Written answers

Thursday, 21 July 2016

  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Departmental Schemes
      15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to expand the qualifying criteria for community child care scheme to allow families who are not in receipt of Social Protection but are on...
    • Early Years Strategy Implementation
      16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for early years in detail and timeline for the implementation of the early years strategy on a yearly basis. [23035/16]
    • Children in Care
      17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in residential care here, indicating the units and numbers and the private service providers and numbers; and if she...
    • insertheading
      18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the comments of the Ombudsman when she stated recently her concern that 2,177 children are homeless and living in hotels,...
    • Detention Centres Data
      19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of permanent full-time staff employed in youth detention centres and their roles; the number of roles covered by agency staff;...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she plans to take to tackle youth unemployment, if she will provide an update on the implementation of the Youth Employability...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      21. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will revise the terms of the Mother and Baby Home Commission to include St. Patrick's Guild in view of the transfer of more than...
    • Legislative Measures
      22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered a review of the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23039/16]
    • Child Care Services
      23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the reinstatement of the child minding advisory service. [23036/16]
    • UN Committees
      24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress she is making with the recommendations in the UN committee's report on the rights of the child; and if she will make a...
    • Child Care Services
      25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will change the situation where grandparents are disallowed from caring for their grandchildren if they are 40 years older than the...
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered advocating for the services of the Garda youth diversion projects to be extended in north inner city Dublin, as well...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to assist in the provision of additional child care places and-or the upgrading of existing facilities for community and private...
    • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
      30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address concerns that the planned expansion of the community childcare subvention scheme is not taking place due to the low level of...
    • HSE Funding
      31. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is aware of the premature removal of funding by HSE Donegal for SEN grants for children with disabilities attending mainstream...
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers who have been recruited for the child welfare and protection services to date in 2016; the number who have left...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address concerns over inadequate case management by social worker services of adult disclosure cases and the lack of an overarching...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capital funding available in 2016 towards the provision of child care places and-or the upgrading of existing facilities for community...
    • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
      35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider a role in co-ordinating and progressing the prevention and education arm of the national drug strategy in respect of...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is aware of findings of a survey carried out by Donegal county childcare committee (details supplied) which found a significant...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if measures are being taken to ensure that all children, irrespective of their date of birth, can avail of the early childhood care and...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department has been in a position to strategically examine and assess any specific deficiencies in respect of child...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Coroners Service
      41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when the death certificate and coroner's report will be provided to persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to remove the word "lunacy" from the Statute Book; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23912/16]
    • Maternity Leave
      43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase statutory maternity leave entitlement; if she will provide estimates of the cost of increasing maternity leave from 26 weeks...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is a delay in the processing of Garda vetting for a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; when they will receive their...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the figures for her Department on the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified leave and uncertified leave in each...
    • Guardian Status
      46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the correct procedure to be followed to apply for guardianship of their grandson in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Garda Expenditure
      47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost in 2017 of recruiting an additional 700 gardaí. [23587/16]
    • Immigration Status
      48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the eligibility of a person to apply for permission to remain here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23594/16]
    • Garda Deployment
      49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently assigned to each divisional drugs unit in tabular form. [23605/16]
    • Garda Recruitment
      50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the target of 15,000 gardaí, as outlined in the programme for Government, includes Garda reserves or is it exclusive of Garda reserve...
    • Garda Strength
      51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí in Dublin city and county and their shift patterns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23767/16]
    • Garda Resources
      53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of training in the use of Garda bicycles including the cost of bicycle purchase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23769/16]
    • Garda Data
      54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Segway vehicles in use by the Garda in the Dublin metropolitan area; the cost of provision of the Segways; the cost of training and...
    • Garda Retirements
      55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who retired between 2010 and 2016 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23771/16]
    • Garda Reserve
      56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reserves in each Garda division in tabular form; the number in each division for the same date in each year from 2011 to 2015,...
    • Drugs Seizures
      57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the volume and value of heroin seizures in Cork city and county for each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date; and to provide details of the response...
    • Defence of the Dwelling
      58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a householder is entitled under law to use reasonable force to repel a trespasser or an assailant at a dwelling; the circumstances a firearm is...
    • Firearms Seizures
      59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of holders, annually, of licensed firearms who had their firearms removed from them by the Garda as a result of producing a firearm...
    • Garda Promotions
      61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the new Garda promotions she will bring to Cabinet for decision in advance of the summer recess by number and rank; the concerns, if any, she has...
    • Deportation Orders
      62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position regarding representations against the proposal to deport a person (details supplied); if the full extent of such...
    • Immigration Status (1 comment)
      63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise the residency in the case of a person (detials supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      66. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Deportation Orders
      68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has received representations seeking the revocation of a deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Immigration Status
      69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position of a renewal of stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24007/16]
    • Student Visas Administration
      73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way she intends to link particular non-EU student visa applications to particular programmes of study once that student commences their...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a project (details supplied); when it will proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24108/16]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in establishing the joint agency task force following the Fresh Start agreement; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Living Wage
      76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by her Department; and if she...
    • Garda Recruitment
      78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the practice of some persons for Garda recruitment attending preparation courses in advance of sitting aptitude tests; her...
    • Drugs Seizures
      79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug seizures in each Dublin metropolitan Garda district for each of the years 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; and the...
    • Crime Data
      80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of different instances in which counterfeit euro notes have been seized by or have come into the possession of the Garda for each of...
    • Legal Aid Service Waiting Times
      81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting times persons are experiencing in receiving free legal aid broken down by category such as family law, repossessions and so...
    • Prisoner Releases
      82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners currently on temporary release by prison in tabular form; the type of offence the prisoners were convicted of; and if she...
    • Direct Provision Data
      83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total population currently residing in direct provision centres; the number of persons in tabular form, by centre; the capacity and the...
    • Garda Data
      84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of outstanding warrants nationwide on the PULSE, system; if she is concerned at the number of outstanding warrants; and if she will...
    • Probation and Welfare Service Data
      85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently supervised in the community under a post-release supervision order under Part 5 of the Sex Offenders Act 2001; the...
    • Historical Conflicts
      86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been progress on an investigation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24271/16]
    • Freedom of Information Data
      87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of freedom of information requests received by her Department to date in 2016; the number of requests fully refused; and the number of...
    • Ministerial Remuneration
      88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of miles claimed for and the travel expenses paid to her and each Minister of State in her Department in respect of their functions as...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to her special advisers; if she will provide details for requests, if any, for an...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the maintenance of the 9% VAT rate for tourism and hospitality related services in budget 2017; his plans to present a case for the retention of...
    • Property Tax Yield
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in local property tax receipts by each individual local authority in 2015 and in 2016. [23547/16]
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance the figures for his Department on the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified leave and uncertified leave in each year from 2011...
    • Tax Code
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which inheritance tax will be treated for transfer of a family farm to a son or daughter if the income from solar panels and or wind turbines, is...
    • Housing Loans
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the last life loan products were issued here; if his Department or the Central Bank has ever reviewed the legality of these loans; and if he...
    • Insurance Industry
      97. To ask the Minister for Finance if with regard to whole of life insurance policies, data has been collected on the average premium increases in the latest reviews carried out under the...
    • Tax Code
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of exemptions granted in each of the past three years by the Revenue Commissioners, for residents of the State living and working across the Border...
    • Tax Relief Availability
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax breaks and or incentives, if any, available to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23742/16]
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of cases processed regarding mortgage arrears resolutions achieved in each of the past two years to date; the total number of borrowers who...
    • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider in the forthcoming budget,specific measures targeted at members of the IASS pension scheme to reduce the impact of cuts to their pension...
    • Mortgage Lending
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential mortgages here that are classified as sub-prime; the number of sub-prime lenders currently operating in the market; the total value...
    • Company Liquidations
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made in respect of the liquidation of a company (details supplied); if those caught up in outstanding claims are facing any losses;...
    • National Payments Plan Implementation
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has a policy on whether bank ATM machines should dispense €10 notes to customers; the practice of retail banks here regarding...
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance the number, and overall value, of IBRC principal dwelling house residential mortgages sold by the special liquidator; to provide details of each transaction...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme Fees
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money received to date in respect of fees for the 2008 bank guarantee scheme and the eligible liabilities guarantee scheme, proceeds received...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has issued any guidance to financial institutions in terms of assessing loan applications on the issue of considering evidence of gambling...
    • IBRC Legal Cases
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of fees paid to barristers both senior and junior counsel by IBRC since the appointment of the special liquidators; the name and amount paid to...
    • IBRC Loans
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance if, following its appointment, the special liquidator of IBRC changed the interest rates being charged by the bank on any commercial loans; and if he will...
    • Rent Receivers
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance asked the Minister for Finance the number of rent receivers appointed to date in respect of buy-to-let properties for each of the State supported banks; the...
    • Corporation Tax
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross amount of corporation tax paid in each year from 2011 to 2015 by the top ten multinational firms as measured by corporation tax paid; the proportion...
    • NAMA Loan Book Value
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance the current book value and estimated market value of the loan assets currently held by NAMA; a breakdown by geographic area, for example, Ireland, the UK and...
    • Credit Union Fund
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount and purpose of public funding that has been required to date by the credit union sector; the amount collected from credit unions by way of the...
    • Credit Unions
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out specifically the initiatives which have been undertaken by the Central Bank of Ireland that will ensure development and growth of the...
    • Credit Union Data
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit unions currently operating under lending restrictions; the number of credit unions with restrictions on lending to individuals and...
    • Credit Union Services
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional services most frequently requested by credit unions; the number of inquiries which relate to an application for provision of debit card...
    • Economic Growth
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact Ireland's revised GDP growth figure for 2015 will have on the financial contribution to the EU; when the final figure will be known and will fall...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the special liquidation of IBRC; to provide details of the portfolio that is remaining; the estimated timeframe; the financial outturn...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government will be reviewing its financial services strategy; if the Government does not intend to review the strategy, the priority actions it is...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance the strategic plans the Government has to engage directly with key UK stakeholders related to potential inward investment from the financial services sector;...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance the assurances given by him and or his Department, in writing, electronic or other, in person, or in any other way, to the bidders and purchasers of any...
    • Tax Code
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the concerns raised, by any means, with him and or his Department by the Revenue Commissioners, NAMA, IBRC, the Central Bank or any other source, about the...
    • Lobbying Data
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the contacts from legal firms, financial firms and any other sources about the establishment of section 110 companies for entities interested in purchasing...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance the policy of the State-backed banks in applying discounts to foreign earnings when assessing a mortgage application; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the recent sample review of 40 section 110 companies, if any company has subsequently been investigated and-or prosecuted for abuse of the...
    • Economic Data
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department will take in preparing new measures for economic growth that reflect conomic activity, while stripping out aircraft leasing,...
    • Economic Growth Rate
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of last weeks revised 2015 GDP growth figure of 26.3% and it's impact on our debt to GDP ratio, if the Minister's Department has conducted risk...
    • Tax Code
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance to amend the relevant regulations governing the application of VRT so as to ensure a number of cross-Border health workers who are provided with a leased...
    • Property Tax Administration
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps a person must take to register for payment of local property tax which would have to go back to the implementation of same (details supplied); and...
    • Tax Relief Data
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims for tax relief in respect of tuition fees for third level education that have been received, approved and paid; the total amount paid in...
    • Tax Relief Costs
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide in tabular form the cost of introducing a scheme in 2017 to incentivise start-ups whereby an income tax credit applies at the following levels 20%,...
    • Tax Credits
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered introducing a pro-forma research and development tax credit to remove administrative costs for small and medium-sized enterprises in...
    • Tax Data
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide in tabular form the total amount in agricultural relief and business relief on capital acquisition tax for the transfer of a business drawn down in...
    • Living Wage
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions his Department has had with suppliers or service contractors to his Department or to agencies of his Department to ensure that employees of...
    • Pension Levy
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of cases such as one in County Kildare (details supplied) where the trustees of private pension funds reduced pensions in payment on a...
    • House Purchase Schemes
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce financial incentives or tax reliefs for those who are considering buying a new home for the first time; and if he will make a statement...
    • Universal Social Charge Data
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost in 2017 and in a full year of reducing the 1% rate of the universal social charge to 0.5% and full abolition in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Universal Social Charge Exemptions
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost in 2017 and in a full year of increasing the income exemption threshold for the universal social charge from €13,000 to €13,500,...
    • EU Budget Contribution
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide in tabular form the total gross contribution Ireland has made to the EU budget per annum from 2010-2015; the estimated contribution in 2016; the...
    • Tax Code
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide in tabular form the estimated yield of options under consideration from the introduction of a sugar sweetened drinks tax in 2017; and if he will...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of FOI requests received by his Department to date in 2016; the number of requests fully refused; and the number of requests partially refused....
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of miles claimed for and the travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in respect of their functions as a Minister...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to their special advisers; to provide details for requests, if any, for an increase above the special...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Eligibility
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is ineligible for a concessionary bus pass to their school. [23674/16]
    • School Transport Provision
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has had their bus service completely cut for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24306/16]
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the figures for his Department on the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified leave and uncertified leave in each...
    • Schools Administration
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of prescribed procedures that he has issued under section 28 of the Education Act 2008; and the number of appeals that have been...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was refused SUSI grant based on residency; if their history and circumstances were taken into...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Data
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of former residents who have made applications to Caranua; the number of applications which have been received by Caranua; the number...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal to Student Universal Support Ireland by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23576/16]
    • School Transport Availability
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school transport buses for children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23626/16]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a person availing of free transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23640/16]
    • Summer Works Scheme Data
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills ithe works taking place in schools in Dublin this summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23779/16]
    • Education Data
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary schools in Dublin and the number of primary and post-primary teachers employed in Dublin. [23780/16]
    • Schools Building Projects
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary schools planned for Dublin between 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23781/16]
    • State Examinations Data
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who repeated their leaving certificate from 2001 to 2016 in tabular form. [23782/16]
    • Third Level Fees
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual yield from the annual student registration fee at third level from 2010 to 2016 in tabular form. [23783/16]
    • English Language Training Organisations
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of English language schools and colleges here; the number of nationalities attending them proportionately by nationality. [23784/16]
    • Schools Chaplaincy Services Provision
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of chaplins employed in post-primary and third level education here; the cost to his Department, of chaplaincies in training; and if...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in respect of student grant applications, he will engage with SUSI in regard to them taking into account the expenses of parents of students...
    • School Staff
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is not included on the list of schools recognised by his Department for inclusion regarding the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the planned extension and refurbishment works at a second level school (details supplied); when he expects the project to...
    • Third Level Funding
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role she envisages certain third level institutions will play in a certain project (details supplied); the funds which have been committed by...
    • School Transport Provision
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a bus route in Co. Kildare (details supplied) will continue this year, the number of pupils eligible for this route due to changes in...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available for children with dyslexia attending mainstream school within that school system; if specific resource hours can be...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to continue to extend eligibility to free transport to children from an area (details supplied) in order that they can continue to...
    • School Expulsions
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views in respect of the expulsion of a pupil in a KWETB school, if any other party may seek to appeal the decision to overturn said...
    • School Staff
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of PORs appointed for every year since 1992 for each post-primary school in tabular form. [23986/16]
    • School Transport Provision
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that no bus routes are discontinued due to the continuing implementation of the nearest school rule introduced in 2012 (details...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a higher education grant application in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24008/16]
    • Autism Support Services
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status on the provision of ASD units at secondary level in County Kildare where there have been shortages of space as children move from ASD...
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for funding for the commencement of the new build at a school (details provided) to be accelelarated for the provision of the new...
    • Departmental Schemes
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide in tabular form the total number of participants under Skillnets annually over 2011 to date in 2016; the total amount given to...
    • National Training Fund
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide in tabular form the total expenditure under the national training fund divided between funding allocated to those in employment and...
    • Living Wage
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he...
    • Teacher Retirements
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the widespread concern in relation to the part-time employment of a large number of retired teachers if his Department will ensure...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of employing an entry grade teacher at primary level, including employers PRSI; and the cost of employing an entry grade...
    • Minor Works Scheme
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the minor works grants scheme to schools by 10% for 2017. [24206/16]
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of expanding the DEIS programme to an additional 10% new schools; his estimates for the number of new schools that have opened...
    • Modern Language Teaching
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a reintroduction of the modern languages in primary school programme; the cost of establishing this programme in all...
    • Education Policy
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to draft an overarching policy strategy plan for the higher education sector here. [24209/16]
    • Student Support Schemes
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commission the HEA to carry out a more comprehensive graduate earnings survey, given that there is very little data available on...
    • Student Data
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or a body under its aegis has carried out any research into the current debt profile of university students and or recent...
    • Third Level Expenditure
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the deficit and debt incurred by each State funded institute of technology and university here in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date. [24212/16]
    • Institutes of Technology Funding
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is envisaged that technological universities will be able to borrow independently and off the State balance sheet, in the same manner as...
    • Legislative Measures
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of implementing the EPSEN Act in full for his Department; if they can give a breakdown of the areas in which these costs would...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals his Department or a body under its aegis are currently considering with regard to reforming the capital asset test for the students...
    • Asylum Support Services
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans or proposals to reduce the current five year residency requirement for asylum seekers and refugees to be eligible for third level under...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposal to provide upgraded or new accommodation for a school (details supplied); when this project will proceed to...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reconsider an application for an extra classroom by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24233/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to increase the SNA allocation to a school (details supplied) which currently has inadequate SNA support for the 2016-17 school year; and if he...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to honour the commitment made by Minister of State, Deputy John Halligan, that all concessionary students will be accommodated on school buses;...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of FOI requests received by his Department to date in 2016; the number of requests fully refused; and the number of requests partially...
    • Ministerial Remuneration
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of miles claimed for and the travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in respect of their functions as...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to their special advisers; to provide details for requests, if any, for an increase above...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Capital Assistance Scheme Funding
      241. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current status of funding for a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23568/16]
    • Water Quality
      242. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the condition of the beaches along the coastline of County Dublin in terms of their environmental standards;...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
      243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of mortgage-to-rent transactions that have been fully completed to date by lender, local authority and approved...
    • Climate Change Policy
      244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the contribution he has made and intends to make to the initial resource mobilisation and other aspects of the Green...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the progress of preparation of revised planning guidelines for the development of wind turbines; the...
    • Noise Pollution Legislation
      246. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has planned legislation to moderate the impact of noise pollution in respect of sanctions to control the noise...
    • Local Authority Management
      247. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the department of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council which is charged with designating streets or properties as...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      248. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the figures for his Department on the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified leave and...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      249. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities directed to prepare an assessment of applicants on the housing waiting list; the number of...
    • National Oversight and Audit Commission
      251. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the next national survey of performance service indicators from all local authorities will be published; his views on...
    • Local Government Management Agency
      253. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the budget and number of staff of the Local Government Management Association (LGMA). [23539/16]
    • Local Authority Services
      254. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of children's playgrounds per 1,000 population directly provided by each local authority and the number of...
    • Local Authority Staff Data
      255. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified leave and the percentage of working days lost to...
    • Waste Data
      256. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of household waste collected which is sent to landfill as well as the tonnages of household waste collected...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      257. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the average time taken in weeks from the date of vacation of dwelling to the date when all necessary repairs are carried...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      258. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current total number of Traveller families accommodated as a percentage of the targets set in the local Traveller...
    • Building Regulations
      259. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the difference in planning enforcement procedures and powers of local authorities under the new building control...
    • Motor Tax Yield
      260. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount collected in motor tax receipts by each individual local authority in 2015 and in 2016. [23546/16]
    • Commercial Rates Yield
      261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount collected in commercial rate receipts by each individual local authority in 2015 and in 2016. [23548/16]
    • Air Pollution
      262. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) regarding a ban on using smoky coal; and if he will make a...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Provision
      263. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider introducing measures to incentivise landlords to rent homes on a long-term basis; and if he will make...
    • Fire Service
      264. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of hoax calls to which Cork city and county fire services were called out in 2014, 2015, and to date in 2016;...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      265. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of voids or vacant local authority dwellings for Cork City Council and Cork County Council at present; if...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      266. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current position with regard to the implementation of increased charges for waste collections; the negotiations that...
    • Regeneration Projects Funding
      267. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the assessment of the regeneration funding that has been conducted in respect of recent projects nationally; if the...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      268. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for extending the homeless housing assistance payment, HAP, provision outside the Dublin Region Homeless...
    • Local Authority Housing
      269. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to advertise via a national campaign that all housing list persons should re-register their details for social...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      270. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of homeless single persons accommodated outside the county in which they are registered homeless, by month,...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      271. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if improvements will be introduced at an early date to the tenant purchase scheme to enable Part V tenants and tenants in...
    • Fire Stations Provision
      272. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the proposal to provide a new fire station in Virginia, County Cavan; the stage this project is at; the...
    • Library Projects
      274. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposal to provide a new library in Virginia, County Cavan; the stage this project is at; the...
    • Local Authority Assets
      276. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the progress of development of a site (details supplied) in County Kildare, which is to provide...
    • Living Wage
      281. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      283. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the Legan sewerage line upgrade. [24223/16]
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      284. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money utilised by the local authorities in counties Carlow and Kilkenny specifically for the provision of...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      285. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of FOI requests received by his Department to date in 2016; the number of requests fully refused; and the...
    • Ministerial Remuneration
      286. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of miles claimed for byand the travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      287. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to their special advisers; to provide details for requests, if...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Pension Provisions
      288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any similarities between an insolvent pension scheme (details supplied) participating in PIPS through his Department and the insolvent...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on funding for supervision on community employment schemes that has been withdrawn by his Department when supervisors-assistants reaching...
    • Health Services
      290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23375/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23376/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal under the carer's allowance scheme by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23379/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23381/16]
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Appeals
      296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the partial capacity scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23384/16]
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a primary care certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23387/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23388/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [23389/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [23390/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23391/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [23392/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23394/16]
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's benefit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23395/16]
    • Carer's Benefit Payments
      306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's benefit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23396/16]
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's benefit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23397/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme which has been with a social...
    • Sick Pay Scheme Data
      310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the figures for his Department on the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified leave and uncertified leave in each year...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Family Income Supplement Appeals
      317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for family income supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Guardian's Payment
      318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to be followed to apply for guardianship allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23528/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current status of an application for invalidity pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23551/16]
    • Blind Person's Pension
      321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the blind person's pension for each of the years from 2000 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal (details supplied) under the carer’s allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23571/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Administration
      328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the situation where the supervisors of individual community enterprise schemes are informed of the eligibility of scheme participants...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an application made by a person (details supplied) in respect of invalidity pension has now been refused. [23584/16]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a person (details supplied) on disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23592/16]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan in receipt of carer's allowance, carer's benefit and respite grant between 2011 and 2016, in...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      332. 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....
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
      334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance was refused to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23671/16]
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the payment a person (details supplied) is entitled to if they return to college as a mature student; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pension Provisions
      336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current position relating to the provision of a pension scheme for supervisors of community employment; if his Department can provide funding...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedures that can be put in place for a person who did not sign for jobseeker's entitlements or credits during a period when they were not...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for carer's allowance will be finalised for a person (details supplied). [23811/16]
    • Gender Recognition
      339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to report on the implementation of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 since it was enacted one year ago; the number of gender recognition certificates...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a payment to a person (details supplied) under the jobseeker's allowance scheme was stopped in January and May 2016; the documentation,...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which a person who is in a house-sharing situation can avail of the fuel allowance as at present they are not eligible to claim under the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application for carer's allowance for a person (details supplied). [23833/16]
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider changes to the child benefit payment system to allow children over 18 who are still attending secondary school to continue to...
    • Departmental Programmes
      349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will give further consideration to an extension of the one-year duration of Tús work programmes given the experience of both participants...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application for payment of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied). [23964/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      351. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied). [23965/16]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      353. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance of a person (details supplied). [23967/16]
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      354. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23983/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      355. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance of a person (details supplied). [23994/16]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the jobseeker's allowance and disability allowance payments to persons (details supplied); the steps being taken to ensure that...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      357. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current status of the disability allowance payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23999/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      358. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24009/16]
    • Guardian's Payment
      359. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the payment available in respect of the family of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24010/16]
    • One-Parent Family Payment Payments
      360. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for a deduction in payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24015/16]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person is applying for jobseeker's allowance is their income only taken into account or is their partner's income or the household income...
    • Maternity Benefit
      364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to provide the full year cost in 2017 of increasing maternity benefit by one week, two week, three weeks and four weeks in tabular format; and if he...
    • Direct Provision Data
      365. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to provide the estimated full year cost in 2017, based on the projected number expected to access direct provision, of increasing the adult rate by...
    • Community Welfare Services
      366. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the future status of a community welfare office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24131/16]
    • Live Register Data
      367. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to provide in tabular form the total funding allocated to each work activation programme in operation in each of the years over the period 2011 to...
    • Living Wage
      369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will give further consideration to the request of the Clones and Ballybay municipal district to have the new Intreo for County Monaghan...
    • Community Services Programme
      372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a worker under the community services programme following a deputation regarding a group (details supplied). [24222/16]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      373. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost in 2017 and in a full year of a €5, €10, €15 and €20 increase in the old age pension; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Travel
      376. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in respect of their...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to his special advisers; to provide details of requests, if any, for an increase above the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      378. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the figures for his Department on the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified leave and uncertified leave in...
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      379. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the establishment of additional cross-Border bodies as provided for in the Good Friday Agreement is under discussion at the North-South...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      380. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding he has provided to the emigrant support programme in 2016 to date and the various programmes he will fund; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights Issues
      381. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures or new initiatives being taken at a national and European level to address the persecution of women and the abuse of female...
    • Gender Equality
      382. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role Ireland will play as a member of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 2017 to 2021; and if he will make a statement...
    • Middle East Issues
      383. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken to date to rebuild Gaza following pledges made at a conference in Cairo in 2014; the aid committed by the Government to this...
    • Peace and Reconciliation Programme
      384. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure on the peace and reconciliation fund and the estimated full-year cost in 2017 of increasing funding by 5%; 10%; 15% and 20%;...
    • Living Wage
      386. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed by his Department or in agencies funded by his...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      388. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2016; the number of requests fully refused; and the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      389. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in respect of...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      390. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to his special advisers; to provide details of requests, if any, for an increase...
    • Trade Promotion
      391. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his Department hope to be in a position to pursue and secure new markets for Irish exports with particular...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Risk Management
      392. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects the flood risk management plans for the Wad, Santry, Moyne and other rivers and streams of Dublin Bay North to be...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      393. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the figures for his Department on the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified leave and uncertified leave...
    • Drainage Schemes Status
      394. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to carry out major drainage work on the River Erne system in County Cavan due to the ongoing problems with flooding in that...
    • Drainage Schemes
      397. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding that has been allocated to Cavan County Council to date in 2016 to carry out essential drainage work; his plans to allocate...
    • National Monuments
      399. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the dates on which the OPW carried out works on Durrow Abbey House, Tullamore, County Offaly; if he will intervene in the escalating...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      400. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current position regarding the planned flood relief scheme in Cork city; the estimated timeline in the delivery of the project; the...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
      401. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to introduce a scheme to the effect that, following the completion of a comprehensive and agreed flood alleviation scheme to...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      402. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason an updated procurement policy for pest control providers was required; if he is aware that many small providers who currently...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      403. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW is filling positions on a permanent basis; if not, if there are plans to restart recruitment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Living Wage
      404. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and...
    • Horse Racing Industry Funding
      406. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the business case recently presented to his Department by Horse Racing Ireland and to provide a report on his reasons for sanctioning...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      407. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2016; the number of requests fully refused; and the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      408. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in respect of...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      409. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to special advisers; to provide details of requests, if any, for an increase...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Voluntary Bog Purchase Scheme
      410. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of payments made under the voluntary bog purchase scheme in each year since 2008; the total amount paid in each year since...
    • Arts Centres
      412. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that has been committed to the planned Cork Events Centre; the status of the project; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invasive Plant Species
      413. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department's approach to the issue of Japanese knotweed; the steps that can be taken by her Department to eradicate it; and if...
    • National Parks Projects
      414. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider entering into talks with NAMA regarding the 4,000 acres in Glenasmole with a view to developing it into a...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      415. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the figures for her Department on the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified leave and uncertified...
    • Hare Coursing
      416. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason three reports by National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, staff on coursing events at Ardpatrick and Kilfinane on 28 and...
    • National Parks
      417. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of maintenance and repairs needed in Killarney National Park (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • National Parks Projects
      418. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a bridge (details supplied) that has a fault; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23732/16]
    • Living Wage
      419. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed by her Department or in agencies funded...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      421. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of freedom of information, FOI, requests received by her Department to date in 2016; the number of requests fully refused;...
    • Ministerial Travel
      422. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to her and each Minister of State in her Department in respect...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      424. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to her special advisers; to provide details of requests, if any, for an...
  • Department of Health
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for orthopaedic footwear by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23378/16]
    • Mobility Allowance Eligibility
      426. To ask the Minister for Health his intentions regarding extending to blind persons the allowances in respect of mobility and motorised grants as disabled passengers associated with the...
    • Disability Services Provision
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance which can be offered to persons (details supplied) in respect of funding for their relative for a placement in a nursing home. [23812/16]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which child psychiatric services need to be enhanced in order to meet requirements; his plans to deal with the situation; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      429. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 14 July 2016, when he expects the Health Service Executive to commence talks with the manufacturers of...
    • Maternity Services
      430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide more details specifically with respect to the future of gynaecology services which will be offered by a hospital as part of proposals as...
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      431. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the figures for the Health Service Executive on the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified and uncertified leave in...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      432. To ask the Minister for Health if, with regard to the fair deal scheme, grandchildren who are in the custody of grandparents can avail of a postponement of a nursing home loan provided that...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the figures for his Department on the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified leave and uncertified leave in each year from 2011...
    • Self-Harm Prevention
      434. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 9 June 2016, the extent to which the contributory factors which may have caused such children to self-harm in the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the likely date upon which the Health Service Executive will restock with the BCG vaccine; the likely date for the recommencement of the BCG vaccination...
    • Disability Services Provision
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a primary care certificate by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23461/16]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      438. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a claim for a specialised chair by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23462/16]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a motorised wheelchair for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23465/16]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      444. To ask the Minister for Health when the full complement of beds will be in use at a nursing unit (details supplied); when additional staff will be recruited; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      445. To ask the Minister for Health further to the reply in parliamentary Question No. 626 of 12 July 2016, if a person (details supplied) is eligible for the treatment purchase fund; and if he...
    • Dental Services Provision
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dental appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23531/16]
    • Obesity Strategy
      447. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle obesity within school children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23559/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the waiting list in the Mater hospital awaiting a TURP operation with a clinical priority of urgent; his views on the...
    • Psychological Assessments
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting assessment in child psychology services in Donegal; the number of these on waiting lists for the years 2014, 2015 and...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a placement of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23589/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      451. 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. [23593/16]
    • HSE National Service Plan
      452. To ask the Minister for Health if he expects to receive a five year service plan from the HSE in 2016. [23596/16]
    • General Practitioner Data
      453. To ask the Minister for Health the amounts paid to general practitioners for 2014 and 2015, in tabular form, (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23599/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23604/16]
    • Dental Services Provision
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dental appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23606/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23607/16]
    • Health Services Access
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23608/16]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      458. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an apllication for medical equipment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23609/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23610/16]
    • Dental Services Provision
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for dental work for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23615/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23617/16]
    • Dental Services Provision
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for dental work for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23619/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23620/16]
    • Dental Services Provision
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dental appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23621/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      470. 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. [23623/16]
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      500. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of a dental appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23656/16]
    • Prescriptions Charges
      502. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made regarding a prescription charge refund which has been ongoing since 2014 for a person (details supplied). [23659/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      503. To ask the Minister for Health to reassess a person (details supplied) under the fair deal scheme as the person's situation has changed. [23660/16]
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      504. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of a dental appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23661/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      505. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23662/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      509. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of an application for further home help hours by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23670/16]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      510. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of an application for medical equipment by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23672/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      511. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23675/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23691/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      526. 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. [23692/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      527. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23693/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23694/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      529. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23695/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      531. 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. [23697/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      532. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23699/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      533. 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. [23700/16]
    • Disability Services Funding
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for the St. John of God centre in Tralee, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23718/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      551. 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. [23719/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      561. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23730/16]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      564. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a screening programme for pancreatic cancer for the over 40s as a preventative public health measure. [23736/16]
    • Foster Care
      565. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a commission of investigation into the "Grace" foster home scandal; if a previous undertaking that Dáil Éireann...
    • Community Care
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the shortfall in funding and staffing levels at a local community health body (details supplied); his plans to address these issues; and if...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide for each hospital (details supplied) the number of new nursing staff recruited in the hospital in the year to July 2016; the number of...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses newly recruited to date in 2016 in the public and voluntary hospitals; the full year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists newly recruited to date in 2016; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited such as...
    • Occupational Therapy
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists newly recruited in 2016; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited such as primary care,...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists newly recruited in 2016; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited such as primary care, acute,...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      572. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide for each community health care organisation the number of speech and language therapists currently employed in each; and the equivalent...
    • Occupational Therapy
      573. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide for each community health care organisation the number of occupational therapists currently employed in each; and the equivalent figures for...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      574. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide for each community health care organisation the number of physiotherapists currently employed in each; and the equivalent figures for the...
    • Community Care
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the role of a public health nurse in a local community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23794/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are on the outpatient waiting list for surgical procedures at Mayo University Hospital; the length of time they have been waiting in...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the number of managerial posts that have to be filled at Mayo University Hospital; and the posts that are currently vacant. [23800/16]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant posts currently in each public and voluntary hospital, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved clinical dental surgeon posts currently employed by the HSE, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and...
    • Nursing Staff Data
      585. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved registered intellectual disability nurses currently employed by the HSE, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date...
    • Pension Provisions
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed transfer of Central Remedial Clinic, CRC, pensioners to the single public service pension scheme. [23810/16]
    • Disability Services Provision
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities currently being provided with a personal assistant service through each local health office by county, in tabular...
    • Occupational Therapy
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was discharged from the occuptational therapy in Springfield Centre, Mullingar. [23832/16]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the reason parents of children awaiting an assessment of need in Cork are being advised to submit a formal complaint to the HSE in order to speed up the...
    • Hospitals Data
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective operations cancelled, by speciality, in each of the years from 2011 to date in 2016, for each hospital in Cork city and county; the main...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      596. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on a waiting list for orthodontic assessment and for orthodontic treatment in Cork city and county; the number waiting less...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      597. To ask the Minister for Health to provide certain information regarding public hospital waiting lists (details supplied). [23849/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in Cork city and county currently awaiting approval under the nursing home support scheme; the number of persons in Cork city and county...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in Cork city and county currently awaiting community podiatry services; the number of podiatrists currently employed to service the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      601. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's policy relating to the operation of car parks within hospital grounds; the amount of revenue collected in respect of those car...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an urgent operation has been cancelled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23899/16]
    • Human Rights Committees
      603. To ask the Minister for Health his role and the role of his Department relating to the remedies outlined by the United Nations Human Rights Committee in its views on the complaint brought by...
    • Community Care
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the community health care organisations which have appointed a head of social care, in tabular form. [23935/16]
    • Children First Guidelines
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the community health care organisations which have produced a Children First implementation plan, in tabular form. [23938/16]
    • Child Protection
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE funded organisations which provide services to children and young persons that have undertaken an assessment of any risk to a child who is availing of...
    • Community Care
      610. To ask the Minister for Health the hospital groups and community health care organisations that have a quality and safety committee in place, in tabular form. [23941/16]
    • Disability Services Data
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the community health care organisations with a plan in place to implement their approach to the establishment of residents councils, family forums, service...
    • Patient Safety
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of serious reportable events currently being notified within 24 hours to a designated officer. [23943/16]
    • Community Care
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the community health care organisations which have in place a HCAI or infection control committee, in tabular form. [23947/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of personal assistant hours provided by the HSE to date in 2016. [23950/16]
    • Health Services Data
      620. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage occupancy rate in public residential care units for the most recent calendar month available and for the previous eleven months, in tabular...
    • Community Care
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community health care organisations that have established waiting lists for home care on a standardised basis. [23952/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      623. To ask the Minister for Health if an information technology solution to deliver a national information system for integrated disability services has been designed and implemented. [23954/16]
    • Congregated Settings Report
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the community health care organisations that have identified and appointed a named lead person to have oversight of the implementation of time to move on from...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of existing disability residential houses and units that are compliant with the HSE tobacco free campus policy. [23959/16]
    • National Dementia Strategy Implementation
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the actions from the dementia strategy implementation programme to be implemented in the first two quarters of 2016 which have been completed, in tabular form....
    • Medical Card Applications
      631. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card for a person (details supplied). [23971/16]
    • Grant Payments
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the details of grants paid (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23975/16]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds available within the State by location; the number of those beds that are fully staffed; the optimum number that should be...
    • Hospital Procedures
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic surgical procedures that have been carried out (details supplied) in each of the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently placed on a waiting list for assessment or a waiting list for specific surgical procedures (details supplied); the average...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      639. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be offered in their sole name to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24017/16]
    • National Drugs Strategy Publication
      640. To ask the Minister for Health when the new national drugs strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24057/16]
    • Home Help Service
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the average delay that occurs in commencing home support following initial approval of such support in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      644. To ask the Minister for Health when additional child psychologists and child psychiatrists will be provided in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24063/16]
    • Medical Card Applications
      645. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24068/16]
    • Maternity Services
      647. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the national maternitystrategy; the total funding that is to be provided for the strategy; the funding being provided in 2016; and the...
    • Medical Card Data
      648. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an updated projection on the number of medical cards to be provided in 2016; the additional costs that have arisen to date in 2016 owing to the HSE...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Expenditure
      649. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the €110 million targeted reductions in drug and prescribing costs to be achieved by the primary care division of the HSE in 2016, the...
    • Primary Care Strategy
      650. To ask the Minister for Health if the accreditation process for minor surgery in primary care has been finalised. [24078/16]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      651. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the primary care division diagnostics oversight group. [24079/16]
    • General Practitioner Services
      652. To ask the Minister for Health if the existing access gaps for GP direct access to X-ray have been mapped and identified; and if he will provide the details of these gaps. [24080/16]
    • Counselling Services Provision
      653. To ask the Minister for Health if a business plan for the delivery of counselling services to children 0-18 years of age has been received in his Department. [24081/16]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      654. To ask the Minister for Health if a standard operating procedure for provision of school vision screening has been agreed and if school vision screening has now been standardised. [24082/16]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      655. To ask the Minister for Health for detail of the HSE’s speech and language therapy expert steering group and project group. [24083/16]
    • Data Collection
      656. To ask the Minister for Health if the review of data collection systems and definitions in line with the development of electronic referrals to community intervention teams has been...
    • Electronic Health Records
      657. To ask the Minister for Health if daily electronic reports on referrals to community intervention teams by source are being produced. [24085/16]
    • Health Services
      658. To ask the Minister for Health if a procurement tender, evaluation and award of contract for the community intervention team-outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy, CIT-OPAT management...
    • General Practitioner Services
      659. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the recommendations of the GP out-of-hours service review and if he will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations in tabular...
    • Community Care
      660. To ask the Minister for Health for details of the four demonstrator sites established in community health care organisations, CHOs, to implement a new model of practice for the management of...
    • Medical Card Applications Data
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of medical card-GP visit card applications being accurately processed within 15 days. [24089/16]
    • Electronic Health Records
      662. To ask the Minister for Health when the individual health identifiers register will be designed and built. [24090/16]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      663. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plan for phased increased access to buprenorphine/naloxone and buprenorphine products within the context of available resources has been commenced;...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      665. To ask the Minister for Health if an addiction clinical lead has been appointed by the HSE. [24093/16]
    • Community Care
      667. To ask the Minister for Health to detail those hospital groups and community health care organisations that are currently implementing discharge protocols for homeless persons in acute...
    • Traveller Community
      668. To ask the Minister for Health if each Traveller health unit has developed a three to five year action plan based on identified priorities within their respective catchment. [24096/16]
    • Vaccination Programme
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the low uptake of vaccinations among Roma community has been addressed by the HSE. [24098/16]
    • Community Care
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of work by the HSE primary care division with community health care organisations to map existing models of interpreting provision, including...
    • Health Services
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the results of the survey of health service user experiences of using interpreting services in two settings. [24100/16]
    • Community Care
      673. To ask the Minister for Health to provide those community healthcare organisations, CHOs, in which TENI, Transgender Equality Network Ireland, training has been rolled out. [24101/16]
    • Vaccination Programme Data
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of acute hospital staff who received seasonal 'flu vaccination in 2015-2016. [24102/16]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      675. To ask the Minister for Health if Beaumont Hospital has extended the elderly day hospital to a five-day service. [24103/16]
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      676. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional consultants appointed in 2016 in the Mater Hospital acute medical assessment unit. [24104/16]
    • Home Help Service
      678. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home support services will be put in place to allow a person (details supplied) in County Donegal to remain in their own home; and if he will...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      680. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a hospital (details supplied); the works being carried out; and when persons expect to return to this facility. [24132/16]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      681. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's estimate of the additional resources required to provide the funding necessary for the staffing requirements under A Vision for Change, taking...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that have or are being made to ensure children are not admitted to adult mental health centres; the current number of child and adolescent...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      683. 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. [24139/16]
    • Living Wage
      684. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Negligence Claims
      686. To ask the Minister for Health in what timeframe will Parliamentary Question No. 507, replied to on 24 May 2016, stating that the information is not readily available but will be collated...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      687. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to safeguard the funds spent on mental health services in respect of service provision for the suicide helpline; the planning he will be conducting...
    • Disabled Drivers Permits
      690. To ask the Minister for Health to grant a primary medical certificate and disabled driver status to person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24236/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      691. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently address the waiting list crisis for the 217 children with scoliosis awaiting urgent spinal surgery (details supplied); the reason for the practice...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the number of FOI requests received by his Department to date in 2016; the number of requests fully refused; and the number of requests partially refused....
    • Ministerial Travel
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in respect of their functions as a...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      694. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to their special advisers; to provide details for requests, if any, for an increase above the special...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • TAMS Applications
      695. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that when his Department consented to award an extended five-year contract to a chief executive officer of a...
    • TAMS Applications Data
      698. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current processing time of applications under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, from date of submission to final...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      699. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the figures for his Department on the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified leave and uncertified...
    • TAMS Applications
      700. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      701. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sheep Technology Adoption Programme Applications
      702. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the sheep technology adoption programme; and if he will make a statement...
    • GLAS Applications
      703. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      704. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sheep Technology Adoption Programme Applications
      705. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the sheep technology adoption programme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      706. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme and sheep technology...
    • Sheep Technology Adoption Programme Applications
      707. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the sheep technology adoption programme; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      708. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a...
    • GLAS Payments
      709. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme. [23515/16]
    • Sheep Technology Adoption Programme Applications
      710. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of a sheep technology adoption programme appeal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • TAMS Payments
      711. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will make a...
    • Sheep Technology Adoption Programme Applications
      712. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in relation to the sheep technology adoption programme; and if he will make a...
    • TAMS Payments
      713. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      714. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23521/16]
    • TAMS Payments
      715. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      716. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23523/16]
    • TAMS Payments
      717. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will make a...
    • GLAS Payments
      718. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme. [23526/16]
    • TAMS Applications
      719. 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. [23527/16]
    • GLAS Payments
      720. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme. [23529/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      721. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) who has appealed the decision on his national reserve for 2015; and if he will...
    • GLAS Payments
      722. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme. [23532/16]
    • TAMS Payments
      723. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the TAMS II scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23533/16]
    • GLAS Appeals
      724. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal for a farm payment by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23690/16]
    • Research and Development Funding
      725. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on research and development in food-related activities on an annual basis from 2010 to 2016 in tabular form. [23789/16]
    • Coillte Teoranta Lands
      726. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm if Coillte Teoranta owns or rents woodland at Curraheen Hill, Curraghdobbin Hill, Newtown and associated...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      727. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a board meeting of Horse Racing Ireland took place to approve the submission of a business case for the reappointment of a...
    • Statutory Instruments
      730. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the implementation of a revised Statutory Instrument 125 of 2016 which he has committed to introducing in a manner...
    • European Council Meetings
      731. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the most recent European Agriculture and Fisheries Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24110/16]
    • Agricultural Colleges
      732. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals to increase the number of places on courses in the Teagasc agricultural colleges; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      733. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total programme funding allocated to the payments under areas of natural constraints, ANC, scheme in each year over the 2014-2020...
    • Agrifood Sector
      735. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide in tabular form the baseline targets set down for the agrifood sector and in each sector where available by the Food...
    • TAMS Applications Data
      737. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide in tabular form the number of applications received, in total, under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 on a...
    • Beef Data Programme
      738. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have submitted data notifications under the beef data and genomics programme 2015; the number who have...
    • Beef Genomics Scheme
      740. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider re-opening the beef data and genomics scheme to new applications, given that participation rates are well below the...
    • TAMS Expenditure
      741. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost in 2017 of permitting young farmers who are less than 40 years of age, who have been farming for five years or...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      742. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a single farm payment will continue to be drawn on land that is developed for solar energy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Living Wage
      743. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed, or in agencies funded, by his...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      747. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the guidelines used for the reappointment of chief executive officers to agencies under his aegis; the term limits suggested by these...
    • TAMS Applications
      748. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm building grant application person (details supplied). [24272/16]
    • Freedom of Information Data
      749. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2016; the number of requests fully refused; and...
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      750. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and to each Minister of State in his Department in...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      751. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to their special advisers; to provide details for requests, if any, for an...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      752. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department hope to be in a position to pursue and secure new markets for Irish exports with particular...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      753. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the rationale for Inland Fisheries Ireland to cease all fish farm operations. [23755/16]
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      754. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the figures for his Department on the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified leave and...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      755. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the outcome of any recent discussions he or his Department has had with the Commission for Communications Regulation or...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      756. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a person on jobseeker's allowance who has one 17-year old daughter living with him or her is eligible to apply for the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      757. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to improve broadband telecommunications infrastructure in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      758. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the current position regarding submitting proposals to the European Union for a grant scheme for the provision of wood...
    • Land Issues
      760. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the authority or organisation that has responsibility for the rivers in Dublin city and county; the body with...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      761. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to provide mapping information of broadband areas which include the broadband capability and plans for the Dublin...
    • Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme
      764. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources for an update on the position and review of REFIT tariffs for solar energy and other alternative energy sources; and if...
    • Living Wage
      765. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Administration
      767. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of grant aid funding available under the better energy homes scheme divided between each individual energy...
    • Trading Online Voucher Scheme
      768. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total funding allocated under the online trading voucher scheme in each year since it commenced and to date in 2016;...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      769. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2016; the number of requests fully...
    • Ministerial Travel
      770. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      771. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to his special advisers; to provide details of requests, if any,...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Local Improvement Scheme Funding
      772. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase funding available to the local improvement scheme programme; the cost of restoring the programme to pre-2012...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      773. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the figures for his Department on the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified leave and uncertified leave...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      774. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that have been undertaken by his Department to plan for work on the DART underground tunnel given his recent comments to an...
    • Light Rail Projects Status
      775. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider accelerating the timeframe for the completion of the metro north; if so, when the revised timeframe will be...
    • Public Transport Subsidies
      776. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase the subvention to public bus companies in the upcoming budget given the upturn in economic activity and corresponding...
    • Transport Costs
      777. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views regarding moves by transport companies and operators to increase prices for sports fans who are attending sporting evets of...
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      778. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has read the pre-budget submission from the Dublin Chamber of Commerce; his views on its recommendations that a minimum €1...
    • Public Transport Provision
      779. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address infrastructure deficits in regional transport as is committed to under the programme for Government; and if he will...
    • Road Network
      780. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an estimated timetable for an increase in the budget for local and regional roads by approximately 50% as committed to under the...
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      781. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will introduce a fully funded local improvement scheme to support the maintenance and repair of non-local authority roads as...
    • Road Projects
      782. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the key radial routes for development that are being prioritised from the existing motorway network, to ensure that communities isolated...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      783. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which he is progressing the programme for Government commitment to an independent costing and review of a proposal to extend...
    • EU Funding
      784. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Government has applied to the EU for TEN-T transport funding for a revision of the TEN-T core network, including applying for the...
    • Transport Policy
      785. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce measures to facilitate the regulation of rickshaws in urban centres, given that currently they are entirely...
    • Integrated Ticketing
      786. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the integrated ticketing system across all modes of public transport here; the expansion of the system that is...
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      787. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has been briefed by Dublin City Council regarding its plans to fast-track the construction of a €30 million bridge linking...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      788. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contingency plans his Department has put in place to address any negative impact from Brexit on the tourism and hospitality sector...
    • Tourist Accommodation
      789. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a recent survey that found that the cost of hotel room prices here rose by 15% in 2015 to an average of €118 per...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      791. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure the opening of a new round of sports capital grants to allow for important infrastructural developments for local...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      792. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on progress on the National Sports Campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23443/16]
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      793. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the implementation of the national physical activity plan; the amount he expects will be allocated to this plan in 2016...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      796. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) is unable to obtain a D1 driving licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23580/16]
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      803. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the recently launched Wild Atlantic Way passport is bilingual, or if it is available as Gaeilge; if not, his views regarding this...
    • Railway Stations
      804. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a railway station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23665/16]
    • Road Safety Strategy
      805. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the road safety strategy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23669/16]
    • Tourism Promotion
      806. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department, or a body under its aegis, has undertaken any analysis of the direct benefits of the special VAT rate reduction on...
    • Public Transport Provision
      807. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has examined the possibility of providing a bus route serving the Knocklyon, Ballycullen, Firhouse and Rathfarnam areas and UCD;...
    • Rail Passengers Data
      808. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual numbers of the public using the DART in Dublin in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23773/16]
    • Light Rail Projects
      810. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Luas extensions and the detailed time line for completion. [23775/16]
    • Private Bus Operators
      811. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of private bus operators utilising public bus routes in Dublin, that is, those who are contracted to provide a service along...
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      812. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development of rapid bus transport in the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23777/16]
    • Tourism Funding
      813. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of the tourism budget allocated towards R7D on an annual basis from 2010 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      814. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he proposes to support the IASS pensioners in view of the significant loss incurred by such pensioners through recent State...
    • Public Transport Review
      815. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to contact the National Transport Authority to re-examine the feasibility of further orbital bus routes around the Dublin...
    • Sale of Aer Lingus
      816. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way his Department plans to use the moneys the State received from the sale of its stake in Aer Lingus; and if he will make a...
    • Air Services Provision
      818. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position for the application by a company (details supplied) to commence a transatlantic service from Cork Airport; and if he...
    • Road Network
      819. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planned upgrade of the Dunkettle interchange; if funding is in place for the project to proceed; and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety
      820. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for the status on the provision of reduced speed limits in housing estates to ensure the safety of children living in those estates, the...
    • Rail Services Provision
      821. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timescale and costs for the reopening of the Phoenix Park tunnel and associated rail line to passenger traffic; if any others...
    • Departmental Policy Reviews
      822. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for a pedestrian strategy as promised in the smarter travel policy some years ago; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      824. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the appointments he has made to State or other boards since he was appointed to office. [23911/16]
    • Greenways Funding
      825. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding applied for Greenways; details of the locations; details of funding granted; the locations since 2011; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      826. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an assessment of needs has been carried out in respect of public transport rolling stock; bus; trains; trams; the plans if any for...
    • Tourism Promotion
      829. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of development of tourism facilities at Malin Head, County Donegal; when phase 2 works will commence and finish, the...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      831. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the preliminary work done to evaluate the infrastructure deficit in the context of new demands anticipated in the context of Brexit; and...
    • Climate Change Policy
      832. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sectorial plan will be produced in the context of climate change; if there will be a consultation process; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      833. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the length of the bus services running through Leixlip, County Kildare, with a view to either linking the service...
    • Public Transport Provision
      834. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the funding opportunities for the improvement of public transport links to adjoining towns where none is currently provided;...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      835. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated current road maintenance deficit on national, regional and local roads; the projected cost of fully funding this deficit;...
    • Coras Iompair Éireann
      836. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual subvention paid to CIE since 2007; how that was divided between Irish Rail, Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus; and if he will make...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      838. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his proposals to provide specific funding in 2017 to Transport Infrastructure Ireland to advance the necessary upgrading of the N2 from...
    • Road Projects
      839. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his proposals to provide specific funding in 2017 to progress a road project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Living Wage
      841. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed, or in agencies funded, by his Department;...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      843. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progress of works to improve the condition and safety of the N81; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Directives
      845. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the State has met its targets under the EU renewable targets for transport. [24220/16]
    • Air Pollution
      846. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the Government’s position on the International Maritime Organisation, IMO, talks further to recent reports that...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Funding
      847. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of funding allocated to the local improvement scheme programme in each of the years from 2010 to 2016 to date in tabular...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      848. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2016; the number of requests fully refused; and the...
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      849. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in respect of...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      850. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to his special advisers; to provide details for requests, if any, for an increase...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Driver Licences
      851. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Research and Development Funding
      852. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total research and development Exchequer funding in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date in monetary terms and as a...
    • Research and Development Data
      853. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation based on latest projections for 2017, the cost of having total research and development Exchequer funding as a percentage of GDP at...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      854. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the figures for her Department on the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified leave and uncertified...
    • IDA Supports
      855. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts made to date, and if any new initiatives are being undertaken, to attract an industry or manufacturing facility to a...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      856. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware that the Dublin region panel of enterprise champions has not been announced, while all other regional enterprise...
    • Company Closures
      857. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grants, if any, that were paid to a company (details supplied); if any grants have been repaid; the grants that remain unpaid; and...
    • Consumer Protection
      859. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consumer rights that apply to gift vouchers; her plans to introduce new rules concerning the time for which such vouchers must...
    • IDA Site Visits
      860. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA sponsored visits for each year from 2014 to 2016 to date for each county; and the detail of the IDA's strategy to...
    • Research and Development Grants
      861. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on concern within the research community regarding possible reforms to the system used to allocate research grants; the...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      862. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if projects in counties Cavan and Monaghan will be funded under the community enterprise centre scheme in 2016, if a new competitive...
    • Living Wage
      863. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed, or in agencies funded, by her Department;...
    • Departmental Meetings
      865. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the publication of Innovation 2020, when the first meeting of the implementation body took place; the number of meetings...
    • Research and Development Grants
      867. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the publication of Innovation 2020, when scientists engaged in basic research will be able to apply for funding; the...
    • Horizon 2020 Strategy Negotiations
      869. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to account for the current Irish representation on the EU committees that determine the work packages of Horizon 2020 initiatives; and...
    • Horizon 2020 Strategy Funding
      870. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the decision by UK voters to leave the EU, her plans to ensure this will not impact on the current programme funding under...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      874. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of freedom of information requests received by her Department to date in 2016; the number of requests fully refused; and...
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      875. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to her and each Minister of State in her Department in respect...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      876. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to special advisers; to provide details for requests, if any, for an increase...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      877. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she and her Department hopes to be in a position to pursue and secure new markets for Irish exports, with...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      878. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of funding for pre-schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23731/16]
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      879. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the figures for her Department on the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified leave and uncertified leave in...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      880. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of families and the number of children placed in temporary accommodation as a result of homelessness who have been referred to...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      881. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide figures on the percentage of working days lost to Tusla due to sickness absence through certified and uncertified leave in each...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      882. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the notice period in advance of the closure of a child care facility which operates the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme...
    • Child Protection
      883. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which she expects to be in a position to ensure that children or young adults at risk or deemed to be at risk do not remain...
    • Children in Care
      885. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department has the necessary resources to protect children at risk in various institutions, including unaccompanied...
    • Child Protection Services Provision
      886. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her vision for the provision of comprehensive child protection services in the home or State-supported institutions; and if she will make a...
    • Foster Care Policy
      887. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department monitors children in fosterage who may have been subject to abuse; if she is satisfied that adequate...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      888. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which juvenile offenders are adequately protected and segregated from other offenders; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Poverty
      889. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which she has evaluated and identified incidents of child poverty with a view to achieving satisfactory support and...
    • Bullying of Children
      890. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which her Department continues to monitor incidents of psychological intimidation of minors by way of electronic means or...
    • Youth Services Funding
      891. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she expects to continue to provide financial support to youth organisations; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Children in Care
      893. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the fluctuation in the number of children in State care or fosterage over the past five years; the degree to which adequate provision...
    • Child Protection
      894. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she is satisfied that the alert facilities to identify children at risk continue to be adequate; and if she will make a...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      895. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of incidences in respect of which rehabilitative support has been offered to and taken up by juvenile offenders in each of the...
    • Living Wage
      896. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by her Department; and if...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      898. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of increasing the number of weeks covered under the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme from 38 to 40 and 42,...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      899. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount allocated and drawn down in respect of the learner fund in 2016. [24227/16]
    • Family Resource Centres
      900. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the need for greater supports and resources for family resource centres throughout the country; her views on Tusla's...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      901. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to support the reopening of a child care centre (details supplied). [24274/16]
    • Freedom of Information Data
      902. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of freedom of information, FOI, requests received by her Department to date in 2016; the number of requests fully refused; and...
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      903. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to her and each Minister of State in her Department in respect of...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      904. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide the name and position of, and annual salary awarded to, her special advisers; to provide details for requests, if any, for an...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      905. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the figures for his Department on the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified leave and uncertified leave in each...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      906. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current strength of the Permanent Defence Force with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
      907. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current strength of the Reserve Defence Force; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23553/16]
    • Overseas Missions Data
      908. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of overseas missions in which the Defence Forces are currently involved; the number of personnel involved in each mission; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      909. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits to the Defence Forces to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23555/16]
    • Army Bomb Disposals Data
      910. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of suspect devices dealt with by the Army bomb disposal unit on a county-by-county breakdown to date in 2016, in tabular form. [23556/16]
    • Defence Forces Review
      911. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he will publish the Defence Forces climate survey; and if the findings will be made available to Defence Forces Representative Associations...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      912. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of promotions within the officer ranks that are waiting to be signed off on. [23798/16]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      913. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of new recruits in each service of the Permanent Defence Force in each year since 2011; and the number of same in each service that...
    • Naval Service Operations
      914. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role he envisages the Naval Service and his Department will play in a certain project (details supplied); the funds which have been...
    • Naval Service
      915. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the distance from the Irish coastline the Irish Naval Service has jurisdiction to patrol; the functions regarding patrolling; if there is any...
    • Living Wage
      916. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      918. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of freedom of information, FOI, requests received by his Department to date in 2016; the number of requests fully refused; and the...
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      919. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in respect of their...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      920. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide the name and position of, and annual salary awarded to, the special advisers to Ministers in his Department; to provide details for...

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