legislative basis that allows the Health Service Executive to request payment from the estate of a deceased person, in circumstances where an...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      308. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults with physical and intellectual disabilities who are on day care, respite and long-term residential waiting lists; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for medical equipment by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8294/16]
    • Vaccination Programme
      310. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a current shortage of the BCG vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8297/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      311. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8304/16]
    • Hospital Services
      315. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare who is awaiting an appointment for an ultrasound will receive confirmation of a date; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      316. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the level of funding for mental health services in the Louth-Meath area, being €104 per head of population, which is below the...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      317. To ask the Minister for Health the policies and programmes on prevention and education relating to drugs and alcohol for young persons; if there is dedicated staff in his Department and the...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      318. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the Magdalen ex gratia scheme, if the recommended reimbursement guidelines for United States of America residents were approved by the Minister...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      319. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a target or preferred length of time for persons who are due to leave hospital and are availing of home care packages to return home upon...
    • Health Services
      320. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reverse cutbacks put in place regarding chiropody for elderly persons over 65 years of age; if he is aware that these cutbacks to three...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      321. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment can be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [8364/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      322. To ask the Minister for Health if he aware of the case of a person (details provided) who is currently a patient in University Hospital Waterford; the action the hospital is taking to ensure...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      323. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that his Department, the Health Service Executive and University Hospital Waterford are taking to deliver 24-7 emergency cardiac cover at the...
    • Hospital Staff
      324. To ask the Minister for Health if radiology posts at University Hospital Waterford have been filled; if the temporary limit on GP X-ray referrals has been lifted; and if he will make a...
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the capital funding which has been allocated to University Hospital Waterford in 2016; the future capital funding for the hospital which has been agreed; the...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      328. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the six-bed childrens' respite facility provided to the Health Service Executive in Lordship, County Louth, by a charity (details supplied); if he...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8386/16]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      330. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that money ringfenced for mental health services is not being diverted to other areas within the health services; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for Health Service Executive equipment by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Primary Care Centres Data
      332. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres that are fully operational; the number that are under construction or nearing completion; and the number that are planned...
    • Primary Care Centres
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care networks currently operational; and the annual cost of operating a primary care network. [8404/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      334. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to have a person (details supplied) immediately admitted for a hip replacement operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Appeals
      335. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card review for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8418/16]
    • Health Services
      336. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who paid privately for an occupational therapist report for their child can be given a refund of the cost of the report. [8430/16]
    • Vaccination Programme
      337. To ask the Minister for Health if the flu injection will be made available to carers free of charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8436/16]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      338. To ask the Minister for Health the reason BreastCheck and BowelScreen finish at the age of 69 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8437/16]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      339. To ask the Minister for Health if more dedicated beds will be made available for those persons with cystic fibrosis who are currently in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
      340. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a vaccine damage compensation scheme for those persons who suffered an intellectual disability as a result of receiving the whooping cough...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      341. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make nephrotic syndrome a long-term illness, with a view to making the drug trednefol available to suffers of this syndrome free of charge; and if...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the income threshold for a person applying for a medical card who is over 70 years of age is €500 in the case of a single person but is...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      343. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 20 April 2016, the steps which will be taken to deal with the lack of beds in the intensive care unit in...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      344. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for medical equipment by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [8455/16]
    • Ambulance Service
      346. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive to reconsider its decision to transfer the Mallow intermediate care vehicle to Cork city; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      347. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the recent change in ring-fenced funding for the budget for mental health services; and if he will outline the budget for mental health...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      349. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding two policy commitments put forward by the Asthma Society; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8487/16]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      351. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding a person (details supplied) who has applied for respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8494/16]
    • Medical Card Applications
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8509/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      353. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive a medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8510/16]
    • Health Services
      354. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for an occupational therapy assessment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Middle East Peace Process
      355. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he believes Israeli settlement building is a breach of Article 49 of the Geneva convention (details supplied); the way he will fulfil...
    • Overseas Development Aid Data
      357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken to rebuild Gaza following pledges made at a conference in Cairo in 2014; the aid committed by the Government to this...
    • International Agreements
      358. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 627 of 14 April 2016 (details supplied), the other efforts he and his European Union counterparts are...
    • United Nations
      359. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role of Ireland as a member of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 2017-2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      360. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the current situation in South Sudan; the efforts being made by him and his European Union counterparts to secure peace in the...
    • Passport Applications
      362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of those living outside the State who are applying for a passport with regard to the new requirement to have a public services...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his efforts to restart peace talks in Afghanistan, particularly in view of the launch of the spring offensive by the Taliban and the recent...
    • Human Rights Issues
      364. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the welfare of a person (details supplied) who is being detained and awaiting trial in Egypt and what he is doing to secure...
    • Trade Relations
      365. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Ireland's trade relationship with Nigeria. [8190/16]
    • Passport Applications
      366. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a passport or similar travel document to allow travel abroad; if not, the options available to...
    • Passport Applications Fees
      367. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a fee for a passport in the case of a State pensioner was introduced; his plans, if any, to abolish this fee; and if he will make...
    • Israeli Settlements
      369. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following a recent statement (details supplied) by the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Data
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the years for which calculations with regard to the school transport value for money review in 2011 were...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why there is a disparity between here and Northern Ireland in the case of a person who is unable to qualify for a mechanics course through SOLAS...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will grant an application by a school (details supplied) under the summer works scheme, given that the works listed need to be carried out...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a promised new building (details supplied), including if she has announced a preferred tenderer; when construction will begin and...
    • Health and Safety
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to support a matter (details supplied) regarding the Vocational Education Committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8046/16]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Laois for essential works that are needed in the interest of the safety of...
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that Quality and Qualifications Ireland has been holding briefings on the new engagement process for validating new and existing...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide funding for a wall at a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [8093/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) will lose a Special Needs Assistant during 2016; and if the matter will be reviewed immediately and the...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an additional salary payment to primary teachers who qualified in earlier years and have recently completed and obtained an honours...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new site and new premises for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8148/16]
    • Irish Language
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials from her Department will agree to meet with representatives of a school (details supplied) in order to provide them with new advice...
    • School Funding
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide funding to a school (details supplied) which is applying to become the Foroige Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship; and if she will...
    • Land Transfers
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will implement the process, including valuation, of the disposal of her Departments lands at Ashbourne, County Meath, for the purpose of...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will introduce training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, for teachers in schools (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Enrolments
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 721, 722 and 723 of 14 April 2016, to name the schools which have some spare capacity and the school...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will provide funding for a replacement school at a location (details supplied) County Galway for students with intellectual...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her progress in providing of an Educate Together School in Claregalway, County Galway; if she has identified and acquired a site; if not, her...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant can continue working while studying to qualify as a primary student teacher on the distance learning course run by a...
    • School Transport Tendering
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1262 of 22 September 2015, she will provide details of the list of registration numbers of the...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to investigate and address allegations that Caranua has suspended the awards to certain applicants for housing assistance, stating that the award...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the provision of a new secondary school for the Malahide and Portmarnock area of County Dublin, as announced in November...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the processing of applications for the summer works scheme 2016-2017; when she expects her Department to notify...
    • School Placement
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will receive an appropriate school place for the coming 2016-2017 school year. [8296/16]
    • Schools Building Projects
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the provision of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a new school building for a school (details supplied); when construction is expected to commence; and if she will make a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approximate cost that would be associated with changing the reappointment level of a second classroom teacher on island schools to eight...
    • Substance Abuse Prevention Education
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policies and programmes on prevention and education in relation to drugs and alcohol for young persons; if there is dedicated staff in her...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a person in a school (details supplied) will receive resource hours from 1 September 2016; and if she will make a...
    • Summer Works Scheme Administration
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the summer works scheme, as to when successful schools will be notified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8388/16]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of the 24 acre site in Claregalway, County Galway, purchased by her Department for a joint school campus which has been ear-marked...
    • School Transport Provision
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 551 and 552 of 15 December 2015, if she will confirm the first time Bus Éireann informed her...
    • School Staff
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers in primary and secondary schools who were on unpaid leave for the years 2010 to 2015; the number who received payment for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the education system caters for pupils with exceptional ability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8443/16]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans, if any, to ensure that new teachers receive the same rate of payment as their older colleagues; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Irish Sign Language
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that Irish sign language is taught in post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8451/16]
    • Site Acquisitions
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 707 of 14 April 2016, if she will provide details of the vacant sites listed. [8460/16]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the correspondence regarding staffing, building and resources issues in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of second level schools that do not have a physical education hall. [8488/16]
    • Autism Support Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of autism spectrum disorder unit places at secondary level in an area (details supplied) in County Kildare where...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reduce the required number of years that an applicant needs to have been a resident here, for the previous five years prior to...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      420. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he will bring forward to ensure that tenants of Part V houses are not discriminated against when utilising...
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
      421. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if she will effect a policy change to permit local partnerships to provide course funding assistance in a situation...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      422. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government her plans to provide social housing in the north west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8504/16]
    • Bituminous Fuel Ban
      423. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his Department’s plans to implement a nationwide smoky coal ban; if his officials are actively considering any...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      425. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will allocate funding for an application (details supplied) from Sligo County Council under the housing extension...
    • Noise Pollution
      426. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to support a matter (details supplied) regarding noise pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8047/16]
    • Mayoral Election
      428. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the introduction of a directly elected mayor for the city and county of Dublin; and the work his Department...
    • Control of Horses
      429. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if all local authorities have appointed a designated officer relative to the Control of Horses Act 1996. [8084/16]
    • Mountain Access Schemes
      430. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps taken to ensure continued open access to mountains and other areas for hill climbers and for general...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board Data
      431. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide estimates from his Department or the Private Residential Tenancies Board regarding the number of landlords and...
    • Homeless Accommodation Funding
      432. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of overall funding which was recouped in 2015 by local authorities to pay for emergency homeless accommodation...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      433. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will request that Kerry County Council complete the renovations and insulation of houses (details supplied) in...
    • Motor Tax Yield
      434. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of motor tax which has been paid in each county or local authority area for each of the past five years, and to...
    • Property Tax Yield
      435. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money collected in local property tax in each local authority area since its introduction; the way the money...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      436. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of representations he has made requesting the National Association of Building Co-operatives to pursue legal...
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      437. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to urgently end the local authority centre of interest requirement for persons forced to leave locations because of...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Standards
      440. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the policy recommended in a report by a company (details supplied) that all rented accommodations should be...
    • Legislative Measures
      444. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the Local Government Act 2014 to allow the chair of municipal areas to be named mayor; and if he will...
    • Planning Issues
      445. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if prescribed bodies or stakeholders are permitted to lodge objections to planning applications outside the five-week...
    • County Development Plans
      446. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a change in status in a county development plan of a settlement from small town to moderate and sustainable growth town...
    • Local Authority Finances
      447. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount, in planning development contributions, owed to each local authority at the end of 2015; and the comparative...
    • Illegal Dumping
      448. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the findings of any comparative analysis carried out by his Department, into the levels of fly-tipping and illegal...
    • Commercial Rates
      449. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of rateable commercial premises registered in Waterford city and county in the years 2008 to 2015, inclusive....
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
      450. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to a person (details supplied) who has been refused a Housing Adaptation grant; and if he will make...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      451. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to bring about a reduction in CO2 emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8441/16]
    • Leader Programmes
      452. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Leader funding will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8467/16]
    • Housing Data
      453. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons in rent arrears, per local authority, divided up by number of weeks in rent arrears, in tabular...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      454. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will establish a pilot scheme in the County Louth local authority area to examine the way in which vacant private...
    • Constituency Boundaries
      456. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider revising the electoral boundaries and take steps to reunite south Donegal with Donegal and west Cavan...
    • Waste Management
      457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which the pay by weight bin charges will work for multi-unit complexes, such as apartment blocks that share...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      458. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware that independent contractors carrying out home insulation works grant-funded by the Sustainable Energy...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      459. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the name and location, by county, of community benefit schemes in place for wind farms owned or operated by semi-State...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      461. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to consider providing grant aid for the installation of photovoltaic cells on roofs of houses for electricity generation,...
    • National Broadband Plan
      462. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status and timeline for completion of the procurement process for the €250 million intervention strategy as...
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      463. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on concerns raised about the National Broadband Strategy by the Department of Jobs, Innovation and Enterprise,...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      464. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to encourage broadband providers in County Dublin to urgently deal with the lack of adequate broadband provision in the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      465. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of charging points for electric motor vehicles in place in each county; the total cost per county of...
    • Internet Safety
      466. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress which has been made by his Department to date with implementing the recommended findings identified in the...
    • Energy Prices
      467. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the efforts he is making to bring about a reduction of the price in oil and gas, having regard to decreasing prices...
    • Energy Schemes
      468. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the provision of energy efficient windows is covered under the Sustainable Energy Authority grant; and if he will make...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      469. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council are receiving in 2016 for the repair of the surface of key streets and...
    • Noise Pollution
      471. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to support a matter (details supplied) regarding aircraft noise pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8048/16]
    • Public Transport
      472. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of any penalties imposed on public transport companies in the years 2013 to 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      473. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the further preparatory work being carried out on the proposed Dublin Airport Luas-metro in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Tolls
      474. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the motorway toll usage by residents of County Meath in each of the years 2012 to 2015, in tabular form. [8065/16]
    • Swimming Pool Programme Funding
      475. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding he has provided and the locations in which funding has been provided for building or refurbishing swimming pools in each of...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will open the sports capital programme for 2016 to applications. [8078/16]
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      477. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is expected that a further call for applications will be made under the sports capital programme; the date the last call was...
    • Industrial Relations
      478. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he has taken with management of Iarnród Éireann and management's threat to take action against the trade unions in...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Expenditure
      479. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amounts actually spent on local improvement schemes in each local authority area in counties Galway and Mayo, in respect of each of...
    • Rail Passengers Data
      480. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who travelled from County Kildare to County Dublin by train on each working day in March 2016, in tabular form; and...
    • Tourism Industry
      481. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the practice of car rental companies requesting significant credit card deposits for damage excesses when tourists arrive to...
    • Road Projects Status
      482. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he provide an update on the progress of the proposed M20 Cork to Limerick motorway; if he will acknowledge the importance of...
    • Driver Licences
      483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review driving licences regulations for a person (details supplied) who wishes to keep both licences; and if he will make a...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      484. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) concerning the Dublin Airport economic impact study for the Dublin Airport Authority; and...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      485. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a change in status in a county development plan of a settlement from small town to moderate and sustainable growth town without an...
    • Public Transport
      486. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount a company (details supplied) has paid in compensation for not providing a service on the days of the strike action by the...
    • Rail Network
      487. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider providing funding for noise control or possibly consider systems used in other countries, such as the acoustic...
    • Litter Pollution
      488. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish any recent research that national tourism authorities have conducted into overseas visitors’ attitudes to the...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      489. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money allocated to Cork County Council to carry out repairs to roads which suffered damage during the recent winter storms;...
    • Roads Maintenance
      490. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be provided to complete the repairs on the Fota Road, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8464/16]
    • Road Safety Strategy
      491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will implement action 105 of the Road Safety Authority’s Road Safety Strategy 2013-2020, which states that all cars should...
    • Smarter Transport
      492. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next smarter travel scheme round of grants will be made available; and if there is a possibility of including an expanded...
    • Road Projects Status
      494. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects work to commence on the upgrading of the N4 from Collooney to Castlebaldwin, County Sligo; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Road Projects
      495. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of meetings that have been held between her departmental officials, including those working for the National Parks and...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      496. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé na pleananna atá aici maidir le reachtaíocht a chur faoi bhráid an Oireachtais lena chinntiú go mbeidh...
    • Ulster Canal Restoration Project
      498. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of works undertaken to date on the Ulster Canal restoration project; if said works are on schedule; the programme of works...