Written answers
Thursday, 20 October 2016
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Hare Coursing Regulation
12. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hare coursing meetings that have been monitored by the National Parks and Wildlife Service since the beginning of the...
- Departmental Budgets
13. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the underspend in her Department's Vote in 2016 to date; the steps taken to reduce this underspend; if she is hopeful...
- Arts Funding
14. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the arts budget was cut by 16% amounting to €30 million in budget 2017 taking into account the huge benefits the...
- Heritage Sites
15. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the protection of the Georgian graving docks in the Grand Canal Basin; and if she will make a commitment to safeguard...
- Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge
16. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí ag diúltú maoiniú a dhéanamh ar an bplean infheistíochta, a comhaontaíodh idir 80...
- Maoiniú Údarás na Gaeltachta
17. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéid airgid a chuir an Rialtas ar fáil d'Údarás na Gaeltachta sna blianta 2015 agus 2016 agus i...
- Irish Music Industry Promotion
18. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to promote the Irish music industry; the other Departments she liaises with to advance this agenda; and if she will make a...
- Rural Development Programme Projects
19. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the town and village renewal scheme; when she expects to announce successful applicants; her plans for the scheme in...
- Post Office Network
21. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied) with regard to saving the post office network which is under threat at present (details...
- Scéimeanna Teanga
22. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad scéim teanga atá séanta aici. [31133/16]
- Post Office Network
23. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific measures she is taking to maintain the post office network; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21625/16]
- Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge
24. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an féidir léi soiléiriú agus míniú a thabhairt maidir leis an laghdú 9% ó thaobh na teanga,...
- Arts in Education Charter
25. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the arts in education initiative; the funding that has been provided by her Department for it each year since it was...
- Post Office Network
26. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role she envisages for post offices in rural Ireland in the future. [31134/16]
- Rural Development Programme Data
27. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the town and village renewal scheme; the number of applications received in respect of towns and villages in counties...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
29. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware that the two former executives of Údarás na Gaeltachta who handled the sale of Arramara Teoranta to a...
- Departmental Budgets
30. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will explain the 9 per cent reduction of funding in the 2017 Estimates for Irish Language, Gaeltacht and Islands programme from...
- Rural Economic Development Zones
31. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the REDZ scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31162/16]
- Scéimeanna Teanga
32. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil a Roinn ag athnuachan seanscéimeanna trí na gnéithe is dúshlánaí a bhaint agus, mar sin, an...
- Arts Funding
33. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the post-commemorations relative decrease in funding to the arts, in particular the impact this could have on regional...
- Scéimeanna Teanga
34. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ós rud é go ndúirt an Rialtas in 2007 go raibh siad ag glacadh le moltaí an SCT, Staidéar Cuimsitheach...
- Departmental Functions
36. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will be seeking the transfer of further responsibilities for rural development to her Department such as for rural transport,...
- Arts Funding
37. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding the commitment to funding of €5 million for implementation of Culture 2025 and the Ireland 2016 legacy programme, if...
- Rural Recreation Policy
38. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider the introduction of a dedicated funding stream for the purpose of constructing walking and cycling trails in...
- Artists' Remuneration
41. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 17 May 2016, if she has had any discussions with the Minister for Social Protection as...
- Arts Plan
42. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to improve the working environment for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31158/16]
- Rural Broadband Scheme
43. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which it is anticipated progress can be made towards providing and extending modern technology, such as broadband,...
- Clár Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh
44. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad airgid atá á chaitheamh ag an Rialtas ar sheirbhísí tacaíochta le haghaidh teaghlaigh...
- Maoiniú d’Fhoras na Gaeilge
45. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí sásta go mbeidh a thuilleadh ciorruithe ar scéimeanna Fhoras na Gaeilge in 2017 ós rud é nach...
- Departmental Budgets
47. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a €6 million cut was carried out in budget 2017 to islands and Gaeltacht communities, taking into account the threat...
- Hare Coursing Regulation
48. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied that vulnerable injured hares were released without veterinary attention, placing them at greater risk of predator...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Direct Provision System
49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time she expects a centre (details supplied) to be used to provide accommodation under the direct provision scheme; and if she will...
- Boundary Disputes
50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 15 of 16 September 2016, if she has knowledge of an expert report on land surveying (details supplied); if...
- Ministerial Correspondence
51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has been copied on correspondence to the Garda Commissioner from a person (details supplied); and if action is being taken on the issues...
- Direct Provision System
52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on implementing the recommendations of the group set up to examine changes needed in the direct provision system for asylum...
- Residency Permits
53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if transfer of status from stamp 2 to stamp 4 can be effected in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Family Reunification Applications
56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when family reunification will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Residency Permits
57. 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. [31385/16]
- Citizenship Applications
61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the examination and determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Residency Permits
62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the expected position in regard to determination of eligibility to remain in the case of persons (details supplied); if the relevant...
- Naturalisation Applications
65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); if an eligibility for naturalisation exists in respect of the...
- Naturalisation Eligibility
66. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status and eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Residency Permits
67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status and eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Naturalisation Eligibility
68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will use her absolute discretion to review the order to deport on humanitarian grounds in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Garda Deployment
70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will indicate the availability of extra gardaí and resources throughout north Kildare with particular reference to those locations...
- Leave to Remain
71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants who were awarded with the status of permission to remain in each of the years 2012 to date in 2016; the number whose...
- Prisoner Releases
72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners awarded early release in the past six months, with particular reference to those with a history of recidivism; if they...
- Garda Equipment
73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of the roll-out of body cameras for all gardaí; if she has received such a request from the Garda Commissioner; and if she...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has applied for permission to engage outside public relations companies for the purposes of disseminating Government policy; the...
- Department of Finance
- Budget 2017
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will account for the extra fiscal space that was allocated for budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31331/16]
- Fiscal Compact Treaty
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has sought any flexibility from the European Commission in terms of the application of the fiscal rules to capital expenditure; and if he...
- Tax Code
77. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31227/16]
- Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
78. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to recommend that the strategic investment fund divests itself of fossil fuel investment as part of the autumn review of its strategy; and if he will...
- Living City Initiative
79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider his decision not to include Dundalk in the city living initiative in budget 2017, in view of Brexit and that the Border areas, including...
- Tax Reliefs Eligibility
80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing capital or other allowances for single farm payment entitlements with a base cost to allow the cost, now regarded as a loss...
- Fiscal Policy
81. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's estimates of Irish GDP, GNP and GNI for 2017 and 2018, assuming average euro-sterling exchange rates (details supplied). [31254/16]
- Excise Duties Yield
82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an analysis of the expected yield of excise duty for 2017 by sub-group, that is, VRT, tobacco, alcohol and so on; the percentage increase...
- Excise Duties Collection
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the likely loss of excise duties and VAT in 2017 for scenarios (details supplied) arising from the current and ongoing weakness in sterling and the methods...
- Deposit Interest Rates
84. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the exit tax has not been reduced in line with the reduction of 2% on DIRT as announced in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the current threshold for a tax free award from an employer to an employee under the Revenue small benefits exemption scheme; his plans to change the...
- EU Directives
87. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with EU partners regarding the overly restrictive nature of the EU VAT directive, Council Directive 2006/112/EC and the inability of...
- VAT Registration
88. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 13 October 2016, the other measures that are in place to support businesses supplying services who experience a...
- Fiscal Data
89. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the estimated fiscal space of €1.2 billion for 2018 that has already now been accounted by the taxation and expenditure items announced in...
- Brexit Issues
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department and other State agencies are taking to ensure that Ireland is a beneficiary of Brexit in the area of financial services; the strategy...
- Tax Code
92. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons projected to benefit in 2016 and 2017 from the help to buy tax refund; the average benefit expected; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Collection Forecasts
94. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from non-indexation of the tax bands and credits in 2017; the number of taxpayers impacted by the decision not to change the bands and credits; and...
- Budget 2017
97. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year impact of the tax measures announced in budget 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31420/16]
- Tax Collection Forecasts
98. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected yield from the exit tax on life assurance polices in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31421/16]
- Tax Code
99. To ask the Minister for Finance if the proposed change to the rate of DIRT tax will also apply to the exit tax on life assurance policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31422/16]
- Fiscal Data
100. To ask the Minister for Finance the fiscal space available in 2018 if tax bands and credits are indexed and if they are not indexed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31424/16]
- Tax Code
101. To ask the Minister for Finance the date the changes in the threshold for capital acquisitions tax will increase from €280,000 to €310,000; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Agreements
105. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has received a reply to the formal request for the Brazilian listing of Ireland as a tax haven to be suspended from the Brazilian...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
106. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has applied for permission to engage external public relations companies for the purposes of disseminating information on Government policy;...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Arts in Education Charter
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure the better integration of the arts into education and a broadening of the focus on science, technology, engineering and...
- School Patronage
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new schools establishment group has made a decision in respect of the new Carpenterstown and Castleknock second level school in Dublin 15;...
- Minor Works Scheme
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the minor works grant will be paid to schools in 2016/2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31195/16]
- Schools Building Projects Status
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding has been allocated for the building of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31198/16]
- School Costs
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he will take to address the cost of sending children to school as outlined in a survey (details supplied) including books, class...
- Education Policy
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the responsibility on teachers to teach religion in primary schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31235/16]
- Cearta Painéal Mhúinteoirí Scoile
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil post buan ag múinteoir (sonraí tugtha); mura bhfuil, cén fáth ar chuir an Roinn in iúl dó i...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the apprenticeship targets as laid out in the national skills strategy 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31343/16]
- Schools Building Projects
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to advance the construction of a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a special educational needs organiser has not assessed a person (details supplied) at their school; if he will review this matter; and...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has applied for permission to engage outside public relations companies for the purposes of disseminating Government policy;...
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Wind Energy Guidelines
119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will publish wind energy guidelines; the aspects that those guidelines will address; the reason for the...
- Archival Material
120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the policy for the archiving of materials from the Mahon tribunal; and the locations they are stored currently and...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the cost per dwelling for the additional 400 dwellings that have been targeted for...
- Public Private Partnerships Cost
122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total cost of the Charlemont Street development where Dublin City Council is engaged in a major private public...
- Private Rented Accommodation Deposits
123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is proceeding with the plan to introduce a deposit protection scheme in the private rented sector; and if he...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the assessments that have taken place on the impact of remediation works on adjoining properties; if there has been...
- Vacant Sites Levy
125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will publish guidelines to planning authorities on the practical implementation of the vacant site levy; and...
- Nitrates Action Programme Implementation
127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the situation facing farmers who were unable to empty slurry tanks due to wet ground...
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of mortgage to rent transactions that have been fully completed at this stage; if he will provide a...
- Departmental Legal Cases
130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 12 October 2016, when the original legal advice was sought from the...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if pensioners with a social protection income of more than €22,000 per annum are eligible to purchase a house...
- Property Registration Authority
132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it is intended to publish the report received by him from the Property Registration Authority on the extent of...
- Private Rented Accommodation
133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the assessment his Department has carried out on the impact of Airbnb dwelling usage on the rental market; his plans...
- Departmental Reports
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to publish the report of the inquiry into certain planning matters in County Donegal; and if he will make...
- Water Charges Data
135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 231 of 14 June 2016 and 133 of 5 October 2016, when funding for Irish Water...
- Water Meters Expenditure
137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total underspend on phase 1 of the water metering programme to date; the estimated final underspend; if this...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has applied for permission to engage outside public relations companies for the purposes of...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Insurance Data
139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way under Vote 37, it is expected that social insurance contributions will increase by 8%, while the Minister for Finance expects aggregate...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) who was in receipt of carer's benefit;...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
141. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31233/16]
- Household Benefits Scheme
142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of supplementary welfare allowance applications received for each of the years 2012 to date in 2016 in tabular form; the number of...
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) cannot receive the fuel allowance; if he will grant the fuel allowance to the person based on the history;...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied). [31271/16]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be made. [31284/16]
- School Meals Programme
148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to an application for inclusion to the school meals programme should it be submitted by a school (details supplied)...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if payments from the UK, such as the UK equivalent to disability allowance, are assessed as means in the eligibility for rent allowance; if there...
- State Pension (Contributory)
150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review State pension contributory average number of contributions per year requirement in view of the difficulty it is posing for the...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he will take to expedite an application for carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); if a decision will be made...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cause for delay in payment of an entitlement in their own right in the case of a person (details supplied); if such policy is in accord with...
- Jobseeker's Allowance
153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlement to jobseeker's benefit or assistance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Allowance Applications
154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when carer's allowance will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31402/16]
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of long-term jobseeker's allowance broken down by social protection office (details supplied); the number of these...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has applied for permission to engage outside public relations companies for the purposes of disseminating Government policy; the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Appointments
157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific criteria such as relevant academic qualifications, election-related professional experience which his Department uses in the...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has applied for permission to engage outside public relations companies for the purposes of disseminating Government...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Community Employment Schemes Funding
159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made to date in addressing the long running issue of the provision of pensions for the community employment supervisors;...
- Public Sector Pay
160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the definition of overtime as per the Haddington Road agreement and Lansdowne Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Departments that have applied for permission to engage outside public relations companies for the purposes of...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the nominal amount of capital expenditure, the capital expenditure as a percentage of GDP for each year since 2000 to 2015 and to...
- Budget 2017
164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full year effect of the spending measures announced in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31423/16]
- Departmental Staff Grades
165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the application made by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to his Department in February 2016 seeking to...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Tionscadail Oidhreachta
166. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé de rún aici reachtaíocht níos déine a thabhairt isteach chun cosaint níos fearr a...
- CLÁR Programme
167. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of money allocated to the CLÁR scheme for 2016 and 2017; the measures it is proposed to roll out in 2016; and if she...
- Mountain Rescue Service
168. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it is intended to provide ongoing current and capital funding for mountain rescue services to the mountain rescue teams around the...
- Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
169. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cá mhéad airgead breise atá beartaithe a chur ar fáil le haghaidh fheidhmiú na straitéise 20 bliain don...
- Arts Funding
170. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has agreed to carry over funding for the 1916 commemoration to the general arts, culture and film programme for 2017; and if...
- Artists' Remuneration
174. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will liaise with the Minister for Social Protection to examine the supports for working artists under the social protection...
- World Heritage Sites
175. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline the Government's plan to pursue more applications for UNESCO world heritage status for Ireland's national...
- Irish Language
176. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way she will work with her colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, to ensure parents can access second level education...
- Gaeltacht Policy
177. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Government will provide extra funding to Irish-speaking Gaeltacht areas to encourage greater use of the language and better...
- Arts Promotion
178. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way the Government proposes to ensure arts funding is used to allow minority and new Irish voices to be heard as part of our...
- Cultural Policy
179. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support the development of the creative industries sector; if she has reviewed the report from the previous Oireachtas...
- Arts Promotion
181. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has liaised with the Minister for Education and Skills on the development of contemporary art education at primary and...
- Cultural Policy
182. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop a national cultural strategy up to 2025. [31298/16]
- Arts Promotion
183. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop musical education and make instruments available to young persons and the general population through...
- Arts Centres
184. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has examined any proposals to facilitate on a national basis the use of vacant retail premises by exhibiting artists, based on...
- Planning Issues
185. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will examine a nationwide plan for the development of village design statements that would ensure all future...
- Archive Services
186. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports in place for development and protection of county archive services to preserve local cultural patrimony. [31302/16]
- Arts Promotion
189. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will begin preparation of a global arts forum for Ireland, similar to the structure of the Global Irish Economic Forum, which...
- Soláthar Aersheirbhísí
190. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard iad na huastáillí a d’fhéadfaí a ghearradh faoin gconradh atá beartaithe le...
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
191. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé na céimeanna atá á nglacadh aici lena chinntiú go gcuirfidh comhlachtaí poiblí cinntí an...
- Waterways Issues
192. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the restoration of the Ulster Canal; the timeframe for the provision of a jetty by Waterways Ireland at Castle...
- Departmental Agencies Expenditure
194. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a breakdown between current and capital expenditure allocated for all State agencies and bodies under her aegis...
- Departmental Staff Data
195. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of additional staff to be taken on in her Department and in all individual State agencies and bodies under her aegis...
- Rural Development Programme Projects
196. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount of current and capital expenditure allocated to the town and village renewal scheme in 2015, 2016 and 2017, in...
- CEDRA Expenditure
197. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount of current and capital expenditure allocated to initiatives under the Commission for the Economic Development of...
- Job Creation
198. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress as provided under the programme for Government regarding an extra €300 million in capital funding between...
- Programme for Government Initiatives
199. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress as provided under the programme for Government on the development of a new Atlantic economic corridor; and if she will...
- Arts Promotion
200. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects to generate interest and awareness of the arts throughout all regions in the country with particular...
- Community Development Initiatives
201. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to address the issues of concern in respect of communities in urban or rural settings who might feel neglected or isolated;...
- Architectural Heritage
204. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to identify, protect and promote buildings and sites of a historical and...
- Post Office Network
205. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her vision for the utilisation of postal services, counter services and the postal network generally through the amalgamation of...
- Film Industry
206. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to have discussions with stakeholders in the film industry with a view to maximisation of...
- Flood Risk Management
207. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to liaise with the various statutory and local voluntary bodies in the context of identifying areas...
- EU Directives
208. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which all outstanding issues relating to the application of special areas of conservation, SACs, and natural heritage...
- Leader Programmes Funding
209. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the maximum percentage of the funding allocated for the Leader programme 2014-2020 that can be spent on animation and administration;...
- Rural Development Plan
210. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made to date with consultations on the action plan for rural Ireland; the intended date of the publication of the plan;...
- Department of Health
- General Practitioner Services Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Health the operating hours for Southdoc in the Ballylongford area; the reason it does not operate until 8 a.m., as advertised (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
214. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make available to medical card holders, free of charge, the medication preparation, Klean Prep and Picolax, for persons attending for endoscopy and...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
215. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in arranging an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason an appointment arranged by Waterford Regional Hospital...
- Hospital Appointments Status
216. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31222/16]
- Legislative Measures
217. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 6 October 2016, the timeframe for the commencement of Parts 2 and 3 of the Act; the steps he is taking to address...
- Pension Provisions
218. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the discussions he has had with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the transfer of members of the Central Remedial Clinic...
- Alcohol Treatment Programmes
220. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a 12-month pilot project called CARE, which provided alcohol treatment to more than 140 persons with addiction problems in...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
221. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31242/16]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
222. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate the National Treatment Purchase Fund, which was cut in 2011 and which allowed patients on a waiting list for over three months to access...
- Autism Support Services
223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public autism respite care places for children in County Wexford; the locations of same; and the waiting times for these places at present. [31250/16]
- HSE Staff
224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional staff including medical staff, carers and therapists who will be employed with the additional €61 million secured for the 2017...
- HSE Staff Remuneration
225. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the additional €61 million in 2016 that will be allocated to pay increases for additional staff and for the employment of new staff; and...
- Medicinal Products Prices
226. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the negotiations between the Health Service Executive's National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics and a pharmaceutical company (details supplied)...
- Respite Care Services Provision
227. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of respite care in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31272/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
228. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment to see a consultant in the Mater hospital in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Administration
229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation in respect of medical card patients' entitlement to chiropody services and if there is any payment required. [31279/16]
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
231. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can continue to receive medical care at Belfast Children's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31314/16]
- National Drugs Strategy
235. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, in its report of November 2015 on a harm-reducing and...
- Substance Misuse
236. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being introduced to address the issue of substance abuse following an incident (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications that were received in response to the advertising of the general practitioner role in Waterville, County Kerry; and if he will make...
- Vaccination Programme
238. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the 2008 FDA closing statement on Gardasil that reports that 73.3% of the healthy girls who participated in the clinical trials developed new...
- Palliative Care Services Provision
239. To ask the Minister for Health if and when home palliative care services will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31399/16]
- General Practitioner Services Provision
240. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place to replace the 900 general practitioners currently in the 60 to 65 age bracket who will be retiring in the near future; if he will...
- Hospitals Building Programme
242. To ask the Minister for Health when it is intended to provide funding for the replacement of Clifden District Hospital and St. Anne's with a new 50-bed community nursing unit at the St....
- Public Relations Contracts Data
243. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has applied for permission to engage outside public relations companies for the purpose of disseminating Government policy; the cost of each...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Horse Racing Ireland
244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine considering where public bodies advertise to open procedure - non-OJEU - on the e-tenders website (details supplied), his views on...
- Beef Imports
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the weight in kilograms of primal cuts of beef that were imported to Ireland from Poland in each of the years 2012...
- Beef Exports
246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the kilo weight of primal cuts of beef that were imported to Ireland from Germany in each of the years 2012 to...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive a 2015 disadvantaged payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Live Exports
248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide further information on the structural requirements for boats from Ireland transporting live exports through the...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when decisions are expected to be issued on applications lodged under tranche 3 of TAMS 2; if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Departmental Bodies Expenditure
250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown between current and capital expenditure allocated for all State agencies and bodies under his aegis...
- Departmental Staff Recruitment
251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of additional staff to be taken on in his Department and in all individual State agencies and bodies under his aegis...
- Fisheries Offences
252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of his previous statements where he indicated his wish to bring forward primary legislation to a scheme that implements the...
- Greyhound Industry
253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide requested details (details supplied) regarding greyhounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31313/16]
- Nitrates Usage
254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the situation facing farmers who were unable to empty slurry tanks due to wet ground conditions in advance of the 15...
- Harness Racing Industry
255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Irish Harness Racing Association; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Aquaculture Licence Applications
256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for an aquaculture licence in respect of a proposed oyster farm (details supplied); if he will request a...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to expedite the disadvantaged area payments due to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has applied for permission to engage outside public relations companies for the purposes of disseminating...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Service Provision
260. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which it is expected that the latest broadband development programme can deliver the much-required service...
- National Broadband Plan Data
261. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 13 July 2016 and No. 240 of 6 October 2016, if 750,000 or 920,000 premises...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
262. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the latest progress in meeting the overall renewable targets by 2020 under the renewable energy directive 2009/28/EC,...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
264. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the latest update on meeting EU 2020 CO2 emission reduction targets; the penalties that will be faced if this target is...
- Energy Efficiency
265. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the latest update on meeting EU 2020 energy efficiency targets; the penalties that will be faced if this target is not...
- Electric Vehicles
266. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide give the latest information available in meeting electronic vehicle targets for 2020 in view of...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
267. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the way electricity generation CO2 emissions rose in 2015 per the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland's...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
268. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on his intention to sign regulations to allow ComReg to proceed with an auction of the 3.6GHz spectrum band in...
- Hydraulic Fracturing
269. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide any preliminary update on research directed at examining the potential environmental and human health...
- Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
270. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the potential inclusion of fossil fuel divestment amongst the recommendation to the autumn review of the...
- Wind Energy Generation
271. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the EirGrid grid west project in view of the fact that residents living on the proposed route of the 400 kW...
- State Bodies Expenditure
272. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown between current and capital expenditure allocated for all State agencies and bodies under...
- Departmental Staff Data
273. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total number of additional staff to be taken on in his Department and in all individual State agencies and bodies...
- Energy Prices
274. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the reported new peak time bill rates to be introduced by the ESB; the impact this will have on domestic...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
275. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has applied for permission to engage outside public relations companies for the purposes of...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Local Improvement Scheme
276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress as provided under the programme for Government with respect to the local improvement scheme and the commitment to have...
- Tourism Funding
277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress as provided under the programme for Government on €100 million capital investment in the Wild Atlantic Way and...
- Regional Airports
278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress as provided under the programme for Government on €10 million in additional funding for regional airports; the...
- Rail Network
279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress as provided under the programme for Government on the review of the western rail corridor phase two between Athenry and...
- Transport Policy
280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress as provided under the programme for Government on TEN-T transport funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rural Transport Programme
282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress as provided under the programme for Government on rural transport and the commitment that a report will be provided to the...
- Cycling Policy
283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the final outcome of the review of national cycling policy framework, NCPF, implementation which was at an interim stage in 2013; his...
- Railway Stations
284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Irish Rail's plan to reopen toilet facilities in Newbridge train station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31192/16]
- Roads Maintenance Funding
285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has provided for specific improvement grants in budget 2017. [31215/16]
- Pilot Training Courses
287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will conduct a review of the relevant rules here and discuss the concerns of a number of the professional bodies which, as...
- Air Services Provision
288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any contact with the Dublin Airport Authority regarding the fact that it currently incentivises night flights in contrast...
- Airport Development Projects
289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contact he has had with the Dublin Airport Authority regarding the positioning and use of information from noise monitoring boxes in...
- Appointments to State Boards
291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures that apply to ministerial appointments to the board of commercial semi-State companies operating under his Department's...
- Sports Capital Programme Administration
293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the funds granted under the sports capital grants programme will be paid to a club (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Legislative Reviews
294. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will undertake a full review of the rights of artists here including a thorough examination of existing copyright laws and the...
- Departmental Agencies Funding
295. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a breakdown between current and capital expenditure allocated for all State agencies and bodies under her aegis in...
- Public Sector Staff Data
296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of additional staff to be taken on in her Department and in all individual State agencies and bodies under her aegis...
- Grocery Industry Regulation
297. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action she is taking to ensure consumers do not suffer due to an ongoing dispute between Irish retailers and a supplier (details...
- Statutory Retirement Age
298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to legislate to extend the retirement age; and if such changes would apply to community employment participants. [31326/16]
- Job Creation Data
299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when preliminary data will be available to report on progress on creating an additional 200,000 jobs by 2020 with 135,000 outside...
- IDA Portfolio
302. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the advanced factory units that the IDA have in each county in tabular form; the factories to be built in 2017; the factories planned...
- Low Pay Commission Funding
303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount of funding provided to the Low Pay Commission in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31342/16]
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports open to small businesses to offset the significant tax step effect experienced by businesses supplying services as their...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has applied for permission to engage outside public relations companies for the purposes of disseminating Government...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Youth Services Funding
306. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a source of funding within her Department's brief to which an organisation (details supplied) which provides therapy services...
- Child Care Services Funding
307. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capital funding that will be available in 2017 towards the provision of community child care facilities; and if she will make a...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Recruitment
308. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the vacancy in Custume Barracks, Athlone, for a civilian foreman job will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31251/16]
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
309. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons who died through suicide or self-inflicted injuries with regard to deaths of Defence Forces personnel in the period 2000...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
310. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has applied for permission to engage outside public relations companies for the purposes of disseminating Government policy;...
