Written answers

Tuesday, 8 November 2016

  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Departmental Functions
      30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the involvement of her Department in the area of prevention and education relating to addiction. [33521/16]
    • School Completion Programme
      31. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has had discussions with Tusla on the need to increase the budget to the school completion programme; her views on whether there is a...
    • Guardians Ad Litem
      32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on her Department's paper, Preparing a Policy Approach to the reform of Guardian Ad Litem Arrangements, with particular reference...
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the deficit in social workers assigned to County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33434/16]
    • Child Care Services Provision
      34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the new child care scheme is to assist the most disadvantaged in society; the way it is justified that those on TEC schemes will be worse...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding allocated to Tusla in budget 2017 which will go towards implementing the provisions on aftercare contained in the...
    • UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
      37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to comments by the Ombudsman for Children's Office, the steps her Department is taking to ensure that the United Nations Convention...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      38. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she plans to publish the second interim report of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes; the reason the...
    • Disability Support Services
      39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications that have been received under the new scheme to support children with disabilities in the preschool sector; the...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      40. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provision that is being provided to assist parents who use childminders or relatives in view of the fact that the majority of children...
    • Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
      42. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if, in view of the unfortunate record of treatment of some unaccompanied minors and young asylum seekers, she has satisfied herself that the...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      44. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which a household's eligibility for the new targeted child care subsidy scheme will be determined; if it is intended that PPS...
    • Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
      45. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to recent statements by Tusla that it is not adequately equipped to deal with the transfer of unaccompanied minors from the Calais...
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      46. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers who have been recruited in 2016 to respond to the needs of children who have not had a social worker allocated...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      47. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provision to be provided to new entrants to training and employment child care, TEC, schemes to still be able to afford child care in...
    • Foster Care Policy
      49. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address concerns around the 40-year age gap provision in respect of foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Protection Services Provision
      50. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department plans to explore, with the Department of Justice and Equality and other Government agencies, reviewing the pilot access...
    • Departmental Priorities
      51. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the aspect of youth affairs that has generated most concern in the past ten years; the extent to which adequate action was taken; the...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      52. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she will put in place to support parents who make arrangements to have their children cared for by private child minders; and...
    • Adoption Legislation
      53. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects to publish the adoption (information and tracing) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33527/16]
    • Children in Care
      54. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether Tusla has both the capacity and the resources to ensure aftercare plans for all children who are leaving care; and her...
    • Child Abuse Prevention
      55. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of ongoing reforms in practices for dealing with adult disclosure of child sexual abuse cases by Tusla; if she or officials in...
    • Adoption Data
      56. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the payments to an agency (details supplied) and indemnity guarantees to Tusla that were part of the negotiations regarding the transfer of...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      57. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she is taking to ensure that the newly announced single affordable child care scheme will not impact negatively in any way on...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Interdepartmental Meetings
      58. To ask the Taoiseach the way his Department is interacting with the EU unit in the Department of Foreign Affairs on a weekly basis. [33239/16]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      59. To ask the Taoiseach if the staffing in Government information services has increased since July 2016. [33240/16]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      60. To ask the Taoiseach the section in his Department responsible for organising the civic forum on Brexit; and the number of civil servants and non-established civil servants employed in this...
    • Brexit Issues
      62. To ask the Taoiseach the reason he is against appointing a Brexit Minister; the way in which he came to this decision; the rationale used; and if he sought advice from his officials. [33243/16]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      63. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met the new British ambassador. [33244/16]
    • British-Irish Council
      66. To ask the Taoiseach the issues he plans to discuss at the November British-Irish Council. [33238/16]
    • Third Level Funding
      67. To ask the Taoiseach further to parliamentary question number 316 of 11 October 2016, if the income for Irish universities that comes indirectly from Exchequer sources, such as via tuition...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      71. To ask the Taoiseach the amount that his Department spent on external legal advice in each of the years 2013 to 2015, inclusive; and the names of each of the legal firms that provided advice...
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      72. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education last met. [33057/16]
    • Seanad Reform
      73. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the inter-party group being set up to review Seanad Éireann reform. [33058/16]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Gambling Legislation
      74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the plans she has to progress issues that are outside of the gambling control Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33369/16]
    • Turbary Rights
      75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of ownership for Clonsura, Doon, Carnagh, Moyne and Ballinaloe bogs in north County Westmeath. [33705/16]
    • Garda Remuneration
      76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the starting salary and allowances in place for gardaí as and from 1 January 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33754/16]
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if national lottery funding is available at present through her Department to support the work of community groups; if so, if there are specific...
    • Asylum Applications
      79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for asylum in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33311/16]
    • Prisoner Health
      80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the medical and psychological interventions and supports that have been provided to a person (details supplied) since the person was found guilty...
    • Prisoner Data
      81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of life sentence prisoners in custody in 2015; the breakdown of the number of life sentence prisoners in custody convicted of murder,...
    • Garda Deployment
      83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been any cost to An Garda Síochána in protecting the memorial wall in Glasnevin cemetery since it was unveiled in 2016....
    • Prison Accommodation
      84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the cost of planned refurbishment of the C division in Mountjoy Prison; the works that will be undertaken; and the reason this is the...
    • Legislative Measures
      85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is legislation in place to limit or prevent begging or harassment in public places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33367/16]
    • Visa Applications
      86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reveiw the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33378/16]
    • Residency Permits
      87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for permission to remain on the basis of parentage of an Irish born person in the case...
    • Legal Aid Applications Data
      88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications there were for legal aid for home repossession or home eviction cases in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
      89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 7 July 2016, if she has made the necessary appointments to the Criminal Injuries Compensation...
    • Garda Resources
      90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that are being taken to address so-called white collar crime; if she is satisfied that An Garda Síochána possesses...
    • Residency Permits
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for an EU residence card as a spouse-partner of an EU national in the case of a person...
    • Legislative Measures
      92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address concerns regarding the Courts Bill 2016, in particular, the perception that this Bill will further undermine the right of...
    • Visa Applications
      93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied) regarding a visa. [33495/16]
    • Pension Provisions
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision has been made on an application for benefits in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Asylum Applications
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for asylum in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Crime Prevention
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline her plans to roll out a scheme of funding through her Department to assist community alert groups to install closed circuit television...
    • Visa Applications
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the status of an application for a visa in respect of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33561/16]
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if moneys have been secured and ring-fenced for the refurbishment of a Garda station at Greystones, County Wicklow; and if she will make a...
    • Courts Staff
      99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality whether there is an imminent vacancy for the position of taxing master; the process that will be used to fill this position; and if she will make...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
      100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is at present an eight week delay for an appointment at Burgh Quay under the new INIS...
    • Victims Commission
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that adequate resources are provided to the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains to enable the greatest...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 676 of 23 April 2013, 427 of 7 May 2013 and 104 of 9 December 2015, if she will provide an update on the...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the status of the Legal Services Regulation Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33675/16]
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the cause of delays in the Garda vetting process with regard to volunteers working in schools and with youth groups; and if she will...
    • Garda Stations
      105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the position regarding the provision of a new Garda station for Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Overtime
      106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the cost of Garda overtime in the Dublin-north division for the years 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; and if she will make a statement...
    • Regulation of Lobbying
      107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the procedures her Department has put in place to ensure compliance with the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his views on the rapidly increasing commercial rents in Dublin; and his views on whether the proposed new tax breaks for commercial property in the...
    • Health Insurance Regulation
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate the cancellation of an insurance company's critical illness policy (details supplied); and if he will put supports in place for those...
    • Tax Code
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out his views on the situation whereby self-employed persons are unable to avail of trans-border workers relief; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his views on the fact that taxpayer funds are currently invested in three separate tobacco companies as part of the Ireland Strategic Investment...
    • Exchequer Revenue
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the overall tax burden after budget 2017 and the expected overall tax burden for each year to 2021; the way in which this compares with the...
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out by year, for each of the years they have been operational, the cost to the Exchequer of the section 23 rented residential relief scheme, the...
    • Stamp Duty
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the cost to the Exchequer of the abolition of stamp duty for first-time buyers in each of the years for which that scheme was operational. [33469/16]
    • VAT Exemptions
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his plans to expand the medical criteria under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concessions scheme to include blind persons for...
    • Tax Code
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding locum doctors who come here to cover general practitioners' holiday leave; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the incentives for first time buyers announced in budget 2017 to apply to both the purchase of new and second hand houses; and if he will...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance if deposit interest retention tax deducted at source can be refunded on foot of charitable donations in line with other tax paid subsequent to the 2013 tax...
    • Credit Unions
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance if a credit union (details supplied) will be wound up; if so, the outcome for the current members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33604/16]
    • VAT Yield
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT revenue gain from the sale of new houses for the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33643/16]
    • Brexit Issues
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he proposes to implement to assist the retail sector to retain business due to the potential loss of trade to Northern Ireland due to the...
    • Motor Insurance
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding motor insurance costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33647/16]
    • State Aid
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the EU's general court ruling that the Government had provided illegal state aid to a refinery (details supplied) in the amount of...
    • Vehicle Registration
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department has considered tax exemptions, VRT, motor tax or other for a charity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance the process which will be followed in appointing the chairperson of the Irish fiscal advisory council; the date on which this position fell vacant; the date...
    • EU Budget Contribution
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on Ireland's EU financial contribution from 2010 to 2016 and the reverse annual amount of EU funding for Irish projects over those years;...
    • Brexit Issues
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has estimated the likely impact of Brexit on Ireland's annual financial contribution to the EU budget; and if he will make a statement on...
    • VAT Exemptions
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to exempt rescue and safety equipment purchased by voluntary organisations, such as Carrick on Suir river rescue, from the payment of VAT; and if he...
    • Tax Code
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange to have the tax affairs of a person (details supplied) dealt with in the local tax office in order to allow the person to claim an old age...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the starting salary and allowances in place for teachers as and from 1 January 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33750/16]
    • National Lottery Funding Data
      134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if national lottery funding is available at present through his Department to support the work of community groups; if so, if there are specific...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his department will address the accessibility issues in a school (details supplied) raised by a student who may become wheelchair bound. [33286/16]
    • Child Abuse
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or his Department has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) requesting an apology from the State; and if he will make a...
    • School Staff
      137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he has signalled his intent to financially penalise a specified cohort of teachers to which supervision work is not...
    • Schools Building Projects
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has applied for funding to secure a permanent site on which the school was supposed to be constructed in June...
    • Sick Pay Scheme
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in detail, the sick leave entitlements of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33497/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD classes that are presently carried out in Dublin 15; if his attention has been drawn to the severe shortage of these classes in...
    • School Transport Applications
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a transport grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33574/16]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns in a local community in respect of the delay with a building programme (details supplied); if he...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place will urgently be provided at a school for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33591/16]
    • School Transport Applications
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school bus ticket for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of clients of Caranua regarding the agency; his plans to engage in a consultation process with...
    • Departmental Strategies
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has produced a new statement of strategy since May 2016; and if so, the measures in it to support persons with disabilities....
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current location of all autistic spectrum disorder units attached to mainstream secondary schools in the greater Dublin area; if any such...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the serious demographic pressures facing a school (details supplied); if his attention has further been drawn...
    • Schools Building Projects
      150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the construction of a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay in progressing this project; the timeframe for...
    • School Textbooks Rental Scheme
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase funding to the school book rental scheme as indicated in the action plan for education 2016 to 2019, in view of the fact...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for DEIS status for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33670/16]
    • Child Abuse
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date he plans to meet with survivors of school child sex abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33676/16]
    • Legislative Measures
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale contained in legal advice obtained by his Department in respect of the EPSEN Act 2004, specifically the rationale that the Act...
    • Gaelcholáistí Issues
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the construction of a new Gaelscoil (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the serious and urgent...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby students whose parents work in Northern Ireland have been rejected for the Student...
    • Schools Administration
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will grant an exemption to a school (details supplied) from circular 32/03; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33681/16]
    • School Accommodation
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has ever conducted an assessment of the demand for an additional second level school in Kildare South; if his Department has...
    • Employment Rights
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has considered proposals from an organisation (details supplied) in respect of employment standards for bricklayers working and...
    • Student Grant Scheme
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State funding that may be available to an Irish student undertaking clinical work placement as part of their studies, either here or abroad;...
    • School Closures
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his proposals for a school building which is to close (details supplied); the timeframe for when his proposals are likely to be executed; and if...
    • Autism Support Services
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, units in primary schools in south County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, status for a school (details supplied); and if he...
    • School Accommodation
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or his Department assessed the need for a secondary school in the Citywest area of Dublin 24; if he has taken into account that there are...
    • Minor Works Scheme
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a minor works grant scheme in 2017 for primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33786/16]
    • Schools Building Projects
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make financial provision for a school (details supplied) in respect of the proposed extension with particular reference to the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the building of a school (details supplied); when construction is likely to commence; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Legislative Reviews
      169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress of the consultative review of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010; if he will make available the...
    • House Purchase Schemes
      170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost to the Exchequer of first-time buyers' grants in each of the years since 1990. [33468/16]
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the new guidelines for the erection of wind turbines will be published. [33638/16]
    • Planning Issues
      172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on criticism that persistent challenges to local government decisions and ruling against industrial wind...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if national lottery funding is available at present through his Department to support the work of community groups;...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the regulations regarding the work local authorities can carry out in the event of vegetation or blockages posing a...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the guidelines his Department has issued to local authorities advising them of the maximum amount of time a family...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the guidelines his Department has issued to local authorities advising them of the way they should define voluntary...
    • Housing Issues
      179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the housing needs assessment in each local authority will be completed; the common assessments that are being...
    • Housing Assistance Payments
      180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details on local authority transfer lists for HAP recipients; if the transfer lists that HAP recipients can...
    • Local Authority Housing Evictions
      184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of eviction orders under section 12, in addition to under sections 13 and 17, of the Housing Act 2014...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of homeless presentations and applications to access the social housing waiting list that are transferred...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review and amend the criteria of the local authority house purchase scheme to accommodate the financial...
    • Thatching Grants Applications
      189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a thatching grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Funding
      190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount allocated to each county council (details supplied) for each year from 2004 to 2014 to groups and...
    • Commercial Rates Yield
      191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown in commercial rates, in tabular form, collected by Meath County Council associated...
    • Legislative Measures
      192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the implementation of section 204 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, including details of...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of applications for funding for Traveller specific accommodation submitted to his Department in 2015 and...
    • Library Services Data
      195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the gender breakdown using the staffless libraries in the three libraries where the scheme has been operating in...
    • Library Services Funding
      196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it is a condition of approval for funding for new and refurbished libraries that the relevant local authority...
    • Library Services Data
      197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the operating and maintenance costs per annum of the equipment and utilities that accrue in the libraries piloted...
    • Alternative Energy Projects (1 comment)
      198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide copies of the environmental appropriate assessment and the environmental impact assessment...
    • Local Authority Housing
      200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authority residential units sold to private buyers in each of the years from 1960 to date in...
    • Housing Data
      201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the last value for money review into the relative cost effectiveness of rent supplement and other private...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will report on the drawdown of funds to local authorities designated for accommodation for the Travelling...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the allocations of funding of service providers under section 10 of the 1988 Housing Act per year and per...
    • Housing for People with Disabilities Provision
      204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has produced a new statement of strategy since May 2016; and if so, the measures in it to support...
    • Housing Provision
      206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of developments at a housing scheme (details supplied) in County Monaghan; if funding has been...
    • Library Projects
      207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the costings for the open library pilot project in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 26 October 2016, if there are regulations for the storage of sludge in...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the situation with regard to the categorisation of houses for pyrite remediation by the NSAI; if his attention has...
    • Housing Issues
      210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason his Department has an underspend of €90 million in capital expenditure at end of October 2016; the...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Clár na mBéilí Scoile
      211. To ask the Minister for Social Protection an ndéanfar breithniú ar iarratas atá fós le cur isteach ag scoil i gContae Dhún na nGall (sonraí tugtha) chun bheith...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      212. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if National Lottery funding is available at present through his Department to support the work of community groups; if so, if there are specific...
    • Jobs Initiative
      213. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that newly qualified teachers on casual temporary hours are required to take part in JobPath and Seetac...
    • Redundancy Payments
      214. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is now costing the taxpayer more after the decision of the Government to withdraw 60% rebate from statutory redundancy payments; and if he...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      215. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the community employment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33317/16]
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      216. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who was made redundant in May 2016 and received statutory redundancy in July 2016 is eligible for the back to education allowance on a...
    • Community Welfare Services Staff
      217. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if community welfare officers who transferred from the HSE to his Department retained their Gaeltacht allowances if they had one; if these...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      218. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if community welfare officers that transferred into his Department from the HSE were given undertakings on transfer and that these CWOs were paying...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      220. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider including in the Social Welfare Bill provision for the small number of persons who are in receipt of the half rate pension for...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Applications
      221. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a State pension (contributory) was terminated in the case of a person (details supplied) when the pension is likely to be restored with...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      222. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason time on a VTOS course is not counted towards the qualifying period for the fuel allowance and the Christmas bonus; his plans to alter the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      223. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33425/16]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      224. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide data on the percentage of all rent supplement claimants claiming rent supplement for, respectively, up to six months, six to 12...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      225. 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) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      226. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are awaiting the processing of social protection payments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Payments
      228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the payment of farm assist was reduced substantially for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a claim for domiciliary care allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has produced a new statement of strategy since May 2016; and if so, the measures in it to support persons with disabilities. [33628/16]
    • Social Welfare Offices
      231. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appointment will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33659/16]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      232. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2017 of the proposed increases in social protection payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33744/16]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      235. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the hardship caused by the means assessments conducted on social protection payments whereby part of a person's income is derived from...
    • Personal Micro Credit Scheme
      238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps the Government is taking to actively promote the expansion of personal micro-credit, PMC, schemes to all credit unions and, in particular,...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Conflicts
      240. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have met or requested a meeting with the Russian ambassador. [33245/16]
    • Brexit Issues
      241. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his Department have sought legal advice from the Attorney General's office on the impact of the Brexit referendum result on the...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      243. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if national lottery funding is available at present through his Department to support the work of community groups; if so, if there are...
    • Middle East Issues
      244. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the killing and persecution of Christians in Mosul, Iraq generally and throughout the Middle East, by Islamic State; and if he...
    • Human Rights
      245. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the extremely tense and difficult environment for human rights defenders in Honduras currently; if his...
    • Middle East Issues
      246. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports that the Israeli finance ministry has approved plans for the construction of 1,600 homes in the...
    • Consular Services Provision
      247. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens imprisoned abroad, by country; and the number of those Irish prisoners in receipt of consular assistance on an...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • State Properties
      248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current number of certain properties (details supplied) that remain in public ownership; if there are plans for their sale on the...
    • Croke Park Agreement Issues
      249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Croke Park agreement was in operation in February 2012; if he will provide the terms and conditions of this agreement; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff Grades
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of an application made by the Veterinary Officers' Association to his Department in February 2016 seeking to have civil...
    • Civil Service Staff Data
      251. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide comparable responses across all Departments to the 2015 Civil Service employee engagement survey to the 24...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will recommend to Government that the €780 in pension restoration due on 1 January 2018 to public service pensioners be...
    • Irish Coast Guard Issues
      253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the OPW will advise on the affordable alternatives for the construction of a coastguard station at Greystones, County Wicklow; and...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has produced a new statement of strategy since May 2016; and if so, the measures in it to support persons with...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps the OPW is taking to address flooding at a location (details supplied); the timeline for completion of works; and if he will...
    • Public Sector Pay
      258. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will hold talks on a new pay agreement; if this will lead to a new agreement that supersedes the Lansdowne Road agreement; when...
    • Legislative Measures
      270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with the implementation to date of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; the mechanisms in place to ensure compliance...
    • Public Sector Pay
      271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to remedy a discrepancy in pay being given to temporary clerical officers, who have a starting contract wage of...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if further efforts have been made to ensure the provision of a pension or gratuity scheme for community employment supervisors and...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Tax Code
      273. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied) with regard to tax exemption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33412/16]
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      274. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to designate Lough Bane, County Westmeath, as a special area of conservation; and when this status will be conferred. [33712/16]
    • Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga
      275. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht agus tagairt á déanamh do Dhíospóireacht na Saincheisteanna Tráthúla ar an 13 Deireadh Fómhair, an...
    • Rural Development Policy
      276. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views that the rural communities of north County Dublin are being actively forgotten in the context of the Government's focus on...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      277. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if section 3(1)(a) of the European Communities (Wildlife Act 1976) (Amendment) Regulations 1986 (SI No. 254 of 1986) gives effect to...
    • Estimates Process
      285. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has considered the concerns raised by Conradh na Gaeilge concerning the Foras na Gaeilge budget for 2017 (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      286. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has produced a new statement of strategy since May 2016; and if so, the measures in it to support persons with...
    • Maritime Salvage
      289. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied that the recent salvage and recovery of artefacts from the RMS Lusitania has been carried out under licence from...
  • Department of Health
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      290. To ask the Minister for Health the starting salary and allowances in place for nurses as and from 1 January 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33752/16]
    • Psychological Services
      292. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which child psychological services require improvement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33837/16]
    • National Lottery Funding Data
      293. To ask the Minister for Health if national lottery funding is available at present through his Department to support the work of community groups; if so, whether there are specific...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      294. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the provision of specific therapy for persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [33289/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      295. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33292/16]
    • Health Services Staff
      296. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in sanctioning staff for the new 75 bed ward block at University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33306/16]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      297. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive speech and language therapy intervention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33307/16]
    • Patient Data
      298. To ask the Minister for Health where records from a nursing home (details supplied) are currently stored. [33308/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      299. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment in Beaumont Hospital. [33309/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      300. To ask the Minister for Health the reason children in County Cork who require orthotics are subjected to a long waiting list when this is not the case in other counties; and the reason...
    • Health Services Staff
      302. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the delays in relation to staffing at a hospital (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the delay in...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      305. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider approving the recruitment of an additional speech therapist to the Ballyshannon health centre (details supplied). [33322/16]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      306. To ask the Minister for Health the medical and psychological interventions and supports that have been provided to a person (details supplied) since the person was found guilty of grievous...
    • General Practitioner Training
      307. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a general practitioner training programme in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33326/16]
    • Hospital Facilities
      308. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a dedicated obstetrics theatre at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33344/16]
    • Health Services Data
      309. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide for each month to date in 2016, in tabular form, the number of occasions when scans and images from the radiology department at Letterkenny...
    • Patient Data
      310. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have been permanent patients in Kerry general hospital since January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33356/16]
    • General Practitioner Services
      311. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to provide alternative facilities for a general practitioner surgery (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Primary Care Centres
      312. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to develop a new primary care centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33359/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      313. 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. [33371/16]
    • Disease Management
      314. To ask the Minister for Health the treatment options available for patients here with Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33376/16]
    • State Investments
      315. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that taxpayer funds are currently invested in three separate tobacco companies as part of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, managed...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      316. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding available for persons who have undertaken selective dorsal rhizotomy surgery for aftercare services; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Emergency Services
      317. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an internal HSE audit into management and work practices at the NEOC emergency call centres; if it has been furnished to the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      318. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has had their entitlement to medical equipment reduced; and if so, the reason for such a reduction [33392/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      319. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [33395/16]
    • Hospital Services
      321. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no MRI scanning service is available to persons during weekend periods at Letterkenny University Hospital; if additional staffing resources will be...
    • Hospital Staff
      322. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation concerning the payment of Christmas bonuses to HSE staff working in hospitals on Christmas Day in 2016 as this falls on a...
    • National Children's Hospital (1 comment)
      323. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns that there may not be adequate affordable parking spaces for the families of children in the proposed new national...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      324. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for home support in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33414/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      325. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide sufficient home help hours for a person (details supplied) in order for the person to be able to remain at home in view of the fact that...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      326. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33419/16]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      327. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a prosthetic limb in respect of a person (details supplied). [33422/16]
    • Vaccination Programme
      328. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide parents in counties Cavan and Monaghan an update regarding the delay in providing the BCG vaccine; if their babies are at risk of TB due to...
    • Rape Crisis Network Funding
      329. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider making funds available to facilitate the creation of a rape crisis outreach centre in Navan, County Meath (details supplied). [33435/16]
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      330. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to a voluntary organisation (details supplied) in order to buy defibrillators for the area under their remit; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33445/16]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      332. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the development of the new hospital at St. Patrick's Hospital, Carrick on Shannon, County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Charitable Donations Administration
      333. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE received a donation of €300,000 intended for use by a children's cancer charity (details...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      334. To ask the Minister for Health the details of proposals for the development of a new day surgery and additional theatres at Merlin Park hospital contained in the capital plan, including the...
    • Nursing Home Services
      335. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to intervene in a hospital (details supplied) to ensure that staff payroll is not reduced. [33461/16]
    • Constitutional Amendments
      336. To ask the Minister for Health if an analysis has been carried out by his Department in anticipation of the removal of the eighth amendment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Facilities
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to utilise facilities at Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33463/16]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      338. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) receives the necessary speech and language services that they require and are entitled to. [33466/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      339. To ask the Minister for Health when a date for a cataracts operation will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33480/16]
    • Hospital Investigations
      340. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a report from University Hospital Galway to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Respite Care Services
      341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds reserved exclusively for persons with dementia provided for in south Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33482/16]
    • Hospital Services
      343. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist a community hospital (details supplied) in County Cork. [33496/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure
      344. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the concerns of the private and voluntary nursing home sector regarding the failings of the fair deal funding model and their push for greater...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the current NTPF rates per bed for hospitals (details supplied). [33512/16]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      351. To ask the Minister for Health if the clinical trial of the drug Respreeza, which treats emphysema caused by severe alpha-1, will continue to be made available to the 21 patients who are...
    • Nursing Home Services
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents of public nursing homes for the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33556/16]
    • HSE Staff
      357. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of all HSE management positions in each community health care organisation over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Medicinal Products
      358. To ask the Minister for Health if the eye medication MacuShield has been withdrawn from medical card patients; the reason for its withdrawal; and if a substitute medication will be made...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      359. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-examine an application for a primary medical certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) with a view to granting same; and if he will...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      360. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be scheduled for an orthodontic appointment; and if a date will be confirmed for 2016. [33589/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned will receive an appointment. [33592/16]
    • Blood Donations
      362. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to remove the one year deferral for men who have sex with men, MSM, blood donations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33593/16]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the immediate and urgent actions being undertaken to assist front-line staff and make the emergency department a safe and controlled environment for patients...
    • Medical Treatment Complaints
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of his Department in respect of persons who had a hip replacement (details supplied) and who are experiencing pain and who had an orthopaedic...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      365. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the waiting time for which a person (details supplied) can obtain an MRI scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33607/16]
    • Health Services Funding
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration his Department has given a project (details supplied) for funding in the context of budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HIQA Inspections
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the courses of action that have been taken by the hospital and the HSE to immediately address the issues in respect of the recent HIQA report into the Mercy...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      368. To ask the Minister for Health when the Freestyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system will become available for public patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33614/16]
    • Midwifery Services
      369. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the reported resignations by midwifery senior experts that seem to be linked to the pace of reform in maternity services...
    • Medicinal Products
      370. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the use of the Gardasil HPV vaccine (details supplied) which some experts state contains genetically engineered subunit protein antigens that are...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person will receive an appointment. [33619/16]
    • National Dementia Strategy Implementation
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his Department’s mid-term review of progress in the national dementia strategy; and when it will be completed and published. [33621/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) from County Donegal was refused a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33622/16]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      374. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of all vacancies in full-time posts for nurses and hospital consultants in each hospital over the past five years, in tabular...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      375. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has produced a new statement of strategy since May 2016; and if so, the measures in it to support persons with disabilities. [33631/16]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      376. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce Orkambi, a drug for treating cystic fibrosis, to the HSE approved drugs on the drugs payment plan. [33663/16]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      377. To ask the Minister for Health if the condition known as bilateral recurrent serpigineous choroiditis will be added to the long-term illness scheme due to its progressive nature and the need...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the strategy and funding in place to ensure the waiting list for scoliosis patients is reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33687/16]
    • Hospital Services
      379. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to transfer maternity services from Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33688/16]
    • Health Services
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the therapeutic services for children, such as occupational therapy, that are available in community health organisations in south County Kildare; the manner...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      381. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting list of up to four years for children requiring appointments with HSE assessment officers in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Home Care Packages
      382. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package will be put in place for a person (details supplied) who has already been approved for this scheme. [33695/16]
    • Hospital Staff
      383. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a dedicated respiratory doctor or consultant in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda that specialises in COPD; if there has been in the past;...
    • Health Services
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) who has been awarded an injury grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33704/16]
    • Medical Card Applications
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      386. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that respite beds in the system, notably in Enniscorthy, are being used as full-time institutional beds thus...
    • Hospital Services
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the preparation of a development control plan for South Tipperary General Hospital site at Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nursing positions in place at University Hospital Waterford for each of the years 2006 to 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Staff
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the period for which non-emergency X-rays are not taking place at University Hospital Waterford, UHW; the number of radiologist posts which are vacant at the...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds in operation at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33733/16]
    • Medicinal Products Data
      395. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of all drugs removed from the GMS medical card scheme and a list of those drugs whose availability has been restricted under the...
    • Hospital Services
      396. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a group (details supplied) as soon as possible to discuss the HSE proposed reduction of surgery services in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan,...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for an operation for a period of time well outside the expected timeline for same; the reason these...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided in budget 2017 for the further planning and construction of the long-promised new accident and emergency centre at Beaumont...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a new treatment available for persons, most of whom are women, who were victims of the hepatitis C infection in the early 1980s; if so, the cost of...
    • Health Services Provision
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the supports being offered to persons, most of whom are women, who were victims of the hepatitis C infection in the early 1980s; if there are advocacy groups...
    • Primary Care Centres
      402. To ask the Minister for Health if the new primary care centre in Coolock, Dublin 5 will offer scans; if so, the precise type of scanning that will be made available, for example MRI and so...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the provision of intervention services, in particular speech and language and occupational therapy, for a person (details supplied)...
    • Proposed Legislation
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the Autism Bill 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33788/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the general waiting list for orthodontic diagnostics at Merlin Park, University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help for a person (details supplied). [33791/16]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in reopening beds at a hospital (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these beds are urgently needed;...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals
      409. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals for accommodating the requirements as set out by physiotherapists and physical therapists, with particular reference to their respective...
    • Health Services Funding
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that necessary funding is made available to a group (details supplied) to expedite orthotics for a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Departmental Reviews
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of the review under way into arterial pumps (details supplied); the timeline for completion of the review; the number of requests to fund the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      412. To ask the Minister for Health if there is assistance available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in relation to the purchase of a medical aid; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if national lottery funding is available at present through his Department to support the work of community groups; if so, if there...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider making the 70% advance payment to farmers on the basic payment scheme and the greening to those whose payments...
    • Horse Racing Ireland
      415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if officials in his Department were aware that the board of HRI did not know that the chairman of the board had been making...
    • Horse Racing Ireland Funding
      416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to bodies represented by board members of HRI, which bodies are in receipt of funding, provided by...
    • Horse Racing Industry Funding
      417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total overall amount of Exchequer money paid to Galway racecourse in the years 2006 to 2016; the amounts paid for each of the...
    • Horse Racing Ireland
      418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to outstanding or pending disputes and-or court cases which may impact on the ability of Horse Racing...
    • Horse Racing Ireland Expenditure
      419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that included in the operating costs of Horse Racing Ireland in 2013 there is...
    • Horse Racing Ireland Funding
      420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that in addition to grant aid being provided by HRI to Irish racecourses in the financial year of 2014, Irish...
    • Horse Racing Ireland Expenditure
      421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that expenditure on a company (details supplied), a subsidiary of Horse Racing Ireland,...
    • TAMS Applications
      422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for TAMS by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33386/16]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
      423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an ANC payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33387/16]
    • TAMS Applications
      424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a TAMS grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33390/16]
    • GLAS Appeals
      425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33391/16]
    • TAMS Applications
      426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for funding by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33393/16]
    • GLAS Payments
      428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33396/16]
    • GLAS Appeals
      429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33398/16]
    • GLAS Payments
      430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a 2015 GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33402/16]
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has appealed a decision on area aid; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agricultural Colleges Courses
      432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that are being taken to reduce the waiting times for green cert courses at a college (details supplied); the numbers...
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of TB detections for counties Cavan and Monaghan to date in 2016 in tabular form; the measures that...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in having a basic farm payment issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33429/16]
    • Farm Inspections
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which in 2016 farmers were randomly selected for administrative checks or remote sensing inspections by his Department;...
    • GLAS Payments
      437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a GLAS 2015 payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of single farm payments in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33492/16]
    • Transfer of Entitlements Application
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who was late applying for entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Support Services
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has produced a new statement of strategy since May 2016; and if so, the measures in it to support persons with...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a milking parlour grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amendment he proposes to make to the aquaculture licence for Lough Alton held by a company (details supplied) as a result of the...
    • Trade Missions Data
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of trade promotion visits organised by agencies under the remit of his Department, such as Bord Bia and Bord Iascaigh...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a payment due to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33707/16]
    • Transfer of Entitlements
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite payment to persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [33724/16]
    • Agricultural Colleges
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase Teagasc education staff at colleges such as Ballyhaise Agricultural College, County Cavan, in view of the...
    • Agriculture Scheme Administration
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the national reserve and young farmers scheme will be open again for applications; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Issues
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the impact of Brexit and currency fluctuations between sterling and the euro is having on the food...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a case (details supplied) regarding permission to berth a second vessel in Howth Harbour; the reason this permission...
    • GLAS Applications
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS application in respect of a person (details supplied); when payment will be processed; and if he will make a...
    • Bord na gCon
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his department has addressed the issues highlighted in the Morris report; if the recommendations therein will be implemented; and...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to have the single farm payment paid to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure that the single farm payment is paid to a person (details supplied) [33869/16]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fishing Industry
      457. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the policy of his Department in respect of maintaining fish weirs here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Development Initiatives
      460. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if national lottery funding is available at present through his department to support the work of community groups; if...
    • Energy Policy
      461. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position with respect to the introduction of feed in tariffs as they apply to electricity generation through hydro,...
    • Angling Season
      462. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to any additional regulation that will be imposed on Lough Sheelin, County Westmeath,...
    • Exploration Licences Data
      463. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of all existing applications to "frack"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33343/16]
    • Wind Energy Generation
      464. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that offshore wind is being considered in helping Ireland reach its renewable targets for 2020...
    • Waste Management
      465. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will publish the report of the inter-departmental group that was established under A Resource Opportunity - Waste...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      466. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department is currently examining proposals to establish a regulator for the domestic and commercial waste sector;...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      467. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has produced a new statement of strategy since May 2016; and if so, the measures in it to support...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      468. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proposals there are to upgrade the broadband telecommunications infrastructure in an area (details supplied); if the...
    • Inland Fisheries
      469. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 615 of 5 July 2016, if he will ensure that a meeting takes place between an angling...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      470. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to improve broadband service in an area (details supplied) in rural County Meath. [33697/16]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      471. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if national lottery funding is available at present through his Department to support the work of community groups; if so, if there are...
    • Road Safety
      472. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding has been approved by Transport Infrastructure Ireland for proposed enhanced road safety measures and a safety improvement...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      473. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33345/16]
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      474. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views in relation to information (details supplied) compiled from information provided at the DAA's October 2016 nconsultation...
    • State Airports
      475. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of aeroplanes that land and take off at Dublin Airport on an average week between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.; the number...
    • Sports Organisations
      476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 899 of 27 September 2016, the grounds on which a national governing body that did not allow any...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Expenditure
      479. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 26 October 2016, if it is the case, as the response implies, that his Department does not...
    • Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
      480. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason US driving licences cannot transfer here in view of the onerous and internationally recognised test system employed in the US;...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      481. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has produced a new statement of strategy since May 2016; and if so the measures in it to support people with...
    • Driver Licences Applications
      482. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a learner permit driving licence application for a person (details supplied) in view of a serious delay which is causing...
    • Light Rail Projects
      483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the proposed tunnel that is part of the Dublin metro north project will be redesigned or if it has been eliminated from the project;...
    • Electric Vehicles
      487. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is only one low emission electric vehicle commercially available here from the UK...
    • Roads Maintenance
      488. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make funding available for urgent essential repairs and upgrading to Ardfinnan Bridge, County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Employment Rights
      489. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the mandatory retirement age for employees if it is not set out in their contract of employment; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
      490. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the implications of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement for to the judicial systems of member states; if this agreement...
    • Tax Code
      491. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the unfair situation whereby self employed persons are unable to avail of trans-border workers...
    • Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
      492. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the reports to the Human Rights Council and General Assembly by a UN independent expert warning that the Comprehensive...
    • Commercial Property
      493. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the driving factors her Department has identified in the increases with regard to commercial office rents in Dublin; and if she will...
    • Commercial Rent Reviews
      494. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has conducted a review of demand for prime office space in Dublin city centre; if this study has been conducted, the...
    • Brexit Issues
      495. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions that have been taken to address the falling value in sterling in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Consumer Protection
      496. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of cases involving price collusion that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, as well as its predecessor the...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      497. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has raised concerns regarding Ireland's competitiveness with the National Competitiveness Council due to currency fluctuations...
    • Brexit Issues
      498. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the National Competitiveness Council has undertaken an analysis of the potential impact a full Brexit will have on Ireland; and if...
    • IDA Portfolio
      500. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the interaction both the IDA and Enterprise Ireland have had in acquiring a building (details supplied) in Mullingar, County...
    • Joint Labour Committees
      501. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the increased hourly rate to €10.05 for cleaning staff will affect the viability of small cleaning...
    • Workplace Relations Services Provision
      502. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the widespread inconvenience caused to persons from counties Cavan and Monaghan who have hearings...
    • Company Closures
      503. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will meet a deputation from Monaghan County Council on the urgent need to find a replacement industry following the closure of...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      504. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has produced a new statement of strategy since May 2016; and if so, the measures in it to support persons with...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      505. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Questions Nos. 807 of 12 July 2016 and 1,903 of 16 September 2016, her plans to assist small and medium enterprises that...
    • Trade Promotion
      506. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of trade promotion visits organised by agencies under the remit of her Department, such as Enterprise Ireland and IDA...
    • Workplace Safety
      507. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the regulations in place for fitness studios to open up; and if any qualifications and standards must be met. [33857/16]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Services
      508. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the consultation on the new affordable child care scheme will include consideration of supports for alternative child care choices,...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      509. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if National Lottery funding is available at present through her Department to support the work of community groups; if so, if there are...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      510. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review a case (details supplied) with regard to an application for higher capitation; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      511. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the State should not adopt or support a preferential view with respect to the care of children in their early years,...
    • Departmental Funding
      512. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the detail of any funding received from an organisation (details supplied) for projects under the remit of her Department for the past...
    • Recreational Facilities
      513. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the assistance her Department will provide to a local parent-based campaign (details supplied) to achieve its objective of having a...
    • State Bodies Property
      514. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the development of the new Tusla building in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; when it will be open; and if she will make a...
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      515. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of the provision of legal services and so on to children and families to Tusla annually; and the way and by whom these services...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      516. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures which have been taken to provide services to needy children and families, especially those who, due to their undocumented...
    • Departmental Funding
      517. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an agency (details supplied) has received over €36 million in State funding from...
    • Psychological Assessments
      518. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will arrange an assessment for a person (details supplied) and assign a social worker to support the family as soon as possible....
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      519. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has produced a new statement of strategy since May 2016; and if so, the measures in it to support persons with...
    • Family Resource Centres
      520. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered a request by family resource centres that 3% of Tusla's budget be ringfenced for the family resource centre national...
    • Children First Guidelines
      521. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions of the Children First legislation that have been commenced; the provisions that have not been commenced; the reason for the...
    • Preschool Services
      522. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the impact a change in regulation is having on a family centre (details supplied) in County Cork; her...
    • Children in Care
      524. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she is satisfied regarding the adequacy of safety and protection measures for all children in institutions or foster...
    • Child Abuse
      525. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of reports of various forms of child abuse reported to or through her Department in each of the past five years to date; the...
    • Departmental Priorities
      526. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the development of child support services in the future having particular regard to challenges likely to arise; and if she...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      527. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department has the capacity to address the issue of children whose families are homeless; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      529. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department can offer funding to groups, bodies or organisations offering shelter or other forms of support...
    • Child Poverty
      531. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to deal with the issue of child poverty over the next five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33841/16]
    • Bullying of Children
      532. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which out of school bullying has been brought to the attention of her Department with particular reference to incidents of...
    • Detention Centres Provision
      533. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of places of detention for juvenile offenders; the extent to which...
  • Department of Defence
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      535. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if national lottery funding is available at present through his Department to support the work of community groups; if so, if there are specific...
    • Naval Service Promotions
      536. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to amend the Defence Forces Regulation C S 4 with respect to the Naval Service to make an additional appointment to the rank of...
    • Defence Forces Representative Organisations
      537. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department recognises the Defence Forces conciliation and arbitration scheme and Promotion Agreement CR295 & CR447; and his...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      538. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the powers or responsibilities he has delegated to the Minister of State in his Department; the date on which these powers or responsibilities...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      539. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has produced a new statement of strategy since May 2016; and if so, the measures in it to support persons with disabilities....
    • Naval Service Vessels
      540. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will expand on his comments that he supports plans to introduce a fully functional Naval Service hospital ship which would have the...
    • Commemorative Events
      541. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when men from A Company 35th Battalion (UN Service) of the Irish Army will be honoured and recognised for their bravery at the siege of...