Written answers
Thursday, 6 October 2016
- Department of Social Protection
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
5. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the inequality in the provision of social protection to those under 25 years of age as opposed to those over that age; and if he...
- Back to Education Allowance Payments
15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reverse the decision to means test persons receiving the back to education allowance, BTEA, which was implemented in April 2016 with no...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
16. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the increase in the rent allowance limit recently announced for County Kerry; the revised limit set for Kerry (details supplied);...
- State Pension (Contributory)
17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his proposals to amend the legislation and regulations pertaining to eligibility for the State contributory pension in relation to the calculation of...
- Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the lengthy waiting times for carer's allowance applications; the current waiting time on a standard application;...
- One-Parent Family Payment Payments
21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to change the legislation in relation to liable relatives who have moved from the one parent family payment to jobseeker's transition; and...
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on reviewing the rules regarding the back to education allowance to allow persons to pursue courses that represent a development in their...
- Departmental Agencies
23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the work of an agency (details supplied) on behalf of his Department; if he has studied the equivalent role this agency plays in the...
- Rural Social Scheme Eligibility
24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he intends to increase participation in the rural social scheme, RSS, to 4,000 participants given that when the rural social scheme was set up in...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason means testing by his Department is done on gross pay and not take home net pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28756/16]
- Departmental Websites
27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that jobseekers and local development groups find the Jobs Ireland website cumbersome and difficult to...
- Family Income Supplement Payments
28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the 52-week basis of family income supplement allocation as it does not take into account changes in a person's working...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when his Department will publish the Millar report on the situation of lone parents; his views on reported leaks of the report which indicate that...
- Pension Provisions
30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the national pensions framework, which commits to sustain the value of the State pension at 35% of average weekly earnings to prevent...
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provisions in place to ensure that persons living in this State and in receipt of a British social security payment are compensated when the...
- One-Parent Family Payment Payments
32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, further to the finding of the Millar report, he will reverse lone parent allowance cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28755/16]
- One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the conditionalities introduced regarding working lone parents that have resulted in an up to 18% cut in their weekly income....
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which evaluation has been done as to the number of women in both the public and private sectors who for family or other reasons retired...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which exceptional needs payment applications are being assessed to take account of the actual family circumstances, with a view to...
- Community Services Programme
37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to his recent meeting with Moate Action Group if he will approve its application for a community worker. [28795/16]
- National Internship Scheme Review (1 comment)
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection regarding the evaluation of JobBridge, promised in September 2016, his plans for replacing JobBridge with more targeted schemes aimed at specific...
- Pensions Legislation
39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether it is appropriate that corporate trustees and trustees can withhold additional benefits to members of occupational pension...
- Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider reversing the changes made to farm assist with respect to income disregards, in view of the fact it has had a serious negative...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the rule whereby jobseekers need to have been signing on for three years to qualify for more than 12 months on a community...
- State Pensions
42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the establishment of a universal single-tier State pension rather than the existing two-tier structure, which gives a lower rate for...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the processing times and criteria for persons availing of community employment schemes and Tús as a matter of urgency. [28796/16]
- Child Benefit Payments
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the impact on the income of families of the policy of stopping child benefit payments for schoolgoing children aged between 16 to 18...
- Social Welfare Rates
47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the discriminatory cuts to social protection payments to young adults under 25 years of age; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the initiatives being taken by the Government to protect unaccompanied minors in Calais following the announcement that the camp is to be...
- Disability Act Employment Targets
50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the activity levels on the employers’ helpline supporting the comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities; the number of...
- Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding that has been applied for and utilised under the European Social Fund and skills agenda to facilitate offenders in on-site training...
- Residency Permits
52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for residency by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29000/16]
- Garda Investigations
53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been any progress in the investigation by An Garda Síochána into the bombing in Belturbet, County Cavan, on 28 December...
- Residency Permits
54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of eligibility for stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Staff Data
55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff by grade in her Department allocated to process applications for residence cards under the European Communities (Free Movement...
- Spent Convictions Legislation
57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timescale for retention of spent conviction records (details supplied). [29042/16]
- Naturalisation Applications
58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) may expect to have an application for naturalisation processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Courts Staff Recruitment
59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a county registrar will be appointed in County Westmeath, considering the huge delays and backlog associated with the vacant position; and if...
- Irish Prison Service
60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 110 to 112, inclusive, of 27 September 2016, if a circular or guidance document exists regarding the way in...
- Garda Equipment
61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current age of the boats available to the Garda water unit; and when she expects the boats to be replaced. [29102/16]
- Garda Transport Data
62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda traffic motorbikes that came into the fleet in the years 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; and the number of motorbikes that...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will revoke a deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29105/16]
- Naturalisation Eligibility
64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in respect of the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Naturalisation Applications
65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the most appropriate procedure to be followed to regularise a naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Residency Permits
68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the ongoing position in regard to a residency leave to remain stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); further to Parliamentary...
- Deportation Orders
74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in respect of residency and leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Legal Services Regulation
75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the correspondence or details of the interaction her Department has had with the Law Society of Ireland in relation to the...
- Departmental Funding
77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a use it or lose it by year end rule is or has been in operation within her Department when devolving funding to agencies under her remit on an...
- Department of Finance
- Capital Expenditure Programme
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the representations he has made at EU level with regard to increasing scope for member states to increase capital expenditure following the European Commission...
- Pension Provisions
79. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the consequences of the amendment made to the AMRF where persons are only entitled to 4% per annum with the remainder held...
- Property Tax Data
80. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 27 September 2016, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of multiple property owners in ranges (details...
- Tax Code
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the potential loss of jobs and the industries which would be affected if Ireland was to introduce a 0.1% financial transaction tax on the trading of bonds and...
- IBRC Loans
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the sale of the IBRC loans associated with the Whitfield Clinic in Waterford; the originating financial institutions associated with the...
- Tax Code
86. To ask the Minister for Finance if receipt by a beneficiary of €3,000 annually by way of a gift (in line with the annual exemption) from a donor, has any impact on the amount that...
- Banking Sector Regulation
87. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to equity release loans on a person's home; if they are permitted by the Central Bank; if so, if he will provide a list of regulated...
- VAT Rate Application
89. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of applying a 9% special rate of VAT on the purchase of all new residential properties for use as a primary dwelling only; and the cost for applying a...
- Departmental Funding
90. To ask the Minister for Finance if a use it-or lose it by year end rule is or has been in operation within his Department when devolving funding to agencies under his remit on an annual...
- Housing Provision
91. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether a reduction in the rate of capital gains tax applying to gains on the disposal of residential lands may free up sites for development and...
- Tax Yield
92. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of capital gains tax, CGT, collected in the year following the reduction in the CGT rate to 20%; and if this represented an overall increase in CGT...
- Tax Code
93. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 80% windfall tax relating to gains arising from the disposal of residential lands continues to apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education and Training Boards Funding
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason funding has not been provided to make necessary works on a new building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad é an plean atá ag a Roinn le dul i ngleic leis an ollfhadhb atá ann faoi láthair maidir le múinteoirí a...
- Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad é an plean atá aige le tacaíocht a thabhairt do mhúinteoirí atá ag obair i scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta...
- Cáilíochtaí Aistriúcháin
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth a síleann sé gur leor bunchéim sa Ghaeilge chun obair aistriúcháin a dhéanamh ar son an...
- Straitéisí Ranna
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach bhfuil aon tagairt déanta don Ghaeloideachas ná don chóras tumoideachais i Ráiteas Straitéise na...
- Technological Universities
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Technological Universities Bill 2015; when it will return to Dáil Éireann; the amendments he proposes to make to the...
- State Examinations
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the reported failure rate at leaving certificate maths; the measures his Department proposes to remedy this; and if he will make a...
- Institutes of Technology
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the dropout rate in third level institute of technology courses; the measures his Department propose to remedy the situation; and if...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will acknowledge the lack of apprenticeships suitable for a number of employment vacancies such as chefs and in the hospitality sector...
- Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools classified as DEIS band 1 (primary), DEIS band 2 (primary), DEIS rural (primary) and DEIS (post-primary) in each of the...
- School Staff
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29037/16]
- School Transport Eligibility
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29043/16]
- Third Level Facilities
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns related to building regulations and safety in a library (details supplied) in view of the...
- Third Level Institutions
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views with regard to a course in an institute of technology (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29047/16]
- Departmental Funding
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that funding that has been promised by his Department for the past 16 years (details supplied) is made available to an...
- Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the decision not to grant home tuition to children with ASD between the age of two and a half and three years old unless it is...
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Provision
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will re-establish CERT under SOLAS to ensure that the shortages in trained chefs and other personnel in the hospitality sector are met; and...
- School Accommodation Provision
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department has repeatedly failed to provide adequate accommodation for the children attending a school (details supplied) in view...
- Public Sector Staff
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will issue a final reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29097/16]
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views relating to difficulties in the State agency Caranua; the actions being taken to address such; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Transport Administration
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will continue to provide school transport for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29112/16]
- School Transport
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if pupils attending schools in Kilkenny city from Inistioge, County Kilkenny, can avail of the Bus Éireann school bus which services...
- School Placement
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the fact that a school (details supplied) is presently closed, the parents want to know, his plans for the national school going...
- Third Level Facilities
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider providing the capital funding necessary to aid the development of a library at a college (details supplied) in order to...
- Schools Building Projects Status
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to the provision of a secondary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Transport
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will take steps to ensure that two people (details supplied) are immediately provided with school bus tickets and are allowed to take a...
- Departmental Funding
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a use it or lose it by year end rule is or has been in operation within his Department when devolving funding to agencies under his remit on...
- School Transport
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will devise a new school transport scheme that treats all children equally; if he will put the school bus routes out to tender, either...
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Motor Tax Rates
132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide estimates for the cost of the budget 2016 decision to reduce commercial motor tax. [29159/16]
- Housing Policy
133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to roll out the repair and lease scheme pilot projects to County Wexford; the timeframe for this; and if...
- Homeless Persons Data
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the figures for homeless persons nationally and in the Dublin region; and the number of these persons who have been...
- Social and Affordable Housing
135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 29 September 2016, if he will provide the data on which the claim on...
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme
136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the guidelines in the mortgage-to-rent scheme published in August 2015 are still being applied; if there are...
- An Bord Pleanála
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, when an inspector from An Bord Pleanála visits a site and makes a recommendation to grant an application,...
- Ministerial Staff
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set out the responsibilities and rates of pay for each of his ministerial advisers; if any of these are in...
- Library Services
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set out in tabular form the amount spent by each individual local authority on library services; the number of...
- Traveller Accommodation
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline his plans regarding a matter (details supplied). [29174/16]
- Departmental Funding
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government whether a use it or lose it by year-end rule is or has been in operation within his Department when devolving...
- Department of Social Protection
- Invalidity Pension Applications
145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review an application from a person (details supplied) for an invalidity pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29036/16]
- Adoption Registration
146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider changing the layout of adoption certificates in order that they are more similar to birth certificates; and if he will make a...
- Living Alone Allowance
147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider increasing the living alone allowance in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29160/16]
- State Pension (Non-Contributory)
148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will increase the income threshold for the non-contributory State pension, which has not been increased in a number of years as the cut off...
- Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities
149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to tackle unemployment among persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22543/16]
- Central Statistics Office Reports
150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the quality of life issues facing young persons that have come to light from the Central Statistics Office data 2013. [22495/16]
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 27 September 2016, if he will consider extending the eligibility criteria for fuel allowance to include...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to parliamentary question Numbers 407 and 414 of 27 September 2016, if he will provide the number of landlords providing between four and...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his Department's plans to meet the needs of the surviving members of the Carrickmines fire disaster; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will have a decision on an application for domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application for carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied) in respect of their mother...
- Social Welfare Appeals
159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is not in receipt of an appropriate social protection payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Allowance Applications
160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29140/16]
- Child Support Payments
162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will address the various support payments for children with special needs in the forthcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pension Provisions
163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will improve the widow's-widower's pension payment in the course of the forthcoming budget as widows and widowers may find themselves...
- Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reduce the waiting time for the processing of social protection payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29179/16]
- Public Sector Staff Data
165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of women who ceased employment to raise their families; the number who ceased employment due to the marriage ban in the public sector;...
- Unemployment Benefits Data
166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the fluctuation in the number of persons in receipt of long-term unemployment benefit and jobseeker's allowance in each of the past eight years; and...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of cases that are pending a decision in respect of an application for domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Respite Care Grant
168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will improve the respite care grant in the course of the forthcoming Budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29183/16]
- Carer's Allowance Delays
169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reduce the waiting time for determination of applications for carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29184/16]
- Social Welfare Appeals Delays
170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average length of time for determination of appeals in respect of social protection payments; if his Department will reduce such waiting times;...
- Unemployment Levels
171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on youth unemployment and long-term unemployment; if his Department will continue to address this; and if he will make a statement on the...
- One-Parent Family Payment
173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the replacement of one-parent family allowance has adequately addressed the issues arising with particular reference to the need to maintain an...
- Departmental Funding
174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a use it or lose it by year end rule is or has been in operation within his Department when devolving funding to agencies under his remit on an...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
175. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of any discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State and the British Foreign Secretary, in relation to the...
- Human Rights Cases
176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts made by the Irish Government to secure the release of a person (details supplied) in view of the deferral of their court case;...
- Centenarian Bounty Scheme
177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons outside of the State who were awarded the centenarian's bounty over the past five years; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a use it or lose it by year end rule is or has been in operation within his Department when devolving funding to agencies under his remit...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Garda Station Refurbishment
181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of plans for the refurbishment of a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29041/16]
- Public Sector Pensions Levy
182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the public sector pension levy provided for in the FEMPI legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29092/16]
- Flood Relief Schemes Applications
183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in relation to an application made by Mayo County Council under the minor flood relief scheme for funding assistance for a...
- Departmental Funding
184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a use it or lose it by year end rule is or has been in operation within his Department when devolving funding to agencies under his...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Postal Services
185. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps taken under the programme for Government commitment to act swiftly on the recommendations of the Post Office Network...
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
187. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí sásta nach bhfuil aon tagairt déanta don Ghaeloideachas ná don chóras tumoideachais i...
- Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge
188. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cá mhéad airgead breise a lorg sí d’Fhoras na Gaeilge agus d’Údarás na Gaeltachta ó...
- Departmental Staff Recruitment
190. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address an issue with regard to Muckross House and Killarney House (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Funding
191. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a use it or lose it by year end rule is or has been in operation within her Department when devolving funding to agencies under...
- Department of Health
- National Dementia Strategy
192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase investment in community and home based care to support and enable people with dementia to remain living at home for as long as possible, in...
- Medical Card Applications Data
193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applications received per county in each of the calendar years 2012 to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Support Services Funding
196. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for disability services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29004/16]
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
197. To ask the Minister for Health an bhfuil iniúchadh déanta ar líon na seirbhísí atá ar fáil trí mheán na Gaeilge laistigh agus lasmuigh den...
- Hospital Appointments Status
198. 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. [29048/16]
- Crime Data
199. To ask the Minister for Health if he will undertake a study of cases of murder-suicide here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29049/16]
- Hospital Services
200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of waiting times for the 20-week anomaly scan for expectant mothers in all hospitals that provide this scan, in tabular form; and if...
- Hospital Appointments Status
201. 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. [29054/16]
- Hospital Beds Data
202. To ask the Minister for Health if five additional beds allocated to Monaghan hospital in 2013 have been opened; if not, the reason for this; if there are plans for additional allocation of...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
203. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has contracts with external public relations firms and consultants; and if he will identify the firms and consultants and their role and the cost...
- Health Services
204. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the allegations of institutional abuse and neglect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Legislative Measures
205. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 27 September 2016, notwithstanding the genuine reasons for the necessity for a lead in period for Parts 2 and 3 of...
- Hospital Services
206. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the provision of full-time rheumatology services in Mayo University Hospital; when this issue will be resolved; and if he will make...
- Hospital Appointments Status
207. 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. [29075/16]
- Prescriptions Charges
208. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the prescription charges for cancer patients and the inpatient charge of €75 should be abolished (details supplied). [29077/16]
- Nursing Staff Data
209. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of all non-management nursing positions in each hospital here over the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
211. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the call for immediate action to direct a comprehensive revision of the proposed plan for neuro-rehabilitation services by...
- Health Services Staff Data
212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions filled by participants on community employment schemes, Gateway schemes and Tús schemes within his Department by county, in...
- Medical Card Applications
213. 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. [29091/16]
- Voluntary Sector Funding
214. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for an organisation (details supplied). [29098/16]
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
215. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint two additional full time consultant neurologists with a special interest in migraine at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9. [29101/16]
- Medical Card Reviews
216. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of a review requested following refusal of a medical card review in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Hospital Staff
217. To ask the Minister for Health if he will maintain the position of consultant at Kilcreene fracture clinic, Kilkenny rather than appointing a locum; if he will outline the long term plans...
- Services for People with Disabilities
218. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to cuts in funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29116/16]
- Medicinal Products
219. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the making available of Orkambi free to cystic fibrosis sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29118/16]
- Health Services Expenditure
220. To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry out an investigation as to the way in which the €900,000 is being spent as outlined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Home Help Service Provision
221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home help hours or a home care package in south Tipperary and north Tipperary; if extra funding will be allocated to County...
- Hospital Services
222. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide sufficient funding to provide an additional chaplaincy support to South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
223. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to have a person (details supplied) admitted immediately for a surgical procedure at Cappagh Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
224. To ask the Minister for Health when special footwear and a wheelchair will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29141/16]
- Medical Card Applications
225. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for medical cards in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29151/16]
- Disability Services Provision
226. To ask the Minister for Health if further investigation might be undertaken to obtain residential care in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
227. To ask the Minister for Health if, with reference to the Health Services (Amendment) Regulations 1971, which prescribe diseases and conditions for the purposes of section 59(3) of the Health...
- Disability Services Provision
228. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a proposal to establish a pilot programme to provide day care and therapeutic supports to people with acquired brain injuries (details supplied)...
- Mental Health Services Data
229. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children referred to CAHMS for assessment in each of the calendar years from 2010 to date in 2016; the number of cases awaiting assessment; the...
- Departmental Funding
230. To ask the Minister for Health if a use it or lose it by year end rule is or has been in operation within his Department when devolving funding to agencies under his remit on an annual...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Farm Inspections
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position with regard to a farm inspection (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29011/16]
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 812 of 27 September 2016, if any indication can be given as to the timeframe the examination...
- Agriculture Scheme Penalties
233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a 2015 area aid payment for a person (details supplied). [29059/16]
- Forestry Grants
234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the qualifying criteria for forestry schemes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29060/16]
- TAMS Eligibility
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant schemes available for farmers to build milking parlours and so on when transferring to dairy farming; and if he will make a...
- TAMS Applications
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a targeted agricultural modernisation scheme application by a person (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a use it or lose it by year end rule is or has been in operation within his Department when devolving funding to agencies under...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Cóid Phoist
239. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government an síleann sé gur chóir go mbeadh gach rud a bhaineann le seirbhísí cumarsáide, fuinnimh...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if all premises covered by the national broadband plan will be connected by the end of 2022; and if he will make a...
- National Mitigation Plan
241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the importance of the issue of climate change and in view of the commitment in the programme for Government to...
- Renewable Energy Generation
243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 855 of 27 September 2016 (details supplied), if he will introduce legislation to...
- National Broadband Plan Administration
244. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when his Department first announced plans to introduce the awaited national broadband plan; the dates on which various...
- Departmental Funding
245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a use it or lose it by year end rule is or has been in operation within his Department when devolving funding to...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Planning Issues
246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review an unfair rule (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29162/16]
- An Teanga Gaeilge
247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport an aontaíonn sé gur chóir go mbeadh an Ghaeilge agus an Béarla ar chomharthaíocht bóithre ar comhchéim...
- Departmental Funding
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a use it or lose it by year end rule is or has been in operation within his Department when devolving funding to agencies under his...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Labour Market
249. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff by grade in her Department allocated to process applications for employment permits for those on the critical...
- Departmental Funding
250. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a use it or lose it by year end rule is or has been in operation within her Department when devolving funding to agencies under her...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Departmental Staff Data
251. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of positions filled by participants on community employment schemes, Gateway schemes and Tús schemes within her Department...
- Child and Family Agency
252. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 963 of 27 September 2016, if any person from Tusla has engaged in discussions with a company (details...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
253. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will arrange for the application of a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) for the second ECCE preschool...
- Departmental Funding
255. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a use it or lose it by year end rule is or has been in operation within her Department when devolving funding to agencies under her...
