Written answers

Tuesday, 17 May 2016

  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Ministerial Meetings
      8. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has met recently with the representative organisations of members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      10. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to comment on efforts made to progress legislation aimed at curbing the theft of scrap and precious metal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Resources
      11. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána has the necessary resources available to it at all levels to combat criminal activity; if a sufficient quality and...
    • Missing Persons
      12. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to engage further on the issues surrounding the case of the disappearance of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Crime Data
      13. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of mechanically propelled vehicles reported stolen in each of the past five years; if she will use Global Positioning System technology...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      14. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the members of An Garda Síochána in Sligo town will have a new station; her plans to reconfigure Garda resources in west County...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      15. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to meet with representatives from the community sector to discuss meaningful actions to address serious violence and drug dealing in the north...
    • Garda Station Closures
      16. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to request the Policing Authority to review the dispersement of Garda Síochána stations and to assess the impact of the closure of all...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      17. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her assessment of the report of the O’Higgins Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9969/16]
    • Road Safety Strategy
      18. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to report to Dáil Éireann on her priorities for road safety, including the status of the Judge Keane ruling on section 22 of the Road...
    • Garda Resources
      19. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her proposals to increase resources for the Cavan and Monaghan Garda Síochána Division and to enable the re-establishment of the drugs...
    • Garda Station Closures
      20. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to request the Policing Authority to review the dispersement of Garda Síochána stations and to assess the impact of all station closures...
    • Legislative Measures
      24. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to progress legislative and other efforts to protect members of An Garda Síochána from the deliberate ramming of their vehicles by...
    • Garda Station Closures
      25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to request the Policing Authority to review the dispersement of Garda Síochána stations and to assess the impact of all station closures...
    • Independent Review Mechanism
      26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to commit to a full-sworn commission of inquiry into allegations of rape and abuse made by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      27. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to roll out a locally organised Criminal Assets Bureau as piloted in Store Street in Dublin 2 in February 2016; and if expanding and...
    • Garda Data
      28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each station in County Mayo on 31 March 2011 and on 31 March...
    • Garda Station Closures
      29. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to request the Policing Authority to review the dispersement of Garda Síochána stations and to assess the impact of the closure of Rush...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
      31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the performance of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission in its role as a confidential recipient; if she will...
    • Garda Data
      32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the net increase in the number of gardaí in the Garda Síochána districts of Gort, Loughrea, Tuam and Ballinasloe in County Galway...
    • Direct Provision System
      33. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to end direct provision following the United Nations Universal Periodic Review. [10142/16]
    • Constitutional Amendments
      34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality given the Constitution only recognises the family unit as a married family, when unmarried couples and single parent families in particular will...
    • Legislative Measures
      35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider introducing legislation to rebalance liability when an accident occurs, notwithstanding the separation of the Judiciary and...
    • Direct Provision System
      36. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform or abolish direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10140/16]
    • Commissions of Investigation
      37. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the findings of the O'Higgins Commission of Investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10137/16]
    • Direct Provision System
      38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has implemented each of the 173 recommendations of the Mc Mahon report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10133/16]
    • Stardust Fire
      39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to acknowledge the new evidence that was presented to her before the dissolution of the 31st Dáil in relation to the cause of the fire in the...
    • Garda Vehicles
      40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Garda Síochána districts in east County Galway will receive the full allocation of vehicles; and if she will make a statement...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to her announcement in September 2015, to comment on Ireland's progress of resettling refugees; her engagement with the Department of...
    • Visa Applications
      42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the processing times for European Union treaty rights visa applications for qualifying family members; and the steps she is taking to ensure...
    • Human Rights Issues
      43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the proceedings from the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of Ireland's human rights record; and if she will make a statement...
    • Missing Persons
      44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to open an investigation into the disappearance and death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10139/16]
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to introduce legislative provisions in the forthcoming legislation amending the powers of the Criminal Assets Bureau to direct moneys seized by...
    • Garda Data
      46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each station in the Dublin metropolitan region northern division on 31 March 2011...
    • Garda Strength
      47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she will take to ensure Garda numbers will rise to 15,000 over five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9972/16]
    • Garda Investigations
      48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a Garda Síochána investigation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9997/16]
    • Garda Data
      49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each station in north County Cork on 31 March 2011 and on 31 March 2016; and if she...
    • Gangland Crime
      50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to combat the growing incidents of gang warfare; if the authorities are aware of the names of the members of the criminal...
    • Garda Data
      51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each station in west County Cork on 31 March 2011 and on 31 March 2016; and if she...
    • Legislative Measures
      53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce new legislative measures to target gangland crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9970/16]
    • Garda Data
      54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each station in County Tipperary on 31 March 2011 and on 31 March 2016; and if she...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views in relation to the difficulties being experienced by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission in investigating the allegations...
    • Garda Recruitment
      57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the net increase in the number of members of An Garda Síochána in the Dublin metropolitan region southern and eastern divisions that...
    • Garda Station Closures
      59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to request the Policing Authority to review the dispersement of Garda stations and to assess the impact of station closures in County Wexford...
    • Departmental Agencies Reports
      60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has been no Reception and Integration Agency monthly report since September 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Stations
      61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will ask the Policing Authority to oversee a review of the dispersement of Garda stations in rural areas; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Data
      63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each station in County Waterford on 31 March 2011 and on 31 March...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the level of engagement she has had with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on special measures that could be taken when...
    • Garda Data
      65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each station in Counties Sligo and Leitrim on 31 March 2011 and...
    • Garda Station Opening Hours
      66. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of concerns regarding the opening times for Cabra Garda station; if the station will revert to 24-hour opening; and if she will...
    • Immigration Data
      67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of immigrants that Ireland has received from Syria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9986/16]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Constitutional Amendments
      68. To ask the Taoiseach the Minister responsible for setting up the citizens' assembly relating to the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution; how representatives and members of the assembly will...
    • Constitutional Convention Recommendations
      69. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the reports of the Constitutional Convention from the Thirty-First Dáil Éireann and if he will bring them before the new Dáil Éireann,...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Operations
      70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed penalty notices issued to cyclists since the commencement of the Road Traffic Act 2015 by the alleged offences for which these...
    • Direct Provision Data
      71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children currently resident in Mosney direct provision centre and the number of children resident there for the past five years....
    • Immigration Status
      72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recourse is available to a person (details supplied) who has been declined an appeal for a visa application. [10556/16]
    • Refugee Status Applications
      73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a person (details supplied) who has applied for refugee status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9352/16]
    • Garda Investigations
      74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to direct an inquest into the death of a person (details supplied) in accordance with section 23 of the Coroners Act 1962. [9355/16]
    • Family Reunification
      75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether the services the Office of Refugee Applications Commissioner provides to persons seeking reunification with families abroad...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to establish an independent public enquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9393/16]
    • Garda Operations
      79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána will return to a surviving spouse a sum of money which was recovered from a deceased person (details supplied); and...
    • Legislative Programme
      81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; if the regulator has been established, the name of the regulator; and the procedure for...
    • Charities Regulation
      82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the operation of the Charities Regulatory Authority, including the number of applicants awaiting registration; the average length of...
    • Legal Aid Service Reform
      83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to review the circumstances and policies surrounding the allocation of free legal aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9538/16]
    • Garda Reserve
      84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reservists who have applied and who have been accepted to An Garda Síochána since the inception of the recruitment...
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the condition of Tralee courthouse in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9569/16]
    • Garda Reserve
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to support the establishment of a representative association for Garda Síochána reservists; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Recruitment
      92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refusals which were appealed in respect of recruitment to An Garda Síochána in 2016; the number not replied to; and if she...
    • Garda Deployment
      93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to augment the strength of An Garda Síochána throughout County Kildare especially in those areas which have experienced increased levels...
    • Garda Operations
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she monitors the activities of criminal gangs throughout County Kildare and other counties adjacent to County Dublin; if she is satisfied with...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her efforts in conjunction with other Departments and State agencies in implementing the comprehensive employment strategy for people with...
    • Garda Station Closures
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations closed in the Sligo-Leitrim division between January 2008 and January 2016; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected status of an application for permission to remain by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Operations
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hours each week where both counties Sligo and Leitrim are visited by the regional armed support units; the number of counties these...
    • Garda Accommodation
      99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a project (details supplied) including when it will proceed to the next stage, when the tendering process will commence, the...
    • Garda Data
      100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women who are members of An Garda Síochána; the extent to which this number as a percentage of the force has fluctuated...
    • Legal Aid Service Reform
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a legislative change to prohibit sitting Teachtaí Dála from receiving free legal aid; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Garda Operations
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Operation Thor has been a success since its introduction; the number of persons arrested and charged while the operation has been ongoing; and...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her efforts to speed up the backlog in applications for vetting by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Paternity Leave
      104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will introduce paternity leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9372/16]
    • Visa Applications
      105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to expedite an application for a visa by a person (details supplied). [9484/16]
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Awards
      107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts she will make to expedite an appeal submitted to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal by a person (details supplied) in 2012;...
    • Prison Staff
      108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Prison Service will recruit staff in the near future and the procedures to be used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9832/16]
    • Private Security Authority Administration
      109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify the excessive cost for those who want to complete the Private Security Authority course to receive a door licence for security work;...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of forensic accountants the Criminal Assets Bureau employs; and the steps she intends to take to improve the situation. [9895/16]
    • Foreshore Issues
      111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Number 263 of 14 April 2016 and given that acting on legal advice received from the office of the Attorney...
    • Legislative Programme
      112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the criminal justice (corruption) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9904/16]
    • Domestic Violence
      114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the further steps she must take for Ireland to ratify the Istanbul Convention on combatting domestic violence; and if she will make a statement...
    • Legislative Programme
      115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to prioritise the passage of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9928/16]
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9953/16]
    • Legislative Programme
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when she will review the proposals contained in the Brighter Evenings Bill 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9958/16]
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 4 May 2016, the timeframe by which inquiries with external agencies regarding a person (details...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to request the office for promotion of migrant integration to enable access by the Amal Group of the Dublin Islamic Foundation of Ireland to the...
    • Asylum Applications
      122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for asylum by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10069/16]
    • Crime Data
      123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of home break-ins and response times within the past 36 months in Dundalk, Drogheda, Dunleer, Ardee and Clogherhead in County Louth in...
    • Residency Permits
      124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for residency status by persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10191/16]
    • Visa Applications
      125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a visa by a person (details supplied). [10194/16]
    • Legislative Programme
      126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the mediation Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10218/16]
    • Gangland Crime
      127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her actions to tackle recent gangland feuding between criminal gangs across County Dublin, including the resources being spent; and if she will...
    • Miscarriages of Justice
      128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to a television programme (details supplied) regarding the miscarriages of justice in the Sallins mail train robbery case, her plans to...
    • Community Policing
      130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to strengthen and re-inforce community policing by An Garda Síochána as the core approach of all police work, based on visibility on...
    • Misuse of Drugs
      131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her role in tackling the endemic and intergenerational disadvantage that allows the drugs trade to flourish, and in the review of the national...
    • Bail Law
      132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend bail conditions. [10376/16]
    • Legal Services Regulation
      133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce a public defender system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10377/16]
    • Direct Provision System
      134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality how she will implement the key recommendations of the report of the working group on the protection process, including direct provision and...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 20 April 2016 when she will provide the information promised on appointments to State boards,...
    • Garda Station Closures
      136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to include Whitehall Garda station in any review of station closures. [10430/16]
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of refurbishing or upgrading equipment in Malahide, Howth and Raheny Garda stations in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date; and if...
    • Garda Training
      138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána who participated in the advanced driving courses in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date;...
    • Legislative Programme
      139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the Harmful and Malicious Electronic Communications Bill 2015. [10491/16]
    • Citizenship Applications
      140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10525/16]
    • Immigration Policy
      141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the new permission to reside income thresholds for retirees from the US apply to persons who have purchased homes in Ireland; and if she will...
    • Visa Applications
      142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the delays in processing applications for join or accompany EU family member C visas by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service are...
    • Garda Station Closures
      143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the downgrading of Gorey Garda station will be the subject of the proposed review of the closure of Garda stations under the programme for...
    • Visa Applications
      144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to assist with an issue (details supplied) regarding a visa application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10595/16]
    • Legal Services Regulation
      145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address the urgent need to introduce stricter regulations around the practice of receivership and associated State offices such as...
    • Garda Resources
      146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if adequate resources remain available to An Garda Síochána to combat the activities of criminal gangs throughout the country; if any...
    • Garda Strength
      147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current strength of An Garda Síochána, its strength at its peak over the past ten years and its anticipated peak over the next five...
    • Prisoner Releases
      151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners currently released under the various forms of early release; the number re-incarcerated in the past 12 months following...
    • Garda Station Closures
      152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of Garda Síochána stations to be re-opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10625/16]
    • Deportation Orders Data
      153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unsuccessful asylum seekers or illegal immigrants deported in the past 12 months with particular reference to those who had been in...
    • Garda Policing Plans
      154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to modernise An Garda Síochána and to adopt best international practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Crime Levels
      156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the various categories of crime have fluctuated in the divisions and districts in County Kildare in each of the past five...
    • Missing Persons
      158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if adequate resources are available to a dedicated section within An Garda Síochána in respect of missing persons; the number of...
    • Garda Investigations
      159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which resources remain available for the pursuit of so-called cold cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10632/16]
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if rehabilitative training is available to all first-time offenders in prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10633/16]
    • Spent Convictions Legislation
      161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to consider a review of the spent convictions legislation and the removal of minor driving offences from the records of persons in a period less...
    • Human Trafficking
      164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the second national action plan to combat human trafficking which was promised four years ago and which currently exists in...
    • Garda Promotions
      166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will fill vacancies at the rank of sergeant, inspector, superintendent and chief superintendent in the Garda Síochána in the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Motor Insurance
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of insurance companies which do not provide commercial car insurance quotes due to a person residing outside of the State for two or more...
    • Carbon Tax Exemptions
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will remove carbon tax on peat products (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10566/16]
    • Insurance Coverage
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure that persons who have suffered from flooding in an area (details supplied) will get adequate house insurance; and if he will...
    • Tax Collection
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of persons (details supplied) who are in tax arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9370/16]
    • Insurance Costs
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to deal with the prohibitively high increases in insurance premiums for small businesses and individual drivers; if the increases in...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance to mandate the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund to divest itself of fossil fuel investments; if maintaining these investments is counter to the Government's...
    • VAT Exemptions
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances in which equipment and house adaptations for persons with disabilities are exempt from VAT, or for which the VAT is refundable; the type of...
    • Tax Relief Application
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance if there were instances over the past 15 years where the Revenue Commissioners formally approved relief to a tax payer who had worked abroad for a State...
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance further to his previous assertion that the estimated cost attached to the real estate investment trust scheme relates not to an exemption from tax but rather...
    • Tax Yield
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have paid the domicile levy and the corresponding amount raised since its introduction by year in tabular form. [9455/16]
    • Stability Programme Data
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes he has made to the stability programme update following the recent debate in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Extension
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements for taxpayers receiving tax relief at source on mortgage interest payments from 2017 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Data
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance the fiscal space available in 2017 if tax bands and credits are indexed and if they are not indexed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9588/16]
    • Budget Targets
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will confirm a change to Ireland’s medium-term budgetary objective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9592/16]
    • Tax Exemptions
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance why a person (details supplied) is not exempt from vehicle registration tax on a car and if the proof submitted to the local office of the Revenue...
    • Regional Development Initiatives
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposed Atlantic economic corridor; if he will introduce new tax reduction measures for Sligo, Leitrim and other counties in the zone to...
    • EU Budget Contribution
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance the historic contributions to the EU budget in monetary value for each of the years 2006 to 2015 in tabular form. [9596/16]
    • Gross National Income
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected growth in gross national income in both monetary value and percentage terms for each of the years 2016 to 2021 in tabular form. [9594/16]
    • Commercial Property
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance how he will help to rectify the situation whereby retail and commercial units remain empty in many rural towns and villages; if new taxes for the owners of...
    • Living City Initiative
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance to include Sligo in the living city initiative scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9654/16]
    • Tax Yield
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of tax on fuel collected in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9682/16]
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance the employment status of persons working for a company (details supplied); if their employment is deemed to be contract or self-employment; and if Department...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Application
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter raised by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9702/16]
    • Tax Rebates
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied). [9773/16]
    • Economic Data
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that economic progress will continue; if the cost base is and will remain competitive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9762/16]
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is monitoring the implications for this jurisdiction of an exit by the UK from the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9763/16]
    • Vehicle Registration
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance the waiting time for vehicle registration for cars in County Donegal and his plans to improve this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9793/16]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance further to his response at the Committee on Housing and Homelessness to this Deputy's question regarding flexibility in the fiscal rules for capital...
    • Tax Rebates
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will issue a refund of Value Added Tax, further to an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Economic Risks
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has undertaken a risk assessment on the potential effect of the Presidential election in the United States of America on the economy...
    • Debt Restructuring
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the lending institutions are taking sufficient steps to engage with borrowers and their mediators, with particular reference to the...
    • Insurance Industry
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the payment of claims due by Setanta Insurance following the recent High Court ruling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10172/16]
    • Tax Data
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax the Exchequer received from the carbon tax in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10206/16]
    • Tax Registration
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will complete the registration for tax of a voluntary company (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Relief Data
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual amount of tax relief provided, claimed and the associated number of items donated, for each year between 2000 and 2015 inclusive, in tabular form...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue office at the Millennium Centre in Dundalk, County Louth is to be closed to the public from 2 September 2016; the number of persons who have...
    • Tax Exemptions
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of introducing an exemption from property tax for those on incomes below €14,000 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Property Tax
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of abolishing the 4% interest rate for those who choose to defer payment of the property tax under the current system; and if he will make a...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance the Central Bank's holding of non-Irish assets at the end of each of the years 2007 to 2015; the acquisition and disposal of such assets in each of the years...
    • Tax Relief Data
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance the savings to be made by withdrawing tax relief on private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10361/16]
    • Tax Data
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be gained through the introduction of a sugary drinks tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10362/16]
    • Tax Relief Costs
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the rent-a-room relief scheme after the income limit was increased from €12,000 to €13,750; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Employment Rights
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance to review the rates of travel, subsistence and overnight accommodation allowable to workers who must work away from home within the State (details supplied);...
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of a reduction in Value Added Tax from 23% to 21%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10557/16]
    • Banking Sector
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10561/16]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide assistance to a person (details supplied) to allow the payment of Pay Related Social Insurance, PRSI, contributions for 2004 and 2009; and if he...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance to bring non-bank lenders within the terms of the Mortgage Arrears Resolution Targets; his plans to deal with very high long-term arrears in this sector; and...
    • One-Parent Family Payment
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the difficulties caused to parents from changes to the single person child carer credit; if he will review the rules governing the...
    • Credit Union Restructuring
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the work of the Credit Union Restructuring Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10642/16]
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Capital
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cash held by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund; his plans to deploy this cash; if he will use it to support the provision of social housing;...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the status of the special liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, including when it will be complete and the return to the State,...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the status of the formal investigation by the European Commission into Ireland's corporation tax arrangements with a company (details supplied);...
    • Mortgage Applications Approvals
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of a continuous fall in recent months in the number of mortgage approvals, in particular for first-time buyers; the action he will take to...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the level of draw-down of loans to developers for residential housing-related projects from the joint venture fund established in 2015 by the...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his plans to legislate to clearly distinguish the role of the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland and the Insurance Compensation Fund; and if he will...
    • Property Tax Administration
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his views on the implementation of the Thornhill report on the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10649/16]
    • Tax Collection
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his views on the level of tax compliance, including whether it can be increased by providing the Revenue Commissioners with additional resources;...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is pursuing the retrospective recapitalisation of the banking sector; his plans for disposal of bank assets; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Exemptions
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his plans to review capital acquisition tax thresholds given rising asset prices, especially in residential property; and if he will make a...
    • Programme for Government
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will establish the rainy day fund and the rules that will govern it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10653/16]
    • Tax Relief Availability
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his views on the current penal tax regime that applies to deposit and pension savings which discourage persons from making provision for their...
    • Property Tax
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the legal relationship between the household charge and the local property tax and the basis on which the household charge is now collected through...
    • Credit Union Fund
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance to direct the Central Bank to develop a framework with the credit union movement to realise the potential of section 44 of the Credit Union Act 1997 for...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his views on expanding the reach of the Dormant Accounts Acts to include the credit union movement; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Commemorative Events
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9854/16]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider an amendment to the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 for cases to be re-examined which have considerable new information...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that retired teachers of woodwork and building studies who qualified in 1980 and who worked in schools run by a vocational...
    • Education Policy
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to issue a final response to an issue (detail supplied) referred to his office in September 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will issue a final reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9365/16]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to support and expedite an application for an extension by a school (details supplied) given the urgency expressed by the board of management....
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to request the Teaching Council to review its proposal to abolish regulation 3, which gives full recognition to Montessori teachers to teach all...
    • Summer Works Scheme Expenditure
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to make further funding available under the summer works scheme 2016 prior to June 2016; and when he will make an announcement on the matter....
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of the Teaching Council's review of the Teaching Council (Registration) Regulations 2009 under the Teaching Council Acts;...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why he declined funding for the resurfacing of a yard at a school (details supplied) given the serious health and safety issues outlined in the...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide without delay a person's (details supplied) sick leave record from its earliest date and the personal record of the person's temporary...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reverse the decision to further cut the allocation of special needs assistants at a school (details supplied) in County Cork, leaving it with...
    • State Examinations Commission
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a reader for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9485/16]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of an application for additional accommodation at Kilkenny College (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, including whether...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to expedite and approve a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied). [9471/16]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address pay inequality among new entrant primary school teachers; to re-instate allowances for additional qualifications; and if he will make...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of a school project (details supplied); to meet the board of management to finalise plans; and if he will make a statement...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide funding to assist a third level student with a placement which is to be undertaken in Europe as part of a course; and if he will make...
    • School Curriculum
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the consultation that took place in advance of the change in cycling training for primary schools that is funded through the Road...
    • State Examinations Reviews
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of the implementation of the junior cycle reform, including the issue of revised correction arrangements and additional...
    • School Staff
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to expedite and approve an additional teacher for a school (details supplied), based on the detailed information submitted. [9487/16]
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of a situation in a school (details supplied) where during the course of renovations to its playground it was discovered that the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of the progression of a new school build (details supplied) scheduled to be constructed in 2015; the reason for the delay;...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will issue a roll number to a centre for autism (details supplied) in Carrigaline in County Cork which has submitted an application for a...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of new special needs assistants he is allocating to counties Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Donegal out of the 610 announced in...
    • Summer Works Scheme Eligibility
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to accept a late application for electrical works from a school under the summer works scheme which missed the deadline due to a genuine...
    • School Staff
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of the moratorium on posts of responsibility within schools, including his plans to change this; and if he will make a...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of the review of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme. [9697/16]
    • Teacher Redeployment
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the challenges facing teachers under the existing panel process who are seeking redeployment to a different location; to amend...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why the level 7 course in childcare run by Carlow Institute of Technology which has been sanctioned by the Department of Children and Youth...
    • School Patronage
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the progress he has made on the forum on patronage and pluralism recommendation for a protocol for an inclusive school; the section in...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a school (details supplied) has received no communication in response to its application for an upgrade of its electrical system under the...
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the proposed changes to the SOLAS tendering process for contracted training; if the key determining factor in the tendering...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications Data
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of students in receipt of Student Universal Support Ireland support in County Dublin and elsewhere, in each of the years...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate additional educational assessments for dyspraxia to primary schools, given that the waiting list for pupils in County Donegal...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review procedures for parents to access teachers under the July provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9718/16]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of persons (details supplied) who were late in applying to the redress board; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Education Welfare Service
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of homeless children in primary and in secondary level education. [9409/16]
    • School Staff
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary school teachers recruited in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9785/16]
    • Teacher Training Provision
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all teachers should be trained in first aid and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation; if he should provide a training day in every school to...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 4 May 2016, when he will commence construction at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • School Patronage
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a transfer of patronage by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9879/16]
    • Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the concerns that grade comparisons may be working at a disadvantage to Northern Ireland students and if he will resolve this...
    • Schools Building Projects
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to provide a permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9884/16]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a secondary school for the Pelletstown area of Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9885/16]
    • School Staff
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to accept an appeal from a school (details supplied) further to the loss of two teaching posts on the grounds that its rooms are too small to...
    • School Accommodation
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will build a secondary school in Enfield, County Meath. [9946/16]
    • State Examinations
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review a case, to provide reasonable accommodations for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he provides funds to assist students with fees in Northern Ireland; if there are European Union funds that a student can apply directly for;...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be no further reductions in the learning support services in schools in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Examinations
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that a person (details supplied) is being refused a reader for the leaving certificate examination in June 2016, despite having...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will make a decision on the allocation of moneys for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received an application for an extension from a school (details supplied) and the timeframe for awarding the funds. [10169/16]
    • Preschool Services
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 561 of 17 December 2015, to outline in more detail the complex issues that need to be considered in respect...
    • School Patronage
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10179/16]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the refurbishment and provision of an extension for the Portmarnock community school in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in County Roscommon and in east County Galway which applied and which received grants under the summer works scheme. [10215/16]
    • Schools Complaints Procedures
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of allegations of bullying and financial and professional misconduct as reported by a person (details supplied) under the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will commence on-site work on the replacement building for Clifden community school in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he...
    • Scéim na nOibreacha Samhraidh
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a cheadófar an chuid eile de na tograí faoin scéim na noibreacha samhraidh do 2016; cén líon tograí...
    • Foirne Scoile
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aige athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar an gcóimheas daltaí le múinteoir do scoláirí i...
    • Religious Discrimination
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure the requirement that faith formation in State funded schools is confined to a distinct period of time, not permeated throughout the...
    • School Patronage
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to diversify patronage arrangements in order that it is easier for schools to change patrons while continuing to increase the number of...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that the application for full planning permission for a school (details supplied) would reflect the current demand of enrolment, that...
    • State Examinations
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a consultant's letter is needed to claim reasonable accommodations at the certificate examinations for a person (details supplied) [10388/16]
    • School Staff
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to be on the supplementary panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Examinations
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide reasonable accommodations to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10431/16]
    • Schools Building Projects
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his progress in providing the proposed two new schools at Maynooth Education Campus on Moyglare Road, Maynooth, County Kildare; if the tenders...
    • School Transport Data
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school pupils who avail of the school transport scheme in County Kildare and the cost of providing this in each of the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned extension of a school (details supplied) including a timeline for the work; if he will expand this school into a...
    • School Transport Provision
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 405 and 406 of 26 April 2016, the date of the first time Bus Éireann informed his Department and the...
    • Schools Designation
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to designate island status to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10488/16]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed new development for a school (details supplied) which is included in the capital programme; to permit the project to...
    • School Transport Provision
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to a previous parliamentary question and the definition of a "distinct locality", the minimum number of ten children to form the basis of...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to publish the review of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme commissioned by his predecessor; and if he will make a...
    • School Enrolments
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to re-examine the enrolment situation for 2016-17 in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10524/16]
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expand the safe pass tutor accreditation programme so that the pool of accredited safe pass training establishments may be...
    • Technological Universities
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what the mission of new technological universities is proposed to be and how this differs from both a traditional university and from an...
    • School Accommodation
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10552/16]
    • School Staff
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to immediately address the unequal salary position for teachers who entered the profession post-February 2012 (details supplied); and if he will...
    • State Examinations Reviews
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and percentage of teachers who have fully engaged in training for the new junior cycle curriculum and assessment; the number of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to assist with an issue (details supplied) regarding the permanent location of the school. [10596/16]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a national school (details supplied) will open in September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10599/16]
    • School Staff
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal by a school (details supplied) will be successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10601/16]
    • School Enrolments
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the shortage of primary school places in Gorey in County Wexford; his long-term plans to address the demographic challenge that...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a new school building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10659/16]
    • Disability Services Provision
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the alternative arrangements on behalf of Down Syndrome Ireland in the event of the closure of its literacy classes at the Mater Dei Institute of...
    • Education Schemes
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide additional places (details supplied) for mainstream children who need extra curricular help under the July provision . [10691/16]
    • State Examinations
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) and arrange for the provision of a reader to provide a fair opportunity to this person to...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a way that the calculation of travel distance could be subject to a physical measurement in relation to a Student Universal Support...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Mortgage Data
      347. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households in mortgage arrears with commercial lending institutions that have been moved from mortgages to a...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      348. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the revision of the 2006 Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government wind...
    • Water Charges
      349. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the financial relief he will provide to persons on group water schemes now that water charges have been abolished for...
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
      351. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the meaningful supports he will introduce for employment in the voluntary community social enterprise area, in particular...
    • Departmental Funding
      352. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered implementing the proposals contained within the Let's Commission for Communities document. [10327/16]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      353. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department has taken over the past five years to ensure an adequate supply of social housing is available...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      354. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the provisions in place to meet the needs of the Traveller families who were evicted from the sports car park in Dundalk...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      355. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide funding for the provision of a traffic warden at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Electromagnetic Fields Studies
      357. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that electric and magnetic fields can adversely impact physical health; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Provision
      359. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the relief measures available for first-time house purchasers. [10821/16]
    • Motor Tax
      360. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to amend the taxation rates of private motor vehicles and base them on certified emissions values by national car test...
    • Planning Issues
      361. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if new apartment minimum sizes, specified in a publication by his Department entitled 'Sustainable Urban Housing: Design...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      362. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to amend existing eligibility requirements concerning income which is considered assessable for the purposes of the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      364. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units to be built in 2016, by county and city borough; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Emergency Accommodation Data
      365. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the emergency accommodation beds available for persons experiencing homelessness, by local authority, in tabular form; and...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      366. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will make a decision on an application (details supplied) forwarded by Galway County Council for funding for a...
    • Waste Management
      367. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the nature of discussions that have taken place between his Department and groups representing persons with special needs...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      368. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a sewerage scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9464/16]
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      369. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding he has allocated for the regeneration of the Cranmore project in County Sligo; when the project will be...
    • Pyrite Issues
      370. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding he has allocated for the regeneration of the Cranmore Project in County Sligo; when the project will be...
    • Rural Development Policy
      373. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is concerned at the extent of derelict or semi-derelict gaps in the street scape of cities, towns and villages, with...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      374. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will allocate resources to Meath County Council to enable it to process non-medical priority applications under...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      375. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of difficulties landlords have had in availing of house insurance if they are to take part in local...
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      377. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of his report into the fire at Millfield Manor in Newbridge, County Kildare as a case study; when he will...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      378. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will include Castleisland in County Kerry under the town centre renewal scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      379. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the position of tenants in housing association properties is now disimproved by the application of the Residential...
    • Student Accommodation
      380. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 4 May 2016, the outcome of his meeting with the students' union in the...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      381. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 463 of 20 April 2016, the number of housing units that have been constructed as part...
    • Leader Programmes
      383. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date of commencement of the new Leader programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9672/16]
    • Local Authority Services
      384. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to increase the number of county councillors in local authorities which have less than 20 councillors; if it is...
    • Climate Change Policy
      386. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he can ensure adequate economic growth while at the same time meeting carbon emission requirements; and if he will make...
    • Seanad Elections
      387. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he can enact the seventh amendment to the Constitution and extend the voting franchise for the university panels of...
    • Water Services
      388. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Commission for Energy Regulation will unveil the new pricing strategy for water supply connections for...
    • Motor Tax Rates
      389. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue lost due to the introduction of the new and welcome higher goods vehicle taxation bands; and if he will make a...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      392. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the proposed sewage treatment plant in Omeath which is to begin in 2017 and to confirm that it will go ahead...
    • Irish Water Expenditure
      393. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of Irish Water’s new ten-year office lease, including why cheaper rental locations in, and outside,...
    • Irish Water Staff
      394. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the retirement plan of the former managing director of Irish Water, including the specific sum this person...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      396. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 21 April 2016, if he records the level of Exchequer funding allocated to...
    • An Bord Pleanála Review
      398. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if is he satisfied with the outcome of the review into An Bord Pleanála that was commissioned in August 2015 and...
    • Seirbhísí Uisce
      400. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government an bhfuil sé i gceist aige cúnamh breise a chur ar fáil do ghrúpscéimeanna uisce agus do dhaoine...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      401. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide funds in 2016 for new sewerage distribution and treatment plants in towns and villages that do not have these...
    • Local Government Fund
      405. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the entitlements of County Limerick Teachtaí Dála in respect of Limerick City and County Council given the...
    • Constitutional Convention Recommendations
      406. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will promote the right to housing as part of the economic, social and cultural rights approach to the long-term...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      407. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to report to Dáil Éireann on the number of persons who will be housed by local authority and by area in 2016 in...
    • Commercial Rates
      408. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to examine the issue of outstanding commercial rates due to Louth County Council with a view to introducing a scheme or an...
    • Irish Water Data
      409. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of reimbursing persons who have paid their domestic water charges to Uisce Éireann, net of the amount paid...
    • Water Charges
      410. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will suspend domestic water charges and if he will do so retrospective to the formation of this Government or to...
    • National Spatial Strategy
      411. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding his Department has allocated to Sligo County Council since 2002 towards implementing Gateway City status under...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      412. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding requested and provided for Traveller accommodation facilities and the drawdown, by local authority, for each...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      413. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which approved housing bodies had a role in determining the suitability of properties the National Asset...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      414. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether parents with joint custody and a social housing eligibility is entitled to be placed on the housing...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      415. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have been refused entry onto the Meath social housing waiting list over the past five years, in...
    • Foreshore Issues
      416. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the legal advice referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 860 of 13 January 2016 in regard to a...
    • Building Regulations
      417. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the contact name and address of the person on the mica expert panel to whom correspondence can be sent; and if he will...
    • Legislative Measures
      418. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the provisions in legislation that permit board members of Irish Water to purchase shares in a personal capacity and the...
    • Household Charge Administration
      419. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to investigate and allow a household charge waiver for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      420. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the Carlow boundary review committee including when he will receive its report; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Finances
      421. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide the most recent financial statement in respect of the local authority protection insurance scheme which is...
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      423. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of serious health and safety defects found in homes in Ceol na Mara in Kill, County Waterford, if the homes...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      424. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of reports of waste water and sewage openly flowing onto the beach at Doldrum Bay in Howth, County Dublin,...
    • Motor Tax Yield
      425. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue he raises from motor taxation; how much of this revenue goes to Irish Water; and if he will make a statement...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants
      426. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the key features of the grant scheme for the replacement of lead pipes and fillings within the boundaries of a household...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility
      427. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to confirm the maximum value of a house under which it will be eligible under the mortgage-to-rent scheme. [9819/16]
    • Credit Union Lending
      430. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his position on the proposal by the Irish League of Credit Unions to provide loan finance for the provision of social...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Disability Support Services Funding
      431. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to reinstate funding to Inclusion Ireland for the walk peer project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9449/16]
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      432. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on a case (details supplied); and if he will allow the person an extra year up to retirement age. [10738/16]
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Eligibility
      433. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to make a statement on a matter (details supplied) regarding rented accommodation and rent caps. [9351/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      434. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme including if he will expedite and approve it. [9417/16]
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      435. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to extend the free fuel scheme, given the cold weather which is causing hardship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9373/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      436. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9380/16]
    • Pensions Legislation
      438. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for the 0.3% reduction in deferred scheme benefits emanating from SI No. 15 of 2016 which resulted in a further deterioration in...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      439. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to backdate to February 2009 the claim of a person (details supplied) who has been deemed eligible again under the disability allowance scheme, the...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      440. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9450/16]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      441. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      442. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme including if he will expedite and approve it. [9448/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      443. 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [9481/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      444. 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [9482/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments
      445. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9447/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      446. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status and purpose of a review (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [9474/16]
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      447. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) was entitled to an alternative support or payment from his Department during the period in which the person incurred...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      448. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of the back to education allowance can work during the summer without it affecting the person's payment on returning to...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      449. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to provide a person (details supplied) with an opportunity to appeal an overpayment so that a full review of the circumstances can take place, given...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      450. 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [9495/16]
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals
      455. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has made a decision on an appeal by persons (details supplied) under the State pension (non-contributory) scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      456. 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [9531/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      457. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9618/16]
    • Family Income Supplement Appeals
      458. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the family income supplement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      459. 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [9504/16]
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      471. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will allow a person (details supplied) to continue involvement in a community employment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      473. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      474. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      480. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will issue a decision to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9557/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      481. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Youth Guarantee
      482. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why young persons on a disability payment from his Department are excluded from the Youth Guarantee and why Ireland is the only country in Europe to...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      483. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9560/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      484. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      485. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will issue a decision to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9561/16]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      486. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the entitlement of self-employed farmers who are put on an S stamp under the State pension (contributory) scheme; and if he will make...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      487. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; if there will be any obstacles with the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      488. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will issue a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Community Employment Schemes Administration
      489. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the person responsible for providing insurance cover for employees on job activation schemes to carry out their duties and for the use and movement...
    • National Internship Scheme Eligibility
      490. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if supplementary welfare is a qualifying payment for eligibility under the JobBridge scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9660/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      491. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on an application under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      493. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to approve an application for persons (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme and the household package scheme. [9750/16]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      494. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the result of a means test for a person (details supplied). [9749/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      495. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [9772/16]
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      496. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review the rules applied to the recruitment of community employment workers with a view to allowing ex-community employment workers to re-apply...
    • Public Services Card Authentication
      499. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to change the verification process for the public services card to facilitate applicants in having their photographs authorised and...
    • Employment Support Services
      500. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to assure those in receipt of a payment under the jobseeker's scheme or any other payment who may be eligible for supported employment due...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      501. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to change the rules relating to community employment schemes, given that there are barriers to recruitment; to change the year 2000 rule for a...
    • Unemployment Data
      502. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of unemployed persons who exited the live register to a long-term labour activation programme including community employment, Tús -...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      503. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the refusal of an application by a person (details supplied) for a contributory pension; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      504. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme, including if he will expedite a positive outcome....
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      505. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of companies that have been disqualified from the JobBridge scheme following investigations by his Department, the number of recipients...
    • Family Income Supplement Data
      508. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons transitioning from the one parent family payment scheme who successfully applied for the first time under the family income...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      509. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in respect of the community employment programme, to grant extensions to existing placements beyond the maximum duration entitlement in instances...
    • Departmental Staff
      510. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures in place to ensure officials comply with the customer charter; and the actions which he can be take when an official fails to comply...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      511. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of cases in which a late claim for a social protection payment was backdated due to incorrect information having been supplied by his...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      513. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9906/16]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      514. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to immediately pay a claim awarded to a person (details supplied) on appeal to the chief appeals officer under the invalidity pension scheme; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      516. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if emergency or discretionary entitlements are available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9961/16]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      517. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the rent allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10028/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      518. 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 he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      519. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied). [10081/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      521. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme. [10097/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      522. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to resource the community employment scheme in order that it can be implemented, such as by using the €10 million European Social Fund...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      524. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why Ireland is the only country in Europe to exclude persons with disabilities from mainstream activation programmes. [10125/16]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      525. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of pensioners who have accumulated the required number of full PRSI contributions that should entitle them to a full State pension...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      526. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) was eligible for an alternative payment at the same time an alleged overpayment accrued under the family income...
    • Family Income Supplement Payments
      527. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the family income supplement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      528. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the carer’s allowance scheme and if a medical report was attached with the...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      529. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of contributions paid by a person (details supplied) to date which he will take into account in determining eligibility for a State...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      530. 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 he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      531. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal by a person (details supplied) was lodged; when he will schedule an oral hearing; how long it takes to determine an appeal; and if he...
    • Widow's Pension Applications
      532. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the award of a widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's (non-contributory) pension to a person (details supplied), including...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Appeals
      533. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has made a decision on an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the State pension (contributory) scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      534. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has made a decision on an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      535. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why the rent allowance scheme contact telephone line and e-mail address have been down for over two months; and to reactivate this facility as a...
    • National Internship Scheme Administration
      536. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review the operation of the JobBridge programme, given the consistent rumours that unscrupulous employers are abusing it to avail of cheap labour...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      537. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department ever received an application from a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme; the date the most recent...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      538. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 14 April 2016, when he will issue a decision to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      539. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 14 April 2016, when he will issue a decision to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Applications
      540. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will finalise an application for a person (details supplied) under the old aged mixed insurance contributory pension scheme; and if he will...
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      541. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will finalise an application for a person (details supplied) under the family income supplement scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      542. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite payment to a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10319/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      543. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will issue a decision to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10330/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      544. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to consider a person who is receipt of a State pension and a carer's allowance for a full rate of payment under the carer's allowance scheme; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
      545. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the State pension by €5 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10337/16]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      550. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the savings accrued by changing the PRSI contribution eligibility criteria for the State pension in September 2012; and if he will make a statement...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      551. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10384/16]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      553. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details regarding the pro rata contributory pension and the requirements to meet such a pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      554. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if parents with joint custody and an entitlement under the rent supplement scheme should also be entitled to receive payments under the scheme to...
    • National Internship Scheme Eligibility
      555. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an adult dependant under the disability allowance scheme can qualify for an internship under the JobBridge programme; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      556. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to grant a person (details supplied) an appeal in respect of a disallowance under the disability allowance scheme, given that at the time of the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      558. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [10479/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      559. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to approve an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme as a matter of urgency. [10494/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      560. 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [10523/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
      561. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the timeline for processing applications under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10530/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
      562. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the timeline for processing applications under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10531/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      563. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme, including the timeframe for a decision; if...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      564. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme, including the timeframe for a decision; if he is...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      565. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the processing times for decisions of first instance by scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10546/16]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      566. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for a decision on appeal for all social protection payments paid on a weekly basis where there is no oral hearing and where...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      567. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 5 May 2016, the documentation now required from a person (details supplied) in respect of an...
    • Back to Work Allowance Data
      568. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications in 2015 and 2016 to date under the back to work allowance scheme; the maximum, minimum and average times it is taking to...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      569. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application under the disability allowance scheme by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      571. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      572. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10703/16]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      573. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of rent support for a person (details supplied). [10705/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
      574. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has re-examined the case of a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      575. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the full rate of carer's allowance is payable to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10707/16]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      576. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of payments to a person (details supplied) under the State pension scheme; the correct rate of payments applicable; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Syrian Conflict
      577. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the United Nations can invoke its powers to positively intervene in Syria with a view to attempting to protect the civilian population;...
    • EU Issues
      578. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if euroscepticism has featured in discussions at European Union Council level or elsewhere; his views on whether euroscepticism will...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      580. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if humanitarian aid continues to be made available in the regions throughout the globe currently most affected by conflict; if adequate...
    • Ukrainian Conflict
      581. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the situation in Ukraine continues to feature in discussions at European Union level, with particular reference to the need to maximise...
    • Safety of Irish Citizens Abroad
      582. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the international measures he is taking to enhance the protection of Irish football fans who will be travelling to France in June 2016 to...
    • Overseas Development Aid Oversight
      583. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the most recent Aid Transparency Index has placed Ireland 38th out of 46 major donors; that this is the fourth time in...
    • Departmental Staff
      584. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that staff of his Department are being penalised with regard to health insurance premiums when in the service of the State...
    • Israeli Settlements
      585. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the Israeli army is renewing its attempt to destroy two Bedouin villages (details supplied); that bulldozers could move...
    • Human Rights Cases
      586. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been imprisoned since December 2013 due to possession of banned images and...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      587. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been imprisoned in the United States of America for more than 40 years;...
    • Israeli Settlements
      588. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 26 April 2016, what the international community can do; the actions he is taking to support...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      589. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person (details supplied) will in fact be sentenced in the Courts in Egypt on 29 June 2016; if the person’s last thirteen trial...
    • Passport Services
      590. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional resources he has made available to ensure there is not undue delay in processing passport applications at this busy time of...
    • Foreign Policy
      592. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will recognise Palestine as a free, independent and sovereign state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10572/16]
    • Israeli Settlements
      593. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will comply fully with the compilation of the United Nations database of all business enterprises that have enabled or...
    • Middle East Issues
      594. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the efforts of the Turkish Government to lift the legislative immunity that is granted to Members of the Turkish...
    • Departmental Staff
      595. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that staff members of his Department are being discriminated against in terms of mortgage interest relief, special savings...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      596. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status on the proposal to upgrade the Bellurgan embankment flood defences in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Procurement Regulations (1 comment)
      597. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to increase the transparency and clarity of the public procurement regime, which is primarily determined on a lowest cost...
    • Departmental Contracts (1 comment)
      598. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 26 April 2016 (details supplied), the way in which small and medium enterprises could...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      599. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to reverse cuts to teachers' pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9525/16]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      600. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood alleviation works at Tullig, Castleisland, County Kerry, including the reason works have not been carried out...
    • Departmental Offices
      601. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the development of an Intreo centre in Tuam, County Galway, including when it will be operational; and if he will make a...
    • Central Statistics Office Staff
      602. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to ensure a public sector worker (details supplied) is granted the incremental credits due; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      603. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10168/16]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      604. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware the multi-supplier framework agreement for the provision of pest control services excludes by its conditions a large...
    • Departmental Offices
      605. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will open and put a new social protection office (details supplied) into operation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      606. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is possible to relinquish the site at Whitehall Garda station, and if works there now prevent it being converted into a Garda...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      607. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the next open competition for the post of assistant principal officer in the Civil Service will be held; and if he will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      608. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to make provision for a pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10574/16]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      609. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 28 January 2016, to detail the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Programme for Government
      610. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of measures included in the programme for Government with the cost for each commitment on an individual basis; and if he will...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Waterways Ireland Remit
      611. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the person responsible for Waterways Ireland and why he or she is allowing a full commercial development to operate on land and water...
    • Fish Imports
      612. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will follow Sweden in petitioning the European Union to list the American lobster as a foreign species, which would prohibit...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      614. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of discreet method statements she received for discreet elements of the proposed works on the N59 from Oughterard to...
    • National Museum
      615. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Spanish Armada cannons lifted from the seabed off County Sligo in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Protection Areas
      616. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the development of a site; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Heritage Sites
      617. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht arising from visits to the site by various Ministers, the financial support she will provide to the owners of Jerpoint Park, the lost...
    • Fire Safety
      618. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to supply a copy of the report on a gorse fire at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Monuments
      619. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the National Monuments Bill which was expected in late 2015 as part of the Government’s Legislative Programme...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      620. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to issue a final response to a query that was sent to her office in February 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      621. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if farmers in special areas of conservation will be permitted to clear scrub off their lands to avoid ineligible area penalties...
    • Arts in Education Charter
      622. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if targeted resources will be made available to support the arts in education, in particular for Children's Books Ireland and Poetry...
    • Departmental Funding
      623. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are plans to increase resources and support for the National Library of Ireland and the National Archives; and if she will...
  • Department of Health
    • Mother and Baby Homes Records
      625. To ask the Minister for Health how persons can access records of local authorities prior to the introduction of the health boards in relation to births that took place in mother and baby...
    • Drugs Advisory Group
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the Drugs Advisory Group. [9805/16]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      627. To ask the Minister for Health when he will commence relevant sections of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 to enable the non-biological parents of children conceived in...
    • National Children's Hospital Location
      628. To ask the Minister for Health to meet with a group (details supplied) in relation to the siting of the new children's hospital. [10094/16]
    • Garda Powers
      629. To ask the Minister for Health if it is within the remit of An Garda Síochána to investigate offences under the Mental Health Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      630. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will award financial assistance to Lisheen House in Skibbereen, County Cork, for the provision of the mental health services it...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      631. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently examine and expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9356/16]
    • Hospital Services
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the status of surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9358/16]
    • Respite Care Services
      634. To ask the Minister for Health if and for how long the practice is to continue where respite care has been reduced from seven nights per month to two nights per month and if a crisis case...
    • HSE Procurement
      635. To ask the Minister for Health to address a matter (details supplied) regarding procurement within the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9416/16]
    • Health Services
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the status of persons who suffer from fibromyalgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9381/16]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting speech and language therapy assessment, by community health area and length of time waiting, for each of the years 2010 to 2015....
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available from the Health Service Executive in the form of a grant or a provision of equipment for adapting a home for persons with a severe...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      640. To ask the Minister for Health when he will allocate the €12 million ring-fenced funding for mental health services, given that it is not being spent, as the additional staff it was...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9426/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      642. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the policy of closing facilities in Cheeverstown Hospital in Dublin 6W for severely disabled children such as in a case of a person (details...
    • Hospital Services
      643. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a medical procedure for a person (details supplied). [9486/16]
    • Health Services Funding
      645. To ask the Minister for Health if he has costed a comparison of funding the Inclusion Ireland Walk Peer Project against the access to Health Service Executive day services which would be...
    • Autism Support Services
      646. To ask the Minister for Health when he will provide full day services to young persons on the autism spectrum disorder who were left without local, full day services in north and west County...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      651. To ask the Minister for Health to publish the 2014 National Ambulance Service of Ireland emergency service and baseline capacity review; if he accepts the review's findings and if he has...
    • Hospital Services
      652. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure a person (details supplied) is granted an appointment with a surgeon; why a scheduled appointment was deferred without explanation; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      653. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the waiting times for appointments to the counselling in primary care service, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      654. To ask the Minister for Health his response to concerns being raised regarding medication management at a Dublin hospital (details supplied). [9468/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      657. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen by a paediatrics occupational therapist, given that 11 months have elapsed since the referral. [9501/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the outturn in 2015 and the projected number of home help hours to be provided in each local health office area in 2016 [9628/16]
    • Rural Practice Allowance Scheme
      659. To ask the Minister for Health when he will issue the circular outlining the new criteria for the rural practice allowance scheme to the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a...
    • Drug Trials
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the National Centre for Pharmaco-economics in relation to the full Health Technology Assessment being carried out on the new drug...
    • Hospital Services
      661. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an operation for a person (details supplied). [9503/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of funding for students leaving a school (details supplied); why the Health Service Executive has not corresponded with concerned...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      666. To ask the Minister for Health to immediately restore the funding which was cut to a project (details supplied) as it is now under-staffed and cannot take any more referrals, and yet is a...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      667. To ask the Minister for Health if the extra nurses required at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare have taken up their appointment or if this is pending; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      668. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a date for an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9535/16]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the ambulance service (details supplied) in Millstreet in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9556/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      670. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has at any time benefitted under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9581/16]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      671. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will provide treatment for a person (details supplied) who is undergoing treatment in Germany, having been informed that it is...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      672. 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. [9606/16]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the number of packages provided under the home care scheme by county from 2010 to 2016, inclusive, to date. [9550/16]
    • Hospital Closures
      676. To ask the Minister for Health the future of unit five of St. Stephen's hospital in Glanmire in County Cork, given the reports that it is due to be closed in the near future and the huge...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      680. To ask the Minister for Health to review the care plan for a person (details supplied). [9621/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      681. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a procedure in place whereby nursing home residents who are part of the fair deal scheme can be taken out of the nursing home setting and nursed at...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9632/16]
    • Medical Card Data
      684. To ask the Minister for Health the number of discretionary medical cards issued in County Wexford for each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for lottery funding by the Health Service Executive in the name of the Samaritans in counties Kilkenny and Carlow, and when he...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      686. To ask the Minister for Health why there is a seeming delay in the release of approved funds for a person (details supplied) who is in need of a residential placement; the timeline for the...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      687. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently reinstate a medical card for a person (details supplied) whose card has been withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9635/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      688. To ask the Minister for Health when he will arrange an urgent appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9643/16]
    • Medical Products
      689. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a treatment for multiple sclerosis called Lemtrada, including its availability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9658/16]
    • Hospital Charges
      690. To ask the Minister for Health to review and strike out the charges for inpatient rehabilitation care services applied by St. Columba's Hospital in Thomastown in County Kilkenny, to a person...
    • Hospital Staff
      691. To ask the Minister for Health the moneys spent by University Hospital Limerick on agency staff in each of the years 2011 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      692. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 447 of 6 April 2016, the status of the proposed provision of a fixed cardio catheterisation laboratory for Sligo...
    • Home Help Service Data
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new applications under the home help scheme who were approved but not allocated due to financial constraints in the Limerick local health office...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      694. To ask the Minister for Health when he will advertise the national lottery funding scheme for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9684/16]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      695. To ask the Minister for Health the investment he will make in the ambulance service in counties Sligo, Leitrim, south Donegal and west Cavan in 2016; if he will purchase new vehicles; and if...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Data
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost to the State of a visit to an accident and emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9686/16]
    • Ambulance Service
      697. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the Lightfoot report into the national ambulance service of Ireland emergency service baseline and capacity review which the Health...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric respiratory consultants in each paediatric centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9737/16]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      700. To ask the Minister for Health in the absence of asthma being recognised on the long-term illness scheme, to introduce subsidised asthma medication for persons under 18 years of age; and if...
    • Vaccination Programme
      701. To ask the Minister for Health to introduce free annual 'flu vaccinations for children with moderate to severe asthma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9739/16]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      702. To ask the Minister for Health not to cut the additional budget of €13.5 million allocated for primary care in the 2016 Health Service Executive service plan; and if he will make a...
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the number of officer grade positions which remain unfilled across the National Ambulance Service; the duration of the vacancies; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the medical card scheme including obstacles to it; to apply the greatest possible discretion...
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      705. To ask the Minister for Health when the criteria for officers was changed in the past few months to the lower qualification of emergency medical technician rather than the previous paramedic...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      706. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is entitled to special prescription glasses to correct an issue with sight. [9746/16]
    • Hospital Transfers
      707. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a bed at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 for a person (details supplied) who is currently in St. Luke's Hospital, in County Kilkenny. [9752/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      708. To ask the Minister for Health to arrange urgent treatment for a person (details supplied) who is on a waiting list since 2012 and was placed on a waiting list for treatment on 2 April 2014;...
    • Hospital Services
      709. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the continued use of Lourdes laundry which is attached to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda in County Louth; the Health Service...
    • Health Insurance
      710. To ask the Minister for Health if he monitors private health insurance with the objective of the continued implementation of lifetime community rating; if all insurers incur their...
    • Medical Card Data
      711. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cardholders by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9723/16]
    • Hospitals Data
      715. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries performed over the past five years by hospital by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9779/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      717. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure the Health Service Executive provides all the necessary care, assistance and financial help to persons (details supplied) who urgently require help...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      718. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will re-open the physiotherapist panel to new applicants during 2016 for potential vacancies that may arise; and if he will...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of employing eight additional consultant transplant surgeons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9783/16]
    • Dental Services Provision
      720. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to provide additional resources for dental services in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9829/16]
    • National Maternity Hospital
      721. To ask the Minister for Health his progress or that of the Health Service Executive in mediating a resolution of the dispute over governance of the co-location of the new National Maternity...
    • Hospital Facilities
      725. To ask the Minister for Health to install a kidney dialysis unit at the Mid Western Regional Hospital Ennis in order to facilitate patients from County Clare who have to travel to Counties...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      726. To ask the Minister for Health to arrange an early appointment for an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9846/16]
    • Primary Care Centres
      727. To ask the Minister for Health the status for the provision of primary health care centres for Arklow and Rathdum in County Wicklow, including the list of proposed locations being considered...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      728. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite and arrange an early date for an appointment for a person (details supplied). [9847/16]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      730. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) had to pay for a medical procedure when, if living in a different area, the person would have been covered by a medical card;...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      731. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a primary medical certificate to a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency. [9850/16]
    • Primary Care Centres Data
      732. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of primary care centres in County Kildare; the number of staff employed in each centre; if he has filled all staff positions in each...
    • Mental Health Services
      733. To ask the Minister for Health the psychiatric units providing treatment for dual diagnosis, where one is an addiction and the other a mental health diagnosis, and the units that do not, in...
    • Medicinal Products
      736. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Products Regulatory Authority, formerly the Irish Medicines Board, and the Health Service Executive had the known evidence of toxicity of...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      737. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the huge differences in prices different pharmacists are able to charge for the same prescription medicine; and if he will make a statement...
    • Home Care Packages
      738. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review cuts to packages under the home care scheme which were recently introduced following a directive from the Health Service Executive to...
    • National Children's Hospital Location
      739. To ask the Minister for Health if due consideration was given to the need to co-locate a maternity hospital with the National Children's Hospital before permission was granted for the...
    • Mental Health Services
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the grants available through local social inclusion projects to support arts and disability projects that are associated and assisting with mental health...
    • Hospital Staff
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the number of interventionist cardiologist posts in place at University Hospital Waterford; if any posts are currently vacant; the resources necessary to...
    • Hospital Services
      743. To ask the Minister for Health his views on issues raised concerning the health care provided for children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9808/16]
    • Medical Card Data
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency medical cards awarded in 2015, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9921/16]
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      745. To ask the Minister for Health if he has commenced medicine pricing negotiations with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry; the nature and broad objectives of these negotiations;...
    • HSE Data
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the local authorities and private companies from which the Health Service Executive is renting car parking spaces; and the cost per year of this arrangement...
    • Substance Misuse
      749. To ask the Minister for Health the progress he has made over the past year in legislation or regulations to prohibit the on-street and-or unregulated sale of benzodiazepine, zimovane and...
    • Mental Health Services
      750. To ask the Minister for Health why €12 million was taken from the mental health budget and put into other areas of the health service (details supplied); if he has determined why...
    • Hospital Services
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the nurse in the diabetes clinic in Tallaght Hospital in County Dublin who specialises in assisting persons with insulin pumps, including if the...
    • Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
      752. To ask the Minister for Health why the symphysiotomy payment scheme's stated terms of making every reasonable effort to return all documents submitted by applicants has not been adhered to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied). [9936/16]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      754. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents from County Kerry who were treated in adult mental health facilities in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      755. To ask the Minister for Health where he will open additional child and adolescent mental health services beds; the timescale for this; if he will provide additional beds in County Kerry; and...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      756. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of ambulance services in County Wicklow, including if there are periods for which there is a reduced service or areas where a service is not...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      758. To ask the Minister for Health to arrange an assessment of need for a person (details supplied); when the assessment will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9968/16]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      760. To ask the Minister for Health when he will make a decision on an application to include the drug kuvan sapropterin in the drug reimbursement programme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      761. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an outpatient’s appointment for Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal having been on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      762. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients referred to Ballykelly Hospital in County Derry from Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal in each of the years 2013 to...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      763. To ask the Minister for Health if he has developed and recently implemented a new policy concerning the respite care and care supports by the Health Service Executive for children in County...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      765. To ask the Minister for Health to arrange for a person (details supplied) who has been on a waiting list for surgery for more than 18 months and who was returned to the waiting list having...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      766. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a procedure in order to proceed with a long-awaited consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      768. To ask the Minister for Health if Dungloe Community Hospital has fully re-opened for new admissions; the measures he is taking to control the risk posed to patients, personnel and visitors...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      769. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the pay of student physiotherapists; if he will address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      770. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approvals issued, the number of applications outstanding and the average time taken under the fair deal scheme since September 2015, by month, by...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      771. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals for dealing with delays in nursing registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10066/16]
    • Hospital Procedures
      772. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries cancelled in emergency departments as a result of overcrowding protocols for each of the years 2014 to 2016, to date, by...
    • Hospital Facilities
      773. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure that the laundry services at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth remain in-house and will not be outsourced to a private...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      774. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for nursing support by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10072/16]
    • Vaccination Programme
      775. To ask the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive has not put provisions in place to cater for human papillomavirus vaccination casualties given that the executive has...
    • Primary Care Centres
      776. To ask the Minister for Health if he will progress the primary care centre in Banagher, County Offaly; if he has identified a suitable site for it; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services Provision
      777. To ask the Minister for Health the status of dental services in primary schools in north County Dublin, including the waiting times and availability of visiting dentists in tabular form; and...
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      778. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for dental checks for children of six, nine, and 12 years of age by county in tabular form; the areas where there is a delay in children...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      779. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for equipment from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      780. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) is waiting a significant time for an operation and if the person can be scheduled for surgery as soon as possible. [10090/16]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for providing a discretionary medical card; the guidelines he provides to officials for adjudicating on this; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      783. To ask the Minister for Health why he has cancelled the respite services in Birr, County Offaly for the next two weeks; the number of persons affected by this cancellation; and if he will...
    • Disability Services Provision
      784. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new therapy posts he has filled in children's disability services in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      788. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for the Midlands Regional Hospital in Tullamore, County Offaly by speciality and by six-month period; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Patient Transfers
      789. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be approved to transfer from Portlaoise General Hospital in County Laois to a nursing home; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      790. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for children in County Wicklow to see a paediatrics occupational therapist; the number of paediatrics occupational therapists employed by the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      791. To ask the Minister for Health to establish an independent expert panel to hear evidence from members of the Reactions and Effects of Gardasil resulting in Extreme Trauma Support Group to...
    • Health Services Provision
      792. To ask the Minister for Health the best practice in terms of frequency of check-ups for those diagnosed with diabetes; if it is recommended that those with diabetes attend a quarterly...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Data
      793. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with brain injuries in acute hospitals who are awaiting transfer to the National Rehabilitation Hospital; the number who have completed...
    • Ambulance Service Accommodation
      794. To ask the Minister for Health to improve the accommodation available at the ambulance station in Newcastle West, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10159/16]
    • Nursing Staff
      798. To ask the Minister for Health to provide funding for an oncology nurse at a facility (details provided); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10178/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      799. 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. [10180/16]
    • Hospital Services
      800. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for persons seeking certain operations in a private capacity such as that outlined in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      801. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a review for persons (detailed supplied) under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10184/16]
    • Hospitals Car Park Charges
      802. To ask the Minister for Health how he will ensure adequate car parking at a low cost to accommodate patients, staff and visitors at the site for the new children's hospital; and if he will...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      804. To ask the Minister for Health how many of the 36 posts sanctioned nationally to support the implementation of the type 2 diabetes cycle of care initiative will be sanctioned to support the...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      805. To ask the Minister for Health why elderly and invalided persons in County Kerry are not getting comparable levels of home help as in other counties such as County Cork, given that home help...
    • Medical Card Applications
      806. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10208/16]
    • HSE Expenditure
      807. To ask the Minister for Health if funds allocated for outsourcing patients for medical treatment are ring-fenced for that purpose; if they are confined to a specific timeframe; the hospitals...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      808. To ask the Minister for Health when he will fill the 36 posts announced in the 2016 Health Service Executive service plan to support the implementation of the type 2 diabetes cycle of care...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
      809. To ask the Minister for Health when he will sign off on regulations to regulate the profession of psychotherapists and psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10253/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      810. To ask the Minister for Health when will a person (details supplied) receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10259/16]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      811. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will take to eradicate the waiting list for routine orthodontic treatment, which is in excess of four years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      812. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in the acute hospital system in each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10263/16]
    • Nursing Staff Contracts
      813. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses working in the acute hospital system in each of the past ten years in tabular form; the commitments which exist to increase these numbers;...
    • Nursing Staff Data
      814. To ask the Minister for Health the number of registered nurse prescribers in each of the past ten years in tabular form; the commitments which exist to increase these numbers; the locations...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      815. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; the commitments which exist to increase these numbers; the locations where...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      816. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical secretaries in each of the past ten years in tabular form; the commitments which exist to increase these numbers; the locations where he...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      818. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working on child and adolescent mental health teams in each of the past ten years in tabular form; the commitments which exist to increase...
    • HSE Expenditure
      819. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of extending the entitlement to a medical card for all children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      820. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists, including orthodontists, in each of the past ten years in tabular form; the commitments which exist to increase these numbers; the...
    • HSE Expenditure
      822. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of restoring funding for dental maintenance treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10273/16]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      823. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances in each of the four HSE regions for each of the past ten years in tabular form; the commitments which exist to increase these numbers;...
    • National Drugs Strategy Budget
      825. To ask the Minister for Health the funding made available to deliver the national drugs strategy in each year since 2009 in tabular form; the commitments which exist to increase this...
    • HIQA Funding
      826. To ask the Minister for Health the funding made available to the Health Information and Quality Authority in each of the years since 2009 in tabular form; the commitments which exist to...
    • Departmental Funding
      827. To ask the Minister for Health the funding made available to deliver the health and wellbeing programme in each of the years since 2009 in tabular form; the commitments which exist to...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      830. To ask the Minister for Health his progress in providing suicide crisis assessment nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10282/16]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      831. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient child and adolescent beds in the mental health service in each of the past ten years in tabular form; if he will increase the number of...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      832. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing the €100 charge for the use of emergency departments; the cost of abolishing the €74 charge per day for inpatient care;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      833. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with the Mercy Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10285/16]
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      834. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation for the development of, and the amount spent on the mental health services in each of the years since 2006; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      835. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to have a procedure undertaken. [10291/16]
    • Health Services Reform
      836. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to replace the Health Service Executive with a health commission and to provide an expanded role for private health companies in the public health...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      837. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to preserve the mental health budget as part of the A Vision for Change strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10295/16]
    • Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
      838. To ask the Minister for Health to outline an implementation plan and timeline for the national positive ageing strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10296/16]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      839. To ask the Minister for Health to enact legislation setting out the statutory right to home care to recognise the vital role of primary care and the right to that care for elderly persons in...
    • Ambulance Service
      840. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to unify the National Ambulance Service with fire stations as advocated by the Chief Fire Officers Association in response to the recently published...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      841. To ask the Minister for Health why some of the nurses allocated to provide home respite care are on temporary contracts, given that Our Children's Voice was promised 9.5 permanent nurses;...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      842. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) before the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. [10306/16]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      843. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on health as a portion of gross domestic product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10308/16]
    • General Practitioner Data
      844. To ask the Minister for Health the annual general practitioner training intake; the cost of increasing the intake to 200 for one year; the cost of increasing the intake to 200 each year for...
    • General Practitioner Services
      846. To ask the Minister for Health his progress in introducing free general practitioner care; the number of citizens in receipt of this; his plans to further roll out this care; and if he will...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      848. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing prescription charges for medical card holders over one, two, three, four and five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Diabetes Strategy
      849. To ask the Minister for Health if and when he will appoint a community-based senior dietician to support persons with diabetes in County Donegal as part of the type 2 diabetes cycle of care...
    • National Dementia Strategy
      850. To ask the Minister for Health to implement the National Dementia Strategy; to provide ring-fenced funding for dementia and develop a second strategy to ensure persons with dementia are...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      851. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €100 per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10343/16]
    • Prescriptions Charges
      853. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of capping prescription charges at €20 per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10345/16]
    • Home Help Service Data
      854. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the number of home help hours by 10% in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10346/16]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      855. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of intensive packages under the home care scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10347/16]
    • Dental Services
      860. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for the public dental service in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; his plans to increase this; and if he will make a...
    • Orthodontic Services
      861. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for the Health Service Executive orthodontic service in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; the cost of extending the direct...
    • Dental Services Expenditure
      862. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of extending an annual oral examination to ensure universal cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10360/16]
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      863. To ask the Minister for Health the time it takes the Nursing and Midwifery Board to process applications for registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10363/16]
    • Nursing Staff Data
      864. To ask the Minister for Health the nurse to patient ratios in the acute hospital sector in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      865. To ask the Minister for Health the doctor to patient ratios in the acute hospital sector in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Help Service Data
      866. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; the cost of increasing these hours by 10% in one year; and...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      868. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the number of inpatient child and adolescent beds in the mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10368/16]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      870. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of recruiting the mental health intellectual disability nursing posts as recommended in A Vision for Change; his progress on this; the posts that are...
    • Health Services Funding
      871. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for counselling in primary care for each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10371/16]
    • National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan
      872. To ask the Minister for Health the funding needed to progress with decongregation in the national disability strategy implementation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      873. To ask the Minister for Health the number of personal assistant hours being provided in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services Funding
      875. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to disability service providers in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10375/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      876. 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. [10380/16]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      878. To ask the Minister for Health the funding spent on mental health resources in counties Sligo and Leitrim, in south County Donegal and in west County Cavan since 2006, in tabular form; and...
    • Disability Services Funding
      879. To ask the Minister for Health when he will provide an organisation (details supplied) with sufficient funds to maintain a bus service which is going to be withdrawn on 20 May 2016; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      880. To ask the Minister for Health to establish and advise if due to an agreement between the National Rehabilitation Hospital and a provider (details supplied) patients presenting who are...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      881. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 20 April 2016, when he will provide the information promised on appointments to State boards, agencies and bodies;...
    • Disability Services Provision
      882. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the appropriate assessment and intervention services. [10413/16]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      883. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out intensive home care packages in south County Dublin under the national dementia strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Strategy on Dementia
      884. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the health budget he is ring-fencing for the dementia strategy and if he should give an automatic entitlement to a medical card to all dementia...
    • Disability Services Provision
      885. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that psychology services for school-age children with disabilities in County Laois have been suspended; the action he will take to remedy this;...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      886. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there are almost 1,000 school-age children on a waiting list of approximately 47 months for occupational therapy in counties Laois and...
    • Disability Assessments
      887. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that in the second quarter of 2015, the Health Service Executive in counties Laois and Offaly had a 9% compliance rate with its statutory...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      888. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10424/16]
    • Dental Services Provision
      889. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10427/16]
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      890. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint additional consultant paediatrician rheumatologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10441/16]
    • Hospital Services
      891. To ask the Minister for Health why some diabetes type 1 patients in University Hospital Waterford are being requested to transfer to other hospitals owing to insufficient insulin pumps in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      893. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10446/16]
    • Primary Care Centres
      894. To ask the Minister for Health when the new health centre in Kildare town will be opening; the services it will provide when opened; the length of time the Health Service Executive has been...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      895. To ask the Minister for Health when University Hospital Waterford will get the other endocrinologist it has been awaiting for six years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10449/16]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      896. To ask the Minister for Health when University Hospital Waterford will get an adult dietician; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10451/16]
    • Vaccination Programme
      897. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the shortage of the BCG vaccine in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10452/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      898. To ask the Minister for Health how long is the waiting time to see an endocrinologist for a person with type 1 or type 2 diabetes in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      899. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for a procedure. [10455/16]
    • Primary Care Centres Data
      901. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres per county; the number and profession of all staff within each primary care centre; the service categories provided in each...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      902. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will review the case of a person (details supplied); if he will expedite this case given the nature of the condition; if his Department...
    • Hospital Services
      903. To ask the Minister for Health the status of persons with type 1 diabetes in University Hospital Waterford being given the opportunity to access insulin pumps; and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      904. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a person (details supplied) looking for home help seven days a week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10465/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      905. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10477/16]
    • Cancer Services Provision
      907. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the confirmation that the pigmented lesions clinic at St. Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin 4 is now closed to new referrals...
    • Proposed Legislation
      908. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to engage with the Responsible Retailing of Alcohol in Ireland group (RRAI) in respect of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      909. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the apparent 15 to 18-month waiting list for ear, nose and throat appointments his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      913. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of packages under the home care scheme; if there are waiting lists to access this scheme; the numbers on these waiting lists;...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      914. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the discussions between the suppliers or Sativex and the Health Service Executive regarding its inclusion under the community drugs scheme's...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      915. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of a packet of the branded drug Xanax which is generic alprazolam; the cost of a packet of the branded drug Veserc which is...
    • Disability Assessments
      916. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) for an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10527/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      917. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an outpatient appointment for a person (details supplied) at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10536/16]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      918. To ask the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive has decided to end routine eye screening of fifth and six class primary schoolchildren under the primary schoolchildren...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      919. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10541/16]
    • Foster Care
      920. To ask the Minister for Health the requirements for an Irish couple to foster a Syrian child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10551/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      922. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the nursing home support scheme; and the length of time waiting, by local health area, in tabular form. [10560/16]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      923. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances which operate out of the University Hospital Waterford on a daily basis, Monday to Sunday; if he will provide a breakdown of this on...
    • Health Services Data
      925. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, annually for 2010 to 2015 for County Tipperary, the number of babies born in hospitals; the number of home help hours...
    • Electronic Cigarettes
      926. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the mechanics, cost and detail required by manufacturers of vaping products to comply with the law have not been forthcoming from his Department,...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      927. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the cardiac patients in University Hospital Waterford who are diabetics awaiting to get an appointment with an endocrinologist; and if he...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      928. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite the application by a school (details supplied) for the provision of a nursing support in the school; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Properties
      929. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all property and land owned, leased or otherwise under the control of his Department, and-or its agents or bodies under its control in County...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      930. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive medical treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10579/16]
    • Health Insurance Community Rating
      931. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding health care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10590/16]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      932. To ask the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive chose Collinstown, County Westmeath, as its location for a new residential home; if it carried out a feasibility study into...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      937. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend entitlement under the long-term illness scheme to those suffering from Crohn's disease and irritable bowel syndrome; the reason these...
    • Community Care Provision
      938. To ask the Minister for Health if funding to the Health Service Executive will urgently be reinstated for the provision of 24-hour community care for a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      939. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005 for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10636/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      940. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite surgery for a person (details supplied). [10637/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      942. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a date for surgery for a person (details supplied) [10660/16]
    • Primary Care Centres
      943. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed location of the 80 additional primary care centres, as per the programme for Government, in view of the fact that funding has been secured for...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      945. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the annual required co-payment on the drugs payment scheme will be reduced, as per the programme for Government; the cost of doing same; and if he...
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      947. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the funding for home care packages and home help will be increased every year, as per the programme for Government; the cost of doing same; and if...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      948. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made to date in negotiating a contract with general practitioners, as per the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on...
    • General Practitioner Training
      950. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the availability of medical education tutors for continuing professional development, as per the programme for Government; and if he...
    • Medical Card Administration
      951. To ask the Minister for Health when he will request the clinical advisory group on medical cards to examine the guidelines for the awarding of discretionary medical cards for patients...
    • Vaccination Programme
      952. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of extending the childhood vaccination programme to include meningitis B and rotavirus vaccines, as per the programme for Government; and if he will...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      953. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of extending BreastCheck to all women aged 65 to 69 years of age, as per the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      955. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ring-fence the budget for mental health services and to reverse recent cuts made to it. [10688/16]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      956. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 for home care packages. [10690/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      957. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who had an illness in 2015 will be called for an magnetic resonance imaging scan in Waterford University Hospital [10692/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      958. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery [10693/16]
    • HSE National Service Plan
      959. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a new facility to replace an outdated facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10699/16]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      960. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal under the 2015 national reserve scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • GLAS Appeals
      961. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of appeals under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme including the number of appeals in the system, the average...
    • Forestry Management
      962. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a scheme to allow for the reconstruction of forestry following storm damage; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Afforestation Programme
      963. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) is eligible to draw forestry premium on lands in County Tipperary as no premium has been drawn down on...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      964. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of applications by a person (details supplied) under the single payment scheme and the green low-carbon agri-environment...
    • European Fisheries Fund
      965. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of money drawn down from the European Fisheries Fund programme in the period 2008 to 2015 by his Department in the...
    • Aquaculture Development
      968. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list all funding for reports and research carried out on the area of recirculating aquaculture systems in Ireland that received...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      970. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of applications to the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 to date; the total number of applications that...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Data
      971. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications under the basic payment scheme made to date in 2016; the number of applications which were made online; if...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      972. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under the 2015 national reserve and young farmers scheme; the number of these applicants which...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      973. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of applications by persons (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will make...
    • Food Safety Standards
      974. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in respect of a milk processing plant; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      975. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will make a...
    • Transfer of Entitlements Application
      976. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9363/16]
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      977. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) under the national reserve scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Development Programme Data
      978. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation under the rural development programme 2014 to 2020 and the allocation in the 2016 estimates for the M01 knowledge...
    • Animal Welfare
      979. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the export of greyhounds to China; if he has concerns for the welfare of the dogs when exported; if he has legislative...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      980. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who have had retrospective penalties of one year, two years, three years, four years and five years or more...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      981. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why under the young farmers scheme 2016 it is a requirement that applicants must have started their agricultural education by 16 May...
    • Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
      982. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) can qualify under the young farmers' scheme or the national reserve scheme; and if he will make a...
    • TAMS Applications
      983. 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...
    • Agriculture Industry
      984. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if agricultural production will increase throughout each sector in the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Artisan Food Sector
      985. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is further scope for development and employment in the artisan food sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agrifood Sector
      986. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the numbers employed in the agrifood industry continue to remain constant or if they have increased over the past number of years;...
    • Grant Payments
      987. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure that outstanding payments due to a registered farm partnership (details supplied) that have been subject to a review will...
    • Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
      988. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person who applied for a place on a green certificate course prior to 25 December 2015, but who cannot avail of a place until...
    • Transport of Animals
      989. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review an application for the transport of animals by a person (details supplied). [9480/16]
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      990. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to permit hardcopy applications as well as online applications under the single payment scheme; if the move to a full online system...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      991. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the Scottish derogation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      993. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 13 January 2016 when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) under the...
    • TAMS Administration
      994. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme and claims that the computer system is not capable of processing payments...
    • TAMS Applications
      995. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to process an application from persons (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 without delay. [9522/16]
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      996. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the basic payment scheme for young farmers; if he will issue the payments due within a specific time period in order to...
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      997. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide additional support for sheep farmers who are struggling to make a living; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • GLAS Applications
      998. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue approval for an application by a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme 1;...
    • Food Labelling
      999. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of regulations to ensure the highest possible standards in regard to traceability; the...
    • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Eligibility
      1001. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how he determines the date of set-up under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 young farmers' capital investment...
    • Departmental Offices
      1002. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of staffing of the Agricultural Appeals Office; to compare timeframes in dealing with cases over the past two years; if...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      1003. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will issue a full payment to a person (details supplied) under the young farmers scheme and the Scottish derogation scheme;...
    • Harbours and Piers
      1004. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to sanction much needed repair works at a pier (details supplied) which are estimated to cost €149,000 when Sligo County...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
      1005. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a matter (details supplied) regarding a herd test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9642/16]
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      1006. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the type of every payment and scheme which his Department administers to farmers; the requirements involved; the deadlines for...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      1007. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter concerning persons (details supplied) concerning an audit; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      1008. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why an amount was docked from the payment to a person (details supplied) under the single payment scheme. [9670/16]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      1009. 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, including when he will make the...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      1010. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases of tuberculosis found in cattle in counties Sligo and Leitrim in each of the years from 2014 to 2016 to date;...
    • Greyhound Industry
      1011. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the greyhound trade with the Macau Special Administrative Region in China; if he has animal welfare concerns about this...
    • Fisheries Offences
      1012. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal standing in terms of implementing the new SI 125 of 2016, considering he has asked the Attorney General to examine this...
    • Forestry Grants
      1018. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to extend approval of a forest road grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9712/16]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      1019. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue a payment to a person (details supplied) under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      1020. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why he has not granted entitlements to a person (details supplied) who applied for them in March 2005 in accordance with the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      1021. 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...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      1024. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9941/16]
    • Fishing Industry
      1027. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on issues concerning lobster fishing here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10053/16]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      1028. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the single payment scheme; if he will ensure the person is...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      1029. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make an allocation for 2016 and 2017 for young farmers under the national reserve scheme; when he will announce the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      1030. 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; the reason for the delay; and...
    • Fisheries Protection
      1031. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rules governing the import of live lobsters. [10076/16]
    • Fishing Industry
      1033. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a system of fish labelling here in order that the source of a catch and the boat landing are identifiable to...
    • Fisheries Protection
      1034. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rules and regulations for importing live lobsters; the controls in place to prevent the release of imported live lobsters such...
    • Fishing Industry Data
      1035. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage of live American lobster imported and subsequently exported to the European Union under the label of Irish lobsters; and...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      1036. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 34 of 5 May 2016, wherein it was indicated his Department has no record of the person (details...
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      1037. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to persons (details supplied) under the 2015 national reserve scheme and the young farmers’...
    • Beef Genomics Scheme
      1038. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a herd number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10098/16]
    • Animal Welfare
      1039. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legislative and other measures he is taking to prevent the neglect and cruelty to horses and donkeys, particularly regarding the...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      1040. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure payment issues to a person (details supplied) without delay under the headage scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      1041. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will conclude an appeal for a review of entitlements by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      1042. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue the crisis grant to pig farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10173/16]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Applications
      1044. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue a hardship grant to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10195/16]
    • Felling Licences Applications
      1045. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will replace a felling licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10209/16]
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      1046. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will grant all the successful applications under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II; if he is aware of the...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      1047. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) can appeal a decision under the basic payment scheme and the areas of natural constraint scheme 2015;...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      1048. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payment to a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II; and if he will make a...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      1049. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the Scottish derogation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      1050. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to an application by a person (details supplied) under the single payment scheme 2014, if two parcels are within a site...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1051. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the decision of the previous Minister to seek tenders once again for a single supplier of cattle tags; and if he...
    • Ceadúnú Báid Iascaireachta Mara
      1052. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine an bhfuil iarratas faighte aige ó ionadaithe poiblí ag lorg go gcasfaidh sé le duine (sonraí tugtha); cén...
    • Horse Racing Ireland Staff
      1053. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the term of office of the chief executive of Horse Racing Ireland; if ministerial permission is required to do so;...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      1054. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when outstanding payments for 2015 will be paid to a herd owner (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment...
    • Beef Genomics Scheme
      1055. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will accept an application from a person (details supplied) to use 2015 as the reference year under the beef data and genomics...
    • Direct Payment Scheme Applications
      1056. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments under the direct payment schemes to a person (details supplied); when the payment will issue; and if he...
    • Animal Disease Controls
      1057. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 14 April 2016, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      1058. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on an issue (details supplied) regarding fishing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10315/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      1059. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for 2015 to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10322/16]
    • Planning Issues
      1060. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10323/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      1061. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the ongoing delay in having the balance of payment in respect of a scheme issued to a person (details supplied) in...
    • GLAS Applications
      1062. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an application under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1063. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 20 April 2016, when he will provide the information promised on appointments to State...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      1064. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite payment of entitlements to a person (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme, given that the person has been...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      1065. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10447/16]
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      1066. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the area aid scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • TAMS Applications
      1067. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme...
    • Third Level Qualifications Recognition
      1068. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a diploma awarded to a person (details supplied) in the United Kingdom but which is not being recognised by his...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      1069. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the outstanding farm payments due to a person (details supplied) will be made immediately [10495/16]
    • TAMS Applications
      1070. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will grant approval for persons to commence work under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Farm Improvement Scheme Applications
      1071. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10538/16]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      1072. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) did not receive the full payment under the single farm payment scheme; if the outstanding amount...
    • GLAS Appeals
      1073. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an appeal under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme 2 will be processed for persons (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Dairy Sector
      1074. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to address the ongoing challenges by farmers in the dairy sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Aid
      1076. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he proposes to introduce to assist dairy farmers following the decision by the European Union agriculture Council at...
    • Superlevy Fine
      1078. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers subject to a superlevy penalty at present; the total penalty incurred by the State and the amount paid...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      1080. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has not received any disadvantaged area payments for over two years; and if...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      1081. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal for national reserve 2015 by a person (details supplied); when the person can expect a decision to be made;...
    • GLAS Appeals
      1082. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by persons (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme tranche 2; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      1083. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who applied under the fodder relief fund scheme and the average payout under the scheme. [9794/16]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1084. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of broadband roll-out (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10356/16]
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      1089. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the body which has ownership of the copper telephone wiring and additional infrastructure that is used to connect...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1090. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if high-speed modern broadband will become readily available in all urban and rural areas within the next five years;...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      1091. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of the free-to-airplay movement for Irish artists and songwriters (details supplied); his views on its...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1092. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the practicality and necessity of replacing the existing copper wiring connecting residential properties to...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      1093. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will amend the licensing rules implemented by the Commission for Communications Regulation pertaining to mobile...
    • Fish Farming
      1096. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of the serious concerns regarding the proposed closure of the hatchery in Cullion in Mullingar, County...
    • Hydraulic Fracturing
      1097. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the advantages and risks of hydraulic fracturing and whether this practice is necessary to access natural...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1099. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to request eir to outline when it will lay fibre to the eir cabinet in Firies Close serving Firies Village in County...
    • Fish Farming
      1101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department was consulted regarding the decision taken by Inland Fisheries Ireland to cease its fish farming...
    • Rural Broadband Scheme
      1102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has modified his plans for the roll-out of rural broadband, given the plan by Eir to provide high-speed broadband...
    • Exploration Licences Data
      1103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent of lands covered under an exploration licence granted to a company (details supplied) and when the licence...
    • Exploration Licences Applications
      1105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the procedure for acquiring an exploration licence including the information, application process and fees required; and...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Applications
      1106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources how long it takes for an application under the warmer homes scheme to be processed and approved in the County Dublin...
    • Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Implementation
      1109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the feed-in tariffs will be introduced for solar farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10634/16]
    • Strategy for Renewable Energy
      1110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy on solar farms and the price structure for the sale of electricity to the national grid; if he has finalised...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      1111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals to ensure that the necessary measures are implemented without further delay to deal with the totally...
    • Television Licence Fee Payments
      1112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of persons paying television licences in mobile homes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      1113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress which has been made in encouraging and permitting domestic consumers to easily sell small surplus amounts...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Tourism Project Funding
      1114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport arising from visits to the site by various Ministers, the financial support he will provide to the owners of Jerpoint Park, the lost...
    • Roads Maintenance
      1115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the bridge crossing the River Suir at Ardfinnan in County Tipperary (details supplied), including if he has costed the...
    • Boat Permits
      1116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that since the introduction of passenger boat regulations by the Government in June 2002, the use of commercial fishing...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      1118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce legislation to control the use of rickshaws in urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10433/16]
    • Tourism Industry
      1119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the tourism industry will grow in 2016 having regard to recent experiences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9572/16]
    • Road Network
      1120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he monitors deficiencies in the national road network, with particular reference to identifying under capacity on motorways or the...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      1121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to update road traffic laws and regulations to restrict the sale of vehicles parked on public roads and to prevent car dealers...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      1122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his communication with the Football Association of Ireland regarding the development of clubs' infrastructure in the League of Ireland;...
    • Greenways Funding
      1123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will open the €100 million greenway fund for applications from greenways, such as the Sligo Greenway which will be part...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      1124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will announce the details of the sports capital funding scheme for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9683/16]
    • Road Safety Strategy
      1125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the initiatives he is taking to promote safer cycling and to inform cyclists of the newly introduced penalty system for dangerous...
    • Driving Test
      1126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the pass rate for each individual section for the small public service vehicles driver licence test. [9775/16]
    • Driving Test Regulations
      1127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if copies of the questions asked during the small public service vehicles driver licence test are allowed to be distributed to drivers...
    • Regional Airports
      1128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the investment he has indicated for committing to the future development of Connacht regional airport will be made; and if he will...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      1129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the concerns of a number of communities surrounding changes to the Bus Éireann 103 route; to discuss with Bus...
    • Air Traffic Control Services
      1131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if other countries which are part of the Eurocontrol system also apply a discretionary exemption from en-route charges for military...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      1133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that persons over 70 years of age will have to present themselves in person at National Driver Licence Service centres...
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      1134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost-benefit analysis or business case appraisal he has undertaken prior to the announcement of €100 million for the Wild...
    • Rail Network
      1135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will complete the construction rail project to open the Phoenix Park tunnel; the benefits of this investment for those commuters...
    • Tourism Policy
      1136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policies he is pursuing to ensure that counties such as County Kildare benefit from the increase in tourist numbers that is...
    • Road Network
      1137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to allocate the necessary funding to Clare County Council to complete the northern relief road in Ennis in County Clare; and if he will...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      1139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to re-establish the motor insurance advisory board, given rising motor insurance costs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      1141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will seek the next round of applications under the capital sports programme, given that the most recent programme was advertised...
    • Dolaí Bóthair
      1142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport an ndéanfaidh sé teagmháil le Bonneagar Iompair Éireann, TII, maidir leis an eolas a gealladh dom i bhfreagra ar...
    • Bus Éireann
      1143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of Bus Éireann being asked to provide a tabular form of the separate amounts received by Córas Iompair...
    • Transport Policy
      1144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the recently published Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2016 to 2035 is Government policy; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
      1146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person temporarily residing in a non-European Union country but ordinarily resident in Ireland can apply by post to have a driving...
    • Road Network
      1147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to re-examine the proposed N52 bypass for Ardee in County Louth particularly given that the N2 is one of the busiest routes in the...
    • Rail Services Provision
      1148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact the Chief Executive Officer of Iarnród Éireann requesting that the number of carriages on the 8.03 am train...
    • Public Service Obligation Services
      1149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the yearly spend on the subvention for Derry City of Airport Dublin Derry Flight as part of the Government Public Service Obligation...
    • Bus Éireann
      1150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct Bus Éireann to publish details of routes below operating costs (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Private Bus Operators
      1151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the will direct the National Transport Authority to change the licensing decision making process to allow private bus transport...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      1152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of private, voluntary organisations and public sector projects which have made applications in relation to Ireland's Ancient...
    • Cycling Policy
      1154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report to Dáil Éireann on his plans to promote cycling throughout County Dublin including implementing safe cycle lanes and...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      1155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will announce the sports capital grant for 2016; the amount of money he will allocate for these grants; and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety
      1157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to ban the import of Category B write-off vehicles from other countries for repair, given the safety risks posed by putting these...
    • Vehicle Registration
      1158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has assessed the problem of the false registration of car ownership and the resultant issues such as motor tax...
    • Taxi Regulations
      1159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why an inspector from the National Transport Authority has not visited Longford town in over six months, and the way he will rectify...
    • Taxi Licences Renewals
      1160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to submit draft legislation to automatically remove the licences of taxi drivers convicted of a crime which makes them unsuitable to...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Staff
      1161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will publicly advertise the vacant positions in Transport Infrastructure Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vehicle Registration
      1162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will issue a final reply to correspondence (details supplied) regarding trailer regulation; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Traffic Regulations Implementation
      1163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is responsible for the review of speed limits throughout the country under Transport Infrastructure Ireland; if local...
    • Road Projects
      1165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the provision of slip roads on the M1 motorway at the junction with the main Dundalk-Armagh road at Kilcurry, County...
    • Railway Stations (1 comment)
      1166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress which has been made on the construction of a new train station on the Maynooth line at Royal Canal Park/Pelletstown; and if...
    • Smarter Transport
      1167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital grants for smarter travel made available to Dublin city over each of the past five years for which records are available and...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Corporate Governance
      1168. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement not having had a forensic accountant employed for the past year; and...
    • Institutes of Technology
      1169. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to enable the Enterprise Ireland Innovation Centre at the Institute of Technology Sligo to expand, given that its capacity...
    • Job Creation
      1170. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her progress in attracting a company to a building (details supplied) in Carrick-on-Shannon in County Leitrim; and if she will make a...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      1171. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her progress in attracting inward investment into counties Sligo and Leitrim, via IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, since the loss...
    • Economic Growth Initiatives
      1172. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the benefits an Atlantic economic corridor would have for the north-west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9601/16]
    • Housing Issues
      1173. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if large multinational companies which wish to relocate here and will avail of our 12.5% corporation tax rate could be approached in...
    • Job Initiatives
      1174. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to foster new employment in nationally strategic places such as Sligo town, apart from the north west-north east Action...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      1177. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Ireland will remain equally attractive for foreign direct investment and indigenous job creation, having particular regard to...
    • Proposed Legislation
      1178. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the companies accounting Bill 2016 which it is intended will transpose the European Union Accounting Directive...
    • Employment Rights
      1179. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation how she reached the rate of deduction of €54.13 for board and lodgings for au pairs; if she will adapt this rate depending on...
    • Consumer Protection
      1181. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her actions, as lead Minster with responsibility for consumer protection, and the actions or agencies under her control to monitor...
    • Employment Rights
      1182. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on an organisation (details supplied) and the intention to unilaterally change the existing employment contracts of worker...
    • National Minimum Wage
      1183. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware that the allowance for board and lodgings for domestic workers has not been altered since minimum wage legislation...
    • Company Restructuring Plans
      1184. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has met or has requested a meeting with the management of Intel in Ireland, given the company’s recent announcement;...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      1185. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will restructure indigenous enterprise policy to include all types of firms and all sectors including import and export, rural...
    • Employment Rights
      1186. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will examine the issues that affect seasonal workers, particularly in the fishing sector; her plans in response to a study on...
    • IDA Site Visits
      1188. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits by IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland in the Kells local enterprise area, County Meath, since the advent of...
    • Employment Rights
      1189. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to recognise the au pair programme; if so, the manner in which; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10576/16]
    • Construction Contracts Act
      1190. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the full implementation of the Construction Contracts Act including when persons will be able to avail of it; and if...
    • Community Enterprise Centres
      1191. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will issue a grant to a centre (details supplied). [10602/16]
    • Liquidators' Fees
      1192. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department will consider reviewing the fees being awarded to liquidators as part of liquidation processes; if she is satisfied...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Detention Centres
      1193. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of available and occupied prison places by prison and by juvenile detention centre; if further accommodation is required; her...
    • Children in Care
      1194. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the facilities available to protect children at risk; the number of referrals to the appropriate bodies recorded in the past two years; if...
    • Psychological Services
      1195. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if adequate child psychological services are available to meet the requirements as already indicated or notified; and if she will make a...
    • Direct Provision Data
      1196. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is in a position to address the issues of children in direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9441/16]
    • Child Care Services Provision
      1197. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she continues to make rehabilitative support services available for juvenile offenders; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Adoption Records Provision
      1198. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is aware of the large number of applications (details supplied) from persons aged in their 80s and 90s who were separated from...
    • Rape Crisis Network Funding
      1200. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding allocated to Rape Crisis north east in County Louth for each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date; and if she will make a...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      1202. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the counselling services available for persons seeking support as survivors of sexual abuse in counties Louth and Meath; if there is a...
    • Adoption Legislation
      1203. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the Government policy and process relative to Irish citizens wishing to adopt a child from Bulgaria; the regulated structures that are in...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      1204. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding avenues available to a child care facilities to upgrade and renovate their premises; if there is any emergency funding that...
    • Foster Care Supports
      1205. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is the same access and level of services available to children with special needs who are either fostered or adopted; and if she...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      1206. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to allow children whose birthdays fall a matter of days outside the limits to be accepted for the second free pre-school year on a...
    • HIQA Reports
      1207. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 16 June 2015, if the indicated additional two liaison officers to work with residents and...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      1211. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of providing an extra 1,500 extra places on the community child care subvention programme; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Transport
      1212. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to reply to correspondence (details supplied) regarding an old military vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9483/16]
    • Defence Forces Contracts
      1213. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the options open to persons (details supplied) who wish to leave the Defence Forces to pursue an alternative career. [9475/16]
    • Defence Forces Strength
      1214. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied with the adequacy of the Defence Forces in meeting emergencies in a security or natural disaster situation; if he continues...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      1215. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps will continue to participate in overseas missions in the future; and if he will make...
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      1216. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will make available the actuarial assessment used to calculate annuity value in the case of reduced payment of disability pension to a...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      1217. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current plans for recruitment to the Army; the number expected to be recruited in 2016 and in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      1218. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to address a matter raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied). [10414/16]
    • Naval Service
      1219. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason an application for the Naval Service was refused for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      1221. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the pay of rank and file soldiers and to report on engagement with the representative organisations of soldiers in this regard;...