Written answers

Tuesday, 25 October 2016

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Syrian Conflict
      25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action Ireland is taking to ensure the EU takes a strong stance against Russia in view of the breaking of the ceasefire, its abandonment...
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the next meeting of the North-South Ministerial Council will be held and the issues to be discussed. [22470/16]
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if officials in his Department have met with the new general manager of a charity (details supplied); if he will confirm that Irish Aid...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is the Government's intention to reestablish an embassy in Iran. [31815/16]
    • Irish Aid
      35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way and the purposes for which Irish Aid money is being used in relation to the EU-Turkey migration deal and other similar deals in...
    • Syrian Conflict
      36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to ensure Ireland is playing an important role in trying to bring peace to Syria; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Immigration Policy
      37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the destruction of the refugee camp at Calais; if he has made inquiries regarding the health and safety of...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of direct aid Ireland has provided towards assisting the continuing humanitarian catastrophe in and around Syria since 2011; the...
    • Passport Controls
      39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the comments made by the Israeli ambassador to Ireland in an interview with a newspaper (details...
    • Syrian Conflict
      40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will call in the ambassadors of all the countries involved in bombing in Syria or any form of military intervention or support of any...
    • UN Resolutions
      42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps Ireland can take in engaging with the US to cease its blockade of Cuba, which is having an extremely serious impact on the people...
    • Syrian Conflict
      45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has made any efforts to work with the Russian and Iranian ambassadors regarding the current situation in Syria; if he has...
    • Human Rights
      48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the announcement by the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo that it will push back the...
    • Air Services Provision
      49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he last spoke to American officials in relation to the proposed Cork to Boston flight; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
      51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way the Government plans to meet the UN target of 0.7% of GNP for ODA in view of the fact that budget 2017 allocated only an additional...
    • European Court of Human Rights Judgments
      53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with his British counterparts in relation to the Hooded Men torture case being taken in the European Court of Human...
    • Brexit Issues
      54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions or consultations he has had with his counterparts in the EU concerning the impact on EU foreign and military policy in view...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will identify to Dáil Éireann the countries which are taking part in, or supplying weapons or military ordnance to...
    • Trade Agreements
      57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the trade deals that have been signed with the Egyptian Government in the past five years; and the primary export industries are from Ireland...
    • Disaster Response
      58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he, directly and through the aegis of the EU and UN, can motivate the international community to respond in a...
    • International Security Co-operation
      59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on media reports that Ireland has an agreement with its UK counterparts to allow RAF jets access Irish airspace for defence and...
    • Middle East Issues
      61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on reports that Israel is further tightening restrictions on the Gaza Strip and thereby hampering the ability to provide aid to the...
    • Brexit Issues
      62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the effect Brexit will have on borders, with particular reference to the common travel area and trade with Britain; and if he...
    • Irish Aid
      63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the appropriateness of €2.776 million in public funds being given as direct funding to the Clinton Foundation and the...
    • European Council Meetings
      66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the violence in eastern Ukraine during the summer and the Russian-backed offensive in Aleppo were discussed at the October EU council; and...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government plans to assist families and, in particular, children in war-torn Aleppo to relocate to Ireland; and if an extra...
    • European Council Meetings
      68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised the issue of the escalating conflicts in Syria and Yemen at the European Council meeting. [31821/16]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      69. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met or spoken to Ms Nicola Sturgeon recently. [31512/16]
    • Brexit Issues
      70. To ask the Taoiseach the detail of the unit he has set up in his Department to co-ordinate the response to the Brexit referendum. [31513/16]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      71. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has applied for permission to engage outside public relations companies for the purposes of disseminating Government policy; the cost of each contract...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Data
      72. To ask the Taoiseach the policy for the archiving of materials from the Moriarty tribunal; and the locations in which they are currently stored and will be stored in future. [31309/16]
    • Migration Data
      73. To ask the Taoiseach further to parliamentary question number 927 of 27 September 2016, when preliminary data will be available to report on the numbers of returning emigrants to take up...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      74. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the EU negotiator, Michel Barnier. [31876/16]
    • Ministerial Functions
      76. To ask the Taoiseach the delegated responsibilities he has given to Ministers of State in his Department; when the order of delegated responsibility was signed. [31922/16]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • UN Conventions Ratification
      77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Government has undertaken to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability by end of 2016; and if she...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will commence the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31654/16]
    • Valuation Office
      81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of properties waiting for rate assessments by the Valuation Office in each local authority area for each of the years 2013 to date in...
    • Garda Operations
      87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Commissioner is required to produce service level agreements; if so, the role population figures, existing crime rates and so on play...
    • Prison Regulations
      88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the maximum number of days that a person can be segregated from the general prison population under rule 62 of the prison rules 2007; the...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the gardaí in Coolock have adequate manpower and resources to deal with an ongoing problem of anti-social behaviour in the Edenmore area;...
    • Garda Deployment
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new gardaí that have been allocated to the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division from 2011 to 2016, in tabular form; the rank of each;...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department holds a report requested by a former Minister in 2007 on the case of a person (details supplied). [31531/16]
    • Garda Recruitment
      93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a historical motor offence recorded on the Garda PULSE system which did not result in a conviction will preclude that person from becoming a...
    • Garda Deployment
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of current active members of An Garda Síochána, excluding members on secondment, career break, maternity and paternity leave...
    • Garda Strength
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí employed at the end of 2015 by region; the ranks in which they were employed; the numbers who have applied under the...
    • Garda Deployment
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review, in conjunction with the Garda Commissioner, the current strategic deployment of gardaí around the country; her further...
    • Direct Provision System
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ensure all direct provision centres throughout the State are meeting child protection standards; the frequency with which inspections...
    • Prison Visiting Regulations
      99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will grant visitation rights for a person (details supplied) to visit a prisoner in Wheatfield Prison in view of the fact access has...
    • Garda Training
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí available in each region who have been trained to conduct specialist child interviews as part of the joint protocol...
    • Garda Transport Data
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of vehicles in the current Garda vehicle fleet; the current arrangements governing the use of Garda vehicles, including the...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there are delays to secure Garda clearance; if there are actions under way to reduce the waiting times; and if she will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a type D visa application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31613/16]
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has liaised with the Minister for Social Protection on the matter of victims of domestic violence who are required to contact their abuser...
    • Cyber Security Policy
      112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the development of a cyber crime unit within An Garda Síochána. [31647/16]
    • Garda Strength
      113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of gardaí that left the force in 2014, 2015 and 2016 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Alert Programme
      114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider setting aside funding to subsidise community alert and neighbourhood watch groups to specifically assist them in the...
    • Garda Resources
      115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that the adjustment measures in the Haddington Road agreement for members of An Garda Síochána will not adversely...
    • Fines Administration
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will take the necessary steps to ensure that all fines imposed by District Courts are collected at source by the office of the Revenue...
    • Bail Law
      117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reform the bail laws to include electronic monitoring for persistent offenders and to ensure that any accused person charged for a...
    • Fines Data
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total value of uncollected fines for criminal offences in courts in Tipperary for 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date in tabular form; and if...
    • Garda Civilian Staff Recruitment
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects to progress with the hiring of civilians to undertake administrative work within An Garda Síochána in order to free up...
    • Garda Districts
      123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average Garda response time to emergency calls in each district and division; the way this affects the manner in which Garda resources are...
    • Garda Station Closures
      124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the factors that were taken into account when deciding which Garda stations to close; the way those decisions were made; the way in which other...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile offenders in each county; the programmes under her Department's remit in place in each county to combat juvenile offences;...
    • Garda Retirements
      127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that have applied under each early retirement scheme introduced in the past five years, by location and rank; the...
    • Joint Policing Committees Membership
      129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the qualifications for membership of the joint policing committees to allow the chambers of commerce to be represented. [31708/16]
    • Irish Youth Justice Service
      130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding provided to the Irish youth justice service in 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31711/16]
    • Juvenile Offenders
      131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda juvenile liaison officers in each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31712/16]
    • Garda Deployment
      132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that were transferred by division to new divisions in 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; the extent to which this occurred...
    • Garda Resources
      133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual budgets allocated to each Garda division nationally for the years 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016 in tabular form; and if she will make...
    • Garda Inspectorate Reports
      134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recommendations made by the Garda Inspectorate in its previous reports that have not yet been implemented, in tabular form; and the timeframe...
    • Garda Operations
      135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations that have no access to PULSE. [31736/16]
    • Direct Provision Data
      136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made in reducing the period of time that persons must spend in direct provision before a decision is made on their...
    • Garda Deployment
      137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for deployment of new recruits into An Garda Síochána; if it will result in the reopening of Garda stations in south Kildare;...
    • Courts Service
      138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the development of the family and child court complex is on schedule for completion in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Direct Provision System
      139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning the direct provision system; and if she will make a statement...
    • Child Abuse
      140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are currently time limits set down by legislation, during which a survivor of school child sex abuse may take a case before the courts;...
    • Garda Deployment
      141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is a Garda presence at the walls of Glasnevin cemetery; if this presence is full time; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of...
    • Immigration Status
      142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative or policy basis underpinning the definition of cohabiting used by INIS when determining visa applications; the reason INIS does...
    • Garda Reports
      144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has requested a new report from An Garda Síochána into undercover policing by the British Metropolitan Police; if the scope of...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will investigate the serious issues raised with respect to membership of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (details supplied); and...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the delegated responsibilities she has given to Ministers of State in her Department; when the order of delegated responsibility was signed; if...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data
      147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of EU treaty rights applications from family members of UK citizens here in 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016 broken down by applicants...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
      148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the period of time it takes to process an application that falls under the EU treaty rights, excluding the period of time in acknowledging...
    • Garda Deployment
      149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to replace gardaí who have retired in County Westmeath or are transferring out of the county on promotion (details...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures currently being carried out in relation to reducing under-age drinking; if she will consider imposing a coding system whereby all...
    • Garda Overtime
      151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of Garda overtime in the Dublin metropolitan west region for the period 2011 to 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data
      152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for leave to remain under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 on humanitarian...
    • Garda Vetting Applications Data
      153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine a delay which has arisen with second stage documentation in relation to a Garda vetting application (details supplied); and...
    • Garda Accommodation
      155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the construction of a new special victims interview suite at Stradone Garda station in County Cavan which was announced in October...
    • Garda Deployment
      157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down the number of gardaí in each Garda community policing unit in each district in Dublin as of 31 December 2014, 31 December 2015...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
      159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the reason visa processing has been outsourced to a company (details supplied) in the following eight countries: China, Peru, Nigeria,...
  • Department of Finance
    • VAT Exemptions
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the taxation of locum doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31481/16]
    • Tax Code
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the reason there are different criteria for benefits and taxation, whereby a cohabiting couple have to be jointly assessed for social protection...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance if the new first time buyers scheme announced in budget 2017 is to be made applicable to persons who signed contracts on new homes before 19 July 2016 but...
    • Aer Lingus Sale
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the proceeds to the Exchequer from the sale of Aer Lingus; and the areas where these proceeds have been invested. [31990/16]
    • Financial Services Ombudsman Data
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out in tabular form the number of complaints to the Financial Services Ombudsman in each of the past five years that related to certain areas (details...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out in tabular form the investments that have been identified by county under the connectivity fund that is operated by the Ireland Strategic...
    • Living City Initiative
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to including Sligo in the living city initiative in the new Finance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31467/16]
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance if an analysis of the estimated cost of back-dating the help to buy scheme to the date the Central Bank rules came into effect for first time buyers has been...
    • Home Repossessions Rate
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of house repossessions executed by financial institutions for each of the past six years; the number of these that relate to owner-occupied houses;...
    • EU Budget Contribution
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the contributions made by the Exchequer to the EU or EEC each year since joining the EEC in 1973; the amounts received by the exchequer from the...
    • National Car Test
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are measures he could propose to reduce the current long delay in getting vehicles VRT tested in north Kildare and west Dublin (details supplied); if...
    • State Aid
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down the EU countries, if any, that have officially indicated that they intend to seek tax for their own country from the payment the EU Commission...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down in tabular form the number of persons claiming start-your-own-business relief; the associated amounts claimed by each person in increments of...
    • Pension Levy
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance to explain the reason a pension fund (details supplied) continues to deduct the pension levy in respect of pensions paid to members; if the said levy...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Management
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down the number of applications made to the connectivity fund by state-owned companies, state agencies and local authorities from the mid-west region;...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the tax advantages and other advantages that companies which locate in the IFSC receive; the level of rates which must be paid on buildings; if...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he is taking to increase the rate of credit lending to businesses via the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; the level of take up from the...
    • Ministerial Functions
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the delegated responsibilities he has given to Ministers of State in his Department; when the order of delegated responsibility was signed; if he included his...
    • Credit Unions
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date in establishing a mechanism which would facilitate funding being used by organisations such as the League of Credit Unions or Irish...
    • Budget Measures
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to first time buyers who have saved house deposits in excess of 20% of the total value of the home they wish to purchase and...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce measures that would incentivise property owners to renovate unused residential units over retail premises to help with the housing...
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax relief claimed on medical expenses in respect of expenses incurred in each of the years 2012 to 2015 respectively; if he will provide a...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Extension
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria for eligibility for the mortgage interest relief scheme; if eligibility is to be changed in view of the decision to extend the scheme beyond...
    • VAT Rate Application
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements that exist regarding the collection of tax from internet purchases made here from the UK; where the tax is collected; and if the Government...
    • Tax Code
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners can provide the total number of properties registered by a company (details supplied) under the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of the geographic areas in Dublin west for the purposes of school planning; and if he will provide a map illustrating the boundaries of...
    • State Examinations Appeals
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason oral Irish tapes are not made available to students and their parents during the state examinations appeals process; and if he will...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Solas will be recruiting training staff for joinery and carpentry trades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31468/16]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a timeline for construction has been put in place with regard to the proposed new location of a school (details supplied); the timeline in...
    • School Staff
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31491/16]
    • School Accommodation
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost of the purchase of Roslyn Park rehabilitation centre for a new school (details supplied); the likely date the school will open;...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); if a contract has been signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31534/16]
    • Special Educational Needs
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide additional resources to cater for the needs of exceptionally able children in primary and secondary schools; his plans to...
    • School Costs
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give consideration to free primary education by providing free school books, classroom resources, not imposing voluntary contribution...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will go to construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31587/16]
    • Gender Balance
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if advice can be provided to a person (details supplied) on the best way to progress their career given the perceived gender bias and imbalance...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an application for a transportation grant by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31595/16]
    • Higher Education Institutions Staff
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, as a result of the merger of the former Church of Ireland College of Education and other...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason SUSI reclassified an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Funding
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information on any funding provided to a school (details supplied); the detail of any works which have been and will be...
    • School Costs
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the huge disparity in school costs which exist from school to school throughout the country and the inequality faced by...
    • Education and Training Boards Data
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have been recruited in the Tipperary Education and Training Board since its establishment; the number assigned to the...
    • Departmental Agencies Expenditure
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 405 and 406 of 16 September 2016, when the detail sought will be provided; and if he will make a...
    • EU Programmes
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the final level of expenditure in a programme (details supplied); the amount of money returned to the European Commission on completion of the...
    • Minor Works Scheme
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the minor works scheme funding will be announced; the amount that will be allocated to the scheme; the details of the dates in...
    • Child Abuse
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of the scheme of compensation for payments to survivors of school child sex abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31844/16]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the nature of his agreement with INTO and TUI in respect of pay for newly qualified teachers; the value of the pay disparity that will still...
    • School Staff
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers that have been due to commence teaching in September 2016 but cannot do so due to changes in vetting requirements; and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide capital funding to a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31862/16]
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (1 comment)
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of consultants Caranua has employed and the amount it has paid them since the formation of Caranua on 31 March 2013; and if he will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason interest on loans, depreciation, etc., are treated as add backs within the student grant scheme for those who are self employed; his...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a Teaching Council number by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31890/16]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the delegated responsibilities he has given to Ministers of State in his Department; when the order of delegated responsibility was signed; if he...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department ever evaluated the Montessori teaching method and the subsequent education outcomes of this method for children at national...
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide EpiPens to primary and post-primary schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31971/16]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the delay in land acquisition for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a SUSI application was delayed pending a document from the Revenue Commissioners despite having the document already (details...
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of trainees who have participated in the SOLAS safe pass training programme in the years 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; and if...
    • School Accommodation
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for additional school accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Patronage
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the result of the recent patronage competition for secondary schools in County Dublin, Firhouse, Lucan, Swords, Carpenterstown, Castleknock,...
    • Third Level Facilities
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the urgent need for a new library building at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, in view of the fact that the current building is...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a special needs assistant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • School Closures
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to accommodate students at a school (details supplied) which is set to close; when a new school is expected on the grounds of the...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Nitrates Action Programme Implementation
      237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will extend the slurry spreading period by an extra two weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the recommendations by Cosc and Women's Aid that local authorities make special provision in their scheme of...
    • Rural Resettlement Scheme
      239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of moneys granted to rural resettlement Ireland each year since 2012; when responsibility passed to his...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost per annum of all private sector rental schemes since 1991, including, but not limited to, the rental...
    • Housing Issues
      242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there are supports from his Department for a person who was in the process of buying a house until they were made...
    • Property Tax Yield
      243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason Dublin City Council receives less than 90% of the property tax raised in its administrative area as other...
    • Homeless Accommodation Funding
      244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason Dublin City Council does not receive the same level of funding from his Department to fund its homeless...
    • Local Authority Funding
      245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding outstanding to Dublin City Council from his Department for services delivered at the behest of...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board Data
      246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of landlords registered with the Residential Tenancies Board for each quarter since 2011; the number of...
    • Commission on Domestic Public Water Services
      247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of money which has been earmarked from his Department for the funding of the independent Commission on...
    • Irish Water Funding
      249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of Irish Water's 2017 capital programme which will come from Exchequer funds; and the amount which will...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the target date for completion of rehousing of families (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water Charges Data
      251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of money actually collected in respect of domestic water charges for 2015 and separately for 2016; and if...
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the process by which housing units are classified as single dwellings or as multi-unit dwellings for the purposes of...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board Enforcement
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding situations whereby issues are identified by a landlord or tenant, investigated by the...
    • Local Government Reform
      254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for the introduction of a directly elected mayor for the city and county of Dublin; and the work his...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to extend pyrite remediation to deal with cases of muscovite mica. [31734/16]
    • Housing Data
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing units he expects to be delivered as a result of the additional €127 million allocated...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide additional detail on the buy and renew scheme announced in Budget 2017; if this will be available...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of locations which will be eligible for the additional pyrite remediation scheme announced in Budget...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide additional details of the repair and leasing initiative announced in Budget 2017; the local...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated and drawn down by all local authorities for Traveller accommodation in 2015 and to...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide additional details of the community facilities fund announced in Budget 2017, including which...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason the additional funding for housing grants will only be available to private homeowners; and his plans for...
    • Regeneration Projects
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has received a copy of the full review of the Limerick framework implementation plan; if so, his plans to...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when planning regulations on solar farms will be put in place. [31783/16]
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider proposals from a person (details supplied) in relation to amending the Dog Breeding...
    • Emergency Accommodation Provision
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the actions being taken by his Department, as the lead Department, in the provision of transport for the children of...
    • Water Charges
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there has been an increase or decrease in the average domestic usage of water, outwith usual variations, since...
    • Water Conservation Grant Eligibility
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a water conservation grant is available for customers of group water schemes; if any other financial supports are...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the delegated responsibilities he has given to Ministers of State in his Department; when the order of delegated...
    • Housing Provision
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of the 4,450 units he announced to be delivered in 2017 as part of the capital provision of €732...
    • Motor Tax Exemptions
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason an off-road declaration submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was not accepted; and...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is a national policy in relation to the granting of planning permission for developments in towns and...
    • Housing Provision
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there are supports available to help local authorities and persons obtain CPOs to buy vacant and derelict key...
    • Local Authority Housing
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount his Department has allocated in 2016 for the refurbishment of vacant local authority social housing...
    • Planning Issues
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will approve funding for an application from Longford County Council in respect of small housing development...
    • Local Authority Funding
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of Part V moneys that each county council retains as of 30 September 2016, in tabular form. [32035/16]
    • Local Authority Housing Eligibility
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it is a condition of eligibility for social housing that the rent a family is paying must be 30% or more of the...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the action he has taken to investigate with credit unions the way in which they can support social housing through...
    • Planning Issues
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to update the Planning and Development Act 2000 in relation to short term accommodation use of private...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of applying the €5 increase to persons under 26 years of age for 2017 and in a full year; the reason this category of...
    • Personal Micro Credit Scheme
      292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action his Department has taken to assist the credit unions in the roll out and extension of the personal microcredit scheme, as promised in the...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears will be paid in respect of an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pensions Data
      294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual costs of the State pension, contributory and non-contributory, in tabular form over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale behind the demand for the long version of birth certificates from persons who are already in the system but who are making a new...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Applications
      296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a pension application in respect of a person (details supplied) will be finalised; the reason no acknowledgement or correspondence was issued...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Data
      297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number and value of awards made under the exceptional needs payment scheme to families since the scheme replaced the previous bereavement grant...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if action will be taken with a view to providing rent support to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31509/16]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Expenditure
      299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual cost implication for reversing the qualification criteria for the contributory pension that came into effect as a result of the 2012...
    • State Pensions Payments
      300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of providing the full rate of contributory pension to all recipients of the reduced rate of the state pension...
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the new farm assist criteria announced in budget 2017 will be applied to new farm assist applications; if not, the date when the new criteria...
    • Training Support Grant
      302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who is currently on JobPath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31533/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress in determination of a review concerning eligibility for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [31537/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of each of the expenditure savings that have been earmarked for his Department in 2017; the value of the saving in each case; the basis...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Payments
      307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when it is intended to reintroduce the 30% disregard and allowances for children under the farm assist scheme; if all persons on farm assist and the...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason there is no option to have illness benefit paid into the post office; if he will review this policy; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive a decision on an application for disability allowance; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the up-to-date position regarding an appeal by a person (details supplied). [31599/16]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
      311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost per annum of all private sector rental schemes since 1991, including but not limited to, the rent allowance scheme, in tabular form. [31606/16]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the financial assistance available to a person (details supplied) who has recently commenced a course and was previously on jobseeker's allowance;...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when financial assistance will be given in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31625/16]
    • Social Insurance Yield
      314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the present yield of employer's PRSI at the rate of 8.5% and the 10.75% rate. [31642/16]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a disability allowance payment by a person (details supplied). [31643/16]
    • Water Conservation Grant Expenditure
      316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money actually paid out in respect of the €100 water conservation grant for 2015 and separately for 2016; and if he will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will qualify in February 2017 for a roll-over of the FÁS scheme that is in operation in Borris and Rathanna,...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a response regarding an application for an exceptional needs payment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will allow persons in receipt of a household benefits package to retain the package in a situation where an adult child has moved home due to...
    • School Meals Programme
      321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if additional funding will be provided under the school meals programme to community crèches where numbers have increased since their initial...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the entitlement to the fuel allowance under the national fuel scheme can be extended to those in receipt of illness benefit; and if he will make...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will be taking measures to assist the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government in supporting families that...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31881/16]
    • Community Services Programme
      326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason no response issued to a query raised (details supplied). [31887/16]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for welfare payments disallowed on the basis of the habitual residence condition each year since its introduction, broken...
    • Ministerial Functions
      329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the delegated responsibilities he has given to Ministers of State in his Department; when the order of delegated responsibility was signed; if he...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an overdue payment will issue to a person (details supplied); if the payment will now issue as a matter or urgency; and if he will make a...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Applications
      331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will be interviewed in view of the fact the person has not received funding since reaching 65 years of age in...
    • Social Insurance Payments
      332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider introducing a scheme whereby self-employed tradesmen would be entitled to a payment for weeks they cannot work (details...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will change the way his Department calculates contributory pension contributions in order that the calculation will be based on actual years...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      334. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider introducing a less expensive shorter-term passport renewal system for older persons; and if he will make a statement on...
    • European Council Meetings
      335. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the EU Council meeting on 17 October 2016; the issues that were discussed; the actions that will be taken following...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to initiate an action plan aimed specifically at addressing and resolving the ongoing plight and hardship of undocumented Irish...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      337. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with Britain's Minister for Exiting the EU, David Davies. [28717/16]
    • Syrian Conflict
      338. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether Europe is doing enough to assist civilians in Syria particularly in Aleppo in view of the fact that the peace talks...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to meet the Egyptian President, Mr. el-Sisi. [22769/16]
    • Emergency Planning
      340. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the consultations engaged in by his Department with the Irish Aviation Authority, the RAF, the British Civil Aviation Authority, the British...
    • Middle East Issues
      341. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to Israel’s continued demolition of structures in Palestine that were built with EU funding which...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      342. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the delegated responsibilities he has given to Ministers of State in his Department; when the order of delegated responsibility was signed;...
    • Overseas Missions
      343. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the work of the 11 special Irish peace monitors on secondment to the OSCE in eastern Ukraine; if the monitors receive no pay...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      344. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the negotiations with the Crown Estates in relation to the transfer of powers to the Loughs Agency in order for them to...
    • Human Rights Cases
      345. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to interact with the Egyptian authorities in the case of a person (details supplied) who has been detained...
    • Syrian Conflict
      346. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his EU colleagues are engaged in addressing the humanitarian issues arising from the civil war in Syria; if any...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which previous commitments towards the alleviation of hardship in Haiti in the wake of the earthquake disaster of some years...
    • International Terrorism
      348. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he in conjunction with his EU colleagues can continue to combat the rise of ISIS in the Middle East; and if he will make...
    • EU Issues
      349. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether it is time for the European Union to set up a particular structure to address the issue of euroscepticism with...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      350. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the refugee crisis continues to be monitored at EU-UN level with a view to identifying a reliable means of ensuring the...
    • Trade Relations
      351. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which new trading links can be established globally; the extent to which it is expected that Ireland can benefit from such...
    • Brexit Issues
      353. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his European colleagues continue to engage with their colleagues in the UK with a view to addressing any concerns...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      355. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the situation in South Sudan remains under observation by the European Union with a view to making positive impact to...
    • EU Enlargement
      357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the situation in the western Balkans continues to be monitored by the EU with a view to ensuring that progress towards...
    • Overseas Development Aid Oversight
      359. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to monitor aid distribution throughout Africa and other locations with a view to ensuring high standards in...
    • Human Rights
      360. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which human rights abuses in the horn of Africa remain a concern for the international community; the steps taken or to be...
    • Religious Persecution
      361. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the efforts the Government is making to highlight the persecution of Christian and other minority groups in the Middle East;...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Pensions Legislation
      362. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in relation to Government deliberations concerning persons who are compelled to retire at 65 years of age and will have to...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      363. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures that are being taken by his Department in conjunction with the local authority to alleviate flooding in an area of west...
    • Programme for Government
      364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made within his Department on the establishment of a dedicated prevention and early intervention unit; the...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      365. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when public bodies' tender documents specify alternative evidence can be provided where a company turnover does not match that specified...
    • Coastal Erosion
      367. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is any State aid available to remedy the effects of coastal erosion on private property (details supplied). [31893/16]
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement
      368. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details, including dates, of restoration of public pay and reductions in the public sector pension levy for public...
    • Ministerial Functions
      369. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the delegated responsibilities he has given to Ministers of State in his Department; when the order of delegated responsibility was...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      370. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person is precluded from working as a census field officer due to age and or taxation reasons; if there are any reasons that...
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement
      371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the administrative device his Department has designed to ensure that Ministers, Ministers of State, and the Taoiseach do...
    • Ombudsman for Children Remit
      372. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which he will publish legislation to extend the remit of the Office of the Ombudsman for Children to include cases...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      373. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 19 October 2016, the reason provision was not made in the revised scheme for refunds of the...
    • Civil Service Management
      375. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the grievance procedure available to civil servants; if all staff have a right to have grievance addressed separately and not as a part...
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement (1 comment)
      376. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in view of the fact that the FEMPI Act 2013 pay reductions for serving higher earners, over €65,000 per annum will be...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Estimates Process
      377. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider increasing the funding for the Irish language organisations, Foras na Gaeilge and Údarás na...
    • Post Office Network
      378. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline in detail the aspects of the business and organisation of An Post that fall under her Department's remit. [31496/16]
    • Heritage Centres Funding
      379. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied with the proposed purchase of the site of the Mary Robinson Centre from a director of the Victoria House...
    • Cúrsaí Gaeilge
      380. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí freagra ar na ceisteanna a chuir Conradh na Gaeilge uirthi faoin mBuiséad (ríomhphost ina bhfuil na...
    • Regeneration Projects Funding
      381. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding for the village renewal scheme is to be increased in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31889/16]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      382. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the delegated responsibilities she has given to Ministers of State in her department; when the order of delegated responsibility was...
    • Environmental Schemes
      383. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role she has regarding the maintenance of ecosystem functions, including carbon sequestration and surface water management as...
  • Department of Health
    • National Drugs Strategy
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding illegal drug use by young persons for each county; the programmes that are in place in each county to combat this issue; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      385. To ask the Minister for Health if a confirmed date for an operation will be provided to a person (details supplied) [31465/16]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      388. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange that a family (details supplied) will be taken on urgently as medical card patients [31476/16]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      389. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time and the number of persons with intellectual disabilities currently waiting in County Louth for permanent residential placements; if a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an appointment for a procedure; if it will be arranged as soon as possible; and if he will make a...
    • General Practitioner Data
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners employed by the HSE approaching 60 years of age in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31489/16]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Closures
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has a plan to close the accident and emergency department or reduce its hours in view of the news that the accident and emergency department in Our...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      394. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting over three weeks for a follow up appointment with his or her consultant; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      395. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for an MRI scan in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31500/16]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      397. To ask the Minister for Health his department's position relative to the suggested ban on electronic nicotine delivery systems which will be discussed at the World Health Organisation FCTC...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      398. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of consultants currently working at a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the numbers on the outpatient waiting list for each...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the details of each of the expenditure savings that have been earmarked for his department in 2017; the value of the saving in each case; the basis on which...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities currently in receipt of a personal assistant service; the number of hours currently being provided in 2016; if any...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to address the deficit in staffing requirements in nursing, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and other disciplines using the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the exact opening date for the primary care centre in Balbriggan; and if he will list the services that will be available when this service opens. [31559/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      406. To ask the Minister for Health if a referral has been made by the orthopaedic department in Crumlin hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) and if so, the hospital and consultant...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department can backdate the fair deal scheme application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31567/16]
    • Maternity Services
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children transferred from maternity hospitals and maternity units across the country to the children's hospitals in Dublin (details supplied)...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      409. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove the age limit for mental illness under the long-term illness scheme (details supplied). [31577/16]
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if there are guidelines in relation to the cross border initiative for a timeframe in which a patient has to wait from the time of diagnosis in order for the...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      411. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any scheme available to elderly persons who must attend follow up appointments to hospital and must get a private taxi to take them; and if there...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      412. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the application for surgery via the cross-border initiative by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Obesity Strategy
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the funding which will be available to support the implementation of the obesity policy and action plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used in assessing a medical card application for a patient with motor neurone disease; if a medical card for a patient with motor...
    • Traveller Projects Funding
      415. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional funding for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31602/16]
    • Medical Card Applications
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that were put in place by the SEHB and the HSE to manage the affairs, financial and otherwise of a person (details supplied); if a social...
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      418. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a timeframe as to when a drug (details supplied) will have gone through the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, NCPE, process; when it is likely...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a full-time general practitioner service in Rathmore, County Kerry; if there has been a new recruitment drive in recent times; and if he will...
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      420. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a dedicated investigations unit within the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA, which examines complaints regarding products advertised or...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      421. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a hospital appointment [31644/16]
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      423. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the future use and development of the three community hospitals in Lifford, Ramelton and St. Joseph's, Stranorlar; the amount of funding he...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      424. To ask the Minister for Health when a unit (details supplied) is to be staffed; if a recruitment process has started; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31661/16]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      425. To ask the Minister for Health if further information has been submitted to his Department by the suppliers of a drug (details supplied) in order to make a decision to support the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      426. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect an appointment for an MRI scan from Crumlin hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Provision
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was informed that they are not eligible for funding from the HSE for a treatment; and if he will...
    • Dental Services Provision
      428. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange a dental operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31721/16]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the staff vacancies in both the Cottage Hospital in Drogheda and St. Olivers in Dundalk that are currently affecting the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      431. To ask the Minister for Health his contingency plan regarding the closure of St. Raphael's Centre, Youghal, County Cork, in view of the fact that if all residents are not allocated by March...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the attendance at domestic and international recruitment events of Louth HSE nursing management staff; the locations of all recruitment events...
    • HSE Funding
      435. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make available ring-fenced funding to be allocated to the HSE in County Louth to provide appropriate, regular and planned respite care for families...
    • Disability Services Provision
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the plans the HSE has to provide new long-term appropriate residential placement for persons with disabilities outside of congregated settings which are...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding given to the mid-west regional drug and alcohol forum, formerly known as drugs taskforce, per annum from 2008 to 2016; the amount...
    • Fire Safety
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if a fire safety certificate exists at the emergency department at Limerick University Hospital, particularly in respect of the number of persons continuously...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a shortage of nurses in the Ballymun health clinic and that recently two nurses resigned due to the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      440. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the waiting times for persons to receive an appointment, in respect of both inpatient and outpatient appointments, at the...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by Tullamore hospital, broken down into each grade and hospital department, over each of the past ten years in tabular form; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent on agency staff over each of the past ten years in Tullamore hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31851/16]
    • Home Help Service Expenditure
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated across each county over each of the past ten years for home help hours; the number of hours allocated by county; the number of hours...
    • Respite Care Services
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the specific measures contained in budget 2017 with respect to the provision of respite services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31854/16]
    • Home Help Service Expenditure
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been allocated under budget 2017 for the provision of home help packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31855/16]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      448. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider awarding medical cards to victims of institutional abuse who have been awarded compensation by the redress board; and if he will make a...
    • Cancer Research
      449. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a mandate for cancer research into the national cancer control programme, which should be a key component of the national cancer...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      450. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide for each year from 2012 to 2016 the increased funding announced for mental health in line with the programme for Government commitment; and...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      451. To ask the Minister for Health when children for whom domiciliary care allowance is claimed will receive their medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31872/16]
    • Clinical Trials
      452. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding which has been ring-fenced in budget 2017 for clinical cancer trials here; the amount of this funding which has been allocated to...
    • Vaccination Programme
      453. To ask the Minister for Health if the recent complaint by a centre (details supplied) regarding maladministration at the EMA in regard to a drug has been noted by his Department; and if he...
    • Obesity Strategy
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the status of bariatric surgery in the State; if, following the publication of A Healthy Weight for Ireland - Obesity Policy and Action Plan, there will be...
    • EU Directives
      455. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA, has said it is currently unable to enforce the European...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the number of long-term care beds closed in County Louth; the location of each; the length of time they have been closed; and the reason they are closed. [31894/16]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing vacancies that exist and across which disciplines in County Louth. [31895/16]
    • Hospital Services
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the reason, after spending over €12 million on renovations to Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary, wards are sitting idle with the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the exact opening date for the primary care centre in Corduff; the services that will be available when this service opens; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      464. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Galway as a matter of urgency in view of the fact that this person is waiting...
    • Blood Donations
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the date the new policies on men who have sex with men, MSM, blood donors will come into effect; if the media reports of an implementation date of 16 January...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the delegated responsibilities he has given to Ministers of State in his Department; when the order of delegated responsibility was signed; if he included his...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the full annual cost of running the methadone treatment programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31926/16]
    • Ambulance Service
      468. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to increase funding for the ambulance service provided by the Dublin fire brigade in 2017, in view of his recent comments committing to...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect an appointment for speech and language therapy in Tullamore, County...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      470. To ask the Minister for Health if a recruitment freeze remains in place in respect of a temporary clerical panel at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      471. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to research published recently (details supplied) showing that at least three women here per day access at home medical...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      472. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist in extending a HSE service to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [31944/16]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      473. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 384 of 18 October 2016, if the case in question is no longer before the courts; and if his Department will investigate...
    • Vaccination Programme
      474. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the new vaccination schedule for the primary care immunisation programme which includes rotavirus and meningococcal B...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      475. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the only general practitioners in Waterville, County Kerry, are shortly due to retire, leaving a vast area...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the level of compliance with the Disability Act regarding assessments of need commencing within three months and being completed within three months and...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an appointment for an operation; if a timeframe will be arranged as soon as possible; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Data
      478. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the number of medical cards issued to date (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31984/16]
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the current wait time for a child's orthodontic appointment in County Carlow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31985/16]
    • Maternity Services Provision
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if the regional maternal foetal medicine service for the RCSI hospital group will still see full maternity services being retained as they are at all...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      481. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open all or part of the old St. Senan's Hospital in Enniscorthy for treatment of patients with mental health issues; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Support Services Funding
      482. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will financially support a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31991/16]
    • Medical Card Applications
      483. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve a medical card for a person (details supplied). [31993/16]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      484. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative services he plans to provide for persons and service users in a unit (details supplied) to replace a much needed hydrotherapy pool; and if he...
    • Hospital Staff
      485. To ask the Minister for Health the policy on the reversal of the financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, cuts imposed on the private sector (details supplied); and if he...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      486. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated saving to the health budget and to the out-of-pocket expenses of the public, were drug prices here equivalent to each of the five EU countries...
    • Hospital Services
      487. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a memo has been sent to doctors in St. James's Hospital that the hospital can no longer see patients from other counties for some endoscopy...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      488. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for plastic surgery at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the average waiting times to see each plastic surgeon consultant;...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      489. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on promised plans to extend free GP care to all under 12s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32020/16]
    • Maternity Services
      491. To ask the Minister for Health when the decision regarding the replacing of the Coombe Women's Hospital will be confirmed; the site for the new hospital; when a planning application will be...
    • National Children's Hospital
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the proposal regarding the future or disposal of the site and buildings of the Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, and Temple Street Hospital when their...
    • Rare Diseases
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Donegal with high-complex needs, rare diseases and life-limiting conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disabilities Data
      494. To ask the Minister for Health the number of severely disabled children that are registered with the HSE who live in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32029/16]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      495. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for a speech and language therapist, by region, in tabular form [32036/16]
    • Hospital Equipment
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in preparing and evaluating the business case for a second MRI scanner in University Hospital Galway; when it is expected to provide...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      497. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on mental health in 2016; and the equivalent figures on a like-for-like basis in terms of services provided in each of the years from...
    • Occupational Therapy
      498. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays being experienced by children in the Dublin 15 area in accessing occupational therapy assessment by the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      499. 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. [32138/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      500. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who requires an assistant for ASD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32141/16]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31460/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an area aid payment to a person (details supplied) has ceased; if he will review the matter; and if he will make a...
    • GLAS Payments
      504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31528/16]
    • Herd Number Applications
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a transfer of a herd number; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Bodies Accounts
      506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the annual report from Bord Iascaigh Mhara can be expected; and the reason there has been such a delay in publishing it. [31569/16]
    • TAMS Applications Data
      507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Question No. 1619 of 16 September 2016, the number of applications received, in total, under the targeted agricultural...
    • Greyhound Industry
      508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Irish Greyhound Board will consider meeting representatives of an association (details supplied) on a more regular basis to...
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all of the official bovine identification tags offered for supply in the new scenario will be subjected to the same standards...
    • Food and Agriculture Organisation
      512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding to be received by Bord Bia as part of Budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31646/16]
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a single farm payment application and his Department's engagement with third parties with regard to payments to a...
    • GLAS Administration
      514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, stage 4 will be introduced continuing on from the stage 3 scheme; and if he will...
    • Transfer of Entitlements Application
      515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) from County Donegal became eligible for the transfer of entitlements under the 2013 single payment...
    • State Bodies Funding
      516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos.1516, 1517 and 1518 of 16 September 2016 and in view of the fact that other Ministers have...
    • Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta
      517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén fáth ar gearradh pionós traschomhlíonta 100% faoin scéim buníocaíochta nó faoi scéim...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Administration
      518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide assurances that there will be no delays in issuing single farm payments due in October 2016; and if he will make a...
    • Environmental Schemes
      519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there has been any extra funding made available to the special areas of conservation, SACs, to compensate for the restrictions...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers waiting for area of natural constraints, ANC, payments due to delays in administration; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Dialogue
      521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the delegated responsibilities he has given to Ministers of State in his Department; when the order of delegated responsibility was...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment and area of natural constraint payment will be received by a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 596 of 18 October 2016, if he will provide a breakdown in monetary terms of the total amount of...
    • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications
      525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for TAMS by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31951/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Data
      526. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers waiting for the first instalment of the single farm payment due to the delay in processing inspections; and if...
    • Horticulture Sector
      528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 602 of 18 October 2016, the way in which he intends to follow up on the Teagasc research...
    • Agriculture Scheme Administration
      529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason certain farm payments were delayed with the reason of digitisation of records given despite his predecessor's commitment...
    • Departmental Funding
      531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Turf Club incurred legal costs that were paid for by his Department; the amount of these legal costs; when covering these...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Postal Services
      532. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline in detail the aspects of the business and organisation of An Post that fall under his Department's...
    • Climate Change Policy
      533. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeline towards ratifying the COP 21 agreement on climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Television Licences Data
      534. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of television licences issued in 2015. [31657/16]
    • Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Applications
      536. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of the 310 MW of renewable energy that was achieved through the REFIT 3 scheme. [31735/16]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      537. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether it will not be possible, under current energy policy, to reach the 2020 renewable electricity target...
    • Waste Management
      539. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the environmental and health impact assessments which have been carried out on the use of human biosolids as fertiliser;...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      540. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the delegated responsibilities he has given to Ministers of State in his Department; when the order of delegated...
    • Waste Management
      541. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the arrangements he plans to put in place to ensure householders do not have to pay by weight for adult incontinence...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      544. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be available in Abbeyshrule, County Longford, and throughout the county. [32032/16]
    • Fisheries Protection
      545. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the research initiative into the cessation of eel fishing will be complete; when a hardship scheme will be...
    • White Paper on Energy
      546. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects to publish his Department's renewable electricity policy and development framework, which closed for...
    • Electric Vehicles
      547. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the current 2020 electric vehicle uptake targets are achievable in meeting climate change...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      548. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when tariff support for photovoltaic, PV, solar energy production here will commence; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Single Electricity Market
      549. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the likely energy cost implications and the effect on the single electricity market, SEM, the integrated single...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Safety
      550. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the safety requirements in place for the many different road trailers on roads to ensure their roadworthiness; and if he will make a...
    • Greenways Funding
      551. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which financial shortfalls have occurred in providing the north Kildare greenway project; if he has received requests for...
    • Road Projects
      552. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided in 2017 to enable Transport Infrastructure Ireland to progress a proposed road project (details supplied);...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      553. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made in developing the lakelands initiative; the amount that has been allocated to developing this initiative to date;...
    • Departmental Funding
      554. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount allocated to his Department in budget 2017; the amount allocated to public transport within this figure; and if he will...
    • Departmental Data
      556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a database available to his Department of 3G pitches in use here. [31544/16]
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Funding
      559. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or Transport Infrastructure Ireland will fund the work required to make safe the stretch of road from the M9 motorway...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      560. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is a 20 -week wait when applying to do a driving test in Buncrana, County Donegal; his plans to address this waiting...
    • Site Acquisitions
      561. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the possibility of purchasing land at motorway junctions to facilitate a park and ride type system as more persons...
    • Departmental Contracts
      562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will respond to correspondence sent to him by a person (details supplied). [31748/16]
    • Road Projects
      563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans Transport Infrastructure Ireland has to prevent sound pollution and related nuisance along the route of the M28 upgrade,...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if national funding will be made available to assist with the reopening of the L6048 at Coughlanstown, County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Road Projects Status
      566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of works and the expected finish date of the Coonagh to Knockalisheen road scheme, which was approved an allocation of...
    • Driver Licences Fees
      567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the claim by the NDLS that persons over 70 years of age do not have to pay for a new or renewed driver licence (details...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the delegated responsibilities he has given to Ministers of State in his Department; when the order of delegated responsibility was...
    • Traffic Data
      569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the emergency vehicle breakdown and recovery plans in place in view of the traffic congestion caused by breakdowns and...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions between his Department and a group (details supplied) in respect of the emissions issue; the status of same; and if he...
    • Driver Test Data
      573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of tests taken and the total number of fails at each of the driving test centres in Nenagh, Thurles, Tipperary town and...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacancies; the length of time the positions are vacant; and the semi-State boards under the remit of his Department. [31988/16]
    • Statutory Instruments
      575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that a Statutory Instrument (SI) is sufficiently robust to enable the competent authority exercise powers under a SI without...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sports capital grant application system will open; the supports in place to assist small clubs complete their application; and...
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding for Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland for 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32030/16]
    • Fáilte Ireland Staff
      579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the recruitment of a new chief executive officer for Fáilte Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...
    • Departmental Agencies
      581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times the executive teams of both Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland have met in 2016. [32070/16]
    • Fáilte Ireland Expenditure
      583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of all events sponsored by Fáilte Ireland over a monetary value of €1,000 for each of the years 2011 to 2016 to...
    • Tourism Ireland Staff
      585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for details of the remuneration package of the current chief executive officer of Tourism Ireland. [32074/16]
    • Departmental Agencies
      586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the frequency that his Department has met jointly with both Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland in 2016; and the topics discussed....
    • Fáilte Ireland
      587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times he has met with the Chairperson of Fáilte Ireland in 2016; and the topics discussed. [32076/16]
    • Brexit Issues
      588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the preparations his department has made to date to protect the Irish tourism industry following the Brexit vote. [32077/16]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Trade Agreements
      589. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which other transatlantic trade agreements are contemplated or approved excluding TTIP; and if she will make a statement...
    • IDA Portfolio
      591. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a progress report on the advance facility for County Carlow; and if it is on course to be completed in the next...
    • Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
      592. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 12 October 2016, if she will provide immediate clarification of the nature of...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      593. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of workplace inspections by sector in 2015 and in the latest period in 2016 for which figures are available; the total...
    • National Minimum Wage
      595. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the large number of females on the national minimum wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31867/16]
    • Company Closures
      596. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the investigation report by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement into the closure of a company (details...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      598. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the delegated responsibilities she has given to Ministers of State in her Department; when the order of delegated responsibility was...
    • Consumer Protection
      599. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 664 of 8 June 2016 and 253 of 6 July 2016, if the Consumer and Competition Protection...
    • Job Losses
      600. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has met with officials from the IDA and EI regarding the recent job losses at a factory (details supplied) and the impending...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Youth Work Projects Funding
      601. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will award funding to a centre (details supplied) to allow them to carry out a range of essential works in the centre. [31470/16]
    • Community Services Programme
      602. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the decision to discontinue the community mothers scheme in a number of areas in Dublin was taken by her Department or by the local...
    • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
      603. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will extend the deadline for community child care providers to submit applications to the community child care subvention scheme, in...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      604. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if, in view of the increased funding of 5.5% to €712.9 million to Tusla, she will ensure that funding of €21 million is made...
    • Youth Services Funding
      605. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of the €5.5million increase in youth funding allocated in the budget. [31570/16]
    • Children and Young People’s Policy Framework
      606. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31571/16]
    • National Youth Work Advisory Committee
      607. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the national youth work advisory committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31572/16]
    • Youth Work Supports
      608. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current policy on the consolidation of youth projects and the duplication of youth services in smaller areas; and if she will make a...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      609. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when arrangements will be made for equal provision for all forms of child care, with particular reference to stay-at-home...
    • Family Resource Centres
      610. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding for family resource centres will increase in 2017 in line with the increase of 5.5% announced in the budget for Tusla; if she...
    • Child Care Services Data
      611. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child minders who have registered with Tusla since 1 August 2016 to date. [31785/16]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      612. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the delegated responsibilities she has given to Ministers of State in her Department; when the order of delegated responsibility was...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Expenditure
      613. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of extending the early childhood care year hours from three hours a day to five hours; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      614. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social work team leader and principal social worker positions within the child and family agency filled on an acting basis....
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Strength
      615. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the retention strategies he is implementing to prevent highly trained officers and soldiers from leaving the Defence Forces; and if he will make...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      616. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the delegated responsibilities he has given to Ministers of State in his Department; when the order of delegated responsibility was signed; if...
    • Civil Defence
      617. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will ensure that Westmeath civil defence has appropriate housing conditions; the actions he plans to take to ensure that their premises is...
    • Army Barracks
      618. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has considered renting block O or block P of Columb Barracks, Mullingar to a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...