Written answers

Tuesday, 15 November 2016

  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Crime Levels
      32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for County Offaly are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the county; if all Garda stations in County...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases before each court on speeding offences in 2015 and to date in 2016; the number of convictions of this offence; the number of...
    • Garda Deployment
      41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in Cork city on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016; the proportion of the...
    • Estimates Publication
      42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when her Department will publish a Revised Estimate for 2017; her Department’s projection for additional costs arising for the Garda...
    • Crime Levels
      43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for County Kerry are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations in County...
    • Domestic Violence
      44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she will bring forward to tackle domestic violence; the supports her Department provides towards domestic violence refuges; and if...
    • Protected Disclosures
      45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she has taken in her current role to ensure that members of An Garda Síochána that have made protected disclosures have not...
    • Garda Recruitment
      46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new gardaí that will be trained in 2017; the number of new entrants planned per class in 2017; if there has been any changes to...
    • Crime Levels
      47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for County Louth are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations in County...
    • Court Sittings
      48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has had discussions in respect of vacancies and backlogs in the Court of Appeal in the context of the programme for Government; and if the...
    • Compensation Schemes
      49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of outstanding issues regarding the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; if it is sitting; the number of appeals waiting to be...
    • Departmental Funding
      50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her priorities for 2017 in respect of persons with disabilities; the funding being provided for all disability programmes in 2017 and specifically...
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the ratification and implementation of the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Offaly on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016; the proportion of...
    • Crime Levels
      53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for north Cork are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations in north Cork...
    • Garda Deployment
      54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Mayo on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016; the proportion of the...
    • Crime Levels
      55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the accuracy of reported crime statistics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34835/16]
    • Brexit Issues
      56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions that have taken place with the United Kingdom Government with regard to the control of non-European Union immigration post Brexit;...
    • Garda Remuneration
      57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the areas from which in her annual budget she proposes to find the proposed cost of the Labour Court decision on Garda pay; and if she will make a...
    • Prisoner Data
      58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which habitual offenders are facilitated with early release; the number of such offenders released prior to the completion of their...
    • Direct Provision System
      59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress she has made in changing the direct provision system for asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34738/16]
    • Garda Deployment
      60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Wicklow on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016; the proportion of...
    • Crime Levels
      61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for counties Roscommon and Longford are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda...
    • Garda Deployment
      62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in west Cork on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016; the proportion of the...
    • Crime Levels
      63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for County Laois are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations in County...
    • Protected Disclosures
      64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions taken by her over the past two years to ensure that gardaí who had made protected disclosures were not subjected to bullying and...
    • Traveller Community
      65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason she has not introduced legislation to provide legal recognition of the Traveller community as an ethnic group in law. [34826/16]
    • Victim Support Services
      66. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention was drawn to a recent documentary (details supplied); when the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill will be enacted; and if...
    • Garda Deployment
      67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in the Dublin western metropolitan region on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016;...
    • Crime Levels
      69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for County Wexford are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations in County...
    • Judicial Council
      70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a judicial council will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34838/16]
    • Garda Investigations
      71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the investigation into the disappearance of a person (details supplied). [34828/16]
    • Direct Provision Data
      72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of all companies involved in contracts for direct provision, including moneys paid to these companies each year over the past five...
    • Commercial Rates Exemptions
      73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to have the issue of commercial rates exemption extended to all child care facilities in order to improve the sustainability of centres...
    • Garda Industrial Relations
      74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the costs of the Lansdowne Road agreement on Garda pay for 2017; the areas in which each cost arises and the numbers impacted; and if she will...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Review
      75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the review of Garda pay and conditions that was to be completed by 1 June 2014 is still ongoing; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Garda Deployment
      76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in counties Cavan and Monaghan on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016; the...
    • Crime Levels
      77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for County Meath are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations in County...
    • Brexit Issues
      78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered the implications for cross-Border co-operation in justice and policing matters in the context of Brexit. [34825/16]
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the GSOC inquiry into events surrounding evidence given to the O'Higgins commission, particularly in relation to a meeting in...
    • Garda Reserve
      80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists currently stationed in Clondalkin, Lucan and Ronanstown and also in the DMR western; the comparable figures for...
    • Garda Industrial Relations
      81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding stream that will be used to make additional payments to Garda as a result of recent industrial action; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Kerry on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016; the proportion of...
    • Crime Levels
      87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for west Cork are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations in west Cork have...
    • Garda Deployment
      88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in counties Carlow and Kilkenny on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016; the...
    • Garda Industrial Relations
      90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the budget allocation for her Department will be sufficient to allow for the recent deal with the GRA and the AGSI; and if she will make a...
    • Surveillance Operations
      92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the representations the State has made regarding UK surveillance of Internet traffic to and from Ireland; and the EU rules that govern the...
    • Crime Levels
      93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for counties Cavan and Monaghan are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations...
    • Direct Provision System
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for changing the system of direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34853/16]
    • Crime Levels
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for County Clare are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations in County...
    • Public Order Offences
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review, amend and strengthen the trespass laws to protect the rights of land and property owners; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Garda Deployment
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Laois on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016; the proportion of...
    • Crime Levels
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for the Dublin southern metropolitan region are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she proposes to take action to enable GSOC complete its investigation into matters arising from the O'Higgins commission of investigation; and...
    • Garda Deployment
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each station in counties Sligo and Leitrim on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October...
    • Crime Levels
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for Cork city are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations in Cork city...
    • Equality Legislation
      104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps her Department is taking to introduce socio-economic status as a discrimination ground following legislative and case law trends across...
    • Traveller Community
      105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation that will provide for the legal recognition of Traveller ethnicity with a view to creating the conditions for a...
    • Garda Deployment
      106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each station in County Waterford on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016; the...
    • Prisoner Welfare
      107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to deal with the concerns of the UN special rapporteur on torture in relation to the numbers of prisoners here being kept...
    • Crime Levels
      108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for County Waterford are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations in County...
    • Garda Deployment
      109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position of County Kildare in comparison to other counties in terms of the number of gardaí per head of population; and if, as expected,...
    • Policing Authority
      110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she proposes to mandate the Policing Authority to carry out a review of Garda districts in accordance with the confidence and supply...
    • Crime Levels
      111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for County Tipperary are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations in County...
    • Legislative Programme
      112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to provide for the definition of sexual consent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34831/16]
    • Bail Law
      113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any evaluation has been carried out to assess the damage to the morale of An Garda Síochána arising from countless hours in pursuit...
    • Garda Deployment
      114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each station in County Westmeath on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016; the...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish the precise criteria on which she will grant or refuse naturalisation in the context of civil proceedings, arrests or spent...
    • Traveller Community
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider setting up a Traveller agency which would work to deliver equality for the Traveller community; and if she will make a...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has raised with the Italian authorities the delays being experienced by Irish officials in Italy in the processing of Syrian refugees for...
    • Garda Deployment
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each station in County Wexford on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016; the...
    • Legal Aid
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons at risk of domestic violence or who are victims of such violence must also pay...
    • Charities Regulation
      120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the structural review being undertaken by the Charities Regulator to determine the human and financial resources needed to...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the wording of the summonses to allow for prosecutions to take place under section 22 of the Road Traffic Act 2002 in view of the...
    • Legislative Programme
      122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to deal with the abusive practices of online stalking and so-called revenge porn; and if she will make a...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if plans were devised for martial law in the event that gardaí went on strike. [34864/16]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Data
      124. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of employment gains in each region in the 12 months to quarter two of 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34330/16]
    • Cross-Border Projects
      125. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the Narrow Water Bridge project linking counties Louth and Down; the funding for this project; and if there have been any design changes. [34966/16]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost in a full year of implementing all the recommendations of the Labour Court dated 3 November 2016 in respect of Garda pay and allowances...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if proposed changes to the Lottery Act 1956 would drive spending away from local voluntary groups; the way changes may affect key lottery income...
    • Policing Plans
      128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the practical interactions between the Garda Inspectorate, the Policing Authority, Garda management and her office in relation to producing a...
    • National Women's Strategy
      129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the commitment in the programme for Government regarding the national women's strategy that is due to be published by the end of...
    • Visa Agreements
      130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a mechanism which would allow a non-national spouse of an Irish citizen resident here to continue working freely within the EU...
    • Judicial Appointments
      131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 4 October 2016, her plans to introduce regulations to address the conflicts that can arise through...
    • Judicial Pay
      132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 4 October 2016, the details of which travel and subsistence expenses are subject to regulation and...
    • Visa Applications
      134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a spousal visa in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34426/16]
    • Judicial Appointments
      135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies that exist at present on the District Court, the Circuit Court, the High Court, the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court...
    • Insurance Costs
      136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans in relation to the review and reforming of regulations and laws surrounding fraudulent personal injury claims in the workplace, to help...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting times for each probate office to provide a grant of probate and a grant of letters of administration; her views on whether...
    • Asylum Applications
      138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Ireland frequently insists that families seeking reunification under the Dublin III regulation undergo DNA testing to prove the...
    • Garda Inspectorate Reports
      139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the detail of the commitment in the programme for Government concerning extending Garda oversight and accountability following the Garda...
    • Courts Service Administration
      140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the commitment in the programme for Government for proposing legislation to reduce excessive delays to trials and court...
    • Garda Remuneration
      141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to address the pay disparities within An Garda Síochána, in particular for new recruits; the restoration of pay cuts...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of eligibility pursuant to section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) in the case of a person...
    • Garda Station Opening Hours
      143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria required for the provision of a Garda station open for 24 hours per day; the policies that are in place on the opening hours for...
    • Garda Remuneration
      144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time gardaí earning under €40,000 per annum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34640/16]
    • Private Security Industry Regulation
      145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date the private security appeals board will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34665/16]
    • Deportation Orders
      146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the decision to deport a person (details supplied); the reason the decision to deport was made considering...
    • Brexit Issues
      147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has considered changing visa requirements for entry into Ireland to make relocation here easier for companies wishing to...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the general requirement of not having received State support in the three years prior to a naturalisation application does not apply to social...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility
      149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the request for An Grianán to be included in the redress board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34901/16]
    • Prisoner Data
      150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in the Dublin metropolitan west area who were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment; the number who were processed at the...
    • Drugs Crime
      151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in the Dublin metropolitan west area who were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for drug related crime; and if she...
    • Crime Data
      152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of shootings and stabbings that have been recorded in the Dublin metropolitan west area over the period 2011 to 2016 to date in...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a schedule and timeline for her plans to commence Part 14 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
      154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the location it is intended to employ up to 40 additional staff in an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Gambling Sector
      155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 9 November 2016, if she will provide the names of persons and country of origin of the applications...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently waiting for places at the Central Mental Hospital; the average waiting time for a person to be transferred to the...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which adequate resources remain available to CAB; the extent to which that body can combat organised crime by way of confiscation...
    • Prison Accommodation
      158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate and sufficient prison spaces are available to meet requirements at the present time with particular reference to the...
    • Garda Operations
      159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which conclusions continue to be reached in respect of the various cold cases which have been identified over several years; and if...
    • Missing Persons Data
      160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons reported as missing in each of the past ten years to date in 2016; the number traced; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Crime Data
      161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the various forms of crime continue to be monitored and appropriate action taken to address any trends emerging in all areas...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if in the context of rehabilitative training and education, provision is in place to grade applicants for such training in order to ensure the...
    • Garda Resources
      163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the facilities, technology and motorised transport available to An Garda Síochána is in keeping with best...
    • Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory
      164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which forensic technology available to An Garda Síochána remains comparable to that in other jurisdictions adjoining and...
    • Garda Policing Plans
      165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she and her Department have examined policing practices and structures in other jurisdictions with a view to availing of the...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in rehabilitative training at any one time in each prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35207/16]
    • Garda Oversight
      167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action that continues to be taken to address the issue of threats and intimidation against individual members of An Garda Síochána;...
    • Garda Strength
      168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she expects membership of An Garda Síochána to increase over the next twelve months, while taking into...
    • Community Policing
      169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which community policing remains available to the various Garda divisions throughout the country; the extent to which this...
    • Garda Strength
      170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she expects Garda numbers in the various Garda stations throughout County Kildare to be replenished in line with demographics...
  • Department of Finance
    • Government Expenditure
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance the expenditure limit for 2017; the amount of expenditure forecast for 2017; the consequences for Ireland of exceeding the expenditure limit; and if he will...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance following the publication of the action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 1.19; the progress...
    • Living City Initiative
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance following the publication of the action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 5.10 to review the...
    • Pyrite Issues
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he proposes to undertake to ensure that properties which are remediated under the Government's pyrite remediation scheme can get home insurance in...
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties which have been deemed non-habitable and therefore exempted from property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34468/16]
    • Tax Code
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) is now paying almost double the amount of tax that they were paying before their spouse's death; his views on whether...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria regarding the qualifying dates for the help-to-buy incentive; if a person who entered into a contract to buy or paid a deposit on a house before...
    • Tax Code
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding dwelling house relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34588/16]
    • State Savings Schemes Data
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that have taken out State Savings products offered by the NTMA to personal savers in the past five years; and the total amount...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Data
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties which were registered for the home renovation incentive scheme in Waterford city and county in 2015 and to date in 2016, and the...
    • Excise Duties Yield
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue which would be generated annually with an increase of 1 cent in excise duty on fuel, alcohol and cigarettes, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Credit Unions
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance the position which applies in a circumstance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34796/16]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering proposals (details supplied) by farming organisations regarding the Finance Bill 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • VAT Rate Application
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the 9% VAT rate may be considered as state aid in view of the fact that it gives a select number of sectors a competitive advantage....
    • Tax Code
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of a tax-free allowance for landlord's rental income in line with rent supplement caps; and if he will make a statement...
    • Carbon Tax Exemptions
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on an opinion expressed by a co-op (details supplied). [35009/16]
    • Tax Code
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to stay-at-home parents who are facing financial discrimination. [35152/16]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of an investigation by the European Commission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35154/16]
    • Insurance Costs
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he proposes to implement to deal with the escalating costs of insurance premiums; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there have...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the increasing concerns of contractors within the construction sector in relation to the procurement of public contracts...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) who is a medical card holder is not eligible to receive free school transport for their children and...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for assisted technology in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the publication of the action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago, the status of the progress made to date on action...
    • Student Accommodation
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the publication of the action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago, the status of the progress made to date on action 4.7...
    • School Curriculum
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will implement new marking systems for the examinations to take into account students whose schools have been closed under health and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that a school (details supplied) has applied for funding to secure a permanent site for the school; the reasons for the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposal by KWETB for a new national training centre for pre-apprenticeship and post-apprenticeship training in...
    • School Accommodation
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be approved for additional accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if he will expedite the approval needed. [34476/16]
    • Schools Building Projects
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a post-primary school for the Firhouse and Ballycullen, Dublin 24, area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34487/16]
    • School Accommodation
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of proposed additional rooms at two national schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34488/16]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage his plans are at for a post-primary school for the Citywest and Saggart areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34490/16]
    • Minor Works Scheme
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the minor works grant for a school (details supplied) is due to be paid in November 2016; if his attention has been drawn to the concern the...
    • Library Services Funding
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter regarding funding for a new library (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34550/16]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to build a new school at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34557/16]
    • Third Level Staff
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Question No. 66 of 3 November 2016, whereby in Irish universities some staff receive permanency whereas others, mainly non-academic...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the criteria for SUSI grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34587/16]
    • Industrial Disputes
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if non-union teachers on short-term contracts who are available for work will be paid by his Department for the period their schools are closed...
    • Minor Works Scheme Applications
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the minor works scheme grant will be issued to primary schools for 2016-2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34630/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital funding his Department has allocated to projects in County Waterford at primary, post-primary and third levels in the past three...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of future student accommodation to meet requirements at a school (details supplied); and when he envisages a school...
    • Education Data
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if current statistics on the ethnic and religious diversity in primary schools are available; if so, if he will release the statistics for the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) is in a poor state of repair and entirely unsuited to the...
    • Minor Works Scheme Applications
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will receive an answer to its grant application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34644/16]
    • Tax Collection
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply and remedy will issue to a person (details supplied) in respect of an error by his Department regarding an incorrect rate of PRSI;...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that some ASTI members that opted out of supervision and substitution duties before the Haddington Road agreement are...
    • Mental Health Awareness
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that mental health awareness is promoted in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34670/16]
    • School Staff
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the model of leadership in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34763/16]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide primary and post-primary average class size figures for Ireland and other EU member states; his plans to tackle large class...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are remaining sections of the Teaching Council Act to be commenced; the timescale for commencing such sections; and the number of...
    • Proposed Legislation
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he proposes to publish a draft of the education (parent and student charter) Bill; the details of the proposed pre-legislative scrutiny...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is a clear pay disparity between teachers recruited before 1 January 2011 and those recruited thereafter; his views on...
    • School Admissions
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has reviewed the recently published Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill of the Labour Party; his views on the aims and objectives of...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is planning to issue a directive on implementing pay deductions for members of teachers' unions that rejected working additional hours...
    • State Examinations Reviews
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status on the roll-out of junior cycle reform process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34772/16]
    • Skills Shortages
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the areas that have been highlighted as having skills shortages by the skills and labour market research unit, SLMRU, such as...
    • After-School Support Services
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the suggestions by the Irish National Teachers Organisation that related capital investment will be necessary if the programme for...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage the review of the school support programme through the DEIS, Delivering Equality of Opportunities in Schools initiative is at; when...
    • School Curriculum
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide new courses in the leaving certificate, such as coding, physical education and politics; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new national action plan for educational inclusion will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34778/16]
    • Teachers' Professional Development
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ways and total investment involved in which his Department supports teacher continuous professional development at primary and post-primary...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated timescale for and cost of the Government's programme commitment to reducing the pupil-teacher ratio in junior and senior infants;...
    • School Patronage
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of all schools under religious patronage which he expects to be divested in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Postgraduate Enrolments
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the restoration of postgraduate grants and their necessity to open up access to postgraduate studies, ensure that a steady stream of...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for equating newly qualified teachers since 2011 and those that entered the workforce before; if he will report on discussions with the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to special educational supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34787/16]
    • Irish Sign Language
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to Irish Sign Language courses for students with hearing disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by his Department for deciding on applications for capital funding of junior, senior and post-primary schools. [34789/16]
    • School Management
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to end the current ban on promotions at the primary school level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34790/16]
    • Legislative Process
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Technological Universities Bill; when it is to return to Dáil Éireann; the necessary changes he proposes to make to...
    • State Examinations Data
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the reported failure rate at leaving certificate maths; the measures his Department proposes to remedy this; and if he will make a...
    • Institutes of Technology
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the drop-out rate in third level institute of technology courses; the measures his Department propose to remedy the situation; and...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the lack of apprenticeships suitable for a number of employment vacancies, such as chefs and in the hospitality sector generally, to...
    • Third Level Admissions Data
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of those who have entered third level education over each of the past ten years in each socio-economic group, in tabular form; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons a person (details supplied) has been refused administrative status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34815/16]
    • Third Level Staff
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken by his Department to implement the recommendations of the Cush report; the number of academic staff with more than two years'...
    • School Costs
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to address the disparity in school costs which exist from school to school here and the inequality faced by parents by...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make the necessary funding available to a school (details supplied) to carry out construction works for bus and car parking...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any form of funding available to assist a programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34914/16]
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of young persons under 25 years of age who commenced a VTOS course in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34929/16]
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Allowances
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new training rates of €193 per week for young persons under 26 years of age announced in budget 2017 will commence and be paid to...
    • Minor Works Scheme
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is issuing minor work grants to primary schools in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35119/16]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria to be eligible for grant funding under the SUSI application based on stamp 4 on a students GNIB card; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make funding available to a school (details supplied) to allow it to install a lift, a ramp, a wheelchair-friendly entrance and an...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of whole-time equivalent special needs assistants and resource teachers employed in schools in the years 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016...
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the review of DEIS to be completed; if consideration is being given to incorporating new programmes, either on a pilot or...
    • School Admissions
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans a referendum on the issue of equal access to schools. [28714/16]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Motor Tax
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will ensure stipulation number 6 on the official form for taxing a horsebox will be amended to address a...
    • Control of Dogs
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if Wicklow County Council has an obligation to put the Wicklow dog pound contract with ISPCA out to tender; the...
    • Insurance Costs
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views regarding the fact that insurance companies are stating that they will not insure properties post pyrite...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide information on a proposed development (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make...
    • Housing Agency Portfolio
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has provided funding to the Housing Agency to buy portfolios of vacant properties for sale and...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Data
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the liability due by persons who have not paid the non-principal private residence charge to date; the amount due...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to increase the upper level of the housing adaptation grant from €30,000; his further plans to...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of council land banks zoned for social housing that have yet to have housing built on them by county, in...
    • Local Authority Boundaries Review
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress made in implementing the recommendations contained in the report of the Waterford reorganisation...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons, by county, who have been taken off the social housing lists as a result of failure to return...
    • Fire Stations Provision
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when construction of a new fire station in Macroom will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if Tipperary County Council has purchased and signed a contract on a property under the Limerick regenerate...
    • Homeless Accommodation Funding
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total funding provided to each local authority by his Department for homeless services expressed in monetary...
    • Planning Issues
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the strategic designated zones that have been designated to date and the year in which they were designated. [34983/16]
    • Housing Policy
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago; the status of the progress made to...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
      305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress...
    • Housing Policy
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress...
    • Housing Provision
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago, the status of the...
    • Housing Policy
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago, the status of the...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago, the status of the...
    • Housing Policy
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago, the status of the...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago, the status of the...
    • Housing Policy
      331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago, the status of the...
    • Planning Issues
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago, the status of the...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago, the status of the...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Standards
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness four months ago the status of the progress...
    • Residential Tenancies Board Remit
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago, the status of the...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Provision
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress...
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress...
    • Planning Issues
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago, the status of the...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago, the status of the...
    • Local Authority Staff Data
      362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of Dublin City Council employees, broken down by department and area; the number of new employees over...
    • Water Services Infrastructure
      363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of design build operate contracts and design build contracts in water services in operation here; and the...
    • EU Directives
      364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when a water extraction licensing regime will be introduced; if such a regime is required under the terms of the...
    • Mortgage Protection Policies
      365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the mortgage protection insurance scheme which charges local authority borrowers a 0.47% premium; if,...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      366. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the consideration his Department has given a programme (details supplied) for funding in the context of budget 2016, noting that its current funding...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      367. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34421/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      368. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 18 October 2016, if he will clarify a matter raised by an organisation (details supplied); and if he...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria that must be followed and the entitlements if carers becomes sick (details supplied), if they are allowed to be sick and receive their...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      375. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      376. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      380. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care in respect of a person (details supplied). [34523/16]
    • Disability Allowance
      381. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider providing a basic payment of disability allowance level for persons who are diagnosed with cancer; and if he will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      383. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a weekly payment has been reduced in the case of a person (details supplied). [34570/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      384. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      386. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal on an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34577/16]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      387. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if non-union teachers on short-term contracts will be entitled to claim jobseeker's allowance while their schools are closed due to industrial...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      388. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the financial supports available for self-employed persons who have temporarily stopped working due to illness; and if he will make a statement on...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      389. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress which has been made on the 2010 national pensions framework proposals for the introduction of a total contributions approach to State...
    • JobPath Implementation
      390. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons, by county, that have had their payments reduced or ceased as a result of failure to comply with the requirements of the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      391. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the review of Tús and CE schemes; when this review will be completed; the new schemes that will be introduced; and if he...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Data
      392. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age who are currently in receipt of the €100, €144 and €188 rate, of jobseeker's...
    • Social Welfare Schemes Data
      393. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age who are in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit, jobseeker’s allowance or signing on for...
    • Disability Allowance Data
      395. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age who are currently in receipt of the disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Data
      396. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age who are currently in receipt of the one-parent family payment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Labour Activation Projects
      397. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age who have been referred to Seetec under the JobPath initiative since its introduction; and if he...
    • Back to Education Allowance Payments
      399. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the new rate for the back to education allowance of €193 per week for young persons under 26 years of age announced in budget 2017 will...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      401. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons on the reduced rate of jobseeker’s allowance who will benefit from the decision in budget 2017 to reduce their...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      402. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown of all the costs associated with the commissioning, production and launch of the evaluation of the JobBridge...
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      403. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for the family income supplement in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Back to Work Allowance Applications
      404. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a back to enterprise allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reopened and re-examined with particular...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      405. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria in relation to entitlements and social protection payments when a person resides outside the State; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      406. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedures in place to identify welfare fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34958/16]
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      407. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); if he will request his officials to take a sympathetic approach, as in all probability a...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      408. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for an illness benefit allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      409. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal of an application for a carer's allowance in respect a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      410. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which rent has been paid in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35011/16]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      411. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of payment in the case of a person (details supplied); if the case will be urgently reviewed with particular reference to the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Conflicts
      412. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that 11 MPs from the People's Democratic Party, HDP, and the party’s two co-chairs, were recently arrested in Turkey;...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Intestate Estates
      415. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the value of assets transferred to the State in each of the past three years as a result of persons dying without having made a will and...
    • Heritage Projects
      416. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the restoration of a bridge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34803/16]
    • Superannuation Schemes
      417. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of applications that have been refused for injury warrants under the Superannuation Acts since 1995; and if he will make a...
    • Statute Law Revision Programme
      418. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will commit to funding the statute law revision programme after the enactment of the Statute Law Revision Bill 2016; his views on...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      419. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review a matter in respect of an athletics club (details supplied); the action the club can take in the first instance; and...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      420. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will honour the labour court recommendation CR19293 to community employment supervisors and move immediately to implement this...
    • Referendum Expenditure
      421. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of each referendum held in the State since 2000, in tabular form. [34571/16]
    • Election Expenditure
      422. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of each by-election held from 2010 to date in 2016 in tabular form. [34572/16]
    • Flood Risk Management
      425. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his proposals to relocate families resident in flood prone areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34584/16]
    • Budget Measures
      426. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way the €310 million of additional expenditure in 2016, as reflected in the expenditure report 2017, to cover the Christmas...
    • Coastal Protection
      428. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will make a determination on the application of Wexford County Council to co-fund coastal protection works at Rosslare Warren...
    • EU Funding
      429. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when letters of offer for the funding programmes PEACE IV and INTERREG VA for 2014 to 2020 will issue; and if he will make a statement...
    • Coastal Protection
      430. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the decline in funding for the installation of rock armour at Maghery Strand in west Donegal; if his attention has been...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      431. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht following the publication of the action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the progress made to date on action 5.12;...
    • Forestry Sector
      432. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 634 of 1 December 2015 and the reply to the question (details supplied), if she received the...
  • Department of Health
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      433. To ask the Minister for Health following the publication of the action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 1.15; the specific...
    • EU Directives
      435. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 25 October 2016, the status of his Department's examination into the fact that the Health Products Regulatory...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      436. 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. [34418/16]
    • National Children's Hospital
      437. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information in relation to the design and infrastructure for the new children's hospital and, in particular, whether it will provide for...
    • HSE Properties
      438. To ask the Minister for Health the reason St. Brendan's Community Care Unit Mortuary was closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34429/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason this scheduled operation was cancelled suddenly; if he will ensure this...
    • Hospice Services Provision
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the factors that led to the need for an additional €1 million in funding for Wicklow Hospice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34431/16]
    • Public Health Policy
      441. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the national men's health policy expired in 2013, his plans on presenting a new policy and, if so, when; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new nursing staff recruited in each hospital (details supplied) this year to the end of October 2016, in tabular form; the number of nursing...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers waiting for orthodontic treatment at the end of September 2016, based on local health office and area and indicating the numbers of those aged 16...
    • Health Services Provision
      446. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will cover the costs of an MRI scan for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is unable to afford the private fee; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the start date in 2017 that he plans for the provision of medical cards to all children in receipt of domiciliary care allowance; his views on the lack of...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre for Finglas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34469/16]
    • Home Help Service Data
      451. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional home help hours additional to those provided in the previous month that have been provided on a county by county basis in each month...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      452. To ask the Minister for Health when outstanding moneys will be paid to persons with contractual agreements to a charity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Availability
      453. To ask the Minister for Health the facilities here that deliver rehabilitation to recovering addicts on prescriptive medicine who have schizophrenia or other mental health issues (details...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      454. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided an appointment at Waterford Regional Hospital and if the matter will be expedited. [34477/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the way a person (details supplied) was treated at Waterford Regional Hospital in June 2016; if the tests which were to be carried out...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      456. To ask the Minister for Health if a new wheelchair will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in providing the wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      457. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the west Clare community request that all the recently cut Shannondoc primary care medical services be restored to Kilrush, Ennistymon and...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      458. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a residential centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34485/16]
    • Cancer Services Provision
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the action that can be taken to facilitate a person (details supplied); if the person can access the required services at another hospital in view of the...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      460. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a petition (details supplied); if he will maintain this vital service at its current level; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Provision
      461. To ask the Minister for Health if attention has been drawn to the fact there is no chiropody or podiatry service in health centres in County Kildare despite the building of a primary care...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      462. 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. [34516/16]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      463. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is currently assessing an application for a residential placement for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; the timeframe for the conclusion...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      464. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for an EEG scan in Temple Street Children's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
      465. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the criteria in which certain persons (details supplied) awaiting cataract procedures with an ophthalmologist can avail of the National...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      466. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive hours for the home care package in view of the fact that it has been sanctioned; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      467. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive required medical items; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34530/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a transfer within Kerry Intervention and Disability Services, KIDS, in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      470. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider issuing medical cards to persons who have been diagnosed with cancer for the period they have cancer until they receive the all clear; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for inpatient and outpatient neurology appointments at each hospital across the seven hospital groups, in tabular form; if he will provide...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of neurologists employed at each hospital across the seven hospital groups, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34541/16]
    • Primary Care Centres
      473. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 405 of 25 October 2016, the discussions that are taking place to extend antenatal services to the new primary care centre...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      474. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of a second permanent consultant neurologist for the north west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34545/16]
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      475. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with representatives of the medical nutrition industry to secure a cost saving framework for medical nutrition products; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to ensure HSE draft guidelines for clinical nutritional products, as proposed by the primary care reimbursement service, do not negatively...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment at University Hospital Kerry for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34549/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      478. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address an issue (details supplied) regarding the MRI scanner in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34552/16]
    • Blood Donations
      479. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to defer the lifetime MSM blood donation ban to the one year deferral period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34553/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the serious issues facing a health centre (details supplied) due to understaffing; his plans to deal with the chronic...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      481. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider changing the financial assessment method for the nursing home support scheme in relation to the assessment of family farms as assets; if he...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      482. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide new additional funding to drugs and alcohol task forces to allow these groups to deal with alcohol within their remit; his views on the...
    • Hospital Services
      483. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34585/16]
    • Vaccination Programme
      487. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider that parents and guardians should be given the option of providing consent for each HPV vaccination and not as it is at present, that is,...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      492. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide home help hours for a person (details supplied) in order for the person to be able to remain at home; if he will take into consideration...
    • Medical Card Applications
      493. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34609/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      494. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, County Cork in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      495. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has fully assessed the safety implications of the south east region, University Hospital Waterford (UHW) and adjacent hospitals having full...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      496. 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. [34615/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      497. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34617/16]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      499. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that there is a 53-month waiting list for orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34620/16]
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      505. To ask the Minister for Health when the last contact between the HSE corporate pharmaceutical unit and a company (details supplied) took place; if he has read a report from the All Wales...
    • Medical Card Administration
      506. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to receive the final report from the clinical advisory group on medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34626/16]
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the expected date for the publication of the implementation plan for the neuro-rehabilitation strategy which was published in 2011; the level of investment...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      508. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to be seen by a genetic counsellor in the department of clinical genetics, Crumlin, and the National Centre for Medical Genetics,...
    • Suicide Prevention
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the counties which have local implementation structures in place across the country further to the plans outlined in Connecting for Life; the counties that...
    • Hospitals Data
      511. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons accessing key primary care services at Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary, specifically in a number of disciplines (details...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      514. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34663/16]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      515. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 383 of 11 October 2016, if the detail of a location (details supplied) will be forwarded to the HSE; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Staff
      518. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the transfer of a person (details supplied) from the ambulance services to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, as per a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      519. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an assessment from Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34694/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34699/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34706/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      526. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34707/16]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore a home care package for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34759/16]
    • Vaccination Programme
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the significant issues and subsequent delays in providing the BCG vaccine; when the last round of the BCG vaccinations were given to children;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      541. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase funding to an organisation (details supplied) in order to allow it to continue to provide services for persons with disabilities; and if he...
    • Autism Support Services
      542. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the actions undertaken by his Department after a recent meeting with Laois Offaly Families for Autism, LOFFA, in order to address current issues...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      543. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted an impact assessment of the decision to remove accident and emergency provision in Nenagh hospital; if his Department plans to...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      544. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on agency staff at Nenagh hospital over each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34810/16]
    • Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for assessments and appointments with child psychologists in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34811/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times across all departments in Nenagh hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34813/16]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are currently waiting more than six months for speech and language therapy in counties Laois, Offaly and Tipperary respectively;...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      549. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to current plans to construct a facility in the Tullamore area that will be used to treat persons with forensic mental health...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      552. 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 Data
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons receiving home help hours in each community healthcare organisation, CHO; the number on waiting lists in each CHO for home help hours as...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the process for suitable sites for a primary care centre or other health facility to be submitted to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      556. To ask the Minister for Health when an additional general practitioner will be appointed to the areas of Cloughjordan and Borrisokane following retirement of a previous general practitioner....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of needs assessments by assessment of needs officers, AONs, in areas (details supplied) in Dublin; the reason for the delay in...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the bed capacity review; when this will conclude; the terms of reference for the review; the definition of a bed in this regard; and if he will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the areas the additional €31 million he announced in summer 2016 will be allocated to; if this allocation is being made; if it is a once-off increase in...
    • Disability Services Provision
      560. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make additional resources available to St. Christopher's services, County Longford to ensure that they can reverse a decision of a number of years...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      563. To ask the Minister for Health the volume of calls received by the ambulance service in respect of each division (details supplied) in County Donegal for each month in 2016 to date, in...
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed as ambulance crew by the ambulance service by county, in tabular form; the rate of turnover of personnel across the service, and...
    • Ambulance Service
      565. To ask the Minister for Health the number of instances whereby intermediate care vehicles have been dispatched in response to emergency calls received by the ambulance service in County...
    • Mental Health Services
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will provide details of the HSE procurement process that was undertaken prior to selecting and employing the review team that...
    • Mental Health Commission
      571. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will clarify the review that is being undertaken to deal with matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34950/16]
    • Disability Services Provision
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time adult residential care places that were provided in County Wexford in each of the years from 2008 to date in 2016. [34952/16]
    • Ambulance Service Accommodation
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred obtaining planning permission for the ambulance station in Edenderry. [34968/16]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the construction of a crisis house for the mental health service at Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services Provision
      578. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment by the HSE to relax and repeal a previously enforced time rule restricting the period of leave from the home for parents and guardians of...
    • Palliative Care for Children
      579. To ask the Minister for Health if all nursing staff recruited as part of the most recent recruitment campaign to appoint personnel to provide in-home palliative care to children with complex...
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      580. To ask the Minister for Health if he will award funding for a home care package for a person (details supplied) to allow them to return home. [34974/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34978/16]
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      584. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding permanent nursing positions within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34987/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      585. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34988/16]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      588. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove a tablet (details supplied), which is prescribed for macular degeneration of the eyes, from the hardship scheme. [34991/16]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      589. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove any item now accessible under the hardship scheme from the hardship scheme. [34992/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34993/16]
    • Hospital Equipment
      596. To ask the Minister for Health the reason despite the two new reconstructions at a total cost of €10.15 million and €12.6 million on Our Lady’s Hospital, Cashel, County...
    • Hospital Facilities
      597. To ask the Minister for Health if Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary has any designated space for worship or spiritual care since the removal of the oratory that was previously in...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      598. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the programme for BreastCheck at Sligo University Hospital in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35008/16]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements he has made to enable compassionate access to cannabis based medicines for a person (details supplied) and other persons with medical...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the targeting methods being utilised and the timeframe envisaged in order to meet the required staffing levels to ensure the new emergency...
    • Hospital Services
      604. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in order that transcatheter aortic valve implant, TAVI, can be provided for public...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      605. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare who has had two appointments for a biopsy cancelled, will have the procedure; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35121/16]
    • Hospital Services
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if the appropriate resources have been made available by his Department to University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, to ensure the new emergency department...
    • Medical Card Administration
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the situation regarding persons with a medical card who have to pay €25 per month; if this covers a 28 day period or a full calendar month in view of...
    • Nursing Home Beds Data
      610. To ask the Minister for Health the current bed capacity of Lifford residential care unit; and its current bed occupancy rate. [35130/16]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated total cost of the proposed new Letterkenny community nursing unit; and the amount of this which will be provided from exchequer funding. [35133/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      615. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a needs assessment by a multidisciplinary team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35138/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      616. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite hospital appointments in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35153/16]
    • Pharmacy Services
      617. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has a structure in place to provide weekend pharmacy cover in rural areas where the only pharmacy stores are often closed from Saturday...
    • HSE Documents
      618. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the circumstances which led to the production of a reported memo issued to nurses regarding the removal of public patients from hospital...
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      619. To ask the Minister for Health further to a media report (details supplied) if he will report on all moneys paid by the pharmaceutical industry to the HSE, the Department of Health or any...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the changes to the nursing home support scheme in budget 2017, particularly in respect of farm assets; when the new measures are to be...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Forestry Sector
      622. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate the feasibility and potential benefits of implementing a system by which a private company may purchase carbon...
    • Single Payment Scheme Data
      623. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of single farm payment entitlements currently held under lease agreement in tabular form; the number of agreements entered...
    • Beef Industry
      624. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the input Ireland has made or submitted to the European Commission to the cumulative impact assessment being undertaken on all EU...
    • Agriculture Industry
      625. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the input Ireland has made or submitted to the European Commission to the agricultural markets task force to improve the position of...
    • EU Agreements
      626. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that have been taken at European Council of Ministers level to agree a common EU framework on rules governing the food...
    • EU Budgets
      627. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that have been taken at Council of European Ministers level regarding the future EU financial framework beyond 2020 and the...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      628. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if full approval will be provided under TAMS II for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Greyhound Industry
      629. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the number of persons employed in the greyhound industry in tabular form (details supplied). [34465/16]
    • Rural Development Programme Data
      630. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown between total expenditure incurred to date in 2016 and the annual amount of funds originally allocated...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      631. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he will take in relation to an appointment of a person (details supplied); when he will take action; and if he will make a...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
      632. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application under the ANC scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement...
    • Commonage Land Use
      633. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Commonage Implementation Committee last met. [34494/16]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      634. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a new chairperson will be appointed to the Commonage Implementation Committee. [34495/16]
    • Forestry Management
      635. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the felling of up to 30 mature oak trees in 2015 in a heritage woodland which had been...
    • Transfer of Entitlements Application
      639. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      640. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of previously suggested proposals to install a breakwater at Greencastle Harbour in County Donegal; if consideration is...
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      641. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a single farm payment in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34602/16]
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      642. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34616/16]
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      643. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on reports that the new system for land digitisation replacing Ordnance Survey maps is causing huge irregularities and in...
    • GLAS Issues
      644. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for SAC farmland in terms of recent cuts to GLAS; the future EU funding for SAC farmland; and if he will make a statement...
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      645. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34903/16]
    • Transfer of Entitlements Application
      646. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that a transfer of entitlements is processed as soon as possible for a person (details supplied) in view of the...
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      647. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any failures of drug tests were recorded in relation to a race (details supplied); the details of any recorded failures and follow...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      648. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has received no BPS payment to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34967/16]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      649. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in view of the plans in Food Harvest 2025 to expand food output, in particular in the dairy sector, and the findings of the...
    • GLAS Payments
      650. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [35115/16]
    • TAMS Administration
      651. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that have arisen for some applicants under the sheep fencing scheme TAMS II where...
    • GLAS Administration
      652. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide all the actions in tiers 1, 2 and 3 that were available in GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 that will not be available in GLAS 3,...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Waste Tyre Disposal
      653. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the new tyre compliance scheme which will replace the TRACS system in 2017; the new charge per...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      654. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the report on the progress and meaningful discussion which was to take place with the interdepartmental...
    • Local Authority Funding
      655. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding that will be made available to Galway County Council for the purpose of developing a recycling centre in...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      656. 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...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      657. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 1641 of 16 September 2016, if he will review correspondence regarding concerns on a...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      658. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to supply a high speed broadband service in an area (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a...
    • Inland Fisheries
      662. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to lift the salmon and the drift net ban; his further plans to carry out a further study in relation to salmon...
    • Bord na Móna
      663. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the current situation whereby haulage for Bord na Móna has been outsourced; his...
    • Salmon Hardship Scheme
      664. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider a voluntary buy out scheme for snap net fishermen on the rivers Barrow, Nore, Suir and Slaney, if the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      666. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will examine an issue (details supplied) regarding broadband in Cootehill; if this can be expedited; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      667. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to continue to provide funding for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Inland Fisheries Stocks
      668. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason licences for salmon and eel net fishing on the River Slaney are still in a state of suspension; and if he will...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Traffic Data
      671. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a traffic survey of the N11 has been conducted; if so, the results of that survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Services
      672. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to downgrade the train service in County Wexford, notably the line from Gorey to Rosslare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Commercial Vehicle Testing
      673. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason it is necessary to charge €43 for commercial vehicle roadworthiness re-testing. [34480/16]
    • Road Signage
      674. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in view of Brexit, he will request that Transport Infrastructure Ireland consider signage (details supplied) for Carrickmacross along...
    • Tourism Promotion
      675. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of hits the Wild Atlantic Way official travel site has received to date in 2016 to date, and since its launch; and the number...
    • Rail Services
      676. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason south Kildare is not being included as being on the commuter belt zone in the latest round of price changes for Irish Rail;...
    • Irish Coast Guard Issues
      677. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legislative Acts and legal instruments which provide for the establishment of the Irish Coast Guard and by which its powers,...
    • Road Network
      678. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if primary routes are being closed for major road repairs for months due to the failure by contractors to get insurance to administer...
    • Heavy Goods Vehicle Levy
      679. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason haulage companies have to pay a tariff when entering Northern Ireland; the reason the reverse is not the case in the interests...
    • Road Projects Status
      680. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be allocated to the N2 Corracrin-to-Emyvale road project in order to allow the planning stage to progress; and if he...
    • Traffic Management
      681. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on it. [34717/16]
    • Public Transport Fares
      682. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if recent increases in fares for commuters in Maynooth and Leixlip can be revised with particular reference to the large numbers of...
    • Trade Fairs
      683. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to attract the Web Summit to return here in view of the hugely successful web summit in Portugal recently and considering that...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      684. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is a designated Bus Éireann bus shelter located at a location (details supplied) but no stop or pick up point; and...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
      685. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Fáilte Ireland has refused to advertise and fill the head-of-marketing job internally; the reason this is now being...
    • Tourism Promotion
      686. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of proposals to boost tourism on Dursey Island (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35146/16]
    • National Transport Authority Data
      687. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected population in County Meath, according to the National Transport Authority, for 2016, 2021 and 2026. [35212/16]
    • Traffic Data
      688. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average daily number of cars using the M3 in 2015 and 2016. [35213/16]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • National Standards Authority of Ireland
      689. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the body that is responsible for the regulation of dispensing oil products on forecourts to ensure standards and quantities dispensed...
    • Joint Labour Committees Agreements
      690. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the hourly rate for contract cleaners; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      691. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there are any sources of funding in her Department or in any agencies under her Department's remit for a company expanding a...
    • Community Enterprise Centres
      692. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the persons who sat on the evaluation panel that assessed applications for the community enterprise initiative; the persons who chose...
    • Work Permits Applications Data
      693. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 27 October 2016, the number of the work permits refused on appeal that were subsequently...
    • Trade Data
      694. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a statistical breakdown of economic activity from imports from Britain and Northern Ireland on an annual basis...
    • Exports Data
      695. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a statistical breakdown of economic activity from exports to Britain and Northern Ireland on an annual basis from...
    • Brexit Issues
      696. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an assessment has been carried out on the way import duty would impact on the trading of goods with Britain and Northern Ireland...
    • IDA Site Visits
      700. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of potential US inward investors that have conducted site visits in each IDA region in 2016, both before and after the...
    • Job Losses
      701. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions her Department in conjunction with IDA and Enterprise Ireland have taken to replace the jobs in the midlands since the...
    • Low Pay Commission Report
      702. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 901 of 31 May 2016, if she has received the report of the Low Pay Commission on the sub-minimum...
    • Employment Rights
      703. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason no consultation was held with ISME prior to the signing of the Employment Regulation (Amendment) Order (Contract Cleaning...
    • IDA Supports
      704. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her policy in respect of the IDA granting financial support by way of grants, credits, employment benefits and discounts to IDA...
    • Retail Sector
      705. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the likely cost associated with changes specifically for small retailers with regard to proposals in the Public Health...
    • Registered Employment Agreements
      706. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will return funding to the electrical contractors following the new registered employment agreements (details supplied); and if...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Family Support Services
      707. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to provide support for families in the event of family breakdown; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Foster Care Provision
      708. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to open a residential unit in County Donegal for children in foster care (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      709. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs following the publication of the action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      712. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs following the publication of the action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action...
    • Preschool Services
      713. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person with special needs (details supplied) whose preschool applied for AIM level 7...
    • Children in Care
      714. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria according to which a child may be removed from the care or custody of its mother directly or soon after birth; and if she will...
    • Family Resource Centres
      716. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase the funding allocation to the family resource centre, FRC, programme in view of the budget 2017 increase to Tusla's...
    • Children in Care
      717. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is contrary to the Children (Amendment) Act 2015 to place a child aged between three and ten years of age in a residential care...
  • Department of Defence
    • Military Honours
      718. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has made representations to President Michael D. Higgins seeking the formal invitation and recognition of the members of A Company, 35th...
    • Ministerial Travel
      719. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of overseas trips the Minister of State with responsibility for defence has taken since the formation of the Government; and the...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      720. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of men and women from County Waterford that are currently members of the Defence Forces; and the number of these who are based...
    • Commemorative Events
      721. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the annual ceremony to honour deceased members of the Defence Forces which was due to take place at the national defence monument in...