Written answers

Tuesday, 5 July 2016

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had contact with party leaders in the United Kingdom regarding the UK's exit from the European Union; and if he will make a...
    • Official Engagements
      35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on any recent contact he has had with the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to strengthen engagement with regard to the North-South Ministerial Council and North-South bodies in general given the United...
    • Human Rights Issues
      38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the representations he has made to the Saudi Arabian embassy in Dublin regarding that state's restriction of religious freedoms, in...
    • Northern Ireland
      39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland the findings of the Northern Ireland poverty bulletin which revealed that...
    • Middle East Issues
      40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that over the past few weeks Palestinians have been facing severe water shortages because a company (details supplied) is...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the signing of a peace process between the Colombian Government and FARC rebels in Havana, Cuba; that this is a very...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he is making to compel the British Government to allow access by an independent international judicial figure to all original...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned regarding the recent political developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC; that opposition political...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will publish a multi-annual plan with respect to overseas development aid funding outlining the way the Government proposes to move...
    • Foreign Policy
      46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his recent statement that the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign is a legitimate political viewpoint, his plans to...
    • EU Agreements
      47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that 104 non-governmental organisations from across Europe have signed a statement condemning the European Commission’s...
    • Middle East Issues
      48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned at the treatment of Palestinian academics in the West Bank and Gaza at the hands of the Israeli Defence Force; and his...
    • Human Rights Issues
      49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made contact with the Mexican Government concerning the reported state repression of a strike by school teachers; and if he will...
    • Official Engagements
      50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he held discussions with representatives of the USA administration accompanying the Vice President of the United States of America, Mr....
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to deploy further resources, including monetary and staffing resources, to his Department given the United Kingdom referendum...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 21 June 2016, if he has reconfirmed details in respect of the aircraft and if he is quite sure...
    • EU Issues
      53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent, if any, to which he might, along with his European Union colleagues and arising from Brexit, identify if political groups within...
    • International Terrorism
      54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his European Union and United Nations colleagues continue to address the threat of international terrorism as...
    • Middle East Issues
      55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the increase in the number of Palestinian children arrested by Israeli security forces in the past year; the number of...
    • European Free Trade Area
      56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the focus that has been placed on the role of the European Free Trade Area, EFTA, given the results of the United Kingdom referendum on...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he recognises the importance RTÉ Longwave 252 will have for elderly Irish citizens in the United Kingdom now that the UK has voted to...
    • Foreign Policy
      58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of his plans to formally recognise the state of Palestine as outlined in the programme for Government; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights Issues
      61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights that has called on the Sri Lankan Government to take...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      62. 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...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Northern Ireland
      63. To ask the Taoiseach if has met with any groups concerning the representation of civic society in policy discussions in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17906/16]
    • Exports Data
      64. To ask the Taoiseach the volume of domestic and multinational exports by the countries exported to, based on the most recent data on a percentage basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      65. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the status and future role of cross-Border bodies, specifically the East Border Region Committee and the Irish Central Border Area Network, following the...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      66. To ask the Taoiseach the recent discussions he had regarding the Narrow Water Bridge project. [17337/16]
    • Referendum Campaigns
      67. To ask the Taoiseach the constitutional referendums he will hold over the period of this Government. [17146/16]
    • European Council Meetings
      68. To ask the Taoiseach if he participated in the section of the European Council meeting on 28 June 2016 that was attended by the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Tready Organisation;...
    • Departmental Records
      69. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed in his Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; his plans to expand this number; if there are...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      70. To ask the Taoiseach the number of new public sector workers in his Department hired to replace retiring staff and those who left the service in each of the years 2013 to 2015; the overall...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Property Services Regulation
      72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if property management companies are regulated; if not, her plans to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19204/16]
    • Data Protection
      73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative and operational context of briefings delivered by the Data Protection Commissioner to State organisations and local government...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all public bodies are required to reach the target of employing 6% of persons with a disability; the manner in which progress on this target is...
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the indicative timeframe for when county revaluations for commercial rate purposes will be carried out for each county; when they will be...
    • Charities Regulation
      76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the powers of the charities regulator; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19738/16]
    • Crime Investigation
      79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the full release of all relevant documentation and files held by her Department and An Garda Síochána with regard...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in issuing a Garda vetting clearance to a person (details supplied), given the fact that the person is currently waiting...
    • Garda Training
      81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has reviewed proposals in conjunction with An Garda Síochána to reform the training of new entrants to the Garda, including...
    • Garda Investigations
      82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which a number of incidents in Celbridge, County Kildare, have been identified and pursued with a view to prevention of any further...
    • Immigration Status
      83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19176/16]
    • Temporary Travel Documentation
      84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will issue a temporary travel document on humanitarian grounds in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Car Theft
      85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to report on the current incidence of car theft and the response of An Garda Síochána and the courts to this continuing criminal...
    • Legislative Programme
      86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will bring forward the judicial council Bill; if a system of judicial education in close liaison with university law faculties will be...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to give university faculties of law a direct role in providing full educational and work qualifications for student solicitors and...
    • Garda Resources
      88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug detection dogs available to An Garda Síochána; the location of such dogs; and her plans to deploy more drug detection...
    • Private Security Industry Regulation
      89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the private security appeal board will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19251/16]
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the statutory inquiry into allegations of Garda misconduct made by the former chief executive of the Irish Small and Medium...
    • Courts Service Data
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions brought to court, the number of convictions secured for fraudulent insurance claims and a breakdown of the class of...
    • Garda Deployment
      92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 14 June 2016, relating to Garda numbers at Edgeworthstown Garda station, to clarify the reply...
    • Garda Promotions
      93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies in the Galway division of An Garda Síochána for the position of superintendent; the timeframe for when this...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Galway division that have gardaí on rostered duty who do not have a Garda car assigned to them; the...
    • Northern Ireland
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has met with the Truth and Reconciliation Platform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19358/16]
    • Residency Permits
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality how a person (details supplied) can be allowed to return here for a period to sit specific medical examinations. [19374/16]
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to date on the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the...
    • Coroners Service
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the coroners and deputy coroners in areas (details supplied) are within the age limits set out section 11 of the Coroners Act 1962; when and...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she anticipates that the legal services regulatory authority will commence its work; if the authority has been established; if its chief...
    • Penal Policy Review Group
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on issues and concerns raised by the Irish Penal Reform Trust (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19570/16]
    • Departmental Records
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff employed in her Department's archive unit in each of the years from 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; her plans to...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will initiate a full public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19639/16]
    • Charities Regulation
      105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual funding available to the Charities Regulatory Authority; the current staff numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Remuneration
      107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an exemption for members of An Garda Síochána regarding having their increments frozen (details supplied); and if...
    • Livestock Theft
      108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she is putting in place to support farmers along the Border region who have had livestock stolen, particularly in Counties Cavan and...
    • Courts Service Data
      109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public order cases heard at Swords District Court in County Dublin in 2015 and to date in 2016; the number of cases on hand at...
    • Garda Deployment
      110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána attached to the R and J districts on 31 December 2015 and on 28 June 2016; and if she will...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide funding for the refurbishment and provision of additional accommodation at the Garda station in Swords, County Dublin; and...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new public sector workers in her Department hired to replace retiring staff and those who left the Department in each of the years...
  • Department of Finance
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 21 June 2016, the status of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19250/16]
    • Property Tax Collection
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance if payments of local property tax are still accepted in the post office; and if not, when this service was taken away. [19279/16]
    • Banking Sector Data
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customers of a bank (details supplied) who have credit cards with an affinity to each of the universities, National University of Ireland...
    • Tax Credits
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance why a person who has made an e-workers allowance claim for working from home has been requested to submit utility bills and so on in order to process the...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance why tax relief on vehicles purchased for use by persons with disabilities or their drivers is restricted to one vehicle per disabled person (details...
    • Revenue Commissioners Staff
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance if appointments to the Revenue Commissioners will continue to be available after the refurbishment works are completed at Spa Road, Tralee, County Kerry; and...
    • Tax Relief Availability
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing inheritance tax relief for persons who are not married and who are without children but who wish to bequeath their properties...
    • Vehicle Registration
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in respect of vehicle registration tax registration, with garages in the midlands having to travel significant distances to meet...
    • Mortgage Lending
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the use of the exceptions under the Central Bank's lending rules by a bank (details supplied) by the amount under the loan-to-value rules, in...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulation and criteria for a person who wants to emigrate for transferring money to the country where the person wishes to reside. [19185/16]
    • Economic Statements
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will present a revised economic statement to Dáil Éireann given the market turmoil since the Brexit referendum result; and if he will make a...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance to report on the impact of the Brexit result on the euro exchange rate and quantitative easing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19191/16]
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of drug detection dogs available to the customs service; the location of such dogs; his plans to deploy more drug detection dogs at the points of...
    • Tax Code
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will commit to closing the dwelling house loophole in inheritance tax law that provides a particular benefit to wealthy families that are able to gift...
    • Tax Relief Eligibility
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are allowances available for capital acquisitions tax agricultural relief for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance to instruct the Revenue Commissioners to grant a local property tax exemption for a person (details supplied) whose house has pyrite and who has sent relevant...
    • Debt Collection
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a debt collection company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19320/16]
    • Tax Relief Application
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the taxation treatment of milk quota purchased by farmers in order for the sector to correctly claim tax write-offs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Credits
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue from tapering out the personal, pay as you earn and earned income credits by 0.7% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000...
    • Tax Data
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance regarding the CAT group A threshold, the total annual number of persons who availed of the group A threshold in each of the years from 2010 to 2014, in...
    • Tax Code
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of decreasing the standard rate of Pay As You Earn by 1% and 2% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance why staff who have held temporary contracts on a rolling basis over a number of years in the Revenue Commissioners in Ennis, County Clare, are not being...
    • Tax Code
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing the standard rate cut-off point for pay as you earn, PAYE, to €36,000 for a single person,...
    • NAMA Operations
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to a State aid complaint made against the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) to the European Commission; his understanding of...
    • Departmental Records
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed in his Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; his plans to expand this number; if...
    • Departmental Offices
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners' office in Athlone is due to close on a permanent basis from 5 July 2016; if so, the contingency plans in place to deal with the...
    • Bank Debt Restructuring
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances under which PermanentTSB must dispose of its holding in its Capital Home Loans buy-to-let subsidiary; the current value ascribed to this...
    • Credit Union Lending
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will extend the pilot scheme for micro-finance which was set up in November 2015 with 30 credit unions involved and which was restricted to cash...
    • Credit Union Services
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Bank will authorise credit unions to deploy automatic teller machines and credit and debt card facilities, given that this has been subject...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the meetings he has held since January 2015 to date with the chief executive officers, chairpersons and chief financial officers of Allied Irish Bank, Bank of...
    • Charities Regulation
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has discussed the issues in the charity Console with the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19732/16]
    • Fiscal Data
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a recalculation of the fiscal space available over the next five years based on the figures noted in the information box on the possible economic...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance how the loan-to-income and loan-to-value rules under the Central Bank's macro-prudential lending rules interact with each other; if there is a formula in...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of additional public sector staff hired in his Department over and above those who had retired or left the service, that is, new positions only as...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes to the eligibility criteria on accessing funds under the scheme established by the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012...
    • School Transport
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has taken any steps to provide school transport for children in emergency accommodation which is located far away from their schools; and...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoring entry level pay scales to pre-financial emergency measures in the public interest levels, that is, equal pay for...
    • Maternity Protection Entitlements
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the entitlements of a person (details supplied) under SI 654 of 2004, Maternity Protection, Protection of Mothers Who Are Breastfeeding...
    • Student Support Schemes
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the provision of an allowance in respect of a health course (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is allowed complete another academic year in a school in September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he will work with his colleague the Minister with responsibility for regional development, rural affairs, arts and the Gaeltacht to ensure...
    • Arts in Education Charter
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has liaised with the Minister with responsibility for regional development, rural affairs, arts and the Gaeltacht on the development of...
    • Third Level Funding
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of customers of a bank (details supplied) who have credit cards with an affinity to each of the universities, National University of...
    • School Transport Review
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review into the nearest school rule relating to school transport; if its implementation has forced small school closures,...
    • National Training Fund
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding for the Skillnets programme from the national training framework in each year from 2011 to 2016 in tabular form. [19108/16]
    • Further Education and Training Programmes (1 comment)
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of any recent studies, undertaken or commissioned by his Department, of how Ireland compares internationally on macro...
    • Institutes of Technology
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no borrowing framework in place for institutes of technologies, IoTs, as there is for universities, whereby they can borrow...
    • Third Level Admissions Data
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any Irish universities have had to place a cap on student numbers due to funding difficulties; his views on student entry caps as a means of...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all unfilled board positions in bodies under his Department's aegis; and if each of these positions is a paid or an unpaid...
    • Technological Universities
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, when consulting on the technological university model and drafting the Technological University Bill, his Department had ever considered...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with a person (details supplied) to discuss the issue of guidance counsellors in post-primary schools; and if he will make a...
    • School Funding
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19121/16]
    • School Curriculum
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure effective mechanisms to facilitate children in opting out of religious instruction in publicly funded schools (details...
    • Third Level Data
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Irish students in third level education in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19144/16]
    • Third Level Education
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the strategies the Irish education system put in place to cope with the inevitably increased demand on the third level education system, given...
    • School Transport Review
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of concessionary bus tickets for school transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19146/16]
    • School Accommodation
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a new school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19164/16]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure funding is made available for repair work on the roof of a school (details supplied) where rain water is entering through loose...
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Places
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will direct SOLAS the Further Education and Training Authority to place a person (details supplied) on the next electrical instrumentation...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a full-time special needs assistant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19241/16]
    • Third Level Admissions Assistance
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why he refused a person (details supplied) the disability access route to education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19244/16]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reform the assessment criteria for Student Universal Support Ireland third level grants to reflect real family situations,for example, to...
    • Third Level Fees
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the increasing concerns of students at the prospect of student fees payable by those from the Republic of Ireland, who are...
    • Cross-Border Educational Provision
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which children from the Republic of Ireland attending schools in Northern Ireland will be affected by the Brexit outcome; and if he...
    • School Playgrounds
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the funding for a new playground at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19301/16]
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Caranua is now closing clients' files and insisting that they must go through the approval process all over again just to be accepted...
    • Site Acquisitions
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will secure a site for a school (details supplied); the expected timeline for completing the process; and if he will make a statement on...
    • State Examinations
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the leaving certificate results for 2016 could be converted into the new points system which is to come into effect in 2017 as a reference for...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the manner in which complaints are dealt with by Caranua; and the number of complaints received by it during 2015. [19406/16]
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of moneys received by Caranua as interest on money held in accounts by it and the way in which this revenue was spent. [19407/16]
    • Schools Building Projects
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or the Office of Public Works had a site manager for the building of a school (details supplied). [19417/16]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which a school (details supplied) was removed from the major school building projects list to proceed to construction in 2016; the...
    • Technological Universities
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19432/16]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will receive an extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19433/16]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the commencement of building a new school (details supplied); the schedule for when he expects planning permission to...
    • School Accommodation
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual amount of rent being paid for the rental of a premises at a location (details supplied) for the temporary housing of a school; and if...
    • Education and Training Boards Funding
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money allocated to each education and training board for the purposes of youth education in each of the years from 2006 to 2016 to...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19485/16]
    • School Curriculum
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce Mandarin Chinese as a leaving certificate examination subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19491/16]
    • School Playgrounds
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a primary school (details supplied) to develop a play area for the children in its new ASD unit; his...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names, locations and values of school rebuilding projects (details supplied) that were previously to commence in 2016 and have now deferred...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction funding for emergency works which need to be carried out at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Enrolments Data
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Chinese nationals who attended schools here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19537/16]
    • School Curriculum
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage which plans to introduce the teaching of Mandarin as a language on the leaving certificate are at; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Enrolments
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he and the education welfare office will take to secure a school place for September 2016 for a person (details supplied). [19585/16]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for a new school (details supplied): if it is ready to go to tender and if there is a date for completion of this project;...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19606/16]
    • Departmental Records
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff employed in his Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; his plans to expand...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the amalgamation of three schools (details supplied) which share a campus for funding purposes; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Properties
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if will relinquish a long-term lease held on a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19632/16]
    • State Examinations
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a reader for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19637/16]
    • Special Educational Needs
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has a special needs unit; if so, the number of clients it currently has; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Curriculum
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to put Mandarin on the curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19656/16]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any changes planned in the medium to long term to adjust the minimum number of pupils required either up or down to maintain a...
    • School Transport Provision
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements he will put in place to provide school transport for persons (details supplied); if he will approve an application under the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his progress in identifying and securing a permanent site for a primary school (details supplied); when construction will commence; and if he...
    • Scéim na nOibreacha Samhraidh
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aige airgead breise mar atá iarrtha a chur ar fáil le hobair a dhéanamh ar scoil (sonraí tugtha);...
    • Scéimeanna Rannach
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach bhfuil iompar scoile curtha ar fáil do scoláire chuig an nGaelscoil is gaire a bhfuil folúntas inti de...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his progress on the planned construction of the new amalgamated primary school in Monasterevin, County Kildare; when the project will move to the...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will announce the second tranche of the summer works scheme for primary and secondary schools; if he is aware that many schools are...
    • Summer Works Scheme Data
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary and secondary schools in County Donegal he has approved for funding under the summer works scheme to date under various headings,...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to provide accommodation to facilitate a school (details supplied) which has been upgraded and granted a fourth teacher...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will assist in having a teaching post reinstated as per correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional public sector staff hired in his Department over and above those who had retired or left the service, that is, new...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      232. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why he is discriminating against persons living in council properties who earn under €15,000 per annum and who have...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      233. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the wind turbine regulation guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19382/16]
    • National Archives
      234. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the supports in place for development and protection of county archive services to preserve local cultural patrimony....
    • Proposed Legislation
      235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill into the Oireachtas; and the reason for...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      236. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of social housing, given the funding his Department allocated for housing units (details supplied); the stage...
    • An Bord Pleanála Appointments
      237. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to detail the current members of An Bord Pleanála; when these members were appointed to the board; when new members...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      240. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding for a group water scheme (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      241. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the use of bin tags in houses that are unable to have wheelie bins will be affected by the new waste management...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Funding
      242. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount allocated to the mortgage to rent scheme, per year, since the scheme was introduced in 2012; and the amount of...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to ensure that a person's home is remediated under the pyrite remediation scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications
      246. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a mortgage to rent case for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      247. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a company (details supplied) is in breach of consumer protection legislation and-or the customer charter for household...
    • Local Authority Finances
      248. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total debts of each local authority to date, in tabular form. [19449/16]
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      250. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider extending the homeless housing assistance payment scheme pilot to other cities; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      251. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of approvals that have been given to local authorities under the streamlining process for funding whereby...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      252. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority mortgage loans that have been approved through local authority schemes, including the home...
    • Local Authority Housing
      254. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the length of time it takes for his Department to complete and make the necessary payment to a local authority in respect...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      255. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of houses purchased by each local authority and the number paid for by the State since January 2015, in tabular...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
      256. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the remediation works under the pyrite remediation scheme will commence at a location (details supplied); and if he...
    • Local Authority Housing Eligibility
      258. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to change the net income limits for social housing applicant households. [19568/16]
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Criteria
      259. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council is assessing payments under the disability allowance scheme...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      260. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when works on a building (details supplied) will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19588/16]
    • Departmental Records
      261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff employed in his Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form;...
    • Electoral Reform
      262. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for a referendum on lowering the voting age to 16 years of age, given no reference was made to it in the...
    • Electoral Commission Establishment
      263. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he envisions an electoral commission in the lifetime of the Government or if he has a proposed timeline or target date...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      265. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Shannon, County Clare, which should result in the creation of 15 housing units;...
    • Recycling Policy
      275. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a scheme in relation to recycling facilities for tin, aluminium, which pays the person based on the...
    • Local Government Reform
      276. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the efficiency of local government, including its financial and organisational remit, and best practice...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Data
      277. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide the figures on increases under the housing assistance programme taking effect from 1 July 2016 by county in...
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      279. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of additional public sector staff hired in his Department over and above those who had retired or left the...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      280. 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. [19165/16]
    • Social Welfare Rates
      281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the State pension payments by €10; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19342/16]
    • Carer's Support Grant
      283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of carer's support grants paid during June 2016; if all of the automatic renewals have been paid; and if not, the number which remain...
    • Child Benefit Data
      284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer of restoring child benefit to families with children in full-time second level education but who have reached 18...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      286. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the supports for working artists in the social protection system; and if he will relax activation rules for working artists to...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has had their jobseeker's payment stopped; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
      288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time for processing carer's allowance appeals in the social protection appeals office; the assistance available to persons who...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19105/16]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons in receipt of a supplementary welfare allowance can receive up to €20 per week for helping to feed their dogs; and if he will make...
    • State Pensions
      291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons resident here in receipt of a United Kingdom pension; the number of persons resident in the United Kingdom, by area in...
    • Community Services Programme
      292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for the minimum wage support fund by a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19198/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19209/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application for a person (details supplied) under the invalidity allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      296. 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. [19255/16]
    • Redundancy Payments
      297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims under the redundancy payments scheme in tabular form in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date. [19259/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      298. 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. [19260/16]
    • Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
      299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 23 June 2016, if it was the fraud section of his Department that investigated this matter; if payment...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why spinal injuries are excluded from the list of long-term illnesses in the awarding of benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Training Support Grant
      301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has been approved for funding for an educational course by their local Intreo office;...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered the range of reforms of community employment eligibility recently proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider amending the community employment programme for participants over the age of 60 by increasing the number of places allocated...
    • Social Welfare Code
      304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which investments in shares, annuities, AVCs, insurance policies, including mortgage protection policies on a person's primary...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused disability allowance. [19532/16]
    • Community Services Programme
      306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will intervene to prevent cuts to funding at a location (details supplied); the reason such cuts are being implemented; and if he will make a...
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for family income support allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why he has increased the maximum rent limits at a lower rate in Fingal than in other areas in County Dublin under the rent supplement scheme, given...
    • Departmental Records
      309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff employed in his Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; his plans to expand this...
    • Community Work Initiatives
      310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will allow an increase in the self referral percentage for Tús work placement initiative participants in Cork from the current 20%...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19643/16]
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he will take to compensate social protection recipients who receive sterling payments with top-up payments from his Department in view of...
    • Credit Availability
      315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will extend the pilot microfinance scheme, which was launched in November 2015 and operated by 30 credit unions, to the other 300 credit...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
      316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring means testing rules to pre-budget 2012 levels under the farm assist scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Social Scheme Expenditure
      317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring the rural social scheme to 3,000, 3,500, 4,000, 4,500, 5,000, 5,500 and 6,000 places; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Data
      318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications his Department has received under the carer's allowance scheme in each of the years 2015 to 2016 to date; the number of...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Administration
      319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the cuts the previous Government imposed on persons under the farm assist scheme as promised in the programme for Government; and...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
      321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to provide the waiting times experienced by those applying for domiciliary care allowance in 2015 and in 2016 to date; the number of applicants for...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of new public sector workers in his Department hired to replace retiring staff and those who left the Department in each of the years...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland
      323. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the areas within the Belfast Agreement and subsequent agreements raised by him in discussions with the British Prime Minister or...
    • Ukrainian Conflict
      324. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail any bilateral contacts or lobbying that he has received concerning the issue of the European Council's imposition of sanctions...
    • Northern Ireland
      325. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent report on the Loughinisland massacre that confirmed there was police collusion. [19368/16]
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      327. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the most recent response to an independent inquiry into the Dublin-Monaghan bombings. [19370/16]
    • Middle East Issues
      328. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the increase in the number of Palestinian children arrested by Israeli security forces in the past year; the number of...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      329. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met with the Campaign to Raise Awareness of Collusion, CRAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19064/16]
    • Northern Ireland
      330. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress which has been made to reach agreement on measures to address victims' issues since the conclusion of the Fresh Start...
    • Departmental Funding
      331. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total funding allocated to the Reconciliation Fund per annum from 2011 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Passport Applications Data
      332. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications by United Kingdom citizens currently being processed; the extra resources he will be deploy to the...
    • Departmental Data
      333. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens currently working in the United Kingdom, indicated by area in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland;...
    • Human Rights Issues
      334. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on growing calls for the independence of West Papua, especially given increasing and alarming human rights violations there;...
    • Departmental Reports
      335. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the report on human rights and business. [19234/16]
    • International Agreements
      336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on recognising the sovereign state of Somaliland which has celebrated 25 years of independence and democracy; and if he will...
    • Human Rights Issues
      337. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the very dangerous situation of the Baha'is in Iran, especially given the unprecedented number of anti-Baha'is comments in...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      338. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the threats of violence against ASTRACATOL, Farmers Union, in Columbia by state-sponsored groups; and if he agrees that while...
    • EU Migration Crisis
      340. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to address the concerns that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is ill-equipped to deal with the refugee situation in Greece;...
    • Northern Ireland
      341. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met with the Truth and Reconciliation Platform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19359/16]
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      342. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of personnel in his Department currently based in the Northern Ireland section; his plans to expand that section in light...
    • Passport Applications Data
      345. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications received by the passport office in the past six months to date; the number of passport applications...
    • Departmental Records
      346. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff employed in his Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; his plans to...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of progress made with establishing an institutional framework for implementation and reporting with regard to the sustainable...
    • Passport Applications Data
      348. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of passport applications per annum from 2010 to date, in tabular form. [19659/16]
    • Good Friday Agreement
      351. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation of the recommendations to tackle paramilitarism given by the independent paramilitary panel in June 2016;...
    • Trade Missions Data
      352. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of joint trade missions between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland undertaken to date; the number planned for the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      353. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on any ministerial level meetings held since the Fresh Start Agreement with regard to the north west development funds;...
    • Passport Services
      354. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total peak number of staff employed by the passport service per annum from 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Passport Applications Data
      355. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average turnaround time of passports in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19666/16]
    • EU Issues
      356. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his European Union colleagues have attempted to examine the consequences of an erosion of the founding principles...
    • UN Guiding Principles
      358. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he, through the European Union or directly in the context of wider global consultations, can influence a review of the...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      359. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which access to humanitarian aid remains available to those affected by war, persecution or starvation throughout the known...
    • EU Enlargement
      362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the western Balkans continue to observe the acquis communautaire in line with movement towards European Union...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community can improve support for the victims of the war in Syria; if new initiatives are required to...
    • EU Migration Crisis
      364. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the refugee crisis continues to be monitored at European Union and United Nations level with a view to identifying a...
    • Human Rights Cases
      365. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he continues to liaise with the Egyptian authorities with a view to achieving the release of a person (details supplied)...
    • Trade Relations
      368. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which new trading links can be established globally; the extent to which he expects that this country can benefit from such...
    • Ukrainian Conflict
      369. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the situation in the Ukraine continues to feature in discussions at European Union level with particular reference to...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      370. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of additional public sector staff hired in his Department over and above those who had retired or left the service, that is, new...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      372. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of his Department's assessment of the impact Brexit will have on PEACE funds to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Station Closures
      374. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the ownership status of seven Garda stations which are currently closed in the Roscommon/Galway constituency (details supplied); and if...
    • Institutes of Technology
      377. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason there is no borrowing framework in place for institutes of technology, as there is for universities (details supplied); if he...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      378. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 560 of 31 May 2016 and to comments made by him at a presentation to the Joint Committee on Public...
    • Garda Station Closures
      380. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of an application by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19318/16]
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      381. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if special public service competitions for persons with disabilities and alternative recruitment channels have been put in place in...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      383. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if recruitment to the Office of the Ombudsman is done on an open basis or is restricted to existing civil servants. [19401/16]
    • Ombudsman's Remit
      384. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consequences or penalties that apply, if any, for senior officials following an adverse finding of the Office of the Ombudsman....
    • Pension Levy
      385. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of combining the public service pension reduction amendments due in 2017 and 2018 to be rolled into one payment in 2017 for all...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      386. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of new public sector workers in his Department hired to replace retiring staff and those who left the service in each of the...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      388. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of changes to increment bands agreed as part of the Haddington Road agreement for all those who entered the public and Civil...
    • Drainage Schemes Status
      390. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set down the status of the schedule of works for a location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19539/16]
    • Departmental Records
      393. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out in tabular form the number of staff employed in his Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date; his...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
      394. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 8 June 2016 whether he will reconsider the case for these persons (details supplied); and...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      395. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set down the number of civil servants who retired at 65 years of age in 2015; the number of these who had full service; the number...
    • Social Partnership Meetings
      397. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline his plans to establish a process of dialogue with the social partners. [15847/16]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Waterways Ireland
      399. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to set out the status of the restoration of the dry dock facilities at Mullingar Harbour (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Arts Centres
      401. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to set out the funding she will provide to assist the development and operations of a centre (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Wildlife Protection
      402. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to set out the status of the two sets of regulations referred to in sections 8(1) and 8(2) of the Heritage Bill 2016 relating to...
    • Built Heritage Investment Scheme
      404. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the committee for a centre (details supplied) can apply for funding as the building is in disrepair; and if she will make a...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      405. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline her views on the 70% cut to funding for Leader Cork county scheme; if she will commit to restoring funding; and if she...
    • Departmental Records
      406. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to set out in tabular form the number of staff employed in her Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date;...
    • National Archives
      407. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to set out the status of the implementation of changes to the National Archive Act 1986 to reduce the 30 year holding period to 20...
    • Wildlife Protection
      409. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to detail all occasions since the introduction of the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000 when section 40(3) of the Wildlife Act 1976, as...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      410. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he will finalise the local development strategy for County Longford in order that Leader 2020 funding can be provided to many...
    • Heritage Sites
      411. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the status of progress concerning the designation of The Hill of Uisneach in Killare, County Westmeath as a United Nations...
    • Arts Funding
      412. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will commit to the long-term goal of increasing arts funding to the European average of 0.6 % of gross domestic product. [19816/16]
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      413. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide extra funding to Irish-speaking Gaeltacht areas to encourage greater use of the language and better economic...
    • Arts Funding
      414. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how she will make sure arts funding is used to ensure minority and new Irish voices are heard as part of the cultural output. [19820/16]
    • Cultural Policy
      415. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support the development of the creative industries sector; if she has reviewed the report from the previous Joint...
    • Intellectual Property Management
      416. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had any engagement with stakeholders in the music industry in terms of the establishment of a music industry task force,...
    • Cultural Policy
      417. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop a national culture strategy up to 2025. [19825/16]
    • Arts Funding
      418. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has examined any proposals to facilitate, on a national basis, the use of vacant retail premises by exhibiting artists, based...
    • Heritage Projects
      419. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will examine a nationwide plan for the development of village design statements that would ensure all future planning and...
    • Arts Promotion
      420. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to work with the Minister for Health to develop and roll out an arts and health strategy across acute and children’s hospitals...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      422. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of additional public sector staff hired in her Department over and above those who had retired or left the service, that...
  • Department of Health
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      424. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that Ireland has the lowest number of social workers undertaking postgraduate research among any developed country; his views on the fact that...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      425. To ask the Minister for Health if those receiving a pension from the United Kingdom and living here will still be entitled to a non-means tested medical card despite the United Kingdom no...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant a primary medical certificate to a person (details supplied). [19636/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      427. To ask the Minister for Health his discussions with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding the concerns of farming organisations about the viability of the family farm...
    • Charities Regulation
      428. To ask the Minister for Health his discussions regarding the charity Console and the funding it received; if he will examine the spending of public funds; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff
      429. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate if and when a required child psychiatrist will be allocated to the north Kildare area with particular reference to the provision of adequate mental...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the status of moves towards the provision of an integrated treatment service for all substance users as outlined in the national drug strategy; and if he will...
    • Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the needle exchange programme; the number of persons which have taken part in the programme over the past ten years per county; if the programme...
    • Nursing Staff Data
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of advanced nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist role; the number of such roles which have been created in each case;...
    • General Practitioner Data
      438. To ask the Minister for Health the number of trained level one and level two general practitioners per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19081/16]
    • HSE Staff Training
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the development of national training standards for all those involved in the provision of substance misuse services; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he is considering to include modular accommodation patient hotel for South Tipperary General Hospital as part of a revised capital plan for the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      442. To ask the Minister for Health to address concerns that have arisen regarding the Gardasil vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19096/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      443. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be granted an appointment for a cognitive assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19097/16]
    • Hospitals Car Park Charges
      444. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the cost of staff parking at St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8 to ease the financial cost of commuting to work for those staff who are not on a...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      445. To ask the Minister for Health if and when the required support and assistance will be approved under the home care package in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      446. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out the type of facility, such as the rapid injury clinic which is operated by the Mater Hospital in Smithfield, to other hospitals in Dublin...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      447. To ask the Minister for Health if a vacancy for a speech and language therapist for adults in Dublin West will be filled (details supplied); to report on the current length of the waiting...
    • Pharmacy Services
      448. To ask the Minister for Health why chemists are no longer providing blister packs, as they did previously (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19118/16]
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      449. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19119/16]
    • Community Care
      450. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the issues concerning community first responder groups having access to a protected forum (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      451. To ask the Minister for Health when he will begin engagement to assess and identify how to minimise any adverse impacts on the provision of all-island health services and collaboration...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      453. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for extra hours under the home help scheme, including when he will make a decision on this; and if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      454. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19129/16]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      455. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be assessed for speech and therapy services. [19132/16]
    • Health Services Staff
      456. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a permanent dermatologist appointed in the south east; the waiting times for consultations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19135/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      457. 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. [19137/16]
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      458. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are on the waiting list and the length of time they are waiting in schools in County Cavan and County Monaghan under the primary...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      460. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a full assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005 for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      461. To ask the Minister for Health when the Ampligen drug will be available here given there are persons awaiting its approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19174/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      462. To ask the Minister for Health if adequate funding will be provided to support personal assistant services in the west of Ireland whereby a person (details supplied) on a prioritised waiting...
    • Ambulance Service
      463. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions the Saolta hospital group availed of the services of a private ambulance company in the years 2014 to 2016 to date; and if he will make...
    • Bereavement Counselling Services Provision
      465. To ask the Minister for Health to publish, without further delay, the Health Service Executive standards for bereavement care following pregnancy loss and perinatal death, including...
    • Protection of Life During Pregnancy Reviews
      466. To ask the Minister for Health to establish a dedicated unit within the Health Service Executive with suitably qualified staff adequately supported and resourced to deal with the...
    • HSE Funding
      467. To ask the Minister for Health to organise for the Health Service Executive to cover the cost of repatriation of remains to parents in a suitable manner in cases of fatal foetal...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      469. 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. [19213/16]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      471. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the annual budget allocated from the drugs programmes and policy unit within his Department for each of the ten regional drug and...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      476. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that the new national drugs strategy which is currently under development will be one integrated national substance misuse strategy inclusive of all...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      477. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional home help for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19227/16]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      479. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) who has been approved for a 72-hours home care package has not yet received same. [19249/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a hospital (details supplied) and upgrade it from a part-time service to a full-time service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      482. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure a person (details supplied) receives necessary respite care. [19266/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      483. To ask the Minister for Health to make funding available through the Health Service Executive to assist persons (details supplied). [19267/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      484. 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. [19269/16]
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      486. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost to the Exchequer of restoring entrance wage rates for psychiatric nurses [19273/16]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      487. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been refused respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19280/16]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      488. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have their needs assessed by a needs assessment officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19282/16]
    • Community Care
      490. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to move a primary care centre (details supplied) out of community health care organisation area 2 and into community health care organisation area 1;...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the implications for radiotherapy patients from Donegal attending the north west cancer centre in Altnagelvin Hospital in light of the Brexit outcome; and if...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      492. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19292/16]
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the number of officer positions, including operational resource manager, fleet, logistics and estate manager, and quality, safety and risk manager, which have...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      500. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop inpatient rehabilitation services at both national and regional level, to ensure timely access to community neuro-rehabilitation teams,...
    • Orthodontic Services
      501. To ask the Minister for Health if he or the Health Service Executive covers claims from clients of orthodontists where the procedure has gone wrong; if there is a national body to monitor...
    • Disability Services Provision
      502. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have access to occupational therapy, psychology and speech and language therapy. [19308/16]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      503. To ask the Minister for Health if a requested place can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19309/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      504. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied) receives surgery without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19310/16]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      505. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons here who have used the cross-border health care directive per annum since its inception to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      510. 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. [19316/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      511. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for admission to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire. [19317/16]
    • Infectious Disease Epidemics
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the public health advice he has issued regarding the 2016 Olympics in Brazil and the zika virus; how he has publicised this advice; and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      513. To ask the Minister for Health if home help will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19321/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      514. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred to Galway University Hospital to undergo an operation; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      515. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fund the drug Ampligen for suffers of myalgic encephalomyelitis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19325/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied), including when the person will receive an appointment. [19326/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      521. To ask the Minister for Health to provide home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19335/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [19349/16]
    • Smoking Ban
      523. To ask the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to ensure that smoking areas in public places are not open to the elements with risk of contracting colds, influenza and discomfort; and if...
    • Dental Services
      524. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding oral health and hygiene; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19360/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      525. 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. [19361/16]
    • Hospitals Funding
      526. To ask the Minister for Health the funding granted to the National Rehabilitation Hospital in each of the years 2010 to 2016, in tabular form. [19363/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      527. To ask the Minister for Health the funding totals from his Department allocated to the treatment of spinal injuries, in tabular form. [19364/16]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      528. To ask the Minister for Health why paralysis is not classed as a long-term illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19365/16]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      529. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria that must be met for a person with spinal injuries to be granted a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19366/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      530. To ask the Minister for Health to intervene and schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied). [19391/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure
      531. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek the policy reasons from the Health Service Executive as to why it refuses to publish revised costs of care in public nursing homes; if he is...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      533. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to act on the report, Accounts of the Public Services 2010, published in 2011 where the Comptroller and Auditor General informed him that the cost of...
    • Hospital Procedures
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the number of purpose built theatres in Cork University Hospital for gynaecology surgery; and the number of hours each are used for each of the past six months...
    • Health Services Provision
      536. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive occupational therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19405/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given treatment at an available clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19438/16]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      539. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical device will be supplied to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19441/16]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      541. To ask the Minister for Health when he will arrange an appointment for speech and language therapy for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19443/16]
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress made with regard to the development of a new implementation framework for the reconfiguration and development of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      543. To ask the Minister for Health when he will provide an operation for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this procedure; if the person can undergo the...
    • Health Services
      544. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a case (details supplied); his views on the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19484/16]
    • Palliative Care Services
      546. To ask the Minister for Health if the work of palliative care teams will be extended to include end of life patients with dementia and Alzheimer's disease; the funding made available by his...
    • Orthodontic Services Data
      547. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the full report of an investigation into the damage caused to children while under the care of the public orthodontic services; if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      548. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for a procedure at Cork University Hospital will be arranged for a person (details supplied) given the fact that the person attended the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      549. To ask the Minister for Health if a walker frame for outdoor use will be approved for a person (details supplied). [19499/16]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      550. To ask the Minister for Health if there is currently a full time endocrinologist in place at Letterkenny University Hospital for the treatment of adult diabetes patients; the waiting times...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to have a person (details supplied) admitted immediately for a procedure at Tallaght hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for medical equipment by a person (details supplied). [19525/16]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      553. To ask the Minister for Health if the treatment abroad scheme can be considered by families seeking treatment in the USA given that the best treatment is available there for a condition...
    • Nursing Home Services
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the working group set up in 2005 with the aim of developing standards in all residential care settings and if this does not mean all homes; and...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      555. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate additional funding to ensure that new applicants can avail of home help assistance and home care packages; the present funding arrangements...
    • Home Help Service
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for home help hours applied for in Dublin city by area; the number of those applications which qualified for home help hours; and...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      558. To ask the Minister for Health if five additional beds allocated to Monaghan Hospital in 2013 have been opened yet; if not, the reason for this; his plans for additional allocation of beds...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      560. To ask the Minister for Health if adequate funding will be provided to support personal assistant services in the west of Ireland whereby a person (details supplied) on a prioritised waiting...
    • Departmental Records
      561. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in his Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; his plans to expand this number; if...
    • Home Care Packages
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours allocated under the home care package in each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date, in tabular form. [19627/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      565. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at the Dublin Dental Hospital to start a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      567. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected that the design stage will commence for the new build of St. Patrick's Hospital in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; and if he will make...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      568. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review or has reviewed the current system of fitting and refitting wheelchairs for persons; if he is aware that for a person in County Kerry to get...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      569. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who has a lifelong condition that will never improve and was awarded a medical card in October 2015...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      570. To ask the Minister for Health when the interdepartmental group will report following submissions by farming organisations regarding the fair deal scheme: its progress to date; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant psychiatrist vacancies within the child and adult mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19724/16]
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      573. To ask the Minister for Health his discussions regarding the charity Console and the funding it received; if he has asked the Health Service Executive or his Department to audit the funding...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for lottery funding by the Health Service Executive in respect of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Fishing Industry
      575. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the immediate contingency steps he will take to safeguard the interests of the Irish fishing sector following the decision by United...
    • TAMS Applications
      577. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for funding by a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II; and...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      578. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a number of farm payments to a person (details supplied) have been withheld. [19102/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      579. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19117/16]
    • TAMS Applications
      580. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the cereal targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; and if he...
    • GLAS Applications
      581. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under tier 3 of the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      582. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19148/16]
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the 2016 scheme of investment aid for the development of the...
    • Planning Issues
      584. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1060 of 17 May 2016, the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Animal Welfare
      585. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a file regarding an alleged animal welfare matter (details supplied) has been passed by his Department to the Director of Public...
    • Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
      586. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) under the young farmers scheme. [19214/16]
    • Animal Welfare
      587. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the location of greyhounds (details supplied); the steps he has taken to ensure their safety and that standards of transparency and...
    • Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
      588. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal under the Young Farmers Scheme by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hedge Cutting Season
      589. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has issued information to local authorities regarding hedge cutting regulations and exemptions for road safety reasons to...
    • TAMS Payments
      590. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to parliamentary Question No. 531 of 8 June 2016, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Beef Industry
      591. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the requirement for carbon credits for beef produced here for European and international markets; his plans to alleviate...
    • Agriculture Scheme Administration
      592. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered a provision to enable farmers on mountain type land to apply for a top-up due to the higher cost in delivering...
    • Food Exports
      595. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a detailed breakdown of the economic demographics of those persons who consume Irish beef and dairy products internationally; and...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      596. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a national reserve scheme payment will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Schemes
      598. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the locally led agri-environment scheme will be re-initiated. [19531/16]
    • Credit Availability
      600. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the challenges facing the farming community with respect to accessing finance, particularly the variations in...
    • Agriculture Industry
      601. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost to the agriculture sector of the existing tariffs on fertilisers; if any attempts are being made to reduce these tariffs;...
    • Electronic Tagging
      602. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the detail of the proposed necessity for farmers to provide electronic tagging of cattle in order to access certain agricultural...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      603. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will be made under the National Reserve to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give consideration to fund a project for a local community (details supplied) in 2016; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      605. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff employed in his Department's Archive Unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; his plans...
    • Beef Data Programme
      606. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will assess the case of a person (details supplied) who was part of the beef data and genomics programme in 2016. [19641/16]
    • Rural Development Programme
      607. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason beef farmers, who exclusively finish Friesian cattle, are being excluded from payment under the knowledge transfer group...
    • Rural Development Programme Data
      608. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who have applied to the knowledge transfer group scheme under the rural development programme 2014-2020 to...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
      609. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of the areas of natural constraints scheme; if the cutbacks to the scheme that applied since 2008 and to the disadvantaged...
    • Beef Data Programme
      610. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the calculations his Department conducted pertaining to the average payment per animal under the beef data and genomics programme;...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Data
      611. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average payment per animal under the suckler welfare scheme; the number of participants; the total funds allocated and drawn down...
    • Tuberculosis Eradication Programme Payments
      612. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the level of compensation being paid to farmers who have had tuberculosis reactors in their herd and the fact that...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      613. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of additional public sector staff hired in his Department over and above those who had retired or left the service, that...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Inland Fisheries Regulation
      615. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reasons Inland Fisheries Ireland are seeking to prohibit an angling practice at a location (details supplied); if...
    • Energy Production
      616. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union within two years will have a particular impact on the continued...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      619. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is expediting the refit for solar energy scheme; the number of beneficiaries and the funding granted to date. [19140/16]
    • Gas Exploration Licences
      620. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the decision making process with regard to issuing of licences in the Atlantic margin oil and gas exploration licensing...
    • Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme
      621. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide renewable energy feed-in tariffs to solar energy in 2016; the likely tariff given Ireland’s...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      622. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reasons wind energy currently is given preference over other more non-intrusive technologies, such as solar, in...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      623. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proportion of renewable energy that will come from energy sources (details supplied) in the Government’s plan...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      624. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Government has transposed the European broadband directive, 2014/61/EU, relating to infrastructure sharing, which...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      625. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure that the infrastructure to facilitate the roll out of the national broadband plan will be kept in State...
    • Departmental Records
      627. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff employed in his Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form;...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      628. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his role relating to compliance or non-compliance with the strategic environmental impact assessment regarding Gate 3...
    • Departmental Bodies
      629. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the role of his Department regarding bodies operating under the aegis of his Department, including oversight functions;...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      630. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy to ensure that micro-generation by persons is encouraged and that particularly where micro-generation is...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Roads Maintenance
      631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the request made by the Committee of Public Accounts on 21 January 2016 which outlined concerns that up to 300,000 tonnes...
    • Public Transport
      632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that while over 60% of Bus Éireann coaches, over 200 vehicles, are now wheelchair accessible, it is virtually...
    • Roads Maintenance
      633. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is willing to release the funding necessary to expedite the R150 Laytown to Bettystown spine road project due to the very large...
    • Road Projects Status
      634. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if and when he will progress the M20 project and if not, his plans to improve road infrastructure in the region. [19138/16]
    • Road Signage
      635. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to explain the absence of a signpost for Castleconnell at junction 27 of the M7 motorway, which is the last junction before motorists...
    • Road Safety
      636. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding speed limits in housing estates that have not yet been taken in charge by local authorities; the speed limits that...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      637. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the electrification of the Dublin to Maynooth railway line as proposed in the capital programme; and if he will make a...
    • Dublin Bus
      638. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received any report from Dublin Bus on the results of having revenue protection officers board buses at random; the scale of...
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      639. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the plans for the Swiftway rapid bus services in particular the proposed Blanchardstown to University College Dublin route;...
    • Roads Maintenance
      640. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a policy whereby when footpaths are being upgraded disabled ramps and a designated parking spot are included in the plans; if...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grants and financial supports available to a voluntary sporting organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Projects
      642. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the proposal to develop a motorway between Limerick and Mitchelstown by Transport Infrastructure Ireland as opposed to...
    • Road Signage
      643. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the absence of a signpost for Castleconnell at junction 27 of the M7; his plans to deal with the matter; and if he will...
    • Departmental Records
      644. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff employed in his Department's Archive Unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; his plans to...
    • Road Projects
      645. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the access allowed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland to private service providers to ducting along the M1, M2...
    • Departmental Meetings
      646. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider a request from a local authority (details supplied). [19692/16]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      647. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will announce a sports capital programme so as to enable clubs and organisations to apply for funding to upgrade and refurbish...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • International Agreements
      648. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date on which the European Commission will present a proposal to the Council of Ministers asking the Council to vote to give the...
    • Legislative Reviews
      659. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will undertake a full review of the rights of artists here, including a thorough examination of our existing copyright laws and...
    • Local Enterprise Offices Establishment
      660. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will establish a local enterprise office in Drogheda, County Louth, following the recent referendum decision in the United...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      661. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the findings of a risk assessment report in 2013 regarding contingency plans considered in the event of Brexit and...
    • Consumer Protection
      662. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a company (details supplied) is in breach of consumer protection legislation by automatically opting customers into a pay-by-weight...
    • EU Directives
      663. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures that have been adopted to date to transpose Directive 2014/104/EU on private party actions for damages for infringements...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      664. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is concerned that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, received the lowest ranking of any antitrust...
    • Departmental Records
      675. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff employed in her Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; her plans to...
    • IDA Data
      676. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Industrial Development Agency last visited Cavan and Monaghan; the number of new jobs which have been created by the IDA in...
    • Employment Rights
      677. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding au pairs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19683/16]
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      678. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to fill the 18 vacant posts in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      679. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of additional public sector staff hired in her Department over and above those who had retired or left the service, that...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      681. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs how a parent can apply under the special needs assistant scheme in respect of a child in preschool; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Protection
      682. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide estimates on the number and percentage of current child protection and welfare cases that have not been allocated a social...
    • Child Protection Services Provision
      685. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs why the walk-in child sexual abuse service in County Galway is being shut down by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency; her views on whether...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      686. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the barriers to integrating information technology, IT, systems across social worker regional offices; if she is aware of the fact that...
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      687. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount paid by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to all independent guardians ad litem, GAL, in 2015; and the amount which was paid...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      688. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is aware of the substantial cuts experienced by the Westmeath County Childcare Committee Limited, which has seen a drop of 26% in...
    • Adoption Services Provision
      689. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide post-adoptive services for adopted children as proposed by the Russian Irish Adoption Group and others; and if she will...
    • Family Resource Centres
      690. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reasons for the proposed closure of a centre (details supplied); and if she or officials in her Department will agree to meet with the...
    • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
      691. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of the 8,000 community child care subvention scheme places from budget 2016 which have become available; the level of the take...
    • Departmental Records
      692. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff employed in her Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016, to date, in tabular form; her plans to...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      693. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will take steps to reverse the 26% cut in the financial allocation from €316,797 in 2010 to €241,000 in 2016 to...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      694. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of additional public sector staff hired in her Department over and above those who had retired or left the service, that is, new...
  • Department of Defence
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      696. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his contingency plans in place for counties Cavan and Monaghan following the Brexit referendum result; if Army personnel will be relocated in...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      697. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Lariam is still being provided to members of the Defence Forces; if not, when this practice ended; if it is still being administered the...
    • Naval Service
      698. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 21 June 2016, regarding the potential strategic implications of the planned waste incinerator,...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      699. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views in relation to whether officers travelling to sub-Saharan areas are prescribed Malarone or Doxcycline, rather than Lariam; when this...
    • Departmental Records
      701. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff employed in his Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016, to date, in tabular form; his plans to expand...

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