Written answers

Tuesday, 28 June 2016

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why persons who participate in level 5 Quality and Qualifications Ireland courses through the National Learning Network cannot avail of the grant...
    • School Accommodation
      15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the programme of replacing prefabricated classrooms in primary schools with permanent structures; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Admissions
      16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his response to the advice by constitutional law experts commissioned by an organisation (details supplied) which found that no constitutional...
    • School Enrolments
      17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that the consequences of the policy of the patron of a school (details supplied) in refusing to enrol new children is having a...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the promotion of apprenticeships as a further education option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17914/16]
    • Literacy Programmes
      19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the literacy and numeracy strategy; his views on the gap that exists in literacy and in numeracy between advantaged and...
    • Schools Establishment
      20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will facilitate the establishment of a gaelcholáiste with a multi-denominational and inclusive ethos and with a catchment area covering...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will end the position whereby new teachers are on lesser pay rates and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18266/16]
    • School Enrolments
      22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will legislate to protect families from religious discrimination in the enrolment process to all schools, by amending section 7(3)(c) of the...
    • Legislative Programme
      23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Technological Universities Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18258/16]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he met with teachers and their unions on the issue of post-2011 entrants to teaching having a different pay rate to pre-2011 entrants; and if...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to restore full equality of pay for all teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17910/16]
    • EU Directives
      26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he is implementing European Union Directive 77/486 in education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18255/16]
    • School Textbooks
      27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to roll-out ebooks in schools, given the weight of school bags and the cost of hard-copy books; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when he will audit all second-level schools which do not have a physical education hall on site. [18186/16]
    • Languages Programme
      29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a new foreign languages strategy; how he proposes to accommodate the needs of new communities who are struggling to maintain their...
    • Education Policy
      30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the practice in schools where a child's parents or a young person over 18 years of age can opt out of religious...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change the pupil-teacher ratio for island primary schools; if he is willing to revert to the previous policy, where all offshore...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
      32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes he will introduce in the provision of training and skills to assist unemployed young persons; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding for the building of a school (details supplied). [18241/16]
    • Equality Legislation
      34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the advice his Department sought or received on the constitutional issues in relation to amending the Equal Status Act, to cease discrimination on...
    • Skills Development
      36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his short-term and medium-term proposals to meet the education and skills requirements of a modern economy, given the needs of the manufacturing...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to expedite the building and planning issues that have arisen for a school (details supplied); and if the school can be...
    • Legislative Reviews
      38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to carry out or commission a revised plan for the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Acts,...
    • School Curriculum
      39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of negotiations with the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland regarding the outstanding dispute over reform of the junior...
    • School Transport Administration
      40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address concerns that the school transport programme is not being run on an efficient basis, especially with regard to route selection criteria...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will end the position where newer teachers are on inferior pay rates and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18283/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Department of Health or any agencies acting for that Department informed his Department of their intention to remove supports to a school...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with the Irish National Teachers' Organisation, the Teachers Union of Ireland and the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland...
    • Schools Mental Health Strategies
      44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider developing and issuing a circular to primary schools in order to incorporate weekly discussions on the issue of mental health and...
    • School Transport Administration
      45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the situation whereby persons over 70 years of age cannot transport children to and from school, but the same person can carry...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his proposals to meet the special needs school place requirements at primary and secondary level and if he plans to ensure the availability of the...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the situation whereby a school that applies for hours under the special needs assistant scheme is not informed until August of that...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the regulations in place with regard to closed circuit television cameras on private property that border property in public places, that is,...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to commence all sections of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement...
    • Legislative Programme
      50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review the minimum statutory retirement age for those persons willing and able to continue working; and if she will make a statement...
    • Garda Operations
      51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incident calls to Tallaght and Rathfarnam Garda stations received between 1 January and 31 May 2016, by month; and if she will make...
    • Court Sittings
      52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the relocation of the court services to Tallaght, Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17956/16]
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be consulted in the drafting of the terms of the reference of the statutory inquiry into a case; if she has...
    • Garda Investigations
      54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of all costs associated with the Garda Síochána investigation into a person (details supplied) including the number...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to ensure the public service is implementing a proactive approach to employing persons with disabilities in line with...
    • Immigration Data
      56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of unaccompanied children relocated here; her deliberations with European Union colleagues on this matter; and her plans to allow...
    • Garda Deployment
      57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána foot patrols in Rush, County Dublin, since January 2016 by month, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why a person (details supplied) who has a religious volunteer visa was refused permission to stay here having completed the three years, despite...
    • Legislative Measures
      59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the Amnesty International report, Norway: The Human Cost of Crushing the Market: Criminalization of Sex Work in Norway; if its...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the difficulties for An Garda Síochána in policing anti-social activity associated with public drinking in view of...
    • Private Security Industry Regulation
      61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will form the appeals board under the public service agreement licence appeals scheme and when it will reach a decision on a particular...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if funding is available for community closed-circuit television and how a community group can apply for it; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Garda Recruitment
      63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will begin a new recruitment process for An Garda Síochána in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18335/16]
    • Residency Permits
      64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of EU1 applications for residence permits by family members of European Union citizens exercising free movement for work or other...
    • Legislative Measures
      66. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18342/16]
    • Garda Strength
      67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of Garda Síochána numbers in Ballymun and Santry stations by year for each of the years 2010 to 2016; and if she will make a...
    • Legislative Programme
      68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of legislation that protects victims of cyber crimes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18355/16]
    • Garda Equipment
      69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of extra Garda Síochána vehicles that were fitted with automatic number plate recognition equipment in each of the years 2014...
    • Laboratory Facilities
      70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will significantly increase laboratory facilities at Forensic Science Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18399/16]
    • Legislative Programme
      71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce or amend existing equality legislation in order to abolish mandatory retirement ages; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Garda Reorganisation
      72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider establishing a heavy recovery unit in County Westmeath for serious accidents and to improve efficiency; and if she will make...
    • Crime Data
      73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cars reported to An Garda Síochána as stolen and the number of these not recovered in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to...
    • Garda Reserve
      75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recruits who have opted out of the Garda Síochána Reserve, by division, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in...
    • Garda Training
      76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality about the number of trainee members of An Garda Síochána who have been allowed to pass through any phase of their training without fully...
  • Department of Finance
    • Fiscal Policy
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide revenue and expenditure current and capital as a percentage of gross domestic product in the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form. [18273/16]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been invited to the European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs dialogue hearings and his response to any invitation; and if he will make a...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of investments the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has made in fossil fuel-related investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Data
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance the income, gains and taxable income of companies that filed a return on corporation tax, by range of tax liability band (details supplied), in each of the...
    • Tax Relief Data
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who availed of tax relief under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date, by county,...
    • Tax on Charitable Donations
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of value added tax the Revenue Commissioners has levied from the public making text donations to charities in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to...
    • Tax Relief Application
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance how a person can claim the value added tax on fuel where they have been approved to drive an adapted car by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance if the practice of crowdfunding and peer to peer lending is regulated by the Central Bank; if he is aware of the extent of such practices here; and if he will...
    • Insurance Industry
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he had any communication with the insurance industry in relation to the exorbitant rates being quoted to insure young drivers; the steps he will take to...
    • Tax Exemptions
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance if the payment of a domicile levy here enables a person to claim exemption from tax liability in the United States of America under the double taxation clauses...
    • Tax Data
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid the domicile levy and the amount that was collected from the levy in 2015; his plans to increase the levy; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Relief Data
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance when appeal hearings for tax relief for disabled drivers under the primary medical certificate scheme will be held in County Galway, given the unfairness of...
    • Universal Social Charge Data
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of workers who would be removed from liability if he increased the entry point of the universal social charge to €15,000 per year; and if he...
    • Fiscal Data
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance if the fiscal space of €1 billion for 2017 is estimated at before or after he takes account of the carry forward impact of measures from budget 2016;...
    • Stamp Duty
      95. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from stamp duty on transfers of shares in Irish incorporated companies in each of the years from 2010 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Compliance
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 21 June 2015, the number of settlements the Revenue Commissioners entered into for a sum greater than...
    • Insurance Industry
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 16 June 2016, the number of claims motor insurance companies paid, by amounts paid in respect of personal...
    • Mortgage Lending
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a timeframe in which a person's entitlement to the first-time buyers status for the purpose of availing of the 10% deposit rule as opposed to the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Eligibility
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why persons (details supplied) find themselves in a situation where the eldest child who is nine years of age qualifies for the school bus and...
    • School Transport
      102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the revenue Bus Éireann received for contract maintenance as referred to in the European Union Commission State-Aid Final Decision of 18...
    • Third Level Funding
      103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish the report (details supplied) into funding of the third level sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18565/16]
    • School Staff
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) in relation to the possible loss of a teacher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17927/16]
    • Disadvantaged Status
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will review the status of the eligibility of schools which are not covered under the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools...
    • School Accommodation
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of applications for extra accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17987/16]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status on the provision of facilities for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17991/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been a change to the manner in which special needs assistants can be recruited to preschools from September 2016 and the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the catchment area a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary falls into to attend an autism spectrum disorder unit in a secondary school;...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he will treat non-union members with regards to the announced pay cuts and withholding of payments and increments from Association of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of delays to commencement of the rebuild at a school (details supplied); if he has now examined the timetable of construction and...
    • School Staff
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in Cork city for recognition of a contract of indefinite duration; and if he will...
    • Third Level Institutions
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent by each university on taxi hire in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide funding to a school (details supplied) for an extension for an additional classroom in place of a prefabricated building he has...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the special needs assistants provided to a school (details supplied) can be maintained at their current level rather than having one special...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 15 June 2016, what commitment was given regarding the building of an extension to a school (details...
    • Skills Development
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the courses developed specifically for new entrants to the jobs market and the range of courses and at which levels available to them; if he has...
    • School Placement
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the figures identified by his Department's geographic information system that demonstrate that a new secondary school was required in...
    • Student Data
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the basis of questions for foreign national students registering for schools here; and if he acknowledges that the sensitive...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he will address the issue of pay inequality for teachers; and if he will restore the qualification allowances. [18238/16]
    • School Patronage
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he will assist the integration of children of different religious beliefs in the same schools; and his views on the joint Oireachtas...
    • Departmental Staff
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how a person was precluded from the competition for position of post-primary inspector (guidance) with an honours (2.1) in M.Ed in education,...
    • School Curriculum
      131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he is addressing concerns of teachers that the new junior certificate curriculum will lead to a diminution of standards in learning and to...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Caranua has informed him of the introduction of financial limits to eligible applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18253/16]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to improve the pupil-teacher ratio at primary or second level in the next five years; and if...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount saved by having a lower level of pay for new recruits to the public service in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of the 195 Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, schools in tabular form, including the year in which the school...
    • Industrial Disputes
      137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected impact of the proposed Irish National Teachers Organisation industrial action over the Droichead pilot induction programme on newly...
    • School Curriculum
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to revise the number of books that children use in school on a daily basis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Patrúnacht Scoile
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cé mhéad scoileanna atá ag feidhmiú faoi na pátrúin éagsúla, faoi seach, le cúig bliana anuas. [18323/16]
    • Schools Building Projects
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a permanent school building for a school (details supplied). [18347/16]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the processing of the brief formulation document and schedule of accommodation for a school (details supplied) following the board...
    • Site Acquisitions
      143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the site acquisition for a new school (details supplied) which is included in the school building programme for commencement in...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned construction of a school (details supplied) which is included in the school building programme for commencement in...
    • School Curriculum
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the importance he places on pupils being taught about national and international events of an historic and significant nature and if he will...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) which wishes to open a preschool specifically for children with autism spectrum disorders; and if he...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure transport to and from a school for pupils from Dublin 15 who attend a school (details supplied). [18428/16]
    • Schools Establishment
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18431/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the number of secondary level schools with special autism spectrum disorder classes; if he believes there are adequate...
    • School Transport Expenditure
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 2 June 2016, if he has specifically asked the auditors of Bus Éireann's statement of account to...
    • School Placement
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to address any outstanding school place shortages resulting in overcrowded classrooms and high...
    • School Staff
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has evaluated the need for provision of extra career guidance officers to meet current and future needs; if he expects to...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to continue to facilitate the special needs teaching requirements at primary and second level with particular...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to meet in full all projects outlined in the capital programme for the current and subsequent years; and if he...
    • Schools Recognition
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he expects to ensure the viable operation and retention of smaller rural or urban schools including those with a particular...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he can in the short to medium term address the issue of lower pay for younger teachers; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he expects to be in a position to meet the full requirement in respect of special needs assistants in the current and future years; and if he...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which extra teachers have been recruited to meet the emerging needs at primary and second level; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to promote apprenticeships. [18561/16]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of wind energy development guidelines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17925/16]
    • Regeneration Projects
      165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to compensate for the cessation of the Ballymun social regeneration fund in 2017. [18352/16]
    • Motor Tax Rates
      166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the recent changes in van tax which appear to have made it more expensive for van users, particularly those who are not...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to ensure that Show Racism the Red Card receives funding under the support scheme for national organisations (details...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Standards
      168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce mandatary inspections of private rented accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government where the functions relating to waste management, regulation of waste collection companies and regulation of recycling...
    • Waste Disposal
      170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to immediately suspend the planned charge system for waste collection until there is clarity on the outcome of the changes...
    • Planning Issues
      173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legislation relating to the maintenance of privately owned trees when they endanger the private property of another...
    • Waste Management
      174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department or a body under its aegis has monitored if waste collectors have weighed waste since July 2015 and...
    • Waste Disposal
      175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide statistics and evidence to back the claim made on page three in the Minister's briefing on the introduction of...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      176. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the advice provided to tenants from Threshold (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      180. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the interdepartmental working group recommended in the National Waste Policy - A Resource Opportunity Report 2012, page...
    • Waste Management
      181. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the last formal review of the household waste collection market was undertaken by his Department or a body under its...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      182. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of areas for which the separate collection of organics is currently not a required waste permit condition; and...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      184. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to allow private group water schemes to be taken over by Irish Water where the water group scheme wishes to do...
    • Community Development Projects
      185. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on issues raised by a person (details supplied) and if a meeting can be raised in this regard. [18117/16]
    • EU Directives
      186. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of infringement action by the European Union Commission against Ireland on the State’s failure to comply...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      187. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of design, build and operate water treatment water plants here and the cost of these public-private...
    • Housing Policy
      188. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce rent to buy schemes or other affordable house purchase schemes; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authority Functions
      189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to ensure that the Local Authority Members Association, LAMA, is invited to attend the local government review committee,...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      190. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it will still be compulsory to weigh bins where the nil cent per kilo option is employed for recyclable waste (details...
    • Waste Management
      191. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if black bin bags will still be an option for persons with disabilities, persons living alone and infirm and persons...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      193. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will lift the recruitment embargo in Roscommon County Council to allow the hiring of outdoor staff, as since the...
    • Local Authority Members' Remuneration
      194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount provided to councillors for conference expenses by local authority in each of the years 2012 to 2015,...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      197. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new tenant purchase scheme transactions entered into by local authority tenants with Cork City Council and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of the new units leased under the social housing current expenditure programme, SHCEP, scheme in 2015 and 2014...
    • Library Services
      201. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will suspend any proposals to amalgamate library services across county boundaries leading to a centralisation of...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      202. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual cost of the kilometerage reimbursement scheme incurred by local authority in each of the years 2011 to 2016, to...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      203. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the obligations on the part of public houses that also serve food to provide wheelchair-accessible toilet facilities for...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      204. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will increase the national Traveller accommodation budget from €5.5 million to the 2008 level of €40...
    • Local Authority Funding
      205. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make a subvention available to compensate for the net downward global revaluation, as he did with other...
    • Local Authority Rates
      209. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the rates due and paid by Irish Water in each local authority since its inception, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for a breakdown of expenditure during the Ballymun regeneration programme. [18348/16]
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the definition of anti-social behaviour for council tenants; and his plans to add domestic violence to that description in...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the assistance he will provide to a group (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Water Funding
      214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the composition of the €522 million, including what portion is expected to...
    • Electoral Reform
      216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to introduce measures to facilitate those whose occupation necessitates them to spend extended periods of time at sea or...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a private waste company (details supplied) is subject to the current negotiations with the Government around the...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to revert to this Deputy on a matter (details suppled); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18413/16]
    • Waste Management
      220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to encourage producers of goods to reduce the amount of packaging; if he will carry out a pilot...
    • Local Authority Boundaries Review
      221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the Carlow boundary review committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18442/16]
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his detailed funding plans for 50,000 local authority houses; if he envisages that all of these houses will be managed by...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      223. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the home acquisition programme, by homes purchased by local authorities, by amount paid, by amount invested...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      224. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why there is a disparity between refuse providers in that some charge for recyclables while others do not; if he will...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      226. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing loan applications that have been made and which were successful to each local authority in 2015 and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      227. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish further required amendments in relation to the Foreshore Act 1933 as amended; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Boundaries Review
      229. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on local authority arrangements in counties Cork and Galway; if he is still considering the amalgamation of...
    • Vacant Sites Levy
      230. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with respect to the new vacant site levy that will take effect in 2018, if only owners of properties that have been vacant...
    • Departmental Reports
      234. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a list of all analysis or reports undertaken by his Department or a body under its aegis since 2012 which have...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the housing assistance payment is expected to be rolled out in County Wicklow; and the additional resources that will...
    • Local Authority Staff
      236. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the problems with staff in the housing department in Wicklow County Council, particularly in the Bray...
    • Climate Change Policy
      237. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions he plans to take on tackling climate change and reducing Ireland's level of emissions of carbon dioxide. [16172/16]
    • Climate Change Advisory Council
      240. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if and when he established the advisory council pursuant to section 9(1) of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Paternity Leave
      241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will make the payments retrospective to anyone who would qualify on or after 1 September 2016 in relation to the Paternity Leave and Benefit...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that supervisors working on community employment schemes reaching 66 years of age are being forced to retire from their jobs as...
    • Local Employment Service
      243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the gap in provision for essential equipment for a person (details supplied) on a training course who is expected to pay €500...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in regard to a finding that a person who is one of a couple has no entitlement following an assessment of household means, if it is unfair that this...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will process an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a query (details supplied) regarding persons wanting to receive their social welfare payments through their local post offices instead...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      248. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct rate of payment due to a person (details supplied) whose appeal has been allowed under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person selected for JobPath is prohibited from applying for a community employment scheme. [17971/16]
    • Carer's Support Grant
      250. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an entitlement to a carer's support grant for a person (details supplied). [17985/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      251. 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 delay; and if...
    • Free Travel Scheme Administration
      252. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing applications for the free travel pass at the Bishop Street office of Intreo in Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Family Income Supplement
      253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider changing the family income supplement regulations for a person accessing a higher paying job that surpasses the income limit...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider changing the rules whereby persons who are third level students and are not in college, are fully available for work, seeking...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      255. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a new Intreo office (details supplied) will open to the public; the services which will be available at the office; the amount spent to date on...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      256. 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. [18027/16]
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory)
      257. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review the threshold of savings considered under the State pension (non-contributory) scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      258. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is assessing payments under the disability allowance scheme and the family income...
    • Disability Allowance
      259. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will issue a decision to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18049/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      260. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to indicate eligibility for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18062/16]
    • Means Assessments
      261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a sum is taken into account for subsequent social protection allowances, if a person receives a €100,000 redundancy payment after in...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      262. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been means tested for a State pension (dontributory), despite the fact that the person concerned is a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      263. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the jobseeker's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18115/16]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      264. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the numbers in receipt of rent supplement fell from 71,533 in January 2015 to 61,247 at the end of 2015 and 57,605 at the end of March...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Data
      265. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to simplify the farm assist scheme and in particular to remove the requirement for audited accounts; his further plans to restore income...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      266. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarify his response to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 17 May 2016 (details supplied). [18127/16]
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      268. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of defined benefit pension schemes in deficit. [18149/16]
    • Civil Registration Documentation
      269. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the role a registrar plays in the removal of presumption of paternity and in respect of legally recognising a marriage nullity for the purposes of...
    • Family Income Supplement Data
      270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of legislation which changed family income supplement, FIS, to be means tested for rent allowance by local authorities and social...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that funding is being withdrawn from community employment schemes for supervisors reaching 66 years of age and thereby forcing...
    • Community Employment Schemes Funding
      272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that currently the financial viability of a large number of community employment schemes is at stake and may face closure due to the...
    • JobPath Implementation
      273. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have been selected for JobPath since its inception. [18189/16]
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a social protection appeal. [18206/16]
    • Social Insurance
      282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 7 July 2015, why officeholders who pay under the pay-related social insurance payment class of K do not...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18235/16]
    • Social Welfare Offices
      285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the efforts he is making to reduce the holding times for persons ringing various sections in his Department; if he is aware that claimants sometimes...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      286. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the enhancement of the rural social scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18376/16]
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the amendment of the farm assist scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18378/16]
    • One-Parent Family Payment Payments
      289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the same or similar reductions would apply in a given situation (details supplied); the changes in social protection payment rates that would...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will extend the time a person can remain with a community and voluntary organisation under the Tús-work placement initiative where this...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will process a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the family income supplement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Redundancy Payments
      293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims under the redundancy payments scheme in each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to provide a further list of the 50 applicants under the Tús-work placement initiative in Celbridge, Leixlip and Maynooth in County Kildare, in...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the average weekly earnings thresholds under the jobseeker's benefit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18426/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will reach a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [18444/16]
    • One-Parent Family Payment Data
      297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the net cost in 2016 of setting the eligible age at which the parent's youngest child is eligible at ten, 12 and 14 years of age under the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes Data
      299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 of increasing the entitlement under the child benefit scheme by €5, €6, €7, €8, €9 and...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data
      300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost in 2016 of increasing the entitlement under the back to school clothing and footwear allowance scheme for the age groups...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme
      304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the benefits that have been withdrawn under the treatment benefits package since 2010; the full-year cost in 2016 of restoring each of these...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost in 2016 of restoring the entitlement under the telephone allowance scheme to the rate it was at in 2010 and in 2013; and if he...
    • Fuel Allowance Data
      308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 of extending the number of weeks the entitlement is paid under the fuel allowance scheme by one, two, three and four...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will issue a decision to a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; if he will expedite it; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      313. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he will issue a response to the concerns raised by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      314. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if permission was sought and if he granted it for two four-engine military planes to land at Ireland West Regional Airport on 20 June 2016;...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      316. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will formally recognise the actions of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq against the Yazidi people as genocide, given the United...
    • Human Rights Issues
      317. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person's (details supplied) citizenship has been revoked in Bahrain; and if he will make...
    • Passport Applications Fees
      318. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider reintroducing old age pension rates on passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18139/16]
    • Middle East Peace Process
      319. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a report on his recent trip to Israel and Palestine; whom he met and the subjects discussed; his views on the current state of...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      320. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of reports that Turkish soldiers shot dead eight refugees on the Turkish-Syrian border on 19 June 2016; that it has been...
    • United Nations
      321. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the Western European and Others Group’s decision to nominate Israel for the chairmanship of the United Nations...
    • Human Rights Issues
      322. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress he has made on developing a national plan on business and human rights. [18223/16]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      323. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the Israeli non-governmental organisation B’Tselem has announced that it will no longer refer cases of alleged...
    • Trade Missions Data
      324. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of Value Added in Africa’s second report on Ireland’s trade with its key partner countries in Africa:...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      326. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to open a new Irish consulate general office in Cardiff, Wales; the cost of doing this; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Passport Services
      327. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Passport Office organises a media advertisement campaign to remind persons to check that their passports are still in date prior to...
    • Human Rights Cases
      328. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the case of a person (details supplied) with the authorities in Scotland who has been assaulted and who has been refused...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      329. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the operational status of Barryscourt Castle in Carrigtwohill, County Cork which is in the ownership of the Office of Public Works,...
    • Coastal Protection
      330. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of an application for funding by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17984/16]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      331. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the development of the flood relief measures at Thomastown, Graignamanagh and Inistioge in County Kilkenny; and if he will...
    • Public Sector Pensions Expenditure
      332. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of combining the public service pension reduction amendments for 2017 and 2018 into a one year adjustment for retired public...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      333. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the formula he uses to calculate the cost of staff recruitment to the public service with regard to new entrants coming in to address...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      334. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to instruct the Office of Public Works to carry out a review of an application from a local authority to build a retaining wall (details...
    • Public Sector Staff
      335. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the sections of Acts that would need to be amended to remove the power of Ministers or other bodies that may set terms and conditions of...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      336. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the case of a person (details supplied) whose house was flooded in December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Monuments
      337. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of access to a national monument (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18132/16]
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      338. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the formula used by his Department to calculate the cost of public sector staff recruitment if the entry level pay rate was restored to...
    • Coastal Protection
      339. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will provide maps of the parts of Kilgarrylander, classified as flood plain or at flood risk from the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      340. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress the high level forum has made to date and if he envisages a final solution to issues raised with regard to the community...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      341. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is permissible for a county councillor to work as a clerical officer in the Civil Service. [18197/16]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      342. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a flood relief scheme (details supplied); the reason this project has been delayed; when these matters will be addressed;...
    • Public Sector Staff Expenses
      343. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the average annual cost of the mileage reimbursement scheme within the public service in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date in...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      344. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied); if he has examined the issue raised; his views on this; and if he...
    • Public Sector Staff Redeployment
      345. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a person who wishes to transfer within the public service (details supplied); the arrangements in place for transfers and...
    • Departmental Staff Promotions
      346. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans regarding the internal promotion mechanism in Departments, the filling of vacancies and the issue in respect of external...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      347. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date and when works on a castle (details supplied) will be competed. [18543/16]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Legislative Measures
      348. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the legislation in place and the body responsible for the preservation and ongoing maintenance of listed and preserved buildings; and...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      349. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an issue regarding Leader funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17968/16]
    • Ulster Canal Restoration Project
      350. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of works to date and plans for progressing the restoration of the Ulster Canal in 2016; the action she has taken and will...
    • Arts Funding
      351. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will increase the current spend of 0.11% of gross domestic product, GDP on culture and arts to the European average of 0.6% of...
    • Cultural Policy
      352. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she will publish the Culture 2025 strategy document; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18360/16]
    • Arts Funding
      353. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of all funding allocated to the arts in 2015 by specific category such as film, theatre, and so on. [18361/16]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      355. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on funding allocations from the 2015 €9 million investment scheme for arts and cultural centres including...
    • Arts Council Funding
      358. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding in the years 2014 to 2015 and 2015 to 2016 that the Arts Council allocated to projects in County Louth. [18366/16]
    • Departmental Schemes
      360. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the schemes her Department has rolled out in recent years; her plans to encourage and reward farmers to allow walking trails on their...
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      362. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to ensure that adequate resources are provided to continue the present level of services for the centre of excellence for sarcoma in St....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      364. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of persons (details supplied); if he will schedule a new assessment of need with urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Provision
      365. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a specialist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17930/16]
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by an organisation (details supplied) for lottery funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17934/16]
    • Home Care Packages
      367. To ask the Minister for Health why he declined an application by a person (details supplied) under the home care package; and if he will request the Health Service Executive to reconsider...
    • Hospital Procedures
      368. To ask the Minister for Health when he will allocate a date for a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17952/16]
    • Home Help Service Data
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of hours applied for and the average number he has granted in County Tipperary under the home help scheme, by week; and if he will make a...
    • Respite Care Services
      370. To ask the Minister for Health why he has reduced the respite service provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17972/16]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      371. To ask the Minister for Health his plans and timescale for construction of the new primary care centre in Summerhill, Dublin 1; why a centre (details supplied) was not included in those...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [17977/16]
    • Suicide Prevention
      373. To ask the Minister for Health to consider setting up a suicide prevention authority; to consider the draft Bill to establish a suicide prevention authority; and if he will make a statement...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
      374. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in the acute hospital system waiting for brain rehabilitation; the length of time they are waiting and the hospitals concerned, in...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
      375. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine reinstating home based brain rehabilitation services; the cost of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17980/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Appeals
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of appeal for assistance under the fair deal scheme in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed opening time for the new accident and emergency unit at Mid West Regional Hospital, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17983/16]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting orthodontic treatment with the Health Service Executive in south and north Tipperary; the waiting times for such...
    • Hospital Services
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time and part-time consultants specialising in children's arthritis currently practising in Crumlin Children's Hospital; his views on...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      381. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to have an assessment for a medical device. [18010/16]
    • Primary Care Centres
      382. To ask the Minister for Health if the design challenges for the new primary care centre in Monaghan have been overcome; if the €9 million ring fenced for this project in 2013 will be...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      383. 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. [18020/16]
    • Professional Qualifications
      384. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to regulate counselling qualifications in the area of mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18025/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the hours and assistance available to parents of multiple births, the relevant application procedure and the criteria for assistance under the home help...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      387. To ask the Minister for Health when he will allocate a date for a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18046/16]
    • Pharmacy Services
      389. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has recently notified pharmacies that certain products including blisterpacks cannot be dispensed monthly but must be collected...
    • Mental Health Policy
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the status of A Vision for Change (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18076/16]
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Cooks report of 2000 and the suggested pay rise that was never received (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Practitioner Services
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the general practitioner service in Rathmore, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18084/16]
    • Hospital Services
      394. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18089/16]
    • Nursing Home Services
      395. To ask the Minister for Health the status of regulation of nursing homes run by religious organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18090/16]
    • Psychological Services
      396. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the chronic waiting lists for child psychology services in County Wexford where there is now a two-year plus waiting list caused mainly by...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      397. To ask the Minister for Health why the required services have not been provided in the case of a person (details supplied). [18097/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      398. To ask the Minister for Health his immediate plans to deal with the 517 children who are currently waiting up to 18 months to see one of the two existing consultants that cater for the...
    • Hospital Mortality Rates
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking on foot of the findings in his Department's report, National Healthcare Quality Reporting System, in respect of those hospitals that...
    • General Register Office
      400. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No/ 496 of 6 April 2016, why the position of registrar for births, deaths and marriages at the civil registration department...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      401. 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. [18125/16]
    • Health Services
      402. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied); his views on what can be done to make sure persons get seen in primary school; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      404. To ask the Minister for Health when he will schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18134/16]
    • Suicide Incidence
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths by suicide in Health Service Executive hospitals and private hospitals for the period 2006 to 2015, inclusive; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      406. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be offered an appointment at the earliest of opportunity. [18137/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if alternative arrangements can be made for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18142/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      408. To ask the Minister for Health when he will provide an operation for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18150/16]
    • Pension Provisions
      409. To ask the Minister for Health further to a parliamentary question to make available a copy of the business case submitted by the Central Remedial Clinic, CRC, in regard to the pensions in...
    • Hospital Services
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review being carried out into gynaecology and ante-natal services at Dungloe Community Hospital; if the review has been initiated and when it...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      412. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health service staff recruited into County Mayo in 2016 to date by month and by number of staff recruited into adult mental health...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the required staff numbers as per A Vision for Change for County Mayo and the western region for both adult mental health staff and child mental health staff....
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons receiving mental health services in County Mayo and the western region. [18203/16]
    • Mental Health Services
      416. To ask the Minister for Health if there are children under 18 years of age receiving treatment in adult mental health services. [18204/16]
    • Maternity Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the lack of reports from the National Maternity Hospital and the Rotunda Hospital, given the recommendation by the Health Information and...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      418. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the list of the current conditions covered under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18228/16]
    • Medicinal Products
      419. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a subsidised asthma medication for persons under 18 years of age in the absence of asthma being recognised under the long-term illness...
    • Health Services Provision
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults being funded by the Health Service Executive in 2015 to receive specialist care in facilities outside the State; if he will provide...
    • HSE Expenditure
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of the kilometerage reimbursement scheme incurred in respect of employees of the Health Service Executive in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the status of a charge general practitioners impose on regular blood tests in respect of patients who are suffering from a long-term illness...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications with the Health Service Executive for an assessment of need under the Disability Act; the number it has not completed within the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      424. To ask the Minister for Health his efforts to make medical appliances such as FreeStyle Libre and insulin pumps more affordable and available for persons with type 1 diabetes in order to...
    • Hospital Services
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the lack of an organised service for stroke or mini-stroke patients at University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      426. To ask the Minister for Health why local Health Service Executive officials have not met with persons (details supplied) since September 2015 despite stating publicly that they would be...
    • National Children's Hospital Location
      428. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of an article (details supplied) written by a doctor in St. James's Hospital in Dublin 8 outlining serious concerns over the proposed locating...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      429. To ask the Minister for Health when additional beds at Kenmare Community Hospital, County Kerry, will be opened (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18325/16]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      431. To ask the Minister for Health if he can confirm that the pharmacy in University Hospital Limerick is refusing to dispense the drug Orkambi for extremely ill patients in counties Clare and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      432. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18338/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the amendment of the nursing homes support - fair deal - scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18377/16]
    • Health Services
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of retaining a person (details supplied) in a centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18382/16]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons the Ashlin Centre in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, has turned away due to the unavailability of a bed since 30 September 2013; and if he...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      438. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage performance of the eight-minute and of the 19-minute echo-delta call-outs from the total number of call-outs in County Roscommon in each of the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      439. 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. [18406/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of loans that participants, their estates or next-of-kin have repaid under the nursing home support - fair deal - scheme in each of the years 2009...
    • Rare Diseases
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients and families the new national rare diseases office has dealt with since it opened in June 2015, both in person and through the...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      442. To ask the Minister for Health when he will reinstate the home care package which his Department suspended in February 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18427/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      443. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review an assessment for a person (details supplied) under the nursing home support - fair deal - scheme. [18433/16]
    • Hospital Procedures
      446. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that women can wait for four months for an appointment for a breast magnetic resonance imaging scan in the Mater Hospital in Dublin 7 and...
    • Health Promotion
      447. To ask the Minister for Health if he has any vacancies in his Department or in the Health Service Executive in the area of health promotion; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      448. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be fitted with an item through the medical card scheme. [18502/16]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      449. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a home care package for persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18510/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      454. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [18545/16]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Veterinary Medicines
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why he took no action to ensure that Irish producers of organic farmed salmon meet the requirements under European Commission...
    • Teagasc Courses
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to request Teagasc to review a person's (details supplied) eligibility for inclusion in a course and to grant permission to the...
    • GLAS Payments
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Industry
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether the primary function of the agricultural sector is the provision of public goods; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Recreation Policy
      465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the schemes his Department has rolled out in recent years; his plans to encourage and reward farmers to allow walking...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of an application by persons (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why the single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) has not yet issued; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will complete a review of a 2015 basic payment scheme application by a person (details supplied). [18036/16]
    • TAMS Applications
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when will he issue decisions on applications under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; the reason for the delay; and if...
    • Afforestation Programme
      471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18087/16]
    • Farm Inspections
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farm inspections from the Nenagh office of his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2015, inclusive, in tabular...
    • Import Costs
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to remove the 14% import tariff that applies to fertiliser imports to the European Union; and if he will make a statement...
    • Fodder Crisis
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for redress following the loss of a crop due to storm damage. [18151/16]
    • TAMS Payments
      475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue the outstanding payments under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme to farmers who have completed...
    • TAMS Eligibility
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase the limit on the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme grant for piggeries and poultry farms from the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 821 of 31 May 2016, if payment has issued to a person (details supplied) under the...
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is an option to avail of further funding when a 20-year forestry premium payment finishes; and if he will make a statement...
    • Afforestation Programme
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for any additional afforestation schemes to work alongside the afforestation scheme, the native woodland conservation...
    • Forestry Management
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has concerns that schemes coming under the Common Agricultural Policy might incentivise recipients to remove trees from their...
    • TAMS Payments
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme on-farm investment support scheme (details supplied) regarding approval...
    • Greyhound Industry
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the inquiry under the chairmanship of a person (details supplied) into the alleged misuse of prohibited substances in...
    • Beef Data Programme
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the reopening of the beef data and genomics programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the new €25 million sheep scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18373/16]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the €25 increase under the disadvantaged areas scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Credit Availability
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farmers' requirements for low-cost credit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18375/16]
    • Import Costs
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the removal of tariffs and duties on European Union fertiliser imports (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • GLAS Issues
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the reopening of the revised green low-carbon agri-environment scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a payment to a person (details supplied) who was awarded an agricultural payment some time ago. [18384/16]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to supply a copy of the conformity clearance audits from 2009, 2010 and 2012 as used by the European Court of Auditors to...
    • Animal Disease Controls
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1057 of 17 May 2016, when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Bord na Móna
      492. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources why Bord na Móna is pumping water off the bog at Derryadd, County Longford, into the river on the proposed site of...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      493. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources why the process of gill netting, a practice carried out by Inland Fisheries to improve water quality, is carried out...
    • Inland Fisheries Stocks
      494. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a recent survey of fishery stocks has been carried out on the River Slaney; if so, when and the findings; if not, when...
    • Bord na Móna
      497. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of acres of bog in total under the control of Bord Na Móna; those that are special areas of conservation,...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      498. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will undertake to ensure broadband roll-out for Pluckstown and Hurdlestown, Athboy, County Meath under the national...
    • National Broadband Plan
      500. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the names of the companies involved in the tendering process for the recent broadband contract; the criteria involved in...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Data
      501. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland provided under the better energy communities scheme by county and...
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      502. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of grants his Department has paid out and the total value of such grants for the purchase of battery electric...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      503. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of drain cleaning (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17924/16]
    • Public Transport Subsidies
      504. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to address concerns on the taxsavers scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18148/16]
    • Traffic Calming Measures
      505. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received requests for funding from Cork County Council, east Cork municipal district or any other body for the provision of a...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      506. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if and when he will introduce regulations or legislation regarding the use of rickshaws, trikes and other novelty type vehicles; and if...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      507. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position of his Department and Transport Infrastructure Ireland on the need to upgrade the Waterford to Limerick N24; and if...
    • Road Projects Status
      508. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the completion of the Ring Road in Kilkenny City with particular emphasis on the section including a new bridge linking the...
    • Aviation Issues
      509. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of complaints from the residents of Hollystown and surrounding areas in west Dublin in respect of the noise generated from...
    • Noise Pollution Legislation
      510. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations in place to minimise and mitigate the noise levels to residents in the Hollystown and surrounding areas in Dublin west...
    • Aviation Policy
      511. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contacts he has had with his European Union colleagues in relation to the single European sky initiative; if he has taken...
    • Light Rail Projects
      512. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the €2.4 billion Metro North project in County Dublin, including if this project will go ahead; and if he will make...
    • Sports Funding
      513. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding the State awarded to Athletics Ireland in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date. [18059/16]
    • Road Projects
      514. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the status of safety of Poulgorm Cross where the R569 meets the N22 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Taxi Regulations
      515. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the lack of hackney licences being granted (details supplied). [18080/16]
    • Road Safety
      516. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will legislate for seat belts on public buses; if not, why not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18088/16]
    • Coast Guard Services
      517. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the rules regarding the deployment of the Coast Guard helicopter to inland waterways particularly in cases where this may be...
    • National Driver Licensing Service
      518. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has been made aware of a computer systems failure at the National Driver Licensing Service office in Donegal Town; the date on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      519. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of the last and next meetings of his Department's accessibility consultative committee; his plans to engage with the disability...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      520. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he agrees that Broomfield and District Residents Association do tremendous work in beautifying and litter prevention predominantly in...
    • Road Network
      521. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the funding in 2016 to complete the process of the compulsory purchase of the land required to commence construction of the...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      522. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) has made any representations to his Department regarding military use of Knock Airport, by the United...
    • Motor Insurance Coverage
      523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why there are no insurance companies which will at this time give a quotation to a person who is a first-time taxi licence holder for a...
    • National Driver Licensing Service
      524. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that persons from the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal have to travel an unreasonable distance to attain a learner...
    • Motor Insurance
      525. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the exorbitant cost of car insurance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18311/16]
    • Road Projects Status
      526. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of funding for a road (details supplied) that requires immediate attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Safety
      527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review traffic safety on Jamestown Road (details supplied). [18351/16]
    • Traffic Management
      528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when plans for Finglas village traffic management will be included in the works programme. [18353/16]
    • Public Service Obligation Levy Data
      529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria he uses to allocate funding under the public service obligation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18402/16]
    • Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
      530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital and operational funding allocated directly to the Football Association of Ireland in each of the years from 2002 to 2016 to...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if section 38 of the Road Traffic Act 1994 has been enacted and if not, why not. [18503/16]
    • Public Service Vehicles
      532. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of public service vehicle, PSV, licences active from 2009 to 2016 to date; the percentage of persons who passed the recently...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Job Losses
      533. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will meet staff at a company (details supplied); if she can ensure that staff will receive the best possible package available...
    • Grant Payments
      536. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to correct her Department’s claim in paragraph three of correspondence dated 20 February 2004 (details supplied) that the...
    • Legislative Measures
      541. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Government has given UEFA a guarantee to enact legislation on the prohibition of the sale of match tickets by ticket touts in...
    • Labour Court
      544. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of appeals to the Labour Court which it has considered as being out of time and has not heard as a consequence in each of...
    • IDA Site Visits
      545. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits made by IDA Ireland client companies to each county, on a county basis and in tabular form, in 2016 to date;...
    • Labour Court
      548. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware of an anomalous situation in the operation of the Labour Court (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Work Permits Applications
      550. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a decision has been made on a work permit for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18333/16]
    • Enterprise Ireland
      551. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when Enterprise Ireland will consider an application by a company in the United Kingdom (details supplied); and if she will make a...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      553. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there has been a change to the manner in which special needs assistants can be recruited to preschools from September 2016 and the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      554. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to widen the scope, in terms of qualifying age for the child, of the second free preschool early childhood care and education...
    • Youth Work Projects Funding
      555. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of an application by an organisation (details supplied) for funding under the special project for youth. [18138/16]
    • Missing Children
      556. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs , further to Parliamentary Question No. 697 of 13 May 2014, other than social media to advertise the 116000 hotline, if there are posters...
    • Family Support Services
      561. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding family life in disadvantaged social groups; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      562. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide additional hours of special needs assistance to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Preschool Services
      564. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a second year of free preschool under the early childhood care and education scheme; and if...
    • Industrial Disputes
      565. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is aware of the ongoing dispute between Childminding Ireland and IMPACT members in Kilcoole, County Wicklow; if she will use her...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      566. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware of any concerns regarding the administration of the soldiers' welfare fund in Baldonnel. [18163/16]
    • Departmental Equipment
      567. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amounts received by his Department for the sale of the Government jet. [18164/16]
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      568. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence why he has not made payments to Army rangers and cooks which were due to be awarded under an adjudication process, given that the public...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      569. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies in the medical corps of the Defence Forces; the length of time each post has been vacant; the steps he will take to fill...

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