Written answers
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Low Pay
44. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the assertion on page 3 of the Summer Economic Statement that the Government will improve the take home pay of families on...
- Workplace Relations Services Staff
45. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to ensure that the appropriate State bodies tasked with safeguarding the rights of workers are appropriately staffed and resourced to...
- IDA Site Visits
46. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency site visits that have been made to County Tipperary in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to...
- Job Creation
47. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware of the urgent need to provide much needed additional job opportunities throughout counties Cavan and Monaghan; the...
- IDA Site Visits
48. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency site visits made to counties Tipperary, Clare and Limerick in each of the years 2014 to...
- Export Controls
49. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider a ban on the issue of military and dual-use licences for export to Saudi Arabia, in view of the European...
- Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
50. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to provide an update on the latest discussions on Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; and if she will make a statement on...
- Employment Rights
51. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the actions of a company (details supplied) which have replaced their directly employed staff with staff whose contracts...
- Industrial Disputes
52. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the lockout of workers at Waterford Airport. [22792/16]
- Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
53. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied that the precautionary principle, which the EU currently applies as part of its obligations under the Lisbon...
- Zero-hour Contracts
54. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to implement in full the recommendations of the University of Limerick study on the prevalence of zero-hour contracts among...
- Unemployment Levels
55. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to address the high levels of unemployment in the north west; and if she is aware that almost 120,000 persons in rural...
- Employment Rights
56. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is concerned at the increasing number of workers being asked by employers to sign contracts which designate them as...
- Job Creation
57. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the opportunities which could be realised in Mullingar with regard to employment for the region considering her recent visit to the IDA...
- Employment Rights
58. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she will take to ensure that any employer in receipt of contracts from the State for the provision of certain services is...
- Job Creation Targets
59. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her Department has achieved the various targets in respect of job creation in the manufacturing and services...
- Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
60. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans regarding the ratification of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA; and if she will make a...
- Export Controls
61. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of licences issued in 2015 for the export of military list products to Israel; and if she will suspend military export...
- Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
62. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her concerns about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership undermining the European Union's climate change policy in view of...
- IDA Supports
64. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, with IDA Ireland, she will change the manner in which IDA Ireland manages Tipperary, as south Tipperary is with the south-east...
- Skills Development
65. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she is taking to ensure there are sufficient number of skilled employees in the hospitality and tourism industry to secure...
- Economic Data
66. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware of a recent report that describes Ireland as a low wage economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22765/16]
- Company Closures
67. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of her Department’s investigations and follow up following the closure of a company (details supplied); if all...
- Living Wage
68. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce a living wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18801/16]
- Workplace Relations Services
69. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she accepts that the Workplace Relations Commission is significantly under-resourced and that this impacts its ability to carry out...
- UK Referendum on EU Membership
70. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures and contingency plans both her Department and the enterprise agencies under her remit have to deal with the...
- Workplace Relations Services Staff
71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff currently working in the Workplace Relations Commission and the numbers that worked in the previously named Labour...
- Personal Injury Claims
72. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to report on progress regarding the updating of the book of quantum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22547/16]
- Job Creation
73. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware of the urgent need to provide much-needed additional job opportunities throughout County Cavan following the further...
- Job Initiatives
74. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress being made on section 4.1(c) of the programme for Government, regional spread of growth and jobs, in view of the fact the...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Titles
75. To ask the Taoiseach when or if his Department will utilise section 6(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 to confirm a new title for his Department; and if he will make a...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Visa Waiver Programme
76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to issue a visa waiver programme for diplomatic passport holders from Georgia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23177/16]
- Drugs Crime
77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the current resources being provided for the detection of drugs in the Border, midlands, west region and the State in...
- Garda Deployment
78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently stationed at Clondalkin, Rowlagh and Lucan Garda stations. [22978/16]
- Property Services Regulation
80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to regulate property management companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23004/16]
- Valuation Office
81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe in which revaluations for commercial rate purposes will be carried out for County Kildare; when they will be completed by the...
- Legal Proceedings
82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions in County Kildare that have been brought to court and the number of convictions secured for fraudulent insurance claims...
- Garda Strength
83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she expects the strength of An Garda Síochána to increase over the next three years; and if she will make a...
- Gangland Crime
84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which her Department and the Garda authorities have identified the total membership of criminal gangs operating in all parts of the...
- Crime Data
86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of burglaries and-or other crimes reported in each Garda district or division throughout County Kildare in the past five years to...
- EU Funding
87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount allocated to Ireland under the European Union Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in 2014 and 2015; the amount that has been drawn...
- Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities
89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an action plan will be developed and implemented for the comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities; the amount that will...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons to date that have been resettled under the various resettlement and relocation programmes in tabular form; and if she will...
- Registration of Title
92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23199/16]
- Garda Deployment
93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in view of the preliminary census results for County Meath showing above trend population growth, she has cause to review the current and...
- Garda Promotions
94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality If any of the 28 senior officers of An Garda Síochána recently promoted are involved in any investigations with the Garda...
- Criminal Law
95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the way sex workers will be decriminalised by measures in Part IV of the sexual offences Bill while still retaining sanctions for a...
- Departmental Titles
96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when or if her Department will utilise section 6(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 to confirm a new title for her...
- Department of Finance
- Insurance Costs
97. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the huge increases in insurance quotes for taxi drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23024/16]
- Credit Availability
98. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which access to working capital continues to be made available to small and medium-sized enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Customs and Excise Controls
99. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the withdrawal of the drugs sniffer dog from Ireland West Airport, Knock; the reason no dog is available for the entire Border, midlands and...
- Living City Initiative
101. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering new applications from towns for entry to the living city initiative scheme; if he will consider Dundalk, County Louth, as a suitable...
- Mortgage Debt
102. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the manner in which the various banks continue to accommodate customers who have found themselves in...
- Economic Competitiveness
103. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the economy continues to remain competitive when compared to other competing jurisdictions within the European Union and without; and if...
- Bank Charges
104. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the levels of bank charges being imposed by various banks; the basis for such charges,...
- EU Budget Contribution
106. To ask the Minister for Finance when Ireland's net contribution is made to the European Union; if Ireland's recently announced gross domestic product for 2015 figure will impact this either...
- Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
107. To ask the Minister for Finance to report to Dáil Éireann on the investments of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund in fossil fuels; the consideration he has given to divestment...
- Economic Data
109. To ask the Minister for Finance the most up-to-date gross domestic product and gross national product to debt ratios following the recent Central Statistics Office revisions to growth...
- VAT Rate Reductions
111. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or a body under its aegis has undertaken any analysis of the return on investment to the Exchequer of the introduction of the special 9% VAT...
- Revenue Commissioners
112. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons about whom the Revenue Commissioners provided data to the Health Service Executive under section 8 of the Health (Alteration of Criteria...
- Economic Growth Rate
113. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to publish revised growth projections and estimates for the fiscal space following the Brexit referendum result; and if he will make a...
- Exchequer Savings
114. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional fiscal space as a result of the non-indexation of tax bands per annum from 2017-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23298/16]
- Departmental Titles
115. To ask the Minister for Finance when or if his Department will utilise section 6(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 to confirm a new title for his Department; and if he...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Bus Éireann
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify what is meant when Bus Éireann states that the Expressway and other businesses of Bus Éireann are kept in separate accounts;...
- School Transport Administration
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the name of the account in the bank, used for school transport funds, and to verify independently of Bus Éireann where its funds...
- European Globalisation Fund
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way workers of a company (details supplied) can access the European globalisation adjustment fund; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of implementing the early childhood care and education access and inclusion model in primary schools nationwide....
- School Transport
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria set for obtaining a concessionary bus ticket for students attending second level schools; the number of these tickets were issued...
- Student Support Schemes
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will restore financial supports for postgraduate students; to what level he intends on restoring the funding; and if he will make a...
- Student Accommodation
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views that, in Dublin, the shortage of accommodation together with the cost of available accommodation is resulting in a pattern of...
- Higher Education Institutions Staff
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to take decisive action to ensure that postgraduate students who are hired as academic staff are afforded the necessary working...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is will develop a scheme to encourage Irish persons living abroad to return here and return to education; if he is aware that the current...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to alter the manner in which seniority is determined for special needs assistants (details supplied); if he will explain the current...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will soon be issued with a decision in respect of a funding application; if he acknowledges the...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will amend areas of the existing legislation surrounding apprenticeships and traineeships, as per the areas of legislation that have been...
- Schools Refurbishment
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) is expected to move into the refurbished building that has been allocated to it to replace its current...
- Schools Building Projects Status
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timescale expected for the construction of extra classrooms for a school (details supplied); if sanction has been given to move classes from...
- Special Educational Needs
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in relation to securing extra places in south County Kildare for children diagnosed with autism scheduled to start primary...
- School Transport Applications
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a transport grant will be approved for a person (details supplied); if he will expedite this grant as it is urgently required; and if he...
- Schools Building Projects Status
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that stage 2B of the permanent school building project for a school (details supplied) will be completed without further delay and that...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) under the summer works scheme 2016 to 2017, or if funding will be approved under the...
- School Enrolments
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to continue to make adequate provision in respect of primary and second level school places...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he expects special needs teaching requirements in all schools throughout County Kildare at primary and second level to be met...
- Schools Building Projects Status
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which upgrading of extension works at a school (details supplied) is likely to progress in the near future in line with submissions...
- School Accommodation Provision
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department can assist the school authorities at Newtown, Enfield, County Kildare, in the provision of extra enhanced and...
- Physical Education Facilities
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to accede to the request for extra facilities, including a sports hall, at a school (details...
- School Accommodation Provision
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to approve an increase in funding offered to a school (details supplied) given the increase in...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that provision is made for an autism unit in one or both of the newly planned secondary schools for the Malahide and Swords...
- Schools Building Projects Status
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to advance the construction of a new school (details supplied) in County Cork. [23144/16]
- School Accommodation Provision
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding from a school (details supplied) in County Kildare which is now urgent given that works need to be...
- School Transport Provision
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if action will be taken to retain the school bus service under the primary school transport scheme for a school (details supplied); and if he...
- Third Level Staff Recruitment
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 12 June 2016, the exceptional circumstances that led to an appointment by a university of the...
- School Accommodation Provision
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 8 June 2016, the updated status of an application for funding for additional accommodation for a...
- School Transport Appeals
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal for a transport grant for persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport Eligibility
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person on a medical card who was previously able to avail of free school travel for two years has now been denied their travel pass...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of implementing one-point reductions in average class size at primary level; and his estimates for reducing the average class...
- School Staff
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of fully restoring the staffing schedule for retaining and gaining a teacher that applied for schools before 2012 for three,...
- Capitation Grants
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoring pre-2010 capitation levels to primary schools; the estimated cost of a 10% increase in the capitation grant to...
- School Staff
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing schools one administration day per week for teaching principals to cover the establishment of a permanent pool of...
- Psychological Services
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of employing an additional 100 new NEPS psychologists. [23191/16]
- Special Educational Needs Data
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the resource teaching and learning support hours allocated to all schools in each electoral division or the next...
- Teaching Contracts
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on the implementation of the Ward report in relation to contracts of indefinite duration and general recommendations for...
- Special Educational Needs Expenditure
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated costs of increasing the resource teaching hours allocations from 85% of special education review committee recommended allocation...
- Psychological Assessments
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average waiting time for students to be publicly assessed for special needs by the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the performance of the pilot allocation system for resource teaching and learning supports; his views on whether the...
- Psychological Services
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all DEIS schools are prioritised in their preferential access to NEPS psychologists; and if there is scope to provide priority to non-DEIS...
- School Curriculum
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of major curriculum changes at post-primary level that are to be introduced in the 2017-18 or 2018-19 school years. [23202/16]
- Educational Disadvantage
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering funding and supports for urban (band 1) DEIS schools as suggested in the ESRI review of the programme; and if his Department...
- Traveller Education
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on restoring the visiting teacher service for Travellers; and the cost of restoring this programme to primary and post-primary schools....
- Languages Programme
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has undertaken any review of the effectiveness of the simplified allocation process for both learning and language support...
- School Funding
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that voluntary secondary schools receive less funding per student per annum than the amount allocated...
- School Guidelines on Obesity
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the guidelines on healthy, tasty and nutritious foods in primary schools; and if he will consider issuing a circular...
- Third Level Funding
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the policy of providing universities a top-up payment per student enrolled in a course teaching computer science has been successful; the...
- Irish Language
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of non-Gaelscoileanna schools that offer access to Irish language partial immersion programmes, where 50% of subjects are taught...
- School Guidance Counsellors
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide estimates of the cost of restoring ex-quota guidance counsellors to all schools. [23211/16]
- Capitation Grants
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide estimates of the cost of a 20% increase per annum in the per capita capitation to voluntary secondary schools; and the estimated cost...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to revise the criteria for a student to live three of the past five years in the European Economic Area and/or Switzerland to be eligible for the...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of a case (details supplied) if he is further aware that a HSE therapist and an educational psychologist have recommended that...
- Schools Establishment
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the preliminary census results for County Meath, showing above trend population growth, he has cause to review the current and...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the accounts of Caranua for 2014 and 2015 will be published. [23234/16]
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet the Right to Peace group. [23235/16]
- Departmental Correspondence
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he had an opportunity to review a file (details supplied). [23236/16]
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Data
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of survivors of institutional abuse who have received assistance from Caranua. [23237/16]
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is envisaged that Caranua will complete its work.. [23238/16]
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funds that are still awaited from religious orders in respect of Caranua. [23239/16]
- Schools Site Acquisitions
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payment will be made in respect of the sale of a site (details supplied); if this matter will be progressed; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Titles
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when or if his Department will utilise section 6(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 to confirm a new title for his...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way special educational needs organisers who are neither medical nor educational professionals can adjudicate on the veracity or otherwise of...
- Special Educational Needs
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on where Children First and health and safety legislation implies two adults must hoist, toilet, change and clean a child, as in...
- Medicinal Products
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the administration of medicines by medically untrained teachers and special needs assistants in primary schools is...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility
188. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the process for a distressed mortgage holder to follow to be accepted onto the mortgage to rent scheme; if this scheme...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 21 June 2016, the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Water Meters Data
190. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 13 July 2016, if he will provide a detailed breakdown of all the research...
- Motor Tax Rates
193. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legal basis for charging a surcharge on those who renew their Motor Tax on a quarterly or bi-annual basis; and if he...
- Waste Disposal Charges
194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress of discussions with a company (details supplied) on the change of price plan and for customers to stay on the...
- Local Authority Housing Data
195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of void local authority units that have been brought back into use as a result of funding schemes from his...
- Local Authority Funding
197. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of funding to local authorities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23018/16]
- Unfinished Housing Developments
198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department continues to monitor progress in regard to the completion of development works in...
- Housing for People with Disabilities Provision
199. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which adequate resources remain available to the various local authorities to facilitate the provision of...
- Local Authority Housing
200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department continues to be made aware of new applicants applying for local authority housing...
- Local Authority Housing Maintenance
203. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will sign an approval order to commence urgently required works at a location (details supplied) in County Kilkenny...
- Local Authority Expenditure
204. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend governing legislation to ensure that public funding raised through general taxation which is spent by...
- Waste Management
205. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures being taken by his Department to ensure that waste collection companies are abiding by correct procedure,...
- Housing Estates
206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to have a further round of the national taking in charge initiative measure 2; and the way he intends to advance...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the Revision of the Wind Energy Development Guidelines 2006; if the revisions to the guidelines will be...
- Constituency Boundaries
209. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with reference to the establishment of the commission to review Dáil and European constituencies, if the commission...
- Housing Data
210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that the latest figures produced by the Central Statistics Office for the first quarter of 2016 for...
- Construction Sector Strategy
211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department or a body under its aegis provides any ongoing independent Government research into construction costs;...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason, in the context of the large capital allocations available to local authorities under the Social Housing...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or a body under its aegis has estimates for the number of weeks it takes from the granting of planning permission to...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the final estimated unit cost for the rapid-build units in Poppintree in Ballymun; if on the basis of this...
- Building Regulations Amendments
215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department or a body under its aegis undertook a regulatory impact assessment of the BCAR SI.9 system changes...
- Building Regulations
216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been a review of the negative effects of BC(A)R SI 9 on the multi-unit sector as there was for the once-off...
- Building Regulations Amendments
217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that costings by his Department in its review of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations...
- Telephone Call Charges
218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter regarding 1850 and 0818 numbers being more expensive than regular landline numbers; and if he will...
- Climate Change Policy
219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the national mitigation plan to transition Ireland to a low-carbon economy; the key annual actions for this...
- Rural Resettlement Scheme
221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on plans to develop a rural resettlement programme; the timeframe for such a programme; and if he...
- Departmental Reviews
223. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress of the report into the fire at a location (details supplied); if it will be forwarded to Kildare County...
- Departmental Titles
224. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when or if his Department will utilise section 6(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 to confirm a new...
- Department of Social Protection
- Services for People with Disabilities
225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has examined the service provision of the WALK PEER project in County Louth regarding the comprehensive employment strategy for people with...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
226. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an application for jobseeker's allowance has been refused for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Carer's Support Grant
227. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the processing of a carer's support grant in respect of a person (details supplied) will be expedited considering the medical condition; and if...
- Illness Benefit Applications
228. 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. [22960/16]
- Exceptional Needs Payments
229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any further assistance will be provided by way of a further exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a application by a person (details Supplied) for a carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23048/16]
- Live Register Data
232. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the degree to which the reduction in the live register can contribute to expediting the process for various social protection payments; and if he...
- Rent Supplement Scheme
233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which her Department continues to monitor the situation in respect of rent supplement with a view to ensuring that everything possible...
- Mortgage Interest Relief Application
234. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any examination has been done as to the extent to which cessation of mortgage interest relief has negatively impacted upon particular families;...
- Youth Employment Initiative
235. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which his Department continues to provide youth unemployment alleviation measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
236. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an oral hearing will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in respect of their appeal for a carer's allowance; and if he will...
- Social Welfare Appeals
237. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when making an appeal to the social protection appeals office, if a person has the legal right to speak with a medical advisor instead of an appeals...
- Social Insurance
239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made on implementing the findings of the 2013 advisory group recommendations on extending social insurance support for...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will consider providing loans to social protection recipients for exceptional needswhere repayments can be deducted from their...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23146/16]
- Maternity Benefit
242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full combined cost of increasing maternity benefit by €20, €30, €40, and €50 per week; while extending...
- Youth Guarantee
243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of education, training and work experiences places on the various schemes and programmes which have been delivered under the European...
- JobsPlus Scheme
244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who have qualified for the JobsPlus scheme since the introduction of the revised criteria in...
- Jobseeker's Benefit
245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the number of social protection recipients who are between 18 and 25 years of age and who have been subject to a penalty-rated payment in...
- Invalidity Pension Eligibility
246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline the reason a person (details supplied) has been taken off the invalidity pension scheme, is receiving a reduced payment and has lost the...
- Disability Allowance Applications
247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
248. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23173/16]
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
250. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will continue to pay an enhanced rate of supplementary welfare allowance to a person (details supplied) to prevent the person from becoming...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
251. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23200/16]
- Carer's Allowance Payments
252. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance payment will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Services Card
253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline the way people born outside of Ireland can obtain a public services card given that they require a passport for identification purposes...
- Disability Allowance Payments
254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set down the correct rate of disability allowance now payable in the case of a person (details supplied) whose appeal was allowed last month; and...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
255. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Illness Benefit Appeals
256. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23333/16]
- Invalidity Pension Applications
257. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23335/16]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
258. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23337/16]
- Departmental Titles
261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when or if his Department will utilise section 6(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 to confirm a new title for his Department;...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Middle East Issues
262. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress being made for him to formally recognise the state of Palestine, as outlined in the programme for Government; and if he will...
- Religious Persecution
263. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the European Union in conjunction with the UN continues to focus on the activities of ISIS with particular reference to...
- EU Issues
264. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which particular emphasis is placed on efforts within the European Union to address the issue of euroscepticism; and if he...
- Syrian Conflict
265. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to engage with the various parties in Syria with a view to bringing about a...
- Trade Data
266. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland’s trade with various European countries throughout the European Union continues to grow; the way in which...
- UK Referendum on EU Membership
267. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his European colleagues continue to engage with their colleagues in the UK with a view to addressing concerns...
- Diplomatic Representation
268. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, as part of his review of the embassy service, he will consider opening an embassy in Georgia; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Meetings
269. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to discuss the round-table meeting he had with Irish non-governmental organisation representatives on 9 September 2015; the outcome of that...
- EU Migration Crisis
270. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the proposal from the European Commission to replicate the European Union-Turkey deal across more than 16 countries in Africa...
- Departmental Titles
271. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when or if his Department will utilise section 6(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 to confirm a new title for his...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Heritage Sites
272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Office of Public Works, OPW, has not bought any other properties on the Great Blasket Island since it bought part of the...
- Fiscal Policy
278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains confident that public expenditure and reform expectations remain in line with previously identified...
- Cross-Border Projects
279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projected European Union funding specifically for North-South projects; the amount of co-funding provided by the Irish State to...
- Fiscal Data
280. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline per annum from 2017 to 2021 the projected increase in expenditure due to demographic demands and existing public service pay...
- Departmental Titles
281. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if or when his Department will utilise section 6(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 to confirm a new title for his...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Waterways Ireland Staff
282. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff employed by Waterways Ireland in 2008; the number of staff currently employed, specifying the number of...
- National Parks Projects
285. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Killarney National Park; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23016/16]
- Departmental Titles
286. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if or when her Department will utilise section 6(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 to confirm a new title for...
- Department of Health
- Medical Card Applications
287. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23049/16]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
288. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a request by a person (details supplied) for equipment from the HSE. [23051/16]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
289. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a motorised wheelchair for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23299/16]
- Disability Support Services
291. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons of 18 years of age who are accommodated in institutions across the State overseen by his Department and the HSE; and if he will make a...
- Care Services Provision
292. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of Safeguarding Vulnerable Persons at Risk of Abuse: National Policy and Procedures; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Audiology Services Provision
293. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of adult audiology services in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22933/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
294. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
295. To ask the Minister for Health if a clinical lead on dual diagnosis has been appointed by the HSE; if so, the name and remit of the person appointed; and the funding that has been made...
- Departmental Investigations
296. To ask the Minister for Health to investigate the matters outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22936/16]
- Primary Care Services Provision
297. To ask the Minister for Health the variety and level of current services provided at Tinahely health centre; his plans to retain these services at that location; if there is any proposal to...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
298. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person, (details supplied) including when the person will receive an appointment. [22973/16]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
300. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary health care centre in Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22980/16]
- Home Care Packages Data
303. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to increase the number of hours under the home help scheme and the number of home care packages, in the HSE's Dublin west region; and if he will...
- Accident and Emergency Departments Closures
305. To ask the Minister for Health the current and future status of emergency services provided by Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22994/16]
- Services for People with Disabilities
306. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of speech therapists and occupational therapists for children with disabilities; his plans, if any, to co-ordinate with the...
- Medical Card Eligibility
309. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to further streamline the medical card application process to ensure that children with disabilities are provided the required support; and if he...
- Hospital Appointments Status
310. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reschedule an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23010/16]
- Medicinal Products Prices
311. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a drug (details supplied) which is supplied by the HSE to pharmacies at a cost of €35.50 is being sold on to consumers at a price of...
- Parking Provision
312. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the development of car-parking facilities at University Hospital Galway that did not proceed to construction since 2006; if he will provide a...
- Medical Card Applications
314. To ask the Minister for Health if eligibility for a medical card will be reviewed in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23022/16]
- Services for People with Disabilities
315. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider proposals to secure sustainable long-term funding for the important PEER WALK programme for young persons with disabilities based on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
316. 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. [23052/16]
- Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
317. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he continues to take to alleviate the problem of overcrowding at various general hospitals throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
318. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which waiting times can be reduced for elective procedures in hospitals throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Nursing Home Beds Data
319. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which step-down, public or private nursing home beds are available or are being made available throughout the country with particular reference...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting attention in respect of various elective procedures at various public hospitals throughout the country; the number of those who...
- Hospital Facilities
321. To ask the Minister for Health the position in regard to the endoscopy unit at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare; if preparation of tender documents has been concluded; when the...
- Respite Care Services Provision
322. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be awarded a Health Service Executive respite care package of 26 hours a week with one overnight; and if he will make a...
- Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
323. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the crisis in the emergency department at Limerick University Hospital, particularly in respect of the number of persons on trolleys; and his...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
324. To ask the Minister for Health the expected opening date of the new emergency department at Limerick University Hospital; his plans to incorporate the existing accident and emergency staff...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
325. To ask the Minister for Health the new skills that will be required in terms of staffing for the new emergency department at University Hospital Limerick; the progress of the emergency...
- Hospitals Funding
326. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to invest in modern diagnostic services such as X-Ray scans, ultrasounds, and so on to allow for faster turnaround in the new Emergency Department at...
- Hospital Appointments Status
327. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) and when the person will receive an appointment. [23131/16]
- Home Help Service Provision
328. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding has been made available for home help in County Cork; and if a person (details supplied) will receive additional home help hours. [23139/16]
- Home Care Packages Provision
330. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding has been made available for home care packages in County Cork; and if a person (details supplied) will receive additional night time...
- Disability Activation Projects
331. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the input he has into the implementation of the comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities; if this model of service provision...
- Hospital Appointments Status
332. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical appointment for a person (details supplied). [23167/16]
- Health Services Provision
333. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the preliminary census results for County Meath, showing above trend population growth, he has cause to review the current and future health...
- Hospitals Expenditure
334. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid by the Saolta University Healthcare Group for the rental of a premises across from University Hospital Galway on Newcastle Road for the purpose...
- Hospital Appointments Status
336. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23252/16]
- Hospitals Funding
337. To ask the Minister for Health when he will make funding available for additional paediatric urologists posts at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12 in view of the increasing...
- Disability Support Services
338. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list and within that the number waiting fewer than four months, waiting four to...
- Speech and Language Therapy
341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list and within that the numbers waiting fewer than four months, four to 12 months,...
- Ambulance Service Data
343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances that have been decommissioned by the HSE National Ambulance Service in 2016 to date; the number of new emergency ambulances...
- Services for People with Disabilities
346. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred to COPE. [23275/16]
- Mental Health Services Provision
347. To ask the Minister for Health in conjunction with the HSE to engage with CYPSC Tipperary to facilitate the development of a Jigsaw youth mental health project for County Tipperary, to make...
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
348. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form, based on local health office and area and indicating those of 16 years of age and under and those above 16 years of age, the...
- General Practitioner Data
349. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form for each local health area the number of general practitioner vacancies. [23306/16]
- Hospital Staff Data
350. To ask the Minister for Health to detail in tabular form the most up-to-date figures for the number of vacant positions in each public-voluntary hospital in the following categories -...
- Ambulance Service Data
351. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form, indicating the HSE region and subdivided by every 50,000 miles/80,000 km, the distances that have been travelled by emergency...
- Services for People with Disabilities
354. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the progress made in implementing each of the 31 recommendations in the 2011 HSE report, Time to Move on from Congregated Settings;...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
355. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012; the current status of same; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Beds Data
356. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of beds and wards in hospitals (details supplied); and the number of those beds and wards that are currently closed; and...
- Hospitals Data
357. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of operations or procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2015; and if he will...
- Hospital Beds Data
360. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form for each public hospital the number of critical care beds in each of the years 2011 to 2015 and the latest figure for 2016 [23317/16]
- Hospital Staff Data
361. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form for each public or voluntary hospital with an accident and emergency department the number of emergency medicine consultants in...
- Hospitals Data
362. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form broken down by each public or voluntary hospital the revenue raised between 1 January 2016 and 30 June 2016 from charges for private...
- HSE Staff
363. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the Health Service Executive...
- Medical Card Data
364. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 July 2016; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a...
- Home Care Packages Data
365. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of home help hours provided in each local health office area, for every month to date in 2016; and, for every month and...
- Health Services Expenditure
366. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the once-off revenue measures of €330 million announced for the health budget in 2015, the amount of this revenue that has been raised in...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
367. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form for each local health area the numbers of persons currently awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; and the waiting time....
- Hospitals Data
368. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out MRI scans; the number of persons waiting as of July 1 2016 or the nearest...
- Hospital Services
373. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, ERCP; and the number of...
- Medical Card Data
374. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form at the end of June 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 for each local health area, the number of over 70s medical cards in circulation....
- Departmental Titles
375. To ask the Minister for Health when or if his Department will utilise section 6(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 to confirm a new title for his Department; and if he...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
376. To ask the Minister for Health the way special educational needs organisers who are neither medical nor educational professionals can adjudicate on the veracity or otherwise of such...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- GLAS Payments
380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; the reason for the delay;...
- Common Agricultural Policy Reform
381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he proposes to take in conjunction with his European Union colleagues to protect the concept of the viability of the family...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which all farm support payments already due this year have been paid up to date; the number outstanding for technical...
- Agriculture Industry
384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which indicators in respect of Food Harvest 2020 and Food Wise 2025 remain in line with expectations; and if he will...
- Food Labelling
386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy and frequency of checks and inspections in respect of food and food product labelling here...
- Young Farmers Scheme
388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments under the young farmers scheme for 2015 and 2016 on a geographical basis; and the status of the case of a...
- Departmental Staff Recruitment
389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of technical adviser positions being recruited by his Department; the number of applications received; the step by step...
- Basic Payment Scheme
390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) was to set out their land and associated entitlements for ten years due to force majeure circumstances...
- Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the entitlements of a person (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme allocated to same in 2015-2016 given...
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of cases referred to the Agriculture Appeals Office in the period 2013 to 2016 to date broken down by respective...
- Farm Inspections
393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farm inspections carried out in 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016, by county, in tabular form. [23225/16]
- GLAS Data
394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of 2015 green low-carbon agri-environment scheme applicants that have not passed all of his Department’s...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress on submitting an amendment to Ireland's rural development programme at European Union level to create financial...
- Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the value of a person’s farm entitlements have been reduced (details supplied). [23271/16]
- Departmental Titles
397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when or if his Department will utilise section 6(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 to confirm a new title for...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services Provision
398. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which any initiatives are planned to address deficiencies in the telecommunications sector with a view to...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
401. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress to date towards reaching targets arrived at by the previous Administration in respect of renewable energy...
- Public Service Obligation Levy Yield
402. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount collected from the public service obligation levy on energy bills for each of the past five years in tabular...
- Television Licence Fee
404. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a person's personal identification number required to log in to renew a TV licence on tvlicence.ie is not...
- Departmental Titles
405. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when or if his Department will utilise section 6(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2013 to confirm a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Coras Iompair Éireann
406. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider increasing the public service obligation payments received by CIE, given that despite the increase in fare revenue...
- Airport Security
407. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regrading introducing new security measures in airports in the State. [23253/16]
- Sports Capital Programme Data
408. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the sports capital allocation by county for 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22925/16]
- Motor Tax Collection
413. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who renewed the motor tax online in 2015; to indicate this number as a percentage of overall renewals; and if he...
- Swimming Pool Programme Status
414. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the allocation of funding for the provision of the Lucan swimming pool project; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Transport Infrastructure Provision
415. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost to date to the Sate for the planning of the metro west orbital transport route project; his plans, to advance the planning...
- Light Rail Projects
416. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost to date to the State for the planning of the Luas to Lucan project; his plans, if any, to advance the planning process for...
- Aviation Policy
418. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which regional airports are expected to continue to play a major part on the national transport network in the future; and...
- Tourism Data
419. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the areas in the tourism sector which have shown the greatest potential for future development and expansion both internally and...
- Transport Infrastructure Provision
420. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date regarding upgrade works in respect of the M7 Naas to Newbridge-Osberstown interchange and Sallins bypass as...
- Tourism Promotion
421. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he has examined the potential growth for business tourism here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23084/16]
- Military Aircraft Landings
422. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 419 of 12 July 2016, the number of American troops and military hardware which have used Dublin...
- Travel Trade Sector
423. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of regulations that travel agency and tour operator bonds are only used when a company is unable to meet its commitments, either...
- Local Authority Funding
430. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided to the Louth County Council for roads in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date; the amount of that designated money...
- Sports Funding
432. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in addition to sports capital grants, there are any alternative grants available to sports clubs; to outline any such grants; if...
- Road Projects Status
433. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the progress of the proposed M20 bypass for Charleville, County Cork; to provide an expected timeframe to...
- Road Projects
434. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to develop the N2 route from Monaghan to Carrickmacross into a dual carriageway; if any concerns have been addressed...
- Departmental Titles
435. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when or if his Department will utilise section 6(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 to confirm a new title for his...
- Schools Building Projects Status
436. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects to be in a position to accede to the request for extra facilities including a sports hall at a school...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Local Enterprise Offices Remit
437. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is grant aid available for a person starting up an engineering business; if not, the other funding avenues available; and if...
- Trade Agreements
438. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the Government's position on the provisional application of the European Union-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement,...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
440. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied that all means of assistance available to the indigenous business sector here are readily available and...
- Foreign Direct Investment
441. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she expects foreign direct investment to play a part in job creation over the next five years; and if she will...
- Skills Shortages
442. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which it is expected that the skills available through those on the live register can be matched to the skill...
- Trade Agreements
443. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the articles of the EU treaties the Commission is relying on when asking member states to sign a letter of intent prior to the...
- Programme for Government Implementation
444. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she has put in place to deliver 135,000 jobs outside of Dublin as per the programme for Government; and if she will make...
- Equality Issues
445. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the initiatives in place to assist women in the workforce given that more than 70% of those on minimum wage here are women; and if she...
- Trade Agreements
446. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the European Commission is acting ultra vires having delivered on 6 July 2016 a proposal to the Council of Ministers to...
- UK Referendum on EU Membership
447. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she and her Department are taking to address the possible impacts of the United Kingdom Brexit vote on levels of...
- Job Retention
448. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her Department has identified the most important issues affecting job retention based on the performance over the...
- Economic Competitiveness
449. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the cost base in Irish industry remains in line with that in other adjoining and European jurisdictions; and if...
- Regional Development Initiatives
450. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which consideration remains to be given to supporting regional developments in a way likely to spread economic growth...
- Enterprise Support Services Provision
451. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she continues to monitor the performance of smaller, indigenous companies here in comparison with similar...
- Foreign Direct Investment
452. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which foreign direct investment and indigenous investment has contributed to job creation in County Kildare over the...
- Economic Policy
453. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she expects innovation and technology to remain a feature of economic development over the next five years; the...
- Job Creation
454. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she expects further job creation in areas not previously the beneficiaries of major invest, to avail of increased...
- Live Register Data
455. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which it is expected that the skills available through those on the live register can be matched to the skill...
- Youth Unemployment Measures
456. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he expects job creation over the next three years to focus on the job requirements of youth unemployed; and if she...
- Job Losses
457. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs lost and gained in County Kildare in each of the past eight years and to date in 2016; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Titles
459. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when or if her Department will utilise section 6(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 to confirm a new title for...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Aftercare Services
460. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 239 and 240 of 26 April 2016, the reason a number of young persons leaving the care of the State at...
- Child and Family Agency
462. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason an acknowledgement or response has not been received from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, with respect to correspondence...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
463. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full year cost of extending the early childhood care and education scheme to 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 weeks. [23149/16]
- Child and Family Agency Funding
464. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way the €35 million additional moneys allocated to Tusla was allocated; the criteria that were applied in decisions made; the...
- Area Based Childhood Programme
465. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs considering the success of the preparing for life early intervention programme initiative operated by Northside Partnership in north...
- Departmental Titles
466. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when or if her Department will utilise section 6(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 to confirm a new title for her...
- Department of Defence
- Ambulance Service Provision
467. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to raise the matter of ambulance cover for personnel exercising horses at the next meeting of the Curragh forum; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Titles
468. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when or if his Department will utilise section 6(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 to confirm a new title for his...
