Written answers

Wednesday, 2 November 2016

  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Rail Network Expansion
      13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will publish the modified report regarding the future plans for the DART underground project; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rail Services Provision
      14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent of proposed augmentation and investment in rail services over the next five years with particular reference to the extent that...
    • Tourism Funding
      15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasoning behind the cut in the voted capital funding for tourism services in budget 2017; and the agencies or initiatives that will...
    • Brexit Issues
      16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he anticipates sectors under the aegis of his Department to be affected by Brexit with particular reference to inward...
    • Road Tolls
      17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to regulate to allow for reduced payment at tolling points for low emission electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement...
    • Air Navigation Orders
      18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to discontinue or overhaul his Department's role in the granting of munitions permits under the Air Navigation (Carriage of...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funding being made available to local authorities for roads for 2017; the specific figure for County Tipperary; the way in which...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that less than 1% of the capital spend in transport is devoted to pedestrian and bicycle facilities; and if he will...
    • Air Pollution
      21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to regulate to allow local authorities to restrict the movement of high emission vehicles in urban centres to reduce air...
    • EU Regulations
      22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 29 September 2016, his views on the planned timeframe for implementation of the legislation...
    • Air Services Provision
      23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that a company (details supplied) is able to secure a permit from the US Department of Transportation to fly from Cork...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure Ireland complies with European transport 2050 targets to reduce emissions, including, the target to move...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's plans for the sports capital programme for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32676/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to release further funding in 2016 or 2017 in order that phase 2 of the national indoor arena can commence and be progressed;...
    • Public Transport Provision
      28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the budget allocation to his Department will allow for the needed expansion and provision of additional services and...
    • Greenways Development
      29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the proposed greenway from Dublin to Galway to be completed; his proposals to resolve issues that have arisen among...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the municipal stadium model which has been successfully developed in Tallaght by South Dublin County Council; and if he will...
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a dedicated, separately funded local improvement scheme will be restored to county councils; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Airport Development Projects
      32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with representatives from an organisation (details supplied) to fully understand their concerns and experience of the...
    • National Mitigation Plan
      33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the measures taken by his department to reduce emissions in the transport sector in line with Ireland's EU climate...
    • Bus Services
      34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that any privatisation of the public transport network, required under EU rules, should be contingent on maintaining...
    • Road Projects Status
      35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the A5 in view of Brexit and on his recent engagement with his Northern Ireland counterparts in respect of this; the total...
    • Driver Test Centres
      36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reinstate the national driver licence centre in the Carndonagh public services, Carndonagh, County Donegal in view of the...
    • Road Projects Status
      37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps, particularly in respect of funding, he plans to take to progress the Narrow Water Bridge project; and if he will make a...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made in developing the lakelands initiative; if he has committed funding to the project in 2017; and when he expects...
    • Airport Development Projects
      40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to deal with repeated claims from communities all across north Dublin affected by the new major runway that the daa...
    • Public Transport Provision
      41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the expansion of the public transport network to cope with increasing volumes of passengers in all three companies, Irish...
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount allocated to the sports grants for 2017; the groups and clubs which received funding; the amount they received under the sports...
    • Rail Network
      43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish a report (details supplied) compiled by the National Transport Authority and Irish Rail regarding the financial...
    • Industrial Disputes
      44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on plans by Bus Éireann to cut workers' pay and terms and conditions and subcontract Expressway routes to make €7...
    • Road Projects Status
      45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to ensure the A5 motorway from Dublin to Derry will be realised; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sports Funding
      46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasoning behind the cut in the voted capital funding for sports and recreation services in budget 2017; and the agencies or...
    • Disability Services Provision
      47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will develop and implement a solution to the mind the gap issue on Irish trains in order to allow wheelchair users to get off and on...
    • Fishing Vessel Safety
      48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce legislation to enforce a safety regime in fishing vessels whereby only Bord Iascaigh Mhara safety cards will be...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Operations
      57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fishing vessels that were raided by various Departments and agencies and the port in which they were berthed on 5 October 2016 and...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm, in view of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015, whether the parents and legal guardians of persons residing in...
    • Deportation Orders
      63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an asylum application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32542/16]
    • Immigration Controls
      64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of persons refused leave to land at approved ports of entry to the State in 2015 and to date in 2016; and if she will make a...
    • Temporary Travel Documentation
      68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a temporary travel document cannot be issued to a person (details supplied). [32545/16]
    • Probate Applications
      69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for a probate application to be processed in Dublin; her views on whether there is an insufficient number of staff...
    • Garda Investigations
      70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the work of the Garda review team currently working on the investigation of the disappearance of a person (details supplied). [32541/16]
    • Immigration Status
      71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position on residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32551/16]
    • Legislative Programme
      72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which she plans to publish the criminal justice (corruption) Bill; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Data
      73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personnel in the traffic corps as of 15 October 2016; the number of gardaí who have applied to the traffic corps in the years...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, following this Deputy's Leaders' Question on 19 October 2016 on the topic of road safety, she has met the Taoiseach to correct the Taoiseach's...
    • Civil Legal Aid
      75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will increase the income ceiling for those applying for free legal aid from the current level of €18,000 per annum...
    • Garda Investigations
      76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the current situation with regard to the investigations by An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public...
    • Garda Retirements
      78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the retirement age of members of An Garda Síochána (details supplied); and if she...
    • Legislative Measures
      79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is proposed that legislation establishing a new family law court will be introduced in the near future; and the extent to which legislation...
    • Visa Applications
      80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite a visa application for a person (details supplied); her views on the delays associated with the application; and if she will...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the equality ground of the nine equality grounds which would potentially cover an allegation that a landlord refused a person a tenancy on the...
    • Valuation Office
      82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Valuation Office will commence a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32688/16]
    • Prisoner Data
      83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from County Tipperary that were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment; the number who were processed at the prison where...
    • Fines Data
      84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total value of uncollected fines; the total number of uncollected fines; the number of persons that have been imprisoned for non-payment of...
    • Legislative Programme
      86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality to consider the content of the general scheme of the Criminal...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Syrian refugees that have been taken into the country following the Government's pledge to take 4,000; the reason the process is...
    • Legislative Programme
      88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation that updates or replaces the existing Coroners Act. [32894/16]
    • Garda Equipment
      89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all Garda traffic corps vehicles are currently fitted with an automatic number plate recognition system; if so, the number of such; if not, the...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that her Department spent on external legal advice in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; the names of each of the legal firms that...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she intends to commence part XIV of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32927/16]
    • Immigration Status
      92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has lived here for 19 years, who applied to remain in the state and was refused; if it...
  • Department of Finance
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the new scheme to assist first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32569/16]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied regarding the amount of working capital available to the hotel and catering industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33042/16]
    • Tax Collection
      97. To ask the Minister for Finance if notice of assessment for tax year 2014 can issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32544/16]
    • Banking Sector
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the main banking institutions to provide a full-time ATM in the town of Kilnaleck, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme in order to allow access to persons with severe cerebral palsy who due to their illness...
    • Credit Union Lending
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has had discussions with the Irish League of Credit Unions regarding the establishment of a special purpose vehicle, SPV, to enable credit...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance the assessment that was carried out by his Department on the impact on supply and demand conditions in the housing market of the help-to-buy scheme announced...
    • Budget Measures
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list all measures announced in the Finance Bill 2016 that still require EU approval; if he will list all measures still pending EU approval from...
    • Tax Code
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify an issue (details supplied) in respect of inheritance tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32669/16]
    • Knowledge Development Box
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland's knowledge development box scheme is compatible with the EU's proposed common consolidated corporate tax base; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Interdepartmental Working Groups
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance if the interdepartmental flood policy co-ordination group has completed its report; the current status of the matter; his views on ensuring that flood...
    • Property Tax Collection
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the circumstances of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32829/16]
    • Credit Union Regulation
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance the position on the savings cap of €100,000 in respect of credit unions; the number of credit unions that have been given an exemption from this...
    • VAT Yield
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT taken by the Revenue Commissioners at the 9% rate for each year to date in tabular form since the rate was introduced, broken down by sector...
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount it would cost in a full year if the 13.5% VAT rate on constructing new houses and apartments was reduced to 11.5%. [32905/16]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that his Department spent on external legal advice in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; the names of each of the legal firms that provided...
    • Vehicle Registration
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Revenue Commissioners to apply a temporary exemption from VRT to employees working for an organisation (details supplied) in Northern...
    • EU Funding
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland has drawn down any funding under the COSME loan guarantee fund; and, if so, the instrument or financial intermediary under which it has been...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an analysis of the pay differential between new entrants to the teaching profession and those employed before 1 February 2012 has been...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will examine the matter of redressing the refused appeal....
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32810/16]
    • School Closures
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that more than 100 children aged between five and 12 years are expected to be without a school place...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the special needs assistants hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32867/16]
    • Psychological Assessments
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will have an educational needs assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Enrolments Data
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools, by county, that have fewer than six classes per school registered with his Department in tabular form. [32511/16]
    • School Curriculum
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32568/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who requires a special needs assistant, SNA; and the process for accessing an SNA for...
    • Third Level Staff Recruitment
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to continue or amend the employment control framework, ECF, currently in place for higher education institutions; if he will consider a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason it is the case under the staffing ratio for small schools that a school can gain a second teacher with 15 students, but only if the...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be eligible to gain a second teacher in 2017-18, if they have 15 pupils spread across three class groups; and...
    • School Costs
      131. 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...
    • School Transport Administration
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the national policy in relation to allowing children who avail of school transport to a rural school remain in the school until 3 p.m. when they...
    • Industrial Disputes
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether second level schools will close on dates other than those formally set out as strike days by the ASTI as a direct result and...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if payments will be made under the Caranua redress scheme towards funeral costs of survivors of institutional abuse; and if he will make a...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the introduction of a €15,000 cap on applications to the residential institutions statutory fund; if...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the secondary schools that currently provide classes and supports for secondary school children who are on the autism spectrum in County Kildare;...
    • Education Centre Network
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the implications of his Department's decision informing a centre (details supplied) that it must incorporate...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction of a new school (details supplied) is expected to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32689/16]
    • Schools Extra Curricular Activities
      140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any rules regarding fitness or other sports instructors coming into schools to give occasional classes, in terms of qualifications...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a decision not to grant home tuition to a person (details supplied) in County Meath following a number of recent operations;...
    • School Closures
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the transfer of undertakings directive and regulations, TUPE, apply in the instance of his Department taking over a campus (details supplied);...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an engineer's report detailing the need for replacement of 39 year old fire doors and apex windows in a school...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide full details regarding the extra teaching posts announced as part of budget 2017; the way these teaching posts will be divided...
    • School Management
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or his Department were made aware of the sudden death of a person (details supplied) and when their colleagues wanted to attend the funeral...
    • School Transport Appeals
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost to the State of running and maintaining the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport's school transport appeals office,...
    • School Funding
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application made by a school (details supplied) for emergency funding. [32836/16]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of efforts to secure permanent school buildings for a school (details supplied). [32872/16]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for emergency works to a school (details supplied) in County Clare will be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Minor Works Scheme
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a commitment that minor works scheme applications will be processed, sanctioned and paid out as a matter of urgency; and if he...
    • Third Level Expenditure
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide estimates for the amount academic libraries in third level institutions spend each year on accessing electronic serial...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that his Department spent on external legal advice in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; the names of each of the legal firms that...
    • School Accommodation
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects a decision to be made on an application for funding by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school's building project cannot proceed to pre-qualification stage (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to exempt primary and post-primary schools from having to pay water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32928/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider increasing the resource hours for children with Down's syndrome and a mild intellectual disability from 2.5 hours per week to...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for ACELS recognition that are awaiting a decision; if there is an indicative timeframe for the processing of...
    • National Council for Special Education
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes involved in moving from GAM, the general allocation model, to TAM, the teacher allocation model, of resource learning support...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of new building works for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32994/16]
    • Apprenticeship Data
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices in construction-related trades in 2016; and if he will provide the equivalent figures for each of the past ten years...
    • State Examinations
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes he will make to the RACE scheme, following significant criticism of the current operation of the scheme by the Ombudsman for Children...
    • Industrial Disputes
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills provisions will be put in place to help junior and leaving certificate students catch up on classes that will be lost due to the ongoing...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be provided to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33054/16]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to exempt primary and post primary schools from having to pay water charges; and if he will make a...
    • Nitrates Action Programme Implementation
      166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if any exception or allowance is being made to the rules governing the spreading of slurry where flooding situations...
    • Housing Provision
      167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress made in the programme for Government on housing. [33056/16]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress made to deliver the Gaoth Dobhair sewerage scheme; the details of the latest correspondence exchanged...
    • Fire Service
      169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the implementation of reforms to the fire service in line with the keeping communities safe document....
    • Motor Tax
      170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason a person who is taxing a van first registered in 2009 as a private vehicle is required to tax it based on...
    • Housing Provision
      171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the buy-and-renewal scheme; the way it can be assessed; when it will be rolled out in Dún...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Expenditure
      172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to extend the pilot schemes of funding for CCTV cameras for community alert schemes. [32618/16]
    • Electoral Reform
      173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider introducing a provision for early voting in future general elections and referenda in line with...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to raise the income threshold for social housing applications; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress being made on the review of dog breeding regulations; the intended outcome of this review; and the...
    • Local Authority Staff Data
      178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of health and safety officers in local authorities who are still on the old clerical grading (details...
    • Housing Assistance Payments
      180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will assess a query on the housing assistance payment by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will investigate the possibility of amending the current criteria for the mobility aids housing grant scheme...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when his Department will be in a position to support a family (details supplied) with a demountable home. [32828/16]
    • Local Elections
      183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review local electoral area boundaries in advance of the 2019 local elections; and if he will make a...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a final response to a query that was sent to his office in August 2016 (details supplied); and if...
    • Library Services
      185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide estimates for the amount public libraries spend each year on accessing electronic serial...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount that his Department spent on external legal advice in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; the names of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on a group sewerage scheme administered by his Department which only authorised two applications in 2016;...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there will be any increase in funding for the Louth volunteer centre in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the terms that apply when full payment of one parent family payment can be awarded along with another social protection payment. [32534/16]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of social protection payments made per month to the post office in Dunlewey, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      191. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a payment for illness benefit has been reduced in respect of a person (details supplied). [32512/16]
    • Child Benefit Administration
      192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the safeguards in place by his Department to ensure that the child benefit payment is not abused, in that parents do not receive the payment for...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for illness allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Insurance Payments
      194. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action a person (details supplied) can take regarding missing PRSI contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32567/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      195. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a person’s (details supplied) appeal for carer's allowance; and when they can expect a decision on their case. [32607/16]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      196. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent support has been increased in line with current rent now at €1,400 in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for carer's benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Qualified Child Increase Payments
      199. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the status of a person’s (details supplied) application for a qualified child allowance; and when a decision will issue. [32604/16]
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      200. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to revise the criteria for participation in the community employment scheme, particularly to meet the needs of rural communities; and if...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      202. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the circumstances in which persons over 70 years of age, who do not qualify for a full medical card, can receive benefits such as optical...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      203. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a self employed person (details supplied) can pay contributions up until the date of the 66th birthday to avail of the State pension...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the status of an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32639/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the status of an appeal on a carer's allowance decision in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      207. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline the reason a breakdown that was requested on behalf a person (details supplied) in respect of a social protection overpayment has not...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      208. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline his plans to extend the fuel allowance scheme to illness benefit scheme recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32661/16]
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      210. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline the engagement with the young persons concerned in taking available training places across the further education and training sector in...
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      211. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline how his Department can justify the refusal of fuel allowance to a person (details supplied) in receipt of a State pension whereby the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      212. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline when a decision will be made on an application for a review of a decision to refuse disability allowance to a person (details supplied);...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      213. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a full review in respect of an outstanding payment due for jobseeker's allowance will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      214. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the current method of processing the homemakers scheme, whereby the qualifying years are discounted form the overall average and...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      216. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a farm assist appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      217. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for carer's benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      218. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears due to a person (details supplied) will be paid out in respect of a claim for carer’s allowance which was awarded upon appeal;...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      219. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of carer's benefit;...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      220. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for disability allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      221. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment of a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32825/16]
    • Family Income Supplement Payments
      222. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 18 October 2016, if as originally requested, a review in respect of overpayment for FIS can be...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      223. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an increase in rent support will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32831/16]
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      224. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the outcome of the recent review of the wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32833/16]
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to revise the eligibility rules for fuel allowances for persons on the rural social schemes in order that they can apply for the scheme...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      226. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for invalidity pension in respect of person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      227. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied). [32884/16]
    • Family Income Supplement Appeals
      228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a family income supplement appeal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
      229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a retrospective application will be made for a domiciliary care allowance in each of the years 2010 and 2015 for a person (details supplied); and...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he considered expanding JobsPlus to include apprenticeships as part of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32892/16]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      231. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if the means assessment when carried out by his Department took account of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      232. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the contracts for JobPath were put out to tender; the awarding process; the criteria on which it was based; if there was any other applicants;...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount that his Department spent on external legal advice in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; the names of each of the legal firms that...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      234. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's benefit in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32935/16]
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      235. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of State contributory pension in the case of a person (details supplied); the amount of arrears owed in this instance; and if he...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      236. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity pension review will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32950/16]
    • School Meals Programme
      238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in paying a company (details supplied) for services they provide under the school meals programme; and if he will make a...
    • JobPath Implementation
      239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons participating on JobPath are paid by either JobPath or the employer for travel, childcare or lunch vouchers; and, if it is the employers...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if fibromyalgia will be recognised under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33051/16]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      241. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Irish diplomatic delegations have been sent to each EU member state capital to impress the need for a Brexit outcome that takes into...
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      242. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the upcoming North-South Ministerial Council meeting in November 2016. [33055/16]
    • Departmental Appointments
      243. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the precise scoring system used to assess each application for an individual election observation mission; if his Department...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      244. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government received any request to participate or intervene as an interested party in the proceedings before the Belfast High Court...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      245. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount that his Department spent on external legal advice in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; the names of each of the legal firms...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Coastal Protection
      246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which a particular part of the coastal protection scheme on the beach at Rosslare Strand, County Wexford may be implemented...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to provide a pension policy for supervisors and assistant supervisors on community employment schemes; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32530/16]
    • Oireachtas Members' Remuneration
      249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public sector grades that salaries of TDs, Senators, Ministers, Ministers of State, the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach are aligned...
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if or when the two extra hours to be worked each week for persons who would normally have worked 35 hours a week, agreed under the...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      251. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a building (details supplied) in Enfield, County Meath; and if the Office of Public Works will consider its use as a...
    • Lobbying Data
      252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if NAMA is subject to the Lobbying Act 2015; if it is required to submit a return if it lobbies a person; if it is required to submit a...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the two posts of Assistant Secretary that are currently vacant within his Department will be filled; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that his Department spent on external legal advice in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; the names of each of the legal...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      258. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the areas of recruitment currently planned for the public service; the grades at which recruitment will take place; and if local...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      259. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the monitoring and reporting arrangements in his Department to track tender price inflation for publicly funded projects; if his...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Wildlife Conservation
      260. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the control measures on the feral mink population in Munster; and the success rates of same. [32834/16]
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      261. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when funding for Leader in County Longford will be signed off and the money granted; the reason there has been an extended delay in...
    • EU Directives
      262. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department holds and operates the licensing function for control measures that can be carried out on bird species under...
    • Departmental Schemes
      268. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation from the €10 million nationally for the town and village renewal scheme 2016 that has been made for County...
    • CLÁR Programme
      269. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total allocation under the Clár scheme in 2016 for local access roads; the county allocation if already decided; if this...
    • Leader Programmes
      270. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an agreement has been signed between her Department and Forum Connemara regarding the delivery of the Leader programme in...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      271. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount that her Department spent on external legal advice in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; the name of each of the legal...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      272. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén plé a bhí ag a Roinn le RTÉ maidir leis an bplean gníomhaíochta don Ghaeilge; an bhfuil sé...
    • Departmental Funding
      273. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will publish the cost-benefit analysis undertaken regarding the allocation of €2.175 million for the building of a...
    • Legislative Programme
      274. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding legislation on hedge cutting; when she expects that the changes will be made; and if she will make a statement...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services
      275. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who was self-employed is eligible for the hearing aid grant or any other supports; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      276. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions for emergency respite care in Dublin south west; if there are services that will be supplied to a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      277. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32515/16]
    • Legislative Programme
      278. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding physiotherapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32516/16]
    • Respite Care Services
      279. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for respite care by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32543/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      280. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide extra IWA hours to a person (details supplied) taking into consideration the person's medical condition; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Children's Hospital Location
      281. To ask the Minister for Health the reason St. James's Hospital rather than Connolly Hospital was chosen for the site of the children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • European Health Insurance Card
      282. To ask the Minister for Health the safeguards in place to avoid abuse of the European health card system in accessing medical care here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32580/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      283. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical procedure will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement...
    • Legislative Programme
      284. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the legislation required for a new transport support scheme as currently the financial supports for provision of adapted transport for...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      285. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the provision of a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32529/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      286. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be assessed for a procedure. [32539/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      287. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide extra home help hours for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32540/16]
    • Hospital Equipment
      289. To ask the Minister for Health if the X-ray equipment at Merlin Park University Hospital that provided orthodontic diagnostics will be replaced; when it is planned to replace it; if his...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      290. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for an operation will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32619/16]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      293. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected home care support as required will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      294. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hearing aid for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32636/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      295. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a laptop for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32605/16]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      296. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32613/16]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
      297. To ask the Minister for Health the way a person can access the National Treatment Purchase Fund after they have been waiting an extended period of time for an appointment; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      298. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with CAMHS; the steps that can be taken to receive an appointment; the reason an appointment was...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      299. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding mental health nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32581/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      300. To ask the Minister for Health the pricing controls in place for private nursing homes under the fair deal scheme; if all necessary services such as chiropody, and so on are included in...
    • HIQA Inspections
      301. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HIQA inspections carried out in private nursing homes in 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; the number of nursing homes which were required to...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      302. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation of funding and personnel made to a centre (details supplied) in respect of adult services in 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; the number of...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      305. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the drug Respreeza; his views on its use and availability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32652/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      306. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth who is waiting for an appointment; and the timeframe for this...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      308. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 18 October 2016, the position regarding the shortage of anaesthetists in the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda...
    • Home Help Service Oversight
      309. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to Parliamentary Question No. 1329 of 16 September 2016, in respect of recruitment plans for home help in counties Laois and Offaly;...
    • Nursing Home Services
      310. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will be received from the HSE to Parliamentary Question No. 1139 of 16 September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32685/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      311. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the failure of senior officers of the HSE to respond to written communications from Members of Dáil Éireann...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      312. To ask the Minister for Health the status of lottery funding for a group (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [32694/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      313. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the ongoing need for medical services in south Meath and specifically in Enfield, County Meath, where a population of 4,000 persons have no...
    • Mental Health Services
      314. To ask the Minister for Health if due to the transfer of psychiatric admission beds from Navan to Drogheda and the resultant burden put on service users and their carers, he will redraw the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      315. To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed to provide capital funding for the replacement of St. Anne’s community nursing unit and the district hospital in Clifden, Connemara,...
    • Disease Management
      316. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to commission an independent inquiry into Lyme disease to review the evidence of the epidemiology of Lyme disease here, particularly at the level of...
    • Orthodontic Services
      317. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to replace dental X-ray facilities at the orthodontic department at Merlin Park hospital, in view of the fact that children throughout counties...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      318. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to outsource X-ray facilities which are normally provided at the orthodontic department of Merlin Park University Hospital in order that children who...
    • Nursing Home Services
      319. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the closing of nine beds in the Cottage Hospital in Drogheda, the threat of closure of the Cottage Hospital, and the closure...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      321. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the promised 100-bed unit at St. Mary's, Dublin Road, Drogheda; the stage at which this new unit is at; and when he expects the 100-bed unit to...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      322. To ask the Minister for Health the illnesses and disabilities that automatically qualify a person for a medical card; the details of the severity and stage of the illness when the automatic...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      323. To ask the Minister for Health the changes to the fair deal scheme in budget 2017, particularly in respect of asset value of farm land; if any further changes are proposed to the scheme; and...
    • Ambulance Service Accommodation
      324. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been allocated under budget 2017 for the commencement of the new ambulance centre in Edenderry, County Offaly; the overall amount...
    • Air Ambulance Service
      325. To ask the Minister for Health if the review it was agreed would be carried out during the negotiations for Government formation with regard to the expansion of air ambulance services...
    • Health Services Provision
      326. To ask the Minister for Health when he will be issuing a physiotherapy appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the fact that this person has been waiting for...
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      327. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) can be legalised here. [32731/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      328. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be called for surgery. [32742/16]
    • Dental Services Provision
      330. To ask the Minister for Health if dental work can be carried out for a person (details supplied) under their medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32744/16]
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      331. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the cancellation of orthodontic appointments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32747/16]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      333. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate that a person (details supplied) has been awaiting a monitor for sleep apnoea since August 2016; and if he will make a...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      334. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons treated by the national treatment purchase fund, NTPF, that are on a waiting list for treatment from a consultant who also works...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      335. To ask the Minister for Health if an assistant for ASD will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32760/16]
    • Vaccination Programme
      339. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the instruction on a website (details supplied); the way in which the HSE has implemented this instruction; and the number of girls in each...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      340. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32817/16]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by the HSE, including section 38 agencies, in certain grades (details supplied) broken down by CHO area, hospital groupings and...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      342. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislative Process RIA
      343. To ask the Minister for Health if any regulatory impact analysis has been conducted with respect to the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015, particularly with respect to small and medium sized...
    • Cancer Services Provision
      344. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 386 of 18 October 2016, if he will clarify that mammography services will only be provided at Sligo University Hospital...
    • Hospital Services
      345. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the retirement of a staff member at a hospital has resulted in the freezing of funding for treatment for a...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      346. To ask the Minister for Health when he will make a decision on an application for funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32842/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      347. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not being provided with any home help hours in view of the fact that the person was in receipt of...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      348. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a date for an orthodontic appointment; the reason for the delay in issuing this appointment in view of the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a prosthetic leg for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32875/16]
    • General Practitioner Services
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the status of appointing a general practitioner (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32876/16]
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      351. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide sufficient funds to ensure that adequate home care package hours can be provided to persons in need of this package; if his attention has...
    • Nursing Education
      352. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a final response to a query that was sent to his office in July 2016 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32883/16]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his work to provide new treatments for Dravet syndrome in view of meetings with families affected and their call for access to cannabidiol. [32896/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      354. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist in arranging an admission date for surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) who urgently needs to be admitted to hospital. [32898/16]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of home help hours and home care packages in the Dublin Bay North constituency; the number on waiting lists, indicating the...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department spent on external legal advice in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; the names of each of the legal firms that provided advice to...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      357. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32934/16]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      358. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected that a person (details supplied) in County Donegal shall receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment; if consideration will be given...
    • Ambulance Service Accommodation
      359. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to update the ambulance base in Carlow town; and the changes he will make to the existing base or if he plans to relocate the base within the St....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      360. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if he will ensure that there will be no further delay and surgery will go ahead as...
    • Hospital Services
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the situation at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, with regard to the transplant of kidneys and pancreas following the retirement of a surgeon and the impact it...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an application and appeal for a medical card was refused in the case of a person (details supplied); if the application will be reviewed as a matter...
    • Nursing Home Services
      363. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the cost of care figures published by the HSE on 5 October 2016, for care in its nursing homes, reflects the true costs incurred...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      365. To ask the Minister for Health when a bed will be provided for a person (details supplied) in the Central Mental Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32980/16]
    • Ambulance Service Accommodation
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the status in relation to the identification of a suitable short-term base for the ambulance service in Edenderry, County Offaly; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      367. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that infants with hip dysplasia who require a hip spica chair, such as in the case of a person (details supplied), will receive one from...
    • Ambulance Service
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the furthest distance, in terms of kilometres, that an ambulance can cover from its permanent station [32987/16]
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      370. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a process whereby an ambulance is called to a location and there is only one ambulance at a station, regardless of the distance from the location,...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the maintenance and fuel bills for the fleet of ambulances for the two years previous to the new system being implemented and the two years since its...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for public psychiatric and psychological services in Arklow; the staffing levels for same; the variety of services offered; and if he will...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dog passports that are acquired each year for the transporting of dogs to other jurisdictions. [32679/16]
    • Beef Industry
      374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the latest information from his Department on the average cost of production, euro per kg of beef, for primary producers of beef; and...
    • Forestry Management
      375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the replanting of forestry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32518/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be paid a 2016 single farm payment; if the application is in order; and if he...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is a requirement that a cattle slatted house has to have external slurry agitation points should a person wish to apply under...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider making a grant available to persons on marginal land for a drainage scheme to improve grass production and...
    • GLAS Issues
      380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant aid currently available to persons for the purpose of conservation of traditional farm outbuildings, including roof, walls,...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will be paid under the beef data genomics programme 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Farm Inspections
      383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) with regard to a farm inspection; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to utilise existing state aid rules and the temporary concessions allowed to provide lower cost financial support to...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications Data
      385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details, including the application reference number, the site address and name of applicant, of all live applications for...
    • Farm Inspections
      387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the basic farm payment is being deliberately withheld from farmers that have been randomly selected for satellite inspections;...
    • Brexit Issues
      390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is no union representation on his Department's Brexit consultative committee, which was formed in the aftermath of...
    • Animal Welfare Bodies
      391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the weighting in terms of the application assessment process which is accorded to the requirement of adhering to Farm Animal Welfare...
    • Brexit Issues
      392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times the consultative committee that was established after the Brexit referendum in June 2016 has met; the number of...
    • Commonage Land Use
      393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing issue of commonages claims throughout County Tipperary due to a lack of a chairperson...
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a forestry payment by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that his Department spent on external legal advice in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; the names of each of the...
    • Forestry Management
      396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 771 of 27 September 2016, the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Environmental Impact Statements
      397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of occasions on which an applicant was not required to submit an environmental impact statement to accompany an...
    • GLAS Payments
      398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 803 of 27 September 2016, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing a basic farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • GLAS Payments
      400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be a GLAS 4 round for those farmers currently in the AEOS 3 scheme whose contracts end at the end of 2017; and if he...
    • TAMS Eligibility
      401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will qualify for 60% on TAMS II; when a decision will be made on this; and if he will make a statement...
    • Greyhound Industry
      402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons employed in the greyhound industry here as the last specific figures were attained some five years ago from the...
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to instruct Bord na gCon to appoint only independent members to the control committees operated within the...
    • Greyhound Industry
      404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the frequency with which the board of directors of each greyhound track under the IGB meets; the dates of the meetings of each board...
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the accounts for Bord na gCon for 2015 have not been published to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bord na gCon Staff
      406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason staff members of Bord na gCon are being placed on boards across the country; if he will specify which boards have adopted...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Recycling Policy
      407. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a limited number of public recycling facilities for plastics at...
    • Recreational Angling Sector
      408. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of derelict fishing rights transferred from the former Land Commission to Inland Fisheries Ireland at a...
    • Salmon Hardship Scheme
      409. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to reopen the hardship scheme in view of recorded salmon and eel stock levels; his plans to investigate avenues...
    • Trading Online Voucher Scheme
      410. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of trading online vouchers awarded in each county from 2014 to 2016 to date; and the amount that was awarded...
    • Climate Change Policy
      411. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32611/16]
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      412. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the national broadband plan, with reference to the Foynes area, County Limerick, and with particular...
    • Media Pluralism
      413. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he has taken to address the concerns raised by the recent Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom report...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      414. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide feed-in tariffs for biogas plants to produce renewable electricity and gas in 2017. [32708/16]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      416. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made to date within County Donegal in the provision of rural broadband services; the projected timeframe for...
    • Rural Broadband Scheme
      418. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will provide a broadband service in Cloughduv, County Cork, and the surrounding areas. [32858/16]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      419. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount that his Department spent on external legal advice in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; the names of each...
    • Energy Schemes
      420. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland better energy warmer homes scheme and better energy homes funding is...
    • Media Pluralism
      421. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has met with the National Union of Journalists regarding the report into media ownership. [32960/16]
    • Waste Disposal
      422. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the negotiations with waste contractors; the negotiations that have taken place with waste contractors...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Motor Insurance
      423. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce legislation controlling the loadings put by the insurance companies on car owners that seem to be quite arbitrary...
    • Rail Network
      424. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to publish the rail review from the National Transport Authority and Irish Rail; and if he is committed to ensuring that there...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      425. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a decision was taken not to proceed with the sports capital grant 2016; if this decision will be reversed; and if he will make...
    • Road Network
      426. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the need for an outer orbital dual carriageway for Dublin or upgrades to the M50 in view of recent surveys and...
    • Road Tolls
      428. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend to heavy goods vehicles and trucks the 10% discount on tolls given to cars on pre-payment for trips in multiples of...
    • Noise Pollution
      429. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans his Department has regarding the installation of noise suppression barriers from Johnstown village, County Kildare, to Big Ball...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      430. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if increased funding will be provided to Cavan and Monaghan county councils for the non-national road network programme for 2017 in view...
    • Haulage Industry
      432. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether more needs to be done to improve competitiveness and reduce costs in the haulage sector; and the measures his...
    • Tourism Promotion
      433. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the departmental programmes promoting agritourism here; the programmes specifically relating to research in the area of agritourism; and...
    • Recreational Facilities Provision
      434. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the planned all-Ireland national indoor cycling velodrome construction will commence at the national sports campus, Abbotstown,...
    • Road Signage
      435. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans in relation to the proposed installation of traffic lights at the junction at main street in Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, and...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      436. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address matters (details supplied) regarding artificial pitches and rubber infill; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      437. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to extend the Leap card, currently used by rail and DART passengers, to those travelling by bus, namely to Bus...
    • Airport Development Projects
      438. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether it is appropriate that the proposed flight path for the new runway will bring aircraft over Malahide when easterly...
    • Aviation Issues
      439. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of munitions permits his department has granted to date in 2016 under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War,...
    • Tourism Promotion
      440. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional measures Tourism Ireland will take in the UK in 2016 and 2017 to promote additional tourists coming here following the...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      441. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that his Department spent on external legal advice in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; the names of each of the legal...
    • Olympic Council of Ireland
      442. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to receive an interim report or update regarding the Olympic Council of Ireland investigation; if he will publish the...
    • Road Safety
      443. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a national system of testing for motorcycles equivalent to the current NCT for cars; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Properties
      444. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the landholdings, by size and location, held by his Department or semi-State body under his remit. [32990/16]
    • Regional Airports
      445. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with the board of management of Waterford Airport; if so, the status on securing another carrier for the airport; and if he...
    • Driver Licences Fees
      446. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 567 of 25 October 2016, the plans by the NDLS to include mention of the fact that a cost will...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      447. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects applications under the sports capital grant scheme to be invited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33033/16]
    • National Lottery Funding Data
      448. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects funds from the proceeds of the national lottery to become available through his Department; and if he will...
    • Olympic Games Funding
      449. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects funding to be made available to or through the Olympic Council of Ireland for the provision and...
    • Sports Events
      450. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his efforts to date to encourage major international sporting events to this country with particular reference to the rugby world cup;...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      451. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his proposals for investment in the rail services over the next five years including any extension to services; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Services Provision
      452. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if extra rail carriages will be provided on the Leixlip, Maynooth, Kilcock and Enfield lines at peak times with a view to alleviating any...
    • Tourism Policy
      453. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to evaluate the potential of the tourism sector with particular reference to the need to ensure the...
    • Tourism Data
      454. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tourists expected to be attracted here in 2017; the way in which this will compare with the current year; the extent of any...
    • Regional Airports
      455. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he intends to support and promote the role of regional airports; if any particular initiative is required in this...
    • Tourism Policy
      456. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he intends and expects to promote Ireland's Ancient East in the future; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Network
      457. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to monitor the overcrowding on motorways such as the M50 or others with a view to identifying the most...
    • Tourism Policy
      459. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to encourage the promotion abroad of this country as an attractive conference location; the extent to...
    • Road Safety
      460. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA has received legal advice regarding rickshaws that are carrying passengers for hire that are operating without a licence, in...
    • National Driver Licensing Service
      461. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will discuss with the National Driver Licensing Service the possibility of operating a fast-track service similar to the Passport...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Proposed Legislation
      462. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps her Department is taking to explore and discuss the practical issues proposed in the Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016. [32525/16]
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      463. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a person (details supplied) currently on a student's visa can apply for a work permit; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • EU Programmes
      464. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of small and medium enterprises which have accessed funds from the EU Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and...
    • Trade Promotion
      467. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will enable Enterprise Ireland to provide support to Irish retailers investing in their online sales capacity with a view to...
    • Brexit Issues
      468. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has created a special unit in her Department to specifically deal with Brexit; if so, the number of staff that are full-time...
    • Trade Agreements
      470. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a free trade agreement between the EU and Japan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32903/16]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      471. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount that her Department spent on external legal advice in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; the names of each of the legal...
    • European Investment Bank Loans
      472. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Ireland has been a beneficiary of the InnovFin fund; and the extent to which it has benefitted in financial terms. [32970/16]
    • IDA Site Visits
      473. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits per county in 2016 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32974/16]
    • EU Directives
      474. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the transposition of EU directive 2014/56/EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33048/16]
    • Legislative Programme
      475. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated timeframe for the implementation of the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
      476. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the upcoming Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and its implications for Ireland; and if she will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      477. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures including new legislation she is taking to address ticket touting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27222/16]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      478. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who requires a special needs assistant, SNA; and the process for accessing an...
    • Child Care Law Reporting Project
      479. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider providing funding for the Childcare Law Reporting Project when it concludes in 2017. [32635/16]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      480. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason it is not possible to split the early childhood care and education, ECCE, grant between two service providers for all parents...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      481. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department spent on external legal advice in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; the names of each of the legal firms...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      482. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the case of a person (details supplied) regarding the early childhood care and education scheme; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Investigations
      483. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the source of information provided on pages 109 and 111 of the independent review lead by a person (details supplied) pertaining to the deaths...
    • Service Medals
      484. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason ex-members of the Naval Service who served on Operation Pontus on board LE Niamh from July to October 2015 are being excluded from...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      485. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount his Department spent on external legal advice in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; the names of each of the legal firms that...

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