Written answers
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Arts in Education Charter
39. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the implementation of the Arts in Education Charter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13333/16]
- Departmental Functions
40. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of the significant public demand for the reinstatement of a Department with responsibility for arts, heritage and the...
- Arts Funding
41. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her objectives for arts funding in the coming years; the specific commitments that are in the programme for Government; and if she...
- Wildlife Protection
43. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 25 June 2015, the action, if any, she has taken since June 2015 to stop bait digging on...
- Departmental Expenditure
44. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of investment from capital spend her Department has made in County Kildare since 2013; and if she will make a statement on...
- Arts Funding
45. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding awarded to the arts, excluding commemoration specific pieces of work, since 2011; and if she will make a...
- Film Industry Development
46. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans she has to improve supports to the Irish film sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13263/16]
- Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
47. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé na tosaíocthaí a bheidh aici i leith na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta do thearma an rialtais seo; agus an...
- Commemorative Events
49. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the Ireland 2016 centenary programme; if the programme of events will continue for the remainder of 2016; and if she...
- Legislative Measures
51. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the Heritage Bill 2016 and, in particular, on the proposed amendment to the closed period for hedge cutting;...
- Heritage Sites
53. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding streams available for heritage buildings and protected structures within her Department; and if she will make a statement...
- Cultural Policy
54. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she intends to publish Culture 2025, the national cultural policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13112/16]
- Offshore Islands
55. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to increase the operational grant paid to the non-Gaeltacht island community companies each year; and if she will make a...
- Foireann Roinne
56. 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...
- Commemorative Events
57. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has carried out an assessment of the success and impact of the State commemorative events held throughout the Easter...
- Tourism Promotion
59. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when Richmond Barracks will open for tours to the public; her views on the potential tourism benefits; and if she will make a...
- An Clár Rialtais
61. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhféadfadh sí léiriú a thabhairt ar roinnt an bhuiséid atá geallta d’Údarás na...
- Arts Centres
62. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to provide much needed support for regional arts centres; her further plans to address a pressing need for capital injection...
- Arts Funding
63. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will restore funding for the arts to pre-2011 levels; if she is satisfied with her Department's role in supporting the arts and...
- Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
64. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair atá an Roinn chun stiúrthóir na Gaeilge a cheapadh. [13194/16]
- Hare Coursing
65. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 8 December 2015, how confident she is that the evidence regarding the effect of coursing...
- Broadband Service Provision
68. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how she will work in conjunction with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to prioritise broadband provision...
- Cultural Policy
69. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied with the current State expenditure on culture as a percentage of gross domestic product, which according to...
- National Library
70. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she can provide an update on the planned capital works at the National Library of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Ministerial Responsibilities
71. To ask the Taoiseach why he did not nominate a Minister with specific responsibility for infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13986/16]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Departmental Properties
72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for a former Garda station (details supplied); the discussions that have taken place with the local authority and other stakeholders on...
- Garda Investigations
73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a review of the investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13900/16]
- Services for People with Disabilities
74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date, in conjunction with other Departments and State agencies, in implementing the comprehensive employment strategy for...
- Protected Disclosures Data
75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for response to and resolution of matters brought to her attention under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014. [13915/16]
- Garda Deployment
76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ensure that sufficient Garda Síochána cover is in place in Ballybunion Garda station for the tourist season, given that...
- Crime Data
77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of harassment complaints the Garda Síochána received involving online harassment through social media websites in each of the...
- Garda Operations
79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of Garda Operation Thistle, including the quantity of drugs seized; the number of persons arrested and charged; the number of...
- Garda Expenditure
80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the security arrangements for the visit of Charles Windsor to County Donegal this week in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Visa Applications
81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a visa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13997/16]
- Department of Finance
- Credit Availability
82. To ask the Minister for Finance following the recent publication of Costs of Doing Business in Ireland 2016, which reported that new businesses are paying 80% more on interest rates than the...
- Property Tax Exemptions
83. To ask the Minister for Finance to examine a matter (details supplied) regarding local property tax. [13849/16]
- Universal Social Charge Yield
84. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 59 and 79 of 26 May 2016, to answer these questions again using the current parameters within which USC is charged, to...
- Motor Insurance Coverage
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the impediments to an Irish driver seeking motor insurance from an insurance company operating in another EU state; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Vehicle Registration
86. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of abolishing the €100 administration fee deducted from repayable vehicle registration tax when importing a car. [13876/16]
- Tax Code
87. To ask the Minister for Finance the gains in revenue from the cumulative effect of six proposed measures (details supplied). [13880/16]
- Revenue Commissioners Resources
90. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised by increasing the Revenue Commissioners personnel by 125 qualified persons to target tax evasion and black market activity....
- Property Tax
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the net cost of abolishing the local property tax. [13884/16]
- Budget 2016
92. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the net effect of measures carried over for a year as a result of budget 2016, in tabular form. [13885/16]
- Financial Services Regulation
93. To ask the Minister for Finance the savings that would accrue from moving the entire cost of regulation of the financial sector onto the industry, as opposed to the current 50%. [13886/16]
- Tax Code
94. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of dividing the capital gains tax categories into passive and active and applying a 40% rate to the passive tax activity, for example, buying shares,...
- Tax Credits
97. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the self-employed tax credit to €800; €900; €1,000; €1,100; €1,200; €1,300; €1,400;...
- Insurance Industry
98. To ask the Minister for Finance to engage in consultation with Insurance Ireland regarding the potential for car insurers to offer discounts to motorists who have had dashcams fitted in their...
- NAMA Portfolio
100. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the assets the National Asset Management Agency owns and that are located outside Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13960/16]
- Mortgage Book Sales
101. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will purchase the distressed residential and buy-to-let market mortgages from Ulster Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13990/16]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Mental Health Strategies
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to develop and issue a circular to primary schools in order to incorporate weekly discussions on the issue of mental health and well-being in the...
- Institutes of Technology Funding
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase funding to Waterford Institute of Technology for upgrading and extending laboratory facilities; his views on the growth in...
- Technological Universities
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the Central Statistics Office household quarterly survey, quarter 1 report which shows that unemployment in the south east is...
- School Staff
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that a school (details supplied) retains its current teaching numbers for the 2016-17 academic year. [13899/16]
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter regarding an organisation (details supplied) which has been accepting applications for places on Safe Pass tutor...
- Schools Building Projects Status
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building (details supplied). [13928/16]
- School Accommodation
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction a twelfth classroom to facilitate a school's (details supplied) enrolment figures; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13957/16]
- Special Educational Needs
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004, including the date for its full...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will retain its current number of special needs assistants for the 2016-17 school year; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will make a decision on the construction of a boundary wall between a school and a residential area, given health and safety requirements...
- Teacher Redeployment
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a case and provide panel rights to a person (details supplied); the options available to the person; and if he will make a...
- School Accommodation
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of and will facilitate a request by a school (details supplied) for an increase in grants to facilitate extension works, buildings...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Water Conservation Grant Eligibility
115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to allow senior citizens who did not apply for the water conservation grant because they were not aware of it to apply for...
- Water Charges
116. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the net cost and savings in abolishing water charges and the water conservation grant, including its administration costs...
- Motor Tax Rates
117. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of abolishing the punitive excess charge where a vehicle is taxed for less than 12 months, that is, a vehicle...
- Electoral Reform
118. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to review voting rights of British citizens living and paying tax here to allow them to vote in referenda; and if he will...
- Property Tax
119. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider issuing directions to local authorities to provide a small portion of the local property tax to...
- Wastewater Treatment
120. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how he will address the first ground of the Court of Justice of the European Union's judgment in case C-50/09 in terms of...
- Waste Disposal
121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if civic amenity sites of local authorities will charge by weight from 1 July 2016; if the impending legislation will...
- Mortgage Book Sales
122. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider purchasing distressed residential mortgages from banks, given the future implications for the families...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Insurance Rates
123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the revenue that would be raised by introducing a new employers’ rate of pay related social insurance of 12.75%, 13.5%, 14.5% and 15.75% on...
- Social Insurance
124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if adoptive mothers who gave up work under adoption rules and who subsequently had children of their own are entitled to claim credits for the...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
125. 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. [13866/16]
- Carer's Allowance Delays
126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he will take to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Disability Activation Projects
127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the findings from the evaluation of the disability activation project that operated under the previous European Social Fund operational programme;...
- Departmental Strategies
129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his progress, in conjunction with other Departments and State agencies, in implementing the comprehensive employment strategy for persons with...
- Labour Activation Projects
130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of labour activation participants in County Waterford in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date, by scheme, in tabular form; and if he...
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 26 May 2016, the number of pending applications for each social protection claim within his Department....
- Carer's Allowance Applications
132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application made in February 2016 by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme;...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Northern Ireland
135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation of the Stormont House Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13105/16]
- Military Aircraft Landings
136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade why a Boeing C-32B aircraft of the air force of the United States of America special forces, registration number 02-4452, was in Shannon...
- Visiting Dignitaries
138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost to the State of the visit by Charles Windsor to County Donegal this week, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Human Rights Issues
139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the permanent mission of Ireland to the United Nations at Geneva in Switzerland has received communication from the United Nations...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Pay
140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his departmental officials will have any role in formulating the public sector pay commission; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Flood Relief Schemes
141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of ongoing maintenance of flood relief works on the Tolka river in Dunboyne, County Meath. [13935/16]
- Flood Risk Assessments
142. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a number of reports commissioned on flooding in County Donegal following the completion of the public consultations...
- Drainage Schemes Status
144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who is experiencing flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13959/16]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Special Areas of Conservation
145. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a map of the special areas of conservation in County Tipperary; the restrictions on land designated as such and the...
- Arts Funding
147. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied that Ireland’s investment in the arts is at the bottom of the European table; and the steps she will take...
- Arts Promotion
148. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to increase employment in the arts and culture sectors. [13905/16]
- Waterways Issues
149. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has reached agreement with traditional canal dwellers and canal recreational users regarding draft proposals to increase the...
- Turf Cutting
150. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had discussions with traditional turf cutters to resolve difficulties in implementing special areas of conservation and...
- Film Industry
151. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she internationally encourages the use of Ireland as a film location, given the beneficial economic implications; and if she will...
- Heritage Promotion
153. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had discussions with other Departments or interest groups, and in particular the Department of Education and Skills, on...
- Arts Funding
154. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the arts sector attracts support from philanthropists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14005/16]
- Heritage Sites
155. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of historical, heritage and protected sites and buildings she deems to be at risk, for whatever reason; the action she...
- Arts Funding
156. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she supports community-based arts and heritage groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14007/16]
- Department of Health
- Abuse in Hospitals
157. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the historical allegations of physical and sexual abuse at a hospital (details supplied), particularly those raised by Templemore Forgotten...
- Pension Provisions
158. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the staff of the Central Remedial Clinic have been advised that their pension plan has been dissolved, putting those who are on the older...
- National Drugs Strategy Implementation
159. To ask the Minister for Health why he appointed a Minister with responsibility for drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13107/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
160. 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. [13841/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
161. 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. [13842/16]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women BreastCheck screened in quarter 4 of 2015 and quarter 1 of 2016, by age 65, 66, 67, 68 and 69, by local authority, in tabular form. [13843/16]
- Medicinal Products Supply
163. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive clinically evaluated the impact of discontinuing access to Camcolit for medical card holders or through community drug schemes...
- Home Help Service Provision
164. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate home help hours for a person (details supplied); why the hours were reduced, given that the hours has been increased in the same week due...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
165. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of the work of the interdepartmental group reviewing the fair deal, the nursing homes support scheme; when he will publish it; and if he...
- Medical Card Applications
166. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of an application by persons (details supplied) under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13859/16]
- Mental Health Services Provision
167. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the treatment services in place to address comorbidity of substance misuse and mental health issues. [13860/16]
- Drugs-related Deaths
168. To ask the Minister for Health if he has reviewed the report of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction on preventing opiod deaths with take-home naloxone; his views on...
- Addiction Treatment Services
169. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the amount spent on training to administer naloxone kits in each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date; the number of premises that are allowed use...
- General Medical Services Scheme
170. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a claim that some general practitioners are charging medical card holders for sick certificates; if this is permissible and on what grounds;...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
171. To ask the Minister for Health the average timeframe for reimbursing medical costs under the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13864/16]
- HSE Investigations
172. To ask the Minister for Health the information and supports the Health Service Executive is providing to a person (details supplied); how it is addressing issues arising from two of its...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
173. To ask the Minister for Health how he will ensure a person (details supplied) is admitted to a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13867/16]
- HSE Staff
174. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to enable persons employed by the Health Service Executive at clerical officer and other grades to continue employment beyond 65 years of age if...
- Disability Support Services Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Health when he will transfer a person (details supplied) to the National Rehabilitation Unit in Dún Laoghaire; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
177. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the funding to the National Rehabilitation Hospital to facilitate an increase in the therapies provided which have been curtailed due to...
- Hospitals Discharges
178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons up to 65 years of age who have an acquired brain injury including stroke who are residing in publicly funded hospitals; and the number of...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public patients, men, women and children with type 1 diabetes, attending the Cork hospitals of the south and south-west hospital group who are...
- Health Services
181. To ask the Minister for Health the number of carbohydrate counting courses for type 1 diabetics the Health Service Service Executive will organise in County Cork in 2016; and if he will make...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
184. To ask the Minister for Health his projections of the impact of the recently introduced health service recruitment bar on increased waiting list times for the care of type 1 and type 2...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
186. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it took three months for a person (details supplied) to receive a notification of an appointment to see a consultant dermatologist; the reason that...
- Vaccination Programme
187. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned that the bacillus Calmette-Guérin injection will not be available until 2017; his efforts to source the drug outside the European...
- Hospitals Capital Programme
188. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the future of Kilcreene orthopaedic hospital in Kilkenny, particularly the works converting St. Patrick's ward to office space; and if he will...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
189. To ask the Minister for Health if and when he will issue a much required medical device to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13955/16]
- Medicinal Products Prices
190. To ask the Minister for Health the savings from a reduction in the cost of branded medicines to the average European Union level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13961/16]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
191. To ask the Minister for Health to include the chronic long-term illnesses Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis on the list of illnesses covered by the long-term illness scheme established...
- Human Rights Issues
192. To ask the Minister for Health the opportunities he had to raise the rights of the victims of symphysiotomy during the United Nations Human Rights Council. [10143/16]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will open applications under the new sheep scheme; when he will issue the first payments; and if he will make a statement on...
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for farm payments. [13853/16]
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) has not received payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme for 2015; and if he will make a...
- GLAS Payments
197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a rare breeds payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
198. 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...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number applications submitted; the number of these which were ineligible; and the number which he has not yet paid under the...
- Live Exports
201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to deal with the sharp decline in live cattle exports in 2016; the new markets that will be opened in 2016 for...
- Fisheries Offences
202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will amend S.I. No. 125 of 2016, given that the Attorney General has been requested to review it and to ensure that no...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that Ireland's grass-based agriculture, boglands and forestry are taken into account as carbon...
- GLAS Appeals
204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) of a decision on a farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Young Farmers Scheme
205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 24 May 2016, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) under the basic farm payment scheme for each of the years 2013 to 2015; and if...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Service Speeds
207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when Granaghan Beg, Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, will have fibre optic cable for broadband service; and if he will...
- Energy Regulation
208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ensure that the development of the liquefied natural gas terminal at the Ballylongford land bank in County...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Parking Regulations
209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legislation governing the making of pay-parking by-laws by local authorities; the statutory instrument stating that modifications by...
- Road Safety
210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider lowering speed limits outside rural schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13902/16]
- Driver Licences
211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedure whereby a holder of a British driving licence can change to an Irish licence; and the documentation that is required...
- Insurance Costs
212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to engage in exploratory discussions with the Road Safety Authority, the Minister for Finance and Insurance Ireland regarding the...
- Severe Weather Events Expenditure
213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will make a decision on a submission for additional storm damage funding by Galway County Council, given the urgent need for it...
- Road Improvement Schemes
214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his proposals to reinstate the local improvement scheme, including if he proposes to allocate specific funding to local authorities in...
- Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of funding for a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13958/16]
- Haulage Industry Regulation
217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulatory changes or otherwise he is proposing and the implications of these for hauliers in respect of 39-tonne five-axle rigid...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Ministerial Responsibilities
218. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation why she did not appoint a Minister of State with specific responsibility for science and research; and if she will make a statement on...
- Unemployment Levels
219. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware of the Central Statistics Office's quarterly national household survey for the first quarter of 2016, which shows...
- Intellectual Property Management
223. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the recommendation made in 2013 by the copyright review committee on the need for a small claims intellectual property...
- Job Creation Targets
224. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the regional job targets projected in the programme for Government for 2020 and in Enterprise 2025, by year, in tabular form; how she...
- Economic Competitiveness
225. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is planning to address consumer prices, given the recent publication of the costs of doing business in Ireland in 2016...
- Low Pay Commission
226. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the impartial function of the independent Low Pay Commission in conducting its evidence based work is in question, given the wage...
- Company Closures
227. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if sections 9 and 10 of the Protection of Employment Act 1977 were complied with in the closure of an organisation (details supplied);...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Care and Education
229. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a child born in December 2012 will be entitled to two years in the free early childhood care and education scheme; and if she will make...
- Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
230. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the names and experience of those persons recently appointed to the board of management of Oberstown detention centre, County Dublin; the...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
231. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will investigate if the human rights of members of the Defence Forces are breached when a choice of malaria prophylaxis is denied to them...
- Defence Forces Reserve Training
232. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of training field days held for the Reserve Defence Force; the number of units that participated; the number of members in those...
