Written answers

Thursday, 19 May 2016

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the pay of teachers and ensure that new entrants are paid the same as those who were previously employed; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if educational programmes relating to drugs and alcohol addiction awareness in primary and secondary level schools are effective in addressing...
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to immediately include a school (details supplied) under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme and in whatever interim...
    • Parent and Student Charter
      17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the position in relation to the proposed parent and student charter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10713/16]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he will address pay inequality in the teaching profession for post 2011 new entrant teachers in view of increasing economic stability; and if...
    • Legislative Programme
      19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his intentions on progressing the Technological Universities Bill; if he will change the requirement for the merger of institutions in order to...
    • Educational Reform
      20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his proposals to reform the junior certificate; if students in schools that have not implemented the new junior cycle English curriculum will...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reverse the changes that see new-entrant teachers being paid at a different rate to previously employed teachers; and if he will make a...
    • Educational Reform
      23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his progress in reforming the junior cycle and the details of negotiations he has held with the teacher trade unions in the past four weeks. [10764/16]
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has ensured additional counselling and other resources for those students seriously affected by recent gangland crime and murder in the...
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme; if he has decided to reinstate or replace it; the details of his decision...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has made provision to ensure an adequate supply of apprentices to meet the requirements of all trades; the projected annual number of...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legislative Measures
      27. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to amend the existing rules governing entitlement to Irish citizenship by descent in order to include those born overseas who have...
    • Garda Deployment
      28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of recent burglaries in south Lucan, including Moyglass, the number of members of An Garda Síochána in the Garda stations in...
    • Courts Service Data
      29. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners awaiting trial in the Special Criminal Court who have been on remand for up to one year; 1 to 1.5 years; 1.5 to 2 years; 2...
    • Leave to Remain
      30. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for permission to remain in the State on the basis of being the spouse of an Irish...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will hold a public inquiry into a recent press report (details supplied) that claims that a corporation in the United States of America was...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      33. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application by a prisoner in the United Kingdom to complete a sentence in Ireland in order to be close to extended family requires that the...
    • Garda Reports
      34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in publishing the O'Higgins report; her views that the report was obviously leaked in advance of publication; the actions...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status a person (details supplied) with regard to eligibility for naturalisation; if there are any outstanding documentation and procedures;...
    • Deportation Orders
      37. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality how she can facilitate the regularisation of the residency status of a person (details supplied); if any particular procedures are required; and...
    • Immigration Status
      38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the application for residency status of a person (details supplied); if she can resolve the situation at an early date; and if she...
    • Asylum Applications
      39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the eligibility of a person (details supplied) for asylum and refugee status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11091/16]
    • Residency Permits
      40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to consider an upgrade from Stamp 2 to Stamp 4 for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11092/16]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status a person (details supplied) with regard to eligibility for naturalisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11094/16]
    • Immigration Policy
      42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure a person (details supplied) must follow to update Stamp 4; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11098/16]
    • Citizenship Applications
      43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the eligibility of a person (details supplied) for residency status, for Stamp 4 and for naturalisation status; and if she will make...
    • Residency Permits
      44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status and entitlement to naturalisation status of a person (details supplied). [11104/16]
    • Asylum Applications
      45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to review the application of a person (details supplied) for long-term residency and Stamp 4; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to revoke an order to deport on a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11107/16]
    • Residency Permits
      48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for residency status eligibility and for naturalisation status of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation status by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11114/16]
    • Spent Convictions
      50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the process for persons applying under the spent convictions Act; the timeframe for dealing with such applications and the criteria involved....
  • Department of Finance
    • Social Insurance Payments
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will refund pay-related social insurance contributions made in error by a person (details supplied) while in receipt of farm assist prior to the rule...
    • VAT Exemptions
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance if value-added tax should be removed from automated external defibrillator machines; how he intends to remove it; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      53. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's recent dealings with the European Commission relating to the ongoing investigation into tax arrangements of a company (details supplied)...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      54. To ask the Minister for Finance why religious organisations are not subject to the same level of financial scrutiny as secular organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      55. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a tax clearance certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11016/16]
    • Tax Code
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm an increase from €500 to €650 for the small business exemption in respect of the shop local gift voucher scheme; and if he...
    • National Treasury Management Agency Reports
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance when the 2015 annual report of the National Treasury Management Agency will be available; the process for the formal review of the strategy of...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      58. To ask the Minister for Finance the legislative and other measures necessary to divest all remaining Ireland Strategic Investment Fund investments in the fossil fuel industry; the...
    • Tax Collection
      59. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the Revenue Commissioners can enter into a long-term arrangement in respect of outstanding taxes in the case of a person (details...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance to expedite a review of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disabled drivers regulations 1994. [11160/16]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Institutes of Technology Expenditure
      61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the institutes of technology which are running a deficit, in tabular form. [10956/16]
    • Foirne Scoile
      65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a íocfar riaráistí pá le múinteoir (sonraí tugtha) ar coinníodh pá uaidh mar nach raibh...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the payments provided to student physiotherapists who receive no financial support while carrying out practice education; and if he will...
    • School Transport Review
      67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will formally complete the review of the school transport scheme; the consultation process he will employ to engage with the various...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10993/16]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available to a mature student returning to college (details provided); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10994/16]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when he will examine pay equalisation for teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11008/16]
    • School Transport Data
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money saved by his Department as a result of the changes to the primary and post primary school transport schemes; the number of...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated for mental health initiatives in schools in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children being taught in prefabricated classrooms at both primary and secondary levels, by county; the timeframe for the abolition...
    • Student Retention Rates
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who left education before completing primary, secondary and third level education or training in each of the past five...
    • School Starting Age
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the commitment outlined in the programme for Government in respect of raising the school starting age to five years old; if this will...
    • School Transport
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a student (details supplied) has been refused access under the school transport scheme despite having travelled to school under the scheme...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student diagnosed with epilepsy is eligible for school transport under the scheme for school transport for children with special educational...
    • Third Level Charges
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a commitment not to increase the student contribution fee; if he will reduce this fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Grant Scheme
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to increase the rates of the student grant for undergraduate students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11045/16]
    • Programme for Government Priorities
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plan to create a three-year strategy in the first 100 days of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11052/16]
    • Programme for Government Initiatives
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will outline the programme for Government proposed action plan on education inclusion; how he will consult on the plan; the timeline for...
    • Legislative Programme
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish the draft heads of the new admissions and excellence Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11054/16]
    • School Patronage
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his proposals for continued divestment given the commitment in the programme for Government for new approaches to speed up divestment; and if he...
    • Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently provide access to a child psychologist for a person (details supplied) with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Education and Training Boards
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11080/16]
    • School Enrolments
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will continue to make adequate provision for primary and secondary level school places in County Kildare, having regard to the emerging...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be an adequate supply of apprentices through the existing apprenticeships schemes; if particular trades or professions are...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will augment the career guidance service throughout secondary level education; if he anticipates improvement in the short and medium term;...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet special needs teaching requirements in primary and secondary level schools in County Kildare in 2016; his proposals for the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will progress the upgrading of extension works at a school (details supplied) in the near future in line with submissions made by the school...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is concerned at the pupil teacher ratio in primary and secondary schools in County Kildare; if he will improve the situation; and if he will...
    • Education and Training Provision
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will issue approval in respect of life-long learning provisions mooted for North County Kildare in line with requirements, with particular...
    • School Placement
      99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children with autistic spectrum disorder have ready access to primary and secondary school places in County Kildare; the extent if difficulties...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will assist the school authorities at Newtown, in Enfield, in County Kildare in the provision of extra enhanced and upgraded accommodation,...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if younger teachers who receive reduced salaries can expect an improvement in their situation in the near future; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Closures
      102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he supports the retention of smaller schools in urban and rural areas notwithstanding religious denominations; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will accede to the request for extra facilities, including a sports hall, at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • School Funding
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve an increase in funding offered to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare given the increase in costs; and if he will...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices projected to be in training, by employment sector, in each of the years to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Examinations
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review an application for reasonable accommodations at the leaving certificate examinations in 2016 for a person (details supplied) as a...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Waste Disposal
      109. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has put preventative measures in place to prevent an increase in dumping given the implementation of the...
    • Control of Dogs
      112. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that Veterinary Ireland has set up a specialised group which has reviewed the current Control of Dogs Act...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      113. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to extend the purchase incremental scheme to cover houses that were acquired under the Part V social and affordable...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will provide funding for the construction of SI houses to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authority Charges Non-Payment
      116. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline in tabular form the details of the arrears of commercial rates owed to Louth County Council in Dundalk, Ardee...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      117. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set down by county and by month in tabular form the number of persons who have presented as homeless for each of the...
    • Water Services Provision
      118. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water has taken responsibility from local authorities for dealing with complaints relating to the provision of...
    • Planning Issues
      119. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has studied the stalled development at Naas Town Centre, in County Kildare with particular reference to the...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the restoration of the telephone allowance for the elderly scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10996/16]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the legislation, regular actions, circulars and guidelines used when means-testing an application under the jobseekers' allowance scheme where the...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the rural social scheme as a method of ensuring low-income farmers have an adequate livelihood while contributing to their communities;...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Payments
      123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the means testing changes made by his predecessor under the farm assist scheme which have the effect in many cases of imposing a...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Administration
      124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will award credits to all persons who were in receipt of farm assist prior to the change of rules that allows persons on farm assist to make...
    • Child Benefit Data
      125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of child benefit paid in respect of children living outside the European Union area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10987/16]
    • Community Services Programme
      126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding sources that exist for community services programme scheme sponsors to provide the areas of activity as outlined on page 10 of the...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of arrears on a payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11046/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
      128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to provide a breakdown per county of the current waiting times for domiciliary care allowance applications; the number of applicants per county that...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will pay a superannuation pension and gratuity to retiring supervisors of community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to urgently examine an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance will be restored to a person (details supplied); to provide for immediate payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review and immediately approve an application by a person (details supplied) under the rent support scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when he will award a carer's allowance to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11100/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme and the invalidity pension scheme; and if he will...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when he will review a case and grant an increase under the rent support scheme to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Social Insurance Fund
      138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure a person (details supplied) must follow in respect of a liability to the Social Insurance Fund; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Applications
      139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure a person (details supplied) must follow in respect of application for a State pension (contributory); if the persons contributions are...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a recipient under the family income supplement scheme who is off work due to illness can qualify under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      141. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans for the future of a social protection office (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the present service will be retained; and if he will...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
      142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection how he deals with the assessment of awards which are made in compensation cases in respect of children who might be in receipt of domiciliary care...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carers' allowance scheme; if same will be expedited; and if he will make a...
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the legislation and regulations relative to the payment of humanitarian aid arising from the recent floods; if the findings and figures relative to...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Aviation Issues
      145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 28 April 2016, under what circumstances he will not make a recommendation against the carriage...
    • Passport Applications
      146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the processing time for passport renewals; why it appears that the tracking is not updated regularly; if passports are processed within the...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any recent discussions with the Northern Ireland British Secretary of State, Ms Theresa Villers, or with the British Secretary...
    • Passport Application Refusals
      148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade why an application for passports for persons (details supplied) were declined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11085/16]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Drainage Schemes
      149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform with regard to ongoing flooding issues in County Sligo to enable the Office of Public Works which has the machinery required to conduct...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in instances where local community groups or voluntary organisations have developed detailed and costed flood mitigation and management...
    • Public Sector Pay
      152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, when and how he will address unequal pay in the public service, that is, the two-tier pay system whereby new entrants are paid less...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in terms of the recruitment of clerical officers in the public service, if candidates are still being drawn from the panel established...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Parks
      155. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in the context of a recent announcement, to extend the seasonal opening hours of a national park (details supplied).in County Mayo....
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Services
      156. To ask the Minister for Health the status of cataract operations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10970/16]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      157. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of persons on the orthodontic waiting list who have been screened through the schools programme but who have been waiting for treatment from the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will compile and make public a list of locations for automated external defibrillators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10982/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      159. To ask the Minister for Health why children who have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and who have previously received support from Enable Ireland have to go through the process...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      161. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment from University Hospital Galway, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      162. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide speech and language therapy to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10989/16]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      163. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate allegations that a general practitioner surgery (details supplied) is charging medical cardholders for phlebotomy services, given his...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Services Expenditure
      164. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of international public funding models for fertility treatment; when he will introduce legislation on this; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      166. To ask the Minister for Health to initiate the recruitment of a community-based diabetes nurse specialist, which his Department has already sanctioned, to cater for the obvious and growing...
    • Health Services Provision
      167. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a person (details supplied) who suffers from an illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11015/16]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      168. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons from County Louth who availed of the travel abroad scheme in 2015; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11023/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      169. 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. [11024/16]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent child psychologist posts employed in primary care per 1,000 population, and the number of persons served by these, by...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      171. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to mental health service and the number of staff who are in place in the service in County Offaly in each of the past six years, in...
    • Mobility Allowance Review
      172. To ask the Minister for Health to reinstate the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11050/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      173. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11057/16]
    • Psychological Services
      175. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently provide access to a child psychologist for a person (details supplied) with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11064/16]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      176. To ask the Minister for Health why applicants who satisfy the criteria for a primary medical certificate, such as those with only one leg, are being refused in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      177. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delays in processing information sent to the Primary Care Reimbursement Service by applicants for medical cards and by public...
    • Hospital Services
      178. To ask the Minister for Health to extend the opening hours and the age limits of patients treated in the minor injuries unit at Louth County Hospital in line with the programme for...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      179. 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. [11082/16]
    • Medical Card Applications
      180. To ask the Minister for Health if and when he will renew a medical card for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11095/16]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      183. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome; the supports available to sufferers of the syndrome; why there is no specialist...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      184. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to upgrade or change the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11116/16]
    • Medical Card Applications
      185. To ask the Minister for Health to re-open an application by a person (details supplied) under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11140/16]
    • Community Care
      188. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will conduct an audit to ensure that the buildings it uses to house community primary care teams are fit for purpose; if it...
    • Hospital Services
      189. To ask the Minister for Health why a person was waiting five hours to have an operation and was discharged without having it; why the operation was on other dates; the date the operation...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Bord na gCon
      190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the statute under which the name of Bord na gCon was changed to the Irish Greyhound Board; the reason for this change; if he will...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether the €15 million to be invested in island communities during the course of the rural development programme as a special...
    • Scéim um Roghanna Comhshaoil Talmhaíochta
      192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cad é méid iomlán na híocaíochta a bhí dlite d’fheirmeoir (sonraí tugtha) faoin scéim...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      193. 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...
    • Animal Welfare
      194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 25 of 5 May 2016, the welfare certification required from exporters of dogs to China and how...
    • Bord na gCon
      195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 25 of 5 May 2016, the oversight mechanisms the Irish Greyhound Board has in place such that it...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to grant a licence for cultivating mussels to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11006/16]
    • Animal Welfare
      198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he takes to protect the welfare of greyhounds exported outside of Ireland; if he has concerns as to the welfare of...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite a payment to a person (details supplied) under the agri-environment options scheme whose payment has been delayed by five...
    • Superlevy Fine
      201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to urgently suspend for a period the agreement in place whereby farmers who had a superlevy payment that they were agreeing to repay...
    • Animal Welfare
      202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to investigate a matter (details supplied); the procedures that govern such an export; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Broadband Service Provision
      203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 5 May 2016, the recourse a person has in a situation in which complaints...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Licences
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of persons who are under 18 years of age applying for driving licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11028/16]
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will provide sufficient funding to Tipperary County Council to carry out the very urgent grade 5 repairs that are required on the...
    • Swimming Pool Programme Funding
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will provide funding to start phase 2 of the Samuel Beckett Civic Campus in Ballyogan in County Dublin. [10950/16]
    • Railway Stations
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Kishogue train station in Lucan in County Dublin will open; and to request Irish Rail and Transport for Ireland to have this...
    • Air Navigation Orders
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 21 April 2016, the criteria he uses in assessing applications for permits to carry munitions...
    • Airlines Regulations
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is concerned at reports that an airline (details supplied) plans to use its Irish subsidiary to allow it to skirt Norway's...
    • Road Signage
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to include signage for Killarney in County Kerry on road signs along the N69; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11068/16]
    • Road Projects Status
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to what extent he has studied plans for the provision of improvements and the realignment or relocation of a bridge crossing the River...
    • Railway Stations Upgrade
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide funding to upgrade Thomastown railway station in County Kilkenny as it is in a run-down state; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Company Law
      214. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to amend section 279(2) of the Companies Act 2014 to extend the deadline to use the modified US generally accepted accounting...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      215. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding administrative processes of the Workplace Relations Commission; and if she...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      216. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation how she will tackle the severe competitiveness challenges identified by the National Competitiveness Council report, Costs of Doing...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      217. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the projected number of extra jobs targeted in each nomenclature of units for territorial statistics 3 region by 2020, by year, in...
    • Job Creation Targets
      218. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the starting period from which the job targets projected up until 2020 will commence as envisaged under the programme for Government;...
    • Examinership Arrangements
      219. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action she has taken to protect jobs in a company (details supplied) since the appointment of an examiner to it; and if she will...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • School Completion Programme
      220. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the financial resources she will provide under the school completion strategy; the funding allocated to approve school completion rates...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      221. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will accommodate the extra preschool year in full in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11129/16]