Written answers

Wednesday, 8 June 2016

  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Greyhound Industry
      56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to intervene in the crisis surrounding Irish greyhounds being transported to China; if he accepts that he has a specific role to play...
    • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
      57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the objective of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is to permit the sale of unlabelled hormone injected beef and...
    • Food Wise 2025 Strategy
      58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that his strategic plan, food wise 2025, which promises an increase in agricultural output meets international...
    • Trade Agreements
      60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingency plans he has in place for future agrifood trade should the UK vote to leave the EU; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Measures
      61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Acts to remove the exemption for fox hunting from the legislation. [14456/16]
    • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
      62. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the European Commission's Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiating position is to abandon the precautionary...
    • Milk Quota
      63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to intercede and have the European Union postpone Super Levy fines and increase the intervention price to at least the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine To report on his meetings with the new Chief Executive of Coillte Teoranta (details supplied) including his plans for future meetings;...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure on rural development programmes under the agri-environment options scheme in 2015; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the appointment of a person (details supplied) as executive director of Coillte Teoranta heralds a further commercialisation of the...
    • Food Wise 2025 Strategy
      67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with the agrifood sector to stabilise income from agricultural produce, particularly to ensure a sustainable income...
    • Fishing Industry
      68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has seen the new documentary, Atlantic, and his views on the conclusions it draws for the fishing industry; and if he will make...
    • Beef Genomics Scheme
      69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the participation rate of farmers and the programme spend to date under the beef genomics scheme; and if he...
    • Trade Agreements
      70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his meetings with the Irish food industry regarding the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the EU Canada Comprehensive...
    • Milk Quota
      71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he considered postponing remaining milk super levy payments by up to two years, given the severe market crisis in the dairy...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to develop lobster hatcheries to help enhance the lobster population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14490/16]
    • Animal Welfare
      73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 22 March 2016, his views on seized horses and that one horse died while in his custody...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make an allocation for 2016 and 2017 for young farmers under the national reserve fund; when he will announce its...
    • GLAS Eligibility
      75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme to allow farmers with privately owned hills to be designated under tier...
    • Beekeeping Industry
      76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his position on the EU ban on neonicotinoid pesticides and the State's monitoring of the reduction in bee numbers; the bee population...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      77. To ask the Taoiseach the State bodies under his remit which have developed memoranda of understanding with his counterpart in Northern Ireland with regard to the efficient delivery of...
    • Census of Population Data
      78. To ask the Taoiseach if an amendment is being considered to the next census due in 2021 in respect of adopted persons (details supplied); if consideration has been given to this omission in...
    • Taoiseach's Communications
      80. To ask the Taoiseach the number of representations he has received from Members of the Oireachtas and the number of these to which he had not issued a substantive reply by 31 May 2016, by...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; when it will be ratified; if it will be...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the implications for border security in the event of Britain and Northern Ireland voting to exit the European Union; and if she will...
    • Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
      83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will announce funding calls for and the duration of the new grant round under the new asylum migration and integration fund which the...
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the role of Garda youth diversion projects as part of a long-term strategy to tackle gangland crime in north inner city Dublin; and if she will...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the State bodies under her remit which have developed memoranda of understanding with her counterpart in Northern Ireland with regard to the...
    • Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
      86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an eviction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14291/16]
    • Legislative Reviews
      87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review initiated in 2011 by an expert group within her Department to conduct an examination of the proceeds of crime...
    • Garda Recruitment
      88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to replace the 140 members of An Garda Síochána who were not replaced in Dublin north inner city in recent years. [14314/16]
    • Garda Training
      90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána who are qualified to drive Garda cars as a percentage of the force; her plans to improve...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the statement the Policing Authority issued following its meeting with the Garda Commissioner; if she has directed the Garda...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the Garda Commissioner asked her to refer the matter of two members of An Garda Síochána allegedly misrepresenting a...
    • Garda Adult Cautioning Scheme Administration
      93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to enhance An Garda Síochána’s cautioning scheme for drug possession as part of treating drug use as a public health...
    • Garda Oversight
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for an external independent culture audit of An Garda Síochána, as requested by the Policing Authority, including the name of...
    • Legislative Reviews
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the reform of legislation governing the Criminal Assets Bureau. [14322/16]
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the supports she is providing to Syrian refugees resettling here, including access to individualised, regular and adequate language support; the...
    • Legislative Measures
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if further legislation is required to facilitate An Garda Síochána tackling the illegal sale of prescription drugs; and if she will make...
    • Immigration Policy
      99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review the fees associated with applications for Irish citizenship and to introduce a separate application process for certain...
    • Legislative Measures
      100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 26 May 2016, if she intends to introduce legislation to provide that where an Irish sign language...
    • Departmental Data
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the level of data that is collected on the issues which come under her Department's remit; the steps she will take to...
    • Home Repossessions Rate
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of repossession orders for principal dwelling houses granted in County Cork and the number of these before the courts for the city and...
    • Visa Applications
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a Visa. [14592/16]
    • Garda Recruitment
      109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why a person (details supplied) was not informed that a temporary clerical officer post at Ballyshannon Garda station in County Donegal had been...
    • Garda Data
      111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 25 May 2016, if she will provide the number of gardaí who were and are mainly on...
    • Legislative Programme
      113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Bill, which was before the Houses of the Oireachtas in February...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems Provision
      114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when she will allocate funding for the provision of closed circuit television cameras in Tullow, County Carlow. [14739/16]
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her proposals to establish a mini-Criminal Assets Bureau. [14759/16]
    • Crime Prevention
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she is taking to address criminal activity and behaviour in the 18 to 24 year age group; when she will publish the strategy for the...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the improvements she would like to see in the daily routine of Irish prisoners; the resources she will make available for these improvements; and...
    • Prisoner Data
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women, by length of sentence and by the number of repeat offenders, imprisoned in each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date; the...
    • Cyberbullying Issues
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when she plans to introduce legislation to combat cyberbullying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14779/16]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for naturalisation status. [14794/16]
    • Immigration Status
      121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the residency status scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Deployment
      122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when she will appoint a permanent chief superintendent for the Meath division of An Garda Síochána, given this county’s...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of representations she has received from Members of the Oireachtas and the number of these to which she had not issued a substantive...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in An Garda Síochána vetting a person (details supplied). [15073/16]
  • Department of Finance
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance why a person registered disabled due to mobility has to apply for a primary medical certificate and value added tax and vehicle registration tax relief when...
    • VAT Exemptions
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance to consider extending the exemption of social housing from VAT to third level institutions which possess land banks to facilitate them in constructing student...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of former employees of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation as creditors in the liquidation process; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance the State bodies under his remit which have developed memoranda of understanding with his counterpart in Northern Ireland with regard to the efficient...
    • Property Tax Deferrals
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) can get a deferral of the local property tax based on personal circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Repossessions
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a repossession. [14295/16]
    • Banking Sector Data
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of annual management fees on apartments and the amount overdue by each State backed bank. [14307/16]
    • Ministerial Briefing
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has prepared a ministerial briefing paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14324/16]
    • Data Collection
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the level of data that is collected on the issues which come under his Department's remit; the steps he will take to work with the...
    • Capital Allowances
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential units which have been the subject of applications for capital gains tax relief, which was introduced in budget 2012 and applied to...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown by county of all Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland funding drawn date to date. [14523/16]
    • Mortgage Lending
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to assist first-time buyers; if he is aware that some banks are insisting on a 20% deposit in the case of first-time buyers...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure persons receive their agreed entitlements in respect of the non-payment of agreed redundancy pay to former IBRC staff; and if...
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) has been informed that a property will only be exempt from local property tax with effect from 1 November 2016 and that...
    • Banking Sector Data
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of contracts a building society (details supplied) has terminated in respect of agents who were selling products on its behalf in towns and...
    • Tax Relief Costs
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance to consider allowing tax relief for dental procedures and if he has estimated the cost to the Exchequer should this be done; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank intends to carry out any public consultation on the issue of high standard variable rates on mortgages; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the employment investment incentive scheme, EII, so as to ensure that any incentives it provides are at least equivalent to incentives...
    • Tax Relief Application
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible to claim tax back under any scheme, such as the MED 1 scheme or otherwise, operated by his Department and the Revenue Commissioners, for...
    • Pension Provisions
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering permitting those who have paid into private pension funds to release moneys from those funds in certain circumstances before they reach...
    • International Bodies Membership
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance the date Ireland applied to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the process by which it was decided to apply; and if he will make a statement on...
    • EU Directives
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance how Ireland used the discretion available under the mortgage credit directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14808/16]
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the precise number and percentage of small and medium enterprises refused funding for the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland scheme in each of the eight...
    • Vehicle Registration
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the paperwork that needs to be presented to the Revenue Commissioners for a passenger vehicle that has been converted to a crew cab in order to avail of the...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of representations he has received from Members of the Oireachtas and the number of these to which he had not issued a substantive reply by 31 May...
    • Credit Union Services
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance if he supports the roll-out of debit cards by credit unions as per the programme for Government; if he will ensure that the Central Bank supports this...
    • EU Directives
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 18 May 2016 the care he uses in gathering advice from the Revenue Commissioners and other independent taxation...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Availability
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to make provisions for the school bus service for Ballymahon secondary schools to pick up pupils in the village of Ballymore, County Westmeath;...
    • School Transport Administration
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding persons over 70 years of age not permitted to drive buses to bring children to school.; and if...
    • Departmental Reports
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Cassells report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14248/16]
    • Third Level Data
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the staff-pupil ratio of Ireland's universities compares to the European average. [14249/16]
    • Student Accommodation
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has explored the feasibility of introducing value added tax incentives to third level institutions that have available landbanks to...
    • Third Level Funding
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will reintroduce capital funding for Irish third level institutions. [14251/16]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reverse the Teaching Council's plan to abolish regulation 3, whereby Montessori teachers and primary teachers who trained outside of Ireland...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why an application for additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) was refused; if the matter will be reconsidered, given the small...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State bodies under his remit that have developed memorandums of understanding with his counterpart in Northern Ireland with regard to the...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why sensory processing disorder is not included in the criteria for the assessment of special needs assistants, SNA; and if he will make a...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the hiring of guidance counsellors for secondary schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14299/16]
    • School Funding
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14306/16]
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the application by An Foras Pátrúnachta for a multidenominational Gaelscoil to serve the greater Drumcondra-Marino area in...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) is scheduled to be extended and the estimated time for completion; the extent of the intended project; and if he...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve funding for a prefabricated structure, without delay, in view of the situation facing a school (details supplied). [14355/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why he has cut services at a school (details supplied) attended by 155 special needs students; his plans to address these cuts; if the school is...
    • School Transport Provision
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why he has cut transport to a school (details supplied); if he will restore this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14388/16]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for funding for additional accommodation. [14391/16]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied) for a car park and associated works. [14393/16]
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for funding for additional accommodation. [14394/16]
    • Schools Building Projects
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in commencing construction of a purpose-built school (details supplied); when construction will commence and when the...
    • School Enrolments
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are sufficient places for new entrants to first year for the 2016-2017 term in secondary schools in Wexford town; why a student from...
    • Departmental Data
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the level of data that is collected on the issues which come under his Department's remit; the steps he will take to work...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a roll number is put in place for a new school (details supplied) in County Cork. [14527/16]
    • Student Support Schemes
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can provide funding, apart from a grant from Student Universal Support Ireland, for a person who has secured a place on a master's degree...
    • School Curriculum
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider the inclusion of basic sign language on the primary and secondary school curricula to enable more people to communicate with the deaf...
    • School Enrolments
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that enrolments in a school (details supplied) are being blocked by the school; if he is complicit in the campaign to close the...
    • School Transport
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to downsize school buses in order to reduce the number of children who avail of concessionary school transport; and if he will make a...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reopen consultation on regulation 3 of the Teaching Council’s regulations to facilitate stakeholders in submitting their views...
    • Educational Reform
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who could potentially lose up to 10% of their marks in junior certificate English due to the non-implementation of the...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to undertake an audit of the physical education facilities of all secondary schools prior to the introduction of physical education as...
    • Special Educational Needs
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of introducing individual education plans for students with special educational needs on a statutory basis; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Facilities
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of buildings at third level which are rented or prefabricated; the annual cost of renting these; and if he will make a statement on...
    • State Examinations
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of reference of the review of the reasonable accommodations at the certificate examinations, RACE, scheme; the consultation process...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the third level projects he will fund under the capital investment plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14561/16]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a compulsory second preschool year under the programme for Government; if parents will still be able to send their...
    • Asylum Support Services
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of extending third level and post-leaving certificate supports to students in the asylum-seeking process who have been in the school...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary schools which do not have access to broadband, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Accommodation
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commence the replacement of prefabricated classrooms under the programme for Government before 2019; if he will replace both purchased...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Staff
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists employed by the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of these who are on leave of any type and the...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Expenditure
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding his Department allocated to the National Educational Psychological Service in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date; and if he will...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the waiting time for the assessment of children with special education needs by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if he will...
    • Disability Services Provision
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact of the roll out of the network of disability teams on the provision of services to special classes; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of resource teachers who will be allocated in advance of the roll-out of the new model of resource allocation in 2017; and if he will...
    • Special Education Review
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the report on the review of the special needs assistant scheme has been completed; his consultations with stakeholders as part of the review;...
    • Employment Rights
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing the recommendations of the Cush report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14576/16]
    • School Transport Expenditure
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department is paying to private contractors for school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14577/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will establish a national inclusion support service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14578/16]
    • National Training Fund
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the yield from increasing the employer contribution to the national training fund to 1, 2 and 3% of the reckonable earnings of employees; and if...
    • Garda Vetting Legislation
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make arrangements for students starting a post-leaving certificate course to start in advance of Garda Síochána clearance...
    • Higher Education Authority Staff
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in appointing a chief executive officer of the Higher Education Authority; if he will appoint an interim chief executive...
    • Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that the changes to the entrance requirements for universities, which reduce the value of a fourth A level for students from...
    • School Admissions
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2015, including if and why he has removed it as a priority from the legislative...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to investigate the possibility of purchasing the Augustinian Novitiate building on Old Court Road, Killakee, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 as a...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes to the Teaching Council's registration regulations, in particular, regulation 3 which is affecting the graduates of a college...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide additional funding to a school (details supplied) to carry out works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14641/16]
    • School Transport Expenditure
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding mechanism by which he pays Bus Éireann and private contractors under the school transport scheme; if he provides funding per...
    • Bullying in Educational Institutions
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why an educational institution (details supplied) does not have an anti-bullying policy or established procedures for dealing with complaints of...
    • Higher Education Institutions Staff
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why an educational institution (details supplied) has a large student to staff ratio despite the teaching council's Initial Teacher Education:...
    • School Staff
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will review the staffing thresholds for two, three and four-teacher schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14690/16]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on entitlements for a teacher (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14717/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to employ a second special educational needs teacher or a special education assistant in a school (details supplied) in which there are...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will provide funding which has been granted to a school (details supplied) for an autism unit; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Accommodation
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide assistance to the Dublin students union in the National University of Ireland in its proposed publicity campaign related to...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for funding and the go-ahead in respect of adaptation works required, including when...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied), including when he will commence and complete the works; and if he will make a...
    • Pleananna Oideachais
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair atá sé i gceist Beartas Oideachais don Ghaeltacht a fhoilsiú; cad iad na bearta a chaithfear a dhéanamh sula...
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist Gaelscoil bhreise a chur ar fáil i gceantar Dhroim Conrach/Marino; cad iad na critéir a úsáidtear...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an extension at a school (details supplied); why it is not going ahead; if he will provide extra funding for it to proceed; and if...
    • Access to Higher Education
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schemes he is running to promote access to third level education by lower socioeconomic groups, disabled students and mature students; the...
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to carry out a full costing of the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if he will...
    • Third Level Institutions
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the third level institutions that are running at a deficit; the amount of the deficit by institution; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Services Staff
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding his Department allocated to schools to cover ancillary services such as the employment of a school secretary or caretaker in each of...
    • Third Level Staff Recruitment
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing the academic staff to student ratio at third level to 1:15 in each of the years 2017 to 2021, taking forecasted increases in...
    • School Transport Data
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of empty seats on school transport buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14997/16]
    • Third Level Staff Remuneration
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget for salaries and for non-salary-related activities by third level institution in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Funding
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding his Department provided and the proportion this was of total income by third level institution over each of the years 2006 to 2016 to...
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish the review of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme; his plans to make changes to the scheme for the...
    • Third Level Expenditure
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of carrying out the capital projects identified in the Higher Education Authority space utilisation of third level conducted in 2010 in...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will conclude the selection process for the projects at third level that are to receive investment under public private partnership; and...
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of providing additional classroom accommodation at primary and secondary schools to address increased demographics over the next five,...
    • State Examinations Reviews
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has followed up on correspondence from the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland at the start of May 2016; if he has engaged with the...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of representations he has received from Members of the Oireachtas and the number of these to which he had not issued a substantive...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Waste Management
      256. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has analysed the number of jobs that could be created if Ireland’s waste disposal and recovery...
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      257. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter regarding alarms (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14400/16]
    • Water Services
      258. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government which Department will have responsibility for water services under the new structures. [14433/16]
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      259. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if she will consider reform of the rateable valuation system, with a view to modernising same, so as to ensure that any...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      260. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the resources his Department has assigned for each of the past five years to assisting with developing a strategy to...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to introduce a new rural development scheme for local groups who are producing a local book on the history of the area....
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      262. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if responsibility for rural and marine recreation has transferred to her Department, or if it is proposed to transfer...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Data
      263. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total annual allocation for housing assistance payment tenancies for 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 in tabular form; and...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Data
      264. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total annual allocation for rental accommodation scheme tenancies for 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 in tabular form; and...
    • Departmental Functions
      265. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will respond to issues raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the reconfiguration of his Department and the...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      266. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the State bodies under his remit which have developed memoranda of understanding with his counterpart in Northern Ireland...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      267. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the rationale for excluding Part V properties from the new tenant purchase scheme. [14328/16]
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Data
      268. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities have been notified of the housing adaptation grants for older people, and for people with...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility
      269. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to suspend the requirement on landlords to retrofit ventilation systems into old houses which have never had them to...
    • Regeneration Projects Funding
      270. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure adequate funding to Dublin City Council to allow the long awaited and much overdue regeneration of...
    • Electoral Divisions Establishment
      272. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the next electoral Constituency Commission is due to convene, following the recent census; if Dáil or local...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      273. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to confirm the overall block allocation of funding for specific schemes (details supplied). [14540/16]
    • National Mitigation Plan
      274. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress on the national mitigation plan; the timeline for the publication and implementation of the plan; and if he...
    • Recycling Policy
      275. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce monetary rewards for the return of glass bottles as is in place in other jurisdictions as an...
    • Waste Management
      276. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will arrange for the distribution of additional glass recycling stations in Darndale, Dublin 17; and if he will make...
    • Vehicle Registration Data
      277. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of private passenger road vehicles that were registered pre-1 July 2008 and post-1 July 2008; and the amount of...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      278. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has a breakdown by category of how the 5,963 persons who are homeless became so, for example, the number who are...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      279. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 250 and 251 of 24 May 2016, if individual projects or bundles of projects in...
    • Electoral Reform
      280. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 1 June 2016, if he will review and amend the voting rights of British...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications
      281. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of an application for mortgage to rent by a person (details supplied) and if he is aware of the urgency of this...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      282. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will investigate how annual charges can be kept at the rate of inflation or some other mechanism to protect...
    • Leader Programmes
      283. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of Leader contracts that have been signed to date; the number of areas that have had their plans approved; the...
    • Mountain Rescue Service
      284. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements being put in place to ensure that funding is provided to the mountain rescue teams for insurance to cover...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      285. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is permitted for local authorities to provide loans under the local authority house loan schemes for the...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      286. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of representations he has received from Members of the Oireachtas and the number of these to which he had not...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Respite Care Grant
      287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the respite grant, now known as the carer's support grant, for adult care ceased, despite the needs of the caring families being the same...
    • Respite Care Grant Payments
      288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the carers of a person (details supplied) are eligible for the carer's support grant. [14710/16]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to change the system in place whereby women who entered the workforce,took time out to care for their children and later re-entered the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) has lost entitlement to rent allowance upon being placed on a low paid temporary work scheme by a local Intreo...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the State bodies under his remit which have developed memoranda of understanding with his counterpart in Northern Ireland with regard to the...
    • Free Travel Scheme Review
      292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to increase the age of eligibility for the free travel scheme to 67 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14331/16]
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the decision of review in respect of an exceptional needs payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will receive the full SWA payment of €186 per week, rather than the reduced rate of €100 per week,...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his view on correspondence (details supplied) regarding part-time jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14371/16]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why he is continuing to send letters requesting recipients of jobseeker's benefit to use financial institutions instead of using the post office to...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment can be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14386/16]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is satisfied with the level of data that is collected on the issues which come under his Department's remit; the steps he will take to work...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any form of funding available through his Department, apart from the back-to-education allowance, for a person who has secured a place...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) and when the person can expect a decision on their case. [14533/16]
    • Employment Support Services
      302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason long-term unemployed persons who are engaging at his request with a company (details supplied) and have not managed to obtain employment...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a review of an overpayment can be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14634/16]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
      304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a basic social protection payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a rent allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14654/16]
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been assessed with earnings on a family income supplement claim of €171 per week; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost for 2017 of increasing by €40 the weekly payments received by recipients of an age-related lower rate of jobseeker's...
    • Community Employment Schemes Funding
      308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated net cost of an additional 1,000 places on the community employment scheme for 2017. [14667/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of reducing the numbers of hours worked required to access family income support from 19 to 15. [14669/16]
    • Community Services Programme
      311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the expenditure on the community services programme in each of the past ten years; and the estimated full-year cost of increasing funding through...
    • Social Welfare Code
      313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the implications of the proposed new working family payment scheme for the family income supplement scheme, the back-to-work family dividend and the...
    • National Internship Scheme
      315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated saving in 2017 and a full year from closing the JobBridge scheme to new applicants. [14674/16]
    • Work Placement Programmes
      316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year saving from abolishing the gateway scheme. [14675/16]
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the approximate fully year net saving from moving 1,000 jobseekers who have been unemployed for longer than 24 months into work via the JobsPlus...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      319. 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. [14681/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending child benefit to the estimated 37,300 pupils who are due to sit the leaving certificate for the first time in 2016 and are...
    • JobPath Implementation
      321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have been selected for participation in the JobPath scheme in each geographical area where it is in operation; the...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • JobPath Implementation
      323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on correspondence regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [14731/16]
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending community employment schemes to 18 months and two years in duration respectively; his views on providing greater flexibility...
    • Labour Activation Projects
      325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of labour activation participants in County Cork in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date by scheme in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Insurance
      327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to recognise the work that family carers do and afford them a full stamp in order that persons in receipt of the carer's allowance are eligible for...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason payment of carer's allowance is seen as an extra income for carers when, in many situations, it enables a loved one to stay in their home...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14780/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application for a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason he no longer provides back to education allowance payments for students studying outside of the State; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Maternity Benefit Applications
      334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will pay maternity benefit to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14807/16]
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status in determination of an application for fuel allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will instruct his officials to clearly include the post office network as an option for payments from his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to immediately review provisions of community employment scheme workers. [15009/16]
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of representations he has received from Members of the Oireachtas and the number of these to which he had not issued a substantive reply...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      341. 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. [15046/16]
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the recent changes to the community employment schemes as a result of outcomes; for example, a married man with a dependent spouse and...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      343. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the agenda for the North-South Ministerial Council meeting on 10 June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14492/16]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his contacts with the Prime Minister of Turkey, Mr. Binali Yildirim, in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14513/16]
    • Ukrainian Conflict
      348. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the lobbying or representations he has received concerning the forthcoming European Council discussions on renewing sanctions relating to...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      350. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the State bodies under his remit that have developed memoranda of understanding with his counterpart in Northern Ireland with regard to the...
    • State Visits
      351. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the protocol involved in a visit of the Pope to Ireland, given that he is a Head of State, and if an invitation would be extended by the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      352. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the European Commission's capacity building for security and development plans; if he is concerned that these plans will...
    • Ministerial Briefing
      353. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will publicly release the full briefing materials that were provided to him by departmental officials on his first day of taking up...
    • Passport Services
      354. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current timeframes for the processing of passports and the delays currently being encountered; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      355. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied with the level of data collected on the issues which come under his Department's remit; the steps he will take to work...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      356. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received a report from the ambassador to Brazil regarding the alleged rape of a teenage girl by a group of 30 or more men that has...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      359. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Government buildings (details supplied) are owned or rented; if they are owned, by whom; and if they are rented, when the lease will...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      360. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if as part of efforts to get flood insurance for previously flooded locations, flood prevention works by local authorities will be...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      361. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State bodies under his remit that have developed memoranda of understanding with his counterpart in Northern Ireland with regard to...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      362. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to clarify the rules in the Civil Service and public service pension schemes for same-sex married couples; his plans to ensure that...
    • Land Transfers
      363. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the transfer of land (details supplied) to South Dublin County Council and the timeframe for the completion of this...
    • Company Law
      364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the procedure by which directors of a company that is no longer on the register can begin to take in charge the assets of the former...
    • Public Sector Pay
      366. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full cost of reverting to a single-tier pay structure across the public sector. [14620/16]
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      367. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of eliminating the lowest grade on the pay grade scale across the public sector and merging those on the lowest grade on the...
    • Irish Language
      368. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the frequency of tours of the Office of Public Works' properties in County Meath which are available through the Irish language. [14626/16]
    • Ombudsman's Remit
      369. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a person (details supplied) has been appointed to a role representing complaint handler and associate members at the...
    • Garda Expenditure
      370. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total rent paid by An Garda Síochána on its barracks in Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, since the lease began. [14734/16]
    • State Properties Data
      371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the properties in Dublin City currently owned or leased by the State, in tabular form, and their current usage, if any; and if he will...
    • Waterways Issues
      372. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to instruct the relevant authority in the Office of Public Works or Waterways Ireland to address a serious hazard (details supplied)...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      373. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of representations he has received from Members of the Oireachtas and the number of these to which he had not issued a...
    • Waste Management
      374. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to consider installing litter bins in an area (details supplied). [15059/16]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Invasive Plant Species
      375. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to deal with an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14537/16]
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      376. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the process relating to the National Parks and Wildlife Service’s ongoing examination of compensatory measures...
    • Scéimeanna Rannach
      377. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici scéim na mbóithre portaigh a athoscailt; má tá, cén uair a bheidh an...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      378. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the State bodies under her remit that have developed memoranda of understanding with her counterpart in Northern Ireland with regard...
    • Departmental Data
      379. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied with the level of data that is collected on the issues which come under her Department's remit; the steps she...
    • Cultural Policy
      380. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on correspondence (details supplied) from a person who is seeking an all-party approach to national cultural policy; and if...
    • Waterways Ireland
      381. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff which have been redeployed by Waterways Ireland since 2012 on the River Shannon from north Roscommon to Athlone...
    • Arts Council Funding
      384. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to ensure that the funding previously allocated to the O'Carolan Harp Festival will be restored in 2016 to ensure that this festival...
    • Arts Council
      385. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the name of the body which audits the Arts Council and if he will make these audits available for the past five years. [14981/16]
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      386. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it is her policy to inform landholders if there land is to be designated an special protection area, special area of conservation...
    • EU Directives
      388. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times that the European Union commission has threatened proceedings against the Government for non-compliance with the...
    • National Raised Bog Management Plan
      389. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason that the pilot project relating to the management of blanket bogs has been transferred from Connemara, County Galway to...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      390. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of representations she has received from Members of the Oireachtas and the number of these to which she had not issued a...
  • Department of Health
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Places
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential beds for in-patient drug rehabilitation available here through the public health service. [14323/16]
    • UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
      392. To ask the Minister for Health her views regarding a breach of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in respect of the Government's obligations under this convention, to a...
    • Hospital Staff
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if a condition of employment for a hospital doctor to work or be on call for 24 hours can be included as a precondition to employment; if this is at variance...
    • Vaccination Programme
      395. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports from parents regarding possible side effects from the human papilloma virus vaccine; if he will convene an official forum to hear from all...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the State bodies under his remit which have developed memoranda of understanding with his counterpart in Northern Ireland with regard to the efficient delivery...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      397. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14297/16]
    • Hospital Procedures
      400. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 4 May 2016, if he will provide a further breakdown on the data provided which showed that 810 inpatient elective...
    • Hospital Services
      401. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the suspension of DEXA scanning services at hospital (details supplied); his future plans for the service; and if he will make a statement...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of early intervention teams for children in each local health area in tabular form; the total number on each team and the numbers of children in...
    • Hospital Services
      403. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a haematology department in University Hospital Kerry, and if so, the reason persons in County Kerry are being referred to Cork University...
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical items (details supplied) are not covered on the medical card [14340/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for clinical support in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14342/16]
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the average time lag between the initial advertising and filling of consultant vacancies in University Hospital Waterford over the past three years; and how...
    • Patient Transport Provision
      407. To ask the Minister for Health how the transport needs of patients from Wicklow have been considered in the opening of the Wicklow primary care health centre to facilitate access to the...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      408. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the total funding allocated to home care packages in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016, and to identify the funding gap between the annual...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the total allocation of funding for 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016 to provide emergency placements for persons with disabilities, and to identify...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      412. 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. [14396/16]
    • HSE Data
      413. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 301 of 20 April 2016 the number of bariatric surgeries that have been performed by the HSE in 2016; and if he will make a...
    • Maternity Services Provision
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if the staffing deficits for obstetricians and midwives, identified in the 2015 review of maternity services at Cavan Monaghan Hospital, have been addressed;...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time obstetricians employed at Cavan General Hospital; the number of locum obstetricians in place; the number of midwives employed; and the...
    • Legislative Measures
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the specific changes to the misuse of drugs legislation that need to be put in place, to address the illegal sale of prescription drugs. [14405/16]
    • Registration of Nurses
      417. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the register of nurses and midwifes maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI, the number of applications which were...
    • Medical Card Applications
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14408/16]
    • Midwifery Services Provision
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of midwives in each public and voluntary hospital that provide maternity services for the end of 2015 and the latest figures available in 2016 in...
    • Maternity Services Provision
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of obstetricians, whole-time equivalent, employed in each of the 19 maternity units nationwide (details supplied); and the number of locum...
    • Health Services Provision
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available from his Department or the Health Service Executive for specific rehabilitation (details supplied) and the guidelines on same. [14411/16]
    • Antimicrobial Resistance
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the recommendations contained in the recent UK Government report authored by Lord O’Neill on antimicrobial resistance, AMR; his plans...
    • Health Insurance Regulation
      424. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects legislation on health insurance, specifically to provide insurers with legal clarity to facilitate insurers when withdrawing products from the...
    • Health Insurance Cover
      425. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish the Health Insurance Authority report on reform of minimum benefits provided for as part of health insurance cover; if not, why not; if he...
    • Health Insurance
      426. To ask the Minister for Health if he is committed to the introduction of a system of diagnostic-related group data as a measure of health status for health insurance; if so, the measures he...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive spent on agency staff each month in 2016 to date and the equivalent figures for each month in 2015; the proportion of...
    • Health Services Data
      428. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the level of data that is collected on the issues which come under his Department's remit; the steps he will take to work with the...
    • Hospital Services
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed kidney dialysis unit in Wexford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14528/16]
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      430. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to award equal pay to clinical nurse manager 2 grades, to close the gap between those who were regularised and did not get incremental credit, and...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      431. To ask the Minister for Health if he will raise the qualifying age for a personal assistant beyond the current maximum age of 65 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14541/16]
    • Medical Card Applications
      432. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a case (details supplied) whereby an applicant for a general practitioner card finds themselves unable to backdate a claim for an...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      433. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who is not receiving funding for required health care; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      434. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14586/16]
    • Alcohol Sales Legislation
      435. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to introduce the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill into the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14590/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      436. To ask the Minister for Health to intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) to ensure they are seen by specialist as soon as possible given the apparent oversight in relation to...
    • Legislative Measures
      437. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce regulation of the counselling and psychotherapy profession to address this serious public health issue, in view of a recent newspaper...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      441. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided with a date for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14609/16]
    • Health Services Staff Training
      442. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the validation and recognition of non-Irish qualifications. [14610/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) for occupational therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14615/16]
    • Health Services Charges
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the scheme available for Irish residents to have medical procedures carried out here through the private health system, where they may receive a reimbursement...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug Fampyra is not being prescribed for a person (details supplied); if the matter will be sorted as soon as possible as having to pay for the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      446. To ask the Minister for Health if a portable concentrator will be provided for a person (details supplied). [14627/16]
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) will have to wait a year and a half for a dental procedure. [14628/16]
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      448. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) with regard to nursing support in a school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14635/16]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for applications for orthodontic services to be processed for the past five years in Dublin West in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Orthodontic Services Data
      450. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of staff in the orthodontic services in Dublin West, including those in active service and those on leave; and if he will make a statement on...
    • HSE Investigations
      451. To ask the Minister for Health the status of each of the four investigations into the loss of new borns at the maternity unit at Cavan General Hospital from 2012 to 2014; if any of the...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      452. To ask the Minister for Health the details of current vacancies at Letterkenny University Hospital in respect of medical personnel in tabular form; the time these posts have remained vacant;...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) receiving €144 per week jobseeker's allowance has been turned down for a medical card because they do not reach...
    • HSE Staff
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for Health Service Executive employees who wish to apply for a transfer from the Dublin to the midland regions; and the length of time the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding he has allocated in 2016 to Praxis Care and Prosper Fingal services in North County Dublin for services to adults with intellectual...
    • Hospital Services
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the reason University Hospital Kerry is one of just three out of 27 hospitals providing acute stroke care that does not have the recognised elements of a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      460. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for a cataract operation will be provided for a person (details suppled); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14706/16]
    • Tax Relief Eligibility
      461. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had any discussions with the Minister for Finance in respect of allowing citizens to claim tax back under a scheme such as the MED 1 scheme or...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      462. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the huge waiting list for psychiatric and other mental health services in Dublin West and at national level; and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      463. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home help hours have been reduced for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14724/16]
    • National Stroke Programme Implementation
      465. To ask the Minister for Health to address the concerns in the recently published national stroke audit carried out by the Irish Heart Foundation and the HSE's national stroke programme at...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the drug Translarna (details supplied); if it will be made available to patients through HSE funding in the near future; and if he will make a...
    • Cochlear Implants Provision
      467. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of an issue with children under six years of age and over awaiting sequential and bilateral cochlear implants at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; if...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on priority waiting lists for home help hours in the north Leitrim area; the number of hours which would be necessary to provide home...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      470. To ask the Minister for Health his views on prescription charges; and if there could be a provision for pensioners not to pay the charges on all of their individual items as opposed to a...
    • HSE Staff
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of employing an additional 250 speech and language therapists, 100 physiotherapists, 100 occupational therapists and 150 clinical...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      472. To ask the Minister for Health to engage in consultations with the HSE regarding the possibility of treatment for illnesses such as fibromyalgia in the National Hyperbaric Treatment Centre...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a rescheduled hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14782/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      474. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the use of hyperbaric chambers as a treatment for fibromyalgia; if the treatment is used in public hospitals to treat fibromyalgia; if this...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      475. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who is currently undergoing dialysis in the North of Ireland; if this person will be included on the...
    • Organ Transplant Data
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the waiting list for kidney transplant. [14786/16]
    • Medical Card Applications
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the documentation still outstanding in the case of a medical card application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      481. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the long-term plan for Kilkcreene Orthopaedic Hospital, County Kilkenny given reports that the St. Patrick's ward of the facility is being converted...
    • Medical Card Applications
      482. To ask the Minister for Health how a person whose income is less than €164 and who is financially independent of their parents can apply for a medical card; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Research and Training
      483. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the Health Service Executive decided to change the selection system for medical interns in October 2015 to prioritise non-European Union...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      484. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting a significant time for an operation and if the person can be scheduled for an operation as soon as possible;...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      485. To ask the Minister for Health to provide more home help for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14799/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      486. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14800/16]
    • Scéim na dTinneas Fadtéarmach
      487. To ask the Minister for Health an bhfuil sé i gceist aige, ó nach bhfuil airtríteas réamatóideach ar an liosta tinneas fadtéarmach le haghaidh cárta...
    • Grant Payments
      488. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a hearing welfare allowance similar to the existing scheme for the visually impaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14806/16]
    • Audiology Services Provision
      489. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for a hearing test will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14812/16]
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      490. To ask the Minister for Health if he has undertaken an assessment of the savings to the State that can be made if a suitable person with cystic fibrosis is placed on a course of Orkambi; if...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to relocate the South Kildare Network disability team to Kildare town and when this move is expected to be finalised; if there are any...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to relocate the South Kildare CAMHS team from Athy to Kildare town and when this move is expected to be finalised; if there are any...
    • Burial Grounds
      493. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make land available from St. Finian's land bank in Killarney, County Kerry for the provision of a public graveyard for the population of Killarney...
    • Medical Card Applications
      494. To ask the Minister for Health the documentation outstanding in the case of a person (details supplied) in respect of their pending application for a medical card; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      495. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the consultation and surgery for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14966/16]
    • Health Services Data
      496. To ask the Minister for Health to provide data on the number of missed outpatient appointments in the Mater Hospital in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14967/16]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      502. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that career opportunities in the mental health service are appealing to graduates in the key areas of psychiatry, psychology, family...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      503. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the €12 million which was taken from the mental health budget was not invested in other under resourced areas of mental health such as the...
    • Ambulance Service Accommodation
      504. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to resolve the situation in respect of the ambulance service in Edenderry; his proposed plans to repair or replace the existing ambulance building;...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      505. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the condition homocystinuria, related to the condition phenylketonuria (PKU) is not covered under the long-term illness scheme similar to PKU; his...
    • National Dementia Strategy
      506. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no register of Alzheimer's patients here; and if there is a reason for the prevention of such a register being established. [15015/16]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      508. To ask the Minister for Health when he will establish a primary care centre in Fermoy, County Cork; and the timeline for such a centre to be established. [15017/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to the family of a person (details supplied) for the fair deal scheme who are in straitened financial circumstances, to cover the cost of...
    • Hospital Equipment
      511. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the provision of a second magnetic resonance imaging scanner at Galway University Hospital in view of the long waiting list for scans in the...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the number of representations he has received from Members of the Oireachtas and the number of these to which he had not issued a substantive reply by 31 May...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      513. To ask the Minister for Health the status of application by a person (details supplied) for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15047/16]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      514. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to replace two of the three speech therapists in Kilcreene Hospital in Kilkenny (details supplied). [15049/16]
    • Misuse of Drugs
      515. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to introduce new measures to deal with the growing problems due to the increasing availability of new psychoactive substances and the serious...
    • Departmental Funding
      516. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that additional much needed resources are allocated to an organisation (details supplied) which provides an important service in counties...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15054/16]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient psychiatric beds, including child and adolescent inpatient psychiatric beds; the number of these that are operational; and how this...
    • Mobility Allowance
      519. To ask the Minister for Health when he will finalise a replacement scheme for the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant which were removed from new applicants over three years...
    • Hospitals Data
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for hip replacement operations; and the number of emergency hip replacement surgeries that are carried out in the event that a...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulance call-outs in County Roscommon in each of the years 2014 to 2015; and the length of time that the ambulance took to arrive at...
    • Prescriptions Data
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age who were prescribed Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate here, in each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      524. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of cases seen by the child and adolescent mental health services which relate to activity and attention disorders; and if he will make a...
    • Prescriptions Data
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age who were prescribed Ritalin here in each of the years from 2012 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products
      527. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the most recent review carried out of the need for medication in treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Data
      528. To ask the Minister for Health to provide data on the number of missed outpatient appointments in the Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath, in 2015; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a single payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14266/16]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the State bodies under his remit which have developed memoranda of understanding with its counterpart in Northern Ireland with regard...
    • TAMS Applications
      531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [14293/16]
    • Aquaculture Licences
      532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason, even though the aquaculture licensing section is unable to renew licences in a timely manner, the aquaculture food...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
      533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a non-productive payments capital investment claim by a person (details supplied); if a further appeal can be made into...
    • GLAS Payments
      534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive the balance of a GLAS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14338/16]
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the design process for the proposed breakwater extension at Dunmore East Harbour, County Waterford. [14344/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has only received a quarter of a payment under Scottish derogation; when the person will...
    • TAMS Applications
      538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a grant to get four extra units in a milking parlour, a water heater and feeders; and...
    • Beef Imports
      539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of live cattle imported into Ireland since 1 January 2016, and from what countries; the equivalent figures for 2015;...
    • Beef Exports
      540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of roll-on, roll-off ships and walk-on, walk-off ships currently approved to export cattle from Ireland; and if he will...
    • Food Labelling
      541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the labelling regulations on imported animals slaughtered here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14426/16]
    • Farm Inspections
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if departmental inspectors are given guidelines on the number of penalties they should be imposing on average; if action is taken...
    • TAMS Applications Data
      543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received for TAMS 1 and TAMS 2 from County Tipperary; the number of applications which have been approved;...
    • TAMS Applications
      544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by persons (details supplied) under TAMS 1; when they will receive a decision on their application; and...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the level of data that is collected on the issues which come under his Department's remit; the steps he will...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 547 of 24 May 2016, if he will list the forms of evidence he accepts from an applicant to the...
    • Hare Coursing Regulation
      548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department shares or has access to data held by the Irish Coursing Club regarding the ownership and change of ownership of...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a reply has not been received to this Deputy's representations in regard to a penalty that applied as a result of a ground...
    • Farm Improvement Scheme
      550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria and guidelines that are required to be met under the scheme for quality approved products (details supplied). [14597/16]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he carried out any financial analysis of the potential fines that could be incurred for failure to meet international obligations...
    • Fisheries Protection
      552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 561 of 24 May 2016, if there is a mechanism whereby his Department and the Department of...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that a person (details supplied) has applied before the deadline for basic farm entitlements pursuant to the...
    • GLAS Applications
      554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made a decision on a review of a green low-carbon agri-environment scheme 1 application in respect of a person (details...
    • Transfer of Entitlements
      555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that an incorrect value has been placed on entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and...
    • Greyhound Industry
      556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had any contact from persons both here and internationally surrounding the exporting of greyhounds to China; and his...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to investigate a report sent to him by a person (details supplied) regarding a very serious allegation of wrongdoing; and...
    • TAMS Applications
      558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a decision on a TAMS 11 application decision; and if he will make a...
    • Felling Licences Applications
      560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on the requirement to replant lands as per the issuing of a felling licence when the lands in question were never the...
    • Greyhound Industry
      561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider a ban on the export of greyhounds to China, given the fact that greyhounds at the Canidrome in Macau are euthanised at a...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      563. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of basic payment scheme applications available to submit online this year; if he proofed this requirement of application...
    • Afforestation Programme
      564. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Question No. 201 of 14 April 2016, the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      565. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will provide funding to complete works at the breakwater at Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal. [14761/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Administration
      566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a service is still accessible to persons who receive same further to a note (details supplied) which appeared on his...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      567. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue decisions on applications for the young farmers capital investment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      568. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans in the event of a UK exit from the EU, with particular reference to unimpeded access to work markets for Irish beef, lamb,...
    • Food Labelling
      569. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which traceability continues to apply and be enforced throughout Europe in relation to all meat and meat products; and...
    • Food Industry Data
      570. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent of employment currently given throughout the food industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14887/16]
    • Food Industry Development
      571. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects to ensure the future security of the food industry here throughout Europe notwithstanding TTIP or...
    • Animal Welfare
      572. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which animal health continues to be a priority here and throughout Europe; the degree to which other European countries...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      573. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the fishing industry continues to provide employment in all areas throughout the country, directly and in the...
    • Agrifood Sector
      574. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects to continue to meet the requirements of Food Harvest 2020 and Food Wise 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Food Prices
      576. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he has identified weaknesses arising from price fluctuations in the various segments of the food sector; if he...
    • Horse Racing Industry Development
      577. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his future plans for the development of the bloodstock industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14896/16]
    • Artisan Food Sector
      580. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he sees further scope for development and employment in the artisan food sector; and if he will make a statement...
    • Farm Enterprises
      581. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he proposes to take in conjunction with his EU colleagues to protect the concept of the viability of the family farm...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      582. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue a decision to a person (details supplied) with regard to a 2015 basic payment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Funding
      583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review and increase the level of funding available to an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry to assist its vital role...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      584. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of representations he has received from Members of the Oireachtas and the number of these to which he had not issued a...
    • TAMS Applications
      585. 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; and if he will make...
    • Dairy Sector
      586. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ease the financial burden dairy farmers are currently experiencing due to the low price of milk, given the...
    • Credit Availability
      587. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to address the current access to credit crisis that some farmers are experiencing; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Functions
      588. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources which Department will have responsibility for the Environmental Protection Agency under the new structures. [14432/16]
    • Environmental Policy
      589. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views that climate change is the single most pressing issue for humanity, which will impact on every single aspect of...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      590. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the natural heritage, environment, division and the water quality section will fall under the remit of the Minister...
    • Departmental Functions
      591. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when his decision to move environment related policy into a single Department with responsibility for climate change and...
    • Inland Fisheries Stocks
      592. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount Inland Fisheries Ireland spent on the pike culling and removal of pike in Loughs Corrib, Mask, Conn, Cullin,...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      593. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the tendering procedure for the roll-out of broadband in County Longford and a specific timeframe for it. [14254/16]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      594. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the State bodies under his remit which have developed memorandums of understanding with his counterpart in Northern...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      595. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the complaints received by his Department regarding noise, nuisance and shadow flicker issues arising from wind farms, by...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      596. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of the concerns of the public regarding the lack of environmental policy in the remit of a Cabinet...
    • Departmental Data
      597. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied with the level of data that is collected on the issues which come under his Department's remit; the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      598. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the national broadband plan with reference to the Foynes area, County Limerick, and with particular...
    • Departmental Properties
      599. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to confirm that the Digital Hub has no objection in extending the lease for the Brú Aimsir emergency accommodation...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      601. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals to apply a universal service obligation on broadband telecommunications providers; and if he will make a...
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      602. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider a new proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15020/16]
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      603. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of representations he has received from Members of the Oireachtas and the number of these to which he had not...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Noise Pollution
      604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport about the European Union directive or legislation on noise abatement, if any, is due to come into effect in 2017; if domestic legislation...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Funding
      605. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will provide funding for the local improvement schemes; the amount he intends to provide; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Air Services Provision
      606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the situation relating to the air traffic controller strikes in France; to provide detailed dates and routes that are...
    • Road Projects Status
      607. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the upgrade for the N4 from Mullingar to Rooskey. [14255/16]
    • Tourism Funding
      608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the funding available from Fáilte to the Midlands-Lakeland district. [14257/16]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the State bodies under his remit which have developed memorandums of understanding with his counterpart in Northern Ireland with regard...
    • Public Transport
      610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide further clarification from the National Transport Authority with regard to the provision of a new bus shelter at John Street...
    • Sports Organisations
      611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will raise the matter of a person (details supplied) with Athletics Ireland, specifically them not being selected for the three-man...
    • Driver Licences
      612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the difference between the identity validation process engaged in by a company (details supplied) on behalf of the National Driver...
    • Pension Provisions
      613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the year in which two persons (details supplied) were appointed to the regular staff of CIE-Irish Rail; the year in which the two named...
    • Swimming Pool Programme
      614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what counties responded to the request in January 2016 for expressions of interest in a limited round of swimming pool allocations, and...
    • Tourism Industry
      615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or another Government agency monitors the often elevated prices for accommodation, food and drink at and around major...
    • Road Projects
      616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional sound abatement measures can be put in place at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • End of Life Vehicles Certification
      617. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legislation, if any, in place or planned to regulate and monitor the alleged import of designated end-of-life vehicles from the UK...
    • Road Projects Status
      618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the three linked road upgrade schemes in north Kildare (details supplied); if tenders recently issued for the three...
    • Sports Organisations
      619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene with Athletics Ireland and the Olympic Council of Ireland with regard to the non-selection of a person (details...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if supplementary roads funding will be provided to Kerry County Council to address the deterioration of the condition of the county's...
    • Bus Éireann Staff
      621. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an acting inspector position in the Killarney bus station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Roadworthiness Testing
      622. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding bus inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14401/16]
    • Departmental Data
      624. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the level of data that is collected on the issues which come under his Department's remit; the steps he will take...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      625. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) with regard to operation of the 100X bus route servicing Dublin Airport to Dundalk; and if...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      626. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the 2016 capital sports grants scheme will be published in order to enable sports and community groups and associations to apply for...
    • Road Projects
      627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take steps to ensure that the necessary funding to enable the N4 realignment project between counties Westmeath and Longford...
    • Road Projects Status
      628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Oylegate-Enniscorthy bypass; the stage it is at and the projected timeline for its completion; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Services Provision
      629. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce rail fares or to incentivise the public to avail of rail transport services; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Transport Policy
      630. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to electrify public transport services; his plans to reduce the carbon intensity of public transport; and if he...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Administration
      632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a local improvement scheme and a community involvement scheme in 2016, if he intends to have separate budgets for...
    • Tourism Promotion
      633. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider adding Haroldstown dolmen in County Carlow to the list of sites that can be viewed on the Ireland's Ancient East....
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      634. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason pigeon racing is not recognised as a sport here, given the popularity of pigeon racing and the positive aspects of keeping...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      635. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will allocate capital funding for both the upgrading of the N4 Collooney to Castlebaldwin and the eastern bridge in Sligo town to...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      636. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to Tipperary County Council for the urgent and full rehabilitation of the bridge in Ardfinnan village, County...
    • Road Projects
      637. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will provide funding for the Bonagee link road connecting the business park road to the Dry Arch roundabout to address the...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      638. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reaffirm the Government's commitment to co-fund the A5 dual carriageway linking Donegal and Derry to Monaghan when the project...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      639. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider an online driving licence renewal system or a driving licence renewal system facilitated by Irish embassies or...
    • Sports Organisations
      640. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) was not selected to represent Ireland at the Olympic Games for the marathon by Athletics Ireland,...
    • Road Projects Status
      641. 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...
    • Road Signage
      642. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to have the signs on the N4 and M50 that have the incorrect spelling of the village of Palmerstown amended and replaced with the correct...
    • Harbour Authorities
      643. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the transfer of ownership of Dún Laoghaire Harbour from Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company to the local authority;...
    • Aviation Issues
      644. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request a report from the Dublin Airport Authority on unacceptable early morning and late night aircraft noise levels over the...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      645. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on Dublin Airport Authority’s plans for Dublin Airport up to 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Taxi Regulations
      646. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make changes to regulations governing the taxi industry; his plans for the operation of companies (details supplied) in the...
    • Motor Insurance
      648. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address an issue (details supplied) regarding car insurance. [15014/16]
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      649. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of representations he has received from Members of the Oireachtas and the number of these to which he had not issued a...
    • Motor Insurance Coverage
      650. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on car insurance companies discriminating on grounds of profession, age and gender regarding excessive charges for annual...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      651. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a sports capital grant fund in 2016; the amount he will allocate; and when he will accept applications. [15061/16]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Job Initiatives
      652. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans for the prioritisation of job creation in County Longford and surrounding regions. [14256/16]
    • Cross-Border Enterprise Initiatives
      653. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to develop with the corresponding Department in Northern Ireland a Border economic development zone, as detailed in the recent...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      655. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the targets for FDI investment and jobs for each of the next five years in each of the State's regions. [14350/16]
    • Enterprise Ireland Investments
      656. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the targets for Enterprise Ireland client company investment and job creation for each of the next five years in each of the State's...
    • Local Enterprise Offices Data
      657. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the targets for local enterprise office client investment and job creation for each of the next five years in each of the State's...
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      658. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the procedures involved in a scenario (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14362/16]
    • Grant Payments
      659. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the successful applicants to the community enterprise initiative 2015-2017 will be announced; if an organisation (details...
    • Departmental Data
      660. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with the level of data that is collected on the issues which come under her Department's remit; the steps she will...
    • Work Permits Applications
      661. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a work permit. [14587/16]
    • National Standards Authority of Ireland
      662. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the criteria and guidelines that are required to be met under the scheme for quality approved products (details supplied). [14596/16]
    • Waste Management Regulations
      663. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 613 of 24 May 2016, to clarify if the practice referred to falls within her remit, given the...
    • Consumer Protection
      664. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 34 of 28 April 2016, if she will provide a likely date upon which the Competition and Consumer...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      665. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of representations she has received from Members of the Oireachtas and the number of these to which she had not issued a...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Education Welfare Service
      666. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will arrange that an educational welfare officer will contact a person (details supplied) regarding a school place for their child....
    • Grant Payments
      667. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs how a group (details supplied) can apply for and receive an annual grant for operating purposes similar to other comparable support groups...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      668. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the State bodies under her remit which have developed memorandums of understanding with her counterpart in Northern Ireland with regard to...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      669. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the locations in which there are community creches and if it is planned to expand on these; if so, the locations, timeframe and criteria...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      670. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications received by her Department for a second early childhood care and education scheme year starting in September...
    • Adoption Data
      673. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average cost of an adoption, using the most recently available figures, from January to December of that year. [14378/16]
    • Departmental Data
      676. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied with the level of data that is collected on the issues which come under her Department's remit; the steps she will take...
    • Industrial Disputes
      677. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the decision by staff at Oberstown youth detention centre to proceed with industrial action on 31 May 2016. [14585/16]
    • Children and Young People’s Policy Framework
      678. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he will take pursuant to the programme for Government to implement the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People...
    • Domestic Violence Services Funding
      679. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual spend on domestic violence services for households experiencing homelessness from 2012 to 2016 to date in tabular form. [14633/16]
    • Youth Justice Strategy
      680. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to collaborate with the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality on addressing youth criminal behaviour and sanctions;...
    • Youth Services Expenditure
      681. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to report on the resources she is making available for parenting support as part of an early intervention and prevention initiative for...
    • Children in Care
      682. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children received into care over the past three years on the basis of a court order under the provisions of the Child Care...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      683. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 927 of 31 May 2016, the projects or organisations which have received funding from Atlantic...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      684. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons in Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, who are or were being paid over the recommended public sector salary cap over...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      686. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of representations she has received from Members of the Oireachtas and the number of these to which she had not issued a...
  • Department of Defence
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      687. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role his Department has with the Department of Defence now that the Minister of State is located within his own Department; and if he will...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      689. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the State bodies under his remit which have developed memorandums of understanding with his counterpart in Northern Ireland with regard to the...
    • Departmental Data
      690. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied with the level of data that are collected on the issues which come under his Department's remit; the steps he will take to...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      691. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any member of the Defence Forces has been disciplined for working for private security firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Army Barracks
      692. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 632 of 24 May 2016, if his plans to sell the property at Columb Barracks can be put on hold while a local...
    • Defence Forces Medical Services
      693. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide resources to cover the costs for physiotherapy sessions incurred by a serving member of the Defence Forces (details...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      694. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to list the recruitment figures for the Reserve Defence Force, RDF, for each of the years 2011 to 2015, inclusive, in County Meath; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Training
      696. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the scarcity of Reserve Defence Force, RDF, training units in rural areas, resulting in a lack of opportunity for persons in rural...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      697. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of representations he has received from Members of the Oireachtas and the number of these to which he had not issued a substantive...