Written answers

Wednesday, 18 May 2016

  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Avoidance
      3. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the issues that have come to light arising from publication of the Panama Papers, in particular the use by certain parties of tax havens as a means...
    • Programme for Government Initiatives
      13. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will make a presentation to Dáil Éireann on the establishment of a rainy day fund for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • NAMA Assets Sale
      15. To ask the Minister for Finance to clarify his statement to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness that it is true that the Real Estate Investments Trusts bought at the bottom of the...
    • Economic Growth Rate
      16. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is confident that the fundamental economic indicators remain positive and that economic growth will remain in line with expectations in 2016 and for the...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      17. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts to place the Central Bank's code of conduct on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10200/16]
    • Pyrite Issues
      18. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential property owners whose properties have been shown to have pyritic damage and who have received an exemption from local property tax...
    • Credit Unions
      19. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to give effect to the commitment to bring forward a plan for the growth and development of the credit union sector; and if he will make a statement...
    • Loan Books Purchasers
      20. To ask the Minister for Finance how he will provide regulatory conditions in the case of unregulated third parties acquiring loan books from the banking sector, with particular reference to...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      21. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the expected timeline as to when Irish variable mortgage rates will move in line with the European average, in view of the statement in the...
    • Fiscal Policy
      22. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to seek a break from the European Union regarding the fiscal rules in order to secure finance to address the emergency in housing and homelessness;...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Official Engagements
      23. To ask the Taoiseach if he has held any discussions with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr David Cameron on its possible exit from the European Union; the effect this would have on...
    • Census of Population Publication
      24. To ask the Taoiseach when the Central Statistics Office will publish the initial findings and the entire findings of Census 2016. [10919/16]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Naturalisation Applications
      25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for residency status and eligibility for naturalisation of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Immigration Status
      26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for residency status by persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10752/16]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status and eligibility for naturalisation in the case a person (details supplied) who was working for eight...
    • Immigration Status
      29. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for residency status by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10769/16]
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
      31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a tribunal is currently in place to consider individual applications in relation to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; the last date...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received correspondence from the Taoiseach's Office for direct reply in relation to a person (details supplied) who raised a matter in...
    • Visa Applications
      33. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a D type long stay visa. [10881/16]
    • Deportation Orders
      34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to revoke a deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10885/16]
    • Judicial Council Legislation
      35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish a judicial council with lay representation; if she will provide an effective mechanism for dealing with complaints against...
    • Residency Permits
      36. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for residency status and eligibility for naturalisation; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Credits
      37. To ask the Minister for Finance if an unmarried but co-habiting father or mother who is returning to the workforce can claim tax credit allowances in respect of their children; and if he will...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      38. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of recent cuts to mortgage interest rates, the steps he intends to take to ensure equitable treatment of customers of majority State owned banks such...
    • Tobacco Smuggling
      39. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons the Revenue Commissioners prosecuted for the offence of tobacco and cigarette smuggling in the years 2015 and 2016 to-date; the number of...
    • Tax Relief Application
      40. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will apply proposed changes to capital gains tax entrepreneurship relief, as outlined in the programme for Government, to newly established businesses...
    • Fuel Traders Licences
      41. To ask the Minister for Finance to link the petrol excise licence fees to the quantity of fuel sold thereby protecting the viability of smaller rural filling stations; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Forms
      43. To ask the Minister for Finance the years for which the Revenue Commissioners holds P60s for a person (details supplied) and which could be supplied to that person. [10802/16]
    • Pension Provisions
      44. To ask the Minister for Finance to clarify the circumstances a person can access funds in an approved minimum retirement fund prior to reaching 75 years of age; if he will clarify the...
    • Stability Programme Data
      45. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the stability of the economy with particular reference to possible negative external factors; if he has in...
    • Pension Provisions
      46. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to lifting restrictions on retirement pension funds currently restricted unless the pensioner has access to a separate pension...
    • Economic Growth
      47. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects this economy to maintain positive performance over the next five years; if he anticipates any corrective measures arising from...
    • Loan Books Purchasers
      48. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can ensure compliance with full banking Irish and European regulations by the purchasers of distressed or other loan books from the...
    • Construction Sector Strategy
      49. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to incentivise the construction sector in a way that benefits the consumer with particular reference to first time house builders or...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      50. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects to encourage the banking sector to meet the requirements of small and medium sized industry, the retail or commercial sector;...
    • Banking Sector
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that the lending sector continues to facilitate borrowers who have mortgage or other arrears and that arrangements...
    • Fiscal Policy
      54. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which consideration has been given or might be given to the possible utilisation of personal savings, currently the subject of deposit interest...
    • Credit Availability
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which overdraft facilities continue to be restored to the business and farming sectors with particular reference to the need to ensure the...
    • Property Tax Administration
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will review and implement the recommendations of the Thornhill report and in particular recommendation 4; the time frame he envisages; and if he will...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      58. To ask the Minister for Finance the global standing of Irish law firms operating in the service sector of company formation and nominee directorships, which have featured in the Panama papers...
    • Departmental Functions
      59. To ask the Minister for Finance the costings of proposals submitted to his Department by independent Teachtaí Dála and groups during the discussions on the formation of Government....
    • NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance when information on leaks or suspected leaks from the National Asset Management Agency were first brought to his attention; the steps he has taken in relation...
    • NAMA Investigations
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance if one or more employees or directors of the National Asset Management Agency have been investigated by it in respect of confidential leaks; the status and...
    • NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance if and when the National Asset Management Agency has made proposals to compensate the affected debtors and clients of recent leaks; and if he will make a...
    • NAMA Legal Cases
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance if court proceedings have been initiated or threatened against the National Asset Management Agency in respect of recent leaks; and if he will make a statement...
    • NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the National Asset Management Agency has taken to protect the affected debtors and clients against identity theft and financial loss arising from...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • National Internship Scheme Placements
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if primary schools will avail of the JobBridge scheme for the purposes of filling ancillary positions; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Capitation Grants
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will assist a school (details supplied) in resolving a serious and exceptional issue which has arisen; and if he will consider making an...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos 205 of 17 June 2015 and 205 of 10 November 2015, if he has made a decision on the matter or when he expects...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by two schools (details supplied) to amalgamate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10728/16]
    • Departmental Functions
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an internal dispute resolution application by the spouse of a person (details supplied). [10730/16]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide the accommodation needs of a primary school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10745/16]
    • Schools Building Projects
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will make a permanent school building available for Abacas in Kilbarrack, in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a school bus system to pupils, particularly at emergency accommodation locations where there is no alternative public bus...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make further announcements under the summer works programme for schools at primary and secondary levels, beyond the category 1 and...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the post primary school amalgamation in Doneraile in County Cork will proceed and when the new school will receive a roll number. [10781/16]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10796/16]
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal by a person (details supplied) for a student grant will be awarded as all requesting documentation has been submitted showing that...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to engage with the current review of the national drugs strategy. [10858/16]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commit to a timeframe to end the pay inequality that teachers endure; when he hopes to establish the public service pay commission and...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school places currently available for children with autism in Dublin 15 for September 2016. [10860/16]
    • Emergency Works Scheme
      94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a business (details supplied) will be paid moneys due for works carried out in 2013. [10862/16]
    • School Services Staff
      96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to put a system in place to allow secretaries to become direct employees of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10898/16]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce pupil-teacher ratios at primary level, and the funds he will allocate to this. [10912/16]
    • State Examinations
      98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent court decision on the reasonable accommodations arrangements for leaving certificate examination candidates who have...
    • School Transport Review
      99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the purpose of the review of the concessionary charges and rules element of the school transport scheme as outlined in the programme for...
    • Capitation Grants
      100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional funding he will provide to increase primary and secondary capitation rates for the school year starting in September 2016. [10915/16]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding he will specifically allocate to the new model of in-school speech and language therapy; the number of Health Service Executive...
    • School Funding
      102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10946/16]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Event Licensing Regulations
      103. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a permit is required from her Department or from An Garda Síochána for an event (details supplied). [10793/16]
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      104. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of an application by a group (details supplied) for Leader funding; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electoral Commission Establishment
      105. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress in establishing the electoral commission and when he will publish the relevant legislation. [10920/16]
    • Rights of Way Provision
      106. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the directive sent to local authorities in respect of the inclusion of public rights of way...
    • Water Services Funding
      107. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria local authorities must adhere to when assessing applications for a grant to provide a well for a new domestic...
    • National Planning Framework
      108. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish and finalise the new national planning framework; if it will redesign, reconfigure or...
    • Waste Management
      109. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to consider a waiver system for those with illnesses that give rise to above average household waste, for example...
    • Credit Unions
      110. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will engage with the social housing funding proposal of the Irish League of Credit Unions as part of the solution to...
    • Local Authority Funding
      112. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding available to Kildare County Council for the social housing fund to enable them to build and-or buy houses; the...
    • Fire Stations Provision
      113. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his proposals to approve funding for the provision of a new fire station in Ballybay in County Monaghan; and if he will...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting time for processing social protection claims and the number of claims pending by scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the penalties in place for landlords who refuse to accept rent supplement or the housing assistance payment as a form of payment. [10772/16]
    • Gratuity Payments
      116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure a person (details supplied) must follow to obtain a marriage gratuity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10775/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review the decision to decline an invalidity pension to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10791/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of carer's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10822/16]
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection how an alleged debt has arisen for a person (details supplied). [10851/16]
    • Social Welfare Offices
      120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the proposals he has to establish an Intreo centre in County Monaghan; if so, if he will consider Ballybay town for such a facility as it is...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will review the disability benefit scheme. [10864/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      122. 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. [10873/16]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
      124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to examine an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the rent allowance scheme. [10883/16]
    • European Court of Justice Rulings
      125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the decision of the European Court of Justice in April 2013 has a wider implication beyond the case of the former Waterford Crystal workers; if...
    • Illness Benefit Reform
      126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review the waiting period of six days under the illness benefit scheme whereby it is not paid for the first six days of sick leave; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review the terms and eligibility of the partial capacity benefit scheme and, in particular, to facilitate persons who wish to work some hours for...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      128. 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. [10922/16]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights Issues
      129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to immediately intervene in the case a person (details supplied) who has now been imprisoned for over 1,000 days in Egypt with no...
    • Diplomatic Representation Expenditure
      130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the running cost of each Irish embassy in 2015. [10824/16]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish embassies that are based in properties that his Department owns; and the current value of each of these properties....
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his progress in drawing up plans to alleviate flooding in Midleton, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10744/16]
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Limerick City and County Council has applied for funding under the minor works scheme to carry out urgent repairs in an area (details...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his time frame to end pay inequality for teachers, given that these measures have been in place for five years. [10739/16]
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a breakdown of salaries across the public service, including the number of employees affected by financial emergency measures in the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if retired Vocational Education Committee and Education and Training Board staff will have their full pension restored (details...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • EU Directives
      140. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a person (details supplied) is permitted to remove gravel that was deposited on lands after recent flooding of a nearby river; and...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      141. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the importance of protecting our heritage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10924/16]
    • Licence Applications
      142. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the issuing of a wildlife licence for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Health
    • Mental Health Services
      143. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the successful piloted BeLonG To, the Health Service Executive's safe and supportive school initiative, which recently launched its successful...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      144. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10718/16]
    • Home Care Packages Expenditure
      145. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of providing 1,000 extra home care packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10726/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      146. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Beaumont Hospital, in Dublin 9; the average waiting time; the steps he is...
    • Health Services Staff
      147. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the 36 posts sanctioned nationally to support the implementation of the type 2 diabetes cycle of care initiative as set out in the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      148. To ask the Minister for Health why children with sclerosis are waiting up to two years to have surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10734/16]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      149. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the new theatre that is specifically being provided for in Crumlin Hospital in Dublin 12 to assist the treatment of scoliosis is not opened given...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      150. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received, granted and in place under the home care scheme to date, by local health area office, in tabular form. [10749/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      151. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite surgery for a person (details supplied). [10750/16]
    • Mental Health Services
      152. To ask the Minister for Health to make special arrangements to permit persons committed to mental health institutions not to be prohibited from leaving the building to smoke. [10774/16]
    • Disability Services Provision
      153. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address disability services in rural areas and the effects cuts to personal assistance services have had on those living in very isolated areas as...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      154. To ask the Minister for Health how he intends to reduce waiting times in emergency departments in hospitals from 32% to less than 7% by 2021 in line with the programme for Government. [10782/16]
    • Ministerial Dialogue
      155. To ask the Minister for Health how he will consult with all Members of Dáil Éireann in determining a ten-year plan for health. [10783/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Appeals
      156. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appeal and a review of a decision to decline support to a person (details supplied) under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Care Services Provision
      157. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for full-time care for a person (details supplied). [10797/16]
    • Disability Support Services Funding
      158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to longer term residential care funding. [10801/16]
    • Health Services Charges
      159. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners can charge for a blood test from a patient who is a holder of a medical card; to expedite the reimbursement of the blood test receipts...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      160. To ask the Minister for Health the plans of the Health Service Executive for the provision of a primary health centre in Greystones, in County Wicklow; the timescale for when this will be...
    • Health Services Staff
      161. To ask the Minister for Health if he can confirm the sanctioning of two positions to support the implementation of the type 2 diabetes cycle of care initiative for a senior dietician and a...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      163. To ask the Minister for Health if the north of Wicklow networks 1 and 2 have a full-time senior speech therapist to service adults with acquired communication and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of places available for speech and language classes in September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10817/16]
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      172. To ask the Minister for Health if an early intervention project for preschools in designated areas of disadvantage will be funded and set up in County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      173. To ask the Minister for Health the speech and language services available in County Mayo; the breakdown of that service per clinic area within County Mayo; the waiting times for initial...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      174. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment for speech and language will be made available for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10827/16]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there will be no further delay in having a health specialist position filled (details supplied) in the Cavan and Monaghan area; and if...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who participated on the trial Fampyra scheme for multiple sclerosis who are no longer having their costs covered on the grounds of not...
    • Medicinal Products
      177. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will continue on the Fampyra subsidised programme due to the high cost involved, with the drug unaffordable for patients; and if...
    • Ambulance Service
      178. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the national capacity review of the Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10865/16]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      179. To ask the Minister for Health the volume and category of calls received by the Ambulance Service in respect of each division in County Donegal in each of the years since 2010, including...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      181. To ask the Minister for Health to reinitiate plans to develop a primary care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10869/16]
    • Family Income Supplement
      182. To ask the Minister for Health if he will regard family income supplement as income in the meanstest assessment for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10876/16]
    • HIQA Remit
      183. To ask the Minister for Health his advice on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10877/16]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      184. To ask the Minister for Health if he has approved home care packages in County Clare since 1 May 2016; the number of applications he received; the number he approved in the past six weeks;...
    • Health Services
      185. To ask the Minister for Health to revert to this Deputy on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10890/16]
    • Health Services Staff
      186. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a dedicated nurse to support patients with Parkinson's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10900/16]
    • Health Services
      187. To ask the Minister for Health why he and the Health Service Executive did not send a representative to the International Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Symposium in New York in the United States of...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      189. To ask the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive, via the TAS, advises applicants who suffer from Ehlers Danlos Syndrome that they are not eligible for cover to travel abroad...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      190. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to update the eligible illnesses under the long term illness scheme, including adding Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. [10909/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      191. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person who is not covered by the guidelines of the nursing home support scheme and who has appealed a decision made by the Health...
    • Health Services Staff
      192. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a community-based senior dietician for Clonmel in County Tipperary which formed part of 36 posts which were sanctioned...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      193. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the appropriate level of mental health care to a person (details supplied); and his views on the details of the case. [10926/16]
    • Health Services
      194. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will pay the money due to a person (details supplied); and if he will expedite the matter. [10927/16]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Forestry Grants
      195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review the situation that the Irish Farmers Association Irish Hardy Nurserystock Association was not eligible to apply for grants...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment for year 5 under the agri-environment options scheme 2. [10733/16]
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10736/16]
    • GLAS Payments
      198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; the reason for the...
    • TAMS Applications
      199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will be granted a targeted agricultural modernisation scheme grant; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Farm Improvement Scheme Applications
      200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in farm improvement applications approvals; if he is aware that applications to the scheme from November...
    • GLAS Applications
      201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10872/16]
    • GLAS Appeals
      202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by persons (details supplied) under tranche 2 of the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; to contact the...
    • Dairy Sector
      203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to facilitate participants in the three-year milk superlevy repayment scheme to avail of the State-aid provided to individual farmers...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when compensation will be paid to a person (details supplied) under the bovine viral diarrhoea eradication scheme; and if he will...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will accept a late application from a person (details supplied) seeking the transfer of land and entitlements by lease in order...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      206. 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 if...
    • TAMS Applications
      207. 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...
    • Sheep Technology Adoption Programme Payments
      208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) under the 2015 sheep technology adoption programme; the reason for the...
    • Forestry Management
      209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of shooting rights in an area of forestry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10921/16]
    • Superlevy Fine
      210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to lobby the European Union Commissioner, Mr Phil Hogan to suspend the collection of the balance of the superlevy for two years due...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Television Licences Data
      211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources how he spent the revenue raised from the television licence in 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources how he will prioritise the roll-out of broadband to rural areas and prevent further delays in the national broadband...
    • Airport Development Projects
      213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the evidence that proposals for the development of an additional runway at Dublin Airport, in County Dublin have had...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proposals there are to improve broadband telecommunications service in an area (details supplied) in County Monaghan;...
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if and when high-speed broadband will become accessible from the Donadea area in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Emergency Accommodation Provision
      218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if and when he contacted the Department of housing, planning and local government digital hub, the Dublin Regional...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Airport Development Projects
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he supports a feasibility study on the development of a second airport for the Dublin region. [10785/16]
    • Dublin Bus
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Dublin Bus will initiate a recruitment process for bus drivers in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Airport Development Projects
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider to conduct an independent and thorough cost-benefit analysis of the proposal to develop an additional runway at...
    • National Transport Authority
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to ensure the National Transport Authority refunds a person (details supplied) who was unfairly charged an amount following the...
    • Industrial Disputes
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the interventions he plans to make in the industrial dispute between Transdev and Luas workers; if he is aware this company is operating...