Written answers

Tuesday, 4 October 2016

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Referendum Campaigns
      8. To ask the Taoiseach the referenda he proposes to hold during the term of Government. [27126/16]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department will make a decision on the permanent location of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Education Funding
      26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he will respond to the various requests received from primary, secondary and third level educational interests wherein the...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the growing number of complaints and delays regarding the processing of applications to Caranua; and if he will...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the concerns of a group of parents whose children attend a school (details supplied) that classes are too big in the school; and if...
    • Legislative Programme
      35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill will reach Committee Stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28381/16]
    • Third Level Funding
      36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the Union of Students in Ireland survey (details supplied) showing 87% of students feared leaving third level education due to the...
    • Special Education Review
      37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to carry out a specific assessment of the educational outcomes of children with special educational needs, as recommended by the...
    • Third Level Funding
      38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the proposal from the Union of Students in Ireland for a Government injection of an additional €140 million into the higher...
    • Croke Park Agreement Issues
      39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether his Department's withholding of certain payments from members of the ASTI will help achieve the Government's aim of...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to special educational supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28393/16]
    • Multidenominational Schools
      41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to achieve by the end of 2016 the Acton Plan for Education objective to map out new approaches in order to reach the target of 400 new...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied); when construction will commence and be completed; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Industrial Disputes
      43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the indications from the ASTI that it will ballot for strike action on the grounds of the use of financial emergency measures in the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools in the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28379/16]
    • School Transport Availability
      46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the large number of students from north-west Kildare who cannot get a school bus place despite his...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the initiatives he will implement to increase the uptake of apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22541/16]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views regarding the way the Teaching Council withdraws payment to teachers for late subscriptions when there can be legitimate reasons for the...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve a new school building to progress to tender stage for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Funding
      50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the expert group on future funding for higher education chaired by a person (details supplied); if he will rule out the imposition of...
    • Industrial Disputes
      51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether present disputes may affect the morale of secondary school teachers and the ability of the system to deliver excellence and...
    • School Transport Review
      52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is expected a review of the school transport system is likely to be undertaken with the objective of the streamlining of school transport...
    • University Global Rankings
      54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent decline experienced by Irish universities in international rankings; and the way he plans to restore to proper levels the...
    • Third Level Participation
      55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to create more equal access to third-level education. [28335/16]
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advance an application for a new school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28043/16]
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation
      57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the serious situation where teachers who are not members of unions are being treated as unionised based on the primary...
    • University Global Rankings
      58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the recent Times Higher Education World University Rankings which show no Irish university in the top 200...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new model of in-school speech and language therapy will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28392/16]
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore the ex-quota provision of guidance counselling to secondary schools; his views on the benefits to pupils of ex-quota...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for an assessment of the effectiveness of current laws, policies and spending on special needs and disability supports in the education...
    • Institutes of Technology Funding
      62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make additional funding available in the upcoming budget to institutes of technology, which have been disproportionately affected by...
    • Industrial Disputes
      63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on discussions with the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland in view of the ballot for industrial action due to issues...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Emigration Data
      64. To ask the Taoiseach the number of emigrants who have returned here for employment since the Government came to office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28247/16]
    • European Council Meetings
      65. To ask the Taoiseach if he had any bilateral at the informal EU council in September 2016. [28157/16]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      66. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Chancellor Merkel recently regarding EU immigration in particular. [28159/16]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      67. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet sub-committees which were held in September 2016. [28160/16]
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      69. To ask the Taoiseach if Ireland is in favour of Article 50 being invoked as soon as possible. [28163/16]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      72. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on justice last met. [28652/16]
    • Commissions of Inquiry
      73. To ask the Taoiseach the progress regarding the setting up of the commission of inquiry into Project Eagle. [28653/16]
    • Regeneration Projects Status
      74. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the north Dublin inner city forum; and the actions that have been taken in this regard. [28655/16]
    • Public Sector Reform Implementation
      75. To ask the Taoiseach the public sector reform measures taken in his Department in the past year. [28657/16]
    • Public Sector Staff
      76. To ask the Taoiseach the number of retired public sector employees in his Department and bodies under its aegis who are in receipt of a public sector pension who have been re-employed either...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      77. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed by his Department or seconded to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28998/16]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts being made by her and her EU counterparts to protect and assist unaccompanied minors in camps such as Calais; the efforts being made...
    • Garda Equipment
      79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider fitting all Garda Stations with a defibrillator to serve their communities; if the cost of maintaining defibrillator units...
    • Garda Compensation
      80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda compensation claims under assessment in her Department from gardaí who have been previously or are stationed in County...
    • Garda Reserve
      82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to change the rules whereby members of the Garda Reserve cannot patrol without a Garda being with them (details supplied). [28126/16]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting since 2013 for an application for naturalisation to be processed; and if she will make a...
    • Legislative Programme
      84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015; when she expects to bring the Bill to Second Stage; and if she will make a statement...
    • Policing Co-operation
      85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the protocol regarding the presence of undercover officers from another jurisdiction operating here; if the Garda Commissioner has...
    • Residency Permits
      90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for residency status pursuant to the Zambrano judgment in the case of a person...
    • Visa Applications
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28148/16]
    • Immigration Status
      93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which an application for residency status and naturalisation has been processed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Residency Permits
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); if current status can be extended; and if she will make a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when naturalisation in the case of the children of a person (details supplied) will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Immigration Status
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify the residency status of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28173/16]
    • Human Trafficking
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when legislation to tackle sex trafficking will be enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28194/16]
    • Residency Permits
      99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if stamp 4 will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); the correct procedure to be followed in this instance; and if she will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for Irish citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28201/16]
    • Asylum Applications
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a company (details supplied) is used, or has been used in the past, by State agencies involved in the assessment of asylum claims here; and if...
    • Immigration Status
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28227/16]
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in the statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way...
    • Immigration Status
      104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); the progress to date in determination of an application for...
    • Residency Permits
      106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to obtain stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28305/16]
    • Visa Applications
      107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for long stay (join spouse) visa submitted by a person (details supplied) more than year ago; the reason for the...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will arrange to return documentation as requested in June 2016 (details supplied). [28323/16]
    • Prison Education Service
      109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners actively following a course with the Open University at present, in each institution; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the powers she has under the legislation to take action in instances where there are allegations that proper procedures have not been followed by...
    • Crime Data
      111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number, broken down by type, of crimes reported in each of the electoral area wards in Galway city for 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016;...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 84 and 85 of 16 September 2016, the date on which each of the two vacancies for forensic accountants has...
    • Garda Reserve
      114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 27 September 2016, the number of serving Garda Reservists that have unsuccessfully applied to become...
    • Residency Permits
      115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status and eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Judicial Appointments
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the appointment of judges to districts in which they had formerly had a large solicitors practice; and the details of the...
    • Judicial Investigations
      117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a number of complaints by solicitors and other legal practitioners against a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Judicial Pay
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if travel and subsistence expenses claimed by judges are vouched and audited; and her views on the €780,000 in expenses claimed by judges...
    • Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the French Government has vowed to destroy the so-called "jungle camp" in Calais; if her...
    • Prison Staff
      121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the full year cost of recruiting 200 extra prison officers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28581/16]
    • Stardust Fire Coroner's Report
      122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to ensure the coroner's inquest into the deaths of 48 young persons at the Stardust nightclub in February 1981 will be...
    • Independent Review Mechanism
      123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in the commencement of the statutory inquiry in relation to a case (details supplied); and when it will be convened and...
    • Court Orders
      124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current average length of time taken to process a case; the number of cases outstanding at present; the longest outstanding case awaiting...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of retired public sector employees in her Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff employed by her Department or seconded to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28996/16]
  • Department of Finance
    • Mortgage Schemes
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that any tax savings or other incentives being considered for first-time buyers in the upcoming budget will apply to both the purchase of...
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps available to insurance policyholders who were indemnified by a company (details supplied) which had a provisional liquidator appointed by the...
    • EU Meetings
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific reform measures Ireland is pushing for at EU Council level; and if the drop in the value of the euro and the actions being taken to address these...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the financial assistance currently available to volunteer organisations to ensure the continuation of their valuable service; and if he will make a statement...
    • Property Tax Administration
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance if approved housing bodies are allowed to charge local property tax to their tenants; his plans to waiver the charge for approved housing bodies; and if he...
    • Excise Duties
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine measures (details supplied) regarding the excise duty on alcohol here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28128/16]
    • Tax Collection
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the Revenue Commissioners are prepared to facilitate the operation of a business (details supplied) by way of an arrangement which would...
    • Motor Insurance Coverage
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on some motor insurers restricting the availability of motor insurance cover to cars older than 14 years and refusing to give quotes in cases,...
    • Tax Code
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of introducing a 30% flat rate tax to attract skilled foreign workers; the loss to the Exchequer compared to normal income tax, pay...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons and companies and associated amount of income and gains, in increments of €5,000, in receipt of tax relief related to woodlands...
    • Tax Code
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a capital gains exemption available in respect of the transfer of land without any monetary gain from one brother to another; and if he will make...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance if land leased under conacre arrangements disposed of on or after 1 January 2017, or which is leased for a minimum of five years to a maximum of 25 years,...
    • Tax Collection
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners' policy on interest penalties for the self-employed can be reviewed in view of the burden it is putting on small businesses; and...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the State of the historical farm rescue package scheme of 1982 to 1985, which included a waiver of corporation tax normally payable by banks...
    • Company Registration
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance if assistance can be provided to the heritage centre in Knightstown, Valentia, County Kerry, with regard to an issue (details supplied).; and if he will make...
    • Tax Collection
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for an increase in tax from February 2016 for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28513/16]
    • Credit Union Regulation
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the limit on the amount of shares a member can hold in their credit union account from €100,000 to €200,000; if...
    • Credit Union Lending
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider relaxing the criteria for decision-making with regard the granting of credit union loans; if his attention has been drawn to the negative...
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to maintain the 9% VAT rate for tourism accommodation in line with Ireland's tourism competitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vehicle Registration
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on an issue in regard to vehicle registration tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28590/16]
    • Tax Collection
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans in relation to the possible introduction of income tax averaging for farmers in recognition of the drastic fluctuations in farm income in recent...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way in...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, that are in receipt of a public sector pension that have...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed by his Department or seconded to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28992/16]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Eligibility
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a place on a school bus has not been provided for a person (details supplied). [28122/16]
    • School Funding
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for capital funding for two new classrooms by a school (details supplied). [28169/16]
    • Skills Development
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date to meet 74% of industry demands domestically for information and communications technology, ICT, professionals by 2018 as...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action points and deliverables which are laid out in Enterprise 2025; Innovative, Agile, Connected to increase the number of females enrolled...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of home tuition for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28090/16]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that all newly qualified teachers since 2011 get equal pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28124/16]
    • Irish Language
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is currently a leaving certificate chemistry textbook as Gaeilge available for those persons studying leaving certificate chemistry...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of an autistic unit at a school (details supplied); the proposed timeline for the commencement for its...
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, further to his letter (details supplied), he will provide an update on the review of the DEIS programme; when the review will be finalised;...
    • School Transport Appeals
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact number of decisions overturned in respect of the school transport application process by the school transport appeals office within his...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding cut off levels for SUSI grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28202/16]
    • School Transport Data
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the precise cost of the school transport scheme in each of the years 2012 to 2015, inclusive. [28209/16]
    • School Transport Expenditure
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of returning to previous catchment boundaries in the school transport scheme before changes introduced in 2012. [28210/16]
    • School Transport Review
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the State aid complaint made in relation to the school transport service. [28211/16]
    • School Transport Provision
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if figures are available for repeated or semi-permanent non-use of school transport tickets; and his views on whether this is an issue which...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the case of a person (details supplied) seeking a teaching number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28220/16]
    • Education Policy
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in its statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school for the Malahide and Portmarnock areas of County Dublin, as announced in November 2015; if...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a place on a school bus has not been provided for a person (details supplied). [28266/16]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has conducted a particular study of the demographic needs of the east Meath, north Dublin and south Louth region to establish...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a technical assessment will take place on a school building (details supplied). [28320/16]
    • School Transport Provision
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28329/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students from this State attending the autism unit in Middletown, County Armagh; the level of services provided at that unit at...
    • Employment Support Services
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes he will introduce in the provision of training and skills to assist unemployed workers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in County Donegal which are currently included and not included respectively in the DEIS programme, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • School Curriculum
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expand the ISL programme in secondary schools currently available to those in the junior cycle to encourage an increase in the...
    • Summer Works Scheme Eligibility
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a school to apply for funding to insulate an old section of a school that is in need of urgent upgrading; and if he will...
    • Third Level Institutions
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department and the HEA are attempting to resolve the situation of two suspended staff members in the University of Limerick...
    • School Management
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to free up teaching principals from classroom duties; if he will facilitate substitute cover for one day per week to facilitate this;...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to end the current ban on promotions at primary school level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28538/16]
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of families with deaf children who are availing of his Department's home tuition scheme; and the steps his Department is currently...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 484 of 2 February 2016, if he has made a decision on the matter; if not, when he expects to make a...
    • Education and Training Boards
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a query from a person (details supplied) regarding a KETB course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28571/16]
    • School Curriculum
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department is undertaking to promote the practice known as behavioural economics; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Educational Disadvantage
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the DEIS scheme; if existing schools in the scheme will be examined in any future review; the timeframe envisaged for such a...
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full-year cost of increasing the number of resource teachers from 7,450 to 8,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28585/16]
    • Schools Building Projects
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction of a new school building, approved in 2012, will commence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Funding
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider increasing funding to third level institutions to bring it back in line with 2009-2010 levels; if his attention has been...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to augment the career guidance services throughout second level education; if he anticipates...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he expects special needs teaching requirements in all schools throughout County Kildare at primary and second level to be met...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the pupil-teacher ratio at primary and second level throughout County Kildare is a matter of concern; the extent to which he...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which children with autism continue to have ready access to primary and second level school places throughout County Kildare; the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in regard to the provision of the proposed two new schools at a location (details supplied); the extent to which the tenders...
    • Bullying in Schools
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which ongoing efforts continue to be made to combat school bullying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28677/16]
    • Education Policy
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will continue to support smaller urban or rural schools with a denominational ethos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28678/16]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications Data
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of higher education grant applications received, pending, approved and refused for the current academic year; and if he will make a...
    • Education Policy
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects the education system at all levels to be in a position to meet the skills demand in the workplace; the extent to...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any financial assistance can be given towards the resurfacing of a playground in the case of a school (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which any particular deficiency has been identified in regard to the number of apprentices available for location throughout the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which upgrading extension works at a school (details supplied) is likely to progress in the near future in line with submissions...
    • School Funding
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to approve an increase in funding offered to a school (details supplied) given the increase in...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of schools throughout the country likely to benefit from refurbishment or replacement in the coming year; the extent to which...
    • School Transport Review
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is expected a review of the school transport system is likely to be undertaken, with particular reference to the objective of the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff employed by his Department or seconded to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28990/16]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department intervened in the ongoing refusal of a State-supported company (details supplied) to honour a...
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding
      216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28080/16]
    • Agriculture Industry
      217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will extend the deadline date for the spreading of slurry on Irish farms in view of the unsuitable weather...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for the discrepancy in the advocacy services here, whereby there are currently only three persons...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if nursing homes are currently exempt from water charges; if not, if he will consider requesting such an exemption;...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
      220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the remediation work under the pyrite remediation scheme will commence for estates (details supplied); and if...
    • National Planning Framework
      221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the stakeholder consultation report on the national planning framework, arising from the consultation events that...
    • Animal Welfare
      222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Question No. 638 of 16 September 2016, if he will exercise his powers under section 222 of the Local...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Administration
      223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if persons signing tenancy agreements under the HAP scheme will automatically be put on the council transfer list;...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of category 1 properties that have been identified as part of the pyrite remediation scheme; the average...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if funding can be released to allow site enabling works on the highlighted piece of land at Shangan, Ballymun, for...
    • Rural Resettlement Scheme
      226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will reinstate funding to Rural Resettlement Ireland, which ceased in 2012 (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Felling Licences
      227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department can investigate the blocking of a public right of way at a location (details supplied) and examine...
    • Departmental Strategies
      228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due...
    • Planning Issues
      230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that areas in Midleton that have had serious flooding in recent years...
    • Commercial Rates Calculations
      232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will put measures in place regarding commercial rates to assist businesses when major road works are ongoing...
    • Fire Stations Upgrade
      233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the extension of the fire station at Bypass Road, Killarney, will be prioritised for emergency reasons (details...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the fairness of the criteria attached to the tenant purchase scheme for county councils; if...
    • Burial Grounds
      235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide emergency funding for a community group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authority Funding
      236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the offer of assistance his Department made to Sligo County Council, conditional on the council agreeing to increase...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the expert panel currently investigating the issue of mica defective concrete blocks will publish their report...
    • Building Regulations Amendments
      238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans regarding the upgrading and-or reform of building regulations to provide for full wheelchair accessible...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to increase the housing adaptation grants as requested in a recent submission by the Irish Wheelchair...
    • Seaweed Harvesting Licences
      240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has been consulted on and sanctioned the harvesting of seaweed in Roundstone Bay, County Galway by...
    • Seaweed Harvesting Potential
      241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has received a report on the extent of land folios existing here with appurtenant seaweed...
    • Housing for People with Disabilities Provision
      243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the building of social housing with wheelchair access is included in the Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for...
    • Library Services Funding
      244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has offered Sligo County Council additional support of €200,000 per annum to resolve the...
    • Housing Provision
      246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the additional funding allocation he has received in the context of the housing crisis and the Government's...
    • Departmental Bodies Establishment
      247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider a national building agency that would directly employ builders to spearhead a public housing...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the measures he has advanced to solve the child homelessness crisis. [23027/16]
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of staff employed by his Department or seconded to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Departmental Websites
      251. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to difficulties being experienced in accessing a website (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can extend their participation on a Tús scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28176/16]
    • Disability Services Funding
      254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding disability services in County Louth, including the funding available to a programme (details supplied). [28443/16]
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      255. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures to be taken to tackle unemployment and in particular youth unemployment when the EU Council discussed these matters in September 2016....
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      257. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme. [28054/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      258. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28061/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      259. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fit for Work Programme
      260. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which fitness to work will be assessed under the fit for work scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28099/16]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the eligibility for disability allowance or invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      262. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the decision not to continue paying illness benefit to a person (details supplied). [28114/16]
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      263. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 793 of 16 September 2016, the reason the full payment of benefit of €183 per week paid to a person...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      264. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider the way in which the contributory State pension is calculated to avoid those who had absences from the workforce for a variety...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      265. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which the case of a person (details supplied) might be facilitated by way of a PPS number; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      266. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28153/16]
    • Family Income Supplement Payments
      267. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which an alleged overpayment has occurred in the case of a person (details supplied); the procedure for appeal; and if he will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      268. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an increase in rent support can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28168/16]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
      270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a supplementary allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28195/16]
    • Home-makers Scheme
      271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the home-makers scheme in relation to pensions has not been extended to home-makers pre-1994; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the legislation for calculating PRSI contributions in relation to contributory pensions to disregard short-term or summer...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      273. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment can issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28225/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review and expedite the carer's allowance being paid to a person (details supplied) to ensure that the maximum benefit is being paid; and...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme Applications
      275. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he will take in progressing the insolvency payment for a person (details supplied); if he can intervene or if there are sanctions to be...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28272/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an invalidity pension payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [28275/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28281/16]
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016;...
    • Credit Union Lending
      280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when it is proposed to extend the microloan scheme operated by the credit unions to the credit union in Rathmines. [28337/16]
    • Civil Registration Legislation
      281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, further to the enactment of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014, all provisions and systems are in place to register the death of an...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28405/16]
    • Free Travel Scheme Data
      283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the detail of all services, including the name of the provider in each case and also those provided by private operators, for which holders are...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28412/16]
    • State Pensions
      285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the detail of the proposals to require those of a pensionable age make a claim for jobseeker's benefit before receiving the State pension; and if he...
    • JobPath Implementation
      286. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of referrals to JobPath providers that have subsequently been referred to an employability supported employment service since the...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in receipt of carer's allowance has received a significant reduction of payment following a review; if the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28464/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28470/16]
    • Scéim na mBéilí Scoile
      290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection cad chuige nach bhfuil scoil i gcontae Dhún na nGall (sonraí curtha ar fáil) páirteach i Scéim na mBéilí Scoile;...
    • School Meals Programme
      291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools that participate in the school meals programme but are not included as part of the existing DEIS programme, by county, in...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance (details supplied) will be expedited and approved for the period up to the date of the death of a person....
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28514/16]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to end the inequitable age segregation in respect of jobseeker's allowance payments whereby persons under the age of 26 years are paid...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will fully restore the Christmas bonus to those in receipt of social protection payments; if he will consider changing the eligibility...
    • Social Welfare Inspections
      296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if social protection inspectors are required to keep a record of unnotified or notified home visits, namely, the number of unnotified or notified...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on an application for disability allowance. [28560/16]
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments
      300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance for children aged between four and 11 years from €100 to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reintroduce the phone allowance in the upcoming budget in view of the high reliance our senior citizens place on their personal alarms...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on matters concerning post offices (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28615/16]
    • One-Parent Family Payment
      303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is satisfied that waiting periods for persons seeking the lone parent benefit are satisfactory; and his views on whether a review of the...
    • Unemployment Levels
      304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current number of unemployed young people aged 18-24 years in Dublin, with a breakdown by the various areas of Dublin. [28626/16]
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for carer's benefit can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Back to Education Allowance Applications
      307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position with regard to a back to education allowance application for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in respect of an application for domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in respect of an application for disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in respect of an application for carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in respect of an application for invalidity pension; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of retired public sector employees in his Department including bodies under its aegis who are in receipt of a public sector pension that...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff employed by his Department or seconded to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28997/16]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Centenarian Bounty Scheme
      315. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons awarded the centenarian bounty over the past five years, broken down by those who are resident abroad; and if he...
    • Northern Ireland
      317. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the ongoing incarceration of a person (details supplied) in Maghaberry Prison on revocation of licence with no clear...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      318. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due to be published in...
    • Passport Applications Data
      319. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of revenue collected in respect of Irish passport applications for each month of 2015. [28364/16]
    • Anti-Terrorism Measures
      320. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding reports that civil servants from his Department, along with the Irish Aviation Authority, entered into a bilateral...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      321. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will increase efforts to secure the release of a person (details supplied) from prison in Egypt in view of their recent decision to...
    • Departmental Properties
      324. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department is paying €46,000 a month to rent an apartment in Tokyo for the Irish...
    • Refugee Data
      325. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the French Government has vowed to destroy the so-called jungle camp in Calais; if his...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      330. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Government Economic and Evaluation Service
      332. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will consider the establishment of a dedicated behavioural insights group, similar to those in the UK, within his...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      333. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that the remuneration package afforded to the chief executive officer of Horse Racing Ireland, HRI, upon his...
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      334. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of retired public sector employees in receipt of a public sector pension who have been re-employed, either part-time or full...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      335. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of conservation works at a chapel (details supplied); when these works will be completed; when the scaffolding around the...
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      336. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will approve and sanction the agreement to restore recognition of the 36-week nursing internship from 2011 onward which has been...
    • Departmental Contracts
      338. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any State contracts have been awarded to taxi companies since the formation of the Government; if so, if those awarded contracts...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      339. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due to be published in...
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement
      340. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the arrangements in place for staff in the public sector who are not members of a union but who are willing to sign up to any public...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      341. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on maximum lump sum payments to retiring public servants in 2016, in view of media commentary to the effect that sums of...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      342. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff employed by his Department or seconded to his Department. [28661/16]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Expenditure
      343. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when payments will be made to a charity (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28465/16]
    • Wildlife Regulations
      344. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding burning of hills and farmlands; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Scéimeanna Teanga
      345. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an gcuirfear níos mó cuidiú airgid ar fáil mar chuid de scéim na gcúntóirí teanga i...
    • National Parks
      346. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when works will be carried out in Killarney National Park (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28221/16]
    • Post Office Network
      347. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the implementation of measures in the programme for Government concerning post offices (details supplied); and if she...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      348. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in her Department's statement of strategy due to be published in...
    • Easter Rising Commemorations
      349. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the State will endeavour to purchase one of Padraic Pearse's signed 1916 surrender letters which will be sold at auction in Dublin...
  • Department of Health
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
      350. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the excellent work that an organisation (details supplied) carries out; his views on whether the funding allocation is...
    • Community First Responders Network
      352. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a scheme to help community groups with the purchase and maintenance costs of life saving equipment (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Hospital Investigations
      354. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the serious incident management report following an investigation undertaken at Wexford General Hospital into misdiagnosed bowel cancer...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      356. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the waiting time endured by a person (details supplied) with no contact from the hospital for over 13 months; if he will expedite this...
    • Hospital Services
      357. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the circumstances in which hospital transport is provided for patients living in rural areas who need to attend the hospital on a regular basis; and...
    • National Cancer Strategy Publication
      358. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the national cancer strategy 2016-25; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28070/16]
    • Disability Services Provision
      359. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding a person (details supplied) who has been waiting on a residential placement; if he will provide a copy of the decisions made...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      360. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28079/16]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      361. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an instance in which a general practitioner, who is not participating in the free under-six scheme, is having patients aged...
    • Hospital Services
      362. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason patients at a hospital (details supplied) have reported lack of access to radiology, X-ray and MRI facilities during weekends; if he will...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      363. To ask the Minister for Health when a refund will issue to a person (details supplied) in respect of a podiatry scheme within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      364. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [28093/16]
    • Health Services
      365. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); his plans to resolve the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28095/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      366. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of a physiotherapy appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28098/16]
    • Hospital Services
      367. To ask the Minister for Health when University Hospital Waterford was designated as a percutaneous coronary intervention centre, providing partial 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. emergency PCCI care;...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      374. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason a medical card was refused in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28113/16]
    • Youth Services Provision
      375. To ask the Minister for Health to set out details relating to a youth centre (details supplied) for each of the past five years, the number of counsellors involved in this service and the...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      376. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason for the delay in arranging a cataract operation for a person (details supplied). [28119/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      377. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for a cataract operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [28120/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      378. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [28121/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to address the national lack of paediatric pathology services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      380. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to introduce a full medical card to children who are in receipt of a domiciliary care allowance; and if they will automatically be issued or must...
    • Cancer Services Provision
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the level of social worker care available for oncology patients at eight designated cancer centres and one satellite hospital (details supplied); the number of...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      382. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28147/16]
    • HIQA Remit
      383. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that all care homes are monitored by HIQA regardless of who runs them, in particular homes run by religious orders; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      384. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28185/16]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      385. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional funding for community and home based care to support and enable persons with dementia to remain living at home for as long as...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the policy implemented under the fair deal scheme by which residents in nursing homes are allocated a daily allowance of €6.34 per day; and if he will...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a special chair for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28198/16]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to remedy the lack of paediatric orthopaedic consultants; when Tallaght Hospital will have its cancelled fracture clinic reinstated;...
    • Health Services Provision
      389. To ask the Minister for Health the reason parents of children with fractures who attend Tallaght Hospital accident and emergency department need to go through another accident and...
    • Health Services Data
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients receiving renal dialysis treatment here on 31 December 2015 or on a single specific date in 2016; the numbers of these dialysis patients...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost to the State of a unit of blood administered in a public hospital here; the cost to the State of all blood administered in hospitals in 2015,...
    • Health Services Provision
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the delay in the opening and commencement of operations at the new pancreas transplant unit at St Vincent's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      395. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [28214/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a person (details supplied) on the kidney transplant list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28217/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      397. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called to University Hospital Kerry for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28219/16]
    • Hepatitis C Compensation Payments
      399. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a person (details supplied) in relation to the contamination of anti-D; if his attention has been drawn to a commitment made in May 2012...
    • Disability Services Provision
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if the €28 million committed to the disability sector for change of needs and emergency services has been allocated; the amount of funding allocated to...
    • Health Services Provision
      401. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ask the HSE to introduce the butterfly scheme in all Irish hospitals in view of the growing prevalence of dementia here and the findings of the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      402. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the HSE's policy in respect of the provision of mobility scooters and motorised wheelchairs in each of the nine CHOs; the reason for the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      403. To ask the Minister for Health if a person caring full time on a live-in basis in the carer's home for one or two infirm clients needs to register as a nursing home. [28280/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      404. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be granted an urgent date to have hip surgery performed in Crumlin Children’s Hospital. [28284/16]
    • Medical Card Administration
      405. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28292/16]
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      407. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way in...
    • Medical Card Administration
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) had their medical card removed recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28310/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      409. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28321/16]
    • Primary Care Centres Data
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the number of fully staffed primary care teams operating here and their catchment areas; and the definition of a full complement of staff. [28326/16]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if certain medical products for the treatment of macular degeneration are no longer being provided by the HSE under the hardship scheme for medical card...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the reason women with gestational diabetes can now only get test strips if their medical practitioner specifically applies for them, whereas other diabetic...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the reason person (details supplied) is waiting 13 months for an application to be processed for the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting to see a consultant geneticist at the Department of Clinical Genetics, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,...
    • Departmental Funding
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to a service (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2015 and to date in 2016; the number of young persons that accessed...
    • Health Services Data
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the number of services nationwide, in addition to the details of these services, providing a residential detox treatment service for adolescents aged 15 to 21...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide home help hours for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28360/16]
    • Orthodontic Services Data
      423. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 23 September 2009, the treatment made available to a person (details suppplied) over a period of time. [28370/16]
    • HSE Funding
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the process relative to approximately 16 applications submitted to the HSE for change of needs and emergency services funding from an organisation (details...
    • Departmental Funding
      425. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on the €3.8 million funding requirement for a centre (details supplied); his Department's strategy for funding such...
    • Departmental Schemes
      426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reintroduce the motorised transportation grant scheme or create another scheme to act in its place in view of the fact persons suffering from...
    • Vaccination Programme
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the additional cost of extending the meningitis B vaccination programme to children born before October 2016. [28398/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the position of the Health Service Executive with regard to the closure of a home (details supplied); the reason this closure has taken place; if it is due to...
    • Health Services Provision
      430. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28415/16]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical directors and executive clinical directors appointed in the public health system on foot of the consultant contract of 2008; and the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      433. 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. [28418/16]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      434. To ask the Minister for Health when medical card cover will be extended to recipients of the domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28436/16]
    • Hospital Services
      441. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is right and just that the risk rating regarding the second catheterisation laboratory in University Hospital Waterford could have been...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      449. 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. [28461/16]
    • Dispensing Fees
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the reason patients have to pick up a long-term prescription on a weekly basis from a pharmacist, which ultimately increases the number of charges; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [28467/16]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      452. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the legislation dealing with the long-term illness scheme to ensure that the mitochondrial disorder known as CPEO is classified as a long-term...
    • HSE Staff
      453. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department has taken to retain nursing staff and reduce the annual spend on agency staff within the health sector; if he has specifically...
    • Home Care Packages Expenditure
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the funding made available for home help and home care packages for the CHO area 2 comprising Galway, Mayo and Roscommon in each of the past five years; if his...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to increase home care and home help for a person (details supplied) to allow for discharge from the hospital. [28518/16]
    • Home Help Service
      457. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has a policy of outsourcing the home help service to private contractors; the total number of home help hours expected to be provided in 2016; the...
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      458. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 28 April 2015, the current status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28521/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      459. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the personal assistance hours for wheelchair users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28532/16]
    • National Drugs Strategy Budget
      460. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allocate additional funding to support the national drugs strategy in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28533/16]
    • Legislative Programme
      461. To ask the Minister for Health when he will advance all Stages of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad] through the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Motorised Transport Grant Closure
      462. To ask the Minister for Health when he envisages an alternative to the motorised transport grant, which was discontinued in 2013, will commence and begin accepting applications; and if he...
    • Occupational Therapy
      463. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for occupational therapy for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28574/16]
    • Home Help Service Data
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for home help hours in County Cork in the 12 months up to the end of August 2016; the total amount of home help hours...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in a full year if the prescription charges were abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28584/16]
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      466. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fund home care packages on a demand-led basis to reduce the unnecessary suffering and financial costs of the delayed discharges from hospital...
    • Medical Card Applications
      467. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28593/16]
    • Motorised Transport Grant Applications
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a request by a person (details supplied) for a new motorised scooter from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28595/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the future of a home (details supplied); if there are plans to close this facility; in the event of closure, his plans for residents and...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the progress regarding the construction of the Celbridge primary care centre in Celbridge, County Kildare, which commenced construction in September 2015; and...
    • Obesity Strategy
      472. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government has a national nutrition and healthy food strategy; if not, his plans to produce one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28613/16]
    • Hospital Services
      473. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide assistance to a person (details supplied) who requires a number of scans and cannot afford to pay for them; and if he will make a statement...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      474. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether personal assistance hours for persons with disabilities need to be increased by at least an additional 500,000 hours; and if he will make...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is no longer eligible to have treatment carried out in Belfast children's hospital under the...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      480. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care hours and packages allocated by the State to independent and private home care providers, setting out the names of the companies or...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension who have been...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by his Department or seconded to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28994/16]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Fish Farming
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department expects to complete an examination of overstocking at fish farms operated by a company (details supplied); and if...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will conduct the proposed review of aquaculture licensing; and if he will suspend all aquaculture licensing pending the...
    • Departmental Bodies Expenditure
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of public money that has been spent by Bord lascaigh Mhara to date on its proposed licence application for a giant fish...
    • Bord na gCon Staff
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28067/16]
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28071/16]
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) who successfully appealed the inspection results of his Department by way of oral hearing, the...
    • Íocaíochtaí Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a íocfar deontas faoi scéim na limistéar faoi shrianta nádúrtha do 2016 le feirmeoir i gContae...
    • Herd Number Applications
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person's (details supplied) herd number can be reactivated urgently. [28085/16]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has established the standard to enable other bovine tag suppliers to compete in the market for the benefit of farmers; and his...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
      497. 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. [28092/16]
    • Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) has been approved for the national reserve and the young farmers schemes; the other financial supports...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      499. 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. [28177/16]
    • TAMS Applications
      500. 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. [28179/16]
    • GLAS Payments
      501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1561 of 16 September 2016, the reason he did not provide, as requested, the total payments made...
    • GLAS Issues
      502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the procedures governing inspection of non-GLAS farms; if he will instruct planners in his Department who are...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      503. 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. [28216/16]
    • Waste Management
      504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the environmental and health impact assessments which have been carried out in relation to human biosolids being used as fertiliser;...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the areas of natural constraint scheme for 2016 to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a 2015 basic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Forestry Grants
      507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons or companies, and the associated amount of income or gains in increments of €5,000, in receipt of grant...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive 2015 and 2016 disadvantaged area scheme payments; and if he will make a...
    • Milk Prices
      509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will issue a suggestion to all co-ops nationwide to pass on the recent increase in global dairy prices to dairy farmers and to...
    • Farmers Indebtedness
      510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request all co-ops to have more forbearance with farmers - dairy, suckler, beef and tillage - in their current plight...
    • Commonage Land Use
      511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of commonages under GLAS 1 and 2 that have no planner approved to complete a commonage management plan, by county in...
    • GLAS Data
      512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of commonage farmers by county, in tabular form; the total number of commonage farmers who have applied to GLAS 1...
    • Commonage Management Plans
      513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of commonage farmers who have completed a commonage management plan, CMP, by county in tabular form; the total...
    • GLAS Payments
      514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to facilitate all commonage farmers who wish to submit an application to GLAS by the extended...
    • Departmental Contracts
      515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department has decided to roll over the current genomics tag contract with the existing supplier; and if he will make...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
      516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers participating in the areas of natural constraint scheme per county, in tabular form on an annual basis...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of technical work carried out to date by his Department with respect to designating eligible areas under the areas of...
    • Milk Supply
      520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers who have applied to the EU voluntary milk reduction scheme by county, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Horse Racing Ireland
      521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has satisfied himself that all State body guidelines were fulfilled and full transparency observed in all aspects of the...
    • Animal Welfare
      522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to strengthen the law to tackle abuses to animals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28311/16]
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due to be published in...
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      524. 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. [28330/16]
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the introduction of a sheep payment; the proposed requirements to receive the payment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      526. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reopen the beef data and genomics programme for new participants with additional funding for suckler cow support; and if...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Funding
      527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be increased for areas of the natural constraints scheme to reverse cuts in previous budgets; and if he will make a...
    • TAMS Funding
      528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if unspent TAMS II funding from 2016 will be carried forward to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28346/16]
    • Herd Number Applications
      529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) who has applied for the return of a herd number. [28402/16]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce new schemes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28440/16]
    • Fisheries Protection
      531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures which will be taken to ensure that events which occurred in 2015 arising from the activities of supertrawlers fishing...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2016 area of natural constraints scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28445/16]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an area of natural constraints scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who availed of the historic farm rescue package scheme of 1982 to 1985; the average payment through the scheme;...
    • Horse Racing Ireland Staff
      536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has to date exercised his powers under section 29A of the Horse Racing Ireland Act 2016 to demand that Horse Racing Ireland...
    • State Bodies
      539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify his response to Parliamentary Question No. 686 of 12 July 2016, in which he stated (details supplied), in view of...
    • Horse Racing Ireland Staff
      540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which his Department requested permission from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to extend the contract of...
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an application made by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal in respect of a certificate of compliance for the...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a headage payment will be made to a person (details supplied) without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28535/16]
    • Animal Welfare
      546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds which were homed by the Irish Greyhound Board in 2015; the arrangements which were made for retired racing...
    • Greyhound Industry
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds which were euthanised at greyhound tracks here after sustaining racing injures; if the statistics for...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of entitlements a person (details supplied) in County Galway has; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28569/16]
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the knowledge transfer programme to allow the entry of young farmers in particular who are not in a financial...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his Department’s engagement with the European Commission regarding the forgotten farmer; if he has sought...
    • Land Issues
      554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish an online database of the Land Commission data dating from the pre-Cromwell time to the Griffith Valuation and...
    • Plant Protection Products
      555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland is one of the 15 EU member states to oppose the EU Commission proposal for criteria for endocrine disruptors; the...
    • TAMS Applications
      556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review and process a TAMS application for a person (details attached) without delay; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons why in a Ministerial determination relating to EIS requirements for an aquaculture licence application in County Donegal...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Broadband Service Provision
      559. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the detrimental impact which the lack of high-speed broadband is having on a business...
    • Media Mergers
      560. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review the sale of a company (details supplied); his views on the sale; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Records
      561. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Civil Service records. [28081/16]
    • Fish Farming
      562. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure that Inland Fisheries Ireland continues with its fish farming operations; if he will provide...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      563. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in its statement of strategy due to be published in...
    • North-South Interconnector
      564. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Brexit will have any implications for the North-South Interconnector project which, if it gets the go ahead, will see...
    • Broadcasting Sector Regulation
      565. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the rationale behind his decision to not add the Six Nations Rugby competition to Ireland's compulsory free-to-air...
    • Postal Codes
      566. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when Eircode will be made compatible with Google Maps and GPS platforms (details supplied). [28463/16]
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      567. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the conditions at Kilmoyley Graveyard, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Broadcasting Charge
      568. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to replace the television licence fee with a broadcasting charge; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
      569. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff in the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI, in the years 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; if...
    • Energy Prices
      570. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views that certain reconnection charges to the ESB service are excessively high and if he will investigate the...
    • Electricity Generation
      572. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken by his Department to ensure that small micro generation projects such as the gas extraction at...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      573. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Aviation Issues
      575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether a declaration from a company (details supplied) to the US Department of Transport that all the crews employed in...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be provided to the local authority to resurface the Rathscannell road from Abbeydorney to Ballyduff in North Kerry; and...
    • Bus Éireann
      578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with Bus Éireann and the Department of Health to erect a bus shelter at a location (details supplied) in order...
    • Driver Safety
      579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the RSA is planning on making changes with regard to hands-free kits in cars, in particular in buses and coaches; and if he will make...
    • Roads Maintenance
      580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade the road surface on the N25 Cork to Waterford road between Castlemartyr village and Youghal town in view of the fact...
    • Brexit Issues
      581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has set up a departmental taskforce to acquire EU agencies and research projects from the UK that may have to relocate from Britain...
    • Bus Éireann
      582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the profit or loss of Bus Éireann's various businesses such as public service obligations, PSOs, expressway services, school...
    • Aviation Issues
      583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Irish Aviation Authority has a commercial mandate to provide air navigation and traffic services on and in the vicinity of Dublin...
    • Aviation Industry Regulations
      584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the resolution of the European Parliament on social dumping in the EU and in particular the request to...
    • National Women's Strategy
      585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due to be published in...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the M7 road widening project in County Kildare; when he expects work to commence; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rail Services Provision
      587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority plans to provide funding in 2017 to Iarnród Éireann to purchase additional DART carriages,...
    • Roads Maintenance
      588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the agency responsible for the maintenance of the roadside verge at a location (details supplied); his plans to remove the large trees...
    • Aviation Issues
      590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to implement EU legislation on the regulation of air traffic noise; the impact this will have on existing planning control and...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • IDA Supports
      592. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the precise supports given by the IDA and any other State agency to a company (details supplied). [28046/16]
    • Company Closures
      596. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date to secure a replacement industry following the closure of a manufacturing plant in County Monaghan; if she will...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      597. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the areas of public procurement which have been explicitly excluded from the application of CETA for Canada and for the EU...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      598. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she is taking to increase employment in the Travelling community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28175/16]
    • Work Permits Applications
      599. 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. [28197/16]
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      600. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has had any discussions at EU Council level in redistributing EU agencies from the UK after Brexit negotiations are completed;...
    • Job Creation
      601. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the definition of entrepreneur that is used by her Department when framing legislation and in particular tax relief schemes; and if...
    • Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
      602. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide an assurance that the Government, by signing up to provisional application of CETA, will not open Ireland to ISDS...
    • Regional Development Initiatives
      605. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her proposals to develop and promote a location (details supplied) as a suitable location for inward investment property held by the...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      606. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in her Department's statement of strategy due to be published in...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      607. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of retired public sector employees in her Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Preschool Services
      609. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the changes that will be made to present funding mechanisms for allocations to preschool providers, including under the early childhood...
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      610. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an analysis of the change in documentation requirements associated with the running and management by the voluntary sector of child care...
    • Child and Family Agency
      611. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 963 of 27 September 2016, if Tusla will refer children for assessment to centres that are not...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      612. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of whole time equivalent social worker posts within each Tusla local area office, in tabular form; the number of posts that are...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      613. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in her Department's statement of strategy due to be published in...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      614. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of retired public sector employees in her Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      616. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due to be published in October...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      617. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension...

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