Written answers
Thursday, 16 June 2016
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Service Provision
4. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his efforts to roll out high-speed broadband in rural Ireland and in County Tipperary in particular; and if he will make a...
- Post Office Network
14. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he is taking to maintain the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16199/16]
- Broadband Service Provision
15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the commitment to and the timeline for providing high-speed broadband to every home and business in County...
- Departmental Functions
16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the sections of his Department and the remit which have been transferred to the Department of Arts, Heritage and the...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland is on course to meet its renewable energy targets by 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16177/16]
- Energy Policy
18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals to swiftly situate Ireland as a carbon dioxide-free energy user; the steps he will take to ensure Ireland no...
- National Broadband Plan
19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will implement the national broadband plan and award it to an external body so that small businesses can be...
- Gas Networks Ireland
20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to request the Commission for Energy Regulation if it has or if and when it will approve the extension of the natural gas...
- Energy Prices
21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland has provided him with a comparison between the basic cost of energy in...
- Broadband Service Provision
22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will roll out rural broadband in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16169/16]
- Post Office Network
23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will honour the commitment that a five-year strategy and pilot service hub post offices would be in place by July...
- Hydraulic Fracturing
24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he will take to ban hydraulic fracturing for fuel extraction; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- North-South Interconnector
25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the outcome of discussions he had with Eirgrid in relation to the North-South electricity interconnector; if he is aware...
- Broadband Service Provision
26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources what he considers to be high-speed broadband in terms of its national roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Exploration Industry
27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with his counterpart in Northern Ireland on the exploratory drilling at Woodburn Forest in...
- Broadband Service Provision
28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will respond to the European Commission's recent Digital Scoreboard Report which states that a lack of rural...
- Hydraulic Fracturing
29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a national ban on hydraulic fracturing, given the international evidence on its dangers; if not, why...
- Broadband Service Provision
30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide high-speed, high-quality broadband and mobile telephony in all areas and to maximise the quality and...
- Mobile Telephony Services
31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the high level of termination charges in the mobile telephony sector; on the position of the European Union...
- Broadband Service Provision
32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources how he intends to ensure that, in the 21st century, all areas receive 4G internet connectivity under the national...
- Irish Water
33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Irish Water is to be established as a public body; why the Energy Bill 2016 seeks to expand the remit of the Commission...
- Postal Codes
34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the progress of operations of the Eircode system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16117/16]
- Broadband Service Expenditure
35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will fully roll out the broadband structure for County Tipperary under the national broadband plan, given that...
- Climate Change Policy
36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for a national dialogue on climate and energy, as set out in the White Paper, Ireland's Transition to a Low...
- Electricity Transmission Network
37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the outcome of discussions he has had with EirGrid on major projects it proposes to undertake over the next few years; and...
- Hydraulic Fracturing Policy
38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the campaign of opposition to the exploratory hydraulic fracturing taking place at Woodburn Forest in...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Property Registration Authority Administration
39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are enough resources to staff the land registry process in registering rights-of-way (details supplied). [16422/16]
- General Register Office
40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the form and procedures a person must follow in registering an international divorce on an Irish registered marriage which was the subject of a...
- Drugs in Prisons
41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the programme of mandatory drug testing in prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16384/16]
- Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory
42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average turn-around times for cases submitted to the forensic science laboratory; the funding allocated to it in each of the years 2006 to...
- Drug Treatment Court
43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of her review of the Drug Treatment Court model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16387/16]
- Road Safety
44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of roadside drug tests, including the number conducted and the number of positive detections, prosecutions and convictions; and if she...
- Residency Permits
45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16393/16]
- Closed Circuit Television Systems Provision
46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to establish a new community-based closed circuit television scheme similar to that operated previously which would be open to community alert...
- Visa Applications
47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when visitor visa applications will be processed and granted to persons (details supplied). [16408/16]
- Legal Cases
48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the matters outstanding in a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16415/16]
- Garda Deployment
49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if additional Garda Síochána personnel will be assigned to the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division, given the substantial reduction in Garda...
- Residency Permits
50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will normalise the residency status of a person (details supplied); and if she will put temporary arrangements in place to facilitate the...
- Airport Security
51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if normal policing, security and customs protocols will apply to passengers on the flight to Ireland West Airport Knock in County Mayo containing...
- Independent Review Mechanism
52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the panel of barristers she appointed in 2014; when they will finish reviewing the cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16479/16]
- Peace Commissioners
53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the process a peace commissioner must follow to apply to become a commissioner for oaths; the fees that are due at each stage of this process and...
- Visa Applications
54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to review decisions made under the Syrian humanitarian admission programme to refuse family reunification visas (details supplied); the number of...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 97 and 112 of 8 June 2016, if she will further respond to matters raised in correspondence (details...
- Garda Misconduct Allegations
57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the handling of a case by An Garda Síochána (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Properties
58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the properties her Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the number of lessors who were...
- Residency Permits
59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when she will restore stamp 4 status to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16609/16]
- Naturalisation Applications
60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the eligibility of a person (details supplied) to remain under the naturalisation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16612/16]
- Residency Permits
62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure a person (details supplied) must follow under the residency scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16614/16]
- Deportation Orders
63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the eligibility of a person (details supplied) to remain; the person's status under the naturalisation scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
- Visa Applications
65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when she will favourably consider the case of a person (details supplied) under the family reunification scheme; and if she will make a...
- Residency Permits
66. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure a person (details supplied) must follow under the residency scheme and the naturalisation scheme; and if she will make a statement...
- Naturalisation Applications
69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when she will conclude the process for a person (details supplied) under the naturalisation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Family Reunification Applications
70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when she will conclude procedures for persons (details supplied) under the family reunification scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
- Citizenship Applications
71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the eligibility of a person (details supplied) under the naturalisation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Finance
- Revenue Commissioners Resources
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the drug detector dog service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16383/16]
- Customs and Excise Controls
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mobile X-ray scanners in use by customs officers in detecting drugs; if he plans to increase this number; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
74. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) who has a pension under the invalidity pension scheme can obtain a certificate under the primary medical certificate scheme so...
- Loan Books Purchasers
75. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to assist borrowers whose loans are sold to third parties such as vulture funds; his further plans to protect the rights of borrowers; and if he will...
- Tax Collection Forecasts
76. To ask the Minister for Finance why he did not revise the predicted level of tax revenue from budget 2016 upwards, consistent with the out-turn of the stronger 2015 revenue base; the reason...
- Tax Data
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific estimates of the cost of planned tax reductions or of the amount of new revenue that would be raised from the planned offsetting tax changes for...
- Fiscal Policy
78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will release compliance figures to 2021 that reflect the reality that is incorporating his policy intentions, given the April 2015 spring economic...
- GDP-GNP Levels
79. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that under the stability programme update projections the debt-to-gross domestic product ratio is projected to fall to 69% of gross domestic product...
- Tax Data
80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has conducted a risk analysis of the concentration of corporation tax receipts having risen sharply in recent years, with over 40% paid by ten companies...
- Stability and Growth Pact
82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he envisages the deviation stripping out the one-off Allied Irish Banks widening by end-year and by how much, given that his spending projections imply...
- Fiscal Policy
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the components of the methodology of the medium-term forecasts that were produced using the European Union commonly agreed methodology; how the forecasts are...
- Corporation Tax
87. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of registered companies; the number that were liable for corporation tax; the number that paid it and the amount they paid; the number that did not...
- Promissory Notes Negotiations
88. To ask the Minister for Finance the schedule for extinguishing the former Anglo and Irish Nationwide promissory notes; why the original schedule was accelerated; his efforts to date and in...
- Motor Insurance
89. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to improve value for money and cover for motorists seeking car insurance, given the recent unprecedented and unjustified hikes in premiums and the...
- General Government Debt
90. To ask the Minister for Finance the composition of the general Government debt in terms of Exchequer debt borrowings under the European Union and Ireland's European Union-International...
- Banking Sector Staff
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff that Allied Irish Banks employs directly or under contract who are solely or primarily working on resolving issues relating to the Central...
- Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
92. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff that Permanent TSB employs directly or under contract who are solely or primarily working on resolving issues relating to the Central Bank...
- Contingent Capital Notes
94. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of contingent convertible capital notes and preference shares that he holds in the covered banks; when he acquired these; the interest payable on...
- Banking Operations
95. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ulster Bank has made a formal application or indicated its plans to change its regulatory or legal status; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
96. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the manner in which banks operate the standard financial statement for customers in financial distress; if there is a commonly applied...
- Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
97. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the pace of progress of investigations into the collapse of Irish Nationwide; when they will be completed; and if he will make a...
- Insurance Industry
98. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will provide a definitive update on the cost of the collapse of an insurance company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Banking Sector Investigations
99. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of loans outstanding from former directors of State-owned banks; if the banks are continuing to rigorously collect these loans; and if he will make...
- Stamp Duty
100. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue generated from residential stamp duty; and the number of individual residential cases in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form;...
- VAT Yield
102. To ask the Minister for Finance the Value Added Tax generated from the sale of new residential housing and the number of cases in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and...
- Tax Data
103. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the substantial increase in exit tax paid on life assurance policies in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16514/16]
- Film Industry Tax Reliefs
104. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of projects that availed of section 481 film tax relief; the number of jobs supported by the relief in 2015 and in 2016 to date; and if he will...
- Irish Strategic Investment Fund
105. To ask the Minister for Finance the process regarding reports that an organisation (details supplied) received a loan from the Irish Strategic Investment Fund in November 2015, whose...
- Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
106. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding mortgage interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16549/16]
- Motor Insurance
107. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount insurance companies reported to the Central Bank as having been paid out on motor insurance claims and the number of claims the payouts related to...
- Banking Sector
108. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will recommend that small shareholders be compensated at least to the extent of the entitlement of depositors under the bank deposit guarantee scheme...
- Departmental Properties
109. To ask the Minister for Finance the properties his Department and the agencies under its remit leased; the number leased on upward-only rents and the number of the lessors who were involved...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education and Training Provision
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to alleviate the hardship and social exclusion experienced by persons over 25 years of age and those in the one-parent family payment scheme who...
- After-School Support Services
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received submissions in respect of the closure of an after-school care service (details supplied); if he will ensure this service...
- Teaching Standards
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will introduce standards for all primary teachers equivalent to the standards that presently apply to post-primary teachers on their...
- Teacher Recruitment
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure a common protocol is put in place for the advertising of all teaching posts including e-mail; if he will ensure that all...
- Teaching Council of Ireland
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Number 175 of 2 June 2016, his views that that information contradicts the information which is on the Teaching...
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the long promised review of the Caranua scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16472/16]
- School Accommodation
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will issue grant approval for a project in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16473/16]
- Teaching Council of Ireland
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will seek clarification from the Teaching Council on course requirements and qualifications for a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- School Staff
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the loss of a teacher at a school (details supplied) with the objective of maintaining the current number of teachers and with...
- School Admissions
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish or otherwise set out his understanding of the legal advice available to his Department in respect of repealing section 7(3)(c)...
- School Transport
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of school bus services to primary school children; if he has recently introduced changes that result in children who...
- Teachers' Remuneration
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how soon pay equalisation will occur for persons entering the teaching profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16523/16]
- School Staff
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for and when he will reduce class sizes in primary schools to 20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16524/16]
- Schools Building Projects
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expedite a school building project (details supplied); if he recognises the need to accelerate this project, given the deteriorating...
- Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will formally complete the review of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme; if he will include additional schools...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Student Universal Support Ireland declined an application for a grant by a person (details supplied). [16584/16]
- Departmental Properties
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the properties his Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the number of the lessors who...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a person (details supplied) will qualify for higher education grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16629/16]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Seanad Reform
130. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government her plans to give legislative effect to the constitutional change in 1979, facilitating the extension of voting rights to...
- Local Authority Staff
131. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Galway County Council has sufficient staff to work efficiently and to comply with health and safety regulations. [16392/16]
- Pyrite Resolution Board Data
132. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications received and accepted and number of homes remediated by the pyrite remediation board; and if he...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reinstate the former rate of subsidy to householders under the group water scheme, given that many schemes are...
- Waste Disposal
134. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to introduce amendments to Statutory Instrument No. 24 of 2016 to prevent excessive service charges being applied by...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Data
136. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of tenants of co-operative housing organisations who wish to buy out their homes including his plans to address...
- Housing Issues
137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of HomeBond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16517/16]
- Waste Management
138. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the sizeable increases some domestic waste collectors have recently imposed; the measures available to...
- Housing Adaptation Grant
139. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the rules of the housing adaption grants for persons with a disability, as administered by local...
- Housing Issues
140. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a housing project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16548/16]
- Wind Energy Guidelines
141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will formally finalise the revision to the 2006 wind energy development guidelines; if the revision will be informed...
- Social and Affordable Housing
142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16557/16]
- Traveller Accommodation
143. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Traveller-specific housing will come under the remit of the new special delivery unit being established to drive...
- Departmental Properties
144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the properties leased by his Department and agencies under its remit; the number of they leased on upward-only rents and...
- Department of Social Protection
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the assistance he provides to jobseekers in receipt of payments under the disability allowance scheme seeking employment; the schemes available; and...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will prioritise and grant an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; the reason for the unacceptable...
- Disability Allowance Payments
149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears will issue from the period January to November 2009 to a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will continue to issue payments to a person (details supplied) under the rent support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Child Benefit Payments
152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will restore payment to a person (details supplied) under the child benefit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16462/16]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if third level students who are seeking employment during summer 2016 but who have not been successful can claim while they are not attending...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme, including when he will issue a...
- Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the cost of providing a 50%, 75% and 100% Christmas bonus in 2016; if he has provided for a Christmas bonus in his Revised Estimates; how...
- Community Employment Schemes Data
156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the number of child care places provided and how this has varied in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, under community employment...
- Family Income Supplement Eligibility
157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reinstate a family income supplement for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16519/16]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a refund for a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16578/16]
- Invalidity Pension Applications
159. 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....
- Carer's Allowance Payments
160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reinstate the payment to a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme, given the new information provided; and if he...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will qualify under the jobseeker's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16582/16]
- Respite Care Grant Eligibility
162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who was being cared for by a person who was in receipt of a payment under the carer's allowance is entitled to a...
- Departmental Properties
163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the properties his Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the number of the lessors who...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when rent arrears in respect of April and May 2016 will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to carry out an evaluation of the circumstances in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16611/16]
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when appropriate disability allowance, illness benefit or alternative will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when rent support will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16616/16]
- Social Welfare Appeals
168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the ongoing process is likely to be concluded to facilitate restoration of carer's allowance and rent allowance in the case of a person...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if review and appeal will be arranged in respect of refusal of carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); if this parliamentary...
- Disability Allowance Payments
170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when arrears of disability allowance is likely to be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a jobseeker's allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16626/16]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to indicate determination to date in respect of entitlement to rent support in the case of a person (details supplied); if it is expected that the...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the availability of jobseeker's allowance and rent support in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16632/16]
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if dental and ophthalmic benefit are available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16636/16]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process a person (details supplied) has to go through to obtain an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16381/16]
- Northern Ireland
177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation of the Fresh Start agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16420/16]
- Passport Services
179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider issuing a text and e-mail providing six months advance notice of a passport's expiry date to passport holders, given the...
- Departmental Properties
180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the properties his Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the number of the lessors...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Relief Schemes
181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a tidal bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16407/16]
- Fiscal Policy
182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he envisages changes to, and the details of previous examples of adjustments made to European Union co-funded payments, with regard...
- Stability Programme Data
183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his spending commitment of €6.75 billion includes some expenditure already committed and included in the projections in the...
- Public Sector Pensions
184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the changes he proposes to the provisions in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and other Provisions) Act 2012; the time frame...
- Flood Prevention Measures
185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will engage with a company (details supplied) regarding cleaning, dredging and surveying of the River...
- Low Pay Commission Establishment
186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will establish a new pay commission and it will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16521/16]
- Flood Risk Assessments
187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide maps of the parts of Kilgarrylander, classified as flood plain or at flood risk from the River Maine in County Kerry; and if...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he engages in a due diligence process including a review and analysis of professional conduct, competence and background prior to...
- Flood Relief Schemes
189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an application by a local authority for funding under the minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme would negatively...
- Departmental Properties
191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the properties his Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the number of the...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Wildlife Regulations
192. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if persons will be able to burn scrub up to the end of March 2017 and cut hedges from 1 August 2016; and if she will make a statement...
- Community Development Initiatives
193. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has finalised and signed off the procedures manual and the operating rules and if not, when she will do this; when she will...
- Film Industry Development
194. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available for independent film makers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16560/16]
- Departmental Properties
195. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the properties her Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the number of the...
- Department of Health
- Health Services Access
196. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) qualifies for ophthalmic and orthodontic treatment on the medical card of the person's parent; and if he will make a statement...
- Accident and Emergency Departments Data
197. To ask the Minister for Health the alcohol-related admissions, by emergency department, in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Alcohol-related Deaths
198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of recorded deaths from alcohol, in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16378/16]
- Mental Health Services Provision
199. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding bed shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16379/16]
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
200. To ask the Minister for Health to schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied). [16380/16]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
201. To ask the Minister for Health to consider a late application by a person (details supplied) for a position in the west- north west Health Service Executive area, given that the person is...
- Hospital Appointments Status
202. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a magnetic resonance imaging scan for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16399/16]
- Health Services Provision
203. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in relation to the provision of a new health centre for Inishbofin, County Galway; the stage the development is at; and when it is...
- Nursing Education
204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of student nursing places available in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16404/16]
- Medical Card Eligibility
205. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria that will apply in the context of a person who currently holds a medical card because of serious illness that requires ongoing and...
- Health Services
206. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16423/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
207. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [16428/16]
- Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
208. To ask the Minister for Health further to a recent parliamentary question, if he has received an alternative proposal from the Central Remedial Clinic on a pension scheme involving 47...
- Health Services
209. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16450/16]
- Patient Safety
210. To ask the Minister for Health the legislation on the disclosure of medical mistakes in the Health Service Executive and his plans to update it or to publish new legislation. [16454/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
211. 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. [16456/16]
- Medical Card Eligibility
212. To ask the Minister for Health why a card was withdrawn from a person (details supplied) and if he will reinstate it under the medical card scheme. [16457/16]
- Health Services
213. To ask the Minister for Health the status of nursing support for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16459/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
214. 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. [16464/16]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Payments
215. To ask the Minister for Health why the National Treatment Purchase Fund has reduced funding to a care home (details supplied); and if he is aware that the care home is passing this cost on...
- Prescriptions Charges
216. To ask the Minister for Health the proportions of the projected cost of prescribed drugs which relate to payment to manufacturers; to wholesale distributors and to retail pharmacists under...
- Hospital Services
217. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a placement on a register in Cork University Hospital for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16522/16]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
218. To ask the Minister for Health his policy in relation to citizens of the Republic of Ireland who were placed in nursing home care in Northern Ireland under the nursing home subvention...
- Hospital Services
219. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently examine and expedite an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16533/16]
- Orthodontic Services
220. To ask the Minister for Health the status of treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16535/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
221. 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. [16576/16]
- Cancer Services Provision
222. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in cancer patients receiving compression sleeves in County Galway. [16585/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting and the average waiting time for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans in Galway University Hospital; when he will complete and...
- Departmental Properties
224. To ask the Minister for Health the properties his Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the number of the lessors who were involved...
- Medical Card Applications
225. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16634/16]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will...
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the area aid scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Pesticide Use
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the continued licensing of glyphosate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16419/16]
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1036 of 17 May 2016, when he will issue a decision and notify a person (details supplied); and...
- GLAS Eligibility
230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a person (details supplied) who did not qualify for tier 2 under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if...
- Beef Data Programme
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a herd size for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16516/16]
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support sheep farmers including the rates of support he is considering and if these are open to increase; and if he will...
- Harbours and Piers Development
233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to extend the pier at Killybegs Harbour in County Donegal, including if he has formally approved it, if he has allocated...
- Transfer of Entitlements Application
234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16555/16]
- TAMS Applications Data
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications his Department has received, part-approved, fully approved and paid under tranche 1, 2 and 3 of the...
- Agriculture Industry
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the dairy forum and the beef forum will next meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16564/16]
- Dairy Sector
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he supports a review of the public intervention instrument and reference threshold levels for butter and skimmed milk powder, as...
- Beef Exports
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the original value his Department put on beef export targets to the US for 2015; the actual value realised; his 2016 beef export...
- Live Exports
240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the European Union and non-European Union states to which Ireland has access to export live cattle in tabular form; the new markets...
- Agriculture Scheme Expenditure
242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will allocate the underspend on agri-environmental schemes under the rural development programme in 2015 to schemes under the...
- GLAS Data
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average annual payment farmers will be entitled to draw down, based on current participation rates under the GLAS scheme; and if...
- Beef Genomics Scheme
244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider re-opening the beef data and genomics scheme to new applications, given that participation rates are well below...
- Agriculture Schemes
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria he is considering for the amended application to receive European Union approval for the sheep payment scheme under the...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is considering applying for an amendment to Ireland's rural development programme at European Union level to create financial...
- Superlevy Fine
247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants and the amount of funding remaining under the superlevy instalment scheme; if he will consider postponing...
- Departmental Legal Cases
248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if legal issues have been raised with him in relation to the request for tender he issued on 23 May 2016 to award a concession...
- Departmental Properties
249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the properties his Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the number of the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadcasting Charge
250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy on the public service broadcasting charge as was committed to under the previous Government; and if he will...
- Climate Change Policy
251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to reduce the importation of fossil fuels, given the need to meet carbon dioxide reduction targets; if he is...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
252. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to request Eir to outline the status of the upgrading of the Coolcarrigan exchange near Coill Dubh, County Kildare, given...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
253. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the roll-out of broadband in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16559/16]
- Public Service Obligation Levy
254. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of the dramatic increase in the public service obligation levy on electricity customers in recent years...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of ensuring that workers his Department recruited post-2011 are paid on the pre-2011 salary rate; and if he will...
- Departmental Properties
256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the properties his Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the...
- Exploration Industry
257. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received positive results from ongoing onshore or offshore exploration for oil, gas or other minerals; and if...
- Exploration Licences Data
258. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applications for exploration licences his Department received, granted and refused in each of the years...
- Bioenergy Strategy
259. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals for developing the bioenergy sector and for promoting the use of electric motor cars; and if he will make a...
- Broadband Service Provision
261. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the broadband service will improve on a monthly or on a yearly basis over the next two years; if its quality and...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
262. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for the poor quality of coverage of the mobile telephone communications system; his views on leaving the...
- Renewable Energy Generation
264. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he supports the development of bio-diesel, bio-ethanol continues and other bio-fuels; and if he will make a statement...
- Energy Policy
265. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he examines energy requirements in respect of home heating and reducing dependency on fossil fuels; and if he will...
- Post Office Network
266. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he encourages the retention of the post office network and the adoption of compatible add-on services which would...
- Post Office Closures
267. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of rural and urban post offices closed in each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date; the number of closures...
- Energy Resources
268. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is providing product from the Corrib gas field to the national grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Traffic Legislation
269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding 42-tonne vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16424/16]
- Road Transport Operator Licences
270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will issue a route licence to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16429/16]
- Sports Funding
271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of funding for Dalymount Park in Dublin 7, including when the renovation will start and finish; and if he will make a...
- Road Improvement Schemes
272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a relief road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16455/16]
- Driver Licence Renewals
274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure a text and e-mail are issued to holders of driving licences six months in advance of their expiry date, given that...
- International Flights
275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to respond to issues raised by a person (details supplied) relating to international flights between Boston in the United States of...
- Departmental Properties
276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the properties his Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the number of the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Research and Development Supports
277. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has assessed how she could rebalance public supports for research and development, given the recent assertion by the...
- Legislative Programme
278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the implementation of the Construction Contracts Act 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16503/16]
- Prompt Payments
279. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the recourse and complaints process available to small businesses for outstanding payments due to them; and if she will make a...
- Action Plan for Jobs
280. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding she has allocated, by regional jobs action plan, in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make...
- Low Pay Commission Expenditure
281. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the annual budget she has allocated to the Low Pay Commission; the number of staff directly working for it; if it is sufficiently...
- Departmental Properties
282. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the properties her Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the number of the...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- School Completion Programme
283. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs why Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has issued a directive stating that the monitoring of school attendance is no longer deemed to be...
- Crèche Facilities Provision
284. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of correspondence from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, on the payment of subsidised crèche places in north-west County...
- Child Care Services Data
285. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications she has received on the payment of subsidised crèche places in north-west County Dublin. [16446/16]
- Child Protection Services Provision
287. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to improve child protection services, given the findings for Counties Louth and Meath in the Health Information and...
- Departmental Properties
288. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the properties her Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the number of the...
