Written answers

Tuesday, 12 July 2016

  • Department of Health
    • Nursing Home Services
      14. To ask the Minister for Health if he will discuss with the Health Service Executive the need for capital funding to secure the future of a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      15. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review legislation, given that the Crowe Horwath report into the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland is reported to note that the legislation...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      16. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the recruitment of a full-time consultant medical oncologist with a special interest in sarcoma in St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin 4; if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      17. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase between December 2015 and May 2016 in the number of outpatients waiting more than one year for a consultation in...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      18. To ask the Minister for Health the increases in staffing that have been achieved to deal with the crisis under the home help scheme and the carer respite services; the number of persons who...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      19. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects to be in a position to reduce the waiting lists for various procedures throughout the public health and hospital system with a...
    • Health Services Reports
      20. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 213 to 215, inclusive, of 23 June 2015, the actions he is taking to ensure patient safety in terms of investigating why...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      21. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve psychiatric services at acute and at community level in counties Carlow and Kilkenny. [20987/16]
    • Commissions of Investigation
      22. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a statutory commission of investigation into a foster home in the south east. [20988/16]
    • Vaccination Programme
      23. To ask the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive is not engaging with the Reactions and Effects of Gardisil Resulting in Extreme Trauma, REGRET, group; if he has confidence in...
    • HSE Governance
      24. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing a legislative based accountability framework for Health Service Executive employees; the consultation or meetings he has had on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      25. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of needs assessments by needs assessment officers in areas (details supplied); the number of officers in place; the reason for the...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      26. To ask the Minister for Health how Ireland’s expenditure on medicines compares to other European Union member states when considered as a share of overall health expenditure. [20976/16]
    • General Practitioner Services
      27. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to progress the development, staff levels and contracts of general practitioners including the provision of care free at the point of...
    • Hospital Services
      28. To ask the Minister for Health when he will complete improvements to radiology services at South Tipperary General Hospital; the investment cost of these improvements; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      29. To ask the Minister for Health his assessment of mental health services in south Tipperary since the closure of St. Michael's psychiatric unit in Clonmel, County Tipperary; if he will...
    • Budget Submissions
      30. To ask the Minister for Health if he has examined the Alzheimer Society of Ireland's recent pre-budget submission, in particular if he notes the request for an additional €67...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      31. To ask the Minister for Health to amend the terms of the treatment abroad scheme to include medical treatment in relation to termination of pregnancy, reasonable travel, accommodation and...
    • Electronic Health Records
      32. To ask the Minister for Health the consultation that has taken place with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland with respect to working towards interoperability of cross-Border...
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      33. To ask the Minister for Health the way he proposes to cut the costs of medication to the State and to the general public. [20949/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      34. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase between December 2015 and May 2016 in the number of outpatients waiting more than a year for a consultation in Waterford...
    • Ambulance Service
      35. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the implementation of the action plan of the national ambulance service capacity review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20950/16]
    • Health Services Funding
      36. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review arrangements for funding of section 38 agencies in view of recent events. [20956/16]
    • Mental Health Services
      37. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a regulatory framework to allow for the registering of all residential mental health and drug and alcohol units to ensure that standards...
    • Mental Health Policy
      38. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the independent monitoring group set up to monitor the implementation of A Vision for Change and which sat for two periods, 2006-2009 and 2009-2012,...
    • Health Services Provision
      39. To ask the Minister for Health if it is acceptable to allow an eight year old child, who is deaf in one ear and partially deaf in the other, wait two years on the public waiting list for an...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      40. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce waiting times for speech and language therapy. [20960/16]
    • General Medical Services Scheme Administration
      41. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in the ongoing negotiations with the Irish Medical Organisation on a new general medical services, GMS, contract; if the National...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      42. To ask the Minister for Health his progress in establishing 24/7 crisis intervention supports in adult mental health, such as introducing a seven-day week in day units or opening crisis...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      44. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ultra sounds; the backlog that exists for ultra sounds in Galway University Hospital for infants up to four...
    • Medical Card Administration
      46. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to legislate for a distinct new medical need ground for eligibility for the medical card with an assessment involving the establishment of a threshold...
    • Palliative Care Services Provision
      47. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive plans in place to support North Westmeath Hospice and palliative care in the county generally. [20995/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      48. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase between December 2015 and May 2016 in the number of children waiting more than a year for an outpatient consultation in...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      49. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the list of the current conditions covered under the long-term illness scheme to include chronic and severe asthma. [20953/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      51. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals there are to increase the number of home help hours in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [20979/16]
    • Mental Health Services
      52. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review with the Health Service Executive the decision to transfer all psychiatric beds from County Tipperary to Kilkenny and Ennis, County Clare as...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      53. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase between December 2015 and May 2016 in the number of outpatients waiting more than a year for a consultation in...
    • Health Services Data
      54. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there are an adequate number of intensive care beds to make full use of the recent announcement of the investment in the all-island...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      55. To ask the Minister for Health the health services that have been sought by persons who have accessed healthcare under the European Union Cross-Border Healthcare Directive in another European...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      56. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase between December 2015 and May 2016 in the number of outpatients waiting more than a year for a consultation in the Mater...
    • Hospital Trusts
      57. To ask the Minister for Health to halt the devolution of control of hospitals to trusts as part of the new ten year health plan; and his plans to put hospital trusts on a statutory basis; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      58. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase between December 2015 and May 2016 in the number of outpatients waiting more than a year for a consultation in Beaumont...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      59. To ask the Minister for Health the status of development plans for Sligo University Hospital. [20989/16]
    • Abortion Services Provision
      60. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the level of abortion services provided under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2015, as recently reported to the Houses of...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      61. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to increase the number of home help hours in counties Sligo, Leitrim, west Cavan and south Donegal. [20990/16]
    • Home Help Service
      62. To ask the Minister for Health the reason when a person is in need of home help hours and is awarded the hours these hours cannot be accessed due to a lack of availability with private care...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      63. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a systematic and sustained increase in the provision of home care for older persons. [20965/16]
    • General Practitioner Services
      64. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to alleviate the pressures on general practitioners in County Kildare in the view of the introduction of free general practitioner care for the under...
    • National Children's Hospital Status
      65. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made on construction of the national children's hospital at the St. James's Hospital site; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Abortion Services Provision
      66. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to repeal the Regulation of Information (Services Outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act 1995, particularly in view of the United...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      67. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have accessed health care under the European Union Cross-Border Healthcare Directive in another European Union and European Economic...
    • Misuse of Drugs
      68. To ask the Minister for Health if there is evidence available that the rescheduling of b​enzodiazepines or ​Z​ drugs could​ prevent the misuse of...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      69. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he is allowing a situation to arise at Letterkenny University Hospital where the necessary infrastructure and staff are not being provided to the...
    • National Dementia Strategy Implementation
      70. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 714 of 31 May 2016, how the co-investment programme of €27.5 million for the national dementia strategy has been...
    • Special Educational Needs
      71. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for disability assessment reports from the Health Service Executive; if he is aware that this impedes the ability of children...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      72. To ask the Minister for Health the increases in staffing that have been achieved to deal with the crisis in primary care psychology, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      73. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the current rheumatology consultant service being provided at Mayo University Hospital. [20981/16]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      74. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the congestion at accident and emergency departments in public hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20911/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      75. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase between December 2015 and May 2016 in the number of outpatients waiting more than a year for a consultation in Our...
    • Health Services Staff
      77. To ask the Minister for Health the increases in staffing that have been achieved to deal with the crisis in home help and carer respite services; the number of persons in hospital with their...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      78. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age that have been admitted to acute hospitals on mental health grounds; and the number of individual children these...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      79. To ask the Minister for Health when regulations will be introduced to provide for the introduction of suboxone as an alternative to methadone. [20967/16]
    • Respite Care Services
      80. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a national respite strategy to help those caring for persons with very profound disabilities. [20961/16]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      83. To ask the Minister for Health if analysis has been completed or studies carried out on the number of admissions and renewal orders revoked before a mental health tribunal is held. [20959/16]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      84. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in the number of critical care beds that are available since April 2016; the estimated increase in same for the remainder of 2016; and if he will...
    • Pharmacy Services
      85. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to introduce a minor ailment scheme in community pharmacies [20962/16]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      86. To ask the Minister for Health the work he has contemplated or plans to determine the areas of greatest need for primary care staff; the extent of unmet demand in each area; the cost of...
    • Childhood Obesity
      87. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's plans for addressing levels of childhood obesity; and the measures his Department is taking to promote better nutrition, healthy eating and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      88. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase between December 2015 and May 2016 in the number of outpatients waiting more than a year for a consultation in Our Lady...
    • Health Services Provision
      89. To ask the Minister for Health the service that will be put in place to replace the eye-testing service for fifth and sixth class students as part of the primary school children optical...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      91. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to the Crowe Horwath report into the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI; if he has had any meetings with the NMBI on...
    • Health Services Provision
      92. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community optometrists here; the number of service level agreements in place between the Health Service Executive and private optometry services...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      94. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns regarding artificial pricing thresholds in medicine pricing arrangements with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association. [20985/16]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      95. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction works at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Castlebar, County Mayo; and the expected completion date. [20980/16]
    • HSE Funding
      96. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department conducted or is in the process of conducting financial audits of section 38 and 39 funded agencies; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      97. To ask the Minister for Health the savings he anticipates from the agreement with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association. [20975/16]
    • Hospital Services
      98. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a catheterisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20947/16]
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      99. To ask the Minister for Health why the only specialised sarcoma consultant (details supplied) here is being let go; the person who will look after the approximate 300 patients currently under...
    • Orthodontic Services Data (1 comment)
      101. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthodontic treatments that the Health Service Executive has outsourced for patients who are waiting over four years for routine orthodontic...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      102. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase between December 2015 and May 2016 in the number of outpatients waiting more than a year for a consultation in Mayo...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      104. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit additional gynaecologists in Cork University Hospital. [20991/16]
    • Health Care Policy
      105. To ask the Minister for Health the research that is being conducted specifically on universal health care; if he is aware of research being undertaken by other groups outside his Department...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      107. To ask the Minister for Health if there continues to be a recruitment freeze on allied health professionals, as the absence of such recruitment is putting some health services in County...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      108. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to see a sustained improvement in hospital waiting lists. [20955/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      109. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the outsourcing of health services to non-governmental organisations in view of an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      111. To ask the Minister for Health when irregularities and concerns first came to or were brought to his attention and that of the Health Service Executive in the matter of a charity (details...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      112. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for corrective surgical procedures for scoliosis; the number that have been waiting for three, six, nine, 12, 18 and 24 months;...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      113. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 17 mental health areas within the nine community health care organisations that provide a full weekend support. [20958/16]
    • Departmental Management Structures
      115. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 28 of 2 June 2016, if the research being undertaken by the new policy, strategy and integration unit established within...
    • HSE Funding
      116. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that public funds provided by his Department are not misused or misappropriated by voluntary and charitable bodies providing supporting...
    • Hospital Investigations
      117. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the composition of the current internal hospital review teams conducting internal investigations into all serious incidents in hospitals...
    • Ministerial Hospital Visits
      118. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with Saolta and-or the management of Galway University Hospital on health issues (details supplied) and the planning for a new hospital; and if...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      119. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the current problems being caused in mental health services by the failure to provide adequate care to persons in mental health distress who...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      120. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI, for each of the past five years on legal fees; if this will be broken down in terms of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      121. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase between December 2015 and May 2016 in the number of outpatients waiting more than a year for a consultation in Cavan...
    • National Carers Strategy Implementation
      122. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made on implementing the recommendations of the national carers strategy; when he will publish and fund phase 2 of the strategy between 2016...
    • Orthodontic Services
      123. To ask the Minister for Health the number of suitably qualified staff that have been part of the initiative undertaken by the HSE to train and upskill to become orthodontic therapists; the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Unemployment Data
      124. To ask the Taoiseach the unemployment rate in the south east region broken down by city and county, and by age, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20510/16]
    • Labour Activation Measures
      125. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons currently engaged in activation and employment support schemes; the number of persons engaged in such schemes in 2015 in tabular form; and if he...
    • Migration Data
      126. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Irish nationals who emigrated each year from 2006 to 2015, inclusive; and the number of Irish nationals which have returned to live here since the start of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      127. To ask the Taoiseach the total photography costs per annum for his Department since coming to office, inclusive of costs incurred from the use of the ministerial allowance in tabular form;...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      128. To ask the Taoiseach to provide, broken down per annum, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming into office in tabular form; the external public...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      129. To ask the Taoiseach to provide per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011 in tabular form; the costs per report; the company involved; and the...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      130. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff dedicated to managing Ireland's response to the decision of the UK to exit the European Union; the structure of this team; how it will work with...
    • EU Funding
      131. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to be...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      132. To ask the Taoiseach the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the number of vacant positions; when each vacancy occurred; and if he...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      134. To ask the Taoiseach if he has arranged for a team to commence bilateral negotiations with the United Kingdom regarding the fallout for Ireland of Brexit; if there is a team in the UK...
    • Citizens Assembly
      135. To ask the Taoiseach the reason he is not including any politicians in the Citizens Assembly; the process for selection of the chair, executive and members of this assembly; and the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      136. To ask the Taoiseach the cost of agency and or locum staff hired by his Department for each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21673/16]
    • Departmental Websites
      137. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department's website is accessible to persons with a disability; if the accessibility of this website is regularly reviewed to take account of new and emerging...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Family Reunification Policy
      138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action she and her EU counterparts are taking to ensure unaccompanied minors, who are universally acknowledged to have a right to...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005 is working in practice; the way in which persons with a disability may apply for positions...
    • Legal Aid
      140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to either introduce a system of legal aid for small limited liability companies or to legislate to allow companies to represent...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date of completion for the review instigated by her, in conjunction with the Garda Síochána authorities on the effectiveness of the...
    • Visa Applications
      142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the visa application of a person (details supplied) will be processed and the person advised of the outcome; and if she will make a...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the names of consultants engaged by her Department in each year since 2011 to 2016, to date; the details of the work they performed; and the cost...
    • EU Funding
      144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of pre-financing by programme her Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of her Department; the number of vacant positions; when each vacancy...
    • Prison Visiting Committees Appointments
      146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for the prison visiting committee at Midlands Prison. [20719/16]
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the role of the new National Disability Authority will be reviewed as outlined in the programme for Government; and if she will make a...
    • Irish Sign Language
      149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans, if any, to formally recognise Irish Sign Language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20736/16]
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her proposals to provide additional resources to the Garda vetting unit in view of the delays that occur in the processing of applications which...
    • Citizenship Applications
      151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances under which a foreign-born national residing in Northern Ireland may apply for Irish citizenship; the way in which this differs...
    • Garda Strength
      152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of whole-time equivalent members of An Garda Síochána assigned to the Waterford city and county divisions for each of the...
    • Garda Stations
      153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of Garda stations in Waterford city and county; the number which have opened and closed since 2007 and their locations,...
    • Garda Operations
      154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views regarding whether a 15-month wait for the return of a computer taken for examination by the gardaí in connection with the possible...
    • Charities Regulation
      155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether it is appropriate that law firms use registered charitable trusts to act as shareholders for large numbers of its special...
    • Travel Documents
      156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the history of the status of a person (details supplied) since they first entered the country almost 16 years ago; and if their passport and...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the waiting times for receiving Garda vetting; the reason a person who has received Garda vetting in 2016 and changes employment cannot use...
    • Migrant Integration
      158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money Ireland has received from the European Commission towards integration projects since the start of the refugee crisis; and the...
    • Charities Regulation
      160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legal options available to the charities regulator to put in place interim arrangements to the board of a charity following a complaint being...
    • Garda Investigations
      161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all accusations or allegations of any political interference relating to a case (details supplied) have been or will be thoroughly...
    • Common Travel Area
      164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be immediate implications on the common travel area between Ireland and the United Kingdom following on from Brexit; and if she...
    • Garda Communications
      165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of emergency 999 calls received for Coolock and Raheny garda stations per month from 1 January 2015 to 1 July 2016; and if she will...
    • Crime Data
      166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of licensees who have been prosecuted and or convicted of an offence under section 4 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003; and if she...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why the services of the training and employment officers of the Irish Association for the Social Integration of Offenders, IASIO, are only...
    • Prison Drug Treatment Services
      168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why a person (details supplied) has been waiting for eight months on remand in a prison (details supplied) to find out if he is entitled to drug...
    • Garda Station Closures
      169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reverse the decision to close the Garda station in Templemore, County Tipperary, at night time, as it is placing the residents of...
    • Garda Operations
      170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views regarding Garda involvement in the shooting dead of a number of cattle on a farm in County Monaghan on 5 July 2016 as part of a debt...
    • Refugee Data
      171. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees who have been accepted here in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21186/16]
    • Legislative Measures
      172. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to bring forward equality legislation in regard to the abolition of the mandatory retirement age (details supplied); and if she...
    • Civil Legal Aid
      173. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of a reply received by a person from the European Commission on 30 November 2015; if she will confirm that Ireland has no...
    • Coroners Service
      174. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 5 July 2016, to address the question of the statutory age limit of the deputy coroners referred to as...
    • Garda Investigations
      175. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints recorded by An Garda Síochána of attempts to blackmail businesses as a result of the business' computer system...
    • Charities Regulation
      176. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of current delays in the Charities Regulatory Authority in providing applicant groups with a draft or model constitution which is...
    • Garda Strength
      177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of appointed detectives in each Garda Síochána division at the present time and for the same date in each of the years 2011...
    • Garda Deployment
      179. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the exact legal relationship that exists with respect to members of An Garda Síochána assisting in the execution of receivership or...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      180. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of agency and or locum staff hired by her Department for each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Websites
      181. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department's website is accessible to persons with a disability; if the accessibility of this website is regularly reviewed, to take...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the current situation surrounding the tax status of tutors, whereby many of them may now be faced with large tax bills; and his plans to...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if the land contained in the Old Bray Golf Club planned to be rezoned as a town centre by a company (details supplied), remains in the National Asset...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that households in flood risk areas are covered by insurance companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21331/16]
    • Corporation Tax
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to respond to the recent announcement by the United Kingdom Chancellor to reduce the United Kingdom's corporation tax rate to 15% as opposed to a...
    • EU Funding
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely...
    • Tax Code
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance if the European Union Commission has ever attempted to or actually imposed fines on Ireland because of the State's vehicle registration tax system; and if he...
    • Tax Yield
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised through vehicle registration tax for each of the past seven years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20626/16]
    • Credit Unions
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to sell buildings owned by the credit union in the towns affected by closures (details supplied) following the closure of the credit union...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the number of vacant positions; when each vacancy occurred;...
    • Licence Applications
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of bar and pub ordinary on-licences active in each county; and the number which were renewed in each county in 1986, 1996 and 2006. [20708/16]
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Application
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering any changes to enhance the current mortgage interest relief scheme in the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20767/16]
    • VAT Rate Application
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the provision in the Finance Act 2009 that allowed value added tax be recoverable on costs incurred in acquiring and leasing passenger vehicles...
    • State Banking Sector
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance the net change in value of shares held by the State in each bank in which he has shares since the referendum on Britain leaving the European Union; and if he...
    • VAT Rate Application
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to abolish value added tax on education books bought on e-readers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20810/16]
    • Tax Code
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to raise the threshold of inheritance tax of €280,000 and if so when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20863/16]
    • European Investment Bank
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of names put to him to bring to Government for the post of Ireland's appointee as vice-president of the European Investment Bank; and if he will...
    • NAMA Property Sales
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is provision for the National Asset Management Agency to facilitate the sale of a property, a loan for which is within its responsibility, to a...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance why a person (details supplied) has not been granted a tax clearance certificate. [21115/16]
    • Company Registration
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have a record of the number of companies registered in the Isle of Man by Irish persons or where Irish persons are directors; and...
    • Revenue Commissioners Powers
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied the Revenue Commissioners have adequate powers and resources to tackle tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance schemes involving offshore...
    • Fiscal Compact Treaty
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is reviewing the impact of the fiscal compact rules which curtail and delimit necessary capital investments and which have serious consequences in the...
    • VAT Rebates
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance if a registered charity set up as a company limited by guarantee that is VAT registered and received funding through the 1916 fund is entitled to apply for a...
    • Deposit Guarantee Scheme
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Number 115 of 23 June 2016, the timeframe for the appointment of an assessor to determine the aggregate value of the...
    • Economic Data
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance the level to which intellectual property imports and aircraft trade by aircraft leasing companies distort investment and net exports data; and if he will make...
    • VAT Rebates
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a value added tax rebate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21340/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of agency and or locum staff hired by his Department for each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21668/16]
    • Departmental Websites
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department's website is accessible to persons with a disability; if the accessibility of this website is regularly reviewed, to take account of new and...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Momentum Programme
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost in 2017 of increasing the Momentum programme by 20% on a voluntary basis for persons in receipt of disability allowance; and...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason persons (details supplied) cannot be granted a concessionary bus ticket for secondary school on their medical card, as was the case in...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount it would cost to re-instate all allowances to new entry teachers which were abolished in 2012-2013. [21148/16]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the situation with regard a school (details supplied) that was approved for funding for a new autism spectrum disorder unit...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is concerned that in its updated guidelines on applying for services, dated June 2016, Caranua has indicated to survivors that an audit...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who earn between €10,000 and €100,000 per year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Higher Education Institutions Expenditure
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the deficit incurred by Waterford Institute of Technology in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date; the measures being put in place to address...
    • Technological Universities
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the institutes of technology that have expressed an interest, or are involved, in a process to become technological universities; the stage each...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has fallen off his Department's list for funding and when funding will be made available to bring this...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Caranua has signed a memorandum of understanding with a service (details supplied); and if so, the terms of this memorandum of understanding,...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for emergency works funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20571/16]
    • EU Funding
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount...
    • State Examinations
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider additional examination options for leaving certificate students who have either suffered a bereavement or illness and who...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe and expected completion date for extension works due to take place at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Data
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department retains data on the number of private referrals made by schools to private psychologists, outside of the scheme for the...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Administration
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any guidelines, direction or other form of communication has ever been issued by his Department or the National Educational Psychology Service...
    • Psychological Assessments
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average number of educational assessments carried out by the National Educational Psychology Service and the scheme for the commissioning of...
    • Child Sexual Abuse Cases
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of cases and litigation that comes within the parameters of the O'Keeffe judgment; the implications of this for the State; and if he...
    • Industrial Relations
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of talks with the Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20640/16]
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of counties that currently have one or more Gaelscoileanna but no Gaelcholáiste; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Language
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the capital programme for school buildings takes account of the future demand for the provision of education through the Irish language; and...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra staff are being brought into the Student Universal Support Ireland offices in 2016 to deal with the application process; if he envisages...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the number of vacant positions; when each vacancy...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for a seat on the board of the National Council for Special...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any public money has been expended directly or indirectly by a university (details supplied); if any financial arrangements for retired staff...
    • School Staff
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 14 June 2016, the reason his response and the decision of the board fails to take into consideration...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      256. 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. [20745/16]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the issue of incremental credits awarded for teaching service given outside the EU, which under the terms of the Agreed Report...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish guidelines with current information regarding good nutrition for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Curriculum
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish his departmental policy as regards directing schools to include up to date nutritional education in the curriculum, with an...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to grant an additional funding request to facilitate the alteration of bathrooms and assist the amalgamation process of a school (details...
    • School Staff
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reconsider the refusal of a concessionary post following the approval of the amalgamation request of a school (details supplied) and to assist...
    • Capitation Grants
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for an increase in capitation grants to schools, particularly in counties Cavan and Monaghan (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • School Textbooks
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to abolish value added tax on education books bought on e-readers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20813/16]
    • Youth Enterprise Initiatives
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has implemented the structures and systems necessary to certify expenditure under the European Union regulations and have them verified by...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for capital funding for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); when he will make a decision on...
    • Autism Support Services
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is no legislative requirement on schools to provide special classes for children with autism spectrum disorder; his plans to remedy this...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available for a national school (details supplied) for equipping a new resource classroom and if not, why not; and if he will make...
    • Springboard Programme
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a person in receipt of payment under the invalidity pension scheme is not eligible to apply for a Springboard course; his plans to alter this...
    • Sick Pay Scheme
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sick leave entitlements of an employee of an education and training board in the event of a workplace accident; if the entitlements are...
    • School Patronage
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the safeguards that he is proposing to allow a school to determine and preserve its ethos, specifically given the Education (Admission to...
    • School Placement
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest information with on the numbers of over-subscribed primary and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21061/16]
    • School Patronage
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his Department's involvement with the forum on patronage and pluralism in the primary sector; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Closures
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and location of primary schools that have been closed in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21063/16]
    • Capitation Grants
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing the capitation grant for post-primary schools from €296 to €316; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers registered under regulation 3 who are holders of AMI or level 7 St. Nicholas qualifications will remain unaffected by changes to...
    • Teachers' Panel Rights
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made for those teachers who are registered under regulation 3 to gain panel access; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Data
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and location of child psychologists he employs under the National Educational Psychological Service. [21118/16]
    • Schools Establishment
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 21 June 2016, to provide details of the process for development of the new schools in the Dublin 2,...
    • Autism Support Services
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to amend Circular 0030/2014 so that children with high functioning autism can receive more assistance under the special needs...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the NEPS service interacts with the CAMHS service; and the number of referrals that have been made by NEPS to CAMHS for each of...
    • Maternity Protection Entitlements
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 5 July 2016, if an employer disregards the statutory instrument (details supplied) the name of the...
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding provided in 2016 for the school building programme; the amount that has been committed to date; if he is in a position to...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed extension to a school (details supplied) which it was hoped would have started construction during the summer...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a person (details supplied) has been changed to a concessionary school bus ticket when they used to have an eligible one; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of agency and or locum staff hired by his Department for each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department's website is accessible to persons with a disability; if the accessibility of this website is regularly reviewed to take...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Social Contracts
      293. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will issue guidelines to local authorities for the application of social contracts to council capital projects, such...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme
      294. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he can reimburse Co-operative Housing Ireland the cost of heating Merville Court, Fairview, Dublin 3, given that prior...
    • Library Services
      295. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to scrap the proposal to create one single library supply tendering consortium, by way of the...
    • Scheme to Support National Organisations
      296. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to reinstate funding to an organisation (details supplied) under the support scheme for national organisations; and if he...
    • Local Authority Functions
      297. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities can invest in capital infrastructure at regional airports; if there are rules or limitations on such...
    • Local Authority Funding
      298. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of moneys lost to local authorities in 2015 from the de-rating of Irish Water; the compensation made to local...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      300. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider, as part of the housing action plan, providing local authorities with five- or six-year funding...
    • Fire Service Staff
      303. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason firemen are not being recruited in Bundoran and Ballyshannon, County Donegal. [20556/16]
    • EU Funding
      304. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      305. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of litter wardens assigned in each county nationwide in tabular form and particularly counties Cavan and...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      306. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of properties under the housing assistance payment scheme that have become available in Dublin 15 by month in...
    • Local Authority Services
      307. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which a residents' group in a private housing estate goes about getting its estate taken in charge by the local...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      308. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are rules governing the recruitment process at local authority level; if it is compulsory to advertise vacancies...
    • Local Authority Housing
      309. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the name of the person on the board of Cork City and Cork County Councils responsible for the housing budget; and to...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      310. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the number of vacant...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure
      311. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the expenditure on the housing adaptation grant from 2011 to 2016 to date; the cost of restoring this grant to 2011...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      312. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a parent's income could be taken into account only when assessments are being made for housing adaptation grants for...
    • Commission on Water Charges
      313. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the public procurement or other procedures that were used to appoint members of the expert commission on water charges;...
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
      314. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when there was a change in the local community programme; and when the Government will pay the difference to redundant...
    • Search and Rescue Service Provision
      315. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the supports available for a search and rescue organisation (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      316. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that two homeless persons died on the streets in 2015 because they could not secure accommodation in Cork...
    • Environmental Levies
      317. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to reverse the decision to impose a recycling levy on tyres which is a cost burden to the consumer that amounts to a...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      318. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will increase the funding allocation to local authorities for housing adaptation grants; the actions he will take to...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      319. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that there is a weight cap on waste collection charges for households where non-infant continence care...
    • Housing Provision
      320. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for appropriate housing provision for senior citizens in coming years, in particular those with physical and-or...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      321. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider allowing pensioners to buy out local authority houses using social protection payments under the...
    • Pyrite Issues
      322. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the work up until 30 June 2016 of the expert group on pyrite in houses in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Funding
      323. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 5 July 2016 on funding allocated to the mortgage to rent scheme in the years...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      324. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Ceanncora Lawn, Ballinlough, County Cork which should result in the creation of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      329. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Rosscarbery, County Cork, which should result in the creation of nine housing...
    • Housing Policy
      334. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will publish his action plan for housing and make arrangements with the Government Chief Whip to ensure there is a...
    • Animal Welfare
      335. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 462 of 26 January 2016, if the investigation referred to in the response has...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      336. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a waste collection company (details provided) are currently cancelling current consumer contracts and placing a...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      337. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households, the number of adults and the number of families with dependents that became newly homeless in...
    • Noise Pollution
      338. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his proposal for a product (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21205/16]
    • Local Authority Staff
      339. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the chief executive officer of Louth County Council has applied for funding from his Department for a director of...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      340. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications for foreshore licences received, granted and not granted in each of the years 2006 to 2015,...
    • Water Meters Data
      341. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total underspend from the Irish Water metering programme; and if these funds can be reallocated to other areas of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      342. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of agency and or locum staff hired by his Department for each of the years 2011 to 2015, inclusive; and if he...
    • Departmental Websites
      343. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department's website is accessible to persons with a disability; if the accessibility of this website is regularly...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered if the equal rights of young persons are being infringed by there being three different rates of jobseeker's allowance...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      345. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the masters degree courses covered under the back to education allowance scheme; and if the rules on this scheme changed in the past year. [21037/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why a person who is classified as deaf has been declined carer's allowance; the services available to the person who requires extra care and...
    • Disability Allowance
      349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why he declined an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; why moneys that were awarded to provide for the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments
      350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20493/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      352. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20495/16]
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      354. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who is not receiving family income supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      355. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for illness benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20503/16]
    • Family Income Supplement
      356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for family income supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20504/16]
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      357. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for family income supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20505/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      358. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when will a decision be made on an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      359. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the anomaly in the free travel scheme which excludes children who are being cared for by their carers from the...
    • Public Services Card
      360. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is mandatory to attend a SAFE appointment for the new public services card; if a person does not attend, if this will have negative...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      361. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to his special advisers; if he will provide details for requests, if any, for an...
    • JobPath Implementation
      362. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons referred to JobPath to date in each county in tablular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20563/16]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time in 2016 for a decision in respect of all Social Protection payments in tabular form; the average waiting time for appeal...
    • Poverty Data
      364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of one-parent households in consistent poverty; the number of one parent households experiencing deprivation; the way these figures...
    • EU Funding
      365. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      366. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the guidelines in place for community welfare officers for the payment of rent supplement; and if this payment will be withdrawn if a tenant is...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      367. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of extending social protection entitlements to self-employed persons; if there is a timeframe on this issue; and if he will make a...
    • Social Insurance Payments
      369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the self-employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20674/16]
    • Departmental Agencies
      370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the number of vacant positions; when each vacancy...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2017 of extending the wage subsidy scheme to those in receipt of the partial capacity benefit; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Advocacy Service
      374. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of advocates employed in the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities; the full year cost of running the service; the...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      375. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all Intreo offices are accessible to persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20731/16]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      376. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the means test for disability allowance to bring it into line with the means test for the medical card which allows for outgoings...
    • Social Insurance
      377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the year in which it became possible for farmers to pay a class S PRSI contribution for pension purposes; the scheme which was in place for farmers...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      378. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will reach a decision on an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Appeals
      379. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal on partial capacity for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20802/16]
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
      380. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for the partial capacity grant by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20805/16]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      381. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20807/16]
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      382. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to review the abolition of income and child disregards for the farm assist scheme introduced by his predecessor; and his further plans to...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Data
      383. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of farm assist and the total amount paid in each county, in each of the years from 2012 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he...
    • School Meals Programme
      385. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if will consider increasing the allocation under the school meals programme for 2016 to a primary school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      386. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants on the community employment scheme in Borris St. Mullins, County Carlow; if persons on the scheme are offered courses to...
    • Carer's Allowance Data
      387. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of carer's allowance and carer's benefit and the associated cost of this; the total savings to the...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      388. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that lifetime carers, those caring in excess of 20 years are recognised for a full entitlement to the State contributory pension;...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      390. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost to the Exchequer of reinstating the household benefits package, including the telephone allowance, to all recipients of carer's allowance...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      392. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20856/16]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      393. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20858/16]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      394. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person who does not engage with JobPath can be threatened to have their social protection payment stopped if they remain actively...
    • Labour Activation Projects
      395. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of labour activation participants in the Cork South Central constituency in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date by scheme in tabular...
    • Legal Costs
      397. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount his Department or agencies under its remit spent on legal and other fees fighting the case that the Waterford Glass workers were forced...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      398. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the lifetime participation on community employment for persons under 55 years of age from 156 weeks to 182 weeks; and if he...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      399. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a file held since 14 April 2016 will be released to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21081/16]
    • Departmental Customer Charters
      400. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the customer charter is in operation at Swords Intreo office; if the charter will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      401. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans for the Christmas bonus in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21172/16]
    • Free Travel Scheme
      402. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the free travel scheme to include young persons in receipt of domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Data
      405. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications in Louth and east Meath for carer's allowance in the past six years; the number of those applications which have been...
    • Family Income Supplement Appeals
      406. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the family income supplement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      407. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time a person (details supplied) has been in receipt of an invalidity pension; if the records show that the person actually applied...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Data
      408. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why the report on the impact of reduced jobseeker payment rates for jobseekers aged 18 to 25 years of age has not been published; and if he will...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      409. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for the considerable drop in payments under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, formerly the community welfare officers budget;...
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      410. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) has had a mortgage interest supplement ceased as of March 2016 when the payment is not being discontinued until 1...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      411. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) has not been registered for credited contributions over the past number of years despite requesting to be so and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      412. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of agency and-or locum staff hired by his Department for each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Websites
      413. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department's website is accessible to persons with a disability; if the accessibility of this website is regularly reviewed to take account...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • EU Treaties
      414. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to clarify which European Union treaties have been incorporated into Irish law, either through an Act of the Oireachtas, or an amendment to...
    • Iraqi Conflict
      415. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the latest attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Baghdad that killed 157 persons; if the Government donated money to...
    • EU Funding
      416. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      417. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action the Government is taking to support Greek authorities in view of the number of displaced refugees currently in detention centres...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      418. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the number of vacant positions; when each...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      419. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of US troops and military hardware that have used Dublin Airport in each of the years from 2001 to 2016 to date in tabular form;...
    • Trade Relations
      420. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are any trade links or agreements in place between Ireland and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Burma, following the...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      422. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of resources being deployed to Ethiopia to offset the worst effects of the drought caused by El Niño. [21113/16]
    • Israeli Settlements
      423. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the planned new settler accommodation in the occupied West Bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      424. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the detail of his attendance at a meeting hosted by the French Government on 30 June 2016 where 29 representatives from different countries...
    • Passport Applications Fees
      427. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to reinstate the entitlement to free passports for senior citizens that was withdrawn in 2011; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      428. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a person (details supplied) who has overstayed their visa in Thailand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21216/16]
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      429. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to ascertain from the United States Government if any of the US military aircraft that transited through Shannon Airport during the month of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      430. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of agency and or locum staff hired by his Department for each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Architectural Heritage
      431. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a progress report on the essential work required and planned to be carried out on Altamont House in County Carlow; the progress...
    • EU Funding
      433. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      434. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the number of vacant positions; when...
    • Agency Rationalisation Programme
      435. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State or quasi-non-Governmental agencies which have been abolished or merged since 2011; the number of new agencies...
    • Departmental Websites
      436. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department’s website is accessible to persons with a disability; if the accessibility of this website is regularly...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      437. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of travel and subsistence incurred by the public and Civil Service for each of the years 2011 to 2015 in tabular form; and if...
    • Public Private Partnerships Cost
      440. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount which has been spent by the State on public private partnerships for each of the years 2007 to 2015, in tabular form; and if...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      441. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State contracts awarded under public procurement in costs bands (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Data
      442. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of applications made by Mayo County Council (details supplied) under the minor flood relief scheme; and if he will make a...
    • State Asset Disposal Programme
      443. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to list each State asset disposed of for each of the past five years and the value obtained for each disposal. [20800/16]
    • Information and Communications Technology
      444. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Ireland has set up its electronic data exchange system, known as e-cohesion, and if not the reason. [20876/16]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      449. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he received a business case for the re-appointment of the chief executive officer of an organisation (details supplied); if the...
    • Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Legislation
      450. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will unwind the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Funding
      451. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the European Union contribution factored into the capital plan and the amount of this funding which relates to cross-Border initiates...
    • Garda Remuneration
      452. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for pay restoration for members of An Garda Síochána and if he is in ongoing talks with representatives from An...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      453. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied). [21161/16]
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement
      454. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the legal position of non-unionised public sector workers in relation to the 2015 amendment to section 7(1) of the Financial...
    • Trade Union Agreements
      455. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of public servants; the total number of public servants that are members of trade unions or representative...
    • Flooding Data
      456. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to deal with the ongoing flooding issues in Cong, County Mayo, with particular reference to Drumsheel Lower,...
    • Interdepartmental Committee Membership
      457. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the members of the interdepartmental group on fuller working lives and when the group will publish its report. [21219/16]
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      458. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he aware that his officials have cancelled meetings of the community high level forum on 8 June 2016 and again on 27 June 2016 with...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Museum
      460. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for choosing the National Museum of Ireland for sittings of Seanad Éireann; and if the possible impact on educational...
    • EU Funding
      462. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of pre-financing by programme her Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes;...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      463. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of her Department; the number of vacant positions; when...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      464. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the Leader programme will be approved for County Longford and contracts signed for delivery of programmes, considering the long...
    • EU Directives
      465. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to tackle an issue (details supplied) which is impacting on residents' quality of life and on the trade of local...
    • Natural Heritage Areas Designation
      466. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the bogs she has recently designated as natural heritage areas. [21023/16]
    • Proposed Legislation
      467. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in the context of turf cutting, she plans to amend the 1976 Act to authorise suitable authorities to arrest or search persons;...
    • VAT Rebates
      468. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her position regarding VAT refunds on the expenditure of moneys received through the 1916 fund; if a registered charity set up as a...
    • Legislative Process
      469. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Heritage Bill 2016, including when it will proceed to the next stage of the legislative process; and if she will...
    • Proposed Legislation
      470. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will examine the representations of the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland relating to its call to have a new separate...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      471. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of agency and or locum staff hired by her Department for each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Websites
      472. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department's website is accessible to persons with a disability; if the accessibility of this website is regularly reviewed to...
  • Department of Health
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in establishing the task force to examine the issue of personalised budgets, as committed to in the programme for Government; if the...
    • Legislative Process
      474. To ask the Minister for Health the sections, if any, of the Disability Act 2005, that have not yet been implemented in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20737/16]
    • Alcohol Pricing
      475. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department have assessed the ramifications and the impact, if any of the ECHR's Advocate General's comments made in September 2015, about...
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      476. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the nursing home support scheme, to allow for provision of home care, funded under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Care Services Provision
      477. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ring fence funding for the implementation of phase two of the national carers strategy 2017-2021, as committed to by the Taoiseach during the first...
    • Proposed Legislation
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of introducing the transport support scheme, which was announced in 2014, as a replacement for the mobility allowance and motorised support grant; the...
    • Disability Support Services
      479. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has not been allocated supports as part of the preschool placement under the special needs assistant scheme; and if he will...
    • Disability Services Funding
      480. To ask the Minister for Health his views on ring-fencing 8% to 15% of the Health Service Executive disability budget, currently governed by service level agreements, for individualised and...
    • Legislative Programme
      481. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update regarding when Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationship Act 2015, will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Data
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in County Kildare, for each of the years 2011 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20462/16]
    • Disability Support Services
      483. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the timeframe given to a person (details supplied) for an assessment of need; if this will be brought forward given the circumstances; and...
    • Health Services Provision
      484. To ask the Minister for Health to extend the opening hours at Shannondoc, St. Mary's Medical Centre, Thurles, County Tipperary, as the current opening hours are not adequate to service the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      485. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a person (details supplied) is waiting on an appointment to see an occupational therapist for over six months; the action being taken to...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      486. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a medical device; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20506/16]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      487. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the implementation of the free GP care to all children under the age of six scheme; if any impact analysis has been carried out to...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      488. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to negotiate a new general practitioner contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20537/16]
    • Suicide Incidence
      489. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have died by suicide while in the care of State-funded psychiatric hospitals or mental health facilities over the past five years;...
    • Hospitals Funding
      490. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding being made available to support hospital chaplaincy services for each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Data
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons paying the maximum €144 per month for medicines under the drug payment scheme, DPS, by HSE region; the amounts allocated in...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Data
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently accessing the long-term illness scheme by HSE region; the amounts being paid to pharmacists in dispensing fees under...
    • Pharmacy Services
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the total costs incurred by the hi-tech drugs scheme in 2015; the amounts paid to pharmacists in dispensing fees during 2015; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Provision
      494. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment with a paediatrician for a person (details supplied) who has been suffering illness for some time [20543/16]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      496. To ask the Minister for Health why formal notification to commence recruitment for a vacant community-based senior dietician post for people with diabetes in County Donegal has not yet been...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      497. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20570/16]
    • EU Funding
      498. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a referral (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20617/16]
    • Health Services
      500. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether persons with visual impairments are adequately catered for in the Disability Act 2005; his plans to increase services for those who are...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      502. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make resources available for diabetes care over multiple years in order that services and planning can be directed in a more strategic way to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      503. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there is an extremely long waiting list for scoliosis patients to meet with a consultant and that the subsequent waiting list for surgery...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      504. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20653/16]
    • Departmental Properties
      505. To ask the Minister for Health if he will transfer a property in County Longford back to its original owner (details supplied) [20656/16]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      506. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing a health amendment card for Magdalen laundry survivors; to define the entitlements under the current scheme particularly in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting 14 months for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20666/16]
    • Health Services
      508. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20670/16]
    • Health Services Reform
      509. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the coroner's inquest, the Health Information and Quality Authority report, the internal and external reviews into the death of a person (details...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the number of vacant positions; when each vacancy occurred; and...
    • HSE Correspondence
      511. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the issuing of letters to persons has been outsourced in some areas by the Health Service Executive; the number of administrative staff employed by...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      513. 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...
    • HSE Staff
      514. To ask the Minister for Health if there are positions available within the field of health and safety specialist positions; and if persons who are fully qualified in this field have been...
    • Medical Card Applications
      515. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for a person (details supplied) to be taken on urgently as a medical card patient. [20762/16]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in Tallaght Hospital who have been deemed medically fit for discharge and have had to wait more than one week for their discharge, due to...
    • Hospital Staff
      517. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive payment for a post similar to others within the same hospital group for the same period to ensure remuneration...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      518. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [20776/16]
    • Occupational Therapy
      519. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure that children who require access to this essential service will not be left waiting beyond the current waiting times in respect...
    • Vaccination Programme
      520. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to the extension of the human papillomavirus immunisation programme in secondary schools to boys in recognition of the threat...
    • Infectious Disease Incidence
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of persons that his Department believes to be HIV positive; the measures being taken to combat new HIV infections; and if he will make a...
    • Psychological Services
      523. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding available to recruit new psychologists and counsellors in 2016 in order to develop psychological services for persons under 18 years of...
    • Health Insurance Data
      524. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons here currently covered by private health insurance; if this has increased or decreased since July 2015; and if he will make a statement...
    • Dental Services Provision
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons eligible for dental care under the dental treatment services scheme in the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      526. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses currently employed by the Health Service Executive; his plans to recruit further public health nurses over the next five...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      527. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a primary medical certificate by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20806/16]
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of returning to a single-tier pay structure in the health service which ensures that all those recruited into the system on 1 January 2011 are placed...
    • Nursing Home Services
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the factors that influenced him to order a value-for-money review of nursing home costs; if he will publish the information made available to his Department by...
    • Home Help Service
      531. To ask the Minister for Health when the gratuity payment due to certain home-help workers will be made in lieu of pensions payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20819/16]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for medical equipment by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20827/16]
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase funding for home-care services to at least €414 million in budget 2017 and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20848/16]
    • EU Directives
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the reason accessing the private health-care system at home in circumstances (details supplied) is not covered. [20852/16]
    • Medical Card Applications Data
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the processing times for medical card applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20855/16]
    • Occupational Therapy
      537. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to hire an additional occupational therapist for County Longford as there is only one such occupational therapist in place to cover the whole county...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      538. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the number of public respite beds at Maynooth community care unit has been reduced to two beds; when this reduction came into effect; if this is a...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home-care hours which are currently available in counties Longford and Westmeath. [20862/16]
    • Occupational Therapy
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a community occupational therapist assessment for persons discharged from rehabilitation units in counties Longford and Westmeath;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the current shortage of services in County Longford for persons who are discharged from rehabilitation; and his views on whether support...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied) and if he will expedite same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20885/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the issues discussed with persons (details supplied) regarding treatment for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20894/16]
    • Respite Care Grant Eligibility
      546. To ask the Minister for Health why respite care for persons over 18 years of age ceased, despite the needs of the caring families being the same as previously; his plans to reintroduce...
    • Health Services Funding
      548. To ask the Minister for Health if he will liaise with the Minister responsible for community affairs, in the interests of the health and welfare of children and young persons, to achieve the...
    • Perinatal Data
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the low rate of breast-feeding here. [20972/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      553. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase between December 2015 and May 2016 in the number of outpatients waiting more than a year for a consultation in Connolly...
    • Mobility Allowance
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the status of replacing the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant scheme which was closed to new applicants in 2013; when he will introduce a...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration which has been given to the effect of the Health Service Executive recruitment embargo on workforce planning for front-line services; if...
    • Health Services Staff
      556. To ask the Minister for Health to report on discussions he has had with the management of the Central Remedial Clinic and the Health Service Executive regarding the wind-up of a pension...
    • Antimicrobial Resistance
      557. To ask the Minister for Health his progress in drafting the national action plan on anti-microbial resistance; if this plan will be subject to public and industry stakeholder consultation...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      558. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the new medicines pricing agreement will act as a biosimilars blocker, due to a clause which states that biologics will only be reimbursed at a...
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if the purchase of a medicinal liquid which in its manufactured form is produced in tablets but can then be converted into a liquid by a pharmacist due to the...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for the fitting of a medical device for a person. (details supplied) [21049/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      563. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21053/16]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      564. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive speech and language therapy. [21059/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist in providing hours to a person (details supplied) under the home health scheme. [21064/16]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received detailed costings from the board of Beaumont Hospital and its hospital group for the building of a new fit-for-purpose accident and...
    • General Practitioner Training
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the number of general practitioner training places from 161 to 180; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21069/16]
    • Hospital Facilities
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the integrated medical imaging system; the number of hospitals that are part of this system; the number that are not part of the system; the...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      569. To ask the Minister for Health when the post of consultant radiologist with a special interest in nuclear medicine will be filled at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the number of persons that...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has had their second operation put on hold despite the money being in place and the surgeon being able to schedule the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      571. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consult with members of a group (details supplied) regarding the human papilloma virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21076/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      572. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to see an early intervention team. [21089/16]
    • Hospital Facilities
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a catheterisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21109/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      574. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a date for an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21122/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      575. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a case regarding a medical appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21130/16]
    • Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Recruitment
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant doctors who could not commence their work rotations in acute hospitals and mental health services on 11 July 2016 due to...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      578. To ask the Minister for Health when he will meet and engage with the National Association of General Practitioners on a new contract for its members; his views that the 1,600 members views...
    • Charities Regulation
      579. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the Health Service Executive's ability to monitor section 38 agencies and organisations; if the system of oversight has been...
    • HSE Governance
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the way the financial management systems of the Health Service Executive have been reformed to ensure more effective oversight of the system for funding...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if employees of section 38 agencies are public servants, members of public service pension schemes and are directly bound by his consolidated pay scales; and...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      586. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 14 June 2016, the reason no reply from the Health Service Executive has yet been received; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the current average waiting times in respect of cataract surgery for each hospital. [21164/16]
    • Hospitals Data
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures carried out in respect of cataract surgeries for each hospital for each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form [21167/16]
    • Psychological Services
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the reason primary care psychology services are not provided for children in north County Dublin; the reason the Swords Mater CAMHS has not treated a child...
    • Death Certificates
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a death certificate is not available in respect of a person (details supplied); if the matter will be investigated so that the next of kin can...
    • Professional Qualifications
      594. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the impact on the livelihood of persons who work in the physical therapy sector by the removal of the professional title physical therapist from...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      595. 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. [21192/16]
    • HIV-AIDS Programmes
      596. To ask the Minister for Health the State budget and strategy in 2016 and in the coming years for HIV prevention among gay and bisexual men; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve and expedite orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21206/16]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      598. To ask the Minister for Health when he will introduce the treatment purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21212/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a case (details supplied) including when the person concerned will receive an appointment. [21217/16]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the drug Translarna; when he will make a decision as to whether to include it in the re-imbursement list; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospitals Data
      604. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the fact that of the 4,184 registration applications received by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland between 2015 and May 2016, only...
    • Dental Services
      605. To ask the Minister for Health why a person's (details supplied) referral from a general practitioner for an appointment in a hospital was rejected; and if the person can be granted an...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      606. To ask the Minister for Health when the clinical advisory group on medical cards will report its final recommendations to him; and when the interim report which was given to the Minster for...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      608. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the primary care reimbursement service’s guidelines for awarding discretionary medical cards to cancer patients; and if cancer patients...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      610. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this procedure; and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person's (details supplied) home support hours have been cut. [21251/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      612. To ask the Minister for Health if and when St. John of God Hospital informed him or the Health Service Executive of plans to redeploy health-funded resources away from a school (details...
    • Charities Regulation
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the action he has taken following top-ups being provided to employees of St. John of God Hospital; if he proposes to revise arrangements for section 38...
    • HSE Funding
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the funding the Health Service Executive provided to St. John of God Hospital under section 38 provisions for each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      618. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 829 of 17 May 2016, the approximate total number of new beds that could be brought on stream without requiring additional...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the status of respite services at St. John of God's St. Mary's centre, Drumcar, County Louth; if St. Mary's currently provides respite services; if it will...
    • Dental Services Provision
      622. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to address the failure by the Health Service Executive to provide a primary school dental scheme in County Laois; and the improvements...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to address the failure by the Health Service Executive to provide reasonable level of orthodontic services for County Laois; when the...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      624. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the general practitioner service in the Monasterevin and Kildangan areas of County Kildare. [21304/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      626. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has not received an urgent appointment; if he will arrange an appointment as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Health when he will facilitate a person (details supplied) with required treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21335/16]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      628. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate a strategy to deal with ongoing congestion at accident and emergency departments throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HSE Agency Staff Data
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the numbers of consultants, doctors, nurses or other professionals have fluctuated in each of the past eight years to date in 2016; and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons on waiting lists for cardiac surgery, hip replacements or other procedures; if he has a strategy to shorten the waiting period; and...
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he will address the issue of lower pay affecting the latest nursing recruits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21351/16]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the provision of the new children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21352/16]
    • Medical Card Administration
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if the processing of medical card applications can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21353/16]
    • Medical Card Data
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards in circulation; if he expects the number to increase or decrease over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure in place to expedite the process of medical cards for cancer patients; if he expects to improve the situation; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he proposes to meet the long-term residential needs of children and young adults whose parents may not be available and who require...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which staff levels in all posts have fluctuated over each of the past eight years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21357/16]
    • Health Services Reform
      638. To ask the Minister for Health if he evaluated the full extent and costs of a comprehensive health service in the future; his views on the matter with regard to demographics; and if he will...
    • Departmental Websites
      640. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department's website is accessible to persons with a disability; if the accessibility of this website is regularly reviewed to take account of new and...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • TAMS Applications
      641. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will...
    • GLAS Applications
      643. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the traditional farm buildings grant scheme; and if he will make a...
    • GLAS Appeals
      644. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      645. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20484/16]
    • TAMS Applications
      646. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for grant assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      648. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the national reserve for 2015 [20487/16]
    • GLAS Payments
      649. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the green-low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      650. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • GLAS Payments
      651. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      652. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the areas of natural constraint scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      653. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) whose single farm payment was reduced in 2013, is entitled to be reimbursed for moneys not paid in...
    • GLAS Eligibility
      654. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a review of a decision on a green low-carbon agri-evironment scheme by a person (details supplied);...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      655. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the earliest date that the areas of natural constraint islands payment can be made; if he can arrange for grant aid to be paid...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      656. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a 2015 basic payment scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [20524/16]
    • GLAS Payments
      657. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS balancing payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Funding
      658. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes;...
    • TAMS Applications
      659. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; and if he will make...
    • Sheep Technology Adoption Programme Payments
      660. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20589/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      661. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • GLAS Payments
      663. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment for 2015 under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      664. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      665. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Applications
      667. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the rural environment protection scheme; and if he will make...
    • Veterinary Inspection Service Data
      669. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set down the number of cattle in total that have tested positive for clenbuterol, also known as angel dust, in counties Cavan and...
    • Agrifood Sector
      670. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his plans to assemble a cross-Border forum with all farming stakeholders to discuss the possible consequences for farmers...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      672. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the number of persons who applied and were successful in applying under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2;...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      673. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of sheep farmers in respect of electronic identification, EID, tagging under the...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      674. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the number of vacant...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      675. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of an application for the national reserve and young farmer scheme by a person (details supplied); when a...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      676. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20797/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Data
      677. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the basic farm payment rules and regulations can be condensed and simplified for the application form from 2017 onwards. [20809/16]
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      678. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his plans to assist sheep farmers, in particular, those who farm in hill land areas subject to designation; if he is aware...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      679. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set down in tabular form the numbers of farmers awaiting approval and payment under tranches 1 and 2 of the targeted agricultural...
    • Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
      681. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of an appeal under the 2015 national reserve scheme by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      682. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20857/16]
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      683. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the unacceptable delay in the processing of targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 capital investment...
    • Turbary Rights
      685. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 941 of 25 January 2006 and Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 6 December 2012 if a scheme for...
    • State Bodies
      686. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether, in the context of the Government guidelines pertaining to the employment of chief executives of commercial state bodies,...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      687. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his plans to review the operation of the inspection system and agricultural appeals office in the context of a recent case...
    • EU Programmes
      688. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the status of the work of the European agricultural fund for rural development, the rural development programme and the...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      689. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if and when he will provide a new grant for the tillage sector, especially for eco-tillage; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Welfare
      690. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the provisions and regulations open to authorities to cull animals that pose a health and safety risk on public roads; and...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
      691. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will make a decision on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the agri-environment options 2 scheme;...
    • Organic Farming
      692. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will instruct Bord Bia to amend its procedures when completing quality assurance audits for beef and dairy farmers to include a...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
      693. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a headage grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry on the basis of force majeure. [21088/16]
    • Coillte Teoranta
      694. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 29 June 2016 to outline the evidence of an increase in risk levels associated with...
    • Agriculture Industry
      695. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 601 of 5 July 2016, the proportion of the referenced €1 billion per annum that is...
    • Dairy Sector
      696. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcomes he achieved following the dairy forum on 21 June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21117/16]
    • Land Transfers
      697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) was declined a lease on another person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21119/16]
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      698. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has not yet processed an application by a person (details supplied) under the single payment scheme; and if he will...
    • Aquaculture Licence Data
      699. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of salmon farming licences which his Department has issued since 2006; the reason a decrease has occurred since 2006; if...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      700. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2015 basic payment scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Forestry Sector
      701. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will respond to a query from a person (details supplied) regarding forestry. [21202/16]
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      702. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to assemble a cross-Border forum with all farming stakeholders to discuss the possible consequences for farmers North and...
    • Animal Welfare
      703. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on the involvement of his Department officials at a farm (details supplied) where cattle were reportedly killed. [21237/16]
    • Animal Disease Controls
      704. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the compensation available to a person (details supplied) who had to cull sheep; if compensation is available to restock the flock...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      705. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo under the rural environment protection scheme. [21270/16]
    • Animal Welfare
      706. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent culling of cattle on a farm in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan (details supplied); if he is satisfied that...
    • Transfer of Entitlements
      707. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of transfer of entitlement cases that are not completed due to suspension; the reason for the suspension; the length of...
    • Beef Exports
      708. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 42% of our beef exports that go to the British market are under threat as a result of a British exit from the European Union;...
    • Food Labelling
      709. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to actively pursue a voluntary all-Ireland agrifood label which would be of benefit to farmers North and South of the...
    • Live Exports
      710. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase live exports of cattle which are down 25% on 2015. [21309/16]
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      712. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the proposed sheep scheme as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Food Wise 2025 Strategy
      713. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress of the Food Wise 2025 strategy, including the actions detailed therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Animal Welfare
      714. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animal welfare prosecutions that have come about on foot of his Department's efforts in this regard; and if he will...
    • Beef Exports
      715. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his efforts to open market access for Irish beef inside and outside the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Food Industry Development
      716. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on his efforts in developing the Irish seafood industry and the wider marine sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Food Wise 2025 Strategy
      717. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the progress of the Food Wise 2025 strategy, including progress on the actions detailed therein; and if he will make a...
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      718. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the proposed sheep scheme as outlined in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      719. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he has taken to address the concerns of the agrifood sector arising from the decision of the United Kingdom referendum...
    • Beef Exports
      720. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his efforts in gaining market access for Irish beef in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Forestry Sector
      722. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 1 October 2015, the details of increases in investment by his Department in forestry...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      723. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role his Department plays in fulfilling Ireland's commitment to the United Nations sustainable development goal number 2; and if...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Subsidies
      724. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the protections which will be put in place to protect farmers' basic and greening payment given the fact that the current Common...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      725. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of agency and or locum staff hired by his Department for each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      725. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of agency and-or locum staff hired by his Department for each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Websites
      726. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department's website is accessible to persons with a disability; if the accessibility of this website is regularly reviewed to...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Eligibility
      727. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide renewable energy feed-in tariffs to solar energy in 2016; what the tariff will be, given Ireland's...
    • Energy Policy
      728. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason wind energy enjoys preference over other more non-intrusive technologies, such as solar, even though the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      729. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proportion of renewable energy that will come from wind, solar, marine, anaerobic digestion combined heat and power,...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      730. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the broadband strategy for County Carlow (details supplied). [20545/16]
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      731. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a satisfactory broadband speed will be available to a community (details supplied.) [20546/16]
    • EU Programmes
      732. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding...
    • Postal Codes
      733. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for the delay in an area (details supplied) receiving a postcode; when it will be issued; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      735. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the number of vacant...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      736. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the national broadband plan with reference to the Newcastle West area of County Limerick and with...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      737. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received an indication of a time frame from An Bord Pleanála for the oral hearing ruling for the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      738. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals to upgrade the broadband telecommunications infrastructure in an area (details supplied); if he will give...
    • Electricity Generation
      740. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the legislation that governs the water level of the Shannon as controlled by the ESB; and if the ESB has discretion over...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      741. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to identify the areas in County Louth which do not have high speed broadband; the number of business premises and...
    • Mining Industry
      742. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total tonnage of lead, not lead ore or concentrated lead ore, that has been produced to date from five mines (details...
    • National Broadband Plan Funding
      745. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way the private ownership model would require an additional €500 million to €600 million in...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Public Transport Provision
      747. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to increase public transport services as the economy and commuter numbers from counties Kildare, Meath and Wicklow...
    • Air Services Provision
      748. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had discussions with business leaders in the United States of America or Norway regarding the proposed Cork to Boston flights;...
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      749. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will open the sports capital grant for 2016; the amount awarded to applicants in County Kildare for each of the years 2011 to...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      751. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the European Investment Bank has been approached in respect of funding for DART underground in any of the years since 2011; if so, the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      752. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the review of the smarter travel programme will have an external element; if so, the expected arrangements; and if he will make a...
    • Greenways Development
      753. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review plans for a junction on the midlands greenway (details supplied) with a view to putting in place a safer and more...
    • EU Programmes
      754. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the...
    • Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
      755. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make funding available in 2016 from dormant sports capital grant accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      757. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the number of vacant positions; when each...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      758. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his efforts to establish a boxing centre of excellence on Knocknaheeny Avenue, Knocknaheeny, Cork; and if the funding is...
    • Road Signage
      759. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that there is inadequate road signage at Glen of the Downs turn-off for the woods and walk in County Wicklow, which is a...
    • National Car Test Data
      760. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cars over ten years old subjected to a national car test in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date. [20820/16]
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      761. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Wild Atlantic Way passports will be made available at post points on the route; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reports
      762. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the Indecon report on the regulation of air transport in Dublin; his views on the recommendations of the report; and if he...
    • Sports Events
      763. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to request the Irish Amateur Boxing Association to clarify the rules applying to whether a chief official can act as a judge at boxing...
    • Roads Maintenance
      764. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 633 of 5 July 2016, the funding Meath County Council has applied for in respect of the proposed...
    • Haulage Industry Regulation
      765. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if in his new role as Minister he intends to revisit the decision to remove the derogation of 42-tonne weight for five-axle vehicles; and...
    • Driving Test
      766. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop a driving test centre in the Dublin 15 area given the population, demand and the young demographic; and if he will...
    • Public Transport Provision
      767. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the rural bus service will be extended to Crecora, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21087/16]
    • Air Safety
      768. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the Castletownmoor wind farm in County Meath that is in the pre-planning stage; if flight paths for training purposes...
    • Road Projects
      769. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland will fund a project (details supplied). [21131/16]
    • Maritime Training Courses
      770. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why the Irish maritime administration in his Department is refusing to recognise British-approved maritime training courses from Irish...
    • Road Projects
      771. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek to amend the Government's capital investment plan to include funding the proposed N56 Letterkenny relief road to enable...
    • Road Projects Status
      772. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in the light of the Brexit vote, if he will make a statement reaffirming the Government's and the State's commitment to co-fund equally...
    • Road Projects
      773. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he request Transport Infrastructure Ireland and Kilkenny County Council to expedite the registration of land (details supplied) under...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      774. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Driver Licence Service is experiencing delays in renewing driving licences; if previous driving licences issued by Dublin...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      775. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of agency and-or locum staff hired by his Department for each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Websites
      776. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department's website is accessible to persons with a disability; if the accessibility of this website is regularly reviewed to...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Farm Safety
      777. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of reported human injuries and fatalities caused exclusively by bull attacks on Irish farms over the past decade. [20706/16]
    • Industrial Disputes
      778. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware that the terms and conditions of employment of staff at Waterford Airport have been negatively altered, that a ballot...
    • IDA Data
      780. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency Ireland-assisted companies based in Scotland; the number of employees in these companies;...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      781. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to respond to the recent announcement by the United Kingdom Chancellor to reduce the United Kingdom's corporation tax rate...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      782. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the studies that have been carried out on the increased operating and salary costs to new and existing employers in the Leinster...
    • Industrial Development
      783. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to provide from Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland grants approved for IDA or EI-supported clients in the south east...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      784. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the availability and location of appropriately zoned and serviced land available in Waterford city and county for foreign direct...
    • IDA Data
      785. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and location of IDA Ireland supported advance factories being built to provide property solutions aimed at creating jobs;...
    • Legislative Measures
      786. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to tackle bogus self-employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20513/16]
    • Low Pay Commission Report
      787. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to implement the commitment in the summer economic statement to increase the minimum wage to €10.50 an hour over the...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      791. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she received the 2015 annual report of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission by 30 June 2016 as required by section 32...
    • EU Funding
      792. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of pre-financing, by programme, her Department has applied for in the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      793. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of her Department; the number of vacant positions; when...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      794. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the options available to a person (details supplied) who has received an assessment through the personal injuries assessment board....
    • Economic Competitiveness
      795. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures the Government and its agencies have in place to ensure the benefits of cheaper imports from the United Kingdom in view...
    • Work Permits Applications
      796. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a work permit will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20756/16]
    • Enterprise Ireland Funding
      797. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will allocate funds to support a community-based initiative (details supplied). [20758/16]
    • Work Permits Applications
      798. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact the employment permits section is refusing to issue permits under Regulation 6(2)(h) of...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      799. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures in place to ensure first aid officers are appointed at factories; whose responsibility it is to ensure they receive...
    • Labour Court Awards
      800. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will pay what was awarded to a person (details supplied) by the Labour Court in 2012 to the person's estate; if she will...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      801. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the outcome of any reports her Department sought from agencies under its remit that related to health and safety and...
    • Ministerial Functions
      802. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she plans to officially open a local enterprise centre (details supplied). [20870/16]
    • National Standards Authority of Ireland
      803. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the National Standards Authority of Ireland has ever carried out checks on the weighing mechanisms on the back of refuse collection...
    • Job Creation
      804. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts she is making to promote Mullingar, County Westmeath, as an enterprise hub considering the large and underutilised IDA...
    • International Agreements
      806. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether it is appropriate for the European Commission to progress and provisionally apply the EU-Canada Comprehensive...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      807. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the policies she and the agencies within her remit are pursuing to protect the interests of businesses exporting to the United...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      809. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of agency and-or locum staff hired by her Department for each of the years from 2011 to 2015; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Websites
      810. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department's website is accessible to persons with a disability; if the accessibility of her website is regularly reviewed to...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Services Funding
      811. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is aware of the lack of funding for a centre (details supplied) and the impact this is having on service provision; and if she will...
    • EU Funding
      813. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of pre-financing by programme her Department has applied for in the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      814. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of her Department; the number of vacant positions; when each...
    • Child and Family Agency
      815. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the policy of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in appointing a male social worker even though the child has asked for a female social...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      821. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the securities in place to encourage early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme providers to take up the scheme with regard to the...
    • After-School Support Services
      822. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will maintain an after-school literacy programme for vulnerable children (details supplied) under the Childhood Development...
    • Child Abuse
      823. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will implement the recommended action 75 of the Ryan implementation group for a professionally managed national archive to be...
    • Child and Family Agency
      824. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has informed all community programmes and community groups under its remit of its budget for 2016...
    • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
      826. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new places on the community child care subvention scheme which have been taken up by private providers as well as community...
    • Family Resource Centres
      827. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of family resource centres that exist and are fully operational. [21174/16]
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      828. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, spent on community programmes, by county, in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      829. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department spent on aftercare for children not in foster care or in the direct care of the Health Service Executive in each...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      830. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of capital funding allocated to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date in comparison to...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      831. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21189/16]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      832. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will issue a commencement order for the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015. [21341/16]
    • Children in Care
      834. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide a gender breakdown of children in State care and in foster care at present. [21343/16]
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      835. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the standard payment that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, pays private residential care companies for each child in their care weekly...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      836. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of private residential care companies contracted by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to operate in the care system; and the...
  • Department of Defence
    • EU Funding
      837. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Data
      838. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the number of vacant positions; when each...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      839. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will change the rule disallowing members of the Defence Forces from serving if they have had laser eye surgery; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      840. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware of reports that members of the Defence Forces shot cattle dead on a farm in County Monaghan as part of the seizure of a bankrupt...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      843. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of agency and or locum staff hired by his Department for each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Websites
      844. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department's website is accessible to persons with a disability; if the accessibility of this website is regularly reviewed to take...

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