Written answers
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Parole Boards
23. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will establish the Parole Board on a statutory basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17114/16]
- Garda Misconduct Allegations
24. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to ensure that Garda Síochána whistleblowers are not subjected to bullying and harassment; and if she will make...
- Garda Investigations
25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received reports or updates from the Garda Commissioner, on investigations within An Garda Síochána, concerning the leaking...
- Direct Provision System
26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the direct provision system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17152/16]
- Prisoner Complaints Procedures
27. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the report of the Inspector of Prisons on the prisoner complaints system Review, Evaluation and Analysis of the Operation of the...
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the dedicated new court to deal with mortgage arrears, as promised in the programme for Government, will be established; if all bank and...
- Commercial Rates Valuation Process
29. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to introduce self-assessment for commercial rates, given the systemic inability of the Valuations Office to carry out valuations in a timely...
- Public Sector Allowances
30. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of reintroducing allowances for public sector workers in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17103/16]
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of ensuring that workers recruited in her Department post-2011 are paid the pre-2011 rate; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Organised Crime
32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Criminal Justice (Joint Investigation Teams) Act 2004 is a potentially useful tool in the fight against crime across the European Union; if...
- Garda Deployment
33. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Clare on 30 April 2011 and on 30 April 2016; and...
- Garda Misconduct Allegations (1 comment)
34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has reconsidered the situation of those hundreds of citizens who made submissions to her review mechanism and that the initiation of a...
- Garda Inspectorate Reports
35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action that has been taken, given the Garda Síochána Inspectorate report on policing in December 2015; and if she will make a...
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Administration
36. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission is adequately legally structured and supported to enable it to act in the role of...
- Direct Provision System
37. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans regarding the system of direct provision, including a detailed timeline; if the human rights of asylum seekers are being vindicated...
- Legislative Programme
38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in publishing the criminal justice (corruption) Bill; the steps she is taking to address the outstanding issues; and if...
- Traveller Community
39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is considering recognising the ethnicity of Travellers during the lifetime of this Government. [17153/16]
- Domestic Violence Policy
40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Women's Aid impact report 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17129/16]
- Road Traffic Legislation
41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of section 22 of the Road Traffic Act 2002 regarding the offence of not producing a driving licence in court and the wording of...
- Garda Deployment
42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in counties Laois and Offaly on 30 April 2011 and on 30 April 2016. [17090/16]
- Rights of People with Disabilities
43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the roadmap to ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; if he will prioritise the...
- Garda Operations
44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans and proposals to enhance the fight against organised crime with reference to the need to protect law-abiding communities, challenge the...
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on the new scheme of access to independent legal and financial advice for those in home mortgage arrears announced in January 2016;...
- Domestic Violence Policy
46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she will take to overcome barriers to safety, outlined in the Women's Aid impact report 2015; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Work Permits Eligibility
47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why she has not implemented the right to work for asylum seekers after nine months, as recommended in the McMahon report; if she will do so; and...
- Garda Deployment
48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Galway on 30 April 2011 and on 30 April 2016; and...
- Asylum Applications
49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her discussions with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on establishing a system for processing applications for asylum by unaccompanied...
- Prisoner Data
50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers in the prison population; the main categories under which current prisoners are incarcerated; and if she has projected a decrease or...
- Commencement of Legislation
51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans in respect of commencing the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17139/16]
- Direct Provision System
52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the supports in place for children who are housed in direct provision units throughout the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Recruitment
53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will bring forward an expanded recruitment programme in order to ensure that numbers in An Garda Síochána will rise to 15,000...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will bring unaccompanied children here as part of the Irish refugee protection programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Operations
55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the recently reported contention by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission that the timing of Garda Síochána...
- Garda Deployment
56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Meath on 30 April 2011 and on 30 April 2016; and...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Ireland has met its moral obligations to act in the refugee crisis in the Middle East and elsewhere, given that the figures for the number of...
- Garda Deployment
59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Westmeath on 30 April 2011 and on 30 April 2016; and if she will make...
- Prison Committals
60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in prison for the non-payment of debts or fines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17113/16]
- Crime Investigation
61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has replied to a law firm (details supplied), regarding its concerns about the activities of a British detective in Ireland; if she will...
- Garda Deployment
62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Donegal on 30 April 2011 and on 30 April 2016; and if she will make a...
- Legislative Programme
63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the mediation Bill, given the benefits of mediation as an alternative to court; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Mandatory Retirement
64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on ending mandatory retirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17098/16]
- Paternity Leave Scheme
65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends that the Bill to introduce two weeks of paid paternity leave will be a step along the road to introducing a year’s paid...
- Statutory Inquiries
66. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why she chose to initiate a statutory inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) under section 42 of the Garda Síochána Act...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- North-South Ministerial Council
67. To ask the Taoiseach if the meeting of the North-South Ministerial Council has been rearranged after the 10 June 2016 meeting was cancelled; if the issue of the proposed Narrow Water Bridge...
- Ministerial Functions
68. To ask the Taoiseach the number of occasions in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date in which the powers vested in him or any other Minister in his Department were exercised, without...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Residency Permits
69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to expedite an application for a residency card for a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Direct Provision System
70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures and processes she has put in place by the Reception and Integration Agency for the open competition for the management of State...
- Departmental Agencies Reports
74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 17 May 2016, for an update regarding the lack of reporting by the Reception and Integration Agency...
- Prison Staff
75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that the dismissal of a person (details supplied) from the Irish Prison Service was appropriate in light of the traumatic...
- Ministerial Functions
76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of occasions in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date in which the powers vested in her or any other Minister in her Department...
- Crime Prevention
77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans in relation to the mini-cabs concept; the number of Garda Síochana divisional asset profilers in situ currently and how many...
- Drugs Crime
78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to work with other jurisdictions on drug-related crime, with a particular emphasis on assets in foreign banks, financial institutions,...
- Immigration Policy
79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the work of the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (details supplied); if she considers a...
- Gangland Crime
80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her proposals to encourage support for An Garda Síochána in its fight against criminal activity, including criminal gangs; if she is...
- Garda Strength
81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she expects the strength of An Garda Síochána to increase over the next three years and in such numbers to reassure...
- Garda Resources
82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she can give assurance that adequate resources remain available to An Garda Síochána to intensify policing activity...
- Organised Crime
83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which best policing practices continue to be put in place to meet the threat of organised or other criminal activity; if other...
- Crime Prevention
84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which legislative changes to criminal law are contemplated with particular reference to the availability of bail to recidivists; if...
- Legal Aid
85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which free legal aid is abused by criminals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17607/16]
- Garda Transport Provision
86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she expects to be in a position to enhance the transport fleet of An Garda Síochána throughout County Kildare and...
- Garda Resources
87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which policing practices here are in line with those applicable in other jurisdictions, with particular reference to the...
- Crime Prevention
88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the proscription of membership of criminal gangs continues to be considered in areas experiencing such activity; and if she...
- Garda Resources
90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which extended opening hours of Garda Síochána stations can be facilitated in areas experiencing criminal activity in...
- Crime Data
91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the various categories of crimes continue to be reported in all Garda Síochána divisions and districts in County...
- Garda Deployment
92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí on duty in each division, district and station in County Kildare over three eight-hour shifts on any given day or night...
- Prisoner Data
94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners throughout each category currently serving prison sentences; the extent to which first-time offenders in all cases have...
- Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners that have applied for rehabilitative training throughout the various prisons here over the past 12 months; the number...
- Immigration Policy
96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of Ireland's contribution to the EU's response to the migration crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17635/16]
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
97. To ask the Minister for Finance why an organisation (details supplied) must pay a tax liability despite the fact that it was his Department that was at fault for the delay in awarding it...
- EU Meetings
98. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the discussions he participated in as part of the recent Bilderberg meeting; for information on any agreements or decisions...
- Ministerial Travel
99. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of his trip to the Bilderberg meetings, including details of all expenses and per diems of any accompanying staff; if this is paid by the State;...
- EU Treaties
100. To ask the Minister for Finance if he believes Article 114 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union is the appropriate basis for the EU Commission's proposal to establish a...
- Single Resolution Mechanism
101. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on how sovereign exposures at banks should be treated in terms of capital requirements in the context of the EU Commission's proposal to establish a...
- Mortgage Resolution Processes
103. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in debt who have engaged with StepChange regarding their mortgage debt or any other issue and how this compares to projections; and if...
- Banking Sector Regulation
104. To ask the Minister for Finance the provisions in place to prevent reckless lending within the economy and the penalties in place for lenders proved to have lent recklessly; and if he will...
- Registration of Title
105. To ask the Minister for Finance if he believes that the Registration of Titles Act was respected during the transfer of mortgage books related to the merger of banks (details supplied) and...
- Ministerial Functions
106. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of occasions in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date in which the powers vested in him or any other Minister in his Department were...
- Tax Code
107. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will conduct a further review of the gift and inheritance tax-free thresholds, given the increase in property valuations. [17550/16]
- Tax Collection
108. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that statistics on the amount of interest foregone on foot of the primary charge to tax being written out are not maintained or available...
- Credit Union Fund
109. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific actions taken by the Central Bank to articulate, express or give effect to its supportive attitude towards the implementation of section 44 of...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
110. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 17 May 2016, if he will request the Central Bank to carry out an analysis of the benefits or possible...
- Tax Data
111. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of registered companies; the number that were liable for corporation tax; the number that paid it, the amount they paid and the number that did not...
- Public Sector Allowances
112. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of reintroducing public sector allowances for public sector workers in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17594/16]
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
113. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of ensuring that public sector workers recruited in his Department post-2011 are paid on the pre-2011 rate; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Home Repossessions
114. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider putting in place a moratorium on family home evictions until such time as a solution to the family housing crisis in place. [17598/16]
- Department of Education and Skills
- SOLAS Administration
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if trainers or instructors from SOLAS are allowed to carry out CSCS, QSCS and Safe Pass courses under the Further Education and Training Act of...
- Further Education and Training Programmes
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding FETAC and QQI certifications (details suppled). [17343/16]
- Schools Building Projects Applications
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can expedite a decision on an application for funding under the schools building programme phase 1 for a post-primary school (details...
- State Examinations
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to leaving certificate students who require reasonable accommodations in order to sit their examinations, for example...
- School Accommodation Provision
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide funding for additional school accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects Status
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school project (details supplied) will be advanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17368/16]
- School Admissions
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who will be five years of age or older on 1 September 2016 who have been refused a junior infants primary school place in...
- School Playgrounds
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an improved play area for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17404/16]
- Schools Building Projects Status
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why he has removed a school (details supplied) from the list of major projects considering that it had been announced to proceed to construction...
- Schools Building Projects
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an updated school building programme for the period 2016-2021 in view of the existing contractual commitments for 2016; and if he will...
- Ministerial Functions
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of occasions in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date in which the powers vested in him or any other Minister in his Department...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to approve the July provision for a person (details supplied). [17567/16]
- Schools Building Projects Status
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure the capital allocation required by a school (details supplied); if same can now be permitted to go to construction without any...
- Teachers' Remuneration
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on issues regarding teachers recruited post-2011 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17570/16]
- Special Educational Needs Staff
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17601/16]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Development Contributions
133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status regarding expenditure of the development contributions paid to local authorities; the amounts which remain on...
- Local Authority Finances
134. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how he envisages the funding that is to be made available to local authorities via loan mechanisms will be repaid; what,...
- Motor Tax
136. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why a person who pays their motor tax on an annual basis and where the car is subsequently crashed and taken off the road...
- Fire Safety Regulations
137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current fire regulations that have to be adhered to in the construction of family homes here and what checks are in...
- Housing for People with Disabilities Provision
138. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will provide money previously promised for the community centre facility as part of phase 2 of works at a project...
- Burial Grounds
139. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline Glasnevin Trust's system of appointing members to its board; and his views on this system and whether it is in...
- Ministerial Functions
140. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of occasions in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date in which the powers vested in him or any other...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to the passing of 2.5 years since his Department invited submissions from the public on the targeted revision...
- Energy Efficiency
142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funds allocated for social housing for retrofitting measures aimed at improving the energy efficiency of older...
- Improvement Works in lieu of Local Authority Housing Scheme
143. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his proposals to encourage the use of and improve the criteria for the scheme of improvements in lieu of rehousing, as...
- Department of Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Applications
144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite the assigning of a deciding officer and in turn the decision to provide carer's allowance payment to a person (details supplied); and if...
- Pension Provisions
145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to establish the necessary mechanisms such that LGBT employees and pensioners who were never given the opportunity to leave a survivor pension to...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance claim by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17381/16]
- Social Welfare Benefits Applications
148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of difficulties with information retrieval from the United Kingdom authorities for social protection applications here; and if he...
- Disability Allowance Applications
149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) was informed that on diagnosis and transfer from jobseeker's allowance to disability allowance, that it was a...
- Child Benefit Payments
150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the changes he is considering in relation to making child benefit payments to fathers or guardians of children and the expected time frame for any...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
151. 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. [17423/16]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
157. 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. [17430/16]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
158. 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....
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
159. 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....
- Carer's Allowance Applications
160. 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....
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out 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...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out 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...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out 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...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out 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...
- Disability Allowance Applications
175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance Applications
177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17451/16]
- Disability Allowance Applications
179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Allowance Appeals
184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Allowance Applications
185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Redundancy Payments
187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will meet with the 200 plus staff at a company (details supplied) which went into receivership on 13 June 2016 to brief them of their...
- Ministerial Functions
188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of occasions in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date in which the powers vested in him or any other Minister in his Department...
- Community Employment Schemes Operation
189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of the significant insurance increases for many community employment schemes; his plans to deal with correspondence (details...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will issue a decision to a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- European Council Meetings
192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions that have taken place at the European Union Foreign Affairs Council regarding the possibility of suspending trade agreements...
- Middle East Issues
193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of the money that was pledged at donor conference in Cairo in 2014 to rebuild Gaza which has been delivered; the contribution, if...
- Middle East Peace Process
196. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the money given by Ireland, if any, in 2016 to support the Middle East peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17391/16]
- North-South Ministerial Council
197. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the agenda for the next meeting of the North-South Ministerial Council; and if European Union funding for cross-Border bodies and the Narrow...
- Ministerial Functions
198. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of occasions in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date in which the powers vested in him or any other Minister in his...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Equality Issues
199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reform legislation, such that there is no longer any discrimination against LGBT persons in the field of pensions, as...
- Flood Relief Schemes
200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the remedial works or funding he can allocate to help alleviate the damage from flash floods in areas of north Roscommon where many home...
- Estimates Process
201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he sanctions continued structural under-provision in departmental Estimates. [17363/16]
- Ministerial Functions
203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of occasions in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date in which the powers vested in him or any other Minister in his...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Arts Funding
204. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she can provide a list of all spending on the arts sector on both the current and capital side in each of the years 2011 to 2016,...
- Social Enterprise Sector
205. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding options available to an existing social enterprise to expand their business. [17407/16]
- Ministerial Functions
206. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of occasions in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date in which the powers vested in her or any other Minister in her...
- Departmental Funding
207. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will retain the additional funding allocated from 2016 Centenary celebrations to cultural institutions going forward and...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
208. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her priorities for capital funding for the arts and cultural institutions over the next five years. [17542/16]
- Special Protection Areas
209. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has not yet received an information pack pertaining to the designation in...
- Department of Health
- Health Insurance Community Rating
210. To ask the Minister for Health why a person who consistently has had private health insurance, long before the grace period of 30 April 2015 in Northern Ireland, is not assumed to have a...
- Ambulance Service Provision
211. To ask the Minister for Health the current arrangement for the dispatch of ambulances to the coastal area of east Meath, including the part of County Meath that is in Drogheda, in situations...
- Health Services Provision
212. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 365 of 22 March 2016, if he will provide an update on the status of the development of specific services for persons...
- Primary Care Services Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the report of the primary care eye services review group, including when the group will conclude its work and when its report will be...
- Nursing Home Services
214. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate a full five day nursing led care in St Patrick's Hospital in Carrick-on-Shannon; his plans to release the HSE assessments to General...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
215. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has had his June appointment cancelled and rescheduled for July. [17375/16]
- Health Services Funding
216. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17377/16]
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
217. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for speech and language therapy services for children by Health Service Executive area, in tabular form; the process that is employed to...
- Services for People with Disabilities
218. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for personal assistant hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17394/16]
- Hospital Staff Data
219. To ask the Minister for Health how many orthopaedic surgeons are working in Cappagh Hospital, Dublin; how many days per week they are working; his plans to increase the number of orthopaedic...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
220. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the means assessment and personal contribution under the fair deal scheme for persons (details supplied). [17403/16]
- Mental Health Services Provision
221. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 9 June 2016, the precise extra provisions he put in place to address the matter of self-harm in boys aged 10 to 14...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
222. To ask the Minister for Health if it is acceptable to allow a person (details supplied) to wait two years on the public waiting list for an ear, nose and throat appointment within the Cavan...
- Services for People with Disabilities
223. To ask the Minister for Health to secure funding for Rehab programmes in the midlands to assist persons in receipt of disability payments with additional issues. [17461/16]
- Ministerial Functions
224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date in which the powers vested in him or any other Minister in his Department were...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
225. To ask the Minister for Health if all muscular dystrophies are covered under the long-term illness scheme and, if not, the exceptions and the reason for their exclusion. [17544/16]
- Health Strategies
226. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand services in the areas of increasing longevity and improvements in survival from various neurological diseases and the growing complexity of...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
227. To ask the Minister for Health the average response times for the ambulance service in north and in south County Kerry; if these are in line with targets set by the Health Service Executive...
- Ambulance Service Provision
228. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to replace the two ambulances in County Kerry that were lost in recent years and not replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17551/16]
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
229. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for speech and language therapy within the HSE in Nenagh. [17557/16]
- General Practitioner Services
230. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to prevent further pressures arising for the general practitioner service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17558/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
231. To ask the Minister for Health if he will bring forward an operation for a person (details supplied). [17566/16]
- Dental Services Provision
233. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dental appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17579/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
238. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17585/16]
- Dental Services Provision
239. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for dental treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17587/16]
- European Council Meetings
240. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Number 697 of 31 May 2016, the position he will take in the European Council in respect of a proposal on endocrine disrupting...
- Disability Support Services Funding
241. To ask the Minister for Health if he, through the Health Service Executive, provides funds to St. John of God Community Services Limited in respect of services provided at a school (details...
- Disability Support Services
242. To ask the Minister for Health the date or dates on which he and the Health Service Executive were informed of the decision by St. John of God Community Services to withdraw services...
- Patient Deaths
243. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the full facts in relation to the number of meetings of the team appointed by the Health Service Executive to address the outstanding issues that...
- Hospital Staff
244. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in St. Vincent’s Hospital is being let go; if he is aware that the person's patients are deeply concerned and agitated...
- Mental Health Services Provision
245. To ask the Minister for Health if the practice of detaining children in adult mental health units fully ceased in accordance with the promises made by the Government in their programme for...
- Mental Health Services Funding
246. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the budget in 2015 that was allocated to mental health spending; the amount of that budget that has been used for staffing in mental health...
- Mental Health Services Provision
247. To ask the Minister for Health why child and adult mental health services is not extended to adolescents between 16 and 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17623/16]
- Mental Health Services Data
248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with mental health difficulties who have been admitted to adult units in the past 12 months; the adult units here that children have...
- Mental Health Services Staff
250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant psychiatrist vacancies currently within the child and adult mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Expenditure
251. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the other health services which benefited from the recent redistribution of €12 million in the recent health budget previously...
- Mental Health Services Expenditure
252. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health budget spending in 2015; if funds were left over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17628/16]
- Mental Health Services
253. To ask the Minister for Health the service level agreements that were created between the Health Service Executive and private mental health facilities in 2015; and if he will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
254. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for a person (details supplied); if the same level of supports are available at weekends and holidays; and if he will provide a full...
- Accident and Emergency Departments Data
255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors on duty in St. Luke's Hospital, County Kilkenny, on 5 June 2016; the number of patients in the hospital on the same day; the number of...
- Services for People with Disabilities
256. To ask the Minister for Health when the full range of services will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); the action taken by the Health Service Executive when the person...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- TAMS Applications
257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by persons (details supplied) under the TAMS II scheme; when a decision is expected to be made; and if...
- Departmental Funding
258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for details of the granting of seafood processing capital investment scheme funding to a company (details supplied), announced...
- Ministerial Functions
260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of occasions in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date in which the powers vested in him or any other Minister in his...
- TAMS Applications
261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by persons (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Schemes
262. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the advancement of community-owned energy projects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Wind Energy Generation
263. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a proposed wind farm development which has been refused a grant of planning permission can qualify for the REFIT 2...
- Ministerial Functions
264. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of occasions in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date in which the powers vested in him or any other...
- Radio Broadcasting
265. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the providers that are using the Raidió Teilifís Éireann mast in Carnhill, Drumlish, County Longford; and...
- Energy Policy
267. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on facilitating access to the national grid for communities (details supplied). [17563/16]
- Warmer Homes Scheme Funding
268. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funds allocated under the better energy warmer homes scheme home fitted per category, in tabular form; and any unmet...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- National Transport Authority Data
269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 14 June 2016, if the National Transport Authority produced and submitted a written report...
- Ministerial Functions
270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of occasions in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date in which the powers vested in him or any other Minister in his...
- Vehicle Weight Limits
271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the 42-tonne restriction being reduced to a 40-tonne weight restriction; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Coras Iompair Éireann
272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will arrange for a response to be issued from Córas Iompair Éireann to a query submitted to their agency (details...
- Irish Olympic Team Selection
273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to intervene in Athletics Ireland's decision to exclude a person (details supplied) from the three-man marathon team to represent Ireland...
- Taxi Regulations
274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of hackney licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17619/16]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Company Closures
275. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will instruct the Industrial Development Agency to request a report from the receivers of a company (details supplied) as to...
- Ministerial Functions
276. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of occasions in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date in which the powers vested in her or any other Minister in her...
- Employment Rights
277. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will urgently consider a legislative framework for au pairs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Pension Provisions
278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to put mechanisms in place so that retired workers can access the State's industrial relations machinery when their pensions...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Care and Education
279. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a child care provider is entitled to payment from her Department for a child (details supplied). [17366/16]
- Ministerial Functions
280. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of occasions in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date in which the powers vested in her or any other Minister in her...
- Childcare Education and Training Scheme
281. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to previous concessions made in September 2015 for community enterprise child care participants who are gaining valuable work...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Recruitment
282. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason for the delay in promotions arising from the captain to commandant competition; if it is caused by an attempt to generate payroll...
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
283. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of officers in the Defence Forces responsible for or holding more than one appointed position; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Pensions
284. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons in receipt of a Defence Forces pension. [17359/16]
- Defence Forces Reserve
285. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cumulative number of attested members of the Reserve Defence Force or equivalent since 1975. [17360/16]
- Air Ambulance Service Provision
286. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Air Corps provides the air ambulance service on a 24-7 basis; and, if not, if there are any plans to do so. [17361/16]
- Ministerial Functions
287. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of occasions in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date in which the powers vested in him or any other Minister in his Department...
