Written answers
Thursday, 24 November 2016
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Pay
4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contacts his Department has had with trade unions regarding pay restoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36542/16]
- Flood Relief Schemes
11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposals there are to carry out drainage or flood relief works on the River Erne in County Cavan due to large scale flooding in...
- Public Sector Pay
13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of returning to a single tier pay structure within the public sector. [36572/16]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in view of the significant cuts to capital expenditure during the financial crisis, he is satisfied that the government's Building on...
- Public Procurement Regulations
16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on applying spending sustainably to the public sector, that is, adding sustainability criteria as part of the public sector...
- Equality Proofing of Budgets
17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in the formation of public expenditure policies, his Department carries out impact assessments of the potential effects these...
- Public Sector Pay
19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the demands by trade unions for increased pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36541/16]
- Teachers' Remuneration
24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contacts he or his Department has had with the ASTI regarding the restoration of pay and conditions; and if he will make a...
- Open Government Partnership
25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will introduce transparency in sustainability reporting in Government owned entities (details supplied). [36561/16]
- Public Expenditure Policy
26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the spending targets for 2016 are likely to be affected by any events in the interim; the extent to which any such...
- Public Sector Pay
27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the mechanism he will use to utilise the views of Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas in any pay restoration talks that might take...
- Public Expenditure Policy
28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the need for future Supplementary Estimates; if he will use such a mechanism for 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Remuneration
29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the part played by his Department in the negotiations with the Garda representative associations; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Brexit Issues
32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of times he has met with officials from his own Department, the European Commission, the United Kingdom, the World Bank and...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the 2017 review of capital spending; if progress been made on the proposed approach to the review; if the proposed extra...
- Fiscal Policy
35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the Government's strict adherence to the fiscal rules is increasingly difficult to defend. [36575/16]
- Public Sector Pay
37. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contacts his Department has had with other Departments on the issue of public sector pay restoration; and if he will make a statement...
- Public Expenditure Policy
38. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flexibility his department is reviewing in terms of the fiscal rules and public capital investment. [36574/16]
- Flood Risk Management
39. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of times the flood management policy interdepartmental co-ordination group and the national CFRAM steering group have met; the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Registration of Title
40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered lowering the cost of registering rights of way under the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009; and if she will make a...
- Garda Deployment
41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda numbers for the Drogheda district and the Dundalk district for each of the years 2011 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if she will...
- Immigration Status
42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the correct procedure to be followed to regularise the position here in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Legal Services Regulation
43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the powers available to the Taxing Master to enforce a judgment against a law firm; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36615/16]
- Gambling Legislation
44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a new Gambling Control Bill will be published, in view of the fact that heads of a Bill were published in 2013. [36629/16]
- Coroners Service
45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is within her remit to direct an inquest to be held by a coroner; if she can direct an inquest into the death of a person (details...
- Garda Deployment
46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí stationed in Lucan, Ronanstown and Clondalkin as of September 2014, September 2015 and September 2016; her...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies on boards or agencies within her Department's remit that currently exist; the number that have been filled since 8 May...
- Garda Station Opening Hours
48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to extend the opening times of smaller Garda stations in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Residency Permits
49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a person (details supplied) who had a stamp 4; and if their stamp 4 status will be updated. [36699/16]
- Coroners Service
50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of reportable deaths under the Coroners Acts, for each of the past eight years and the total number of inquests held. [36733/16]
- Garda Data
51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Meath on 31 October 2016. [36779/16]
- Gambling Sector
52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps her Department has taken under the EU anti-money laundering directive relating to gambling service providers; the timeframe for the...
- Visa Applications
53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if consideration will be given to an extension of the visitor’s visa which...
- Immigration Status
54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status and eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Residency Permits
55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will revoke an order to deport in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36802/16]
- Immigration Status
57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status and eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reconsider the decision to deport in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36814/16]
- Residency Permits
62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when permission to remain and a visa extension will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Garda Compensation
63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding compensation claims in An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a self-employed person cannot qualify for a taxsaver ticket when travelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36759/16]
- Fiscal Compact Treaty
66. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the EU Commission's statement that Portugal and Spain will not face any sanction for breaking the fiscal compact. [36576/16]
- Tax Collection
67. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36619/16]
- Bank Charges
68. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether a person on a low income such as a social protection disability payment should be charged for every bank transaction in a bank (details...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies on boards or agencies within his Department's remit that currently exist; the number that have been filled since 8 May 2016; the number...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person is entitled to a rebate under the help to buy incentive scheme if they take out a mortgage for 90% of the build value. [36661/16]
- Tax Code
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which a person in receipt of maternity benefit, which is refunded to the employer, could be paying more tax than before they were in receipt of...
- Pensions Legislation
72. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 17 November 2016, if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding pension legislation; and if he will...
- Financial Services Regulation
73. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a recent new complaints process and complex fee refund compensation scheme announcement for business customers that were part of a bank's global...
- Life Insurance Policies
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from the 1% levy on life assurance policies in each year since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36731/16]
- Tax Collection
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will assist a person (details supplied) in County Cork to access information. [36739/16]
- Financial Services Regulation
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new licence applications received by the Central Bank for each year from 2012 to 2016 to date by category, in tabular form; the number approved...
- Revenue Commissioners Investigations
77. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of the Revenue Commissioners is examining the transfer of pensions offshore; the number and value of such transfers currently being examined; the...
- Fiscal Policy
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the implications for Ireland of the recent statement by the European Commission on fiscal expansion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36751/16]
- Tracker Mortgage Data
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the tracker mortgage redress scheme for each bank affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36752/16]
- Central Bank of Ireland Staff
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the total staff numbers in the Central Bank per annum from 2008 to date in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36784/16]
- European Central Bank
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of Central Bank and his Department's staff seconded to the European Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36785/16]
- Financial Institutions Inspections
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of European Central Bank on-site inspections of Irish financial institutions in 2015 and 2016; the number carried out by ECB staff; the number...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies on State boards in his Department; the number filled since he took office; the number filled through the Public Appointments Service;...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects Status
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new school building project in Whitecross, Julianstown, County Meath, will commence; when the work will be completed; and if he will make a...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in locating a site for a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36596/16]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the case of a person (details supplied) regarding special needs assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36604/16]
- Schools Building Projects Status
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the commencement of a school building project (details supplied); when work will begin; the timeframe for completion;...
- Teaching Council of Ireland
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) with regard to the Teaching Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36620/16]
- Educational Reform
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to publish draft regulations to accompany the proposed Education Schools Admissions Bill 2016 prior to the Bill going to Committee...
- National Educational Psychological Service
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will assist with a matter in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36628/16]
- Departmental Bodies Data
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies on boards or agencies within his Department's remit that currently exist; the number that have been filled since 8 May...
- Teacher Training Provision
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the rules surrounding teacher experience hours; if his Department will allow any leeway for a teacher who finds it difficult to...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will change the rules surrounding the Garda vetting process for teachers which currently means that a substitute teacher must complete a...
- Third Level Expenditure
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average per capita spending allocation to universities and institutes of technology; and the basis on which different per capita allocations...
- Schools Building Projects Status
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the draft schedule of fees submitted by the design team to his Department in October 2016 in respect of the work that needs...
- School Accommodation Provision
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application submitted in June 2016 by a school (details supplied) in County Cork for temporary prefabricated...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an extra special needs assistant, SNA, will be provided in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs Data
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism spectrum disorder units in the State in second level schools. [36706/16]
- Schools Building Projects Status
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding major capital works at schools (details supplied). [36710/16]
- Preschool Services
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an SNA to a person (details supplied) without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36711/16]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 17 November 2016, the details of the marketing and branding campaign; when it will commence; the...
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Housing Provision
107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which he and his Department expect to be in a position to offer continued scope for recovery towards...
- Library Services
108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the rationale for the proposed roll-out of staffless libraries. [36585/16]
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of dwellings since the establishment of the pyrite remediation scheme which had a damage condition...
- Regeneration Projects
114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount a project (details supplied) has been granted by Limerick regeneration in 2016. [36608/16]
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of vacancies on boards or agencies within his Department's remit that currently exist; the number that...
- Private Residential Tenancies Board Administration
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current waiting times for mediation, adjudication and tribunal hearings at the RTB. [36672/16]
- Local Authority Funding
120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the level of funding that will be provided to Cavan County Council for all housing projects in 2017; and if he will...
- Planning Issues
122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress his Department has made in relation to regulation of a company (details supplied); the timeframe for...
- Department of Social Protection
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available for a person (details supplied) who has exhausted the appeals process for domiciliary care payments but feels they are...
- Family Income Supplement Eligibility
125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a review of FIS will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36593/16]
- Fuel Allowance Payments
126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when fuel allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36594/16]
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 10 November 2016, the correct maximum payment due for the entire period in question in view of the...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is not entitled to any social protection payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36621/16]
- Departmental Programmes
129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that transitioned from an activation programme to paid employment in 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of vacancies on boards or agencies within his Department's remit that currently exist; the number that have been filled since 8 May 2016;...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of the imputed rate of interest used by his Department and in respect of eligibility to different means tested schemes that fall under...
- Farm Assist Scheme
133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when measures announced in budget 2017 in respect of farm assist will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36732/16]
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance
134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reintroduce the specialised footwear grant; if he will place this scheme on a statutory and permanent basis; and if he will make a...
- Pensions Reform
135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered the introduction of an auto enrolment pension scheme for workers across the economy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a review of a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36755/16]
- Disability Allowance Applications
137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a disability allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance application will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36796/16]
- Disability Allowance Applications
139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36797/16]
- Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
141. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when full entitlement to an exceptional needs payment will be determined and made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full extent of basic social protection payment or other available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of appropriate payment in the case of a person (details supplied); if a jobseeker's allowance or alternative payment will be restored at...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which assessment can be completed in respect of entitlement, and rent support by way of arrears arising therefrom, in the case of a...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will arrange for review of an appeal of a decision to refuse an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which an appropriate basic social protection payment will be available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of vacancies on boards or agencies within his Department's remit that currently exist; the number that have been filled since 8...
- Northern Ireland
148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken or written directly to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland requesting him to withdraw the statement on British...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Relief Schemes Funding
149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will approve funding for the lower Morrell flood relief scheme in County Kildare, to enable Kildare County Council to seek...
- Flood Relief Schemes
150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the proposed relocation scheme for families affected by flooding; the application process; and if he will make a...
- Company Law
153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person with an ongoing complaint with the ODCE wishes to view their documents can request authorisation to be provided with them...
- Public Expenditure Policy
154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects expenditure targets for various Departments to remain in line with expectations throughout 2016; and if...
- Public Sector Pay
155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which the various agreements such as the Haddington Road and Lansdowne Road agreements remain intact in terms of public...
- Public Procurement Regulations
160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which public procurement procedures can achieve savings in the course of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Semi-State Bodies Dividends
163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason dividends received from commercial semi-State companies were €304 million behind profile at the end of October 2016;...
- Public Sector Pensions Expenditure
164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of public service pensions in payment for each year from 2010 to 2016 to date; the estimated projected cost for each year from...
- Public Sector Pay
165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total public sector gross pay, net pay, Government income and the total public sector net pay as a percentage of total Government...
- Public Sector Pensions Levy
166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of pension related deduction in each of the years 2009 to 2015 in tabular form. [36821/16]
- Public Sector Staff Data
167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public sector workers by county, the total number of employees in the public and private sectors by county and the total...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
170. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacancies on boards or agencies within her Department's remit that currently exist; the number that have been filled...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta Expenditure
171. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 16 November 2016, the amount of funding awarded and the nature of the project supported;...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Waiting Lists
173. 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. [36591/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
174. 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. [36595/16]
- Health Services
175. To ask the Minister for Health if it can be facilitated for a district nurse to call to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36597/16]
- Hospital Services
176. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the situation at the Mater Hospital following an orthopaedic surgeon going on leave due to health reasons; and the status of finding their...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
177. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that prescribed low protein foods are required to prevent neurological damage and to supplement the diet of adults...
- Health Services
178. To ask the Minister for Health the services available in west Limerick for a person who has mitochondrial disease. [36611/16]
- Health Insurance Cover
179. To ask the Minister for Health the current protocol in place for persons visiting here from EU member states who require holiday dialysis; the way they can access the service; and if he will...
- Health Services
181. To ask the Minister for Health the services available in west Limerick for a child who has mitochondrial disease. [36624/16]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
182. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the...
- Hospital Services
183. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the waiting lists for physiotherapy services for pregnant women for all hospitals where this is available, in tabular form; the average waiting...
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
184. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will remain on the waiting list for orthodontic treatment or if the person will be referred elsewhere having...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
185. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies on boards or agencies within his Department's remit that currently exist; the number that have been filled since 8 May 2016; the number...
- Disability Support Services Provision
186. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment at an early intervention unit [36658/16]
- Alcohol Sales Legislation
187. To ask the Minister for Health if section 11 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 will, when enacted, mean that the container of an imported alcohol product will need a health warning...
- Disability Statistics
188. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 29 September 2016, the name of the current co-ordinator of a project (details supplied) in Co Louth. [36670/16]
- Health Services
189. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the imputed rate of interest used by his Department and the HSE in respect of eligibility to different means tested schemes that fall under...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
190. To ask the Minister for Health if an electric scooter will be provided to a person (details supplied); if the person's circumstances will be investigated by the HSE with a view to approving...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
191. To ask the Minister for Health the date for an operation at Waterford Regional Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36700/16]
- Hospital Services
192. To ask the Minister for Health when a new theatre at Crumlin hospital will be fully open to deal with operations urgently required by persons with scoliosis; and the reason scoliosis...
- National Children's Hospital Location
193. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to solve the parking issues that will occur if the plans for the site for the new children's hospital goes ahead at the St. James's site; and if he...
- Motorised Transport Grant Closure
194. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a replacement scheme for the motorised transport grant; when this will be available; the assistance his Department will provide to persons...
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list for each local authority area in tabular form; the number waiting...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
197. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a piece of medical equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36728/16]
- Mental Health Services Staff
198. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding mental health nurses working in the sector wishing to transfer; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
199. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be immediately admitted to have a procedure carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36741/16]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
200. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36742/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
201. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure required by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36743/16]
- Vaccination Programme
202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the position of vaccination contracts for general practitioners here (details supplied). [36756/16]
- HSE Governance
203. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures and protocols in place when making service level agreements in the health services; if it is the director general of the Health Service...
- Hospital Appointments Status
204. 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. [36758/16]
- Services for People with Disabilities
205. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36769/16]
- National Children's Hospital Location (1 comment)
206. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to alleviate the traffic accessibility problems that are a cause for concern if the site for the new children's hospital goes ahead; and if he will...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
207. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, for each year since its inception; the money spent by the NTPF for each of those years; if...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
208. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women aged 65 to 69 years of age who availed of BreastCheck for each local health office area in 2015 and to date in 2016, in tabular form. [36776/16]
- Information and Communications Technology
210. To ask the Minister for Health the total proposed capital investment in health service information technology in each year from 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Beds Data
211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals, in tabular form; the number of those beds and wards that are currently closed; and if...
- Medical Card Data
212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 November 2016; the number of general practitioner cards on 1 November 2016; and the number for each type of card issued on...
- Home Help Service Data
213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided to date in 2016, by local health area, in tabular form. [36826/16]
- Ambulance Service Data
214. To ask the Minister for Health the distances that have been travelled by emergency ambulances currently in service by HSE region and subdivided by every 80,000 km, in tabular form; the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Nitrates Usage
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate a breach of the nitrates regulation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36626/16]
- Basic Payment Scheme Data
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and value of basic payment scheme entitlements paid in 2016 by the headings sale without land, sale with...
- Forestry Management
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 636 of 15 November 2016, if he will clarify the records over reports of the felling of sequoias...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacancies on boards or agencies within his Department's remit that currently exist; the number that have been filled...
- Severe Weather Events
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding tillage farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36663/16]
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the single farm payment is on track to be paid out in full on 1 December 2016 to all farmers, particularly those in counties Cavan...
- GLAS Applications
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if priority access is being provided to approximately 2,000 farmers who did not get into GLAS 2 as the previous Minister gave a...
- Milk Prices
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of discussions at the recent Council of Agriculture Ministers on the need to improve dairy prices due to the ongoing...
- Fishing Industry
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the implications of a recent Supreme Court decision for the fishing industry (details supplied); the action he will take...
- Horse Racing Ireland
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new appointees nominated by him to the Horse Racing Ireland board were so nominated on the basis of specific competencies; the...
- Horse Racing Ireland Staff
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Horse Racing Ireland at any time since its inception in 2001 paid to any member of HRI staff compensation or any monetary...
- TAMS Appeals
230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 15 November 2016, if persons applying under the sheep fencing scheme TAMS II who had...
- GLAS Eligibility
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if planting new hedgerow and low-input permanent pasture will be available under GLAS 3; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial allocations under the 2014-2020 rural development programme by measure and sub-measure, in tabular form; the respective...
- TAMS Expenditure
233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 741 of 21 July 2016, the estimated cost for the original proposal submitted; and if he will...
- GLAS Data
234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers to date who have applied to join GLAS III per county, and in each respective tier, in tabular form; and...
- TAMS Data
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received, in total, under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 on a county basis in tabular...
- Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers who apply for the new agri loan scheme announced in budget 2017 can expect this lending facility to be operational in...
- Agriculture Scheme Administration
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the €11 million in EU aid that was allocated to Irish farmers and subsequently put into the €150 million...
- TAMS Applications
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36771/16]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the roll out of broadband will take place in Belcarra, County Mayo (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of vacancies on boards or agencies within his Department's remit that currently exist; the number that have...
- Broadband Service Provision
242. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will request the communications regulator to contact a company (details supplied) regarding a broadband connection...
- Brexit Issues
243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps his Department has taken to attract television broadcasters here under EU country of origin rules in view of...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Marine Accidents
246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a copy of an accident report for a marine accident in Killala Bay on 11 November 1980 (details supplied); and if he...
- Road Projects
247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allocate funding to a bypass at Ardee, County Louth; the timeframe for the delivery of such a project; and if he will make a...
- Tourism Project Funding
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a mountain bike track (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36610/16]
- Taxi Regulations
249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has given any consideration to the option of magnetic decals for taxi drivers, rather than the current adhesive...
- Taxi Licences
250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow for taxi plates to be sold on by taxi drivers should they choose to leave the business; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacancies on boards or agencies within his Department's remit that currently exist; the number that have been filled since...
- Airport Development Projects
252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a proposal for Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36656/16]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
254. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacancies on boards or agencies within her Department's remit that currently exist; the number that have been filled...
- Job Initiatives
255. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the financial reward under the succeed in Ireland programme, delivered by ConnectIreland, is being discontinued; if she...
- Company Law
256. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the rationale in the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016 for continuing the requirement for disclosure of directors' emoluments in small...
- Departmental Strategies
257. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 17 November 2016, the way in which the view that Enterprise 2025 provides a robust...
- Employment Rights
258. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 3 November 2016 and given that a dialogue process is under way with ICTU and IBEC to...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
259. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new posts that will be created at the IDA in 2017 following the recent budget announcement to strengthen agency staff to...
- Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
261. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the ratification process for the CETA trade agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36793/16]
- Brexit Issues
262. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether enterprise stabilisation measures are required as a policy tool following the recent Brexit referendum in the UK;...
- Export Credit Support
263. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the export credit support that is provided to Irish exporters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36795/16]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
265. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will invest in places of refuge for victims of domestic violence in order that places available are in line with the practice...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
266. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of vacancies on boards or agencies within her Department's remit that currently exist; the number that have been filled since 8...
- Child Care Services Data
267. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full terms and conditions that apply to the child care support schemes announced in budget 2017; and if she will make a statement on...
- Child Care Services Funding
268. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount of the child care budget that is used to fund the city and county child care committee, CCCs; and if she will make a...
- Child Care Services Inspections
270. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount of the child care budget for 2016 that is used to fund inspections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36678/16]
- Child Care Qualifications
271. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount of the child care budget for 2016 that is used to provide part-funded training; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Child Care Services Data
272. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount of the child care budget for 2016 that is used to fund Pobal non-inspection services; and if she will make a statement on...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
274. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount of the child care budget for 2016 that is used to fund Garda vetting; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Child Care Services
277. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount of the child care budget for 2016 that is used to fund Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36685/16]
- Child Care Services Expenditure
278. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount of the child care budget for 2016 that is used on private child care services; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
280. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies on boards or agencies within his Department's remit that currently exist; the number that have been filled since 8 May...
