Written answers

Thursday, 3 November 2016

  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Employment Support Services
      4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she will take to ensure that any company supported by her Department, or other State agency under her influence, that creates...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions the Government is taking to increase competitiveness in view of the increased competition from the UK as a location to...
    • Jobs Data
      17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will ensure that when her Department is recording job figures from IDA or Enterprise Ireland supported companies, that the...
    • Research and Development Funding
      18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the immediate contingency steps she is taking with European colleagues to ensure EU research and development funding is not reduced...
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme
      19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the current drawdown levels issued under the credit guarantee scheme; the total value of approvals on the same dates; if...
    • EU Directives
      20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken to date to transcribe directive 2014/104/EU on antitrust damages actions into Irish law; and if she will...
    • Industrial Relations
      21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether an employer labour conference type body should be re-established to facilitate good industrial relations...
    • Film Industry Development
      22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consultation and decision-making processes that were employed by Enterprise Ireland in making the decision to sell the shareholding...
    • Brexit Issues
      23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she remains satisfied of the ability of Ireland to attract sufficient foreign direct investment and indigenous...
    • Trade Agreements
      24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the refusal of Wallonia to sign off on the EU Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement, CETA; and if she will make a...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of interactions and meetings she has had and held with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions specifically concerning Brexit; if...
    • Taxi Regulations
      26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she, her officials or any other State agency that she is aware of have been lobbied or approached by a company (details supplied)...
    • Tax Code
      27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of her proposal to offer a lower rate of tax to returning emigrants; if she has discussed her proposals with the Minister...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether there is inertia in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission with regard to in-depth investigations into...
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding that will be granted by the IDA , Enterprise Ireland or other State agencies under the aegis of her Department to client...
    • Brexit Issues
      30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to minimise the impact of Brexit in County Donegal; the engagement she has had with the IDA to ensure it secures new...
    • Lobbying Data
      31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she, her officials or any State agency that she is aware of have been lobbied or had representations made to them by any company or...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which her Department and the Government are evaluating the results of the Action Plan for Jobs of her predecessor; the new...
    • Trade Agreements
      33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to consent to provisional application of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement ahead of upcoming EU council meetings...
    • Industrial Relations
      34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to ensure companies and firms that are in receipt of State support from the IDA, Enterprise Ireland or any other body comply...
    • Zero-hour Contracts
      35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current position of her Department on zero-hour contracts; the action she is taking to eliminate zero-hour contracts and to ensure...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the recent public consultation by her Department on its statement of strategy 2016-2019; when she expects this...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the review of the Book of Quantum by InjuriesBoard.ie; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33008/16]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Interdepartmental Working Groups
      38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times the working group in respect of the road map on the implementation of the UNCRPD have met; the progress made to date in...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons the Workplace Relations Commission is currently the agency dealing with cases of discrimination in the private rental market; and her...
    • Property Registration Authority Administration
      40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Property Registration Authority has an obligation in registering property titles to ensure that physical property and title documents are...
    • Garda Deployment
      41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements she has in place for Dublin Airport and regional airports in the event of the withdrawal of services and labour by An Garda...
    • Immigration Data
      42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adults and children who remain in direct provision after receiving their stamp four leave to remain; if her attention has been drawn...
    • Direct Provision System (1 comment)
      45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her proposed improvements to direct provision services here, including access to services such as legal advice clinics, and so on; when these...
    • Immigration Policy
      46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is examining other safe and legal channels of migration into Ireland such as humanitarian visas, academic sponsorship, private sponsorship...
    • Direct Provision Data
      47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of second level students in the direct provision system; and the number of persons in the direct provision system that have completed...
  • Department of Finance
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Administration
      48. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to assist first-time buyers by backdating the help-to-buy scheme to 1 January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33090/16]
    • Tax Code
      49. To ask the Minister for Finance the valuation the Revenue Commissioners have placed on the Mary Robinson presidential archive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33085/16]
    • Financial Services Ombudsman Data
      50. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints to the Financial Services Ombudsman that were deemed to be inadmissible because of the six-year time limit in which complaints can be...
    • Tax Yield
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of section 23 tax relief given as a deduction from rental income each year since its inception in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Insurance Costs
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the soaring motor insurance costs for emigrants returning back to reside here; the efforts his Department is making to ease...
    • Equality Proofing of Budgets
      53. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a rigorous process of equality budgeting, whereby equality audits and assessments are carried out prior to a budget being decided upon...
    • Property Tax Data
      54. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 26 October 2016, if he will provide a breakdown of the interest paid in the last full year for which figures are...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Correspondence
      55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he and his Department have received a communication from groups (details supplied) seeking assistance in respect of funding to complete support...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to his Department to end the two-tier pay disparity between pre and post-2011 teachers immediately and base all teachers' salaries on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for a new school (details supplied) will be approved; if the school is on his Department's building programme; and if he will...
    • Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
      58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33091/16]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there has been a change from the plan to build a two-phase extension to a school (details supplied) to a complete new replacement...
    • Teacher Exchange Scheme
      61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the teacher exchange programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33140/16]
    • Apprenticeship Data
      62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the targets in place for the number of construction-related apprenticeships in each of the next five years with a breakdown by apprenticeship...
    • Higher Education Authority Administration
      64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on giving the HEA extra powers of investigation in respect of concerns raised regarding the spend in Irish universities funded by the...
    • Third Level Institutions
      65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the corporate governance arrangements of Irish universities funded by public funds; if he is aware of a situation (details...
    • Third Level Staff
      66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to ongoing situations in Irish universities where some staff get permanency whereas others only have recourse to...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if surplus pension contributions will be reimbursed to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 1 June 2016, the status of the application to construct a boundary wall between a school and a...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Data
      69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all cash sums and properties, with their values, transferred to the State by the religious orders under the...
    • Minor Works Scheme
      70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 20 October 2016, the position in respect of the minor works grant; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a person who returns here and attends college, following the ending of an apprenticeship in football abroad, will be...
    • Education and Training Boards
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals his Department has to provide facilities for Kildare and Wicklow education training board, KWETB, to enable it to carry out its...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the expected timeframe for the introduction of the repair and lease scheme in County Louth as outlined in budget...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of wet and dry hostels in Dublin; and the location of same. [33120/16]
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Data
      75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities which excluded from their scheme tenants who do not occupy every bedroom in their...
    • Local Authority Boundaries Review
      76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount pent to date or the funding approved by his Department for the process by which a three man boundary...
    • Emergency Accommodation Provision
      77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if additional funding is available to provide emergency accommodation in South Dublin County Council; if he and his...
    • Direct Provision System
      78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large number of persons who remain in direct provision following receipt of...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a tenant of 30 years of Tipperary County Council can purchase their home from the council with a lump sum which is...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address the crisis in estates around the country that are not completed to the satisfaction of the local...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding set aside in 2016 and 2017, respectively, for the social housing investment programme with a breakdown by...
    • Housing Data
      82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the causes of and cost factors associated with the very high cost of developing new homes here; his views on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress to date on the creation of an NTMA fund or other special fund to finance the building of housing; and if...
    • Housing Data
      84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his estimate of the number of vacant dwellings currently under the control of banks, investment companies and NAMA in...
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the terms and conditions of the new renovation scheme to bring uninhabitable residential properties onto the market;...
    • Development Contributions
      88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the levels of outstanding and unpaid development levies owed by developers to Fingal County Council for each of the...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will address an issue with regards an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Family Income Supplement
      91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to amend family income supplement application forms to allow applicants to nominate a post office as their choice of financial institution...
    • Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme Administration
      92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the process involved should a person wish to have a back to work family dividend payment made into the post office; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason FIS is assessed as income when applying for rent supplement, but not when applying for other housing supports, such as HAP or RAS; and if...
    • Employment Support Services
      95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not received any communication or engagement with SEETEC regarding a programme in which the person has...
    • JobPath Implementation
      96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department can investigate delays in transferring a person (details supplied) to a Tús position they have been selected for; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting times for the processing of carer's allowance and domiciliary care allowance; the measures he is taking to ensure applications...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Live Register Data
      100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently on the live register with construction-related skills and or experience; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Organised Crime
      101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland or with members of the Northern Ireland Executive...
    • International Agreements
      102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has signed the Council of Europe treaty on the banning of organ trafficking in view of the widespread concerns regarding human...
    • Human Rights
      103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the practice of organ harvesting from members of a group (details supplied) and other prisoners of...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to address the discrepancy in pay between temporary clerical officers and permanent staff in the shared services...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role of temporary clerical officers; the payscales for this role; the options for permanency in this role; if the payscales are in...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will sanction works to alleviate silting and subsequent flooding of homes and agricultural working land at a location (details...
    • Departmental Staff Careers
      107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to revise the terms of employment for temporary clerical officers in the Civil Service in order to secure better pay and...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Hedge Cutting Season
      108. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current time limits for hedge cutting and any changes that were made in recent times; the dates that will apply for 2017; and if...
    • Commemorative Events
      109. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the National Famine Commemoration day will be held in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33093/16]
    • CLÁR Programme
      110. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of the €3 million allocated nationally for the CLÁR programme that is designated for County Tipperary; and if...
    • Thatching Grants Expenditure
      111. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be made available for re-thatching in the Kildare area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33147/16]
  • Department of Health
    • Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility
      112. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a condition (details supplied) is not classed as a disability when trying to obtain a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement...
    • HSE Legal Cases
      113. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to expedite a case (details supplied) brought against the executive and other companies, for damages for negligence, breach of...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      114. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for specialised shoes in respect of a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33067/16]
    • Medical Card Administration
      116. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card can be reactivated while an application is processed for a person (details supplied), as a change of address resulted in their review form...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      117. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33075/16]
    • Patient Transfers
      118. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      119. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment at Crumlin Hospital following a referral from another hospital on the...
    • Hospitals Funding
      120. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocation for sequential cochlear implants for 2017; if he will confirm that this funding will not be reduced or removed; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      121. To ask the Minister for Health his department's plans for the provision of additional physiotherapy services at a district hospital (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      122. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with Members of the Oireachtas from County Laois and Laois county councillors on 9 November 2016 to discuss the future services of Portlaoise...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      123. To ask the Minister for Health further to previous parliamentary questions if a person's appointment and hip replacement will be expedited (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      124. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33101/16]
    • Alcohol Pricing
      125. To ask the Minister for Health the status of discussions with his counterparts in Northern Ireland on the introduction of minimum unit pricing there; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      126. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the old community hospital in Dingle, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      127. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the costs in maintaining and securing the old community hospital in Dingle, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Health Services Provision
      128. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national clinical programme for rheumatology's pathway for fibromyalgia; the way this will impact on persons (details supplied) with...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      129. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery. [33121/16]
    • Occupational Therapy
      131. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the anomaly where older persons and persons with a disability who are resident in one HSE area (details supplied) are being charged for...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      132. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33156/16]
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      133. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have their braces fitted as they have been assessed by the HSE. [33161/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      134. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a person (details supplied) who has been on a waiting list in Beaumont hospital since 31 December 2015 and has been informed that waiting time to...
    • Health Services Provision
      135. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to the population of Wexford in respect of a person who experiences myocardial infarction; and if he is satisfied with the services....
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      136. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this appointment; and if he will...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      137. To ask the Minister for Health the length of contract awarded to the UK company whose rostering software system is currently being used at Letterkenny university hospital; the cost of...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      138. To ask the Minister for Health the status of HSE equipment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33205/16]
    • HSE National Service Plan
      139. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a hospital name change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33206/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      140. 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. [33210/16]
    • Hospital Services
      141. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE consider the use of a hospital (details supplied) as a step-down facility in respect of the winter initiative; if not, if...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      142. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33214/16]
    • Mental Health Act Review
      143. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for reform of matters pertaining to involuntary admissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33215/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      144. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE west has the necessary funds to replace equipment (details supplied); if not, when they will be provided with the funds; the specific time span for...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      145. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the increase in the mental health budget for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33219/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      146. To ask the Minister for Health when he will visit a home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33220/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      147. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence concerning a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33224/16]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      148. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review into paramedic services in the mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33226/16]
    • insertheading
      149. To ask the Minister for Health the status of home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33233/16]
    • Respite Care Services
      150. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has been issued with a hospital bill for respite care; if he will confirm that persons availing of this...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      151. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans in place to reduce opening times and services provided at the emergency department in Our Lady's, Hospital Navan [33249/16]
    • Medical Card Data
      152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 October 2016; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a...
    • Hospital Services
      153. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent admission that three out of four of the country’s rehabilitation hospitals are unable to provide stroke patients with the...
    • National Stroke Programme Implementation
      154. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent national stroke audit and the action his Department and the HSE will take to address the deficiencies identified in it. [33252/16]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) received a ANC payment in the years 2011 and 2012. [33069/16]
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an appeal in relation to the non-valuation aspects of reactor schemes (details supplied) will be resolved. [33078/16]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 503 of 25 October 2016, if he will clarify the testamentary documents included in this...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 7 July 2016, when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Forestry Grants
      159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1548 of 16 September 2016, the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to establish a sentinel fishery for the north west herring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33199/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide full details of the terms and conditions of the new loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers participating in the beef data genomics scheme that have completed a beef carbon navigator, on a county basis;...
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who have applied to the knowledge transfer group scheme under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 to...
    • TAMS Funding
      165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount allocated to the TAMS scheme under the Rural Development Programme 2014 to 2020; the total amount of spend on an...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fisheries Protection
      166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of regulations surrounding extending public and private commercial salmon fisheries for inland areas; and if...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the roll-out of rural broadband in an area (details supplied) in County Mayo. [33066/16]
    • Electricity Generation
      168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will intervene to ensure the future of a power plant (details supplied) is protected in view of an announcement by...
    • Motor Industry
      169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the policy regarding private car rental companies which operate here; if these companies are required to use cars taxed...
    • Waste Tyre Disposal
      170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the commencement date for a new end of life waste tyre compliance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Energy Conservation
      171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to previous parliamentary question the reason for the delay in replacing existing local authority public lighting...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Airport Development Projects
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he proposes in relation to the small number of homeowners whose properties are marginally outside the voluntary buy-out area,...
    • Ports Development
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the due diligence into Dún Laoghaire harbour has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33072/16]
    • Harbour Authorities Expenditure
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has reviewed the anomalies in the finances of the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company subject to his meeting with the stakeholders;...
    • Industrial Disputes
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the situation in Irish Rail and Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33102/16]
    • Departmental Budgets
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the budget allocation for his Department; if it is sufficient to expand the public transport system; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects Status
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is the responsibility of Transport Infrastructure Ireland or the local authority to notify businesses at a location (details...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to launch 2016 sports capital grants; and the amount that will be available for it. [33130/16]
    • Tourism Data
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tourists who visited counties Sligo and Leitrim each year since 2011; the benefits the Wild Atlantic Way could bring to...
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocations counties Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Donegal can expect to receive under the new sports capital funding programme...
    • Rail Services Provision
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the electrification of the rail system for the Maynooth line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33138/16]
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that insurance companies are using leased taxi plates to drive up driver insurance premiums...
    • Bus Services
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if details of new licences for the routes 726 and 126 have been finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33148/16]
    • Legislative Measures
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a statutory instrument has been brought forward to implement his decision to put the Irish Aviation Authority in charge of aircraft...
    • Airport Development Projects
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regard to the proposed development of a second runway at Dublin airport, if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of...
    • Maritime Safety
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a copy of the file and test results carried out by the Marine Survey Office in respect of a vessel (details supplied)...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of a national indoor cycling velodrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33237/16]
    • Bus Services
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contacts he has had with trade unions representing Bus Éireann staff; his views on the proposal to sell the expressway service;...
    • Rail Services Provision
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the rail review conducted by the NTA and Iarnród Éireann; his further views that rail services should receive...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that the transport strategy for the greater Dublin area plans an increase in carbon emissions, if he is of the view...
    • Rail Services
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on increasing the subvention to the CIÉ group; his views that an increase is needed to improve public transport; and if he...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the representations he has made to the Department of Social Protection regarding the subsidy paid to fund free travel for senior citizens...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding he is making available for the improvement of cycling lanes; his views that there should be a prioritisation of the provision...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Ticket Touting
      195. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will investigate issues related to ticket touting (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33060/16]
    • Sale of State Assets
      196. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the exact percentage and history of the shareholding that the state has in a studio (details supplied); the reason behind the...
    • IDA Portfolio
      197. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the location and the timeframe for the construction of the IDA advanced building in Dundalk as announced in budget 2017; and if she...
    • Company Data
      198. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that have been involuntarily struck off by the Companies Registration Office in each of the past three years;...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      199. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her Department's plans to address the inordinate delays and dysfunction in the workings of the Workplace Relations Commission. [33146/16]
    • IDA Portfolio
      200. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to the reply received regarding the advance IDA facility for County Carlow, if she will provide clarification on the...
    • Job Creation Targets
      201. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she expects to be in a position to meet job creation targets in the manufacturing and services sector in each...
    • Job Creation
      202. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which innovation and technology is likely to feature in the creation of indigenous jobs throughout the country in the...
    • Jobs Data
      204. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of new jobs created in the manufacturing sector in the past 12 months; her targets in this regard over the next year;...
    • Job Creation
      206. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her Department encourages co-operation between job creation interests in County Kildare and Maynooth college with...
    • Knowledge Development Box
      207. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she remains satisfied that the full benefits from the knowledge development box remain available to the economy;...
    • Corporation Tax
      208. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she remains satisfied of retaining the benefits of the 12.5% corporation profits tax to further industrial...
    • Brexit Issues
      209. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she has engaged with investment and job creation interests in Northern Ireland with a view to maintaining the best...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      210. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she has identified any infrastructural deficits in various areas throughout the country which may impede...
    • Legislative Programme
      211. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to the publication of the autumn legislative programme, when legislative proposals regarding protections for workers on...
    • Departmental Bodies
      212. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times the co-ordination group within her Department met since being established after the Brexit referendum result; the...
    • Trade Agreements
      213. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she accepts that the negotiations between the EU and Canada over the CETA have now ended without agreement in view of its rejection...
    • Legislative Programme
      214. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to amend the legislation governing the work of the Low Pay Commission so that the minimum wage they recommend falls into...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Services Provision
      215. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the new affordable child care scheme announced in budget 2017 ignores professional child minders as is the choice made by many...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      217. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to concerns raised that an area under current excavation (details supplied) does not include underground...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      220. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there is a mechanism in the Permanent Defence Forces for recruiting medical officers internally; and if he will make a statement on the...