Written answers
Thursday, 28 April 2016
- Department of Social Protection
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
1. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why the rent caps for counties Cork and Limerick are 25% higher than those for County Kerry when there is the same demand, especially in Killarney,...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
2. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will forward a file to the Social Welfare Appeals Office in respect of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
3. 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. [8647/16]
- Disability Allowance Payments
4. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8651/16]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
5. To ask the Minister for Social Protection where she has found that a jobseeker who is one of a couple has no entitlement following an assessment of household means, if it is unfair that this...
- Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
6. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she is taking to reduce the 19 week processing time for new applications under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a...
- Rural Transport Services
7. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of rural isolation schemes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8699/16]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
8. 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. [8702/16]
- Pension Provisions
9. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why she applied a negative re-evaluation of deferred defined pensions; if she has assessed the impact this will have on pensions paid to deferred...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
10. 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...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options for a person (details supplied) in having an application processed without delay under the jobseeker's allowance scheme; and if she will...
- Carer's Allowance Payments
12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of arrears on a payment to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8745/16]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to facilitate an oral hearing to determine an entitlement of a person (details supplied) under the carer’s allowance scheme; if she will issue...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
14. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when she will issue rent support to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8766/16]
- Water Conservation Grant Applications
15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to issue a water conservation grant towards the Irish Water costs of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
16. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to award rent support to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8772/16]
- Family Income Supplement Applications
17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to take the family circumstances of a person (details supplied) into account in determining the maximum payment on family income supplement in the...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances in which a person (details supplied) received an overpayment under the rent support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Family Income Supplement Payments
19. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to an increase under the family income supplement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Allowance Applications
20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will approve a payment for a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme, given that the person's eligibility under the...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
21. 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. [8777/16]
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
22. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax incentives and other incentives available to Irish emigrants hoping to return home to take up employment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Corporation Tax
23. To ask the Minister for Finance why there is a professional service surcharge effective rate of approximately 7% on top of the corporation tax rate of 12.5% in relation to businesses which...
- Economic Statements
24. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will publish the Spring Economic Statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8740/16]
- UK Referendum on EU Membership
25. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is monitoring the potential economic fallout from the possible exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, in particular the consequences for the...
- Housing Data
26. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacant houses in the possession of banks that receive State assistance; if he will provide this list to local authorities; and if he will make a...
- NAMA Debtor Agreements
27. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount the National Asset Management Agency has written off for debtors on its books, the number of debtors involved, the number of arrangements it...
- Financial Transactions Tax
28. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the financial transactions tax including if this tax will raise an extra €360 million per year;...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pension Levy
29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reverse the imposition of the levy on the pensions of members of An Garda Síochána; the cost in one year of...
- Coastal Erosion
30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a case (details supplied) where land is being eroded by the sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8712/16]
- Flood Relief Schemes Status
31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a person (details supplied) whose land has been damaged due to flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Pension Provisions
32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to provide a pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8665/16]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Action Plan for Jobs
33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the action plan for jobs (details supplied) for counties Kerry and Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Consumer Protection
34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is aware that a company (details supplied) is insisting that customers pay upfront for the collection of wheelie bins which are...
- Tax Avoidance
35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a professional service surcharge that can be charged to companies on top of their corporation tax rate, where they can be...
- Work Permits Applications
36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to review the case of a person (details supplied) who was refused a work permit on the grounds that 50% of the employees need to be...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue the remainder of farm payments to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8757/16]
- Fishery Harbour Centres
38. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the dredging of a harbour (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8690/16]
- Fish Quotas
39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the fishing industry (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8692/16]
- Fishing Industry Development
40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of new schemes to be introduced for the fishing industry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Fishing Industry Data
41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the traceability of fish catches (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8694/16]
- Food Industry Development
42. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of Irish farm produce (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8695/16]
- GLAS Payments
43. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment for 2016 to a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; if he will...
- Agriculture Scheme Applications
44. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the low emissions slurry spreading equipment scheme, including when...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
46. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue the appropriate forms to a person (details supplied) to allow the progression of a grant under the Targeted...
- Agriculture Scheme Administration
47. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider providing access to young trained farmers every 12 months under the national reserve funding scheme. [8725/16]
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme 2; and if he will...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
49. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
50. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive a payment for 2015 under the areas of natural constraint scheme; the minimum...
- Young Farmers Scheme
51. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a young farmers scheme top-up for 2015 for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
52. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for clarification of entitlements under the basic payment scheme, with particular reference to the administration of estates, as...
- GLAS Applications
53. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a...
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
54. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an overclaim on a payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8789/16]
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
55. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal of a decision on a farm payment by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
59. 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...
- Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal of a decision by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8804/16]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Transport Data
61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out in tabular form the number of patrol cars available to members of An Garda Síochána within each of the Ballina, Belmullet,...
- Gambling Sector
73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the provisions in place to restrict the advertising of gambling outlets. [8691/16]
- Road Traffic Accidents Data
74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality what criteria An Garda Síochána uses in classifying a fatality as a road fatality, including but not restricted to the maximum period...
- Prisoner Complaints Procedures
75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on the review of the prison complaints procedure initiated by the Inspector of Prisons, with particular reference to publishing the...
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for cases to be determined by the criminal injuries compensation tribunal in respect of applications for compensation...
- Naturalisation Applications
78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her progress in determining eligibility for naturalisation for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8759/16]
- Residency Permits
79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to persons (details supplied) in upgrading residency status to stamp 4; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8760/16]
- Naturalisation Eligibility
80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she can waive the requirement for a passport from a person's homeland (details supplied) in the context of determining eligibility for...
- Visa Applications
81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will facilitate a family reunification for a person (details supplied). [8762/16]
- Residency Permits
82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure a person (details supplied) must follow to regularise residency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8765/16]
- Immigration Status
83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to renew stamp 4 for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8767/16]
- Residency Permits
84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 14 April 2016, to facilitate the provision of stamp 4 residency for a person (details supplied); and...
- Coroners Service
86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the recruitment process of county coroners and for deputy county coroners (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Care Education
87. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria he uses to assess the eligibility of qualifications for inclusion on his Department's early years recognised qualifications,...
- Department of Health
- Maternity Services
89. To ask the Minister for Health when he will establish a baby loss unit for parents who suffer the loss of a child at the University Maternity Hospital in County Limerick; and if he will make...
- Hospital Appointments Status
90. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [8645/16]
- Suicide Prevention
91. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive funding available to community and voluntary suicide prevention groups and the application process to access it. [8648/16]
- Autism Support Services
92. To ask the Minister for Health to support a matter (details supplied) regarding services for young adults with autism spectrum disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8650/16]
- Cross-Border Health Services Provision
93. To ask the Minister for Health to support a matter regarding medical treatment in another European Union state (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8652/16]
- Mental Health Services
94. To ask the Minister for Health to support a matter (details supplied) regarding mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8653/16]
- Services for People with Disabilities
95. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and who are issued with the long-term illness card; the services this inclusion affords...
- Home Help Service Expenditure
98. To ask the Minister for Health if he has curtailed finance for home care packages and home help assistance since January 2016, resulting in a cut of hours from 24 to 14; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
99. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has had to wait for over a year for surgery; and if he will urgently provide a date for the surgery. [8670/16]
- Hospital Services
100. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a community hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8689/16]
- Hospital Equipment
101. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the magnetic resonance imaging machine in Kerry General Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8697/16]
- Departmental Information
102. To ask the Minister for Health the countries for which the Health Service Executive recommends the use of Lariam or mefloquine, as the only medication to be taken as an anti-malarial; and...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
103. To ask the Minister for Health to set an early date for an appointment for a person (details supplied) at Waterford University Hospital. [8719/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
104. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [8720/16]
- Medical Card Applications
106. To ask the Minister for Health to issue a medical card as a matter of urgency to persons (details supplied). [8727/16]
- Hospital Charges
107. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 314 of 20 April 2016, in which he stated the Health Service Executive was assisting the family to which that question...
- Hospital Appointments Status
108. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8736/16]
- Primary Care Centres
109. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will grant permission for an extension to the medical centre at Ballyragget, County Kilkenny to accommodate a practice nurse...
- Hospital Services
110. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to restore orthopaedic services in Cavan General Hospital in County Cavan, at least to the level of service that was provided in the past; and if...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
111. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 22 March 2016, to schedule an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [8744/16]
- Mental Health Services
112. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for assessment with the child and adolescent mental health services. [8746/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
113. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8747/16]
- Hospital Transfers
114. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the transfer of a community hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8749/16]
- Hospitals Funding
116. To ask the Minister for Health his progress in disentangling St. Vincent's University Hospital, a publicly funded hospital, from the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group; if the Health Service...
- National Maternity Hospital
117. To ask the Minister for Health the main elements of the 2012 agreement reached with St. Vincent's Healthcare Group in respect of relocating the National Maternity Hospital to the Elm Park...
- Medical Card Eligibility
118. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the eligibility of a person (details supplied) for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8763/16]
- Health Services Provision
119. To ask the Minister for Health to facilitate treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8769/16]
- Cross-Border Health Initiatives
120. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth who availed of the cross-border healthcare directive in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8781/16]
- Accident and Emergency Departments
121. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to reduce the overcrowding in the accident and emergency department in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth; and if...
- Respite Care Services Provision
122. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds in Counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2010, and at present; if he will provide additional beds in these counties; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
123. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) in Kerry University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8794/16]
- Services for People with Disabilities
125. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding services for young adults with a disability and cutbacks in these; why State funds allocated for these services have been...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- EU Agreements
126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to support a matter (details supplied) regarding the European Union-Turkey deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8654/16]
- Aviation Issues
127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if drones operated by the military of the United States of America that are overflying any jurisdiction anywhere in the world are controlled...
- Good Friday Agreement
130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the proposal to introduce a bill of rights in Northern Ireland as provided for in the Good Friday Agreement; the outcome of...
- Foreign Policy
131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to take action regarding the blockade by the United States of America against Cuba (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Psychological Assessments
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a person (details supplied) is being prevented from accessing education due to a prolonged delay in the completion of a...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to facilitate extra special needs assistant hours for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8658/16]
- School Transport Data
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a value-for-money review on school transport found that Bus Éireann's costs are 21% higher than the equivalent costs of the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8705/16]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a reader for a person (details supplied); if she will review this case; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school project (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8711/16]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Departmental Schemes
139. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of payments to persons for the use of walkways (details supplied) on their lands; and if he will make a...
- Social and Affordable Housing Funding
140. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has met with the League of Credit Unions to discuss the construction of social housing; the progress made; if he has...
- Local Authority Funding
141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to reintroduce the block grant to provide extra funding to local authorities which originally had a town council. [8663/16]
- Community Development Projects
142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to fund the reinstatement of an administrator, even on a part-time basis, for the Ballybeg community development project...
- Social and Affordable Housing
143. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of social housing in County Kerry and in Daingean Uí Chúis (details supplied) in particular; and if...
- Traveller Accommodation
145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for an extension to a house; and if he will make a statement...
- Social and Affordable Housing Funding
146. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will make a decision on the allocation of funding to Limerick City and County Council under the 2016 social...
- Leader Programmes
147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of restoring Leader funding (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Local Authority Housing Applications
149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how he is monitoring new applicants on the local authority housing list in County Louth who are in this position as a...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Communications Market Regulation
150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to investigate an issue (details supplied) in relation to a fixed line service; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Roads Maintenance Funding
151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide more funding for road improvements to local authorities, as minors roads are deteriorating to a very poor standard; and if he...
- Industrial Relations
152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to support a matter (details supplied) regarding Iarnród Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8655/16]
- Tourism Project Funding
153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of funding for local tourism initiatives (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8687/16]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding
154. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of funding for Údarás na Gaeltachta; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8686/16]
- Inland Waterways Development
155. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the stage of the proposal to make the River Erne navigable from Belturbet to Killykeen and Killeshandra, County Cavan; when this...
