Written answers

Tuesday, 27 September 2016

  • Department of Defence
    • Military Neutrality
      33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the practical implications for his Department and the Defence Forces of the accelerated practical co-operation between the EU and NATO agreed to...
    • Defence Forces Resources
      34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of training, equipment, supply, transport and communications throughout the Defence Forces in the...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the proposed schedule for the retirement of existing naval vessels, the purchase of new vessels and the capabilities of such new vessels. [27141/16]
    • Official Engagements
      36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his attendance and the topics discussed at the United Nations Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial in London on 8 September...
    • Budget 2017
      37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline areas of budgetary concern within the Defence Forces and his views that these concerns will be addressed in budget 2017; and...
    • Defence Forces Training
      38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide specific timescales for the establishment of the new institute for peace support and leadership training at the Defence Forces...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
      40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he anticipates the Reserve Defence Force achieving the overall establishment personnel number of 4,169; the steps he has taken to address...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question Number 831 of 16 September 2016, if the Defence Forces were called upon to perform aid to civil power duties...
    • Defence Forces Training
      42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the strength of the Defence Forces continues to be maintained in line with previous indications and commitments; the degree...
    • Planning Issues
      43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current status of the planned incinerator at Ringaskiddy that would have strategic implications for the Naval Service should planning...
    • Defence Forces Drug Tests
      44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the Defence Forces compulsory random drugs testing and targeted drugs testing programmes for illicit drugs; if there are changes...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will remove Lariam from the Defence Forces' formulary and cease its use as a first-line anti-malarial by the Defence Forces at least until...
    • Defence Forces Ceremonies
      47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of official events the Defence Forces have taken part in during 2016 in commemoration of 1916; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Data
      49. To ask the Taoiseach if the CSO will explore ways of publishing regular data pertaining to the numbers of persons at work per county as distinct from per region, as the current system makes...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      50. To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2016; and the number of requests fully and partially refused respectively. [23745/16]
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      51. To ask the Taoiseach the figures for his Department on the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified and uncertified leave in each year from 2011 to 2015...
    • Ministerial Travel
      52. To ask the Taoiseach 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 Minister in...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      53. To ask the Taoiseach the name, position and annual salary awarded to his special advisers; if he will provide details for requests for an increase above the special advisers' pay cap as set...
    • Living Wage
      54. To ask the Taoiseach 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 such suppliers...
    • Community Development Projects
      56. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to provide an update on the formation of the Dublin North Inner City Task Force; its terms of reference, chair, and timescale; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      57. To ask the Taoiseach the number of credit cards issued to Ministers of State and officials working in his Department, the amount spent on credit cards by his Department in 2014 and in 2015;...
    • Departmental Properties
      60. To ask the Taoiseach the landlords that his Department or bodies under his aegis paid rent to in each of the past three years; and the sums paid in each case. [25425/16]
    • Postal Codes
      61. To ask the Taoiseach the efforts his Department and agencies under its remit have made to use Eircode when communicating with households via An Post. [25879/16]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      62. To ask the Taoiseach the list of all vacancies that existed on 26 February 2016 and all positions that have arisen since included the date it became vacant for State boards or governing...
    • Unemployment Data
      63. To ask the Taoiseach his estimate of the number of persons currently without a job but not included in the live register figures. [24661/16]
    • Exports Data
      64. To ask the Taoiseach if the trade figures for May 2016 as published by the CSO on 12 August 2016, which show an increase of €19.237 billion in the value of Irish industrial exports in...
    • Official Engagements
      65. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding his conversation with the UK Prime Minster Ms Theresa May; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26580/16]
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      66. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the establishment of an all-island dialogue to deal with issues arising from Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26582/16]
    • Census of Population Publication
      67. To ask the Taoiseach if it is intended to publish the 1926 census of population; the target date for such publication; if legislation will be required to enable this; and if he will make a...
    • Economic Data
      68. To ask the Taoiseach the steps being taken to address concerns concerning the methodology used to formulate revised 2015 growth figures issued by the Central Statistics Office; and if he will...
    • EU Summits
      70. To ask the Taoiseach the issues that were discussed at the informal EU Council on 16 September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26795/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      73. To ask the Taoiseach the total travel expenses and reimbursement costs incurred by his Department per annum from 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Data Protection
      74. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has a specific data protection officer in place; if that position is exclusive or if the position holder has other duties; and if he will make a...
    • Census of Population Publication
      75. To ask the Taoiseach when the latest census will be completed. [27017/16]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      76. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health met recently. [27018/16]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      77. To ask the Taoiseach if he had any other bilaterals or meetings when in Berlin on 12 July 2016. [27020/16]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      79. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing last met and when is the next meeting scheduled. [27034/16]
    • Cabinet Committees
      80. To ask the Taoiseach the names of the existing Cabinet committees and the number of times they have met since the formation of Government. [27205/16]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      81. To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil servants working in his Department on 15 September 2016, both whole and part-time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27206/16]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      82. To ask the Taoiseach the current position regarding the north east inner city initiative he announced in July 2016; the number of times the ministerial task force he chairs has met; the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Insurance Costs
      85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that homes that house those with intellectual disabilities are finding it difficult to find house...
    • Disability Support Services
      86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of progress made in putting a new disability inclusion strategy in place; the objectives which have been identified; the consultations...
    • Valuation Office
      87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27469/16]
    • Direct Provision System
      88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken by her Department to ensure that recommendations of the 2015 report on improvements to the direct provision system are...
    • Startup Gathering
      89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the review of the start-up entrepreneur programme; when she expects it to be completed; if she will consider relaunching it...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the ministerial order for the commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, which was enacted on 30 December...
    • Jury Service
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to jurors who are unemployed and find it difficult to meet the transport costs associated with this civic duty;...
    • Gambling Legislation
      92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she will introduce to prevent underage gambling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26570/16]
    • Visa Applications
      93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a join family, Irish national spouse, visa in respect of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting more...
    • Property Registration
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a company (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to have a site owned by them registered by the Property Registration Authority; and...
    • Garda Investigations
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures which have been taken to advance the investigation into the case of the disappearance of a person (details supplied); if she is being...
    • Courts Service Data
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to commence section 30 of the Civil Liability Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26695/16]
    • Legislative Programme
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to bring forward legislation to combat the spread of so-called revenge pornography in line with best international practice; and if she...
    • Family Reunification Data
      99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average time period between when a refugee or person with subsidiary protection makes an application for family reunification and the arrival...
    • Garda Remuneration
      100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of Garda overtime in counties Tipperary, Offaly, Laois, Kilkenny, Waterford, Cork, Limerick, Clare and Galway; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure the provision of additional manpower and resources at Tallaght Garda station to allow for a further effective action to deal...
    • Prison Accommodation Provision
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to proceeding with the building of a prison on the Thornton Hall site; the capacity levels of each prison, in...
    • Visa Applications
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a visa in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26829/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total travel expenses and reimbursement costs incurred by her Department per annum from 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Data Protection
      107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has a specific data protection officer in place; if that position is exclusive or if the position holder has other duties; and...
    • Garda Vetting
      108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will allocate additional financial resources to the Garda Síochána to address the serious delay in having Garda vetting...
    • Asylum Applications
      109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the delay in the processing of an application (details supplied); if this application can now be expedited in view of the...
    • Irish Prison Service
      110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 16 September 2016, if, in the last round of recruitment for chief officer 2 - work and training in...
    • Visa Applications
      113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request the Garda National Immigration Bureau to provide an extension to the stamp 2 visa for a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Asylum Support Services
      114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the implementation of the recommendations of the Working Group on Improvements to the Protection Process, including Direct...
    • Departmental Bodies
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the basis upon which, on whose authority and the process by which a person (details supplied) was assigned to work full time for the newly...
    • Deportation Orders
      117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances in which section 78 of the International Protection Act that gives additional powers to the Garda Síochána to...
    • Immigration Controls
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons refused leave to land or permission to enter here at the Border with Northern Ireland; the nationalities of each between,...
    • Garda Strength
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total strength of the Garda Síochána in County Kildare as of 31 December in each year from 2005 to 2015 and to date in 2016; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27190/16]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, notwithstanding the recent decision to award stamp 1 and stamp 3 for six months, respectively, in the case of persons (details supplied),...
    • Legal Aid
      124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding grant aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27214/16]
    • Courts Service
      125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that court procedures are carried out in a sensitive manner, that persons entering court are treated with respect and that no...
    • Courts Service Data
      126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that were convicted in the courts of animal abuse in each of the years 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016. [27237/16]
    • Courts Service
      127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27269/16]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in a naturalisation case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27280/16]
    • Garda Reserve
      129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serving Garda reservists that have successfully applied to become members of the Garda Síochána for each year since Garda...
    • Garda Operations
      130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which arrests have been made and charges preferred against the perpetrators given the seriousness and life threatening nature of...
    • Refugee Data
      131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has discussed with her British counterpart the United Kingdom’s plans to continue accepting refugees following the Brexit vote; her...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in the commencement of the statutory inquiry in relation to a case (details supplied); and when it will be convened and...
    • Garda Deployment
      133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her proposals to provide additional Garda Síochána personnel to the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division in view of the substantial fall in...
    • Crime Prevention
      134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of offenders who will participate in the joint strategy for the management of offenders initiative recently extended to Dundalk,...
    • Courts Service
      135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the plan to rezone part of the site of the Hammond Lane, Smithfield, Dublin will cause delays in the development of the family and child court...
    • Prison Discipline
      136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to eliminate the use of solitary confinement in Irish prisons, which has been consistently been criticised by international human...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of introducing a minimum wage of €12, €13, €14 or €15 an hour for all employees under the aegis of her...
  • Department of Finance
    • Pension Provisions
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend existing legislation in order to allow pensioners draw down the full amount of an approved minimum retirement fund prior to 75 years of age;...
    • State Aid Investigations
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the European Commission's ruling on the latest position with regard to the tax affairs of a company (details supplied) in Ireland and a...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of media reports that the Brazilian authorities have designated Ireland as a tax haven and what such a ruling means (details supplied); if the...
    • Motor Insurance Coverage
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the current difficulties large families are experiencing in obtaining motor insurance for multi-seat motor vehicles with...
    • State Aid Investigations
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance if the recent EU Commission ruling on a company (details supplied) was discussed at the informal Council meeting or at any bilaterals that he had; and if he...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding first-time buyers grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26836/16]
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will re-examine the application for a primary medical certificate by a person (details supplied) with a view to granting same; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Credits
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined incentivising small businesses and employers to take on apprentices in an approved programme via an income tax credit similar to the...
    • Tax Code
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the anomaly under section 86 of the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003 which seems to unintentionally penalise...
    • Tax Collection
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the companies owned by ESB; the taxes they paid in the previous tax year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26472/16]
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider changing the rules which the Revenue Commissioners have in place with regard to the classification of acupuncturists as they are currently...
    • Tax Code
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the case of a person (details supplied) regarding inheritance tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26530/16]
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the firms hired by the State as legal practitioners or adviser in relation to a case (details supplied); the fees paid to each firm; and if he will make a...
    • State Aid Investigations
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of opinions the Government has sought from the European Commission on taxation matters in the past ten years; and the result of that process in...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners intend to review charging taxpayers seeking assistance on revenue lo-call numbers; the rates that are charged to customers who...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a flat rate expense available for primary teachers who teach physical education in their curriculum in view of the fact that there is an allowance...
    • Banking Sector
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the establishment of a local public banking network; and if he will...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to allow for a system of tax incentives for elite athletes who avail of sponsorship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26567/16]
    • Tax Yield
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected yield in 2017 and 2018 from proposed changes to section 110 of the Taxes Consolidation Act, which would restrict the use of profit participating...
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield per annum in the current market in the event of the National Treasury Management Agency raising 50 year money; and if he will make a...
    • General Government Debt
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact an additional €10 billion in borrowing would have on the debt to GDP ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26644/16]
    • NAMA Portfolio
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the large 28 acre property in Rathmore that is owned by NAMA; the reason the local authority was not informed that this property was in...
    • Pension Provisions
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance if he proposed to recommence the option for persons to withdraw on a once-off basis up to 30% of their AVCs from their pension plan; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Exemptions
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance if the budget 2016 measure of doubling the tax free gift certificate for employees from €250 to €500 is applicable to previously existing gift...
    • Banking Sector
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are proposals or plans by a bank (details supplied) to engage in the sale of its loan book to so called vulture funds; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding earned income tax credits in the farming community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26720/16]
    • Tax Code
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding rates on agricultural diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26721/16]
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to reports that Brazil recently added Ireland to its list of tax havens; the implications for Ireland in terms of financial...
    • Tax Yield
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of tax collected on the sale of bottled water on an annual basis in the period 2012 to 2016, including excise taxes and VAT on sales; his...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Supervision
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) has met all legal and regulatory requirements to operate here; if this has been checked and verified; and if he will make a...
    • Banking Sector Data
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if an annual profit limit exists for Irish banks or foreign banks operating here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26779/16]
    • NAMA Operations
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance if NAMA consulted or liaised with his Department or him on reports (details supplied); the nature of any contact on to these draft reports; if he will publish...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the correspondence his Department has had with its Brazilian counterparts in view of the Brazilian authorities decision to designate Ireland as a tax haven;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the total travel expenses and reimbursement costs incurred by his Department per annum from 2011 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Data Protection
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has a specific data protection officer in place; if that position is exclusive or if the position holder has other duties; and if he will...
    • Proposed Legislation
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance if, regarding his proposed amendment to section 110 of the Taxes Consolidation Acts, he will restrict the use of profit participating loans where they are...
    • National Debt
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of money which will be paid in interest and in repayment of the principal on the national debt in each of the years 2016 to 2020. [26899/16]
    • Universal Social Charge Abolition
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount it would cost the State to abolish the universal social charge for all incomes under €100,000 and maintain it as it is for those over...
    • Departmental Properties
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) which will in the near future be leasing office property to his Department at a cost to the State of €9 million per...
    • Motor Insurance
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance the average length of time between a person applying to the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland, MIBI, for assistance and the payout of that assistance; the...
    • State Banking Sector
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe for the sale of the State's share in a bank (details supplied) if that timeframe has been revised in view of Brexit; and if he will make a...
    • Property Tax Data
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 210 and 226 of 16 September 2016, the number of persons who own properties, respectively, in ranges (details...
    • Housing Data
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department, the Revenue Commissioners or NAMA collect and collate data on those entities which purchase multiple residential properties from NAMA and...
    • Stamp Duty
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that could be raised by restoring stamp duty on commercial property transactions to the previous rate of 6%; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Data
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of rental income declared to the Revenue Commissioners for each year since 2011. [26992/16]
    • Housing Policy
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's assessment of the likely economic and social impact of a collapse in commercial real estate values in view of the statement in the latest...
    • Banking Sector Data
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of outstanding commercial property loans owed to Irish banks; and the Irish banks in which the State has a shareholding. [26995/16]
    • Tax Code
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is giving consideration to the call by the Irish Dental Association to see marginal rate tax relief returned to the med 2 scheme to alleviate the burden...
    • Mortgage Arrears Rate
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department can monitor the situation affecting those with mortgage arrears with particular reference to the need to ensure that family...
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance the current VAT rate charged for the repair of goods, for example, white goods, bicycles and so on; and his estimate of the cost of reducing the VAT rate...
    • Tax Code
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance if a beneficiary is entitled to avail of the principal dwelling house exemption in respect of the property they legitimately lived in all their life with...
    • Revenue Commissioners Resources
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be generated by increasing the number of Revenue Commissioners personnel by 200 qualified persons to further robustly target...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reform the motor insurance industry; if this will be carried out in conjunction with the Central Bank or the Competition and Consumer Protection...
    • State Aid Investigations
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance the current position regarding Ireland's appeal of the European Commission's ruling regarding the taxation of a company (details supplied); and if he will...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions the he has had with his European ministerial counterparts regarding Brexit and the impact of this on the economies of Ireland, Northern...
    • State Aid Investigations
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with his European ministerial counterparts regarding the European Commission's adverse ruling against Ireland regarding the...
    • VAT Rate Application
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide favourable consideration to the request of the Irish Hotels Federation to retain the 9% VAT rate; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance the work undertaken to date by the taskforce established within his Department to undertake the review of the insurance sector; if his attention has been...
    • Tax Code
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of abolishing all tax breaks specific to REITs including CGT and rental income, including the projected yield in CGT over the next five years. [27500/16]
    • Property Tax Administration
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of interest applied to persons who defer their local property tax; and the cost to the Exchequer in 2017, 2018 and in 2019, respectively, for every...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of introducing a minimum wage of €12, €13, €14 or €15 an hour for all employees under the aegis of his Department; and if...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Administration
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be give to the case made directly to him through correspondence dated 13 September 2016 relative to the school transport...
    • School Transport Provision
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set up a working group to examine the school bus transport system and the way it operates in rural Ireland in view of the fact that...
    • Third Level Education
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if asylum seekers who arrived here as children and have completed their second-level education and leaving certificate will be permitted to...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Irish Sign Language interpreters and Irish Sign Language tutors and teachers who currently operate here; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special needs assistants can be Garda vetted by the Teaching Council to allow them work in a number of schools without having to get...
    • School Transport
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider sanctioning a specific professional to assist a person (details supplied). [26447/16]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to school transport. [26468/16]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will extend the SUSI grant scheme to students (details supplied) in view of the fact that the college they attend can be designated as an...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants (SNAs) being appointed to counties Carlow and Kilkenny out of the 7% increase announced by him; if he will...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in identifying and securing a permanent site for a primary school (details supplied); when he expects to commence construction of...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a new school building to the students and staff at a school (details supplied) due to the conditions of its current...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider his decision not to grant emergency works funding to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a remote area grant in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26525/16]
    • School Transport Review
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the review of the concessionary charges and rule elements of the school transport scheme have been completed; and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will arrange for the urgent approval of stage 2B for a school (details supplied) in order that the new school building project can proceed...
    • School Transport
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an escort for a person (details supplied) attending mainstream primary education; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of resource hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in school in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a bus service (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26600/16]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is anticipated that the review of the DEIS programme will be formally completed; if further details are available regarding the process...
    • Third Level Fees
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to and if he recognises the significant barrier the €600 fee being charged for a PLC course (details...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) does not have a special needs assistant as required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26655/16]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) attending a special needs school and resolve the issue; and if he will make a...
    • School Textbooks Rental Scheme
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary schools operating book rental schemes by county, in tabular form; and the efforts made by his Department to encourage the...
    • Education Centre Network
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of funding allocations from his Department to an institution (details supplied) in Dublin 9 over each of the past three...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the avenues open to a school community (details supplied) in County Kerry where the school is awaiting funding for urgently required drop off and...
    • State Examinations Appeals
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of exam papers which have been sent by a person (details supplied) to be rechecked; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in building phase 2 of a college (details supplied); when building works are due to commence; and his views on whether...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) was entitled to pay over the summer months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26749/16]
    • School Transport Data
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of eligible and the number of concessionary customers transported each year for specified sub-divisions for each of the years 2010 to...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process by which the geographical and school specific decisions are made in relation to the allocation of ASD classrooms; and if he will make...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26776/16]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the denial of the qualification allowance to teachers who had taken a break from their college registration and became...
    • Schools Building Projects
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if commencement of phase 2 of the construction of a school (details supplied) can be brought forward to ensure that students will not be sitting...
    • Transition Year Selection Process
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of second level schools which provide transition year as an option as opposed to the overall number of schools here, in tabular form;...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has been briefed regarding concerns within the higher education system concerning Ireland's falling ranking in the area of high performance...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an educational psychological assessment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the body responsible for reviewing ASD pre-school children for future placement prior to leaving an ASD pre-school class (details supplied)....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the stage 2B drawings for a school (details supplied) will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26823/16]
    • Summer Works Scheme
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the policy of cancelling summer works application for schools where an emergency works application was granted for a totally different...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total travel expenses and reimbursement costs incurred by his Department per annum from 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Data Protection
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has a specific data protection officer in place; if that position is exclusive or if the position holder has other duties; and...
    • Third Level Charges
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the State of abolishing the student contribution charge for third level education. [26904/16]
    • Third Level Fees
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the State of abolishing fees for postgraduate courses. [26905/16]
    • Capitation Grants
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reversing all the cuts to school capitation grants since 2008. [26906/16]
    • Student Grants Data
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the State of reversing all cuts to student grants over the past eight years. [26907/16]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding school class sizes and funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26966/16]
    • Capitation Grants
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding for schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26968/16]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided for persons (details supplied). [26977/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which Irish Sign Language tutors and teachers are currently accredited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27077/16]
    • Disability Services Provision
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of implementation of the new Inclusion Support Service; the progress that has specifically been made in supporting children who are...
    • State Examinations Appeals
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a recheck for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27089/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure for a child on the ASD spectrum attending primary school to apply for a laptop; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for temporary accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied). [27197/16]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding principal awards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27203/16]
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide clear guidelines and documentation requirements to SUSI for those currently in direct provision applying for third level...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding teacher-pupil ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27265/16]
    • School Transport
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that have applied for school transport in 2016 and were deemed ineligible as they were not attending their nearest school;...
    • School Transport Applications
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if pupils from Northern Ireland, who have free medical cover, can be deemed as eligible children for school transport on the same basis as...
    • School Transport
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the school transport routes B9004 from Aughrim to Arklow and route number 70810H from Rathdrum to Avondale with a view to...
    • Springboard Programme
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person who has not attained a level 8 degree heretofore would be eligible for the free fees initiative for a level 8 degree programme if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school building redevelopments that were previously due to commence in 2016 as part of the capital programme and have now been postponed, will...
    • School Transport
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which it is proposed to restore the school transport services previously available to the children in the Johnstownbridge and...
    • School Staff
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of EAL posts in each county for each school year since 2012-13, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27471/16]
    • Third Level Fees
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of abolishing all third level education fees including both registration and tuition. [27487/16]
    • Special Educational Needs
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of resourcing special needs in primary schools on an individualised basis without any caps on hours or staff. [27488/16]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost in 2017 of ensuring a PTR to a maximum of 18:1 for each class, not averaged across the school. [27489/16]
    • School Textbooks
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost in 2017 of providing free books to all secondary and primary school students, respectively. [27490/16]
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of introducing a minimum wage of €12, €13, €14 or €15 an hour for all employees under the aegis of his...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Departmental Functions
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the State has responsibility for Met Éireann; if so, the legislation in place; and if he will make a...
    • European Parliament Elections
      318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on maintaining voting rights for United Kingdom nationals in elections to the European Parliament...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when funding for a demountable will be made available in respect of persons (details supplied). [26482/16]
    • Housing Assistance Payments
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is taking up to 12 weeks to process application forms submitted...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide further information on phase 3 of the proposed works at the Oldcourt Estate in Bray, County...
    • Departmental Bodies Reports
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the working group of officials comprising senior representatives from his Department, local authorities and other...
    • Planning Issues
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of planning enforcement proceedings in relation to short-term lettings that have been commenced by each...
    • Departmental Bodies
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the work being completed by the expert panel established to investigate incidences of defective...
    • Local Authority Finances
      325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of existing debts of all local authorities here showing total loans and total annual...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the average billed cost per unit anticipated for a two, three and four-bedroom local authority house; and if he will...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications
      327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of applications for the mortgage-to-rent schemes which have been approved and finalised since the...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the timeline he anticipates in determining proper setback distances for wind turbines; if he has a preferred...
    • Local Authority Legal Services
      330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it is common practice for local authorities to tender for external legal services as they are required in cases,...
    • Irish Water Funding
      331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the composition of the projected capital investment spend by Irish Water for 2018-2021, as per the Irish Water...
    • Septic Tank Grants
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of septic tank owners nationally; the total number of septic tank units inspected in each of the...
    • Motor Tax Yield
      333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the latest statistics his Department has on the yield from motor tax for each county, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report
      334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position in relation to the review of the boundaries for the 2019 local government elections; and if he will...
    • Thatching Grants Eligibility
      335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a thatching grant in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has received an application from Sligo County Council for a foreshore licence in respect of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total travel expenses and reimbursement costs incurred by his Department per annum from 2011 to 2015 and in 2016...
    • Data Protection
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has a specific data protection officer in place; if that position is exclusive or if the position...
    • Library Services Staff
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department received a request for additional resources from the chief executive of Sligo County Council; if...
    • Local Authority Staff Data
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the percentage reduction in the staffing level in each individual local authority since January 2008, in tabular...
    • Housing Data
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the locations, by area, the 47,000 new social housing units will be built, acquired and leased as promised in his...
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will investigate his Department's failure to intervene in relation to the fact that the Wexford Local...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of properties that have been remediated under the pyrite remediation scheme; the number accepted into the...
    • Register of Electors Administration
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for voter registration for the 2017-2018 register of electors. [27086/16]
    • Library Services Provision
      349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, referring to the 2013 report from the strategic working group on shared services in public libraries, there is a...
    • Motor Tax Rates
      351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, in view of recent emissions scandals, the owners of pre-2008 vehicles will continue to pay much higher rates of...
    • Local Government Fund
      352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of money which has been allocated to Galway City Council and Galway County Council under the local...
    • Planning Issues
      353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which a study has been done to identify and address the ongoing delays affecting the development of...
    • Water Quality
      355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason he continues to allow the sewage treatment plant to dump excess waste into the Grange River which flows...
    • Flood Risk Management
      356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which provisions have been made and plans put in place to combat flooding that might occur during the...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will approve Wicklow County Council's application to employ an additional five staff members consisting of one...
    • Water Charges
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his estimate of the cost of reimbursing those who have paid their domestic water charges to Irish Water, net of the...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the projected cost of providing 100,000 council homes over the next five years if these homes were to be provided...
    • Local Government Fund
      361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost of restoring the local government fund to 2008 levels. [27493/16]
    • Irish Water
      362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost of dismantling Irish Water and abolishing water charges. [27494/16]
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Irish Sign Language
      363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the State-funded bodies which currently provide Irish Sign Language interpretive services and the capacity in which; and if he will make a statement...
    • Civil Registration Documentation
      364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all births, deaths and marriages are now recorded digitally; if the details of parents and grandparents names, ages, addresses and siblings will...
    • Social Insurance Yield
      365. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the projected yield if employer’s PRSI were to be raised to 2%, by 4% and by 6% across all employers. [27502/16]
    • Back to Education Allowance
      368. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the new policy changes to the back to education allowance scheme which were introduced in April 2016, which will reduce any...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person has not been facilitated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26470/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a review lodged in respect of a carer's allowance application (details supplied) has not been dealt with in view of the fact that the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26506/16]
    • Bereavement Grant
      372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reinstate immediately the full bereavement grant for persons who require it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26513/16]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      373. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26524/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      374. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the efforts being made to reduce the waiting time for review of medical assessments for invalidity pension claims; when a person (details supplied)...
    • Family Income Supplement Payments
      376. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment will commence in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26540/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26544/16]
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      378. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal has been received in the social protection appeals office against the decision of his Department not to pay a person (details supplied)...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      379. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is being requested to pay back an amount of money to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      380. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is due a refund on their social protection payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26630/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      381. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Family Income Supplement Data
      382. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost in 2017 of lowering the requirement to qualify for family income supplement from 19 hours per week to 15 hours per week...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      383. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the back to education allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied) on the grounds that changing discipline to study law, is...
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      384. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the cuts imposed in past budgets to increase the number of eligible low income farmers; if he will reinstate the income and child...
    • Community Services Programme
      385. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a situation (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26742/16]
    • Family Income Supplement Payments
      386. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a family income supplement application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26784/16]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      387. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an oral hearing can be provided for a person (details supplied) who has been refused disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      388. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a disability allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      389. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider amending legislation which governs the fuel allowance scheme to ensure that disablement benefit is included as a qualifying...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      390. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Back to Education Allowance
      391. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the cost of education allowance of €300, which was paid in addition to the back to education...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      392. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the policy of his Department regarding unscheduled home inspections of applicants for social protection payments and specifically, as it applies to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      393. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of unscheduled home inspections undertaken by his Department in each year since 2010, in tabular form. [26843/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      396. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total travel expenses and reimbursement costs incurred by his Department per annum from 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Data Protection
      397. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has a specific data protection officer in place; if that position is exclusive or if the position holder has other duties; and if...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      398. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to the State of restoring all jobseeker's payments to €188 a week. [26908/16]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      399. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of an appeal in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26922/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      400. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and when a decision can be expected on this case. [26928/16]
    • Disability Allowance
      401. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a review will be completed on a disability allowance application for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [26934/16]
    • JobPath Implementation
      402. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further Parliamentary Questions Nos. 743 to 746, inclusive, of 16 September 2016, if the 60 minutes maximum travel time for JobPath participants is...
    • Training Support Grant
      405. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a training support grant application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26950/16]
    • Free Travel Scheme
      406. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to amend the provision to allow children who are ill or have special needs to be entitled to free travel (details supplied); and if he...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      407. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total expenditure by his Department for each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date on rent supplement payments (details supplied) to landlords being...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      408. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26970/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      409. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a Carer's Allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      411. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26973/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      412. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26974/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      413. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      415. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons who are transitioning from JSTP to JSA when their children turn 14 years of age are not assisted in making the transition...
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme
      416. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if mortgage interest support can be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27024/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      417. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an oral hearing will be facilitated in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27043/16]
    • Dental Services Provision
      418. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to commence discussions with a view to reaching agreement with the Irish Dental Association on the restoration of treatments under the...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      419. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which debt of almost €16,000 accrued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      420. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27107/16]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      421. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27111/16]
    • Social Welfare Code
      422. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider setting up a task force to find solutions to the problem of persons on social protection payments facing so many disincentives,...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      423. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) regarding refusal for disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      424. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27120/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      427. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for the domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
      429. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for the domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      430. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for the domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Family Income Supplement
      431. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for family income supplement by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27166/16]
    • Family Income Supplement Appeals
      432. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal regarding the decision on a family income supplement application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      433. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal regarding refusal of disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      434. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct Social Protection entitlements to be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      435. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of an application for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • One-Parent Family Payment
      436. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on contacting non-custodial parents to inform them that they are no longer liable to pay maintenance for their children as it has been...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      438. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27252/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      440. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for disability allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Diet Supplement Scheme
      441. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost in a full year of restoring the diet supplement scheme in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27259/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      442. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27260/16]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      443. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current position of a naturalisation case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27281/16]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      444. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position of an appeal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27283/16]
    • Carer's Benefit Payments
      445. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will have their carers benefit payment reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27286/16]
    • Departmental Legal Services
      446. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will be defending findings with the assistance of legal professionals with regard to a case (details supplied). [27307/16]
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      447. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current status of an overpayment in the case of a person (details supplied); if the overpayment is currently the subject of an appeal; the way...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      448. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost to the Exchequer for every extra week the fuel allowance is payable at current rates. [27450/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      449. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27475/16]
    • Family Income Supplement Data
      450. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost in 2017 of increasing family income supplement, FIS, by calculating it on the basis of 75% of the difference between the income...
    • Child Benefit Data
      452. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost increase in 2017 if child benefit were paid for those over 18 until they finish full-time second level education. [27516/16]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      453. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost increase in 2017 of reversing the cuts to the one-parent family payment in order that it continues to be paid until a child...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data
      457. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost in 2017 of increasing the Back to School Allowance by €50 per child. [27521/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Data
      460. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost in 2017 of paying a full PRSI stamp for those in receipt of the carer's allowance. [27524/16]
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      461. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost to introduce a minimum weekly gross wage of €480, €500, €520, €560 or €600 for all full-time employees...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      462. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the person responsible for tracking the implementation of the sustainable development goals; his plans to support the implementation of the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      463. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, Mr. David Davies. [27033/16]
    • Overseas Development Aid Data
      464. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the projected cost of increasing Ireland's overseas development aid, ODA, budget to 0.4 %, 0.5%, 0.6% and 0.7% of GNP for 2017 and for a...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      465. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the diplomatic efforts in place to secure the release of a person (details supplied). [26467/16]
    • EU Issues
      466. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the position of the European Commission President, Mr. Jean Claude Juncker, as outlined in his recent state of the union...
    • Departmental Internships
      468. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the detail of internships in his Department that might be suitable for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Passport Services
      469. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason those resident in the Six Counties who wish to obtain a passport application form from post office branches here are now being...
    • EU Programmes
      470. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with his EU counterparts with regard to plans for increased funding for the Europe for Citizens programme; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      471. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total travel expenses and reimbursement costs incurred by his Department per annum from 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Data Protection
      472. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has a specific data protection officer in place; if that position is exclusive or if the position holder has other duties;...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      473. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 831 of 16 September 2016, the purpose of those flights listed as originating in and destined for...
    • Trade Agreements
      475. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will reject the provisional application of CETA and ensure that a full Dáil vote takes place on CETA before there are any...
    • Business and Human Rights
      476. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland supports the process to develop an international legally binding instrument on transnational corporation and other business...
    • Trade Agreements
      477. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, in order to facilitate that Dáil Éireann will be able to make a properly informed decision on all aspects of CETA when it...
    • EU Migration Crisis
      478. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will reconsider his support to the EU's current approach to the refugee crisis given the widespread criticism of the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      479. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, with Ireland's 2015 ODA allocation standing at 0.36%, he is aware that in reality Ireland has been moving away rather than towards the...
    • Passport Applications
      481. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27264/16]
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      482. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the proposed immigration reform legislation in the United States of America; the outcome of any recent discussions he has had...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      483. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of introducing a minimum wage of €12, €13, €14 or €15 an hour for all employees under the aegis of his...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      484. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost to introduce a minimum weekly gross wage of €480, €500, €520, €560 or €600 for all full-time...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      485. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all meetings to date and remaining meetings planed in 2016 of the high level informal forum to deal with...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      486. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasoning behind the rule which states that construction companies can only apply for Government tendered projects where that...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      487. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he and his Department are concerned regarding future investment on PEACE projects in Northern Ireland and as a result of the Brexit...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Applications
      488. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has received a copy of the submission for flood relief from the Mid-Shannon Flood Relief Group; the steps being taken to deal...
    • Departmental Policy Functions
      489. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has in place in his Department's Social Policy and Public Sector Reform Division any arrangement for acting on recommendations of...
    • European Council Meetings
      490. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the discussion at the June 2016 EU Council meeting where the EU fiscal rules were discussed and in particular, the way...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      491. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the way in which EUROSTAT is classifying public private partnerships; and if this definition will impede on any of the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      492. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the Morrell drainage programme continues to be progressed with a view to making the necessary provisions to prevent...
    • National Monuments
      493. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which progress can be reported in regard to improvement to the structure at Taghadoe Round Tower, County Kildare; and if...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      494. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW is aware that some of the houses which are currently being occupied by Ordnance Survey Ireland are in disrepair with water...
    • EU Directives
      495. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if EU directives 2014/23 - award of concession contracts, 2014/24 - public procurement, and 2014/25 - procurement by entities operating...
    • Drainage Schemes
      496. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if necessary works will be carried out on a drain (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Staff
      497. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to implement the appropriate legislative changes or other which are required in order to enable persons who reach...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      498. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extra costs to the Exchequer in 2017 of demographic pressures without any change in current tax or spending policy, with a breakdown...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      500. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW is in receipt of any funding applications for minor flood relief works from Galway County Council. [26652/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      501. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total travel expenses and reimbursement costs incurred by his Department per annum from 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and...
    • Data Protection
      502. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has a specific data protection officer in place; if that position is exclusive or if the position holder has other...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      503. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the State of introducing a minimum wage of €12, €13, €14 or €15 an hour for all State and...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      505. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in regard to the proposed move of his Department to Miesian Plaza, where it will pay approximately €9 million per year to...
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      506. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason it is taking so long to implement a Labour Court ruling dating back to 2008 relating to an issue (details supplied); if the...
    • Industrial Development
      507. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has received a detailed proposal for funding for the development of a masterplan for Haulbowline Island in County...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      508. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the number of persons, in increments of €5,000, in receipt of lump sums on retirement from the public service; and the...
    • Pensions Insolvency Payments Scheme
      509. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the position regarding the cessation of a contract (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27263/16]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Applications
      510. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be provided for flood relief (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27277/16]
    • Local Authority Staff
      511. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the cost of restoring staffing levels throughout local authorities to 2008 levels. [27495/16]
    • Public Sector Pay
      512. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the cost of the restoration of pay and conditions to public servants via the immediate repeal of all financial emergency...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      514. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the cost of the full restoration of pensions to public servant pensioners via the immediate repeal of all financial emergency...
    • Public Sector Pay
      515. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the cost of ensuring that all public servants are being paid the minimum living wage of €11.50 per hour or above....
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Post Office Network
      516. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the timeframe for progressing actions as outlined in the Kerr report to safeguard the post office network; the number of...
    • Invasive Plant Species
      517. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to set out the number of cases of Japanese knotweed identified across all local authority areas in the country; the actions being...
    • Post Office Network
      519. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the report from the post office network renewal working group will be published; the reasons for the delay to date; and if she...
    • Waterways Issues
      520. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the upkeep of a river; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Planning Issues
      521. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to set out the average length of time it takes for the National Parks and Wildlife Services to completely respond to local...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      522. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the extent to which progress continues on meeting the need to ensure an adequacy of services to rural Ireland, thereby...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      523. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the efforts being made to facilitate a request from landowners (details supplied) for a formal meeting at which she, the...
    • Wildlife Protection
      524. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when new regulations in respect of gorse burning and hedge cutting will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      525. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will increase matching funding to optimum levels to draw down the optimum amount of European funding for community and rural...
    • Rural Development Policy
      526. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to set out the total amount of current and capital expenditure allocated to the town and village renewal scheme over the 2015-21...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      528. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to set out in tabular form the total travel expenses reimbursement costs incurred by her Department per annum from 2011 to 2016 to...
    • Data Protection
      529. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has a specific data protection officer in place; if that position is exclusive or if the position holder has other...
    • EU Directives
      530. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 171 and 172 of 13 July 2016 (details supplied), if she will name the competent authority in...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      532. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to set out the cost of introducing a minimum wage of €12, €13, €14 or €15 an hour for all employees under...
  • Department of Health
    • Misuse of Drugs
      534. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of implementation of the regulations that are to accompany the enacted Misuse of Drugs Act 2016 before the Act can be properly enforced;...
    • Children and Family Services Provision
      535. To ask the Minister for Health when the provisions of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 dealing with donor assisted human reproduction will commence; the timeframe envisaged...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      536. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment in University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26438/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      537. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of the case of a person (details supplied) including when the person will expect an appointment. [26439/16]
    • Disability Services Provision
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider sanctioning a specific professional to assist a person (details supplied). [26448/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      539. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) was placed on a waiting list for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26449/16]
    • National Cancer Strategy
      540. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding the evaluation of Pembrolizumab; when he will make a decision on the introduction of this drug; and if he will make a...
    • Direct Provision System
      541. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the action being taken by his Department to ensure that recommendations of the 2015 report on improvements to the direct provision system are...
    • Home Help Service Data
      542. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of home help hours provided by the HSE annually since 2008; the total budget allocated by the HSE for Home Help hours since 2008; and the...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the support provided to families who receive supports from therapists to assist their children develop speech and language skills, or who receive equipment...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      544. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26462/16]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      545. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an anomalous service provision discrepancy between community heath organisations, CHOs, (details suppled); if he will...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      546. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of HSE equipment (details supplied) in tabular form. [26464/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26465/16]
    • Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme Eligibility
      548. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet a group (details supplied) over the failure to be included in a redress scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the case of these persons;...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      549. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied), particularly in view of Government statements regarding its commitment to reduce waiting times for...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres in County Galway; the number of centres being tendered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26478/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for an appointment in the Mater Hospital, Dublin, in respect of a person (details supplied). [26481/16]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Expenditure
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the current cost of the drugs payment scheme; if costings will be made available for the effect of reducing the current maximum payment threshold from...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      553. To ask the Minister for Health the revenue currently being generated from prescription charges; the number of persons who would benefit from the cost of abolishing prescription charges for...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      556. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this procedure; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26496/16]
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
      558. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm his intention to implement the decision of his predecessor (details supplied) in January 2016 to protect both titles of physiotherapist and...
    • Health Services
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to provide improved facilities for a health centre (details supplied); when it is anticipated that such facilities will be delivered; and if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      560. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with an appointment for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26508/16]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      562. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive hours for the home care package in view of the fact that it has been sanctioned; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      563. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this procedure; if the person can undergo...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      564. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a transfer to the national rehabilitation unit in Dún Laoghaire; the reason for the delay; and if he will...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      565. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with extra home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26517/16]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      566. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a hearing aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26518/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      567. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with an appointment for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26519/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      570. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26523/16]
    • Wards of Court
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the number of wardship applications made by the HSE in 2015 and for each month in 2016 to date; the extent of legal costs incurred by the HSE in so doing; the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a requested appointment in Beaumont Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied). [26555/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      574. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the waiting time for assessments for children diagnosed with ADHD and especially autism at Beechpark, Tallaght, where a person (details...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      575. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a date for surgery in respect of a person (details supplied). [26568/16]
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the process that must be undergone for a medicines manufacturer to have a cannabis based product authorised for use by patients. [26588/16]
    • Health Insurance Cover
      578. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26593/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      579. To ask the Minister for Health when an outpatient appointment will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this appointment; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26597/16]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for HSE equipment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26598/16]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of hours provided via the home care package and home help scheme for each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Hospital Staff
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the policies or measures in place to ensure the retention of staff in hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26605/16]
    • Nursing Staff Data
      586. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of all nursing management positions in each hospital here over the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for paediatric rheumatology services in Crumlin Children’s Hospital for the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant hospital doctors in HSE training positions for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26610/16]
    • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if the Minister of State with responsibility for the national drugs strategy has met with the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health in regard...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the Oversight Forum on Drugs has met in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26612/16]
    • Cancer Services Provision
      592. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to cut by 50%, funding for transport services for cancer patients at St. Luke’s radiation oncology network, which...
    • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
      594. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to the roll-out of a national service level agreement across all section 37 and section 38 bodies involved in drug treatment;...
    • Health Products Regulatory Authority
      595. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to a large public awareness campaign to highlight the dangers associated with illicit steroid usage, which has increased exponentially in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      596. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) including when they will receive an appointment. [26620/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      598. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to have a person (details supplied) admitted immediately for a procedure at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to have a person (details supplied) admitted to the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26632/16]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per week to the State of keeping a person (details supplied) in a nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26635/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      601. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a fitting for specialised shoes. [26641/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      602. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery at South Infirmary Hospital, Cork. [26645/16]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for hearing aids by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26654/16]
    • Legislative Measures
      604. To ask the Minister for Health when Parts 2 and 3 of the Children Family and Relationship Bill 2015 will come into force allowing for the parents of children conceived through assisted human...
    • HIQA Inspections
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the measures which have been put in place to address the serious incidences of regulatory non-compliance recently identified by HIQA inspectors at a...
    • Medical Education
      606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a new model for medical education and practice by making grants available to private entities promoting functional medicine and...
    • HSE Funding
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the grant schemes which exist in his Department or the HSE for paying any grants to private entities providing educational conferences for health care...
    • Maternity Services
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commission a fully independent hospital wide review of VBAC counselling at Lourdes hospital, rather than the HSE managed review of an individual...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      610. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a device (details supplied) under the long-term illness scheme cover for type 1 diabetes; if he is aware of the device and that it has...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      611. 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. [26681/16]
    • Home Help Service Data
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for home help hours in Longford and Westmeath for year end August 2016; the number of home help hours in place for...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      614. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) currently on the waiting list for two years and six months for an operation. [26703/16]
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if an ENT consultant has been appointed to Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26704/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      616. To ask the Minister for Health if there is discretion on the five-year rule, such as compassionate grounds in respect of the nursing homes support scheme; if so, the discretionary grounds;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      617. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26717/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      622. To ask the Minister for Health the cost in 2017 of providing a medical card for all children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance. [26734/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment in the South Infirmary Hospital, Cork for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26736/16]
    • Hospital Facilities
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the car park charging scheme operated at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; if the HSE operates any reimbursement policy; and his plans to...
    • Hospital Services
      625. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) being in a distressed state and now missing, was refused entry to University Hospital Kerry after being presented there by...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists currently working with Offaly Early Intervention Team, EIT, and School Age Team, SAT, and also in Laois EIT and SAT. [26755/16]
    • Occupational Therapy
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for occupational therapy in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the length of time they have been waiting; if measures are...
    • Rural Practice Allowance Scheme
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of restoring distance coding and increasing the allowance to €25,000 under the rural practice allowance. [26759/16]
    • Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for psychology services with Offaly Early Intervention Team and School Age Team and also Laois EIT and SAT. [26766/16]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional psychology posts approved under PDS which have been filled and the number still vacant. [26768/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      631. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment with the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin. [26769/16]
    • Hospital Services
      632. To ask the Minister for Health when Wexford satellite dialysis unit will be in operation; if he is aware that the current location is experiencing planning difficulties; if he will seek to...
    • Psychological Services
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the interim measures in place to provide psychology services with Offaly Early Intervention Team and School Age Team and Laois EIT and SAT until additional...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26783/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      635. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) will be facilitated with additional home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26792/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      636. 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. [26804/16]
    • Psychological Assessments
      637. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for an assessment of need for a person (details supplied) was received by the HSE; when the assessment will be carried out; and if he will...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of ambulances which have been dispatched to attend to situations in County Donegal for each month in 2016 to date, in tabular form; the number...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      639. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided with the services that are appropriate to their assessment; the other options available and the timeframe...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      642. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) should expect to receive medical equipment from the HSE North-South Lee Resource Allocation Group. [26826/16]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Availability
      643. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can remain on the drug Respreeza on compassionate grounds. [26827/16]
    • Medical Card Applications
      644. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26831/16]
    • Maternity Leave
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the provision made in terms of workforce planning for maternity cover in front-line therapy services that are positioned in primary care in view of the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      646. To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant the HSE urgent funding in order to supply a care package to a person (details supplied) as recommended by the team currently looking after...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      647. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26841/16]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the age limits for the assessment of needs process under the directives issued by the HSE disability office. [26847/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the total travel expenses and reimbursement costs incurred by his Department per annum from 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Data Protection
      654. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has a specific data protection officer in place; if that position is exclusive or if the position holder has other duties; and if he will...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      655. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that women travelling for an abortion are facilitated to have all relevant medical information sent by their doctor here to the doctors in...
    • Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Recruitment
      656. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland imports more doctors and has more medical graduates than any other EU state but still has one of the...
    • Elder Abuse
      657. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the allegations of institutional abuse and neglect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      658. To ask the Minister for Health if a vaccine (details supplied) has been withdrawn from use; and if so, the date on which it was withdrawn from use. [26923/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      659. 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. [26927/16]
    • HSE Correspondence
      660. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a public representative made a written submission (details supplied); if his attention has further been drawn...
    • Autism Support Services
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the SOS autism hub development in Cashel, County Tipperary; if the funding promised by the HSE for this development has been allocated to...
    • Maternity Services
      662. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that in the week of 6 June 2016 a total of four qualified midwives and a student midwife were covering nine delivery rooms, working...
    • Vaccination Programme
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the set price for a meningitis B vaccine and the person or body which set this price; if this vaccine is available for free; if there is a mechanism to have...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      665. To ask the Minister for Health when the new accident and emergency facility for the mid-west region located at Limerick Regional Hospital will be operational; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      667. 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. [26951/16]
    • Autism Support Services
      668. To ask the Minister for Health the amount which was spent between University Hospital Waterford and Wexford General Hospital on the outsourcing of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, assessments...
    • Maternity Services Provision
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the most recent progress made concerning the planned reinstatement of gynaecology and antenatal services at Dungloe Community Hospital, County Donegal; when it...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      670. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26960/16]
    • Hospital Services
      671. To ask the Minister for Health if he has become aware of radiography and X-ray facilities having been interrupted due to equipment failure at a community hospital (details supplied); if he...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of physiotherapy and speech therapy for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26969/16]
    • Disability Support Services Funding
      673. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will confirm the level of funding being provided to an organisation (details supplied) relative to the care of a person; if the level of funding...
    • Medical Card Applications
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) on farm assist who commenced farming five hectares of poor Connemara land three months ago is being asked to provide...
    • Patient Transport Provision
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the reason transport assistance to and from outpatient appointments has been refused in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      676. To ask the Minister for Health the names of all drugs which have been removed from or had any restrictions placed upon their use under the general medical services, GMS, medical card scheme...
    • Generic Drugs Substitution
      677. To ask the Minister for Health if price reductions have been agreed with producers for generic drugs; if he has legislative powers to impose reductions on the price paid for generic...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      678. To ask the Minister for Health if the recent deal on drug costs relates to Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association, IPHA, member companies only; if non-IPHA producers of branded and...
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      679. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of public expenditure on medicines for each of the years 2011 and 2012, in tabular form; the expenditure incurred for each year on branded and...
    • Hospital Procedures
      680. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) and determine if a procedure can be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospitals Funding
      681. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reverse budget cuts to the chronic pain management clinic at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin. [27010/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      682. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the situation in the case of a person (details supplied). [27022/16]
    • Maternity Services Provision
      683. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a hospital-wide audit of VBAC counselling is necessary at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda following the case of a person (details...
    • Mobility Allowance
      684. To ask the Minister for Health when the replacement scheme for the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant will be announced in view of the fact that a replacement has been more...
    • Water Fluoridation
      685. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the findings of the 2015 FACCT, fluoride and caring for children’s teeth, survey as regards the lowest socioeconomic groups; the way in...
    • Dental Services
      686. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the documented increase in acute hospital admissions for urgent dental treatments; his estimate of the cost of such admissions and the...
    • Dental Services Provision
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional dentists the HSE would need to employ in order to provide school screenings at three different classes annually, in view of the 20%...
    • Proposed Legislation
      691. To ask the Minister for Health the likely publication date of the dental Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27052/16]
    • Departmental Appointments
      692. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a chief dental officer on a full time and ongoing basis in accordance with standard public service appointments following the recent...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      694. To ask the Minister for Health if a placement in St. John of God's, Stillorgan can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      695. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the commitment to provide wider availability of adrenaline auto-injectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27110/16]
    • Hospitals Funding
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money which has been allocated to the Galway hospitals broken down by Merlin Park Hospital and University Hospital Galway from 2002 to 2016 to...
    • Hospice Services Provision
      697. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a response has not issued to a query which was raised with his office (details supplied). [27167/16]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration
      698. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 515 of 14 April 2016, the progress made to amend the scheme's application form to reflect the rewording of one of the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      699. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which any revision has identified weaknesses in the health services resulting in waiting lists for various procedures including orthopaedic and...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      700. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that full accident and emergency services will continue at Naas and all other general hospitals in the region, with particular reference to...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      701. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the appointment of a new general practitioner at the Johnstownbridge health centre, County Kildare thereby replacing the excellent services...
    • Hospital Services
      702. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects Naas General Hospital to be in a position to cope with bed shortages throughout the winter months; if a previously...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the progress on the provision of primary care centres throughout County Kildare, specifically those currently operational, under construction or...
    • Medical Card Delays
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied that the waiting time for the processing of medical cards has been reduced in line with requirements; and if he will...
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      705. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which MRSA or other hospital bugs have been contained in recent times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27176/16]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      706. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is expected to augment the community health services at Johnstownbridge and Carbury health centres, County Kildare, with a view to...
    • Hospital Services
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the provision of an endoscopy unit at Naas General Hospital; if the tendering process has been concluded and a contract awarded; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      708. 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. [27196/16]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with his counterpart in the North, the Minister, Michelle O'Neill, in advance of the NSMC meeting scheduled for November 2016 to discuss issues...
    • Dental Services Provision
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a dental appointment for a person (details supplied); his plans to ensure persons get seen in primary school for the primary dental...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      711. 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. [27246/16]
    • Psychological Services
      714. To ask the Minister for Health if there are specific psychiatric services within the HSE, which persons who have suffered from clerical or institutional abuse can avail of; and if training...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      716. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for the appointment of two extra full-time orthopaedic consultants at the Mater Hospital, Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      717. To ask the Minister for Health when required occupational therapy will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27262/16]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatrists in place in the South Lee mental health service. [27270/16]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatrists who have been in place in the South Lee mental health service as of 1 January in each of the years 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      720. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a psychiatrist designated in a full time capacity specifically for the Togher and Ballyphehane areas of Cork City, South Lee. [27272/16]
    • Dental Services
      722. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a primary dental appointment for a person (details supplied); his views on how to ensure persons are seen in primary school; and if he...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      723. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for home care packages; the estimated cost in 2017 of eradicating this list. [27284/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      724. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of qualified staff, especially nurses, which impacts on the ability of children to attend certain schools, for...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      725. To ask the Minister for Health if and when required surgery at Cappagh hospital will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      730. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the lack of funding on a demand-led basis for home care packages is obstructing the HSE's capacity in...
    • European Medicines Agency
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his Department's bid for the European Medicines Agency relocation from London to Ireland; the meetings which have been held in this regard with...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      732. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for assessment in Cork University Hospital for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27347/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      733. 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. [27348/16]
    • Hospital Services
      737. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in introducing the 20-week maternity scan into Cavan General Hospital; the progress to date and timeframe for its introduction; and if...
    • Hospital Staff
      738. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the RCSI hospital group has not approved the personnel to introduce the 20-week maternity scan at Cavan General Hospital. [27353/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      739. 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. [27354/16]
    • Hospital Services
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in introducing the 20-week maternity scan into Cavan General Hospital; the progress to date and the timeframe for its introduction;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      741. 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. [27356/16]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      750. To ask the Minister for Health when he will meet a delegation from west Connemara to discuss the emergency response and ambulance services; if the meeting will take place in Connemara as...
    • Hospitals Funding
      751. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the HSE provides the necessary resources to a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27451/16]
    • Dental Services Provision
      752. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to provide additional resources for dental services in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27458/16]
    • Hospital Staff
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the RCSI hospital group has not approved the necessary personnel to introduce the 20-week full detailed anatomy scan at Cavan General Hospital....
    • Hospital Services
      754. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in introducing the 20-week full detailed anatomy scan into Cavan General Hospital; the work done on this to date; if there is a...
    • Departmental Budgets
      755. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the increase to the health budget needed in 2017 to take into account the changing demographics and the rising costs in health care. [27477/16]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      756. To ask the Minister for Health the cost increase required to bring acute hospital bed numbers to EU average levels of 4.8 per 1,000. [27478/16]
    • Hospital Staff
      757. To ask the Minister for Health the cost implications of increasing hospital staffing levels by 1,000 more nurses and 250 more hospital consultants in 2017. [27479/16]
    • Primary Care Strategy
      758. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of providing free primary care for all. [27480/16]
    • Home Care Packages Expenditure
      760. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of providing home care packages as a demand-led service rather than as a budget constrained service. [27482/16]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      761. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing staffing of mental health services to fully comply with numbers set out in A Vision for Change and including demographic changes since...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      762. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing drug prescription charges. [27484/16]
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      763. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of ambulances reaching the transit times set down by the HSE 100% of the time. [27485/16]
    • Hospital Charges
      764. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing accident and emergency and hospital overnight charges. [27486/16]
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      765. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of introducing a minimum wage of €12, €13, €14 or €15 an hour for all employees under the aegis of his Department; and if...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Greyhound Industry
      767. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the Morris report into doping in the Greyhound industry was not published as promised; if he will make it publicly...
    • Hazardous Waste Sites
      768. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent to date on remedial works on the former Irish Steel and Irish Ispat site at Haulbowline, County Cork; the approved...
    • Forestry Sector
      769. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of increasing forestry coverage to 20% over the next 20 years; and the cost of year one of this programme in 2017. [27506/16]
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      770. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 16 June 2016, that in order to include a financial instrument as a measure in the rural...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      771. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 14 July 2016, the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Animal Disease Controls
      772. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 491 of 28 June 2016, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Animal Welfare
      773. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department will take to assist in resolving the health of animals on the farm of a person (details supplied) as all...
    • GLAS Eligibility
      774. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers with a commonage will receive a payment in 2016 under GLAS plus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26492/16]
    • Dairy Sector
      775. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association's call for further funding for...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      776. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 676 of 12 July 2016, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • TAMS Applications
      777. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26552/16]
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      778. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 14 June 2016, the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Data
      779. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 13 July 2016, the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
      780. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 728 of 19 July 2016, the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      781. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an agri-environment options scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Live Exports
      782. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the first shipment of animals from Ireland to Turkey will take place; the time of the shipment; and the locations from which...
    • Ash Dieback Threat
      783. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases of ash dieback that have been identified on an annual basis since it was originally discovered in 2006 here; the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      784. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2015 basic payment scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
      785. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the threat response plan in view of concerns of farmers whose land is designated under preservation of the hen harrier...
    • Farm Safety
      786. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26675/16]
    • Aquaculture Development
      787. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the independent review group to look into the entire area of aquaculture licensing will be established, take submissions and...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Funding
      788. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26697/16]
    • TAMS Funding
      789. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding TAMS II; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26698/16]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      790. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the level of financial support available to farmers faced with a positive identification, PI, under the BVD...
    • Tax Code
      791. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding income averaging in the farming community; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Credits
      792. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding earned income tax credits in the farming community; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Expenditure
      793. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding agri-environment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26724/16]
    • Rural Development Programme
      794. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the new sheep payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26726/16]
    • Beef Data Programme
      795. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the beef data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26727/16]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Funding
      796. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26728/16]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      797. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an agricultural payments appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26733/16]
    • Herd Data
      798. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26740/16]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      799. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will respond to a person (details supplied) who over a month ago sent proof of the fact they had previously sent in...
    • GLAS Payments
      800. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a GLAS payment. [26750/16]
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      801. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the criteria for entry into the knowledge transfer scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      802. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason entitlements were not allocated under the 2015 Scottish derogation to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if...
    • GLAS Payments
      803. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 21 of 27 April 2016, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      805. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total travel expenses reimbursement costs incurred by his Department per annum from 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if...
    • Data Protection
      806. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a specific data protection officer in place; if that position is exclusive or if the position holder has other...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      807. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the appropriate assessment for Rutland Natura site, County Donegal will be completed; the conservation objectives set to allow...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      808. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the current review of the disadvantaged areas payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26894/16]
    • Animal Welfare
      809. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 335 of 12 July 2016 and 560 of 16 September 2016, if dogs seized on welfare rather than...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      810. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all payments owing to a person (details supplied) have been made; and if so, the dates of same. [26929/16]
    • Aquaculture Development
      811. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the negotiations to conclude a management agreement for Lough Foyle area to facilitate the acquisition by the Loughs...
    • GLAS Payments
      812. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a GLAS payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27084/16]
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      813. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason beekeeping activity does not qualify to participate in the knowledge transfer programme run by his Department considering...
    • Departmental Records
      814. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if access to Land Commission data from pre-Cromwell through Griffith Valuation to the present time for County Galway can be made...
    • TAMS Applications
      815. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a TAMS 2 grant by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27144/16]
    • GLAS Payments
      818. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal regarding a farm payment by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27148/16]
    • TAMS Applications
      819. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for TAMS II funding by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27149/16]
    • GLAS Payments
      822. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a 2015 GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27152/16]
    • TAMS Applications
      823. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of TAMS II approval for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27153/16]
    • GLAS Payments
      824. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27154/16]
    • TAMS Applications
      825. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for grant assistance for a slatted unit by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • GLAS Appeals
      826. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) who was refused joining the GLAS scheme and has appealed this decision; and if...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      827. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal for area aid by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27157/16]
    • TAMS Applications
      828. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for TAMS II by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27158/16]
    • GLAS Applications
      829. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for the GLAS scheme by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27159/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      830. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by persons (details supplied). [27191/16]
    • Forestry Sector
      831. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans in place to tackle the issue of the high amount of forestry farming occurring in County Leitrim, in view of concerns...
    • GLAS Payments
      832. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a 2015 GLAS payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27215/16]
    • Compensation Schemes
      833. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commit to 100% matching funding to be used as direct payment per dairy farmer as part of the €350 million aid...
    • GLAS Issues
      834. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position in relation to the 2015 GLAS payments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27261/16]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      835. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment in relation to the AEOS 1 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cuanta agus Céanna
      836. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine an bhfuil sé i gceist aige casadh le hiascairí beaga as cuan Ros an Mhíl, go mór mór na hiascairí...
    • TAMS Applications Data
      837. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received and approvals issued to date under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II; and if he...
    • TAMS Data
      838. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of funding provided under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II in his Department's Estimates for 2016; the...
    • Beef Industry
      839. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the most recent meeting of the beef forum and the issues discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Importation of Fertilisers
      840. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 19 July 2016, the further consultation he has had with the European Commissioner or with...
    • Dairy Sector
      841. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of recent discussions at the EU Council of Ministers on the need to support the dairy sector due to present difficulties;...
    • Food Exports to Russia
      842. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions at the recent EU Council of Ministers on the need to have additional food products exempted from the Russian ban on...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      843. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an advance payment of 70% of the basic payment scheme; if this will issue by mid-October 2016; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      844. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of introducing a minimum wage of €12, €13, €14 or €15 an hour for all employees under the aegis...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • National Broadband Plan
      846. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of premises forecasted to be covered by the national broadband plan and by commercial high-speed broadband...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      847. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress in meeting the overall renewables targets by 2020 under the renewable energy directive, 2009/28/EC,...
    • Hardship Grant Scheme
      848. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to reopen the hardship scheme in view of recorded salmon and eel stock levels; his further plans to investigate...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      849. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide information on the formation of a task force or oversight committee to monitor mobile phone coverage...
    • National Broadband Plan
      850. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence regarding broadband speeds in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Gas Grid
      852. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the annual capital cost over a five-year period of extending natural gas supply to all towns nationally with a population...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      853. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total travel expenses reimbursement costs incurred by his Department per annum from 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular...
    • Data Protection
      854. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has a specific data protection officer in place; if that position is exclusive or if the position...
    • Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme
      855. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the situation with regard to feed in tariffs for renewable sources of energy; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Fishing Industry
      856. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to amend the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 to provide for wild oyster dredge fishermen to appoint a...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      857. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding broadband in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27002/16]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      858. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an address (details supplied) is in the schedule for the roll-out of rural broadband; and if so, when it is due to be...
    • Postal Services
      860. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he expects to be in a position to ensure the viability of An Post through the provision of modern...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      861. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason areas of Cloone, Aughavas, Carrigallen and Drumrielly in south Leitrim remain without mobile phone coverage...
    • Media Mergers
      862. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will intervene and review the sale of a newspaper (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      863. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals to improve broadband telecommunications service throughout County Cavan; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      865. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals to ensure the measures are implemented to deal with the inadequate mobile telephone coverage in parts of...
    • Energy Efficiency
      866. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of rolling out a fully financed retrofitting programme to bring houses to passive standard of energy efficiency...
    • Departmental Funding
      867. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will end direct State subsidies and grants in any form to developers and builders involved in building private...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Safety Strategy
      868. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make the wearing of high visibility clothing mandatory for pedestrians and cyclists; the law in this regard at present; and...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      869. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if sports capital funding will be made available for 2016; if so, when this process will open up; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      870. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the national events funding scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Projects Status
      871. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a commencement date for works to begin on the N81 road between Tallaght and Hollywood Cross, in view of the fact that...
    • Taxi Regulations
      872. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasoning behind the decision to prevent cars which are more than ten years old from being used as taxis; if he will reconsider this...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      873. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to the provision of an electric rail for Dublin West; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26564/16]
    • Swimming Pool Programme Funding
      874. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is still in place for a leisure centre under the swimming pool programme (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Departmental Reports
      875. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish the 2012 report on insurance costs in the Irish market which was undertaken by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects Status
      876. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a relief road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26592/16]
    • Road Projects
      877. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of upgrading the sections of the N4 and N5 which are not currently to full motorway standard; and if he will make a...
    • Traffic Data
      878. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual average daily traffic on the N4 from Dublin to Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26638/16]
    • Road Tolls
      880. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average toll revenue per day per annual average daily traffic of 100 vehicles on Ireland’s existing motorways; and if he will...
    • Vehicle Clamping
      881. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the enactment of all the sections of the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015; the envisaged timeline for the setting of clamping...
    • Road Projects
      882. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that funding is secured and allocated for the construction of a relief road from Castlelough, Muckross to Lisvigeen, in...
    • Traffic Calming Measures
      883. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if traffic calming measures and street lighting will be provided at the junction for Kilgarvan and Kenmare on the N22 Cork-Kerry road;...
    • Road Projects
      884. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be expedited for the extension of the bypass between Tralee Institute of Technology and Mounthawk, Tralee; and if he will...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      885. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures in place to regulate rickshaws on streets; the action he plans to take to ensure passenger safety and driver identification...
    • Driving Test Regulations
      886. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assistance available to persons with reading and writing difficulties wishing to sit the driver theory test; if the person may be...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      887. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procurement process which was followed by his Department when acquiring legal expertise to deal with FOI requests from a person...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      888. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate a case involving his Department (details supplied); his views on the fact that public funds may have been wasted...
    • Road Projects Status
      889. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the anticipated progress timeline for the Dingle relief road phase 4, which is included in the capital plan for 2016-2021; and if he will...
    • Road Network
      891. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the side walls of the tunnel on the N71 between Bonane and Glengarriff will be painted to help make pedestrians and cyclists using the...
    • Tourism Promotion
      892. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if County Kerry will be included in a strategy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26810/16]
    • Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
      893. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a project (details supplied) is suitable for sports capital funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26811/16]
    • Road Signage
      894. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the concerns (details supplied) of residents in Milltown, County Kerry will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      895. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total travel expenses and reimbursement costs incurred by his Department per annum from 2011 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if...
    • Data Protection
      896. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has a specific data protection officer in place; if that position is exclusive or if the position holder has other...
    • Cycling Facilities Funding
      897. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reverse the recent decision by the NTA to cut funding for cycleways, including segregated cycle paths; and if he will make a...
    • Sports Organisations
      898. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that an association (details supplied) prohibits participants in the sport from having any vote in the affairs of...
    • Sports Funding
      900. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all groups or entities in receipt of public funds from Sport Ireland must fulfil criteria (details supplied); and if not, the reason...
    • Road Safety
      901. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the road speed at a location (details supplied); if he will consider reducing this speed due to the volume of lorries...
    • Aviation Policy
      903. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the nature of the review he is commissioning into the new runway at Dublin Airport; and the steps he has taken to ensure the daa...
    • Cycling Facilities Funding
      904. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding which was spent on greenways here for the past five years in tabular form. [27063/16]
    • Haulage Industry
      909. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a road haulage operator licence is required to transport livestock more than a distance of 30 km; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Network
      910. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which ongoing discussions continue to take place in regard to the upgrading or improvement of the Liffey Bridge, Celbridge,...
    • Local Authority Funding
      911. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will visit County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27232/16]
    • Bus Services
      912. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding for two bus shelters in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27233/16]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      913. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a timeline for the next sports capital grant allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27234/16]
    • Tourism Promotion
      914. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on the Ireland's Ancient East initiative to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27257/16]
    • Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
      915. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made to extend the number of countries and jurisdictions with which a reciprocal agreement exists for the purpose of...
    • Road Network
      916. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a footbridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27268/16]
    • Road Projects
      917. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding road surface; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27274/16]
    • Swimming Pool Programme
      922. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress and extent of the discussions in course or likely to take place in regard to the provision of a new public swimming pool in...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Funding
      923. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to each local authority for the local improvement scheme in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport Subsidies
      924. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase State funding for public transport towards the European average figure by increasing the public service obligation...
    • School Transport Provision
      925. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of providing free public transport to all primary school children nationwide. [27509/16]
    • Rail Network Expansion
      926. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of completing the western corridor rail route. [27510/16]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      927. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date, in tabular form, on the annual targets for attaining 70,000 returned emigrants since the making of the...
    • Trade Agreements
      928. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will reject the provisional application of CETA and ensure that a full Dáil vote takes place on CETA before there are...
    • IDA Site Visits
      929. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency sponsored visits for each month that records exist by county in 2016 to date; and if she...
    • Employment Rights
      930. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a business (details supplied) wishing to employ a foreign national; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • IDA Expenditure
      931. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the subsidies given to IDA client companies and the cost of each; the manner in which the subsidies are funded; the total cost of IDA...
    • IDA Data
      933. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of IDA client companies located here from 2002 to 2015, inclusive, broken down by year and in sectors (details...
    • Legislative Measures
      935. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to commence section 86 of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      936. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding foreign direct investment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • IDA Site Visits
      937. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA visits to County Kerry to date in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26706/16]
    • Job Creation
      938. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a company (details supplied) is seeking to relocate jobs within Ireland; if so if a facility in County Kerry has been showcased;...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      941. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a table detailing the State investment and-or funding for high performance computing since 2013; if she has any...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      942. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total travel expenses and reimbursement costs incurred by her Department per annum from 2011 to 2016 to date, inclusive, in...
    • Data Protection
      943. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has a specific data protection officer in place; if that position is exclusive or if the position holder has other...
    • Job Creation
      944. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs her Department expects to be created by the recent announcement by a Brazilian company (details supplied) that it...
    • Low Pay Commission Report
      945. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he accepts the majority report of the finding of the second report of the low pay commission that sufficient data was not yet...
    • Social Media Regulation
      948. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied that the prohibition in section 55 (q) of the Consumer Protection Act 2007 regarding the passing off of...
    • Low Pay Commission Report
      949. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to respond to the recommendation of the Low Pay Commission that the minimum wage be raised by 10 cent per hour; when...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      950. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the safeguards the State has put in place to ensure there is fair and equitable admissions to preschools for applicants; if there is any...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      951. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of women's refuge centres here; the number of women these centres can cater for and in these centres at present; the name of the...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      952. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when it is intended to commence Part 11 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015. [26924/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      953. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when an application under the AIM scheme will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied). [26477/16]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      954. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the entry points to the free preschool years will be reviewed given the difficulty child care providers are having coping with capacity...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      955. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total travel expenses and reimbursement costs incurred by her Department per annum from 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if...
    • Data Protection
      956. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has a specific data protection officer in place; if that position is exclusive or if the position holder has other...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      957. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the arrangements in place for ensuring that in accessing the free preschool education years, there is no discrimination based on date of...
    • Child Care Costs
      958. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the costs of childcare; how she will ensure that any changes and subsidies she introduces directly benefit the...
    • Residential Institutions
      959. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a timeframe for the appointment of a centre manager to take charge of a children and young people's residential care...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      960. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider the aims of the United Survivors group in regard to the commission of inquiry into the mother and baby homes for an...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      963. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1926 of 16 September 2016, if Tusla has agreed to make referrals to the centre in question as noted...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      964. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases awaiting allocation to a social worker in each Tusla local office area, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      965. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the projected annual cost of providing free universal access to child care for all children from birth. [27511/16]
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      966. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the projected cost in 2017 of eliminating the waiting lists for child social workers and providing a dedicated social worker to every child...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      967. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of providing a third free early childhood care year. [27513/16]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      968. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 29 September 2015, the reason section 13(2) had been predetermined as applying at that time even...
    • European Defence Capabilities
      971. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the position of Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker regarding EU defence as outlined in his state of the union speech, which...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      972. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total travel expenses reimbursement costs incurred by his Department per annum from 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Data Protection
      973. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has a specific data protection officer in place; if that position is exclusive or if the position holder has other duties; and...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      974. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Questions No. 308 of 2 June 2016, 88 of 21 January 2016 and 1950 of 16 September 2016, his plans to update the Defence...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      986. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of promotional positions waiting to be filled throughout the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27440/16]
    • Overseas Missions Data
      987. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total strength of the Defence Forces currently serving overseas at all ranks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27441/16]
    • Emergency Planning
      988. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which discussions continue to take place at EU level with a view to assuring a high degree of preparedness in the event of a...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      990. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the need for replacement of seagoing vessels and military equipment throughout the Naval...
    • Overseas Missions
      991. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which further overseas deployment of the Defence Forces with the UN are envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      992. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the number of women in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps has increased on an annual basis throughout the past ten years;...
    • Departmental Budgets
      993. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the budget available to his Department remains sufficient to meet requirements in the current year; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      995. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress to date in respect of proposed recruitment to the Defence Forces; the way in which each branch of the Defence Forces is likely to...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      996. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of introducing a minimum wage of €12, €13, €14 or €15 an hour for all employees under the aegis of his...

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