Written answers
Wednesday, 5 October 2016
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing Provision
20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he expects to publish individual targets for each local authority with regard to local authority targets for...
- Homelessness Strategy
22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the provisions in place to attempt to tackle the issue of child and youth homelessness; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide an updated list of all social housing capital projects currently within the four stage approval...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the discussions he has had on new planning guidelines for wind turbines; the scenarios he has examined for setback...
- Local Authority Housing Data
26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 47,000 social housing units detailed in pillar two of rebuilding Ireland, by...
- Private Rented Accommodation
28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has had discussions with the Minister with responsibility for housing on tourism-related measures to alleviate...
- Housing Estates
29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which a residence group in a private estate applies to have their estate taken in charge by their local...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the increase planned in the number of new build social housing units in 2016 and 2017 compared to the numbers...
- Local Authority Housing Funding
33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has considered a proposal by the credit union movement to fund social housing; if consideration has been given...
- Commission on Domestic Public Water Services
34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of money being provided to the expert commission on water charges; and if the money is coming from...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made on action 2.9 of pillar 2 of Rebuilding Ireland; the way the housing delivery office...
- Housing Provision
36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which he proposes to follow good planning practices in order to ensure the provision of good quality...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
37. 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...
- Private Rented Accommodation
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to relieve the rental market crisis in County Meath. [28477/16]
- Homeless Persons Data
39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of families and persons presenting as homeless to local authorities who are refused access to emergency...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, in the proposals being developed by his Department for mixed development on State-owned lands as part of Pillar 2...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the consultation which took place with the banks when drafting the incremental purchase scheme for tenant purchases...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the options available to local authorities when negotiating with private developers on the social housing Part V...
- Local Authority Housing Funding
44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans, if any, to apply robust social clauses to the local infrastructure fund to prioritise local workers and...
- Local Authority Housing Data
45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the 11,000 acquired units in Pillar 2 of the rebuilding Ireland action...
- Private Rented Accommodation
46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will publish the new rental strategy; and his plans to make amendments to legislation to give further...
- Local Authority Staff Data
47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of additional staff provided to each local authority housing department in 2015 and 2016, broken...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the situation regarding emergency accommodation in County Wexford which at present...
- Housing Assistance Payments Administration
50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the changes to the HAP scheme in County Offaly. [28432/16]
- Rural Resettlement Scheme
52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current uptake of the rural resettlement scheme; if he will report on any difficulties this scheme is facing; if...
- Flood Prevention Measures
53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to assist local authorities to protect communities from the threat of flooding as the winter approaches;...
- Local Authority Housing Funding
54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will encourage local authorities to allocate funds to home improvement loans for local authority tenants with...
- Planning Issues
56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the proposals he has to amend the planning regulations for forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Policy
57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a refurbishment grant scheme for properties that require refurbishment in order to make them...
- Local Authority Housing Data
58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide an updated list, broken down by local authority, of all long-term voids by quarter, and the number...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason a small local authority housing project in Kells, County Meath, which was due to go to tender in 2016, has...
- Housing Provision
60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 10,000 long-term lease units which would be automatically owned by local...
- Local Authority Housing Data
61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the numbers of houses that will be directly built by local authorities, as against approved housing bodies, over each...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the threshold of €15,000 earnings without welfare allowances is prohibitive for many...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will carry out a review of the pyrite remediation scheme in respect of the appeals process and the way in which...
- Housing Issues
64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will introduce legislation to prevent landlords from citing intended sale of a property as a reason to evict...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the proposals he has to increase substantially the level of funding to county councils in respect of the various...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that local authorities are postponing projects for regular build social...
- Local Authority Housing Data
67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the 25,000 new social housing units detailed in Pillar 2 of Rebuilding...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has carried out, or plans to carry out, a cost benefit analysis of the promised rapid build housing...
- Housing Assistance Payments Data
71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the phase-in schedule for the housing assistance payments scheme, HAP; the number of councils which currently have...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
72. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons outside the payroll shared service centre, in increments of €5,000, in receipt of lump sums on retirement from the public service; and the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Disability Act Employment Targets
73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position on the implementation of Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005 in relation to a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons outside the payroll shared service centre, in increments of €5,000, in receipt of lump sums on retirement from the...
- Naturalisation Applications
75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28803/16]
- Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding the Government's commitment to provide asylum for 4,000 refugees in view of the crisis in Syria, in particular the appalling conditions...
- Garda Communications
77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason no response has issued to a letter sent to her (details supplied) concerning a criminal investigation; and if she will make a statement...
- Work Permits Eligibility
78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of eligibility for stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28838/16]
- Family Reunification Policy
79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual refusal rates for take charge family reunification applications under the Dublin III regulation to date in 2016 and in each of the...
- Family Reunification Data
80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual refusal rates for family reunification applications under section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996 to date in 2016 and in each of the years...
- Prison Service
81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the prisoner population and the number of staff employed within Mountjoy prison; the number of staff on maternity leave or sick leave; the...
- Prison Staff
82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the optimum staff to prisoner ratio; the current ratio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28853/16]
- Legislative Measures
83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 was signed into law in December 2015 but to date, no commencement order regarding...
- Immigration Controls
84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in processing an application (details supplied) made for a visa under the de facto partnership scheme; and if she will...
- Visa Applications
85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position of a visa application of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28862/16]
- Garda Strength
86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the number of gardaí in the Donegal division at present; the way the numbers compare to the years 2008 and 2010, respectively; if...
- Garda Stations
88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reopen any of the Garda stations closed within the Donegal division due to cutbacks since 2010; the need to do so in order to...
- Garda Vetting Applications
90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to speed up and deal with the delays at present experienced by those awaiting Garda vetting; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Court Accommodation Provision
91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for providing a new courthouse building for Donegal town, given that the current building is in need of replacement and not fit for...
- Garda Investigations
95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure there is an inquest and full investigation of a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28917/16]
- Department of Finance
- Disabled Drivers Grant Appeals
96. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the fact that persons seeking an appeal of a disabled driver's grant decision are being informed that there is currently a seven-month...
- Primary Medical Certificates Applications
97. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the criteria applied to a primary medical certificate application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28845/16]
- VAT Rate Reductions
98. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the promotion of modernised technology and safety features in Irish vehicles by lowering the cost of vehicle maintenance and lowering the...
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
99. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons outside the payroll shared service centre, in increments of €5,000, in receipt of lump sums on retirement from the public service;...
- Living City Initiative
100. To ask the Minister for Finance if the towns of Drogheda and Dundalk will be included in the living city initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28811/16]
- Universal Social Charge Exemptions
101. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost in 2017 and in a full year of addressing the step effect for persons whose income rises from just below the universal social charge entry level...
- Tourism Promotion
102. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will maintain the support and growth of the Irish tourism industry by ensuring the 9% VAT rate is sustained; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Data
103. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of chargeable persons for income tax who have annual income of €19,572 or less. [28846/16]
- Carbon Tax Yield
104. To ask the Minister for Finance the income to the Exchequer in respect of carbon tax for the years 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Treasury Management Agency Staff
105. To ask the Minister for Finance if former and serving National Asset Management Agency employees and officials are precluded from taking up new employment (details supplied); the period of...
- Budget 2017
106. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will maintain the current VRT, VAT and motor tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28876/16]
- Motor Insurance
107. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to counteract the increasing motor insurance rates and whether they will include the re-establishment of the Motor Insurance Advisory Board; and if...
- Betting Legislation
108. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of licences which have been issued since the commencement of the Betting (Amendment) Act on foot of that Act; if a list of those licences issued...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons outside the payroll shared service centre, in increments of €5,000, in receipt of lump sums on retirement from the...
- Education Funding
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate capital funding to a college (details supplied) to enable a new, fit-for-purpose library to be built in view of the growing...
- Student Grant Scheme Design
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the financial thresholds enforced by legislation governing Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) scheme; if he will discuss the...
- Education and Training Provision
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to support the creation of a national hospitality and training agency to provide new apprenticeships and training to ensure the development of...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals he has to reduce the distance criteria in respect of qualification for the non-adjacent maintenance grant for higher education; if...
- Student Grant Scheme Administration
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with the case of a person (details supplied) currently in third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate a special needs assistant to a person (details supplied). [28870/16]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider further improvements in the pupil-teacher ratio to help reduce class size towards EU average in Budget 2017; and if he will...
- Teachers' Remuneration
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 468 of 16 September 206 if he will pay a teacher (details supplied) due to the fact that this teacher was...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the required funds for a project (details supplied). [28899/16]
- School Transport Applications
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will accommodate a person (details supplied) with transport on the Bus Éireann school bus scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
- School Patronage
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will announce the patrons for new post-primary schools due to open in 2017 and 2018; if his attention has been drawn to the urgency with...
- Schools Refurbishment
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, further to written representations made to his Department on a number of occasions in relation to the urgent need to approve grant aid in...
- School Accommodation Provision
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when permanent medium-term and long-term accommodation will be provided to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Teachers' Remuneration
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of the significant reduction in posts of responsibility at primary school level since 2009, the steps he will take to address the...
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Nitrates Action Programme Implementation
126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will extend the slurry deadline (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28916/16]
- Emergency Accommodation Data
127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will include in his quarterly homeless progress report data on the average length of time families in...
- Emergency Accommodation Provision
128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the practice of requiring families at risk of homelessness to self-accommodate through sourcing...
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications
129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have been approved, sanctioned and completed for the mortgage to rent schemes; and his...
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons outside the payroll shared service centre, in increments of €5,000, in receipt of lump...
- Private Residential Tenancies Board Data
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide data held by the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, in regard to persons registered with it as...
- Housing Assistance Payments Data
132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of former rental accommodation scheme and rent supplement persons who have transferred across to the...
- Water Charges
133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated cost to the Exchequer of the suspension of water charges from 1 January 2017 to 31 March 2017. [28808/16]
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will amend the tenant purchase scheme guidelines to allow long-time tenants of county councils to purchase...
- Housing for People with Disabilities Provision
137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to ensure capital funding for social housing to provide 10% of housing units that are accessible for persons with...
- Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the operation of the housing assistance payment scheme, HAP, in the Dublin City Council area; the...
- Local Authority Housing
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the impact of the decision in April 2016 not to renew the direction to local authorities to allocate...
- House Purchase Schemes
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider examining the rentplus scheme in the UK which helps people to buy affordable homes, with a view...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of houses which have been selected for hard core testing, had a second test done and been refused entry...
- Land Availability
142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which adequate land, zoned or zoneable, is available to local authorities to facilitate a housing...
- Housing Data
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government whether the full extent of the housing requirement has been identified in the greater Dublin area by reference to...
- Land Availability
147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which there is an adequate amount of zoned land to meet the housing needs, both public and private, of...
- House Prices
148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline his plans to ensure that house prices are not inflated as a result of any measures to stimulate the...
- Mortgage Lending
149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if discussions have taken place with lenders with a view to enabling those in rented accommodation to have their...
- Homelessness Strategy
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline the reason the budget allocation for homelessness in the midland regions is still comprising a...
- Department of Social Protection
- Disability Allowance
153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review the disability payment scheme and establish a cost of disability payment to alleviate the financial burden placed on a disabled person's...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the position of an application for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 27 September 2016 if he will extend the eligibility criteria for fuel allowance to include disablement...
- Rent Supplement Scheme
156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the existing and planned rent relief supports available for working families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28849/16]
- Social Welfare Benefits
157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring the Christmas bonus to all eligible social welfare recipients in December 2016; the number of persons who will qualify; and if...
- Rural Social Scheme Eligibility
158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to increase the number of participants and positions available on the rural social scheme from the present number of 2,600; and if he will...
- Disability Allowance Payments
159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28922/16]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
161. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons outside the payroll shared service centre, in increments of €5,000, in receipt of lump sums on retirement from...
- Human Rights
162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to publish the national action plan on business and human rights. [28806/16]
- Immigration Policy
163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise concerns regarding the dismantling of the refugee camp in Calais with his French counterpart and at an EU level; if he will...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Protected Disclosures
164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on reports showing that Irish employees of American multinationals based here can receive a monetary reward for reporting...
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons outside the payroll shared service centre, in increments of €5,000, in receipt of lump sums on retirement...
- Pensions Data
166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the average lump sum of a retiring civil servant on full pension earned in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28883/16]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
167. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons outside the payroll shared service centre, in increments of €5,000, in receipt of lump sums on...
- Department of Health
- Health Services Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the serious delay in children being provided with necessary services such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and...
- Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff allocated to drugs task forces per county and per service division nationally in each of the years 2012 to date; and if he will make a...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
170. To ask the Minister for Health if arrangements will be made to have a person’s (details supplied) wheelchair repaired as a matter of urgency. [28759/16]
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
171. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons outside the payroll shared service centre, in increments of €5,000, in receipt of lump sums on retirement from the public service;...
- Hospital Appointments Status
172. 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. [28801/16]
- Hospital Services
173. To ask the Minister for Health about the establishment of the proposed dialysis unit in County Wexford. [28804/16]
- Health Services Expenditure
175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide on a hospital-by-hospital basis the cost to the Health Service Executive, HSE, in 2015 or in the most recent available year of taxi and...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
176. To ask the Minister for Health if autoimmune hepatitis will be added to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28817/16]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
177. To ask the Minister for Health if CellCept is currently being considered as an acceptable drug in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, MS; if so, when will there be a decision, alternatively...
- Hospital Equipment
178. To ask the Minister for Health if hydro-pool facilities have been interrupted due to equipment failure at a hospital (details supplied); when this equipment failure first occurred; the...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
179. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding is provided by the HSE for the provision of a home hoist for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
180. To ask the Minister for Health to fund an additional 500,000 hours for personal assistant services in the upcoming three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28829/16]
- Medical Card Eligibility
181. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the implementation of a system that issues medical cards based on a person's medical need rather than his or her income; and if he will...
- Maternity Services
182. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of his comments at the Joint Committee on Health on 29 September 2016, the reason there are no national guidelines for dealing with maternal death;...
- HSE Reports
183. To ask the Minister for Health when the report on changes in Sligo University Hospital (details supplied) will be issued. [28841/16]
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
184. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available to help working families (details supplied) fund speech therapy for children with speech and language impairments. [28847/16]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
185. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are significant delays in the filling of vacancies in the HSE public health nurse panel and his plans to fill these vacancies. [28848/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
186. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have their cataract operation carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28874/16]
- Hospital Services
188. To ask the Minister for Health if he had read the Higgins report in conjunction with the Herity report prior to making his decision not to approve the much needed second catheterisation...
- First-Aid Training
189. To ask the Minister for Health his position in relation to first responders and the potential for a significant drop in national numbers if the issue of the loading on insurance for the...
- Home Help Service Provision
190. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 453 of 5 July 2016 and a subsequent reply received from his Department, the actions he will take to ensure access in...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
191. To ask the Minister for Health the status of medical equipment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28900/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [28925/16]
- Health Services
193. To ask the Minister for Health when a new health centre will be built on Inisbofin, the reason for the delay with the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28929/16]
- Services for People with Disabilities
194. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have a scheme funded under the dormant accounts fund to co-fund capital projects for voluntary bodies dealing with disabilities, similar to the...
- Mental Health Services Data
195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents waiting for an appointment for the child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the...
- Home Help Service Data
196. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Cavan currently listed as waiting for home help hours; the number of hours included in the...
- Home Help Service Provision
197. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for additional home help hours for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Card Applications
199. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application for a person (details supplied). [28947/16]
- Medical Card Eligibility
200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the reinstatement of a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28948/16]
- Medicinal Products Availability
201. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on recent shortages with the supply of gabapentin; the reason this occurred; and the steps he will take to prevent a recurrence. [28950/16]
- Hospitals Building Programme
203. To ask the Minister for Health the capital allocation that is provided for structural improvements at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar; the timescale envisaged for major structural...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons outside the payroll shared service centre, in increments of €5,000, in receipt of lump sums on...
- Forestry Grants
205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the review of the case of a person (details supplied) has been carried out; the outcome; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Dairy Sector
206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide funding to match the allocation provided to Ireland under the €350 million EU aid package in July in...
- Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme. [28868/16]
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to withdraw from a AEOS scheme on force...
- Greyhound Industry
210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to reports of the cruel mistreatment in China of greyhounds that have been sent from Ireland,...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28919/16]
- Public Trusts
213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding remedial works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28921/16]
- Agriculture Scheme Penalties
214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a penalty (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28927/16]
- Young Farmers Scheme
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person. [28928/16]
- Special Areas of Conservation
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the full environmental impact assessment will be carried out on Ballyness Bay in Donegal; the reason a person (details supplied)...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons outside the payroll shared service centre in increments of €5,000 in receipt of lump sums on...
- Electricity Transmission Network
218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review the revamping of lines by the ESB currently under way throughout County Tipperary (details supplied)....
- Electric Vehicle Grants
219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider the environmental impact in reducing emissions through the extension of incentives for hybrid...
- Broadband Service Provision
220. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding broadband in an area (details supplied). [28884/16]
- Renewable Energy Incentives
222. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the renewable heat incentive will be introduced with effect from early 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons outside the payroll shared service centre, in increments of €5,000, in receipt of lump sums on retirement...
- Public Transport Provision
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide disabled persons with a more accessible public transportation system through the allocation of funds to establish a nationwide...
- Road Projects Status
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a link road junction (details supplied) in County Limerick. [28839/16]
- Dublin Bus
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Dublin Bus hedges its fuel purchases; the amount it spends on fuel to operate the entire fleet per annum; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Travel
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full cost, duration, purpose and outcome of his trip to Brazil in August 2016; the number of officials that accompanied the Minister...
- Rail Services Provision
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view on the fact that Irish Rail's busiest train journey in 2015 was the Greystones to Malahide 8 a.m. service (details supplied), his...
- Stadium Projects
229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his position on the commencement of phase two of the national indoor arena in view of the fact that no money was allocated in the 2016...
- National Vehicle and Driver File
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce a system regarding vehicular safety which will require written-off vehicles to be accounted for and recorded on the...
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to establish the position of a request (details supplied) to Transport Infrastructure Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Road Traffic Accidents Data
232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the high level of road traffic accidents and incidents on the M8 motorway between Cashel and...
- Road Safety
233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a report into a fatal collision (details supplied) is not acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28915/16]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Tax Code
234. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her proposal to introduce a 30% flat rate tax to attract skilled workers earning over €75,000 in gross income per year to...
- Programme for Government Implementation
235. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the menu of policy options she is considering to attain the programme for Government target of at least 70,000 emigrants returning...
- Regional Development Initiatives
241. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding job decentralisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28953/16]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
242. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons outside the payroll shared service centre, in increments of €5,000, in receipt of lump sums on retirement from...
- Youth Services Data
243. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of youth workers allocated per county and per service provision nationally in each of the years 2012 to date; and if she will...
- Department of Defence
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
245. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons outside the payroll shared service centre, in increments of €5,000, in receipt of lump sums on retirement from the...
- Defence Forces Personnel
246. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he has taken to respond to the issues raised by a person (details supplied). [28810/16]
