Written answers

Thursday, 29 September 2016

  • Department of Finance
    • Property Tax
      13. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the Thornhill report on property tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27541/16]
    • Tax Code
      14. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a farm management deposit scheme, as proposed by ICMSA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27532/16]
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      15. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on actions taken by his Department to reduce insurance costs for customers in the Irish market and the efforts being taken to...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      16. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reform the corporate tax structure; and if he will consider introducing a financial transaction tax following the recent agreement on a commitment...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      17. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the licensing arrangements currently in place in relation to insurance companies transacting motor insurance; and if he will make a...
    • NAMA Investigations
      19. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the serious allegations and revelations regarding NAMA's activities both North and South; the steps he has taken to address these matters; his...
    • Stability and Growth Pact
      20. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussion he has had with European partners with regard to a possible loosening of the fiscal rules in cases of public capital investment. [19806/16]
    • Tax Avoidance
      21. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual levels of tax expenditure overseen by his Department since 2008 and his priorities in closing off tax avoidance loopholes in the...
    • State Aid Investigations
      22. To ask the Minister for Finance if, following the judgment from the European Commission concerning a company (details supplied), an analysis as to the extent to which other multinational...
    • Economic Statements
      23. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason his Department is ready to oversee a reduction in Government income as a percentage of gross domestic product, as shown by the summer economic...
    • VAT Registration
      24. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the tax system would be fairer if self-employed persons were allowed to earn a modest income before registering for VAT, as the current...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      25. To ask the Minister for Finance if, directly or through the Central Bank, it has been found possible to exert influence on lenders who have applied compound interest in respect of mortgages...
    • State Aid Investigations
      27. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the European Commission's findings that the State breached EU rules regarding the tax treatment of a company (details supplied), he has...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      28. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the Government plans to deliver €1 billion per year to assist local business and new start-ups to access finance; and if he will make a...
    • Insurance Costs
      29. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address spiralling insurance costs and the allegations that price signalling by insurance companies is leading them to increase...
    • Departmental Meetings
      30. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of meetings held between his Department officials and vulture funds during his terms as Minister for Finance; if he or his officials...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      31. To ask the Minister for Finance the legislative and regulatory steps he will implement to tackle inordinate motor insurance prices. [27535/16]
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      33. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the mandate of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund; if he would like to see greater investments being made; his plans to introduce...
    • Interest Rates
      34. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his engagement with the State-backed banks and other banks to achieve a reduction in the standard variable rates for mortgages; and if he will...
    • Property Tax Rate
      35. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will change the requirement of local authorities to make a decision on the rate of local property tax by the end of September each year in advance of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      36. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money his Department expects to spend on appealing the European Commission's decision on a company (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Climate Change Policy
      37. To ask the Minister for Finance the way he is responding to the commitment, taking into account the Paris Agreement which commits the states to making finance flows consistent with a pathway...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      38. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the State's preparations for the submission of an appeal to the European Courts against the European Commission's ruling concerning a company...
    • State Aid
      39. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to examine the implications in respect of the European Commission’s decision to impose responsibility...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      40. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress on the programme for Government commitments on tackling mortgage arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27539/16]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      42. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the study carried out for a pilot local public bank to be established along the lines of the Sparkassen in Germany; his...
    • Credit Union Lending
      43. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider an amendment to the legislation governing credit unions that would specifically allow them lend to approved housing bodies and local...
    • Insurance Coverage
      44. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the flood insurance models considered by his Department; the preferred option and timeframe for its implementation; and if he will make a...
    • Credit Unions
      45. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of engagement he and his officials have had with the Irish League of Credit Unions regarding proposals to utilise its existing reserves on deposit...
    • Stability and Growth Pact
      46. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland will be in full compliance with the fiscal rules for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27530/16]
    • VAT Rate Application
      47. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether any decision to continue the reduced 9% VAT rate for the hospitality and tourism sector should be contingent on those industries complying...
    • Illicit Trade
      48. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts he is making to counter cross-Border smuggling of illegal goods; the estimated financial cost of this illicit trade in 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      49. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has fully quantified the lost revenue to the Exchequer as a result of the exploitation by special purpose vehicles, SPVs, of the section 110 corporate...
    • State Aid Investigations
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he had with the European Commission and Heads of Government with reference to the ruling concerning a company (details supplied). [27228/16]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Station Closures
      52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Garda intelligence headquarters, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, was recently sold to a REIT that...
    • Asylum Support Services
      53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the current status of the McMahon report on direct provision; the number of recommendations that have been implemented; her plans to...
    • European Arrest Warrant
      54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of European arrest warrant requests received from other European Union member states and made by Ireland on a annual basis since its...
    • Direct Provision Data
      56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the location of each direct provision centre, in tabular form; the name of the companies managing the centres; the amount paid by the RIA to each...
    • Independent Review Mechanism
      57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm a date for the commencement of the promised statutory inquiry relative to a person (details supplied); if contact has been...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date her Department requested the Bar Council to appoint nominees to the Legal Services Regulatory Authority; and the date they were given to...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which she referred the matter of the conflict between the evidence given to the O'Higgins inquiry by two senior Garda and a person...
    • Departmental Investigations
      60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the recent reports of allegations of sex abuse in Waterford being known well before arrests were made; if her Department will examine...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in relation to the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); if all...
    • Residency Permits
      62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the most appropriate procedure to be followed to regularise residency in this country in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      63. 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); and if she will make...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will revoke the proposed deportation order in the name of persons (details supplied) having particular regard to the medical evidence...
    • Garda Investigations
      65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received from An Garda Síochána a report written by a senior Garda official which outlines significant developments relating...
    • Legal Aid Applications
      66. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite an application for free legal aid for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28019/16]
  • Department of Finance
    • Ministerial Meetings
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has written to or spoken to President Juncker since the ruling on a company (details supplied) on 30 August 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • House Prices
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the support for first-time buyers being mooted will have an inflationary effect on house pricing consequently defeating the purpose of the...
    • Stability and Growth Pact
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he agrees that the fiscal rules are too rigid, inflexible and a that one size fits all solution is clearly not working. [19808/16]
    • Economic Growth Rate
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has read the Central Statistics Office, CSO, report containing figures of 26% growth in the economy. [22768/16]
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Administration
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in relation to the current rules that apply to the home renovation incentive scheme, in a circumstance where a person has planning permission in place...
    • Tax Code
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the public consultation exercise undertaken in 2015 by his Department on the tax treatment of expenses of travel and subsistence...
    • Tax Exemptions
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons (details supplied) qualify for the retirement relief exemption when transferring their land to their son; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Credit Union Regulation
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance if the registrar has received proposals from credit unions for business model changes since the new regulation making powers came into effect; and the number...
    • Credit Union Services
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit unions that have expressed an interest in providing mortgages to members; and if the Central Bank has any knowledge of the type of demand...
    • Credit Union Data
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of surplus funds credit unions have available to lend at the moment; the amount permissible under current term limits as mortgages with terms less...
    • Credit Union Services
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some financial institutions have already started charging credit unions for holding their funds. [27885/16]
    • Credit Union Regulation
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that progressive credit unions who have the necessary skills and infrastructure to issue mortgages and who have...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance the issues discussed at his meeting with Chancellor Hammond in London on 22 September 2016; if any actions will be taken; and if he will make a statement on...
    • House Prices
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department have received any reports outlining concerns regarding the impact assisting first-time buyers will have on the property market; if he...
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) qualifies for exemption from local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27995/16]
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the lending institutions are expected to accommodate, by way of an extension of the mortgage repayment period, borrowers in arrears in...
    • State Aid Investigations
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance if the decision by the European Commission in respect of the requirement that income earned by foreign direct investors in other EU and non-EU states is liable...
    • Budget 2017
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects to be in a position in the forthcoming budget to combine prudent fiscal management with the need to accommodate the issues which...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that Ireland remains a competitive economy and is attractive to indigenous investors and foreign direct investors; and...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the banks here are justified in charging higher mortgage interest rates than throughout the rest of Europe, given that taxpayers here are...
    • Economic Growth
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that all economic indicators remain stable and consistent with requirements; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can ensure compliance with full Irish and European banking regulations by the purchasers of distressed or other loan books from the...
    • Banking Operations
      95. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which overdraft facilities continue to be restored to the business and farming sectors with particular reference to the need to ensure the...
    • House Prices
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he monitors house property prices, with particular reference to the need to ensure that such prices do not become a major governing...
    • Property Tax
      97. To ask the Minister for Finance the full cost in 2017 of abolishing the local property tax. [28024/16]
    • Universal Social Charge
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost in 2017 of abolishing the USC for all those earning less than €40,000 and reducing the USC by half for those earning less than €70,000....
    • Fiscal Policy
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of Fiscal Space available for 2017. [28032/16]
    • Tax Collection Forecasts
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount ahead of forecast the total tax revenue is projected to be for 2016 and 2017. [28033/16]
    • Tax Code
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected yield in 2017 of introducing a wealth tax of 2% on all assets, financial and property, excluding the family home and farm. [28035/16]
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected yield in 2017 of reducing the earnings cap for pension related tax relief from €115,000 to €70,000. [28036/16]
    • Pensions Data
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected yield in 2017 of a reduction in the standard pension fund threshold from €2 million to €625,000. [28037/16]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Charges
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost in 2017 and in a full year for every €250 reduction in the third level student contribution charge. [28016/16]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the necessary funding to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27806/16]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advise on the dental nursing programme and SUSI grant classification; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that qualification...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new build schools with copper water pipes installed in which the water is not safe to drink. [27831/16]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further education, FE, teacher training students are undertaking a qualification required to teach in FE colleges after 1 April 2013, Teaching...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in responding to a query (details supplied) which was sent to his office six weeks ago; if he will provide a response;...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special needs assistant, SNA, and appropriate learning supports will be made available to a child (details supplied) with special...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status for a new building for a school (details supplied). [27908/16]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all current members of the Higher Education Authority are ordinarily resident within the State; and if not, if they shall be disqualified from...
    • Teaching Contracts
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an issue concerning newly qualified teachers in their new posts will be resolved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which a higher education grant will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Teacher Retirements
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills
    • Disadvantaged Status
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of students in schools with DEIS status; the average class sizes and pupil-teacher ratio in schools with DEIS status, with...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in responding to a query (details supplied) which was sent to his office six weeks ago; if he will provide a response;...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special needs assistant, SNA, and appropriate learning supports will be made available to a child (details supplied) with special...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status for a new building for a school (details supplied). [27908/16]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all current members of the Higher Education Authority are ordinarily resident within the State; and if not, if they shall be disqualified from...
    • Teaching Contracts
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an issue concerning newly qualified teachers in their new posts will be resolved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which a higher education grant will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Teacher Retirements
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 18 May 2016, if there have been any cases where provision has been made for those retired from the...
    • School Transport Applications
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; when it will be made available for them; and if he...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for bus tickets for persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the protocols in SUSI for students such as a person (details supplied) whereby SUSI will not accept change of circumstances...
    • Teaching Contracts
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position with regard to teachers who are job-sharing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28022/16]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reason persons (details supplied) in County Wexford cannot be granted a concessionary bus ticket for school; if he will review...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Rental Accommodation Standards
      130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline the steps he is taking to combat the serious dangers from carbon monoxide for families who live in rented...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline the level of engagement he has had regarding publication of new wind energy guidelines; and if he will...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline the extent to which adequate provision is being made to tackle flooding in all areas throughout the...
    • Water Charges Data
      133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set down the full cost in 2017 of abolishing water charges. [28027/16]
    • Water Services Infrastructure
      134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline the progress to date on the taking in charge of developments with stand-alone treatment plants; and if he...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a 2015 NDFA project (details supplied); his views on whether this project...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set out the number of social and affordable housing units which will be delivered in the Fingal local authority...
    • Pyrite Panel Report Implementation
      139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of dwellings at each stage of the pyrite remediation process under the pyrite remediation scheme, by...
    • Pyrite Resolution Board
      140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) to avail of the relevant grant aid for the extraction of...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is a monetary cap on the purchase price that local authorities can pay for a private dwelling on the open...
    • Local Authority Boundaries Review
      142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his Department's position in relation to the Drogheda boundary review carried in 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason the midlands region, despite a significant increase in homelessness in the region, only receives circa...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the options open to home owners and residents who are frustrated by anti-social behaviour caused by their...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount allocated to local authorities in 2016 for home adaptation grants with a breakdown by grant type; and the...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position in relation to the payment of a Christmas bonus to social protection recipients in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is refused disability allowance on financial grounds where a payment made to them from the North is...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
      148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the Christmas bonus paid in 2015; his plans to pay a Christmas bonus in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27810/16]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether it is fair that a person (details supplied) who has paid all the necessary stamp contributions to receive a pension will be...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress in determination of eligibility for carer's allowance following a request for review in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Local Employment Service
      151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of referrals made to the local employment service network in 2015 and in 2016, in tabular form, by county; and if he will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and when they will receive a decision on their case. [27844/16]
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) who is anxious to ascertain the extent to which the current participant in a...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of an appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); when a conclusion will be...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      159. 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. [27975/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27976/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a review of disability allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is deemed to require the permission of their spouse to have their portion of jobseeker's allowance paid...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a back to education allowance will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27984/16]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears of rent from July 2016 are likely to be paid pending approval of a housing assistance payment, HAP, in the case of persons...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a PPS number will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27987/16]
    • Back to Work Allowance Eligibility
      166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for a back to work allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27989/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27992/16]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost in 2017 of restoring the young persons JSA rates of €100 and €150 per week to the standard rate of JSA. [28029/16]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Lottery Funding Data
      170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a number of issues (details supplied); if price and odds increase restrictions apply to the national lottery agreement with...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the application of the 10% reduction to new entrants in the public service is being applied by his Department to non-new entrants...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 918 of 16 September 2016, his plans for a building (details supplied); if he will invest funding...
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasoning behind his Department’s decision not to honour the December 2015 agreement reached between the Department of...
    • Coastal Protection
      174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be made available to address a flooding threat at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be made available to address a flooding threat at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Oireachtas Members' Remuneration
      176. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current totals in the 32nd Dáil paid to individual Independent TDs under the category, leader's allowance, or any subsequent...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to satisfy himself that accurate information was furnished to his Department in respect of the appointment of the...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Departments position in relation to the following INTERREG and PEACE cross-Border projects (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Office of Government Procurement, OGP, has cancelled the tendering process for interpretation and translation services;...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Post Office Network
      183. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline her efforts on behalf of the post office network in budget 2017 negotiations; if she will seek a major funding...
    • Arts Funding
      184. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will assess the budget submission from Nexus Arts (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27846/16]
  • Department of Health
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise investment in community and home-based care for persons suffering with Alzheimer's disease in budget 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      187. To ask the Minister for Health the cost in 2017 and in a full year of reducing the prescription levy by 25%, 50% and 75% and of eliminating it altogether. [28015/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      189. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27800/16]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will release all safety reviews and incident reports of the ambulance fleet of the National Ambulance Service; the number of incidents that have taken...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      191. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [27809/16]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      192. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a date for an orthodontic appointment; the reason for the delay in issuing this appointment in view of the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      193. 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. [27819/16]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include the drug Respreeza for treatment of patients with Alpha-1 in the high-tech scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27825/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      195. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) at University Hospital Waterford. [27829/16]
    • Primary Care Centres
      196. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that no new staff are to be allocated to the primary care centre in Balbriggan in view of the fact that his...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      197. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has to wait up to 14 months for an assessment by a psychologist, occupational therapist and physiotherapist when this...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      198. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [27839/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide more details of an initiative (details supplied) in County Louth, specifically the amount of HSE funding allocated to the project; the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      204. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be approved in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27864/16]
    • Home Care Packages
      206. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package will be approved for evening time assistance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27874/16]
    • HSE Properties
      208. To ask the Minister for Health if plans and specific proposals for upgrade works to a health centre (details supplied) have been finalised and if funding has been sought; when the...
    • Health Services Provision
      209. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on specific operational and deployment proposals for the enhancement and augmentation of medical provision services and on the recruitment...
    • HSE Board Membership
      210. To ask the Minister for Health the names of the persons who currently serve on the HSE directorate; the duration of their term of office and when this is due to expire; if a new directorate...
    • Disability Support Services
      212. To ask the Minister for Health the changes that have been made to the provision of transport services for adults attending adult disability services commencing in 2016; if additional...
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      215. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he is making to reach an agreement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the recognition of the 36-week incremental credit for...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      216. To ask the Minister for Health the strategy and funding in place to ensure that scoliosis patients have their required operations within the international norm of three to six months; the...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug and alcohol addiction counsellors employed by the HSE in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; if all of those positions are filled; if there is a...
    • Hospital Staff
      218. To ask the Minister for Health if Mullingar Regional Hospital is at its full complement of nursing staff; and when the new accident and emergency department will open to full capacity....
    • HSE Funding
      219. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an organisation (details supplied) has yet to receive a 2016 funding allocation and if this will be paid without delay. [27912/16]
    • Motorised Transport Grant Closure
      220. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made concerning the drafting of legislation to establish a new transport support scheme which it is anticipated will replace the...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      221. To ask the Minister for Health the current vacancies at Letterkenny University Hospital, as well as all positions for which a vacancy remained at some point in 2016; if, in each case, the...
    • Hospital Services
      222. To ask the Minister for Health the most recent progress which has been made to reinstate the outreach rheumatology clinic at Letterkenny University Hospital; if he is aware of the major...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      223. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for persons to receive an appointment at the rheumatology department at Our Lady's Hospital in Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, specifically...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      224. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of appointments which have been made with respect to patients from County Donegal, the number of whom have accessed rheumatology services at...
    • Infectious Disease Incidence
      225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of transgender persons here who have been diagnosed with HIV; and the way in which transgender persons are categorised in the current statistics....
    • Health Services
      226. To ask the Minister for Health when a physiotherapy appointment will issue for a person (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the fact that this person has been waiting for an...
    • Psychological Assessments
      228. To ask the Minister for Health if psychological assessment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27993/16]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of 2016 ANC payments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27802/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal application by persons (details supplied) [27805/16]
    • GLAS Payments
      232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27823/16]
    • Dairy Sector
      233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide an additional €11 million in respect of a dairy package so as to match in full the EU allocation which...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that an ANC payment to a person (details supplied) will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27845/16]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that accurate information was furnished to his Department in respect of the appointment of the chief executive...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
      239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27957/16]
    • TAMS Applications
      247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27971/16]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) under the ANC scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27972/16]
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have submitted samples by herd size in intervals of ten, that is, zero to ten, 11 to 20, and so on, by...
    • GLAS Data
      253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have been approved for tier one, two and three and by county, for GLAS; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • National Broadband Plan Expenditure
      254. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated yearly cost of the proposed 25-year contract for the NBP under the current proposed model. [27866/16]
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      257. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the work completed to date regarding the roll-out of broadband nationally; and the definite timeline and remainder stages...
    • Environmental Protection Agency Governance
      258. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason he has not yet appointed a new advisory committee to the Environmental Protection Agency; when he intends to...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Data
      259. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount allocated in 2016 for home energy grants; and the number of households projected to be covered by these grants...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the national sports policy. [27915/16]
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current and cumulative costs to the NRA of maintaining a site (details supplied) over the past ten years; and if he will make a...
    • Maritime Safety Regulations
      262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the clarification his Department received from the European Commission in June 2016 on the requirement for the Marine...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he or his officials have held with Bus Éireann management regarding their plans to change the expressway service...
    • Regional Airports
      264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the regional airports will avail of the recent funding due to the EU 75% restrictions on state aid; if he considers the four regional...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has held any engagement with the Minister for Finance concerning the possible introduction of tax relief for persons who contribute...
    • Aviation Industry Regulations
      266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe and process that will be undertaken for the establishment of a separate unit within the IAA to deal with airport noise; and...
    • Vacancies on State Boards
      270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacancies that currently exist on State boards and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the length of time that such...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Data
      259. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount allocated in 2016 for home energy grants; and the number of households projected to be covered by these grants...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the national sports policy. [27915/16]
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current and cumulative costs to the NRA of maintaining a site (details supplied) over the past ten years; and if he will make a...
    • Maritime Safety Regulations
      262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the clarification his Department received from the European Commission in June 2016 on the requirement for the Marine...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he or his officials have held with Bus Éireann management regarding their plans to change the expressway service...
    • Regional Airports
      264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the regional airports will avail of the recent funding due to the EU 75% restrictions on state aid; if he considers the four regional...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has held any engagement with the Minister for Finance concerning the possible introduction of tax relief for persons who contribute...
    • Aviation Industry Regulations
      266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • National Roads Authority Projects
      271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position and anticipated timeframe for a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Industrial Disputes
      273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the attempts he and his departmental officials have made to encourage the parties involved in the Dublin Bus dispute to try to find a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process undertaken in the appointment of the chief executive of Sport Ireland, from the original ministerial statements that the...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      275. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will give consideration to the appointment of part-time members of the CCPC as provided for under section 12(3)(c) of the...
    • Vacancies on State Boards
      276. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacancies that currently exist on State boards and agencies under the aegis of her Department; the length of time that...
    • Industrial Disputes
      277. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she or her Department are involved with trying to resolve the Dublin Bus dispute; her views on the economic impacts of same on...
    • Work Permits Applications
      278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a work permit will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27988/16]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Preschool Services
      279. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will examine a case with regard to an HSE inspection carried out in a preschool (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Family Resource Centres
      280. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm having received a submission from the National Forum of Family Resource Centres, seeking an adequate level of...
    • Area Based Childhood Programme
      281. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total funding for the area-based childhood programme for children since 2006 and each subsequent year to date in 2016; her plans or...
    • Youth Services
      282. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding supports available to a youth club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27977/16]