Written answers

Tuesday, 31 May 2016

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on Government plans for capital investment, given the desperate need for this in housing, health, infrastructure, public...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      42. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has applied a moratorium on recruitment to any sector of the public service in 2016; the requests for additional staff he received,...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      43. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of repealing the financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation and public service pay reverting to 2009...
    • Strategic Infrastructure Provision
      44. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has examined strategic expenditure to address infrastructural deficiencies in areas such as housing, health, transport,...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      45. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he will take to address pay inequality in the public service and in particular the two-tier system that has developed in...
    • Legal Costs
      46. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the overall bill for legal services incurred by the State; if he is taking steps to co-ordinate actions to achieve greater...
    • Budget Consultation Process
      47. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of implementing equality and poverty proofing of budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12990/16]
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      48. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of recruitment in the public service since the moratorium was lifted; the number of persons who have been recruited across...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      49. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the phased repeal of the financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation; and if he will make a statement...
    • Freedom of Information Legislation
      50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions his Department has taken to resolve the disagreement on the interpretation of the Freedom of Information Acts between the...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will end the two-tier pay scales in the public service. [12535/16]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will reinstate the allowances to new-entry teachers. [12536/16]
    • Legal Costs
      54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of his Department's discussions with the Bar Council on the demand for a fee increase from the Director of Public...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when and how he will address the unequal pay situation for teachers who entered the system post 2011-12; and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has consulted with other Government Departments on the difficulties that have become apparent in recruiting and retaining certain...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public expenditure projections are on course and likely to remain on course in 2016; to examine areas of vital infrastructure which...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will end pay inequality for new entrants into the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12602/16]
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has consulted with Government Departments, including the Department of Health, the Department of Education and Skills and the...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his proposals for a public service pay commission and for the early restoration of public service pay levels, especially for young...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of reports that teachers who commenced employment in 2011 will earn between €200,000 and €300,000 less over...
    • Programme for Government
      62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the levels of Government expenditure, including tax expenditure, consequent on the proposed implementation of the programme for...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has raised concerns with the Department of Finance regarding the tax cuts promised over the next five years; his views on the ratio...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to expedite the restoration of pay and pay equality for public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12993/16]
    • Garda Remuneration
      66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when and how he will address the unequal pay situation for members of An Garda Síochána who entered the system in recent years;...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how he will address pay inequality in the teaching profession for post-2011 teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Pay
      68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount saved by having a lower level of pay for new recruits to the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has consulted with Government Departments on the difficulties in recruiting and retaining certain types of public servants arising...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his discussions with the Department of Education and Skills regarding what is described in a briefing document for the new Minister for...
    • Public Sector Pay
      71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to subject the question of the restoration of pay and pay equality for public servants to a commission for study; to bring forward...
    • National Monuments
      72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide year round visitor access to the cairns at Sliabh na gCailleach, Loughcrew, County Meath. [13268/16]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Data
      73. To ask the Taoiseach the number of workers on temporary contracts and on temporary employment as a percentage of employment for each year since 2008, in tabular form. [13638/16]
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      78. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money his Department spent and the fees it paid on media advertising by media organisation, newspaper, radio, television or other, in each of the years...
    • Departmental Funding
      79. To ask the Taoiseach if he will be operating the Communicating Europe grant scheme in 2016; if so, when he expects the call for applications to be opened; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      80. To ask the Taoiseach the estimated full-year savings for 2017 from reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14116/16]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the initiatives she proposes to take to ensure that deaf citizens' rights to Irish Sign Language interpreters is protected in order to allow them...
    • Coroners Service
      83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality how unclaimed deceased remains are treated by the State; the laws which govern the burial of deceased persons whose remains are unclaimed by...
    • Prison Accommodation Provision
      84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of developing a women’s open prison facility. [12934/16]
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will take a leadership role internationally in Ireland's action on the refugee crisis by urgently sending a delegation to Calais and...
    • Courts Service Data
      87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judgment mortgages applied for and granted in each year from 2010 to 2015; the total value of such judgment mortgages; and if she...
    • National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan
      88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will respond to issues raised by the Irish Deaf Society (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13505/16]
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have left the public service in her Department in each of the past five years to date, either by way of natural...
    • Criminal Prosecutions Data
      90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the 29 victim requests for reviews of the Director of Public Prosecution’s decision not to prosecute since the implementation...
    • Crime Data
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions and convictions for rape and sexual assault and the number of these convictions that resulted in a non-custodial...
    • Deaths in Prison
      92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have died while in the custody of the Irish Prison Service in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, including the...
    • Inspector of Prisons Reports
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of recommendations set out in the report of an investigation by the Inspector of Prisons, Judge Michael Reilly,...
    • Irish Prison Service
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the changes that have been made within the Irish Prison Service since the death of a person (details supplied) with regard to treating suicidal...
    • Drugs in Prisons
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she is taking to prevent the influx of drugs and alcohol into the prison system. [12515/16]
    • Garda Resources
      99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the new regional support unit within An Garda Síochána, including the resources and the number of personnel she will...
    • Criminal Legal Aid
      100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to expand on the programme for Government pledge to clamp down on potential abuses of the criminal legal aid scheme; the number of times this...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times she has had contact with the Garda Commissioner by telephone, in person or by any other method of communication since the...
    • Departmental Reports
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish an inquiry report by Mr. Justice Frank Clarke on how the Garda Ombudsman investigators conduct their work; the date on which...
    • Prison Education Service
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the education or literacy needs of persons are assessed when they enter the custody of the Irish Prison Service. [12522/16]
    • Judicial Reviews
      105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of other jurisdictions developing problem solving courts where judges review the progress of appropriate convicted offenders...
    • Court Orders
      106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to investigate the behaviour of members of An Garda Síochána during an eviction (details supplied), specifically gardaí permitting...
    • Garda Stations
      107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will commence the review of the dispersal of Garda stations; who will conduct it and make the decision; the criteria it will use in...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to speed up the resettlement of refugees in Ireland through relocation and resettlement programmes given that Ireland has...
    • Traveller Projects Funding
      109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of funding Travellers' initiatives by 10%; 20% and 25%. [12556/16]
    • Garda Expenditure
      110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full year cost of recruiting and training 100 additional members of An Garda Síochána in 2017. [12557/16]
    • Garda Recruitment
      112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the intake of Garda Síochána recruits at Templemore College during each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date and the projected intake for...
    • Irish Prison Service
      114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average annual cost of an available staffed prison place. [12562/16]
    • Prison Committals
      115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons imprisoned for sentences of less than six months in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and the number of these that...
    • Prison Facilities
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the prisons in which slopping out still takes place; and the cost of ending this practice in each prison. [12564/16]
    • Garda Síochána Inspectorate
      117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current annual budget and annual rental costs of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate. [12565/16]
    • Civil Legal Aid
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of reducing the application fee for civil legal aid to €100 and to €50. [12572/16]
    • Courts Service Administration
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of establishing a pilot specialist court to deal solely with applications for orders under the Domestic Violence Act and to reduce the...
    • Courts Service
      120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the outcome of the assessment by the Courts Service of the availability of suitable accommodation in the commercial market to address...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of ensuring the Probation and Welfare Service provides expert child welfare and safety assessments to the courts in family law matters...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason she has not yet signed the Commencement Order to give effect to sections 10 to 13, inclusive, and 17, 39, 40, 41 and 42 of the Garda...
    • Penal Policy Review Group
      125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to give a clear commitment to a coherent and evidence informed penal policy grounded in crime data analysis which is made public. [12637/16]
    • Penal Policy Review Group Report
      126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when she will implement the recommendations of the cross-agency strategic review on penal policy; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Crime Prevention
      127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will develop a discrete strategy for young adults of 18 to 24 years of age who are in conflict with the law, with particular emphasis on...
    • Parole Boards
      128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to establish a fully independent Parole Board on a statutory basis. [12640/16]
    • Prisoner Complaints Procedures
      129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce an independent prisoner complaints mechanism. [12641/16]
    • UN Conventions Ratification
      130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ratify the optional protocol to the convention against torture. [12642/16]
    • Departmental Operations
      131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to develop a research capacity within her Department and relevant agencies to support innovative best practice and evidence based...
    • Crime Data
      132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce the publication of crime data and analysis on a regular basis. [12644/16]
    • Sentencing Policy
      133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources she has allocated to the sentencing information project. [12645/16]
    • Courts Service
      135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to establish community courts. [12647/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the level of funding given to restorative justice initiatives during each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and the cost of increasing these by...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of community sanction schemes in place; her plans to ensure consistency in their availability, use and operation. [12649/16]
    • Juvenile Offenders
      138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children detained in Wheatfield place of detention during each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and her plans to end this...
    • Youth Justice Strategy
      140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current level of investment in prevention and early intervention strategies to reduce number of children coming in to contact with the law;...
    • Prisoner Data
      141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reduce the prison population to a safe custody maximum of 2,850. [12657/16]
    • Departmental Programmes
      142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources she allocated to the community return programme; and her plans to expand it and the categories and number of prisoners inelligible...
    • Crime Levels
      143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase standard remission from 25% to 33% and to introduce enhanced remission of up to 50%. [12659/16]
    • Prisoner Health
      144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to conduct a whole system review of prison health services. [12660/16]
    • Prison Facilities
      146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the mental health services available in prisons; if on admission prisoners have a thorough mental health assessment as part of initial health...
    • Drugs in Prisons
      149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if prisoners who wish to address their addictions have access to drug treatment services; and if so, the treatments available to them. [12666/16]
    • Prisoner Health
      150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she continuously monitors infectious diseases in regular prison health monitoring and inspection mechanisms, including human immunodeficiency...
    • Prison Accommodation Standards
      151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to work towards single cell accommodation as the best-practice norm across in prisons. [12668/16]
    • Prisoner Health
      153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commit to a daily minimum of 12 hours out of cell activity for all prisoners, with an emphasis on education, training and work. [12670/16]
    • Prison Security
      154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will end the use of prolonged isolation of prisoners as a response to prisoner safety concerns. [12671/16]
    • Prison Service
      156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish the Irish Prison Service as a fully independent prisons authority on a statutory basis with the director general as...
    • Prisoner Welfare
      157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commit to an interdepartmental and inter-agency strategy for supporting children with a parent in prison. [12674/16]
    • Departmental Strategies
      158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will implement the Irish Prison Service's families and imprisonment strategy; the level of resourcing she has allocated to this; and if...
    • Prison Accommodation
      159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide an open prison for female prisoners and to increase open prison provision for male prisoners. [12676/16]
    • Prisoner Releases
      160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to remove exclusions from temporary release for all categories of prisoner. [12677/16]
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the post-release reintegration service and supports available to prisoners and the level of resources she has allocated to them. [12679/16]
    • Probation and Welfare Service Data
      163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding she has allocated to the Probation Service. [12680/16]
    • Juvenile Offenders
      164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to extend expungement provisions in the Children Act 2001 to offences committed up to 21 years of age. [12681/16]
    • Prisoner Data
      165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in prison custody. [12693/16]
    • Fines Data
      166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of committals for non-payment of fines in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date; and the mechanism she is using to monitor the...
    • Departmental Reports
      167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of findings from the Law Reform Commission and the strategic review of penal policy that mandatory and presumptive sentencing...
    • Prison Accommodation Standards
      168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to prioritise Ireland’s human rights obligations by prioritising the development of smaller local prisons and open and low-security...
    • Special Criminal Court Establishment
      169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights' concluding observations on Ireland under the July 2014 International Covenant...
    • Coroners Service
      170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will introduce legislation to update the coroner system and to ensure mechanisms of investigation into deaths in prison custody are...
    • Sentencing Policy
      172. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources she has allocated to integrated sentence management in prisons to deliver prisoner centred rehabilitation. [12700/16]
    • White Collar Crime
      173. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the use of the equitable remedy of disgorgement as a supplementary measure to possible criminal penalties in white collar crime...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      174. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Criminal Assets Bureau seizes assets acquired through white collar crime; and the level of such assets seized to date. [12702/16]
    • Immigration Status
      175. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 17 May 2016, to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Process RIA
      176. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to publish the regulatory impact analysis put together by the interdepartmental working group on proposed corporate manslaughter legislation....
    • Legal Proceedings
      177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions brought under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997...
    • Direct Provision System
      179. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for the most recent figures available for people in direct provision, including the number of children; the average period of time asylum seekers...
    • Intelligence Sharing
      180. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the operation of the financial intelligence unit in the Seychelles and its effect on Ireland; and her views on it employing former...
    • Garda Deployment
      181. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of gardaí in Rathfarnham and Tallaght Garda stations since 2010, in tabular form. [12778/16]
    • Garda Data
      182. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown of rank numbers in the Garda Síochána for the years 2010 to 2015, in tabular form. [12781/16]
    • Garda Reserve
      183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers in the Garda Reserve from 2010 to 2015 in tabular form; the numbers of new recruits to the Garda Reserve in each of those years; the...
    • Garda Deployment
      185. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the operating hours and numbers of gardaí based at Naas, Leixlip, Clane, Carbury, Celbridge and Maynooth Garda stations for each year...
    • Visa Applications
      186. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of an application for a volunteer visa by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12803/16]
    • Garda Station Closures
      187. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will re-open a Garda station (details supplied) in County Kerry given its geographical isolation; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Immigration Controls
      188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons refused leave to land or permission to enter here at the border with Northern Ireland and their nationalities between May...
    • Direct Provision System
      189. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to detail each of the 90 fully implemented recommendations of the McMahon working group report to Government on improvements to the protection...
    • UN Conventions Ratification
      190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she plans to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which was signed by the Government on 30 March 2007; and if...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality how many companies have expressed an interest in the new speed camera contract; the amount the new contract is worth; the number of hours...
    • Courts Service
      192. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the mileage a company (details supplied) is claiming from the State for its workers attending court; and the rate of pay it is claiming for...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money spent by her Department on media advertising from March 2011 to February 2016 showing the media organisation - newspaper,...
    • Departmental Programmes
      194. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that the Rape Crisis Network Ireland has recommended establishing and resourcing a distinct and specialist primary prevention...
    • Sexual Abuse Research
      197. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commit to funding a new sexual abuse and violence in Ireland study. [12925/16]
    • Legal Aid
      200. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of ending the requirement for victims of domestic violence to make financial contributions for State-funded legal services provided by...
    • Legal Aid Service
      201. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will broaden the remit of the Legal Aid Board to include issues related to social welfare, housing and employment. [12930/16]
    • Civil Legal Aid
      202. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that civil legal aid is provided to borrowers or tenants in difficulty to ensure that they receive adequate legal advice and...
    • Legislative Programme
      203. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce hate crime legislation. [12935/16]
    • Citizenship Applications
      204. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reverse the increases in application fees for Irish citizenship. [12936/16]
    • Ministerial Advisers
      205. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the names of her advisers and their salaries. [12937/16]
    • Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
      206. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any gardaí have ever been through disciplinary processes as a result of misuse of the covert human intelligence source scheme; and if so,...
    • Garda Investigations
      207. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to address repeated concerns (details supplied) in the O'Higgins report regarding proper investigation by An Garda...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      208. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the development of terms of reference for the inquiry into Garda misconduct allegations made by a person (details supplied)....
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      209. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the facility to appeal to the court the rejection of an insolvency proposal by a creditor is only available where a family home is involved;...
    • Garda Operations
      210. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of an alleged speeding offence that was entered on the PULSE - police using leading systems effectively - system (details...
    • Courts Service
      211. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to allow small limited companies not to engage the services of solicitors and barristers when accessing the...
    • Daylight Saving
      212. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the European Union issues that arise with regard to the duration of summer time from March to October; if it is possible to extend summer time to...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      214. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid to a company (details supplied) to operate speed camera vans from 2009 to date; the amount collected by the company in speeding...
    • Crime Data
      215. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of burglaries since 2014 by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13183/16]
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      216. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the upgrading of Clonmel Garda station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13184/16]
    • Garda Commissioner Travel
      217. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Commissioner has discussed the reasons for, and outcomes of, her visit to Washington in March 2016; if she informed the Minister...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      218. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will amend the Refugee Act 1996 to enable persons in refugee camps fleeing persecution to initiate their asylum applications prior to...
    • Crime Investigation
      220. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to whom instances of female genital mutilation should be reported; if there is a mechanism for doing so anonymously; and if she will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      221. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time persons (details supplied) will be waiting for long-stay visa application in order that they can be reunited with their spouse...
    • Residency Permits
      222. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps required for a person (details supplied) to regularise their status here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13474/16]
    • Crime Levels
      226. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested and detained in 2016 to date under section 23 of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 which extended the...
    • Family Reunification Applications
      227. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Judicial Oath Reform
      229. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the legislation on the taking of oaths and to make it fit for purpose. [13536/16]
    • Prisoner Data
      230. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently serving custodial or suspended sentences for drug possession; and the total prison population. [13557/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      231. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full-year savings for 2017 from reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in her Department; and if she will make a statement...
  • Department of Finance
    • Legislative Programme
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance to list the Finance Bills from the 31st Dáil he intends to re-initiate; and the Bills his Department is working on, with an indicative time scale for the...
    • Mortgage Insurance
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance if a mortgage insurance scheme for the capital amount of mortgages has operated in the past; if introducing one has been considered; and if he will make a...
    • Stability and Growth Pact
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance the minimum percentage improvement that was required to the structural balance for 2015 under the European Union fiscal rules; and the out-turn of the 2015...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding or tax reliefs available to a person to deal with the continuous blockage and overflow of sewerage pipes in a private garden. [12548/16]
    • Excessive Deficit Procedure Administration
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance if, with regard to the recent announcement that Government expenditure in 2015 has been revised up by €1.5 billion, reflecting a reclassification...
    • NAMA Annual Report and Accounts
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which he will make National Asset Management Agency's 2015 management accounts available to the public; and the reason for the delay in their...
    • Life Insurance Policies
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance if, with regard to the correspondence supplied, he and the Central Bank believe a person (details supplied) has been treated fairly by the company; the legal...
    • Tax Relief Eligibility
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the availability of agricultural relief from capital acquisitions tax where the farming land, the subject of the relief, is wholly or...
    • Mortgage Data
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 6 April 2016, if the circa 11% figure given for a bank (details supplied) is a figure for the amount of new...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent by his Department on media advertising from March 2011 to February 2016, showing the media organisation, newspaper, radio,...
    • Stability and Growth Pact
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance regarding his assertion that we do not meet the criteria for applying, particularly in light of the economic cycle and other factors, for greater flexibility...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance the current regulatory framework for receivers appointed by banks; if he plans to introduce any changes in this area; the oversight in place with regard to...
    • IBRC Account Holders
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, in special liquidation, is no longer in a position to provide legacy account support or assistance...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance to expand on the programme for Government commitment to introduce a help-to-buy scheme or mortgage insurance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Motor Insurance
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he will take to address the high cost of motor insurance for young drivers; if he will consider re-establishing the Motor Insurance Advisory...
    • Banking Operations
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstance in which a bank is required to consult with his Department when it is proposing a disposal of a loan or loans; if the disclosure requirements...
    • Loan Books Purchasers
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to requiring pre-approval from the Central Bank for the disposal by bank and non-bank lenders of residential mortgages until...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Debt
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of commercial loans held by non-bank lenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13437/16]
    • Mortgage Data
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of residential mortgages held by non-bank lenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13438/16]
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance the properties the National Asset Management Agency currently owns in Counties Louth and Meath; the number of these properties that may be suitable for the...
    • Motor Insurance
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance to introduce a regulation obliging car insurance providers to take into account the safe driving record maintained by returning emigrants when they lived...
    • Tax Code
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance the position for retired PAYE workers who are recipients of a small foreign pension marginally in excess of €3,000 and who would prefer to opt for PAYE...
    • Tax Collection
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance the position with the release of funds relating to the sale of property as part of the estate of a deceased person (details supplied). [13534/16]
    • Loan Books Purchasers
      265. To ask the Minister for Finance to report on his meetings with a bank (details supplied) in 2016; if he discussed the sale of the bank's sale of its distressed mortgage portfolio; and if he...
    • Living City Initiative
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance to detail the level of take-up to date in each designated area under the Living City initiative; and if he has received any assessment from his officials of...
    • NAMA Operations
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 60 to 74 of 18 May 2016 and the consequences of leaks from the National Asset Management Agency, if all the debtor...
    • NAMA Legal Cases
      273. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 60 to 74 of 18 May 2016 and the consequences of leaks from the National Asset Management Agency, specifically, if...
    • NAMA Operations
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 60 to 74 of 18 May 2016 and the consequences of leaks from the National Asset Management Agency, which of the...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Supervision
      278. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware whether any financial institution regulated by the Central Bank has been or continues to be involved in speculative oil trades to attempt to...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      280. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the role of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in helping to protect consumers from the impact of market manipulation in the global...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      283. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Budgets
      284. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the estimated full-year saving for 2017 by reducing spending on travel by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Teacher Training Provision
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to meet with representatives of the Walk Tall programme urgently to facilitate his being apprised of the situation and to seek a solution before...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to increase the number of public preschools that can adequately cater for children with autism spectrum disorder. [12625/16]
    • Bullying in Schools
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to address the policy gap whereby sexual harassment in schools among students falls between his Department's action plan on...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to introduce a new apprenticeship scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13370/16]
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide costing for the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing education and training board chief executive officer pay by 10%....
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of persons who have left the public service in his Department in each of the past five years to date, either by way of...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to re-open the redress board to investigate cases from a school (detrails supplied). [12503/16]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the supports available for persons (details supplied). [12507/16]
    • Irish Language
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will issue a reply to an interim response (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12533/16]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to extend the Student Universal Support Ireland grant scheme to third level students who attend non-state-owned colleges, given that these...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when he will provide an information and communications technology grant to primary schools (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • School Enrolments Data
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the provision of a new post-primary school in the Ongar Hansfield Little Pace area of Dublin West; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for three additional classrooms and other refurbishment works; and if he...
    • Student Grant Scheme
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reasons each of the 37 applications for student support under the scheme aimed at making third level education accessible for...
    • School Accommodation
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 398 of 20 April 2016, when a written decision will issue to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal...
    • After-School Support Services
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his upcoming three year strategy, which will include increasing after-school hours, will take into consideration the after-school care...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out in tabular form the amount of money spent by his Department on media advertising from March 2011 to February 2016 by media...
    • School Patronage
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline how parents can make a submission to his Department regarding the patronage of new second level schools in the Dublin 15 area; if he...
    • Schools Building Projects
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans for the provision of new post-primary schools in the Ongar and Littlepace areas in Dublin 15 in the five-year school...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans for Montessori teaching; if he will retain regulation 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12968/16]
    • State Examinations Reviews
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 17 May 2016 if he will provide figures on the number of schools that are not currently in a position...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been identified for a secondary school (details supplied) in County Dublin as the school is currently located in Kilternan Rugby...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to allow a school (details supplied) to maintain its existing pupil-teacher ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13127/16]
    • Departmental Meetings
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if progress is being made in respect of issues raised with his departmental officials in Tullamore by a sports club (details supplied); his views...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is dealing with a request for urgent works on the school yard at a school (details supplied); his views on the fact that there...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to confirm the go-ahead for the long promised extension at a school (details supplied); his views on concerns of the school community...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the necessary funding will be made available to a school (details supplied) to proceed with their building project; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13150/16]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position relating to a summer works application for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Costs
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills who is providing insurance for buildings, specifically for schools that are State owned (details supplied) and built on land bought by the State....
    • Schools Procurement Unit
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views that national schools are failing to receive more than one insurance quotation for cover on building/contents/liability, and principals...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position of a summer works application for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13156/16]
    • School Costs
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will cover the cost of an overspend incurred by a school (details supplied) for the construction of an autism unit; if his...
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider providing funding for the WALK Peer Project in County Louth (details supplied). [13229/16]
    • State Examinations Commission
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if direction has been given from his Department to the State Examinations Commission to review all refusals of readers, given the recent High...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the initial design plans for the new build in respect of the three schools (details supplied) have been drawn up; and if he will make a...
    • School Curriculum
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ten year old children here currently learning a modern language and the number of primary schools here that teach a modern...
    • Technological Universities
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of stage 4 of the designation process for technological university status, that is, an application for designation; the length...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the application by a school (details supplied) under the summer works scheme. [13357/16]
    • School Transport Data
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to his reply to Question No. 134 of 28 April 2016, if he will, for the years 2008 to 2015, repeat and expand on the information in the...
    • Ombudsman's Remit
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed role and powers of the ombudsman for education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13424/16]
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the increased funding required to restore guidance counselling to secondary schools as provided for in the programme for...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to support and expedite the provision of a physical education hall in a school (details supplied) which has been without same for over 30 years...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Government's timeframe to end the pay inequality that teachers who qualified after 2011 endure, considering it has now been five years of...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of guidance counsellors employed in secondary schools in each county, for the years 2011 to 2015. [13456/16]
    • Budget Measures
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reverse the cuts imposed by his Department in budget 2012. [13459/16]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) which is awaiting a grant for an extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13466/16]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) which has been amalgamated since September 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13483/16]
    • School Staff
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13484/16]
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is giving consideration to an application by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo under the emergency funding scheme; if the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed two-storey extension to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13509/16]
    • Third Level Charges
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding university fees. [13511/16]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the third phase of development will be sanctioned for approval by his Department at (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can respond to issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding unequal pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Examinations Data
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students aged 18-20 who sat the leaving certificate for the first time in 2015; the number expected to sit the leaving certificate...
    • School Staff
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding an appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13571/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year savings for 2017 from reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Departmental Functions
      350. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government where responsibility for environmental issues now lies, given the announcement of the new Ministers and Ministers of State...
    • Motor Tax Rates
      351. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he accepts that road tax should apply on the basis of the cubic capacity of the vehicle and not on age; if he will seek...
    • Wind Energy Generation (1 comment)
      352. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how he envisages a public consultation will take place regarding industrial turbine development and the planning...
    • Aviation Issues
      353. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the aviation fuel pipeline to Dublin Airport; his plans to provide funding for this project over the coming...
    • Scheme to Support National Organisations
      354. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure the provision of requested national funding for the men's shed movement; and if he will make a statement...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      355. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the method by which the more competitive capital funding, as promised in the programme for Government to Leader groups,...
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      356. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of puppy farms and their locations that were inspected, closed down and subsequently re-inspected in the years...
    • Local Authority Services
      358. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the supports in place for the development and protection of county archive services to preserve local cultural patrimony....
    • Local Authority Staff Remuneration
      359. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated full-year savings for 2017 from reducing local authority chief executive officer pay by 10%. [13656/16]
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      360. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will release Leader funding to the Avondhu and Blackwater local action groups in County Cork. [12504/16]
    • Housing Provision
      361. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to create a vacant homes register in the short term to help tackle the housing crisis, given that the report form the...
    • Irish Water Administration
      362. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why customers of Irish Water are being fined for non-payment of water charges while the Government has to vote on...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      363. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to permit an extension for a waste collection provider where the collection vehicles fail to comply with the new measures...
    • Water Charges
      366. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the commission on water charges is to be established; the nature of the applications process for members of the...
    • Electoral Reform
      367. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline any review of election postering regulations by his Department, given the move by other jurisdictions...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      368. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the 1,477 social housing current expenditure programme units (details supplied) operational in...
    • Water Meters Data
      369. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to request Uisce Éireann to provide details of the number of water meters installed in Dublin county and city, by...
    • Derelict Sites
      370. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the remedies available to local authorities or other State agencies to ensure that property owners of derelict or...
    • Water Charges Data
      371. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the average annual domestic water charge amount per house; the number of households in total which paid their water...
    • Housing Data
      372. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vacant properties which currently exist in County Louth; the number of these vacant properties owned by...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      373. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will consider amending the relevant clause in the tenant purchase scheme, Part 5, to enable residents of private...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      374. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent by his Department on media advertising from March 2011 to February 2016, inclusive, outlining...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      375. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the input, role or interaction he has had with State agencies and Departments in regard to resolving the homeless crisis,...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      376. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the role of his Department in regard to a proposal (details supplied); if contracts have been signed; his proposals to...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Data
      377. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons on waiting lists for the housing adaptation scheme, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Planning Issues
      382. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the improvements in legislation he plans to make to improve planning regulations and standards to protect private...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      383. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent by local authorities from 2011 to 2016 to date on purchasing properties from the private sector...
    • Environmental Policy
      384. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of emission allowances (pollution permits) which have been issued here since 2008; the percentage of those that...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
      387. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide details for each local authority and approved housing body, of the number of completed mortgage-to-rent...
    • Waste Management
      388. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for clarification on charges for recyclable and non-recyclable domestic waste coming into effect on 1 July 2016; and if he...
    • Housing Provision
      389. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a person (details supplied) who is on Cork County Council's housing list for the past seven years, can transfer to...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      390. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how much funding allocated to local authorities in 2014 and 2015 for Traveller housing was not recouped and sent back to...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      391. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to ensure there is a permanent location available for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Control of Dogs
      392. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the negative international attention the current dog control measures which place restrictions on dog...
    • Motor Tax Yield
      393. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vehicles registered and the total of sums paid in motor tax for school buses, youth or community buses and...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      394. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that a company (details supplied) will now only accept payment of invoices for bin charges through an online...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      396. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent by local authorities on media advertising from March 2011 to February 2016, by media organisation, that...
    • Library Services
      397. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to the strategic working group on shared services in public libraries of December 2013, if there are any proposed...
    • Waste Management
      398. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an allowance is being made in respect of families that include a person with a disability and whose bins are...
    • Local Authority Funding
      400. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to re-establish the Dublin City Council extension grant which was discontinued in 2008; and if he will make a...
    • Emergency Accommodation Data
      401. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government of the 4,068 adults and the 2,121 children recorded as accessing local authority managed emergency accommodation during...
    • Fire Service
      402. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if discussions have taken place between the fire service in County Wicklow and Dublin in relation to the boundaries for...
    • Fire Stations Upgrade
      403. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the extension of the fire station at Bypass Road, Killarney, County Kerry will be prioritised for emergency reasons...
    • Professional Fees
      404. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in his Department; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      405. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated full-year saving for 2017 by reducing spending on travel by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • National Internship Scheme
      406. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures he will introduce to ensure that companies do not exploit college graduates as interns to generate profits for their business; his...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      407. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the supports for working artists in the social protection system; and if the Government will relax activation rules for working...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      408. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [12501/16]
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      409. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to review the household benefits package scheme and to reinstate the telephone allowance for persons over 70 years of age; and if he will...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      410. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme. [12527/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      411. 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....
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      426. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to extend the tenancy protection scheme to County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12594/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      427. 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. [12595/16]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      429. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme, including when he will issue a decision. [12607/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      430. 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. [12608/16]
    • Water Conservation Grant Eligibility
      432. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he will take to enable a person (details supplied) to access their lawful entitlement to a water conservation grant. [12631/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      433. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [12689/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      434. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12703/16]
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      436. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12706/16]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      437. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12708/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      438. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12715/16]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      439. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review the policy which excludes Irish citizens from building up A Class contributions while working in the European Patent Office despite other...
    • Pension Provisions
      440. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he will take to implement a recommendation (details supplied) that the former 74 Waterford Crystal workers who were deemed to be on...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      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 for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12752/16]
    • Work Placement Programmes
      444. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review the duration of the Tús schemes, which are currently 12 months and extend them up to 18 to 24 months, to give consistency and...
    • Pension Provisions
      445. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that 50 staff members with long service in the Central Remedial Clinic have been informed that their pension plan liabilities has...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
      446. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a partial capacity grant by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      447. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position with regard to a person (details supplied) who has applied for carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12820/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      448. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12824/16]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      449. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application under the disability allowance scheme by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      450. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12827/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      451. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12828/16]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      452. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12830/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      453. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12831/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      454. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12832/16]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      456. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regrading a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12834/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      457. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regrading a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12835/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      462. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12844/16]
    • Direct Provision System
      464. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to clarify the position in relation to persons living in direct provision centres and who have residency, whereby a person is unable to access his...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      465. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to clarify the policy with regard to paying jobseeker’s allowance to those persons living in direct provision centres, and who have...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      467. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application under the invalidity pension scheme by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      468. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money spent by his Department on media advertising from March 2011 to February 2016, showing the media organisation, newspaper, radio,...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      470. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review the decision not to award invalidity pension to a person (details required); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12900/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      472. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will pay a disability allowance to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; the reason this person was previously refused; and if he will...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      474. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) with a view to granting this allowance without further...
    • Social Welfare Fraud Data
      475. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount his Department has recovered, due to the implementation of Social Protection fraud prevention measures, in the past three years; if it is...
    • Carer's Benefit Eligibility
      476. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rules in respect of returning to work during the application, review or appeal process for carer's benefit, as it has been reported to this...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      478. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider lowering the starting age of the State pension to 65 years of age to put it in line with the general age of retirement; if he...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      479. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlements of a person in receipt of carer's allowance when they reach pension age and are also entitled to a contributory pension; and his...
    • Departmental Funding
      480. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider providing funding for the WALK Peer Project in County Louth (details supplied). [13218/16]
    • Disability Activation Projects
      482. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to restart disability activation schemes or similar projects aimed at supporting young persons with disabilities to find pathways to...
    • Employment Support Services
      483. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown of funding allocated to the EmployAbility service, for each county, for the years 2011 to 2016 to date. [13221/16]
    • Work Placement Programmes
      486. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to expand the number of places available on employment schemes across the country (details supplied), in particular for existing...
    • National Internship Scheme
      487. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to scrap JobBridge; his plans in place to replace the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13369/16]
    • JobPath Implementation
      488. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of participants of the JobPath scheme managed by Turas Nua who are seeking to move onto more appropriate community employment...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      489. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13374/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      490. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons receiving disability allowance have access to Intreo services while receiving this type of social protection payment; the number of...
    • Youth Guarantee
      491. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the waiting times for young persons to meet with job coaches under the Youth Guarantee scheme per county in 2014, 2015 and to...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Data
      492. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age who are on the €100, €144 and €188 rate, respectively, of jobseeker's...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      494. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age who are in receipt of jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance and-or signing for credits for...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      495. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the review of jobseeker's allowance rates for young persons under 26 years of age announced in 2015; when he expects to...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      496. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures his Department will take to increase uptake in the JobsPlus youth scheme in view of the fact that only 676 of the projected 1,500 young...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      497. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit signing on for credits on a county basis, in tabular form;...
    • Youth Guarantee
      498. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total expenditure on the Youth Guarantee in 2014 and 2015 and the actual or anticipated contribution of European Union funding in both years;...
    • Disability Allowance Data
      502. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age in receipt of disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13411/16]
    • Youth Guarantee
      503. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age in receipt of disability allowance who have been supported to take an education, training and-or...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service Administration
      504. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of the dispute between the Citizens Information Board and Limerick Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS, resulting in the...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      505. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that under the partial capacity benefit scheme, persons are automatically discontinued for a period of 13 weeks; his proposals to...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      506. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to provide mandatory and comprehensive anti-racism training to all of his Department's front-line staff. [13453/16]
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      507. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if payments associated with the humanitarian assistance scheme for victims of flooding can be paid directly to the flood victim or if they must be...
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      509. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) will be processed; when a decision will be issued; the reason...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      510. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting times for the processing of individual applications for social protection payments; the way he will reduce these waiting times; and if...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Payments
      512. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the correct level of one-parent family payment will be recalculated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      513. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a position regarding overpayment can be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13518/16]
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      514. To ask the Minister for Social Protection how many adults and children are referred and funded by the new communities unit; how many of these had a housing needs assessment; and if they are...
    • Child Benefit Data
      518. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if data are available on the number of students aged 18 to 20 in full-time second level education who are not eligible for child benefit; the cost...
    • Family Income Supplement Data
      519. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number in receipt of family income supplement for each year since 2008; and the projected number this year. [13643/16]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      521. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the grants available to support arts and disability projects that are associated and assisting with mental health recovery; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      522. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • International Agreements
      524. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. [12932/16]
    • Passport Services
      525. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on issues raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the issuing of a passport. [12543/16]
    • Visa Waiver Programme
      526. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the detail of his recent discussions with the authorities in the United States of America on the implementation of a visa waiver programme...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      528. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to explain the basis upon which permission was given for a US Marine Corps warplane to refuel at Shannon Airport on the evening of 23 May...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      529. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of money spent by his Department on media advertising from March 2011 to February 2016, showing the media organisation,...
    • Middle East Issues
      530. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the legal attacks that an organisation (details supplied) is facing and that it is facing a demand to disclose the...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      531. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that a US Marine Corps military aircraft landed at Shannon Airport on 24 May 2016; if he granted permission for the aircraft...
    • Female Genital Mutilation
      532. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on being trade partners with countries that do little to enforce the laws against the practice of female genital mutilation; and...
    • Human Rights Issues
      534. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations to the governments of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on the removal of restrictions on...
    • Visa Agreements
      535. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to request the relevant authorities to do what they can to avoid unnecessary delays in processing applications for J1 visas and to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      536. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated full year savings for 2017 from reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Garda Station Closures
      538. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of former Garda stations that have been disposed of or are expected to be disposed of by the end of 2016 and thereafter....
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      539. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will investigate the reason e-mails from the Public Jobs website to applicants (details supplied) offering interviews...
    • Garda Station Expenditure
      540. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of moving the Garda barracks in Harcourt Street to a new location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13227/16]
    • Public Sector Pay
      542. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform why public service pay restrictions that were imposed during times of economic necessity can be maintained, given that gross domestic...
    • Public Sector Allowances Payments
      544. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the procedure a person (details supplied) must follow to obtain a marriage gratuity; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Pay
      545. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) for each of the years 2007 to 2015. [12618/16]
    • Legislative Reviews
      546. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to re-introduce the Statute Law Revision Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12634/16]
    • Pension Provisions
      548. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will re-instate pension entitlements for retired community employment supervisors, given the recommendation from the Labour...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      549. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will issue a commencement order in respect of section 11 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015,...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      550. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received a response from the European Commission to his predecessor's letter of 3 May 2016, expressing serious concerns at the...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      551. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the stages involved in the process of applying for public employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12751/16]
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      552. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who have paid the public service pension reduction, PSPR, in each year since its introduction; the projected...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      553. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the flood relief scheme for the Morrell River, County Kildare, will be brought to tender; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      554. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money spent by his Department on media advertising from March 2011 to February 2016, showing the media organisation,...
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      555. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons currently suspended, with full pay, within the public service in its entirety currently; and the average length of...
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      556. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons on long-term sick leave within the public service; and the average length of same. [12898/16]
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      557. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount accounted for by projected demographic pressures and by projected inflation in respect of the projected fiscal space to 2021;...
    • Office of Public Works Expenditure
      558. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the amount of capital funding allocated to the Office of Public Works in 2016 and redirect some of this to the...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      559. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the serious constraints that Office of Public Works staff are under relating to more stringent interpretation of the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      560. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 15 December 2015 and Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 1 December 2015, if he will confirm...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      561. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will end the pay inequality for teachers who qualify after 2011, so that they are on a parity with their colleagues who qualify...
    • Garda Stations
      562. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of Glenfarn Garda station in County Leitrim, which is managed by the Office of Public Works; if the property is being...
    • National Monuments
      563. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the budget that has been allocated to the Office of Public Works for the maintenance and repair of national monuments for the years 2008...
    • Departmental Policy Reviews
      566. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will encourage reform or policy initiatives with a view to maximising the potential for economic recovery and...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      567. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he expects public expenditure constraints and reform policies, effective in the context of economic recovery, to be used as a basis...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      569. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he sees recruitment in specific vital areas of the public sector to become a policy initiative in the future; and if he will make a...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      571. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he remains satisfied regarding the availability of adequate critical infrastructure such as road, rail, air and sea transport, ready...
    • Civil Service Staff Data
      573. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who have left the Civil Service in each of the past five years to date either by way of natural retirement or...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      574. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if discussions have taken place with his colleagues in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government with a view to...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      575. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if reform as a component in economic strategy has achieved savings in line with projections; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      576. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a decision on a competition for a lease on lands (details supplied) will be available; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Oireachtas Members' Remuneration
      577. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing Teachtaí Dála pay to €75,000. [13649/16]
    • Ministerial Remuneration
      580. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing Ministers' portion of pay by 50%. [13652/16]
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      582. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing advisers' pay to first point principal officer grade. [13654/16]
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      583. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing public sector pay over €100,000 by 15% and over €150,000 by 30%....
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      584. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing non-commercial state-sponsored bodies' chief executive officer pay by 10%. [13657/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      586. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in his Department. [13660/16]
    • Departmental Staff Training
      588. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on education and training by 5%. [13662/16]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • EU Programmes
      589. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of the fact that the European Union Youth Orchestra, EUYO, is to cease trading from September 2016, due to a lack of...
    • Waterways Ireland Staff
      590. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff employed by Waterways Ireland in 2012 on the River Shannon from north Roscommon to Athlone; and the number of...
    • Heritage Fund
      592. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available from her Department, bodies under the aegis of her Department or other sources, for remedial and improvement...
    • Arts Funding
      593. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of all funding allocated to the Arts in 2015 by specific category such as film, theatre, and so on. [12734/16]
    • Arts Council Funding
      595. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding the Arts Council received in 2015; and how it spent this funding. [12736/16]
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      596. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cá mhéad infheistíocht bhreise a bheidh le déanamh sa Ghaeilge, mar atá ráite sa Chlár Rialtais;...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      597. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of moneys spent by her Department on media advertising from March 2011 to February 2016, showing the media organisation,...
    • Arts Funding
      598. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will comment on the fact that according to Council of Europe data from 2012, Ireland spent just 0.11% of GDP on culture and...
    • Foireann Roinne
      599. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí na sonraí maidir leis an laghdú atá tagtha ar líon na foirne i Roinn na Gaeltachta le...
    • Employment Data
      600. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her estimate of the number of persons working in the arts sector both full-time and part-time; the main categories of employment and...
    • Arts Funding
      601. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the applications which have been received to date in respect of the fund established in the 2016 budget, to upgrade regional and...
    • Cultural Policy
      604. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will respond to representations from a person (details supplied) who is seeking an all-party approach to national cultural...
    • National Parks
      605. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding a business operator; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13573/16]
    • Departmental Administrative Arrangements
      606. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the Government increased the total number of Ministers without assigning a single one with exclusive responsibility for...
    • Arts Funding
      608. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to increase funding in the arts over the lifetime of the Government; and her views that funding for the Arts Council and...
    • World Heritage Sites
      610. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to pursue more applications for United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation World Heritage Status for...
    • Irish Language
      611. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how she will work with the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that parents can access second-level education through Irish,...
    • Arts Promotion
      613. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how she will ensure that arts funding is used in order that minority and new Irish voices are heard as part of our cultural output....
    • Cultural Policy
      614. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support the development of the creative industries sector; if she has reviewed the report from the previous Joint...
    • Arts in Education Charter
      616. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has liaised with the Minister for Education and Skills on the development of contemporary art education at primary and...
    • Cultural Policy
      617. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop a national cultural strategy up to 2025. [13606/16]
    • Arts Promotion
      618. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop musical education and instruments available to young persons and the general population through facilitating...
    • Heritage Promotion
      620. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will examine a nationwide plan for the development of village design statements that would ensure all future planning and...
    • Arts Promotion
      622. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she is taking with her Government colleagues to systematically address social, geographic and economic barriers to full...
    • Arts in Education Charter
      623. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure the better integration of the arts into education and broadening the focus on science, technology, engineering...
    • Cultural Policy
      624. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will urgently begin preparation of Global Arts Forum for Ireland, similar to the structure of the Global Irish Economic Forum,...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      625. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 853 of 6 April 2016, if she will reconsider the introduction of the Bóthar Aise scheme,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      627. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in her Department; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Health
    • Pension Provisions
      628. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the decision by the Central Remedial Clinic to close an employee pension fund; to address the concerns raised by staff; to examine if the affected...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the support he provides for the replacement of prosthetic limbs which have a price tag of €11,000 for those in full-time work with an average annual...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing a full child and adult mental health services programme and team for each county. [12954/16]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on the drugs strategy in the Louth-east Meath constituency for each year since 2012 and the progress made to date; the funding sought and the...
    • Substance Misuse
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the legal position of drug testing kits that would allow MDMA-ecstasy users to test drugs for their safety; if a person may be arrested for possession of these...
    • National Drugs Strategy Budget
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the details of drug-related public expenditure for each year from 2012. [13556/16]
    • Civil Registration Documentation
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure required to obtain a letter of freedom in County Louth for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13644/16]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Availability
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the drug treatment services available for members of the Traveller community. [13664/16]
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have left the public service in his Department in each of the past five years to date, either by way of natural retirement or...
    • Medicinal Products
      640. To ask the Minister for Health when he will provide the drug, Orkambi, for sufferers of cystic fibrosis. [12500/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      641. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a medical appointment for a person (details supplied). [12530/16]
    • Health Services
      642. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12542/16]
    • Child Custody and Access
      643. To ask the Minister for Health the annual funding that was previously provided for the Barnardos and One Family pilot child contact centre which has since been withdrawn; and the cost of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      645. To ask the Minister for Health when he will provide an operation for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12590/16]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the lack of respite services for adults with special needs in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12606/16]
    • Motorised Transport Grant Closure
      649. To ask the Minister for Health to re-instate the motorised transport grant scheme in some capacity; the status of the ongoing work on policy proposals for the drafting of legislation for a...
    • Autism Support Services
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in all autism spectrum disorder services in Dublin 24; his plans to fill them; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      651. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the staff turnover at Chamber House over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12621/16]
    • Autism Support Services
      653. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the success of implementing an early intervention policy for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder; and if he will make a statement on...
    • HSE Expenditure
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated and spent on facilities management of Health Service Executive properties for each of the years 2008 to 2015, respectively; and to...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the forensic mental health services available. [12665/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      657. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) is unable to get sufficient personal assistant support. [12685/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      658. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be allocated a date for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12687/16]
    • Primary Care Centres Administration
      659. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the procedure in place at primary care centres for the carrying out of X-rays when a person presents with a referral letter from a general...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      660. To ask the Minister for Health to address the discrepancy in the numbers of persons in County Kerry accessing cataract operations at the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, County...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the status of surgery waiting time for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12712/16]
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the operating budget allocated to University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2007 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on outpatient waiting lists at University Hospital Waterford who were referred to other public and private hospitals in each of the years...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      664. To ask the Minister for Health if outline architectural designs to construct a second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford were completed; when the plans were...
    • Hospital Facilities
      665. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to move the orthodontic department at University Hospital Waterford, including how long it will take to complete a move [12719/16]
    • Industrial Disputes
      666. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposed industrial action by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth to express...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Data
      667. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for primary medical certificates in 2015; the number granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12727/16]
    • Hospital Charges
      668. To ask the Minister for Health when he will cancel a standard inpatient charge for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12732/16]
    • Hospitals Funding
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the withdrawal of funding for sequential and bilateral cochlear implants at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the funding he has allocated to the...
    • Dental Services Provision
      670. To ask the Minister for Health when a dental appointment will be provided to a person (details supplied). [12746/16]
    • Birth Certificates Provision
      671. To ask the Minister for Health if an application (details supplied) has been received; when an amended birth certificate will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12749/16]
    • Medical Card Administration
      672. To ask the Minister for Health why discretionary medical cards are now only being renewed for a period of six months; his plans for such card holders; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting longer than expected for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12760/16]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      674. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider making a drug (details supplied) available for the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome sufferers. [12761/16]
    • Patient Transport Expenditure
      675. To ask the Minister for Health to review the recent cuts to the hospital patient transport scheme and reverse these cuts to assist patients on social protection payments who are suffering...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      676. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth who is currently waiting for an MRI scan and a nerve test; and the position the...
    • Industrial Disputes
      677. To ask the Minister for Health what actions can be taken by his Department and the HSE resolve as a matter of urgency the work to rule of nursing staff at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital,...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff required to fulfil the required complement across the health service and, in particular, at Our Lady of Lourdes...
    • Cancer Services Provision
      681. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to alter specialist care services available to sarcoma patients currently provided at St. Vincent's University Hospital; if such plans include...
    • Health Services Provision
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a building in Oldtown, County Dublin which is called a health centre; the services which will be provided in this centre and if these will be...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      683. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a primary medical certificate by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12814/16]
    • Cancer Incidence
      684. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that Cobh has been found to have the highest rate of cancer per capita in the State with the rate of prostate cancer 71 per cent higher than the...
    • Public Sector Allowances
      685. To ask the Minister for Health if the Community Allowance will be reintroduced for Community Mental Health Nurses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12845/16]
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department on media advertising from March 2011 to February 2016, showing the media organisation, newspaper, radio, television, or any...
    • Patient Transport Expenditure
      687. To ask the Minister for Health the sums paid by the Health Service Executive by hospital under its control regarding the acquisition costs of transporting patients in taxi services, bus...
    • Disability Services Funding
      688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve an increase in funding for Epilepsy Ireland so that they can open an office in Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Palliative Care Facilities
      689. To ask the Minister for Health if the 12 palliative care beds at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny, as previously referred to in response to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 10 December 2015,...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of opening supervised injection facilities in Dublin, Cork and Limerick. [12933/16]
    • EU Directives
      691. To ask the Minister for Health if the State is compliant with the EU working time directive in respect of front-line staff in the Health Service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      692. To ask the Minister for Health following the UN universal periodic review in early May 2016, if the Department of Justice and Equality has made any contact with him regarding Ireland's...
    • Health Services Provision
      693. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the situation regarding a person (details supplied) and their referral to a consultant in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      694. To ask the Minister for Health why the HSE has stopped access to Camcolit for medical card holders, or through community drug schemes; his views that it is too expensive; the number of...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      695. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the proposed site of the National Children’s Hospital, the net additional cost of transitioning the entirety of St. James’s...
    • National Children's Hospital Status
      696. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the proposed national children’s hospital, the proposed timeline for completion of the hospital at St. James, and the proposed timeline...
    • European Council Meetings
      697. To ask the Minister for Health if he has or will support the Minister with responsibility for environment affairs in France in calling on the European Commission to publish the impact...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      698. To ask the Minister for Health to address concerns that the proposed new national children's hospital is already experiencing significant budgetary costs in excess of what was originally...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      699. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the position regarding the allocation of step down bed facilities at Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      700. To ask the Minister for Health to address concerns relating to the lack of regulatory or statutory protections surrounding experimentation on human embryos here; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products Regulation
      701. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to protect against the unlawful purchasing or sale of illegal medicines online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13189/16]
    • Departmental Contracts
      702. To ask the Minister for Health if any single organisation or business has a contract with the Health Service Executive to carry out vehicle clamping on the grounds of public hospitals; if...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      703. To ask the Minister for Health to increase the provision of mental health services at St Mary’s Medical Centre, Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
      704. To ask the Minister for Health when the position of Registrar for Births, Deaths and Marriages in Thurles, County Tipperary will be filled (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products Regulation
      708. To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to update and amend the Misuse of Drugs Act to deal with prescription drugs. [13208/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      709. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the treatment of a person (details supplied) received at the hands of health and psychiatric professionals, if it will be arranged that they do...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      711. To ask the Minister for Health if, with respect to the plans in the programme for Government to make Ireland tobacco free by 2025 and the December 2015 ECJ ruling dismissing challenges to...
    • Disability Services Funding
      712. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider funding the WALK peer project, in County Louth (details supplied). [13226/16]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications
      713. To ask the Minister for Health to review an application by a person (details supplied) under the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13233/16]
    • National Dementia Strategy
      714. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of rolling-out dementia specialist intensive home care packages to all local health office, LHO, areas as was piloted in eight LHOs as part of the...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      715. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 164 and 165 of 19 May 2016, the indicative cost, based on other jurisdictions, of the public health system providing in...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Services Expenditure
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the State covering the medicines required for fertility treatment and for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Data
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the moneys spent on tax reliefs on the costs of fertility treatment and for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13243/16]
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
      718. To ask the Minister for Health when the acquired brain injury unit on St. Joseph's campus in County Longford will be open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13246/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list in the Mater hospital awaiting cardiothoracic surgery with a clinical priority of urgent; the average expected...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      720. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times on processing of primary medical certificate applications in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13362/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      721. To ask the Minister for Health if physiotherapy will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13363/16]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      722. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package recently approved in the case of a person (details supplied) will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13365/16]
    • Programme for Government Initiatives
      723. To ask the Minister for Health the objectives of the national task force on youth mental health as provided for in the programme for Government; when he will establish this task force; and...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      724. To ask the Minister for Health the funding required to provide the staffing levels for child and adolescent mental health services to the level recommended in A Vision for Change; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services
      725. To ask the Minister for Health the funding required to end the inappropriate admission of children and adolescents with mental health difficulties to adult wards; and if he will make a...
    • National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
      726. To ask the Minister for Health if proposed new arrangements to improve engagement among stakeholders and the relevant Departments and agencies have been submitted to the senior officials...
    • Medical Card Applications
      727. To ask the Minister for Health to review the decision made by the Health Service Executive not to grant a discretionary medical card to a person (details supplied). [13444/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      729. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a knee replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13454/16]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      730. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug ibrutinib, Imbruvica, produced by a company (details supplied) will be available on the market for patients diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      732. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13473/16]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      733. To ask the Minister for Health when a person with special needs (details supplied) who will be leaving school in June 2016 will be given details of their post-school services; his plans for...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      734. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13481/16]
    • Nursing Staff Data
      735. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing vacancies by acute hospital and Health Service Executive nursing homes on 1 September 2015; the number recruited since then; the present...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      736. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical device will be provided to a person (details supplied) under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13491/16]
    • Traveller Community
      737. To ask the Minister for Health to publish an updated action plan on Traveller health with agreed actions by voluntary and statutory agencies, agreed budget and timelines; to update the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      738. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the waiting list nationally for the insertion of spinal cord stimulators by hospital location (details supplied); the patient waiting times for...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      739. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation on a monthly or yearly basis of diabetic blood test strips to a person with a long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the grants available to support arts and disability projects that are associated and assisting with mental health recovery; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the continued use of the Lourdes laundry attached to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth; the Health Service Executive's plans...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      742. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13515/16]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary care centre (details supplied); if a site has been purchased; if so, when it is anticipated that a primary care centre will be...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      744. To ask the Minister for Health when he will appoint a senior dietician to support those with diabetes in Dublin North-West constituency as dictated in the 2016 Health Service Executive...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      745. 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. [13522/16]
    • Hospital Services
      747. To ask the Minister for Health when the endoscopy unit in Roscommon County Hospital will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13525/16]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      748. To ask the Minister for Health when the 75-bed extension to University Hospital Galway will commence; the timeframe for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13526/16]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      750. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a new national drug strategy. [13540/16]
    • Misuse of Drugs
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of injecting drug users aged under 18. [13543/16]
    • Departmental Surveys
      755. To ask the Minister for Health if he includes under-18s in bio-behavioural surveillance and studies conducted by his Department. [13545/16]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      756. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available for independent research and mapping on drug-related harms among children and young persons under the age of 18 including those who are...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      760. To ask the Minister for Health the number of methadone users here during each year since 2012. [13550/16]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      765. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any evaluation by his Department of the outcome of the policy approach taken to banning head shops and the drugs that were sold in them....
    • Orthodontic Services Data
      766. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for patients under 18 years of age and patients over 18 years of age in the Health Service Executive south region who require...
    • Eating Disorders
      767. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time in the Health Service Executive south region for persons diagnosed with anorexia nervosa and bulimia who have been referred to a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      768. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any avenue through which funding is available to set up a residential home for persons with physical and intellectual disabilities to provide both...
    • Clinical Indemnity Scheme
      769. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 408 of 24 May 2016, the expected timeframe involved in this decision process; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      770. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • GLAS Payments
      771. 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; and if he will make a...
    • Transfer of Entitlements Application
      772. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12591/16]
    • TAMS Applications
      773. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of issuing approval to a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will...
    • GLAS Issues
      774. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delays in getting tranche 1 and 2 approvals issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12617/16]
    • GLAS Establishment
      775. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next phase of green low-carbon agri-environment options scheme will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      776. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the review of the areas of natural constraint scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12630/16]
    • GLAS Data
      777. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who were excluded from green low-carbon agri-environment scheme phase 2; his plans for their exclusion; and if...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      778. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the Scottish derogation measure; and if he will make a statement on...
    • GLAS Applications
      779. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; if he will approve...
    • TAMS Applications
      780. 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...
    • TAMS Eligibility
      781. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will include the construction of an underground cattle pass under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he...
    • Afforestation Programme
      782. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for afforestation on marginal ground, given that it has completely stopped due to the requirement to have 80% of green...
    • TAMS Payments
      783. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite the payment of a TAMS II grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12753/16]
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      784. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a farm payment by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12793/16]
    • Greyhound Industry
      785. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will take measures to prevent the export of greyhounds to China given the conditions that they must endure there; and if he...
    • Animal Welfare
      786. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on puppy farming; his views on the welfare of dogs in this environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • GLAS Applications
      787. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      788. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money spent by his Department on media advertising from March 2011 to February 2016, showing the media organisation,...
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      789. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider that a person (details supplied) made an honest mistake when applying under the national reserve scheme by...
    • Animal Diseases
      790. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of compulsory testing in respect of sheep (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13133/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      791. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify the position on land eligibility for basic payment scheme greening purposes; if the policy position has changed from 2015;...
    • TAMS Payments
      792. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify the position on payments under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 for farmers who have completed works under...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      793. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the practical changes being introduced under Common Agricultural Policy simplification in 2016 that will directly benefit farmers;...
    • Dairy Sector
      794. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he intends to take to improve the market situation for dairy products and thus, dairy farmer incomes; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      795. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the final outcome regarding the fodder scheme; how many farmers applied and how many were paid; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      796. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares declared and deemed eligible in 2013 to 2015, inclusive, under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Data
      797. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how much balancing money is due to farmers under the 2015 basic payment scheme application; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
      798. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many farmers were eligible for the young farmers and national reserve in 2015 and how much was paid out; and if he will make a...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      799. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a county by county breakdown of areas of natural constraint payments in 2015; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      800. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a farm payment by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13163/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      801. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a farm payment appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      802. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      803. 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...
    • Animal Welfare
      804. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of prosecutions to date under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013; the number of prosecutions initiated for illegal...
    • Superlevy Fine
      805. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the superlevy repayments for a person (details supplied) could be deferred for 2016, in light of the current low milk prices to...
    • Forestry Sector
      806. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of County Leitrim under forestry. [13212/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      808. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13231/16]
    • GLAS Payments
      809. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      810. 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. [13238/16]
    • GLAS Payments
      811. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13248/16]
    • GLAS Issues
      812. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in view of the recent inclement spring weather, the date for the sowing of wild bird cover under the green low-carbon...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      813. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 26 April 2016, when a payment under the young farmers' national reserve scheme will be...
    • Greyhound Industry
      814. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the number of greyhounds sold to China, and in particular to Macau Canidrome, from Ireland in the years 2013 to...
    • GLAS Payments
      815. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13388/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      816. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      817. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application under the single farm payment scheme by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      818. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received an application for an appeal on a late receipt under the 2015 basic payment scheme by a person (details supplied);...
    • GLAS Payments
      819. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a farm payment by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13430/16]
    • Beef Genomics Scheme
      820. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a 2015 beef genomics scheme payment. [13442/16]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      821. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • GLAS Payments
      822. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received payment under the GLAS 2015 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Farm Inspections
      823. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a copy of a report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13487/16]
    • GLAS Payments
      824. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under tranche 1 of the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme to a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      825. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) had a reduction in payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13514/16]
    • Felling Licence Issues
      826. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Riversdale Avenue, Dublin 6, is an urban area for the purposes of section 19 of the Forestry Act 2014; and, if under this Act, a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      827. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Broadband Service Provision
      829. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the updated roll-out dates for live rural broadband in Wicklow in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • ESB Accounts
      830. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of meters the ESB has installed in Dublin county and city, by commercial, industrial and residential use in...
    • Gas Networks Ireland
      831. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to request Gas Networks Ireland to provide details of the number of gas meters installed in Dublin county and city in...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      832. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when fibre broadband will be available for Slaney Close, Dublin9, as it has been detrimental to a number of businesses...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      833. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money spent by his Department on media advertising from March 2011 to February 2016, showing the media...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      835. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects broadband to be rolled out to a local community (details supplied) in County Cork under the national...
    • Gas Networks Ireland
      838. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the importance of extending the natural gas pipeline to Dungarvan, County Waterford, and Gas Networks...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      839. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in his Department; and if he...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Taxi Regulations
      841. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take action to address an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13520/16]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      842. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when an application under the sports capital programme will be processed for a leisure centre (details supplied). [12506/16]
    • National Car Test Data
      843. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cars subjected to an NCT in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date. [12528/16]
    • Aviation Industry Regulations
      844. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations surrounding the use of private helicopters and aircraft, including if minimum height restrictions exist for flying in...
    • Driving Test
      846. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that persons wishing to complete the lorry driving test, category C, in Inishowen, County Donegal, can sit the test...
    • Local Authority Funding
      847. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocations to local authorities under regional roads grants from 2010 to 2016 to date in tabular form. [12771/16]
    • Road Safety
      850. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress on Transport Infrastructure Ireland's plans to provide electronic speed control warning indicators on the gantries along the...
    • Road Tolls
      851. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the revenues from the M50 toll for the years 2010 to 2015 in tabular form; the different payment methods of motorists; and the total...
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      852. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to local authorities to reinstate the local improvements scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Planning Issues
      853. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene with Transport Infrastructure Ireland to put an end to the situation, following the signing into law of the spatial...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      854. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the metro north project is essential for the future rail needs for the greater Dublin area; and if he agrees with...
    • Ports Development
      855. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the Alexandra Basin project; the total amount the Government will spend on this project; and when it is due for...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      856. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the harbour redevelopment plans for Galway Harbour; his plans to provide funding for this project over the coming years;...
    • Harbours and Piers
      857. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Harbours Act will be commenced; the progress that is being made on transferring the harbours of regional significance to local...
    • Airport Development Projects
      858. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the runway rehabilitation works in Shannon Airport; his plans to provide funding for this project over the coming years and...
    • Rail Network
      859. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans for railway upgrades in County Kildare; his plans to provide funding for such projects over the coming years and how...
    • Railway Stations Upgrade
      860. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans for the development of Pelletstown railway station; his plans to provide funding for such projects over the coming...
    • Road Projects Status
      861. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans for the development of the Limerick city footbridge; his plans to provide funding for such projects over the coming...
    • Roads Maintenance
      863. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of all the bridge replacement and major repair works that are required in each county, including the name and location...
    • Airport Development Projects
      864. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the passenger transfer facility and an airport segregation facility at Dublin Airport; his plans to provide funding for...
    • Road Projects Status
      866. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the N6 Galway city outer bypass scheme; his plans to provide funding for this project over the coming years, how much...
    • Traffic Data
      870. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the latest statistics held by his Department on motorway congestion; if he will provide a breakdown of the latest average...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      871. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money spent by his Department on media advertising from March 2011 to February 2016, showing the media organisation,...
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      872. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1134 of 17 May 2016, if no costing analysis or exercise has been undertaken for the projects...
    • Greenways Provision
      873. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date of the proposed greenway route from Dublin to Galway. [12952/16]
    • Tourism Project Funding
      874. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the spend to date on the development of the Ireland's Ancient East project, including all aspects of the funding streams available; the...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      876. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding announced for re-alignment of a bridge (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network Expansion
      879. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for railway lines in County Wexford; and his proposed plans for expansion of railway services and railway lines. [13390/16]
    • Private Bus Operators
      880. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any grant funding available for the purchase of disability accessible 54-seat coaches for private hire coach operators. [13449/16]
    • Regional Road Network
      881. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding can be sourced to provide traffic lights and a junction (details supplied) within the budget for 2017 following the loss of...
    • Parking Regulations
      882. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce free parking discs to tax abiding tradespeople for their commercial vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vehicle Testing
      883. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the cost of commercial vehicle worthiness testing in the Republic of Ireland compared to that in Northern Ireland...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      884. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the sources of grant aid available for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13575/16]
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      885. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13577/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      887. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Tourism Industry
      888. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to report on the reviews, if any, she is conducting on the hotel industry's employment practices; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Copyright Legislation Review
      889. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to undertake a review of the rights of artists in Ireland, including a thorough examination of our existing copyright laws and the...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      890. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation why a Minister of State with responsibility for research and innovation was not appointed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      891. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of legal actions and proceedings initiated and active against her, her Department and the State; the reason for the actions...
    • Departmental Properties
      892. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the properties owned or leased by her Department or any agents or her Department by county; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      893. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons employed in foreign direct investment companies here in the years 2005, 2010 and 2015; the policies the...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      894. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of money spent by her Department on media advertising from March 2011 to February 2016, showing the media organisation,...
    • Trade Agreements
      895. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation given the commitments to strengthening the functioning of democratic institutions in Africa and to policy coherence for Development,...
    • Labour Court Awards
      896. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation how a worker who has an adjudication from the Rights Commissioner and/or Labour Court receives payment of money owed to him or her by...
    • Work Permits Applications
      897. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an application for a work permit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13185/16]
    • Enterprise Ireland Properties
      898. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is actively seeking a replacement business to take up the vacant 45 acre former Glanbia site in Rooskey, County Roscommon....
    • Zero-hour Contracts
      899. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to bring forward legislation in 2016 on zero-hour contracts and underemployment; if such legislation is already in draft...
    • Low Pay Commission Report
      901. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she expects to receive the report of the Low Pay Commission with regard to the review of the sub-minimum rates of the minimum...
    • Proposed Legislation
      902. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the proposed consumer rights Bill will be brought to Second Stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13422/16]
    • Consumer Protection
      903. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of alternative dispute resolution bodies which have been approved following the transposition of the European Union...
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      904. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to announce the results of the competitive community enterprise initiative scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      905. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a grant will issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13576/16]
    • Employment Rights
      906. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); if she will consider the views of this organisation...
    • Employment Data
      907. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of agency workers employed in the State for each year since 2008, in tabular form. [13636/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      909. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in her Department; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Departmental Funding
      911. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reduction in funding to anti-domestic violence support organisations and refuges for women and their children in each of the years 2009...
    • Bail Law
      915. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to resource age-appropriate bail programmes and effective bail supports. [12652/16]
    • Detention Centres Data
      916. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the guidelines in place for the single separation of children in detention. [12653/16]
    • Rape Crisis Network Funding
      917. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of reinstating core funding to the Rape Crisis Network Ireland. [12921/16]
    • Domestic Violence Services Funding
      918. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of increasing anti-domestic violence services so they can meet demand and ensure Ireland meets international standards for refuge...
    • Adoption Legislation
      920. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the information and tracing Bill, or a Bill of a similar nature, will be presented to Dáil Éireann; if he considered...
    • Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund
      921. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding his Department provided under the young people’s facilities and services fund in each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date...
    • Foster Care
      922. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to meet with persons (details supplied) who have concerns about the treatment they received in respect of foster arrangements made by...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      923. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to extend the terms of reference of the mother and babies homes commission to cover all State linked institutions, in particular...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      924. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of money spent by her Department on media advertising from March 2011 to February 2016, showing the media organisation,...
    • Domestic Violence Services Funding
      925. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ring-fence domestic and sexual violence funds within Tusla. [12922/16]
    • Child and Family Agency
      926. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are sufficiently robust appeal measures to protect parents/guardians from actions taken by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency; for...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      927. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total budgetary allocation Tusla received from her Department in the past four years; the names of all...
    • Children's Rights Referendum
      928. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address concerns that the outcome of the children's referendum has led to an increasing lack of accountability for organisations such as...
    • Child Protection Services Provision
      929. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has any concerns about reports from practitioners of long waiting periods for section 20 reports requested by District Courts and...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      931. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her position with regard to communities where there is inadequate provision of child care facilities, which restricts families in making...
    • Youth Employment Initiative
      932. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the allocation of the funding from the youth employability initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13395/16]
    • National Youth Strategy
      933. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the National Youth Strategy 2015-2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13396/16]
    • National Youth Work Advisory Committee
      934. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will, subject to sections 17 and 18 of the Youth Work Act 2001, appoint a new national youth work advisory committee following the...
    • Youth Work Projects Funding
      935. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her priorities for investment in youth work services given the commitment in the programme for Government to fund an expansion in youth...
    • Youth Services Funding
      936. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide a breakdown on a county basis of the funding allocated under the local youth club grant scheme in both 2015 and 2016 to date;...
    • EU Bodies
      937. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she or her officials will raise at the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council of the European Union later in May 2016 concerns...
    • Youth Services Funding
      939. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to previous engagements with her Department, if she will support a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      940. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in her Department; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Defence
    • Ministerial Appointments
      942. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the responsibilities of the Minister of State at his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12979/16]
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      943. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of moneys spent by his Department on media advertising from March 2011 to February 2016, showing the media organisation, newspaper,...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      944. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the person or company which supplied the anti-malaria drug Malarone to medical personnel for distribution to Irish soldiers serving overseas...
    • Army Barracks
      946. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the proceeds from the sale of an Army barracks (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13632/16]