Written answers
Thursday, 14 July 2016
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Schemes
5. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when smart metering displays will be rolled out for domestic electricity and gas use; the role of his Department in...
- Alternative Energy Projects
14. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to recognise the presence of the solar industry; and the potential schemes that will provide for solar energy in...
- Broadband Service Provision
15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to improve the broadband telecommunications service throughout counties Cavan and Monaghan; if he is aware that...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department carried out any compliance with the potential costs to the State from failure to meet compliance with...
- Bord na Móna
17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to request Bord na Móna to produce a plan for the future use of the natural resources that it owns at the Coolnamona...
- Mobile Telephony Services
18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the programme for Government commitments relating to improving mobile telephone coverage; the timetable for actions in...
- Broadband Service Speeds
19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he has received complaints in regard to quality, speed and availability of modern broadband facilities...
- Departmental Budgets
20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to spend any savings as a result of the privatisation of the national broadband plan; the portion he expects to...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will promulgate Government policy, including planning and all other considerations, with regard to the development...
- Public Service Obligation Levy
22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the returns generated from the public service obligation levy used to reduce energy costs will materialise; the...
- Alternative Energy Projects
23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is considering increasing grant support for PV solar energy production, offshore wind energy production and biomass...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his latest analysis of how close the State will be on delivering on each of the electricity, heat and transport targets...
- UK Referendum on EU Membership
25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the effects of the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union in terms of the knock-on effect of...
- Energy Policy
26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for connecting community energy projects into the national grid. [21519/16]
- Inland Fisheries Stocks
27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures taken in the last year to examine salmon and eel stock levels in rivers in County Wexford; his plans to...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the fines which will be imposed on Ireland from 2020 for not meeting our agreed European Union emissions targets, the...
- Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to consider reserving a place on the board of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland for a non-governmental...
- Energy Policy
30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plan for the development of the indigenous energy sector, with specific reference to meeting the future needs of...
- Media Pluralism
31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland report entitled, Ownership and Control of Media Businesses...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to increase the production of renewable energies to reach the European Union target of 16% of energy being...
- National Broadband Plan
33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he will take to ensure future investment in the broadband network infrastructure, once ownership has been...
- UK Referendum on EU Membership
34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the implications of a British exit from the European Union on the electricity connection between the North and South....
- Energy Prices
35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he is taking to drive down the cost of energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21513/16]
- Alternative Energy Projects
36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the potential of the marine renewable energy sector to provide energy as part of our energy mix. [21633/16]
- Media Mergers
37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has concerns regarding News Corporation's purchase of Wireless Group radio stations; and his response to the...
- Media Pluralism
38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to apply the Competition and Consumer Protection Act, 2014 retrospectively, to ownership of Irish media outlets...
- Postal Codes
39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the emergency services are using the Eircode service as a location tool for emergency vehicles in rural and urban...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Proposed Legislation
40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Mortgages Special Court Bill / Courts (Mortgage Arrears) Bill is intended to implement the programme for Government commitment to establish...
- Prison Medical Service
41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to work with the Department of Health to establish a comprehensive review of prison health, with urgency, and to...
- Prison Visiting Committees
42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite ratification of the optional protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture and to establish effective national...
- Garda Stations
44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reallocate resources to Robertstown Garda station in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21733/16]
- Proposed Legislation
45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she plans to bring forward a referendum on Ireland's outdated blasphemy law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21787/16]
- Animal Welfare
46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the killing of heifers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21803/16]
- Legal Costs
47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on measures to address the high cost of legal fees here; if he is satisfied at the way in which Ireland compares in this...
- Court of Appeal Establishment
48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the operation of the Court of Appeal, specifically the number of cases it has heard, since it came into operation; and if...
- Immigration Status
49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the course of action that can be taken by a person (details supplied) to regularise the person's stay here. [21845/16]
- Residency Permits
50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of residency status in the case a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Immigration Status
51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when extended residency or eligibility for naturalisation status will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Residency Permits
52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the requirements to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21854/16]
- Naturalisation Eligibility
53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her current and-or expected position in regard to the determination of eligibility fornaturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied);...
- Residency Permits
54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if stamp 4 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied). [21856/16]
- Family Reunification Applications
58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when a family reunification visa will issue in the case of a person (details supplied). [21866/16]
- Visa Applications
59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when a Joint Family Visa will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21867/16]
- Family Reunification Applications
58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when a family reunification visa will issue in the case of a person (details supplied). [21866/16]
- Garda Retirements
60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 30 of June 2016, the projected number of retirements from An Garda Síochána in each of the...
- Garda Station Closures
61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the requests to have the Garda station at Fitzgibbon Street, Dublin 1, re-opened given recent crime-related events and the concerns...
- Department of Finance
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe and the means by which he will implement the programme for Government commitment to establish a new national service to standardise the supports...
- Insurance Industry Regulation
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the membership of his Department's task force reviewing the insurance environment; the number of times it has met; and the attendance at each meeting. [21660/16]
- Mortgage Lending
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the situation for Irish mortgage holders who have a tracker mortgage linked to the European Central Bank rate with a British bank no longer operating here...
- Tax Code
68. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will permit a person (details supplied) to transfer one acre of land without triggering a clawback; and if he will make a...
- Credit Unions
69. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will develop a new strategy for the growth and development of the credit union sector, as committed to in the programme for Government, and in the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Student Grant Scheme
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his position regarding the requirement for those who are self-employed, or a dependant, to provide information on their tax returns for the...
- Third Level Charges
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recourse a person (details supplied) has in order to have third level course fees waived. [21688/16]
- Teaching Council of Ireland
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the matter regarding national school teachers, who require 100 compulsory days work experience completed in order to obtain...
- School Curriculum
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite plans to add Mandarin Chinese to the leaving certificate curriculum; if he will address the equality issues related to the...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the role of charity organisations (details supplied) in the distribution of services to survivors of residential abuse will be included in the...
- Third Level Fees
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals he is considering with respect to a change in the existing third level fee arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Accommodation Provision
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 5 July 2016, the reason a school (details supplied) was not in a position to go to tender despite a...
- Schools Grievance Procedures
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 21 June 2016, if he will address a number of issues raised (details supplied). [21773/16]
- Schools Establishment
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he agrees with the South Kildare Educate Together campaign in south County Kildare that a new secondary school is needed in that district; and...
- Proposed Legislation
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016 will be debated in Dáil Éireann; when he will introduce regulations on school...
- Emergency Works Scheme Applications
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the emergency works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21804/16]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the pupil-teacher ratio for mainland schools for different types of school (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why students attending a college (details supplied) are not entitled to higher education grants from Student Universal Support Ireland; when this...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application (details supplied) under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21881/16]
- Schools Building Projects
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for building and ancillary works. [21882/16]
- School Staff
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the appointment of new teachers in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21904/16]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will permit persons (details supplied) to choose what they regard as the most appropriate preschool placement for their child with special...
- Schools Building Projects Status
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will urgently meet with a school (details supplied) which was removed from the list of agreed major projects for construction in 2016; if he...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Housing Assistance Payments Data
92. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons receiving the housing assistance payment, HAP, in each local authority; the average amount being paid...
- Legislative Measures
94. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his progress in implementing the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015. [21520/16]
- Planning Issues
95. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of quarries in local areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21701/16]
- Water Safety
96. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he has taken about a "Do Not Swim" notice which was issued on 4 July 2016 at Clogherhead Beach, County Louth; and...
- Water Services
97. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress of the Allenwood south sewerage extension in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Legislative Measures
98. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a list of statutory undertakers under the Water Services Acts 2007 and 2013, the Planning and Development Act...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
99. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the next tranche of funding will be approved for specific schemes (details supplied). [21752/16]
- Housing Estates
100. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of an application by persons (details supplied) who wish Kerry County Council to take over their estate; and if...
- Traveller Accommodation
101. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the national Traveller accommodation consultative committee has submitted its suggested composition and terms of...
- Local Authority Housing
103. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of housing units purchased by the various local authorities throughout counties Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow...
- Waste Disposal Charges
104. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 7 July 2016, if the customers of a company (details supplied) can retain...
- Planning Issues
105. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will seek to amend the planning Act to allow for the extension of the duration of planning permissions as per the...
- Department of Social Protection
- School Meals Programme
106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of school breakfast clubs currently being supported by his Department; the number of children availing of the service; the costs...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal by a person (details supplied) has been received. [21687/16]
- Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will extend the free travel scheme for persons who are eligible to cover travel on Nitelink bus services in County Dublin; and if he will make...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Allowance Payments
112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite payment of a disability grant for a person (details supplied). [21764/16]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments
113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Family Income Supplement Payments
115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) has not been facilitated with a payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21816/16]
- Disability Allowance Payments
116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and the timeframe involved for processing such...
- Disability Allowance Applications
118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be expedited and approved, relative to the persons disability allowance payment. [21846/16]
- Social Welfare Benefits Applications
119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when exceptional or other supportive payment will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when application for jobseeker's allowance will be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Exceptional Needs Payments
121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has received her full entitlement in respect of exceptional needs assistance; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why rent allowance has not been restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21863/16]
- Rent Supplement Scheme
123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when rent allowance will be increased in line with the current rent of €1400 per month, in the case of persons (details supplied); and...
- Jobseeker's Benefit Applications
124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current position in regard to determination of an application for jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by persons (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Qualified Child Increase Payments
129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to increase the upper age limit for payments under the qualified child allowance scheme, beyond 22 years of age, due to the large numbers...
- Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting time for applications to be processed under the carer's allowance scheme, and the strategies he has implemented to alleviate the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Overseas Development Aid
131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the full-year cost in 2017 of reaching the 0.36%, 0.37%, 0.38%, 0.39% and 0.4% of the United Nations target for overseas development aid;...
- Human Rights Issues
132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience in China; the actions he has taken to...
- Middle East Issues
133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Palestine’s call, the open letter from 45 Palestinian political and civil groups calling on the Government to act to...
- Colombian Peace Process
137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he is proposing to ensure that there is a formal and clear mechanism for Colombian civil society involvement in the...
- Human Rights Issues
140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights has published a new report which addresses the latest developments of the state...
- Middle East Issues
141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East’s condemnation of...
- Military Neutrality
142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland's traditional policy of military neutrality is threatened by the recently signed joint European Union-North Atlantic Treaty...
- International Agreements
143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied with the implementation of the European Union-Turkey deal on immigration; if the humanitarian issues arising from...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Staff Relocation
145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide clarification in respect of the 45 km rule for relocation of public servants (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Office of Public Works Properties
146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a list of the OPW buildings in County Kildare that are not in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21738/16]
- Public Sector Pensions
147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason Ability West, Galway County Association is not a member of the Public Sector Transfer Network despite giving financial...
- State Properties
148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a decision has been made on the status of lands (details supplied) and the requested transfer of these lands to South Dublin County...
- Health Services
149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the procedures in place to assist persons who suffer from dyslexia when undertaking an aptitude test for a State position. [21894/16]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Roads Maintenance
150. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a bridge (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21759/16]
- National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff
151. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of conservation rangers employed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and the number of vacant conservation ranger...
- Heritage Council Staff
152. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of the 70 full time jobs announced for 2016 supported by the Heritage Council that will be allocated to the west to...
- National Monuments
153. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will declare10 to 25 Moore Street, Dublin 1 a national monument; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21781/16]
- Department of Health
- Commencement of Legislation
154. To ask the Minister for Health when Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationship Act 2015 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21729/16]
- Health Services
155. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given priority for special footware; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21744/16]
- Pensions Data
156. To ask the Minister for Health his plan to bring workers in an organisation (details supplied), not currently covered by the standard public service pension scheme, under this scheme; the...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
157. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the Orkambi drug to persons with cystic fibrosis through the public health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21649/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for a swift appointment for a person (details supplied) given the extenuating circumstances. [21650/16]
- Mental Health Services
159. To ask the Minister for Health the status of psychiatric units in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21651/16]
- HSE Staff Remuneration
160. To ask the Minister for Health if the salaries on offer for senior management positions in teaching hospitals and in hospital groups are acting as disincentives to securing suitable...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
162. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medication (details supplied) has been removed under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21656/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
163. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery. [21657/16]
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
166. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the findings of the external consultants who carried out a review of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI); and if these findings will...
- Non-Acute and Community Agencies Funding
167. To ask the Minister for Health the salary levels which his Department authorised and approved for senior management in the St. John of God organisation. [21698/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
168. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be scheduled for surgery in Cork University Hospital. [21702/16]
- HSE Staff Remuneration
169. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the terms and conditions of Health Service Executive employed chefs and cooks as there has been no review of their terms since 2000 and no...
- Alcohol Pricing
170. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered introducing a ban on below invoice cost selling on alcohol products, where alcohol products would not be permitted to be sold at less than...
- Prison Medical Service
172. To ask the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to bring prison healthcare services under the responsibility of his Department and operated by the HSE; if he will expedite these...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
173. To ask the Minister for Health if he will classify myasthenia gravis as a long-term illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21731/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
174. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [21736/16]
- Services for People with Disabilities
175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist with arranging a response from a health care provider (details supplied) in County Cork, to correspondence submitted on 16 March 2016; and if...
- Psychological Services
176. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who was referred in 2015 will be seen by child psychology services. [21754/16]
- Health Services Provision
177. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21756/16]
- Hospital Services
178. To ask the Minister for Health if he will implement proposals of the Trauma Steering Group report particularly with respect to South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a...
- Home Help Service Provision
180. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21763/16]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
181. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the entitlements of women who have had mastectomies to prosthetics and special clothing in each Health Service Executive area; if and what...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure
182. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow retrospective funding for equipment such as wheelchairs in cases where persons have bought equipment privately to avoid long waiting times for...
- HSE Expenditure
183. To ask the Minister for Health the annual amount the Health Service Executive spends on fluoridation of water in counties Westmeath and Longford, in tabular form. [21789/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
184. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive surgery. [21793/16]
- Home Help Service Provision
185. To ask the Minister for Health when he will provide home help hours for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in making a decision on the application; and if he will make a...
- Drug Trials
187. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to licence and authorise the drug Ampligen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21797/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
188. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cancelled operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21801/16]
- Charities Regulation
189. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21808/16]
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
190. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of new consultants in the emergency department in the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar, County Westmeath; the number of new...
- Hospital Services
191. To ask the Minister for Health the status of establishing an electronic pigmented lesions clinic in the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar, County Westmeath. [21810/16]
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
192. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a podiatry post in the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar, County Westmeath. [21811/16]
- Pharmaceutical Sector
193. To ask the Minister for Health his views on recent media reports of pharmaceutical companies funding training programmes and conference attendances for doctors; if this constitutes a...
- Hospital Services
194. To ask the Minister for Health his views on proposals to remove trauma treatment from nine hospitals, including Cavan General Hospital, and the impact this could have on emergency...
- Disability Support Services
195. To ask the Minister for Health if it is acceptable that the Health Service Executive does not provide occupational therapist support to local authority tenants in Clondalkin and Lucan,...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
196. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to have a person (details supplied) admitted to a hospital for a surgical procedure as soon as possible [21822/16]
- Accident and Emergency Departments
197. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a report from the Expert Group on the Trauma Care Accident and Emergency Network which examined trauma care in the accident and emergency...
- Hospitals Data
198. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation to Midlands Regional Hospital on an annual basis for each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form. [21827/16]
- Hospital Facilities
202. To ask the Minister for Health the status of replacement operation theatres and a critical care unit for the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar including where this project is positioned...
- Nursing Staff Data
203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent nursing staff in Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, in 2015 and 2016. [21833/16]
- Nursing Staff
204. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Midlands Regional Hospital in Mullingar, County Westmeath, spent on agency nursing in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date in tabular form....
- Home Help Service
205. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date in tabular form. [21835/16]
- Suicide Bereavement Support
206. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide alternative services in the areas previously served by Console; and if he will engage with other charity groups in these areas to ensure...
- Services for People with Disabilities
207. To ask the Minister for Health to provide day care hours for a person (details supplied). [21838/16]
- Health Services
209. To ask the Minister for Health the action his Department and the Health Service Executive will take following a meeting with a person (details supplied); if the HSE has drawn up a specific...
- Hospital Appointments Status
210. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an early date for an operation for a person (details supplied) which has been deemed urgent by their general practitioner and consultant;...
- Health Services Provision
211. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21847/16]
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
212. To ask the Minister for Health the date the new theatre was completed at Crumlin children's hospital; if the theatre is now fully equipped, staffed and ready to open; if a date has been set...
- Medical Card Applications
213. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21865/16]
- Hospitals Funding
214. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 605 of 14 April 2016 (details supplied), if he will provide in view of the recent Supplementary Estimate for health,...
- Mobility Allowance
215. To ask the Minister for Health when he will provide a replacement for the mobility grant; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21872/16]
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
216. To ask the Minister for Health the speech therapy services available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21873/16]
- Ambulance Service Provision
218. To ask the Minister for Health the cost incurred by a group (details supplied) in the provision of private ambulance transport for each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date; and if he will make...
- Pharmaceutical Sector
219. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the concerns raised in correspondence dated 30 June 2016 from the Healthcare Enterprise Alliance on the ineffectiveness of the proposed...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
220. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the average waiting time to see a consultant for a referral for cataract surgery for persons from counties Cork and Kerry; to receive the surgery...
- Accident and Emergency Departments Closures
221. To ask the Minister for Health if he has commissioned a trauma steering group to examine the 29 emergency departments here, and if this group is now recommending the closure of the emergency...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
223. To ask the Minister for Health if the reconfiguration of services and moving the ophthalmic surgical service from Cork University Hospital to South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital has...
- Civil Registration Documentation
224. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the provisions in place to cope with the increase in civil registrations, in particular in County Kerry, where there is only one civil registrar,...
- Disability Services Provision
225. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure that residents of St. Joseph's learning disability service in Portrane, County Dublin, are accompanied by a qualified staff member from the service...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Fishery Harbour Centres
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will sanction the dredging of Howth fishery harbour centre given that the silting problem is becoming serious; the issues to be...
- Superlevy Fine
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set down the numbers of farmers in County Sligo who were levied for over-supply of milk in 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a...
- UK Referendum on EU Membership
229. 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 European...
- Greyhound Industry
230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to implement the recommendations of the report by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on...
- Transport of Animals
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will change the regulations governing the flight of dogs into Ireland to allow owners as distinct from airlines to email his...
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the Scottish derogation scheme. [21783/16]
- GLAS Applications
233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the 2015 green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a...
- Animal Identification Schemes
234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why he is, on the tender for the supply of Bovine Identification Tags, insisting on a single supplier framework which will deny...
- Farm Safety Scheme
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding avenues available to farmers to enhance safety measures on their farms; his plans for farmers to be able to claim back...
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21900/16]
- Early Retirement Scheme
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the early retirement scheme, including its criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21902/16]
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the area aid scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Beef Exports
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his Department’s efforts in gaining market access for Irish beef in the United States of America; and if he will...
- UK Referendum on EU Membership
240. 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 European...
- Live Exports
241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date in terms of achieving market access to Turkey for Irish live exports; and if he will make a statement on...
- Beef Exports
242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts he is making to open market access for Irish beef inside and outside the European Union; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fishing Licences
243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of boat fishermen fishing in rivers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21748/16]
- Electric Vehicles
244. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of electrical charging points that are now installed here; and his plans for advancing the further deployment...
- Alternative Energy Projects
245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of grant aid or supports available to persons who wish to develop solar parks for connection to the national...
- Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Applications
246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a final reply will issue further to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Gas Exploration Revenue
247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated value of the Corrib gas supply in its first year of operation and the estimated value of revenues the State...
- Sports Events
248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when is he due to consider which sporting events would be designated free-to-air under European legislation; and if he...
- Fisheries Protection
249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the latest statistic for the number of rivers that are meeting their conservation limits for salmon; and the rivers which...
- Broadband Service Provision
250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which improvements in quality and speed of broadband is envisaged over the next two years with particular...
- Exploration Licences Data
253. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of mineral exploration licences and petroleum, oil and gas exploration licences applied for, granted and...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Swimming Pool Programme Applications
254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that Kildare County Council's proposal for a north County Kildare swimming pool that was submitted to the public swimming...
- Dublin Bus Services
255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with Dublin Bus on the issue of transport provision earlier on Sunday mornings to customers who rely on Dublin Bus to...
- Vehicle Clamping
256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015 will be commenced; and the reason it has not been commenced to date. [21710/16]
- Road Projects
261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the street works at Main Street, Buttevant, County Cork will be completed in full. [21725/16]
- Driver Licences
262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider putting in place a provision for Irish persons living abroad who hold a full Irish driver licence which they can use...
- Local Improvement Scheme Funding
263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will provide local improvement scheme grant aid to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21776/16]
- National Transport Authority
264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will approve the final transport strategy for the greater Dublin area. [21887/16]
- Bus Services
265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his understanding of section 52 of the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 regarding the tendering of bus routes. [21888/16]
- Departmental Funding
267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of borrowings his Department and the various semi-State agencies under his remit have undertaken for infrastructural and...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Workplace Relations Commission
268. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a foreign national worker who either is here illegally or does not have the required work permit can take a case against his or her...
- Work Permits Eligibility
269. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the lack of qualified brewers in the jobs market with specialised skills in areas such as barrel...
- UK Referendum on EU Membership
270. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide data on the early impact of a British exit from the European Union on trade and investment involving Irish or...
- Local Enterprise Offices Data
271. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons who accessed the local enterprise offices for their services in the Leinster region in the years 2014 and 2015;...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Care and Education
272. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21798/16]
- City and County Child Care Committees
273. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will take steps to review her Department's allocation framework for funding to county child care committees (details supplied); and...
