Written answers
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Social and Affordable Housing Funding
11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether setting up funding models in conjunction with various private equity funds is the most efficient way...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
12. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he is taking to ensure that the Glass Bottle site in Dublin 4 will have the maximum level of social and...
- Action Plan on Housing
13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Action Plan on Housing will be published. [18473/16]
- Regeneration Projects Funding
14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the current programme of the 2016 allocation for existing commitments on regeneration projects...
- Library Services
15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his proposals for amalgamating local library services across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Policy
16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legislative changes he plans to implement to provide for the much needed massive increase in social and affordable...
- Waste Management Inspections
19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the level of enforcement, inspection and compliance relating to waste collection operators here;...
- Building Regulations
20. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his understanding on the status of a resolution for Longboat Quay residents; and his plans to introduce comprehensive...
- Marine Plan Implementation
21. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will be in a position to designate marine protection areas as required under Article 13.4 of the marine strategy...
- Departmental Functions
23. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the responsibilities transferred to other Departments since the Government was formed and the funding that transferred with...
- Water Services Provision
24. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the nature of legal advice both his Department and Irish Water have received relating to article 9.4 of the Water Framework...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
25. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in response to the Oireachtas committee report on housing and homeless, he has finalised the offer from the Irish...
- Social Enterprise Sector
26. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to report on the performance and plans of Pobal in supporting local development and social enterprise jobs; and if he will...
- Local Government Fund
27. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will offer compensation from the Local Government Fund in 2017 as was offered in 2016; the amount he will offer by...
- National Planning Framework
28. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the draft national planning strategy to replace the national spatial strategy; and if he will make a...
- Regeneration Projects Status
29. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the start date for the regeneration projects in the Dublin city area (details supplied); and the amount of funding...
- Water Charges Arrears
30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if arrears will be written-off in the event of water charges being abolished; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Seaweed Harvesting Potential
31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the implementation of eight recommendations by the Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht...
- Electoral Reform
32. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the issue of remote voting for those persons such as fishermen and seafarers who cannot be ashore when...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
33. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will broaden the expert commission on water services' terms of reference as the current terms are too narrow and...
- Rent Controls
34. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce rent controls; if so, the form they would take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18471/16]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
35. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to re-introduce apprenticeship schemes in local authorities. [18501/16]
- Social and Affordable Housing
36. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on expanding the income limits for social housing to allow more low and middle-income workers to benefit from...
- Programme for Government Implementation
37. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he expects to be in a position to implement in full the aspects of the programme for Government...
- Climate Change Policy
38. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his proposed plans to meet environmental challenges such as flooding arising from climate change and the need for...
- Pyrite Incidence
39. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to carry out a review of the number of properties that have pyrite but are not displaying damage that would register a...
- Mahon Tribunal
40. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the responsibility he has with respect to any legal challenge regarding the workings of the Mahon tribunal; the...
- Local Government Reform
41. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to re-establish town councils; and when he expects town councils to be re-established. [18558/16]
- Wind Energy Guidelines
42. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he has had on new planning guidelines for wind turbines; the scenarios he has examined for setback...
- Housing Provision
43. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce additional measures to address the escalating crisis in the increase in child homelessness in May...
- Pyrite Issues
44. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding the issuing of a green certificate for pyrite properties, particularly in cases where remediation has...
- Waste Disposal Charges
45. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to deal with price increases in the event that at the end of the 12-month freeze on bin...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
46. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to acquire distressed properties from vulture funds for social and affordable housing; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Staff Recruitment
47. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his recruitment plans for the next five years across the State’s 31 local authorities. [18500/16]
- Ministerial Meetings
48. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to report of his recent meeting with the Local Authority Members Association, LAMA; his position on the group's demands...
- European Investment Bank
49. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he investigated a recent funding from the European Investment Bank for a new Austrian housing bank that will finance the...
- Building Regulations
50. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the work to date of the expert panel set up to examine the Mica issue; when he expects the panel will be...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
52. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons he expects to be accessing emergency homeless accommodation at the end of 2016; which of the...
- Waste Management
53. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the type of investigation that should be initiated into the waste industry in view of circumstances (details...
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration
55. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the strategic steps he is taking to manage the volume of mortgage to rent applications; the way he is streamlining the...
- Local Authority Housing Funding
56. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to increase funding for capital expenditure for house building to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Immigration Policy
57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the increasing income requirement for retirees living here; the further reason for the change from stamp 3 to stamp 0 for Americans...
- Passport Applications
58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will give consideration to applications for Irish passports made by persons whose great grandparents were born here; and if she will make a...
- Garda Deployment
59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the decrease in Garda Síochána resources in the Greystones district of County Wicklow. [18592/16]
- Immigration Controls
62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to roll out the civilianisation of immigration control, which is already being undertaken at the Dublin Airport Terminal 1 by members of...
- Gambling Legislation
63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to progress the gambling control Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18655/16]
- Garda Youth Diversion Projects
64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding her Department provided to the Garda juvenile diversion programme and to the Garda youth diversion programme in each of the years...
- Garda Recruitment
65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when recruits in the Garda station in Swords, County Dublin will complete their studies; if she will retain these recruits in Swords; and if she...
- Garda Resources
67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has updated the Police Using Leading Systems Effectively, PULSE, system to record the description of pedal bicycles that can be searched...
- Garda Deployment
68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number, rank, title and job of members of An Garda Síochána who are assigned to the Limerick city division; the number of stations...
- Department of Finance
- Tobacco Control Measures
69. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that Ireland maintains its downward trend in smoking rates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18639/16]
- Revenue Commissioners Staff
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the recruitment process used to fill a recent vacancy for a clerical officer position based at the Office of the Revenue...
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disabled passenger tax concession scheme. [18599/16]
- Tax Code
73. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) is due a refund of tax payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18647/16]
- Property Tax Exemptions
74. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will grant persons living in a complex (details supplied) an exemption from the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18658/16]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Teachers' Remuneration
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm his commitment to pay equality for more recently appointed teachers; if he will meet the unions concerned to progress this; and if he...
- Departmental Strategies
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consultation process he has established on a new three-year Strategy for Education and Skills 2016 to 2018; when he will complete the...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce class sizes and to build on the measures to reduce class sizes in Budget 2016; and if he will continue to reduce class sizes...
- School Management
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the model of leadership in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18718/16]
- Lansdowne Road Agreement
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to issue a directive on implementing pay deductions for members of teachers' unions who rejected working additional hours under the...
- Junior Cycle Reform
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the roll-out of the junior cycle reform process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18720/16]
- Skills Shortages
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the areas the skills and labour market research unit has highlighted as having skills shortages such as business administration and...
- Child Care Services Provision
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals he is reviewing in conjunction with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to carry out the programme for Government...
- Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his review of the school support programme through the delivering equality of opportunity in schools action plan, including when he...
- School Curriculum
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide new courses in the leaving certificate, such as coding, physical education and politics; and if he will make a statement on...
- School Staff
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will lift the moratorium on filling certain promoted posts in schools, given that it was introduced as an emergency measure in 2009; and...
- Teachers' Professional Development
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ways, including investment, in which he supports continuous professional development for teachers at primary and at secondary level; the...
- Teaching Council of Ireland
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when he will implement the fitness-to-teach provisions of the Teaching Council Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18730/16]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timescale and cost of the commitment in the programme for Government to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in junior and senior infants; and if he...
- School Patronage
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of schools under religious patronage which he will divest in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18733/16]
- Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have had status under the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools action plan in each of the years 2006 to 2016,...
- Early School Leavers
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the statistics on early school leavers in each year of the years 2006 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18737/16]
- RAPID Programme
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding under the RAPID education programme in each of the years 2006 to 2016, to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18738/16]
- Substance Abuse Prevention Education
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have a substance misuse strategy; if he liaises with schools as to the way to implement and manage their substance...
- School Curriculum
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the teaching of social, personal and health education and its progression as a subject on the curriculum for the senior cycle; and...
- School Accommodation
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to expedite an application by a school (details supplied) that has four teachers and 90 pupils, given that the number of pupils will increase to...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing Maintenance
100. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the allocation to local authorities for housing maintenance, in tabular form. [18595/16]
- Local Authority Housing Provision
101. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for a progress report on rapid-build housing in Dublin City. [18596/16]
- Local Authority Housing Standards (1 comment)
102. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to expand the insulation programme to remaining houses that do not benefit from cavity insulation (details...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
103. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a construction project at Bagenalstown, County Carlow which should result in the creation of 24 housing...
- Local Authority Housing
109. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a construction project at Rathvilly and Tullow, County Carlow which should result in the creation of two...
- Flood Risk Management
114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has access to or sight of a national hydrological study with a view to identification of the most...
- Community Development Initiatives
115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for community development in urban and rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18778/16]
- Regeneration Projects
116. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent, if any, to which he has plans to address urban and rural decay in all regions; if he has conducted an audit in...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
117. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when his Department last received a submission from Kildare County Council in respect of the Group Water Scheme at...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
119. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current position in regard to Ireland’s response to European Union or other international agreements in...
- Air Quality
122. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the degree to which he continues to monitor air and water pollution; if he has noticed particular trends arising from...
- Department of Social Protection
- Blind Person's Pension
123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to increase the entitlement under the blind person's pension which was reduced dramatically a number of years ago; and if he will make a...
- State Pensions
124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reverse the changes introduced to the State pension in 2012 which disproportionately affects women and their ability to qualify for a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme
126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to rescind the ban in Ballymun, Dublin 11 under the rent supplement scheme which was due to the regeneration project, given that this project is...
- Disability Allowance Applications
127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18645/16]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the jobseeker's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why he does not accept that a person (details supplied) cares for another person 24 hours a day; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Illness Benefit Appeals
131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will forward a file for a person (details supplied) to the Social Welfare Appeals Office regarding the illness benefit scheme; and if he...
- Public Services Card
132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why it is necessary to provide an up-to-date Irish passport with an application under the public services card scheme; why an out-of-date passport,...
- Community Employment Schemes Review
133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review the provision in the community employment programme for older jobseekers over 62 years of age which restricts the number that an area...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme; if same will be expedited; and if he will make a...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to amend and extend the community employment pilot scheme in order to permit participants who are 60 years of age and older to continue...
- Free Travel Scheme
136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the proceedings of the interdepartmental working group between his Department and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to...
- Social Welfare Benefits
137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will carry out an impact assessment on the cuts to the one-parent family payment to analyse the impact of these cuts on child poverty and to...
- Child Poverty
138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of children living in relative and consistent poverty here; how this compares to the European Union and Organisation for Economic...
- JobPath Implementation
139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the nature and duration of the contracts and the financial arrangements made with two companies to deliver JobPath; if persons in receipt of...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- International Agreements
140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the implications for the working of the European Court of Human Rights and the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement arising from the...
- Passport Applications
141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects an increase in applications for Irish passports from British citizens as a result of the British intention to leave the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Expenditure
142. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of rent he is paying for the Intreo centre at Fairgreen in County Galway; the terms of the lease; the nature of the contract;...
- Flood Prevention Measures
143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects to be in a position to produce a flood alleviation, defence and prevention plan, in the short term, to...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Natural Heritage Areas Designation
145. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if and when she will designate the Curragh Plains a natural heritage area as requested by Kildare County Council. [18643/16]
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
146. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will continue to provide supports to an Údarás na Gaeltachta client company (details supplied) following the company...
- Department of Health
- Home Care Packages Provision
147. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has not received the home care help that his Department authorised in April 2016. [18656/16]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
148. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an order for specialised footwear for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18566/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
149. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who has medical difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18573/16]
- Blood Donations
150. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to lift a ban on blood donations from gay men and to bring Ireland into line with Northern Ireland, which lifted a lifetime ban in June 2016; and if...
- Health Services
151. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the health care system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18577/16]
- Medical Card Eligibility
152. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list spinal cord injuries as long-term illnesses with an automatic entitlement to a medical card in view of representation from the Spinal Injuries...
- Mental Health Services Data
153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of admissions under the Mental Health Acts that had their status regraded from voluntary to involuntary and the number of admissions that had their...
- Hospital Appointments Status
155. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [18587/16]
- Patient Transfers
157. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can transfer from Waterford University Hospital to a Dublin hospital dealing with orthopaedics. [18590/16]
- Disability Services Provision
158. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) receiving an appointment for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy; and...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
159. 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. [18598/16]
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
161. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the delay being experienced by a person (details supplied) who is awaiting discharge from Tallaght hospital for the past ten weeks and admission to...
- Tobacco Control Measures
162. To ask the Minister for Health if he will not permit the introduction of any novel tobacco product such as heated tobacco products here unless it can be independently proven that it cannot...
- Motorised Transport Grant Closure
164. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to replace or restore the motorised transport grant which was abolished in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18653/16]
- Services for People with Disabilities
165. To ask the Minister for Health if he will secure a residential placement for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18657/16]
- Legislative Measures
166. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Autism Bill (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18663/16]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
167. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 requires the Health Service Executive (HSE) to place the cost of care in long-term residential...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
170. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18678/16]
- Hospital Beds Data
171. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 20 April 2016, the number of hospital beds required by the number of patients undergoing full and partial lower...
- National Drugs Strategy Implementation
172. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the prevention pillar of the national drugs strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18741/16]
- National Drugs Strategy
174. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the efficacy of the national drugs strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18743/16]
- National Drugs Strategy Implementation
175. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the working group that was meant to be established to enhance the prevention pillar in non-school settings in the national drugs strategy. [18744/16]
- Pension Provisions
176. To ask the Minister for Health his views on issues (details supplied) regarding health insurance matters for members of the Defence Forces; and if he will review the regulations for lifetime...
- Hospital Appointments Status
177. 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. [18808/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
180. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18811/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
182. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18813/16]
- Ambulance Service Provision
183. To ask the Minister for Health to initiate and complete as a matter of urgency an independent review of the delivery of the ambulance service with a special focus on rural areas; to focus...
- Hospital Appointments Status
184. 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. [18815/16]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Food Labelling
185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the fine of €16,000 imposed on a company (details supplied) for mislabelling the origin of beef products is an adequate...
- Livestock Theft
186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is putting in place to support farmers who have had livestock stolen, particularly in counties Cavan and Monaghan,...
- Young Farmers Scheme
187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who have been accepted by his Department under the young farmer scheme and the value of entitlements which have...
- Crop Losses
189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to reconsider the decision to refuse compensation to a person (details supplied) for lost crops which has resulted in financial...
- Coillte Teoranta
190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if only qualified Coillte Teoranta instructors are permitted to provide chainsaw courses on Coillte-owned property; and if he will...
- Fishing Vessel Licences
191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the current 100% replacement capacity rule operated by his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Dairy Sector
192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the €15,000 cashflow loan proposal to farmers who experienced financial difficulties as a result of the milk...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Better Energy Homes Scheme
193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to make further funding allocations available in 2016 for Waterford City and County Council towards the energy...
- National Broadband Plan Administration
195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a cost differential to the State in defining a minimum 100 mbps broadband speed rather than a 30 mbps...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driver Licences
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will change the terms of reference for the tendering of the licence for the processing of driving licences in order that the Post...
- Roads Maintenance
198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of repair works to roads, bridges and public property in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18753/16]
- Road Safety Strategy
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18600/16]
- Road Signage
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the policy of Transport Infrastructure Ireland for motorway erecting of and granting permission to erect signs that provide...
- Road Improvement Schemes
201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the status of works and the expected finish date of the Coonagh to Knockalisheen Road scheme, which was approved an allocation...
- State Bodies Data
202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that Sport Ireland acted in accordance with its legal advice when it withheld the existence of an additional 24...
- Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the difficulties experienced by American citizens to legally drive here when visiting the country for a period of time...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Ombudsman's Reports
211. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied that the Ombudsman has excused her Department from the need to act regarding the audit-related complaint made to...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child and Family Agency
213. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will arrange for a social worker to be assigned to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Youth Guarantee
214. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans in regard to the Youth Guarantee in Ballymun, Dublin 11, which was a pilot scheme; and her plans to roll it out elsewhere in the...
- Preschool Services
215. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will re-examine regulations recently introduced by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency which will compel child minders to complete...
- Area Based Childhood Programme
216. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to continue to fund a programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18659/16]
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Programmes
217. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the skills training and the selection of participants under the Defence Forces' linked programme with his Department; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
218. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he accepts the World Health Organisation malaria unit figures of approximately 130,000 worldwide malaria deaths annually in patients over the...
- Defence Forces Representative Organisations
236. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Defence Forces management has engaged with the representative associations on the findings of the organisation climate survey; and if not,...
- Health Insurance Community Rating
237. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware that the introduction of lifetime community rating in health insurance has meant that those over 34 years of age are now being...
- Defence Forces Representative Organisations
238. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagement he has had with the Defence Forces representative bodies in an attempt to progress and deal with the concerns raised by them,...
- EU Issues
239. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the implications for the implementation of Irish defence policy following the British decision to leave the European Union; and if he will make...
