Written answers

Thursday, 17 November 2016

  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Nitrates Usage
      10. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the timeframe for farmers to spread slurry will be extended (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the plans for 8,000 homes in the Cherrywood SDZ will deliver sufficient social housing and...
    • Housing Provision
      12. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress towards reaching the goal in Rebuilding Ireland that by mid-2017, emergency hotel and bed and breakfast...
    • Local Authority Services
      13. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing developments in County Donegal with stand-alone treatment plants which are waiting to be taken...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      15. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the commitment to provide a one-stop-shop in partnership with Tusla, local authorities and the homeless...
    • EU Directives
      16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government in view of the prospect of the State being issued with fines for breaches of the urban water water directive, the...
    • Planning Issues
      17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has undertaken an audit of potential bottlenecks and undue regulatory burdens slowing down the...
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the new repair and leasing initiative (details supplied); if he will set out his vision for the early...
    • Rent Controls
      19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether rent controls are urgently needed considering the further dramatic increases in rent in Dublin...
    • Building Regulations
      20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the standards in place or the guidelines provided by his Department to local authorities to ensure that all new...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      21. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will extend the eligibility under the pyrite remediation scheme in order that building...
    • Library Services
      22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to conduct a full and independent analysis of the staffless libraries pilot scheme on which the current...
    • Housing Issues
      24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the figures released by the CSO at the end of September 2016, which showed almost one fifth of new...
    • Local Authority Funding
      25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding drawn down in each county subsequent to being approved under measure 2 of the NTICI since June...
    • Departmental Meetings
      26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of meetings that have taken place between his departmental officials working on the national planning...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the increase in the percentage of housing owned by private landlords and the consequences for security...
    • Planning Issues
      30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will examine with other Departments the wider infrastructural, transport and social needs of towns that have...
    • Emergency Accommodation Data
      36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to issue a circular to local authorities advising them on the maximum amount of time a family with children...
    • Local Authority Housing
      37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the reduction in Dublin City Council's housing stock over the past five years; and his views on whether...
    • Local Government Reform
      38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether town councils should be restored; his further views on whether there is sufficient local...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding a small social housing scheme in Kells, which had been ready to go to tender but has been...
    • Regeneration Projects Funding
      41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of money allocated under his capital budget to Limerick city and county council for regeneration projects...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the ongoing review of the social housing approval, procurement and tendering process committed to in...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he anticipates that the current housing needs assessment will result in an increase or decrease in the numbers on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way he proposes to ensure that the €90 million underspent allocation as of the end of October 2016 to his...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the income cap for eligibility for those applying for social housing. [35227/16]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Balyna group water scheme in north-west Kildare; if the scheme will go ahead, and if the...
    • House Purchase Schemes
      47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review and amend the criteria of the local authority house purchase scheme to accommodate the financial...
    • NAMA Assets Sale
      48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the advertisement of NAMA rental properties for sale on the basis of the potential for large rent...
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
      49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to conduct a review of the social inclusion and community activation programme in advance of the second...
    • Local and Community Development Programme Planning
      50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the process by which local area plans are devised is fit for purpose in view of the fact that...
    • River Basin Management Plans
      54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of his Department’s work in preparing the second river basin management plan; and if he plans the...
    • Housing Provision
      55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the latest pillar of the Rebuilding Ireland action plan, that is housing supply; the way it will address...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to expand on affordable and co-op housing schemes such as a scheme (details supplied) which recently...
    • Irish Water Remit
      57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to amend current legislation in order that Irish Water would be responsible for problems pertaining to...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the up-to-date number of households and the number of persons on the Galway City Council and Galway County Council...
    • Planning Issues
      61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if will he publish the full data report on planning permissions for 2016 as referenced in the Housing, Planning,...
    • Building Regulations
      62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he plans to revise the SI 9 Building Control Regulations for multi-unit dwellings; his views on whether the self...
    • Water Abstraction Regulation
      63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the Water Framework Directive places an obligation on the State to introduce a water abstraction licensing scheme;...
    • Presidential Elections
      65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide an outline of explorations into the provision of voting rights for Irish emigrants in the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the first bundle of social housing PPPs consisting of 677 homes and announced in October 2015 will commence; if...
    • Water Charges
      67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the contingency plans, in place to provide Irish Water with an additional €58 million in the event that the...
    • Emergency Accommodation Provision
      68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the engagements he or his officials have had with housing officials in South Dublin County Council in recent months...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of new social housing units currently under construction; the location of these units; and the...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to publish updated wind turbine guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32062/16]
    • Housing Provision
      71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the percentage of the 2016 capital allocation for new builds and house purchases that was expended in the first nine...
    • Pension Levy
      72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his current position in relation to PRD reductions applying to local authority workers who are also employed as...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the contacts he has had with the Minster for Justice and Equality, relevant Department officials and local authority...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of his Department’s ongoing engagements with Dublin City Council residents and other interested...
    • Regeneration Projects
      77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the working group of officials comprising senior representatives from his Department, local authorities and other...
    • Housing Provision
      78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has liaised with the various local authorities to determine the progress to date in achieving...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Data
      80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress of the housing assistance payment scheme, HAP, across each local authority; his views on whether it is...
    • Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report
      81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position in relation to the proposed Monksland boundary change which proposes moving Monksland from County...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide additional funding to Donegal County Council to offset the additional costs incurred for providing...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board Data
      85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of landlords who currently own more than 20 units of private rented accommodation; the total number...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which he expects revised planning procedures and protocols to facilitate an acceleration of house...
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his response to damning national and international reports on puppy breeding farms here; his plans to cease this...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of properties included in the pyrite remediation scheme; the total number of estates in which these...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the figures on the Galway City Council and Galway County Council transfer list, specifically in relation to those...
    • Rent Controls
      92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of e-mails he has received to date from the secure rents campaign launched on 25 October 2016 by...
    • Housing Provision
      93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will request the housing agency to conduct a report on the all-in cost of providing private sector houses and...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Standards
      94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the national oversight and audit commission report on rented house inspections published in October 2016...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Property Registration Authority
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in assigning a case to an officer with regard to a file submitted to the Property Registration Authority of Ireland...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the costs incurred to date under headings such as office accommodation, legal expenses, salaries and so on for each commission of investigation...
    • Garda Communications
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 5 October 2016, in which matters pertaining to a criminal investigation were queried, if she has...
    • Protected Disclosures
      99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation amending the Official Secrets Act 1963 in view of recently passed related legislation dealing with protected...
    • Female Genital Mutilation
      100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there have been any convictions for female genital mutilation since the enactment of criminal legislation through the Criminal Justice (Female...
    • Citizenship Applications
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status, including eligibility for naturalisation, in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Residency Permits
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and potential residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35596/16]
    • Deportation Orders
      108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35602/16]
    • Citizenship Applications
      109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if further progress has been made in the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Residency Permits
      110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an indication of residency eligibility in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will set aside proposals to deport in the case or a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35607/16]
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the current system of Garda vetting is local and particular to each school and must be repeated...
    • Deportation Orders
      114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will revoke a deportation order in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35620/16]
    • Equality Issues
      115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is specific legislation in place that recognises that service animals are used by a number of different persons with various...
    • Garda Deployment
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank, stationed in each Garda station in County Louth, for each of the years since 2011, in tabular form. [35639/16]
    • Garda Expenditure
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget for each of the three Garda districts in County Louth for each of the years since 2011. [35643/16]
    • Crime Data
      120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda arrest rate in respect of burglaries in County Louth in each of the years since 2011. [35644/16]
    • Policing Authority
      121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the operation of the Policing Authority and the full implementation of its power with regard to appointments to An Garda...
    • EU Directives
      122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of the EU victim's directive in her Department and agencies and bodies under her aegis; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Finance
    • Insurance Costs
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the impact on SMEs of the rising cost of insurance, which if not addressed will result in job losses in an important sector of the economy;...
    • Vehicle Registration
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance the process by which a person (details supplied) can obtain the original certificate of conversion in respect of a vehicle, as requested by the...
    • Pensions Legislation
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding pension legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35533/16]
    • Disabled Drivers Grant Eligibility
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the criteria to obtain a primary medical certificate regarding Disabled Drivers and Passengers (Tax Concession) Regulations 1994; if his...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the position of the first-time buyer's scheme when the building of a home began before 19 July 2016, but still remains a year off its...
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether a probe needs to take place here into a bank's (details supplied) handling of small and medium-sized enterprise debtor customers similar...
    • Financial Services Ombudsman Data
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of funding allocated to the Financial Services Ombudsman in 2015 to 2017, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of all pension top-ups paid in respect of chief executives of semi-State companies under the aegis of his Department, including the name of the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • National Educational Psychological Service Administration
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35536/16]
    • Apprenticeship Data
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action points and deliverables laid out in Enterprise 2025 to increase the number of females enrolled in apprenticeships in view of the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that additional funding is required by a school (details supplied) to upgrade the building and...
    • Minor Works Scheme
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which he will pay the minor works grants to primary schools here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35532/16]
    • Minor Works Scheme Applications
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a minor works grant for a school (details supplied) will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35539/16]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be provided with information requested from his Department some months ago; and if he will make a statement...
    • Teaching Contracts
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if sitting Members in the Houses of the Oireachtas are eligible to apply for the job-sharing scheme if they meet the eligibility criteria set out...
    • Ministerial Travel
      140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is appropriate that the Minister of State with responsibility for training, skills and innovation, who has said that...
    • Teaching Contracts
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a contract of indefinite duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35621/16]
    • School Transport Availability
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a bus service is in place to service two minority schools for the next school year (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Third Level Admissions Assistance
      143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sterling exchange rate and tax year applicable in assessing income under the HEAR scheme for access to third level education for a person who...
    • School Patronage
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the closing date for expressions of interest from patrons for a new school (details supplied); when thereafter a decision will be announced for...
    • Education and Training Boards Funding
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed headquarters for the Louth and Meath Education and Training Board which is to be constructed in Drogheda on...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all pension top-ups paid in respect of chief executives of semi-State companies under the aegis of his Department, including the...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Irish Water
      148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the value of Irish assets and infrastructure that have been signed over to Irish Water to date; and if he will make...
    • Vacant Sites Levy
      149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if vacant properties owned by Government bodies, local authorities and semi-State organisations will be subject to...
    • Development Contributions
      150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the development contribution rebate scheme including the cost of the scheme; and the number of...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has sought and or received confirmation from the local authorities, currently having the...
    • Housing Policy
      152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has examined the existing restrictions in respect of meeting the housing needs of the indigenous rural...
    • Emergency Accommodation Provision
      153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which the emergency housing needs of local authority housing applicants, in each of the local...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of houses allocated to tenants by each of the local authorities in the greater Dublin area over the...
    • Housing Policy
      157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has investigated the inclusion of a rapid build housing programme in each local authority...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the incentives currently in place to address the need for revitalising town and village centres; and...
    • Library Services
      163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the rationale for funding the surveillance and other technologies necessary to run a staffless library that opens...
    • Housing Policy
      164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the projected spend on housing for the lifetime of the Rebuilding Ireland plan broken down into capital and current...
    • Local Authority Funding
      165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the annual allocation of capital and current spend and the annual drawdown of...
    • Local Authority Housing Eligibility
      166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his proposals to increase the income eligibility limits for local authority housing for councils such as Cavan in...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if an application has been received from Louth County Council regarding the proposed Drogheda Northern Cross route;...
    • Local Government Reform
      168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the appropriateness of appointing a person (details supplied) to the Cork expert advisory group. [35699/16]
    • Housing Policy
      170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the measures in pillar 1 of Rebuilding Ireland to address homelessness with timelines of Q3 and Q4 of...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of all pension top-ups paid in respect of chief executives of semi-State companies under the aegis of...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Labour Activation Measures
      172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason social protection recipients who participate on the JobPath programme are being told that they cannot during the term of the programme...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite a review of a disability allowance application with a view to granting this allowance in respect of a person (details supplied);...
    • Training Support Grant
      175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria to be considered to become a HGV driver instruction tuition provider for Intreo; and the process to apply for same. [35560/16]
    • Social Welfare Schemes Data
      176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of social protection payments who reside abroad; if he will provide a breakdown of the types of payments being...
    • Education and Training Boards
      177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available to persons drawing credits but not receiving a social protection payment in terms of training; the schemes open to such...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a disability allowance payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Social Scheme Applications
      181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by the County Wicklow Partnership to seek an additional rural social scheme of 20 places in view of the demand for this...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to extend the access to rent supplement to those who may not be on a local authority housing list; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total extra funds allocated to farm assist in budget 2017 to cater for the reintroduction of a farm income disregard and dependent child...
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will make a statement on the recent review of community employment which his Department recently conducted; if he will publish this review;...
    • State Pensions
      185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of the current system for pension entitlements (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the way it is discriminating...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the initiatives he proposes to undertake with the new Administration and Congress in the United States in relation to regularising the...
    • Trade Relations
      187. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of companies based in Northern Ireland that have been assisted in business and trade promotion or participated in business events...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the terms of the targeted voluntary homeowners relocation scheme, which was announced on 10 November 2016, to relocate homeowners whose...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a grant for flood gates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35625/16]
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of all pension top-ups paid in respect of chief executives of semi-State companies including the name of the organisation,...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Funding
      193. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total overall amount paid by way of grant aid to An Taisce from 2010 to 2016; the amount per each year from 2010 to 2016; and if...
    • Wildlife Rangers Appointments
      194. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to replace wildlife rangers (details supplied) in County Kerry, as the lack of these rangers has left large areas of the...
    • Easter Rising Commemorations
      195. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason her Department or any bodies under its aegis are not purchasing the final order of surrender by Pádraig Pearse in...
  • Department of Health
    • Traveller Community
      197. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that the last all-Ireland Traveller health study was completed six years ago, in 2010, and that no study of the specific health needs or...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      201. 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. [35512/16]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      202. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 27 October 2016, the reason only €15 million of the €35 million additional funding for mental health...
    • Orthodontic Services
      203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for orthodontic treatment through the national school programme in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the length of time they have...
    • Health Services Provision
      204. To ask the Minister for Health if services provided at a centre (details supplied) will be enhanced, invested in and developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35530/16]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending enhanced medical card provision similar to that of survivors from the Magdalene laundries to survivors of abuse in other...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      207. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the drug Kalydeco; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35543/16]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      208. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a decision was made to disallow persons (details supplied) in County Donegal a full medical card on a discretionary basis; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      209. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed location for primary care centres throughout the State; the stage the planning or construction of these primary care centres are currently at; if...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments with practitioners connected to counties Louth and Meath mental health services which patients did not attend in each month for 2015...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      212. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a power wheelchair was sanctioned for a person (details supplied) in July 2016 but was not ordered until October 2016 with a waiting time of 12...
    • Medical Card Applications
      214. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will issue in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35608/16]
    • Palliative Care Services
      215. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a group (details supplied) in relation to palliative care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35609/16]
    • Water Fluoridation
      216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will recommend a public consultation on the issue of fluoridation of public water (details supplied) and consider a plebiscite to ensure a public mandate...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      217. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35618/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      218. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a business proposal brought forward to him by the HSE relating to a centre (details supplied) being designated as a centre for an acquired brain...
    • National Drugs Strategy Budget
      219. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to continue the pilot funding, under the dormant accounts programme, measure 4, in 2017, to assist the Tallaght drugs and alcohol task force and...
    • HIV-AIDS Programmes
      220. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide pre-exposure prophylaxis medication in view of its effectiveness in preventing HIV infection. [35646/16]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      222. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made regarding the drug Kalydeco and its availability for children aged two to five years of age with cystic fibrosis (details...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      223. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all pension top-ups paid in respect of chief executives of semi-State companies under the aegis of his Department, including the name of the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Welfare
      224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to ensure that the use of wild animals in circuses is banned here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for TAMS by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35546/16]
    • Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
      229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the criteria for the young farmers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fish Landings
      230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 331 of 6 April 2016, if he will provide an updated reply noting that new information has been...
    • Dairy Sector
      231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is dedicated funding that does not involved taking out finance available to dairy farmers in counties Cavan and Monaghan who...
    • Animal Welfare
      233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ban wild animal circuses here on the basis of cruelty to animals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35657/16]
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of withheld premiums in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35659/16]
    • Ash Dieback Threat
      235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in dealing with ash dieback disease; the number of confirmed findings of this disease in each of the years 2012...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make an allocation for 2016 and 2017 for young farmers under the national reserve scheme; when he will announce the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of participants under the national reserve scheme in each year to date in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total budget allocation for each year under CAP pillar 1 2014 to 2020 for young farmers under the national reserve scheme in...
    • TAMS Payments
      242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 741 of 21 July 2016, when he will issue a reply regarding permitting young farmers who are...
    • Departmental Appointments
      243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will appoint a chairperson to the independent commonage appeals committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • GLAS Payments
      244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of 2016 GLAS commonage farmer payments that are being held up due to the fact that planners assigned to a commonage are no...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers participating in the beef data genomics scheme that have completed a beef carbon navigator, on a county basis,...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Review
      247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a mid-term review of the present CAP will be envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35680/16]
    • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
      248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the latest timetable and information at hand concerning negotiations around the CAP post-2020 at EU level; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Risk Management
      249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a Government study around the feasibility of introducing a voluntary farm building relocation scheme; and if he will...
    • Environmental Protection Agency Reports
      250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the EPA report, Ireland's Environment - An Assessment 2016, regarding meeting climate change targets including...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data
      253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers enrolled in the agri-environment options scheme, AEOS, whose contracts will end in 2018, by county, in...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers that enrolled in the crop damage assessment form in 2010, in tabular form; the way the scheme operated;...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an overview of the process involved including at EU level in transferring moneys allocated from one rural...
    • GLAS Applications
      256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the total €1.4 billion programme funding allocated to green low-carbon agri-environment scheme up until 2020 will be fully...
    • GLAS Expenditure
      257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether the target, as announced in budget 2016, of €250 million to be spent annually on the GLAS programme when 50,000...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the specific programme funding for AEOS, GLAS, REPS and organics in 2017 following...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of the latest EU proposals regarding the definition of an active EU farmer and application at member state...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set down the number of garnishee orders that have been taken against farmers and their single farm payment in each of the past...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out in tabular form the details of all pension top-ups paid in respect of chief executives of semi-State companies under the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      262. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 533 of 27 September 2016 to outline his views on the ruling of the Competition and...
    • Recycling Policy
      263. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to outline the extent to which his Department supports the principle of recycling of electrical goods, having particular...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      264. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to set down in tabular form the details of all pension top-ups paid in respect of chief executives of semi-State...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the necessary resources and support to both Clare County Council and Limerick County Council to enable these local...
    • Driver Test Centres
      266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out in tabular form the total number of tests taken and the total number of fails specifically for truck licences at...
    • Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
      267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 2 November 2016 to set out the amount of moneys to be allocated to the sports capital grant...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which the specific improvement grants were closed; and his plans to reopen this grant. [35551/16]
    • Taxi Regulations
      269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that the NTA is advertising and running small public service vehicle, SPSV, tests for persons who wish to become...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Expenditure
      270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 8 November 2016, if it is the case, as implied in his response, that his Department does not...
    • Driver Test Data
      271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of approved driving instructors for cars currently in the State; if his attention has been drawn to the number of those...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Third Level Funding
      272. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total funding allocated to the programme for research in third level institutions in the period 2010 to 2016 annually in tabular...
    • Disability Support Services
      273. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there are specific measures or schemes overseen by her Department to promote or support self-employment as a viable option for...
    • Local Enterprise Offices Staff
      274. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if staff at local enterprise offices have received disability awareness training; the cost of training staff in disability awareness;...
    • Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities
      275. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific actions taken by her Department to support and encourage employers to develop more inclusive recruitment and workplace...
    • IDA Portfolio
      277. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the IDA has plans on future enterprises occupying an industrial estate (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Agrifood Sector
      278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her proposals to introduce an employment subsidy similar to such support provided in 1992 and 1993 for the mushroom sector, which...
    • Enterprise Ireland Staff
      279. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of staff that availed of Enterprise Ireland's voluntary leaving programme in 2015 and 2016; the approximate number of...
    • Company Law
      280. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will extend the expiry date as provided under section 279(2) of the Companies Act 2014 to enable qualifying companies to use...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      281. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on Irish competitiveness and the ability to attract new and retain existing foreign direct investment employment from the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      282. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 10 November 2016, and the admission that growth potential in Enterprise 2025 was informed...
    • Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
      283. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to ensure a full debate takes place in Dáil Éireann in relation to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement,...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      285. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of all pension top-ups paid in respect of chief executives of semi-State companies under the aegis of her Department,...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Commissions of Investigation
      286. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the costs incurred to date under headings such as office accommodation, legal expenses, salaries and so on for each commission of...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      287. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Tusla social workers allocated to work with unaccompanied minors; the amount of funding required to increase this team by 20,...
    • Foster Care Supports
      288. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she and her Department, along with Tusla, will embark on an information and awareness raising campaign to attract new foster families...
    • Child and Family Agency Remit
      289. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 674 of 18 October 2016, if the action 1.8 in the Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      290. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of all pension top-ups paid in respect of chief executives of semi-State companies under the aegis of her Department, including...
  • Department of Defence
    • Civil Defence
      291. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are any funding schemes available to voluntary search and rescue units (details supplied) as the work they do in supporting the civil...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      292. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of the 14 self-inflicted deaths and suicides in the Defence Force personnel, who had previously been prescribed Lariam that were...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      293. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of all pension top-ups paid in respect of chief executives of semi-State companies under the aegis of his Department, including the...