Written answers

Wednesday, 9 November 2016

  • Department of Defence
    • EU Battle Groups
      19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total cost to the Exchequer of Irish participation in the EU battle groups since their foundation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      23. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total cost of the defence budget as a percentage of GDP in 2015. [33816/16]
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      26. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason there is currently no gratuity or pension for members retiring from the Reserve Defence Forces despite the fact that members of...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      27. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider the use of Shannon airport by the military of the United States of America to be a breach of military neutrality and other...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      28. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the strength of the Army, Naval Service, Air Corps and reserves has fluctuated in the past ten years; if any changes in...
    • EU Meetings
      29. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a report on the meeting of EU defence ministers in Bratislava on 26 September 2016; the issues discussed; and if it was made...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department will match the offers made by the Department of Justice and Equality to settle the Garda pay dispute to the representative...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      31. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of the Defence Forces at Shannon airport, in relation to protection given to civilian troop carriers and military planes of the United...
    • Defence Forces Medical Services
      32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the recruitment measures that have been employed to deal with the shortage of medical officers in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider launching a full investigation into possible negative health effects of drugs used on members of the Defence Forces; and if...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the levels of recruitment to the Defence Forces; his further views on whether the levels of recruitment are matching the levels of...
    • Defence Forces Expenditure
      35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost to the Army for guarding Shannon airport in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33823/16]
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will rule out the future procurement of any Israeli technology through the European Defence Agency for use by the Defence Forces; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current effective strength of the Permanent Defence Forces in terms of the actual numbers of trained personnel available for operational...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the fact that 20% of Defence Forces personnel are in receipt of family income supplement; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Meetings
      39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on discussions held with his European counterparts regarding further military co-operation; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Naval Service Operations
      40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Naval Service has to date been instrumental in rescuing refugees in the Mediterranean; the total number rescued to date;...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is examining the benefits of the drug doxycycline as a potential replacement for Lariam as an anti-malaria drug; and if he will make a...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will publish the records maintained by the Air Corps on the numbers, country of origin and types of foreign military aircraft that were...
    • Military Records
      44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when his Department will publish the next tranche of military service pension records from the period 1916 to 1923; and the amount of material...
    • Air Corps Equipment
      45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to enhance the Air Corps capability by upgrading or replacing the current fleet of PC9s with jet aircraft; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide the detailed medical advice given by the medical corps and the medical officer of the Defence Forces that states Lariam is the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Records
      49. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of contingent assets known to the Central Statistics Office and the amount that he recorded in various State Departments and bodies; the reason...
    • Irish Language
      50. To ask the Taoiseach the frequency with which Irish language interpreters were used during the term of the 31st Dáil for each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date. [33982/16]
    • Departmental Data
      51. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all contingent assets in his Department and in agencies under his Department where amounts can be owed but are not listed in the national...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 2 November 2016 and following this Deputy's leaders' question on 19 October 2016, if her attention has...
    • Garda Industrial Relations
      53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated first year and full year cost of the proposed agreement with the Garda Representative Association and Association of Garda Sergeants...
    • Fines Data
      54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total value of uncollected fines for criminal offences in courts here for 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date in tabular form; and if...
    • Garda Transport Data
      55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 2 November 2016, where she stated that, as of 24 October 2016, some 103 official Garda vehicles, 91 of...
    • Direct Provision Data
      56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the latest data on the numbers of persons currently in direct provision for one year or less, one year to two years, two years to three years,...
    • Migration Data
      58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Syrian nationals refused access or leave to land here in each year since the start of the war in Syria in 2011. [33925/16]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will grant family citizenship to persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33929/16]
    • Immigration Status
      60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken by her Department in response to the call by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in March 2016 for the Government...
    • Garda Industrial Relations
      61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any of her departmental staff or members of An Garda Síochána suggested or mentioned using members of the Defence Forces in a...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Criminal Prosecutions Data
      63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions in 2015 and to date in 2016 per district court for disqualified drivers driving while disqualified; the number of...
    • Private Security Authority
      64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints against private investigators that have been submitted to the Private Security Authority since 1 November 2005 when the...
    • Residency Permits
      65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if stamp 4 will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33988/16]
    • Gambling Sector
      66. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the practice of online betting companies using software to track persons' online betting habits to target them for marketing purposes...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations (1 comment)
      70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to her letter of 6 October 2016, if the terms of reference for the five inquiries to be established under section 42 of the Garda...
    • Departmental Records
      71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list of all contingent assets in her Department and in agencies under her Department where amounts can be owed but are not...
    • Departmental Funding
      72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will make resources available within her Department to support and facilitate a centre (details supplied) in view of the improving economic...
  • Department of Finance
    • Stability and Growth Pact
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department have had any engagement with EU institutions regarding the fiscal rules since he came into office; the nature of this engagement; and...
    • Economic Policy
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and his Department realise the distinction between borrowing for current spend and capital spend; if the EU rules restricting borrowing are limiting...
    • Carbon Tax Exemptions
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason combined heat and power engines are exempted from carbon tax in view of the fact that the signing of the Paris Agreement suggests significant...
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance the length of time local property tax exemptions will remain for unfinished estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33884/16]
    • IBRC Liquidation
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the liquidation process at IBRC including a list of all groups of creditors; the likelihood that they will be paid; and the likely financial...
    • VAT Yield
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 110 and 111 of 2 November 2016, if he will consider the introduction of a method to record the information returned in...
    • Banking Licence Applications
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance the process required for an international bank to acquire a licence to operate here; the length of time the process takes; if consideration has been given to...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance if companies involved in the wind energy industry can avail of the section 110 regime under the Finance Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Data
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the number of first-time buyers per annum who have availed of the deposit interest retention tax refund scheme for first-time...
    • Tax Collection
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the Revenue Commissioners have to date facilitated the restructuring of a business in the case of persons (details supplied) having...
    • Vehicle Registration
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance the length of time a vehicle from Northern Ireland can be in this State without crossing back over the Border before the VRT process starts; and if he will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33989/16]
    • VAT Exemptions
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a VAT exemption for underage sports teams on the purchase of equipment and uniforms to assist with the financial burdens of these volunteer...
    • Departmental Records
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all contingent assets in his Department and in agencies under his Department where amounts can be owed but are not listed in the...
    • Tax Data
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of aircraft leasing companies that have obtained a trading treatment for leasing activities; the number that have obtained trading treatment for a...
    • Budget 2017
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the last minute expansion of the so-called fiscal space by some €300 million for the 2017 budget and its implications for next year's...
    • National Risk Assessment
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance the strategic risks identified by him in the draft national risk assessment report in relation to tax issues and multinational corporations based here. [31824/16]
    • NAMA Property Sales
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of empty, completed or unfinished residential units which have been sold by NAMA here to date; the average price received for finished and...
    • Tax Code
      95. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a tax on residential properties left vacant for over a year in areas of high housing demand, as is the case in Scotland, England and...
    • Tax Yield
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the relatively low increase in the income tax take in 2016 despite the rise in employment; his views on whether this points to the need to...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the system for means assessing income for the SUSI grant to allow for net income instead of gross income to be assessed, as...
    • Schools Building Projects
      100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite the construction of a new building for a school (details supplied). [33916/16]
    • School Patronage
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the awarding of patronage for a school (details supplied) to the education training board without considering the huge demand in the...
    • Education and Training Provision
      102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place to support persons who have been approved onto a Springboard course as they currently do not qualify for a SUSI grant or...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the building of a school (details supplied); when construction is likely to commence; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Costs
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a survey by a charity (details supplied) and the findings in relation to the costs to parents in preparing...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to encourage post-primary mainstream schools to establish ASD special classes; his views on the reluctance of many schools to establish...
    • Departmental Records
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all contingent assets in his Department and in agencies under his Department where amounts can be owed but are not...
    • Departmental Funding
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make resources available within his Department to support and facilitate a centre (details supplied) in view of the improving economic...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in relation to the programme for Government commitment on addressing long-term challenges such as long-term funding models in...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his timetable to update the wind energy guidelines 2006 which were based on ETSU-R-97, the assessment and rating of...
    • Motor Tax
      112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 611 of 16 September 2016, the number of the 1,170,226 vehicles taxed on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the purchase price of a property (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [33896/16]
    • Agriculture Industry
      115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will implement stricter enforcement of the protocol for the spreading of bio-solids and sludge as many...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason, at a time when he says priority is being given to the building of houses to meet the huge need for...
    • Departmental Records
      117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of all contingent assets in his Department and in agencies under his Department where...
    • Housing Provision
      118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress made in relation to the programme for Government commitment on addressing long-term challenges such as...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Local Authority Staff
      119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason local government employees employed post January 2013 pay PRSI class K contributions and not A1 contributions; his plans to review this...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reinstate an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) pending receipt of information requested by his Department in...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33913/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33914/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied). [33922/16]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting times for social protection applications for various schemes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the extension of treatment benefits to self-employed persons from March 2017 will include the cost of hearing aids; if these benefits will be...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal on a carer's allowance decision in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
      127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal on a rent allowance decision in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33952/16]
    • Carer's Benefit Appeals
      128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33962/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when carer's allowance payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the appeal was successful; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34000/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an invalidity pension will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if the matter will be expedited. [34002/16]
    • Departmental Records
      132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a list of all contingent assets in his Department and in agencies under his Department where amounts can be owed but are not...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 2 November 2016, if he will confirm that there are currently plans for recruitment at...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he changed his position on the reappointment of a person (details supplied) to Horse Racing Ireland following a request from the...
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation
      136. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of the implementation of the Lansdowne Road Agreement in 2017; if that cost has been revised in view of recent Labour...
    • Public Service Pay Commission Establishment
      137. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the Public Service Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34061/16]
    • Departmental Records
      138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all contingent assets in his Department and in agencies under his Department where amounts can be owed but...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Museum
      139. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the major changes being made to the National Museum buildings to facilitate another organisation in view of the enormous and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      140. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects to notify local authorities which applications under the town and village renewal scheme are to go ahead; and if she...
    • Commemorative Events
      141. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the 2017 Famine Memorial Day will take place. [33927/16]
    • Invasive Plant Species
      142. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of invasive species of plants and weed detected in Connemara National Park, Letterfrack, County Galway; the extent of...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      143. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of budget for Foras na Gaeilge for 2017; if this funding is an increase or decrease on the 2016 figure; if her attention...
    • Hare Coursing
      144. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the mauling of a hare at a hare coursing event in Ballinagar, County Offaly, on 29 October 2016...
    • Departmental Records
      145. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a list of all contingent assets in her Department and in agencies under her Department where amounts can be owed...
  • Department of Health
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      146. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34015/16]
    • Health Services
      147. To ask the Minister for Health the name of the consultant ophthalmologist that has been assigned to assess a person (details supplied); if he will expedite the person's assessment and...
    • Hospital Services
      149. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 4 October 2016, with regard to the risk requirement for a second cath lab being placed on the South/South West...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      150. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a date for an orthodontic appointment; the reason for the cancellation of an appointment in view of the...
    • HSE Staff
      151. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify that it is HSE policy that it is the responsibility of individual home help workers to secure cover during periods of planned annual leave;...
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      152. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of spending on mental health as recently announced in budget 2017 broken down by capital and current spending, in tabular form; the percentage...
    • Residential Institutions
      153. To ask the Minister for Health the persons who should be assigned next of kin to sanction and sign the form with regards to St Mary's of the Angels, Beaufort, County Kerry and the addition...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      154. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons with a medical card living in County Wexford have to pay a fee for accident and emergency at Dublin dental hospital while persons with the...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      155. To ask the Minister for Health the development funding announced in budget 2017 to implement the national mental health policy, A Vision For Change; the money available to the HSE in 2017...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      156. 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. [33946/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      157. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided with a residential place as discussed at a recent meeting; if funding for this is available in view of the...
    • Hospital Services
      158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish the circumstances of a case (details supplied); if he will address the apparent system failures in the handling of this case; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      159. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding for mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33971/16]
    • Hospital Staff
      160. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to ensure that the 80:20 percentage division between public and private practice in public hospitals for consultants is vigorously...
    • Health Insurance Data
      161. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the legislation in view of claims data submitted by insurers (details supplied) and the negative impact on the affordability of private...
    • Health Promotion
      162. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government will consider supporting healthier choices in the workplace with the introduction of initiatives to incentivise companies to support the...
    • Health Services Provision
      163. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to address the way the delivery and funding of high quality health care in the context of a major demographic challenge (details...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      164. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have their surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33997/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      165. To ask the Minister for Health his views that a number of section 38 disability voluntary providers are experiencing considerable financial challenges, which has resulted in some...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      166. To ask the Minister for Health the status of reports on plans to introduce a charge for respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34007/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      167. 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. [34014/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide further funding in respect of core hours, personal assistant hours for persons in need of these hours; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      169. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide further funding in respect of home help hours scheme and the home care package scheme for persons in need of these hours; if his attention...
    • Departmental Records
      171. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all contingent assets in his Department and in agencies under his Department where amounts can be owed but are not listed in the...
    • Health Services Funding
      172. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in relation to the programme for Government commitment on addressing long-term challenges such as long-term funding models in health. [33805/16]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Transfer of Entitlements Application
      173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the processing of an application for the transfer of entitlements submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Galway will...
    • Imports Data
      174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of lambs that were imported from Northern Ireland in October 2016; the way this compares to the number of lambs imported...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if and when a payment will be made to a person (details supplied) on the basis of an appeal which has been lodged to the basic...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33943/16]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33954/16]
    • Animal Welfare
      179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the obligations of the Turf Club to ensure animal welfare standards are met; the role and obligations of the Turf Club...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33966/16]
    • Departmental Records
      182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all contingent assets in his Department and in agencies under his Department where amounts can be owed...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Electricity Generation
      183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a strategic environmental assessment is required for a process that would involve the administration of connections to...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the terms of reference for the newly established Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce; the timeframe for delivery of its...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      185. 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...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has been informed or given any indication of non-compliance with the strategic environmental assessment directive...
    • Departmental Functions
      187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has official responsibility for bodies under the aegis of his Department in respect of Government policy, including...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether sufficient offshore wind energy could be constructed in the Irish Sea by 2020 to reach the 2020...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if taxpayers will be expected to carry the cost of EU penalties for not complying with our targets for greenhouse gas...
    • Departmental Data
      191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of all contingent assets in his Department and in agencies under his Department where amounts...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made on the programme for Government commitment on addressing long-term challenges such as broadband and...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Railway Stations
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to move Gormanston train station in County Meath into the same zone which is currently in the medium hop zone in view of...
    • Road Network
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade the N4 from Sligo to Dublin motorway; if, in the context of Brexit and its effects on the Border region, he will...
    • Road Safety Strategy
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 2 November 2016, if he has met with the Taoiseach following this Deputy's Leaders' Questions...
    • Dublin Bus Fleet
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to buy new buses for the Dublin Bus fleet; if such buses will give additional capacity or just replace existing buses;...
    • Departmental Data
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all contingent assets in his Department and in agencies under his Department where amounts can be owed but...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Youth Services Funding
      199. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the application for €1.2 million in capital funding for Scouting Ireland for developments at Larch Hill and...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      200. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of total posts and vacant posts in child protection teams broken down by grade and area, including administrative staff, social...
    • Departmental Data
      201. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a list of all contingent assets in her Department and in agencies under her Department where amounts can be owed but...
    • Departmental Funding
      202. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will make resources available within her Department to support and facilitate a centre (details supplied), in view of the improving...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      203. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which malaria preventative treatment available to the Defence Forces here meets international health and safety standards; and if...
    • Defence Forces Training
      205. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which modern training and equipment remains available to each branch of the Defence Forces, namely the Army, Naval Service and Air...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Training
      206. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which annual training courses remain available to the FCA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34021/16]
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      208. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of females at all ranks now serving throughout the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34023/16]
    • Air Corps Equipment
      209. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if adequate updating and replacement of military aircraft is ongoing with particular reference to the needs for the Air Corps to meet best...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      210. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Naval Service equipment is upgraded and replaced on a regular basis including communications equipment and sea-going...
    • Defence Forces Training
      211. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps receive training and equipment upgrades in line with best international practice, with...
    • Overseas Missions
      212. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which he expects Irish troop deployment overseas in respect of EU or UN missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      213. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of all contingent assets in his Department and in agencies under his Department where amounts can be owed but are not...