Written answers
Wednesday, 4 May 2016
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Census of Population Publication
1. To ask the Taoiseach why a company (details supplied) was awarded the contract for census printing and data capture services for Census 2016, given that the company is a wholly-owned...
- Employment Data
2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs created and lost in County Louth from 2013 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9184/16]
- Department of Social Protection
- National Internship Scheme Funding
3. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of the funding, from the Government and the European Union, allocated to the JobBridge scheme, in tabular form. [9106/16]
- Youth Guarantee
4. To ask the Minister for Social Protection for a progress report regarding the national implementation of the Youth Guarantee. [9107/16]
- Farm Assist Scheme Data
5. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of farm assist, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8808/16]
- Disability Allowance Appeals
6. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress of a review of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
- Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme Eligibility
7. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 37 of 20 April 2016, if she will re-assess the eligibility of a person (details supplied) with particular...
- Credit Union Lending
8. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of her collaboration with the Irish League of Credit Unions on providing small loans to persons on lower incomes; and if she will make a...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
9. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why on a voluntary training opportunities scheme course no longer counts towards the eligibility period for community employment schemes; and if she...
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on social protection payments being paid through banks (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8879/16]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will forward a file from the domiciliary care allowance section to the social protection appeals office for a person (details supplied) in...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on immigrants returning home and being precluded from receiving social protection payments (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Community Employment Schemes Administration
13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on recruitment barriers in community employment schemes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8886/16]
- Carer's Allowance Delays
18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo under the carer’s allowance scheme; and if she will make a...
- Work Placement Programmes
20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of work placement schemes in relation to persons on social protection allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- 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. [8932/16]
- Carer's Allowance Delays
24. 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. [8935/16]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
25. 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. [8937/16]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
26. 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. [8938/16]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
27. 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. [8939/16]
- Carer's Allowance Delays
28. 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. [8940/16]
- Family Income Supplement Appeals
29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the family income supplement scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will fill the State board positions on the national board of the Citizens Information Service (details supplied). [8962/16]
- Disability Allowance Appeals
31. 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....
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
32. 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. [9023/16]
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
33. 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. [9053/16]
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of social protection payments who cash their cheques at post offices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9056/16]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to examine and expedite an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the jobseeker's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- State Pension (Contributory) Appeals
36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress of an appeal for a state pension (contributory) by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9066/16]
- Fuel Allowance Payments
37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to restore the winter fuel allowance for a period to acknowledge the reality that many older persons are finding it difficult to heat their homes...
- Family Income Supplement Payments
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 26 April 2016, to reassess the case of a person (details supplied) under the family income supplement...
- Carer's Allowance Delays
39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why she has not made a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme given that the person lodged the...
- Family Income Supplement Applications
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for renewal by a person (details supplied) under the family income supplement scheme; and if she will make a statement...
- Illness Benefit Eligibility
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will process and pay an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability benefit scheme and the illness benefit scheme; and...
- Department of Finance
- Motor Insurance Regulation
43. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) concerning high insurance premia incurred by taxi drivers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Private Rented Accommodation Data
44. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that a large number of individual properties (details supplied) are either vacant and attracting anti-social behaviour elements or have been let to...
- Property Tax
45. To ask the Minister for Finance to make a statement on the case of persons (details supplied) regarding property tax. [8845/16]
- Credit Union Services
46. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of discussions with the Irish League of Credit Unions on its proposals to release funds for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the...
- House Prices
47. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he monitors house property prices, with particular reference to the need to ensure that such prices do not become a major governing...
- Credit Availability
48. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he monitors credit needs in all aspects of the business sector, without exception; if he is satisfied that these needs are being fully met...
- Motor Insurance Regulation
49. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the unreasonably high insurance premia for taxi drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8929/16]
- Commercial Rates Valuation Process
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to replace the rates system and create a self-assessment system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8963/16]
- Mortgage Data
51. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 20 April 2016, if he is aware of the number and value of approved mortgages by banks (details supplied) that are...
- Insurance Compensation Fund
53. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid by the State into the Insurance Compensation Fund for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Insurance Industry Regulation
55. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of fees paid to the administrators of a company (details supplied) for each of the years since it went into administration, in tabular form; and if...
- Insurance Levy
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised from the levies on insurance policies in each of the years 2011 to 2015, in tabular form; if the figures reflect both the gross receipts and...
- Social and Affordable Housing Funding
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the borrowing restrictions in place for local authorities which wish to borrow money to exceed the social housing new build targets, as outlined in his Housing...
- Mortgage Lending
58. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Consumer Credit Act 1995, in particular Part 9 of this Act; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fiscal Data
59. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the fiscal space available for each of the next five years, in tabular form, given the 2016 stability programme update. [9089/16]
- Property Tax Administration
60. To ask the Minister for Finance why a person (details supplied) was issued with correspondence detailing the local property tax owing in respect of a local authority property owned by Donegal...
- Property Tax Exemptions
61. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an exemption for elderly persons over 75 years of age who are in poor health and who suffer from a disability but who have not paid their property...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Heritage Sites
62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a tourist property (details supplied) that needs to be opened for a longer length of time in the summer; and if he will...
- Revenue Commissioners Staff
63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of requests the Revenue Commissioners submitted in 2015 and in 2016 to date seeking permission to employ additional staff; the...
- Flood Risk Management
64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to hold a meeting between all stakeholders, including concerned residents, connected to the River Shannon flood problems; the...
- Office of Public Works Properties
65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine a request (details supplied) to use a closed Office of Public Works property; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of acting-up payments he has put in place since the lifting of the moratorium in 2015; the reason Civil Servants and Public...
- State Properties Data
67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question Number 138 of 14 April 2016, the length of time each of the sites listed has been vacant. [8895/16]
- Public Sector Staff Increments
68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of public sector employees who are members of trade unions which have not signed up to the Lansdowne Road agreement receiving...
- Coastal Erosion
69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of coastal erosion at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9015/16]
- Flood Relief Schemes Funding
70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding flood damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9063/16]
- Government Expenditure
71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Departments that are facing spending pressures over the next five years; the monetary value of these pressures; and how they will...
- Insurance Coverage
72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to clarify the issue of meetings held over the winter with representatives of the insurance industry; if he has reached agreement on home...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- EU Funding
73. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which European Union grant support continues to be made available to indigenous companies in the manufacturing and...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
74. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the extent to which lack of working capital continues to be identified by indigenous small enterprises in the...
- Job Creation
75. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the promised 50 jobs that were announced for Roscommon town in autumn 2015 will be created. [9156/16]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review a penalty imposed on a person (details supplied) in respect of land issues. [8814/16]
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite the approval of an application by a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the 2015 disadvantaged areas scheme. [8841/16]
- Young Farmers Scheme
79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the young farmers scheme; the reason for the delay; the decision...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the 2015 basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the 2015 basic payment scheme. [8899/16]
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility
83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the 2015 agri-environment options scheme 2015; the reason for the delay;...
- Afforestation Programme
84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason persons (details supplied) were refused a forestry payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8995/16]
- Harbours and Piers
85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a designation of a pier (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9025/16]
- GLAS Payments
86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment is issuing to a herd number that is dormant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in regard to the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a farm improvement grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Harbours and Piers Development
89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of plans for Howth Harbour in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9058/16]
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to issue payment to a person (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9061/16]
- Trade Agreements
91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will oppose the proposed deal between the European Union and the South American Mercosur trade bloc to allow thousands of tons...
- Harness Racing Industry
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for funding submitted by the Irish Harness Racing Association in September 2015; and if he will make a...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the pig crisis payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- GLAS Eligibility
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 26 April 2016, if the specific payment under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to issue payment to a person (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9134/16]
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing payment to a person (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite an application (details supplied) for a grant under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme as approval is...
- Department of Defence
- Army Personnel
101. To ask the Minister for Defence the starting salary for new entrants in the Army equitation cadetship and the salary scale already in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- State Properties Data
102. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 14 April 2016, the length of time each of the sites listed has been vacant. [8890/16]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Home Repossession Rate
103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacant family homes which have been repossessed in each calendar year since 2008. [8884/16]
- Public Sector Pensions
107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive an outcome on an application for a pension under Article 15; and if she will make a statement on...
- Commissions of Inquiry
108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to order the establishment of a commission of inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied), given the concerns regarding the...
- Visa Applications
109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will make a decision on a joint family (Irish national spouse) visa for a person (details supplied), given that the application is...
- Garda Data
110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of agreements under section 28 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 and the jurisdictions in which they were made; and if she will...
- UN Conventions Ratification
112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the State's ratification of the optional protocol to the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or...
- Prisoner Complaints Procedures
113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will introduce a fully independent prisoner complaints mechanism; the barriers to introducing such a mechanism; and if she will make a...
- Garda Operations
115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to seek a detailed report from the Garda Commissioner regarding the Garda Síochána Operation Butler; and if she will make a statement...
- State Properties Data
116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 14 April 2016, the length of time each of the sites listed have been vacant. [8891/16]
- Criminal Law
117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered proscribing membership of criminal gangs; if such gangs have been proscribed in other jurisdictions; and if she will make a...
- Garda Recruitment
118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which membership of An Garda Síochána will increase over the next twelve months, given natural retirements and...
- Legal Aid Service
119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the legal aid system continues to be most beneficial to hardened criminals and members of criminal gangs; the extent to which...
- Garda Vetting Applications
120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for Garda Síochána vetting will be finalised for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Garda Resources
121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to address issues raised with regard to armed resources within An Garda Síochána (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of anti-social behavioural orders for which complaints were received, dismissed, investigated and orders issued, by county, over the...
- Naturalisation Applications
123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the appropriate application form which a person (details supplied) requires to apply for naturalisation; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Gangland Killings
124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she proposes to take regarding gangland crime and recent murder, especially those committed in County Dublin; and if she will make a...
- Garda Strength
125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána in Dublin north in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Garda Stations
126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is considering the re-opening of Garda Síochána stations in Ballymore Eustace and Ballytore in County Kildare; if she is using...
- Property Registration
127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a section 49 application to the tegistrar of the Property Registration Authority by a person (details supplied) who suffers from a...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Care Services Funding
128. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the financial support available for a child care facility that wishes to provide an after-hours service to develop or secure a premises for...
- Children's Rights
129. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he received a submission from the Children's Rights Alliance in respect of the serious issues for children and young persons as outlined...
- State Properties Data
130. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 14 April 2016, the length of time each site listed has been vacant. [8892/16]
- Youth Services
131. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which he liaises with the voluntary child and youth support agencies in County Kildare, with particular reference to...
- Child and Family Agency
133. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs why there is a delay in forwarding mother and baby files from St. Patrick's on the Navan Road to the Tusla, the Child and Family Agency,...
- Early Childhood Care Education
134. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to reform the early childhood care and education scheme; if he will make the conditions of the scheme more flexible; and if he...
- Appointments to State Boards
135. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the appointment of members to fill the vacancies on the Council of Gaisce, the President’s Award, some of which have...
- Department of Health
- General Practitioner Services Provision
136. To ask the Minister for Health to fully reinstate the rural general practitioner allowance as a matter of urgency to ensure that rural areas are adequately provided with local general...
- Mental Health Services Provision
137. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which child psychiatric services remain adequate to meet modern challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8917/16]
- Hospital Staff Data
138. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unfilled job vacancies which exist in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
139. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated in Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, County Louth in 2015; the services available in the hospital; his plans to increase the...
- Mental Health Services Provision
141. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the issue of young persons being treated in adult facilities for mental health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8827/16]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
142. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in establishing a primary care centre in the Royal Hospital in Donnybrook, County Dublin; the steps he is taking to address this...
- Medical Card Administration
143. To ask the Minister for Health the savings made since the withdrawal of medical cards from adults following a diagnosis of cancer, in tabular form; if the cost of processing and rejecting...
- Ambulance Service
144. To ask the Minister for Health to re-evaluate the way in which the ambulance service is co-ordinated, with a view to delivering the control from a central national centre to regional...
- Ambulance Service Provision
145. To ask the Minister for Health to provide County Kerry with two additional ambulances, as the county is currently critically under-serviced in regards to ambulance cover; and if he will make...
- Medical Card Appeals
146. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8836/16]
- Hospital Appointments Delays
147. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore in County Offaly. [8838/16]
- Mental Health Services Data
149. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age being treated in adult mental health facilities, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8864/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
150. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries that have been cancelled in Beaumont Hospital in County Dublin since 1 January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services Staff
151. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health posts that were filled in 2015 and in 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8869/16]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
152. To ask the Minister for Health when the new Corduff health care centre will open in County Dublin; the number of persons who will be employed there; how persons can apply for these jobs; and...
- Psychological Services
153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a first appointment with a psychologist, following referral, for one month, two, three, three-plus-to-six, six-plus-to-nine,...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
154. To ask the Minister for Health when construction will commence on the new health centre in Ballymote in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8901/16]
- Hospitals Data
155. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract operations performed at the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in County Cork in 2015 on patients from County Kerry and from...
- Medical Card Applications
156. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8905/16]
- Hospital Beds Data
157. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which spare wards or beds capacity has existed at any of the general hospitals that experience overcrowding in accident and emergency departments...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
158. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he can reduce waiting times for elective procedures in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8913/16]
- Hospital Services
159. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Beaumont Hospital in County Dublin and services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8926/16]
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a place in the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire will be granted a place. [8941/16]
- Medical Card Data
161. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards holders, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8945/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
162. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) who was put on the waiting list for a surgery in the Mater public hospital in County Dublin on March 2015 and was due to have...
- Prescriptions Charges
164. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals on the abolition of medical card prescription charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8977/16]
- Home Care Packages
165. To ask the Minister for Health if he and representatives from the Health Service Executive will meet as a matter of urgency with Family Carers Ireland to discuss recent cuts, the reduction...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
166. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have coeliac patients covered under the long-term illness scheme. [8979/16]
- Health Services Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of full-time residential care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8993/16]
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
169. To ask the Minister for Health when he will appoint a second paediatrics endocrinologist at University Hospital Limerick to cater for the growing needs of young persons with diabetes; and if...
- Hospital Services
170. To ask the Minister for Health why he removed the intermediate care vehicle for Mallow in County Cork given that it was put in place following the closure of the emergency department at...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
171. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the appointment at University Hospital Limerick of nine nurses, nine podiatrists and 18 dietitians to support type 2 diabetes patients, given...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
172. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [9001/16]
- Hospital Services
174. To ask the Minister for Health when he will make staffing resources available to make the magnetic resonance imaging scanner fully operational in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
175. 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. [9010/16]
- Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide fertility treatment for couples free of charge on the first occasion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9012/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
177. 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. [9017/16]
- Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
179. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a means test available whereby money spent on the maintenance of a sleep apnoea machine can be offset against moneys spent under the drugs payment...
- Hospital Appointments Status
180. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied), including when the person will receive an appointment from the Health Service Executive. [9034/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
181. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) for surgery in Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, County Meath. [9045/16]
- Hospital Services
182. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 879 of 9 June 2015, wherein the reply clearly states that an overall review of antenatal arrangements was initiated by...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
183. 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. [9049/16]
- Health Services
184. To ask the Minister for Health the status of regulating psychotherapy and counselling. [9052/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
185. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9055/16]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
186. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a device by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9068/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
187. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9070/16]
- Health Services Provision
188. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9072/16]
- Mental Health Services Data
189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons awaiting appointments in the child and adolescent mental health services in Dublin North, for six, 12, 18, 24, and 24...
- Disability Services Data
190. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting appointments for disability services in Dublin North for six, 12, 18, 24, and 24 plus months by service, including...
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
191. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) for treatment abroad, as recommended by the person's doctor, will be re-examined by a medical assessor; and if...
- Departmental Reports
192. To ask the Minister for Health why he has not made available a report which was completed in January 2015 by consultant academics from universities in Cardiff, Wales and Dundee, Scotland...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
193. To ask the Minister for Health when he will provide an operation for a person (details supplied); and the reason for the delay. [9083/16]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
194. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in supplying a suitable replacement device for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9084/16]
- Ministerial Correspondence
195. To ask the Minister for Health the details of correspondence between the Alliance of Health Care Assistants in Ireland and him from January 2015 to 23 April 2016; and if he will make a...
- Early Childhood Care Education
196. To ask the Minister for Health the status of special needs assistants and Montessori schools; his views on correspondence regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
197. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the lack of a cystic fibrosis consultant in the Children's University Hospital in Temple Street in Dublin 1 (details supplied); and if he will...
- Hospital Appointments Status
198. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment from Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9115/16]
- Hospital Procedures
200. 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. [9118/16]
- Hospital Groups
201. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the various hospital groups which were established in terms of movement of staff between two groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- HIQA Remit
202. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Health Information and Quality Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9121/16]
- Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
203. To ask the Minister for Health why a place in a nursing home for a person (details supplied) was cancelled at the last minute; if he will find another place for the person; and if he will...
- Hospital Appointments Status
204. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9126/16]
- Medicinal Products Regulation
205. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the approval of the drug VIMIZIM for the illness Morquio, including if he will approve it for the public health service; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
206. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) including when the person will receive an appointment in the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore,...
- Mental Health Services Provision
208. To ask the Minister for Health when elderly mental health services provided by the Health Service Executive in County Donegal will commence, given that they were cancelled earlier in 2016;...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
209. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied) in Our Lady's Hospital in Navan in County Meath. [9147/16]
- Hospital Admissions
210. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be admitted to the National Rehabilitation Hospital in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9148/16]
- Medical Card Applications
211. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the medical card scheme. [9149/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting orthopaedic appointments at each relevant hospital; the waiting times in each hospital for those graded as routine and those...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
215. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a timeline on the promised refurbishment of St. Patrick's Hospital in Carrick-On-Shannon, County Leitrim. [9154/16]
- Cancer Services Provision
217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons undergoing treatment for cancer at all public hospitals in each month of 2015, in tabular form. [9159/16]
- Hospital Services
219. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has not been issued with a date for an operation, given that numerous letters have been sent to the hospital by the person's...
- Mental Health Services
222. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he has to provide additional financial resources in 2016 for the mental health services in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services Provision
225. To ask the Minister for Health if eligibility criteria for assessment by child psychiatry will be re-examined for a person (details supplied). [9168/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
226. To ask the Minister for Health the status of public waiting lists for persons with cancer (details supplied) in respect of a recent survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Conflicts
228. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the support Ireland is providing to the Kurdish people in Turkey, given that the Kurdish population in Turkey has been under...
- EU Migration Crisis
229. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised at European Union or United Nations level the question of Turkey’s status as a safe state for refugees being...
- EU Membership
230. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has expressed concerns at European Union level regarding Turkey’s application for membership of the European Union, given the...
- International Relations
231. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Ireland’s plans to formally recognise the autonomous region of Kurdistan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Human Rights Issues
232. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given the violence and murder inflicted by the Islamic State on Yazidis and Christians, his proposals to request the United Nations Security...
- Department of Education and Skills
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide training programmes through SOLAS to ensure that unemployed persons can become qualified bus drivers; and if she will make a...
- Oideachas Gaeilge
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sí toilteanach bualadh le coiste scoile (sonraí ar fáil) chun a n-iarratas ar Aonad a bhunú a phlé; agus an...
- Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a problem in the Student Universal Support Ireland application process whereby the input of a number of days, along with...
- Special Educational Needs
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider a school's (details supplied) application for resource hours for September as opposed to October in order that a person is...
- School Patronage
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for and progress in providing a multidenominational secondary school for the Terenure and Harold's Cross areas; and if she will make a...
- School Catchment Areas
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are enough school places available for entry to primary schools in the Carpenterstown area of County Dublin; if the area is one of the...
- School Enrolments
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the practice of primary schools seeking a non-refundable fee to hold places for children; if she supports this practice; and if she...
- Teaching Qualifications
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on changes to regulation 3 which relates to the employment of Montessori and other categories of teachers; if she will provide an...
- Schools Building Projects
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will issue a written decision to a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow regarding the building of an extra classroom; and if she...
- Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will accredit a course (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8876/16]
- School Transport Tendering
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 999 of 3 November 2015, the reasons for the decisions each year; and the reason her Department or Bus...
- State Properties Data
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Number 790 of 14 April 2016, the length of time each of the sites listed has been vacant. [8893/16]
- Education and Training Boards
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or a Departmental official will meet with the Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board to discuss proposals for the...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) under the summer works scheme, including when she will make a decision on it; and if...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a permanent structure to accommodate a fourth mainstream class teacher; when she...
- Teachers' Remuneration
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence concerning inequitable pay scales for teachers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Staff
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of an application for an additional teacher by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has made a decision following an interim response regarding financial assistance to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- School Transport Data
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her views on the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the cost of school transport. [9006/16]
- Schools Building Projects Applications
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will make a decision on a revised application for capital funding for a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make...
- School Accommodation
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will grant permission for the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Cork to use part of the school building to...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine and expedite an application for a school extension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9020/16]
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when she will facilitate funding for a new roof for the physical education hall for a school (details supplied) under the summer works...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to allocate the required funds under additional accommodation to a school (details supplied) for a woodwork and science laboratory; and if she...
- Schools Building Projects Status
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the tender being awarded for the building of the new community school for Maynooth, County Kildare; when the contracts will be...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why students enrolling in private college courses cannot be considered for Student Universal Support Ireland third level assistance. [9081/16]
- School Accommodation Provision
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application made several years ago by a school (details supplied) for a recreation room; when the school will receive a...
- Schools Establishment
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has a long-term development strategy in place for three schools situated close together in an area (details supplied); if there are...
- Education and Training Boards
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with representatives from an organisation (details supplied) regarding the decision not to review an application to establish an...
- School Staff
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the period of time a fully qualified primary teacher may expect to remain on the main panel before being offered a permanent teaching position;...
- Youth Employment Initiative
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has implemented the structures and systems necessary to certify expenditure under the European Union regulations and have them verified by...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of special needs assistants and Montessori schools; her views on correspondence regarding a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Road Safety
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a specific capital fund to assist schools in addressing traffic issues at schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Accommodation
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to grant additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9124/16]
- Broadband Service Provision
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding she can provide to a parent who has a child with severe learning disabilities to subsidise the exorbitant Internet usage charges due...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for delay in the processing of applications under the summer works scheme 2016-2017; and when she will notify schools in County...
- School Curriculum
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are dedicated staff in her Department to evaluate the programmes on prevention and education on drugs and alcohol for young persons....
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will make decisions on applications under the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9157/16]
- Education and Training Boards Administration
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a course (details supplied) run by the Kerry Education and Training Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9175/16]
- School Accommodation Provision
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a new classroom by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9176/16]
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify if SOLAS and Education and Training Boards Ireland have changed the tender process for the provision for contracted training, if these...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Mountain Access Schemes
283. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if commonage owners who grant permission to walkers to walk through their lands are responsible for the safety of the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
286. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider applications from local authorities for social housing new-build programmes of 50 units or more; and...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
287. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 20 April 2016, when he will decide on an application from Sligo County...
- Water Services Data
288. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the capital investment in water services and water leakages, by local authority, in each of the past 15 years, in tabular...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
289. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to make funding available for County Kerry for the renovation of long-term void properties in order to increase the...
- Local Authority Services
290. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he is progressing with Irish Water and the local authorities with a view to the taking in charge of...
- Rent Controls
291. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence concerning homelessness and a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Fire Stations Provision
292. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for tendering for a new fire station in Tuam, County Galway; when construction will commence and when the...
- Building Regulations Compliance
293. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the person or body responsible for the enforcement of the regulation of domestic plumbing; his views on comments by...
- Local Authority Rates
294. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue generated by the collection of commercial rates, as determined by the national Valuation Office, in each of...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
295. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reintroduce the housing repair for the elderly scheme in local authorities to enable a 50:50 scheme whereby...
- Leader Programmes
296. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the undue delay in the commencement of the roll-out of the much publicised Leader programme; if he will...
- Waste Management
297. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the rules and parameters for the spreading of sewage waste from local authority treatment plants and from septic tanks;...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Data
298. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications, the waiting times, the number of recipients and the number of refusals under the housing aid...
- Local Authority Housing Maintenance
299. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will award financial assistance to make a family-owned home habitable and therefore remove persons from a council...
- Waste Management
300. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the allowance exemption he is giving to households with medical needs such as adult nappies and so on in respect of the...
- Housing Estates
301. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if all sections of the Planning and Development Act 2000 have been brought into force, particularly the sections dealing...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme
302. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered making provisions to ensure that former council houses that are bought out by tenants could only be...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
303. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the stages of the procurement process he and local authorities used for the provision of local authority housing from...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
304. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the fast-track planning and procurement process used in the rapid build projects in Poppintree in Ballymun in Dublin 11....
- Housing Assistance Payments
306. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment tenancies in place as of 1 April 2016, by new tenancies, and by existing...
- NAMA Property Sales
307. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of the 2,000 properties transferred to social housing from the National Asset Management Agency or from...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
308. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress of the targets for 2015 to 2018 announced on 1 April 2015 (details supplied), and the number of units...
- Student Accommodation
312. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will assist the Students Union in the University College Dublin with its promotion of the rent-a-room scheme...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
314. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the fiscal risks associated with a legally binding European Union effort sharing decision on climate change...
- Traveller Accommodation
316. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the minimum distance limit between accommodation units on temporary Traveller halting sites. [9090/16]
- Rural Development Programme
317. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding available under the rural development scheme, the village and town renewal scheme, or any other scheme, by...
- Water Charges Data
318. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost to the Exchequer if all moneys paid to Irish Water in domestic water charges up to 1 April 2016 were fully...
- Insurance Coverage
319. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to clarify the matter regarding meetings held over winter 2015-2016 with representatives from the insurance industry; if...
- Building Regulations Application
320. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the new building regulations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9182/16]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Efficiency
321. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of public lights and the cost, by county, in tabular form; his plans to retrofit public lighting and to invest...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
323. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the cost of a telephone service in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry compared to average costs...
- National Broadband Plan
324. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 463 of 20 April 2016, to reply to the two questions raised, namely, the adequacy of...
- Broadband Service Provision
325. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding he can provide to parents to install a landline telephone in their home to assist a child with severe...
- National Broadband Plan
326. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the national broadband plan will be operational in Saint Johnston, in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Fish Farming
329. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of a proposal by Inland Fisheries Ireland to close fish hatchery farms at Cullionmore, in Mullingar,...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
330. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the implications for counties Cavan and Monaghan of the further delay in the roll out of the national broadband plan; if...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Improvement Schemes
331. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the programme of works being carried out on tertiary roads and culs-de-sac, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Roads Maintenance Funding
334. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that where allocation of road restoration and maintenance moneys are being made to local authorities that a percentage...
- Roads Maintenance
335. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the classification of roads, the length in kilometres of each road, the moneys allocated in each of the past five years, and the...
- National Transport Authority Data
336. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of complaints made to the National Transport Authority against taxi drivers, by category of complaint, by number of drivers...
- State Properties Data
337. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 857 of 14 April 2016, the length of time each site listed has been vacant. [8894/16]
- Sport and Recreational Development
338. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to make contact with various promoters in the sporting sector worldwide with a view to encouraging the...
- Public Transport
339. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which rail and bus services in County Kildare are co-ordinated to meet the requirements of commuters in the various towns...
- Road Projects Status
340. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Transport Infrastructure Ireland will commence upgrading the N4 Collooney to Castlebaldwin road in County Sligo; and if he will make...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
341. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide grant assistance of €80,000 to a school (details supplied) under the sports capital grant scheme to facilitate...
- National Car Test
342. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review the policy whereby vintage cars require a national car test every 12 months, despite the fact that many of them do less than...
- Road Improvement Schemes
343. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will make improvements to the N2 road in County Meath, with particular regard to Rath, Primatestown Cross and Kilmoon in...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
344. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an appeal to the Peatlands Council by a person (details supplied). [9092/16]
- Easter Rising Commemorations
345. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a national independence day for Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9183/16]
- National Concert Hall
346. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on correspondence (details supplied) concerning access for wheelchair users in the National Concert Hall; and if she will...
- Wildlife Conservation
347. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she has taken and the funding she has provided to conserve and manage red grouse; if funding is provided to voluntary...
- Memorial Plaques
348. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she will issue a reply to an interim response (details supplied) regarding a war memorial; and if she will make a statement on...
- Waterways Issues
349. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she can accommodate access to shore power and water, and safe access to boats for a person (details supplied) who is being...
- Special Protection Areas Designation
350. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the facility in place, as administered by her, to alter the designation, on a quid pro quo basis, of hen harrier-type land, when the...
