Written answers
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Reserve
15. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Clare Garda division.. [27416/16]
- UK Referendum on EU Membership
26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the role her Department will play in minimising the effect of Brexit on Sligo-Leitrim. [27404/16]
- Garda Deployment
27. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community gardaí and Garda reservists in the Dublin metropolitan region, DMR, northern division; and if...
- UK Referendum on EU Membership
28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the role her Department will play in minimising the effect of Brexit on County Louth. [27395/16]
- Official Engagements
29. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason she was sent to the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants in place of the Taoiseach; the commitments and any new commitment made by...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
30. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures her Department is taking to facilitate the transfer and resettlement of refugees here; if she is satisfied with Ireland's...
- Sentencing Policy
31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider updating and strengthening the sentences that can be imposed on persons convicted of possession of firearms with intent to...
- Garda Reserve
32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Waterford Garda division. [27413/16]
- Community Policing
33. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community gardaí in the Clare Garda division. [27415/16]
- Gangland Crime
34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in dealing with criminal gangland activity; the extent to which drug-associated feud activists are being successfully pursued...
- Garda Strength
35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current strength of An Garda Síochána, with particular reference to the need to compare with the highest previously recorded...
- UK Referendum on EU Membership
36. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the role her Department will play in minimising the effect of Brexit on counties Cavan and Monaghan. [27402/16]
- Community Policing
37. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community gardaí in the Dublin metropolitan region western. [27390/16]
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the rate of progress in accommodating refugees from Syria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27389/16]
- UK Referendum on EU Membership
39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures British citizens living here will have to take in relation to Irish citizenship given that the British electorate has voted to leave...
- Garda Deployment
40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the numbers in the Garda traffic corps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27381/16]
- Garda Reserve
41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Meath Garda division. [27397/16]
- Community Policing
42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community gardaí in the Waterford Garda division. [27412/16]
- Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 40 of 9 June 2016, if she will report on the developments in the Traveller and Roma inclusion strategy; if...
- Garda Reserve
44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Dublin metropolitan region. [27393/16]
- Garda Operations
45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality is she will report on the investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27374/16]
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality given Ireland's commitment in September 2015 to take in 4,000 persons under the Irish refugee protection programme over a two year period, the...
- Garda Vetting Applications
47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the location for processing of Garda vetting applications; the number of persons employed to manage this process; if there is a backlog, and if...
- Garda Strength
48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community gardaí in the Wexford Garda division. [27408/16]
- Stardust Fire
49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans in relation to new evidence recently presented to her by the Stardust families in relation to the cause and origin of the Stardust fire;...
- Garda Reserve
50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Wicklow Garda division. [27399/16]
- Domestic Violence Policy
51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to provide better protection to victims of domestic violence by extending eligibility for safety orders to all...
- Garda Reserve
52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Galway Garda division. [27420/16]
- Direct Provision System
53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on recent tragic incidents in a direct provision centre and if they are fit for purpose. [27375/16]
- Community Policing
54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the importance of community engagement and community policing as major factors in determining confidence in policing; and if she will...
- Garda Reserve
56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Laois-Offaly Garda division. [27407/16]
- Garda Districts
57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review the existing boundaries of Garda divisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27385/16]
- Garda Stations
58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Commissioner and policing forum will consider the 2016 census figures which show a population increase of 2,362 in the...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department, in conjunction with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, will introduce a humanitarian visa programme along the lines...
- Community Policing
60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community gardaí in the Kildare Garda division. [27410/16]
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [27437/16]
- Domestic Violence Policy
62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in view of the murder of a person (details supplied) and statistics which show that 50% of women who are victims of homicide are killed by...
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to strengthen the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission's ability to deal with complaints against gardaí, particularly the...
- Prisoner Welfare
64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the fact that a person (details supplied) is being held in continuous solidarity confinement in violation of their human rights and...
- Livestock Theft
65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she is putting in place to support farmers along the Border region who have had livestock stolen, particularly in counties Cavan and...
- Community Policing
66. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community gardaí in the Louth Garda Division. [27394/16]
- Visa Applications
67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to any family members of Irish citizens who are refugees from the Syria-Iraq conflict; if she takes into account...
- Garda Data
68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána keeps any records of members' stress-related absenteeism; the number of gardaí currently absent on that basis;...
- Garda Training
69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken to expand the professional development of An Garda Síochána and encourage more members to seek more specialised...
- Garda Reserve
70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to boost Garda Reserve numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27379/16]
- Garda Vetting Applications
71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to delays in relation to Garda vetting procedures that it is hampering recruitment to other areas of the public...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to meet international obligations to assist in the international refugee crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27376/16]
- Community Policing
73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community gardaí in the Wicklow Garda division. [27398/16]
- Garda Reserve
74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Kildare Garda division. [27411/16]
- Community Policing
75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the suggestion by the Garda Inspectorate that community policing in more rural areas is suffering disproportionately in view of the...
- Garda Reserve
77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Wexford Garda Division. [27409/16]
- Drugs in Prisons
78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce or to pilot schemes within prisons to help inmates with drug addiction problems. [27421/16]
- Family Reunification Applications
79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will explore the measures possible to ensure the safe passage of an Irish family's family members (details supplied) to Ireland; and if she...
- Human Rights
80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to deal with consistent criticisms from the UN in relation to the violation of prisoners human rights as a result of...
- Garda Deployment
81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí serving in Store Street, Bridewell and Mountjoy Street stations in tabular form; the number of these gardaí...
- Protected Disclosures
82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to deal with allegations that have been repeatedly brought to her attention that gardaí who have made protected...
- Garda Station Opening Hours
83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review Garda stations in the DMR Northern, specifically in regard to the reopening of Rush Garda station; the hours at which Garda...
- Garda Strength
84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the proposed increase in Garda numbers will lead to the restoration of a Garda drugs unit in Cavan-Monaghan. [27403/16]
- Community Policing
85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community gardaí in the Dublin metropolitan region. [27392/16]
- Crime Levels
86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the issue of burglary in County Meath and the steps being taken to counter this. [27218/16]
- Community Policing
87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community gardaí in the Galway Garda division. [27419/16]
- Road Traffic Offences
89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of section 22 of the Road Traffic Act 2002 regarding the offence of not producing a driving licence in court and the wording of...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish an Irish asylum application processing facility on the ground in Calais in order to fast-track applications by unaccompanied...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Central Statistics Office Data
91. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide estimates for the number of children under five years of age in households earning below €47,000 gross income per annum; the number of these...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- UK Referendum on EU Membership
93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on any discussions she has had with the British Government regarding the free movement of persons following the Brexit vote;...
- Naturalisation Applications
94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); the progress to...
- Residency Permits
95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current expected residency status in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27565/16]
- Deportation Orders
96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way a person (details supplied) can have their status regularised given that they are here eight years; and if she will make a statement on...
- Asylum Applications
97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Leave to Remain
98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current expected position in respect of an application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Garda Vetting Applications
99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite an application for Garda vetting by a person (details supplied). [27583/16]
- Charities Regulation
100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, since the recent commencement of Part 4 of the Charities Act 2009 she will outline the increase that has been made to the staff in the...
- Garda Vetting Applications
101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) is awaiting Garda vetting for a special needs assistant, SNA, application; and if she will make a...
- National Women's Strategy
102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position on the preparation of the new national women’s strategy. [27639/16]
- Visa Applications
103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27709/16]
- Crime Investigation
104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which so-called cold cases continue to be vigorously pursued with a view to detection and prosecution; and if she will make a...
- Gangland Crime
105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the activities of criminal gangs continue to be pursued by An Garda Síochána with a view to de-glamourising the...
- Garda Procedures
106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which good policing practice continues to evolve in line with the best international practice with a view to ensuring that criminal...
- Garda Strength
107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the strength of An Garda Síochána has diminished through retirement, resignation or disability in each of the past...
- Garda Data
109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Gardaí injured in the course of their duty in the past ten years; the number who lost their lives in the same period;...
- Garda Operations
110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which operational procedures within An Garda Síochána continue to be in line with best international practice with...
- Garda Stations
111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations that have operated restricted opening hours in each of the past ten years to date; her plans to increase the opening...
- Garda Transport Provision
112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the various aspects of the transport section within An Garda Síochána throughout the country continue to be...
- Garda Deployment
113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the policing requirements in County Kildare continue to be reviewed with a view to ensuring early response to the general...
- Bail Law
114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which habitual offenders seem to be able to avail of bail on a regular basis resulting in continuation of their activity and...
- Legal Aid
115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which any evaluation has taken place of the utilisation of free criminal legal aid by professional criminals to advance their...
- Prisoner Data
116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners on parole of short, medium or long duration in each of the past six years to date; and if she will make a statement on...
- Garda Data
117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of women members of An Garda Síochána, at all ranks at present; the degree to which the numbers have fluctuated over...
- Department of Finance
- Disabled Drivers Grant Applications
118. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27715/16]
- Tax Code
119. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and the Minister for Health considered the pre-budget submission of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland; his plans to introduce a sugar tax on...
- NAMA Portfolio
121. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the sale of the NAMA loans associated with the Whitfield Clinic in Waterford; the originating financial institutions associated with...
- Tax Code
122. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the anomaly whereby a co-habiting couple (details supplied) are treated as two single persons for tax purposes but are treated as a couple...
- EU Budget Contribution
123. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 19 July 2016, if there has been any change in the method of calculating Ireland's contribution to the EU budget;...
- Tax Data
124. To ask the Minister for Finance the year one and full year cost per 1% reduction to the current 41% DIRT tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27734/16]
- Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Data
125. To ask the Minister for Finance the key statistics on the home renovation incentive scheme including the number of persons availing of the scheme; the total spend; the amount of tax...
- Tax Code
126. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the income exemption limits for a single person or married person aged 65 years or over; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Data
127. To ask the Minister for Finance the year one and full year cost of a 10% increase, for each group, in the group A, group B and group C capital acquisitions tax thresholds, respectively; and...
- Universal Social Charge Data
128. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide data for each of the following independent options for changes to the USC, both the year one cost and the full year cost of changing the amount of...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the early education supports available to children with autism; the reason children who are diagnosed with autism cannot avail of early education...
- School Guidance Counsellors
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe and process to achieve a full restoration of ex-quota guidance counsellors in second level schools; and if he will make a statement...
- Children First Guidelines
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures to be rolled out to ensure the implementation of Children First guidance in schools as provided for in the action plan for...
- Stay Safe Programme
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the staffing in place to support implementation of the revised Stay Safe programme; and if there is a dedicated national...
- Child Protection
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a single dedicated national co-ordinator in place to oversee implementation of all child protection requirements for schools. [27636/16]
- Teacher Secondment
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend the period of secondment to PDST and other support services to ensure that the services retain experienced staff to provide...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of women entering apprenticeships. [27638/16]
- Lansdowne Road Agreement
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to ensure that non-union teachers are not being affected by industrial action carried out by their colleagues that are...
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Nitrates Action Programme Implementation
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will extend the period of time for slurry spreading for a time of at least 30 days due to the adverse weather...
- Motor Tax
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 8 June 2016, if he is considering any changes to the high motor tax...
- Property Registration
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider the establishment of a national property advisory council as proposed by the IPAV in its 2017...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government whether it is the policy of his Department that in the case of single-parent families subject to homelessness and...
- NAMA Portfolio
145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set down in tabular form the number of housing units that have been offered to each local authority in each year...
- Planning Issues
146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline his plans to publish guidance to residential developers for the revised social provision Part V process....
- An Bord Pleanála
147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set down the number of staff working in An Bord Pleanála and the operating budget for the body in each year...
- Housing Issues
148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide evidence for the statement made to Westmeath County Council by the Minister of State at the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline the reason funding was not provided for a group water scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Building Regulations Compliance
150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the report being prepared into a fire (details supplied); when it will be published;...
- Social and Affordable Housing
151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline the circumstances under which affordable housing can be sold in exceptional circumstance before the...
- Department of Social Protection
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27574/16]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite a carer's allowance application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27576/16]
- National Internship Scheme Administration
156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if Intreo offices are still directing jobseekers to JobBridge in view of the fact that it is to be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an increase in mortgage interest relief can be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Applications
158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if mortgage interest support will be payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27607/16]
- Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if further assistance will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27608/16]
- Social Insurance Fund
160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if actuaries have been appointed to date to carry out the actuarial review of the Social Insurance Fund up to 31 December 2015 announced by the...
- Disability Allowance Payments
161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the maximum disability allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied). [27687/16]
- Social Insurance
162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the investigation being carried out by the Scope section of his Department into a company (details supplied) against which a complaint has been...
- Rural Social Scheme Administration
163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the proposals he has to increase the number of participants on the Rural Social Scheme from the present 2,600 to 4,000; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who urgently requires dental treatment is entitled to any assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Allowance Applications
165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27726/16]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights
166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 26 September 2016 will mark two years since 43 teaching students were forcibly disappeared...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Post Office Closures
169. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action to be taken by the Government to stop the collapse of the An Post network contract offices; the actions she will undertake...
- Local Authority Facilities
170. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a structural repair; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27714/16]
- Rural Recreation Scheme
171. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Kilkenny County Council submitted an application for funding under the rural recreation scheme; if submitted, the reason for...
- National Monuments
173. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the criteria used for the tender that was put out with regard to the conservation of 14-17 Moore Street; the terms and conditions; if...
- Department of Health
- Nursing Staff Remuneration
174. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of extending the restoration of the 36-week incremental credit for graduate nurses and midwives to the 2011-2015 cohort of graduates currently working...
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
175. To ask the Minister for Health the total moneys allocated for the Bring Them Home recruitment drive to attract Irish nursing staff back home from abroad; the total cost of this initiative;...
- Mental Health Services Data
176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls to date in 2016 and in each of the five previous years where gardaí in County Louth have responded to assist and detain people for...
- Health Services Data
177. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE’s utilisation of the Whitfield Clinic in Waterford; the details of the health services purchased from the Whitfield...
- General Practitioner Services
178. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a general practitioner (details supplied). [27557/16]
- Maternity Services Provision
179. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of maternity units here which provide the anomaly scan at 20 weeks for expectant mothers, in tabular form; if he will provide a...
- Dental Services Waiting Lists
180. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dental appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27562/16]
- Services for People with Disabilities
181. To ask the Minister for Health the reason transport has not been restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27566/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
182. 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. [27568/16]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
186. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of an appeal for assistance under the fair deal scheme in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
187. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [27596/16]
- Services for People with Disabilities
188. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding physiotherapy and speech therapy for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27605/16]
- Drug Treatment Programmes
189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are on methadone treatment for each year of the past five years, in tabular form; if he will provide for each year, the number of...
- General Medical Services Scheme
190. To ask the Minister for Health the process and the timeframe to introduce a new GMS contract which would facilitate the expansion of general practice; and if he will make a statement on the...
- General Practitioner Services
191. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to start unwinding the FEMPI cuts introduced in previous years to general practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27614/16]
- Primary Care Centres Data
192. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of primary care centres opened for each year from 2012, in tabular form; the centres directly funded and which were public private...
- Disability Support Services Provision
193. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available for the provision of a certain therapy for a child with dyspraxia (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Facilities
194. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding for a modern, state-of-the art air conditioning system for the Lourdes hospital in Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on...
- HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
195. To ask the Minister for Health the monthly expenditure of the HSE on agency staff, in tabular form, from 1 January to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27648/16]
- Nursing Staff Data
196. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses and midwives who have received their qualifications here in each year from 2009 and to date in 2016; the number of these working in the...
- HSE Governance
197. To ask the Minister for Health the person who sanctioned the recent restructuring of the HSE; the process completed to assess this restructuring proposal; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
198. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27652/16]
- Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
199. To ask the Minister for Health if the stretta procedure treatment for GERD gastro-oesophageal reflux is available under the treatment abroad scheme. [27665/16]
- Hospital Groups
200. To ask the Minister for Health the status of University Hospital Waterford as a regional hospital for the south east. [27667/16]
- Hospital Services
201. To ask the Minister for Health the tertiary services which University Hospital Waterford provides to patients in the south east. [27668/16]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations in all hospitals in the State for each of the years from 2011 to 2015, in tabular form; and the total...
- Accident and Emergency Departments Data
210. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of emergency department attendances State-wide for each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015, in tabular form and broken down hospital by...
- Patient Data
211. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of outpatient department patients outsourced from public hospitals in the State for each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 and the figures...
- Hospital Staff Data
212. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of employing agency staff in acute hospitals across the State for each of the years from 2011 to 2015 and the figures hospital by hospital. [27679/16]
- Health Services
213. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27681/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
214. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in arranging a date for laparoscopic surgery in the case of a person (details supplied). [27684/16]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
215. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27685/16]
- Respite Care Services
217. To ask the Minister for Health if physiotherapy and respite will be provided for a person (details supplied). [27690/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
218. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27691/16]
- Opthalmic Services
219. To ask the Minister for Health if the cost of providing two contact lenses each year will be covered by the HSE in the case of a person (details supplied). [27692/16]
- Alcohol Advertising
220. To ask the Minister for Health the current members of the Alcohol Marketing Communications Monitoring Body; when this group last met; if and when he has met or corresponded with this group;...
- Alcohol Sales Legislation
221. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the Irish response to the objections raised by other EU member states on the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill; the current position with respect...
- HSE Properties
224. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a vacant HSE owned property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27742/16]
- Health Services
225. To ask the Minister for Health the reason services provided by the Alzheimer Society of Ireland in County Kildare have been reduced so dramatically; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
226. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a requirement by a person (details supplied) for a profiling bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27744/16]
- Medical Card Eligibility
227. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used in assessing an application for a medical card for a patient who is diagnosed with cancer and is embarking on chemotherapy; the point of the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an areas of natural constraint, ANC, scheme payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- GLAS Payments
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the first tranche of GLAS 1 payments are not being paid until December 2016, 85% and March 2017, 15% when the deadline for...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding farm payments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27645/16]
- Rural Development Programme Projects
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a targeted sheep scheme to the value of €25 million from early 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
- Beef Data Programme
232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to re-open the beef data and genomics programme to facilitate new entrants to the scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will take steps to ensure that an application to transfer entitlements from a father to a son (details supplied) is immediately...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if non-designated commonage is an EU protected habitat; if so, the decision-making process by which the status of this type of...
- State Aid
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision to put an aid package into a low-interest loan will have the effect of requiring EU state aid approval; and if so, his...
- Farm Inspections
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections from the Nenagh office for each year from 2010 to 2015; the number of penalties imposed by the Nenagh...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Climate Change Policy
237. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will respond to the recently published estimates by a member of the Government's Climate Change Advisory Council...
- Broadband Service Provision
238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide better broadband and better broadband coverage in Arvagh, County Cavan; the timeframe set out for...
- Telephone Call Charges
243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the outcome of any discussions he has had with the EU Commission or at the Council of Ministers on the non-implementation...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Tourism Policy
244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if counties Longford and Westmeath will be excluded from the development of a lakelands tourism strategy by Fáilte Ireland despite...
- Road Safety
247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commission independent and indigenous research into the effectiveness or otherwise of zebra crossings; and if he will make a...
- Road Improvement Schemes
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of road repairs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27642/16]
- Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the requirements for ex-pats returning home to Ireland; the position with their entitlement to drive here; if there are different...
- Road Improvement Schemes
250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding road surfacing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27708/16]
- Bus Services
251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a bus stop; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27740/16]
- Haulage Industry
252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review a person's (details supplied) application for a haulage licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27745/16]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Statutory Instruments
253. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date of transfer to the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority, IAASA, of oversight of auditors in relation to the...
- Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
254. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there has been any analysis carried out on the potential impacts of CETA on public procurement here, including impacts on...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Care and Education
257. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who, due to their age and date of birth at the time of commencement of a scheme, are unable to take up the free ECCE...
- Domestic Violence Policy
258. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will restore funding to Women's Aid and other such services for victims of domestic violence; if she will expand the provision of...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
259. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the early education supports available to children with autism; and the reason children who are diagnosed with autism cannot avail of early...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
260. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rationale behind the restriction that parents cannot avail of the early childhood care and education scheme and a CCS fee...
- Community Childcare Subvention Programme
261. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of parents in each individual band, that is A, AJ, B, availing of the community childcare subvention programme reduced weekly...
- Child and Family Agency Staff
263. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff employed in the State agency Tusla broken down by grade and by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Reserve
264. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will restore gratuity payments and other benefits previously received by members of the Reserve Defence Force; if he will ensure these...
