Written answers

Tuesday, 29 November 2016

  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      30. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has examined the submission her Department received from Irish Rural Link requesting that a working group be set up by her...
    • Arts Council Funding
      31. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding provided by the Arts Council to support its arts and disability policy and strategy 2012 to 2016; and if she will make a...
    • Rural Development Programme
      32. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has identified the primary issues deemed to hinder rural development with particular reference to the need to...
    • Post Office Network
      33. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the estimate by An Post that 500 post offices throughout the State are unsustainable. [37403/16]
    • Historical Records
      34. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the proposed sale of a letter from Pádraig Pearse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37213/16]
    • Arts Council Membership
      35. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of current vacancies on the board of the Arts Council; if she will commit to ensuring that some artists or arts...
    • Rural Recreation Policy
      36. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the rural recreation scheme in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37153/16]
    • Post Office Network
      37. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Minister with responsibility for the An Post network; if she has a strategy for same; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • CLÁR Programme
      38. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to run a special module under the CLÁR programme 2017 for local improvement scheme roads; if it will be a condition of...
    • National Concert Hall
      39. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans in place for the development of the National Concert Hall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37394/16]
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      40. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason that in a recent report (details supplied) on countries with the best conditions for social enterprise Ireland ranks 43rd...
    • Arts Funding
      42. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current funding being provided for the arts in 2017; the amount that will be allocated by the agencies or organisations under the...
    • CLÁR Programme
      43. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects to announce successful applicants under the CLÁR programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ferry Services
      44. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address the need for action over the impending loss of the sole ferry link between the Aran island of Inis Mór and...
    • Arts Council
      45. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Arts Council will be publishing a new arts and disability policy in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37204/16]
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      46. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad a dhéanfaidh sí chun dul i ngleic leis an easpa béime agus struchtúir atá léirithe sa tuairisc um...
    • Arts Funding
      47. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any research was carried out by her Department into international best practice in relation to arts policy; if her Department has...
    • Arts Council Funding
      48. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she will implement to support professional female artists. [37375/16]
    • Arts Funding
      49. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Government will commit to the long term goal of increasing arts funding to the European average of 0.6% of GDP. [37033/16]
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      50. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the schemes and supports available within her Department in 2017 to help support rural communities; and if she will make a statement...
    • CLÁR Programme
      51. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of money spent on CLÁR and town and village renewal projects to date in 2016; if, in each case, the funding will be...
    • Seirbhísí Oileán
      52. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta aici maidir leis an gconradh nua don tseirbhís aeir go dtí oileáin...
    • Post Office Network
      53. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific measures the Government is taking to maintain the post office network; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Commemorative Events
      54. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the final phase of the 1916 centenary programme; her views on the success of the past year and the way she will build on...
    • Arts Funding
      55. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will create an arts capital fund, modelled on the sports capital fund, to ensure better long term funding for Irish arts. [37034/16]
    • EU Funding
      56. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the portion of the Creative Europe Fund Ireland has drawn down of the total drawn down fund throughout the EU; and the number of...
    • Arts Funding
      57. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects to issue a notice for applications under stream 3 of the arts and culture capital scheme, which will provide grant...
    • Hare Coursing
      58. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she will publish the report ordered by her into the mauling of a hare at a coursing event in Ballinagar, County Offaly, on...
    • Scéimeanna Teanga
      59. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é líon na bpleananna teanga atá i bhfeidhm le níos mó ná trí bliana; cad é líon na...
    • NAMA Assets Sale
      60. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made in regard to the purchase of 5,000 acres from NAMA in the Glenasmole valley; if an agreement has been...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      61. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the Gibbstown Gaeltacht in County Meath. [37409/16]
    • Cultural Policy
      63. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress she has made towards the strategy made in Culture 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37035/16]
    • Arts Funding
      64. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will ensure that the allocation of funding being provided for the arts by her Department is decided by the Arts Council only;...
    • Rural Development Plan
      65. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an action plan for rural development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37154/16]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      66. To ask the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the Cabinet committee on housing took place; and the future plans for meetings. [37414/16]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      67. To ask the Taoiseach his planned travel schedule to meet international leaders up to the end of 2016. [37416/16]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      68. To ask the Taoiseach 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 of these...
    • Brexit Issues
      69. To ask the Taoiseach the date and location of the second plenary all-island civil dialogue. [36923/16]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      70. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff from his Department currently seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service per annum from 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form....
    • Brexit Issues
      74. To ask the Taoiseach if he has requested that Southern sectoral interest groups be invited to participate in the Northern dialogue in order that cognisance be taken of interests from a...
    • Departmental Funding
      75. To ask the Taoiseach the funding that has been provided to County Louth over the previous three years 2014 to 2016, inclusive, by project name, location and funding amount, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Reports
      81. To ask the Taoiseach the reports commissioned by his Department since 2006 that, while completed or are in final draft form, have not been published; the reason they have not been published;...
    • Non-Disclosure Agreements
      82. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department, or the agencies that report to his Department, entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreement with any organisation due to court action...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Immigrant Investor Programme Data
      83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the opportunities available through the Irish immigrant investor programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36951/16]
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in view of the commitment made by the Minister of...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 has not yet been commenced; and the timeline for commencement. [37596/16]
    • Naturalisation Certificates
      86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the assistance available to a person (details supplied) to proceed with the issuing of a certificate of naturalisation; and if she will make a...
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the future of Tralee courthouse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36913/16]
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the renovation of Killarney courthouse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36919/16]
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the upgrading of Tralee Garda station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36920/16]
    • Crime Data
      90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful prosecutions for selling alcohol to under age persons in the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will bring forward additional legislation to tackle issues surrounding convicted murderers serving consecutive life sentences; and if she...
    • Departmental Information
      93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the provisions of section 18 of the Official Secrets Act 1963 applies to e-mails, text messages and other electronic communications using phone...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff from her Department currently seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service per annum from 2010 to date in...
    • Garda Deployment
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of gardaí stationed at Maynooth Garda station in view of the fact that the town has a large student...
    • Garda Reports
      99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her reasons for commissioning a new Garda report into undercover policing here by British Metropolitan Police officers; and if she will make the...
    • Workplace Deaths
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of workplace deaths reported to the coroner that proceeded to inquest in each of the years 2008 to 2014. [37059/16]
    • Property Issues
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish a property court to deal with all property matters, including commercial property, which would include eviction...
    • Garda Deployment
      104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the detail of the allocation of the new 145 gardaí, following on from the Garda passing out parade held on 17 November 2016, by county, in...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if traffic offences are taken into consideration for job applications requiring Garda vetting with local authority leisure centres; and if she...
    • Electronic Tagging
      106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the introduction of electronic tagging for criminal offences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37196/16]
    • Garda Civilian Staff Recruitment
      107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date and her plans for 2017 in recruiting civilian personnel in order to replace fully trained gardaí that are currently...
    • Departmental Funding
      108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding that has been provided to County Louth over the previous three years 2014 to 2016 by project name, location and funding amount, in...
    • Departmental Reviews
      114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) has completed his report on Garda whistleblowers; if she has received the report; the date on which it will be...
    • Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities
      115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the interdepartmental group to support the comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities was convened; the number of times...
    • Rights of Way Registration
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person has to register an easement, such as a right of way, on a property to have it recognised under the new legislation; the timetable...
    • Immigration Status
      117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will allow a person (details supplied) travel home while their application for permission to remain here on the basis of marriage to an...
    • Garda Communications
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that are officially designated as community gardaí; the number of those gardaí that are using a non-garda.ie...
    • Garda Vetting Applications Data
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to deal with the undue delays and backlog in Garda vetting at present, as the waiting period for clearance has lengthened in duration...
    • Garda Deployment
      121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new gardaí that have been or will be allocated to the Sligo- Leitrim Garda division from the new class; and if she will make a...
    • Work Permits Applications
      122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the restrictions in place on a person returning here to resume their job, with an unlimited work permit for the person and job specified, who had...
    • Garda Communications
      123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to claims that gardaí are using third party applications (details supplied) for Garda communications; and if...
    • Garda Promotions
      124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to fill Garda vacancies at the rank of sergeant and inspector; the number of promotions to the rank of sergeant and inspector that were...
    • Garda Communications
      125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda per district in the Roscommon-Longford division that have working access to a specific Garda email account in their own name,...
    • Departmental Reports
      126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reports commissioned by her Department since 2006 which, while completed or are in final draft form, have not been published; the reason they...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered the reports of the latest refugee youth service report number three, from November 2016; and the actions which have been...
    • Immigration Status
      128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a person (details supplied); the reason there is such a long delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37599/16]
    • Garda Stations
      129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No.174 of 18 October 2016, the status of an issue (details supplied); the status of its location; the amount it...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department, or the agencies that report to her Department, entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements with any...
    • Immigration Status
      131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will investigate and allow for stamp 4 permission to be granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Safety
      132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unaccompanied learner drivers that have been involved in fatal and serious collisions each year since 2012, identifying whether the...
    • Convictions Lists
      134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unaccompanied learner drivers that have been convicted after being involved in a fatal or serious collision each year since 2012;...
    • Penalty Points System Offences
      135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed charge penalty notices issued to learner drivers who were not accompanied by a qualified driver each year since 2013; the...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 85, 86 and 87 of 16 November 2016 (details supplied), if she will consider funding for a similar type...
    • Garda Deployment
      137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the locations in which the five gardaí to be allocated to south Kildare will be posted; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
      139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to deal with the urgent need to update Garda disciplinary regulations which presently date back to 2007. [37674/16]
    • Private Security Industry Regulation
      140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 22 March 2016, if she is satisfied with the timeframe for dealing with applications and appeals to...
    • Departmental Appointments
      141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the appointment of additional special advisers by her and Ministers of State in her Department. [37892/16]
  • Department of Finance
    • Capital Allowances
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Waterford businesses that have availed of the accelerated capital allowance scheme in each of the past five years. [37422/16]
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      143. 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. [36863/16]
    • Tax Credits
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to the unfair treatment of a secondary carer, who is also a major financial contributor to a child, being unable to receive...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff from his Department currently seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service per annum from 2010 to date in 2016, in...
    • Pensions Legislation
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the action which will be taken to recoup the pension tax relief given to the €73 million transferred overseas (details supplied); the anti-avoidance...
    • Company Law
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address an issue raised by a person (details supplied) who has an ongoing complaint with the ODCE and wishes to view their documents; and if he...
    • Departmental Funding
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding that has been provided to County Louth from 2014 to 2016, inclusive, by project name, location and funding amount, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will review its policy on patronage shares being assessed for income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37336/16]
    • Mortgage Data
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the retail credit firms that currently own residential mortgages as per the residential mortgage arrears and repossessions statistics Q2 2016. [37344/16]
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide for each bank the State has a share in, the number of cases being investigated by the bank as part of its review into the sale of tracker...
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent new complaints process and complex fee refund compensation scheme announcement for business customers that were part of a bank's...
    • Departmental Reports
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance the reports commissioned by his Department since 2006 which while completed or in final draft form have not been published; the reason they have not been...
    • Departmental Agencies
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department, or the agencies that report to his Department, entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements with any organisation due to...
    • Mortgage Lending
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address issues regarding banking rules here which are applied to cross-Border workers resident here (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the appointment of additional special advisers by him and Ministers of State in his Department. [37889/16]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Services Staff
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will facilitate the continued employment of a caretaker in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36855/16]
    • Minor Works Scheme
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the minor works grant for the year 2016-2017 in view of the fact that much of the year has already passed; and if it will...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Administration
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the situation whereby a person (details supplied) who assisted a child that was availing of the home tuition scheme was...
    • School Enrolments
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding school enrolment criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36865/16]
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the replacement for the DEIS scheme will be announced; the criteria that will be used to ensure that the schools serving the most...
    • Pensions Legislation
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Montessori teachers do not receive any pension; and the reason they do not get paid during their holidays. [36907/16]
    • Local Authority Functions
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 16 November 2016, the timeframe for when a preferred site might be finalised (details supplied); the...
    • School Transport Review
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport scheme; and if his Department will consider increasing funding to the scheme in line with a...
    • Psychological Services
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a cluster of five schools (details supplied) in County Mayo has no dedicated psychological service available to it for the second...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a new school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36927/16]
    • Education Funding
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding for further education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36948/16]
    • Schools Building Projects
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next round of capital funding for major school works will be announced. [36954/16]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff from his Department currently seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service per annum from 2010 to date in...
    • Education Funding
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his preferred options for the funding of third-level education in the future, in view of the fact that a system of student loans may present an...
    • Student Unions
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the student unions are likely to remain independent of college authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Fees
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding Northern Irish and British students enrolling in universities here; and if, post-Brexit, their current EU rate fee...
    • Gaelcholáistí Issues
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a gaelcholáiste in north Kildare, as previously indicated; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Placement
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the source of the statistic used by his Department that on average 20% of schools, mostly in Dublin, are oversubscribed; if the statistic that...
    • School Admissions
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or a body under its aegis has undertaken any research into the number of children with autism spectrum disorder, ASD, who have...
    • School Curriculum
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is proposed to introduce the new religion and ethics curriculum in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37112/16]
    • Third Level Staff
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or a body under its aegis, in considering any proposals to reform career structures for researchers with masters degrees and...
    • Brexit Issues
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions he has had with his counterparts in Great Britain, the Northern Ireland and Scottish Assemblies and in the EU with regard to the...
    • Equality Issues
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the CSO criteria he plans to use to decide which new schools will be able to access the DEIS scheme for the first time. [37202/16]
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the appeals mechanism which will be in place for schools that fail to secure DEIS status in the next admissions to the scheme. [37203/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been provided to County Louth over the previous three years 2014 to 2016 by project name, location and funding amount, in...
    • School Curriculum
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to publish guidelines to schools in relation to best practice for children that wish to opt out of receiving religious instruction;...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that were invited by his Department to participate in the pilot model for the proposed new resource allocation model for...
    • Brexit Issues
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has put in place a plan to address the issues facing the education sector by the proposed exit of Britain from the EU; and if...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Data
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average time between referral for assessment and report completion for children assessed by the National Educational Psychology Service for...
    • Tionscadail Tógála Scoileanna
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an dtabharfaidh sé tuairisc maidir leis an dul chun cinn atá á dhéanamh chun foirgneamh nua a thógáil do Ghaelscoil...
    • Riachtanais Speisialta Oideachais
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an dtabharfaidh sé soiléiriú maidir le cén uair a chuirfidh an Roinn maoiniú breise ar fáil chun áiseanna agus...
    • School Staff
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific training that is provided to teachers to equip them with the skills necessary to address incidents of physical violence from...
    • School Admissions
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale behind the approach taken in the draft regulations on school admissions which were published in September 2013 that sought to limit...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a permanent extension for a school (details supplied); when work will commence; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for funding by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37341/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant will be provided to a person (details supplied). [37439/16]
    • School Staff
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve the resources that may be necessary for the allocation of a temporary teaching post until June 2017 for a school (details...
    • School Accommodation
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied) which has applied to his Department under the additional school...
    • Teaching Contracts
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 17 November 2016, if sitting Members in the Houses of the Oireachtas are restricted from applying...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a purchase has been completed for a site for a school (details supplied). [37456/16]
    • School Services Staff
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide for a scheme for schools to employ secretaries separate from capitation payments. [37464/16]
    • National Educational Psychological Service Data
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools throughout the State which do not currently have a NEPS psychologist assigned to them, in tabular form. [37466/16]
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for DEIS status and funding going forward with regard to the review of DEIS; if there are changes to the component of DEIS; the most...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address matters in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37524/16]
    • Departmental Reports
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reports commissioned by his Department since 2006 which while completed or are in final draft form have not been published; the reason they...
    • School Curriculum
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason history is being considered as a non-core subject at junior certificate level; his views on this proposal; the timeframe for the...
    • National Training Fund
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a current surplus in the national training fund; the expected increases in the fund; if there is a surplus projected in the fund; if...
    • Adult Education Provision
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken by his Department to address the concerns outlined in the Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General in February...
    • Higher Education Institutions Expenditure
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the audited accounts of higher education institutions in receipt of public funds are made public; the latest date for which the audited...
    • Institutes of Technology Funding
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is considering extending borrowing rights to institutes of technology, particularly in view of the recent HEA financial review...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if savings will be made by his Department by the introduction of the new resource allocation model for special educational needs; and if he will...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review has taken place of the procurement practices within the education sector, particularly in the higher education sector; if such a...
    • School Curriculum
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on maintaining history as a core subject for the junior certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37592/16]
    • School Funding
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the refusal of funding for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if his Department will reconsider its application in...
    • Access to Higher Education
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a commitment given in the programme for Government (details supplied) was published in advance of the budget; and if he will make a statement...
    • Non-Disclosure Agreements
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department, or the agencies that report to his Department, entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements with any...
    • School Transport Applications
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who is waiting on a decision for a school transport grant; and...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the annual process for approval of the minor works grant for primary schools to a system with an earlier approval date which...
    • Ministerial Advisers Appointments
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the appointment of additional special advisers by him and Ministers of State in his Department. [37887/16]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Housing Assistance Payments
      248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is considering increasing the housing assistance payment limit in view of the increase in rents. [36934/16]
    • Archival Material
      249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the supports in place for development and protection of county archive services to preserve local cultural...
    • Pension Provisions
      250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position of a pension-related deduction payable in respect of dual public sector workers and specifically in...
    • Local Authority Staff
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason the 2009 circular issued to local authorities which states that in the case of staff employed in more...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, when the EPA approved a foreshore licence to a company (details supplied), it was aware that there was hazardous...
    • Library Services Provision
      257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Question No. 163 of 17 November 2016, the way in which the customer demand was measured; if it was...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Administration
      258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the guidance his Department has provided to local authorities regarding the circumstances in which a person in...
    • Health and Safety
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide the safety certificates that he or his Department has received in respect of funfairs in County...
    • RAPID Programme
      260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the criteria to be used to designate areas under the revived RAPID scheme; if demographic changes that have taken...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
      261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of successful applications for the mortgage-to-rent scheme since its inception broken down by county and...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the process by which council budgets are developed; the legislative provisions that govern the manner in which...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of staff from his Department currently seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service per...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide data (details supplied) on the projected cost of construction of social housing, excluding in all...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there are any legal restrictions that preclude the State from providing public housing in the form of long-term...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if builders contracted to build social housing units pay VAT on the materials used in construction; and if this cost...
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the powers that the chief executive of a local authority has to designate property rateable; if the chief executive...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the locations of the 15 social houses which are currently being constructed in County Louth; and if these 15 houses...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when new wind farm planning guidelines to assist the proper planning of wind power projects will be published; and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to update guidance and legislation in respect of funfairs and theme parks, particularly in view of an...
    • Local Authority Funding
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding that has been provided to County Louth over the previous three years 2014 to 2016 by project name,...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the schemes that exist to assist persons whose incomes are marginally above the income limits for social and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for any future affordable housing schemes. [37331/16]
    • Housing Assistance Payments Administration
      287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to provide, in legislation or otherwise, for applicants on housing lists to obtain HAP, housing assistance...
    • Regeneration Projects Funding
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide continued funding to the Ballymun social regeneration fund for 2017 and beyond; and if he will...
    • Planning Issues
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the guidelines local authorities are using in assessing solar farm planning applications; and if he will make a...
    • Foreshore Licence Conditions
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the planning and environment regulations regarding environmental impact assessments in the regulatory framework...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the liability due by a person that has not paid the non-principal private residence charge since it was first...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current regulations applicable to property renters and the further regulations planned with regard to the...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the body responsible for the investigation of accidents at funfairs (details supplied). [37465/16]
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of voided properties which have been refurbished and relet by each local authority from 2013 to date in...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of properties purchased by local authorities in each year since 2010 to date in 2016; and the numbers for...
    • Departmental Reports
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reports commissioned by his Department since 2006 which while completed or in final draft form have not been...
    • Library Services
      299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the issues raised regarding staffless hours in libraries across the country,...
    • Planning Issues
      300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on proposals contained in section 2 of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies...
    • Departmental Bodies Expenditure
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total grant aid paid to An Taisce by his Department in each year from 2010 to 2016, respectively; and if he will...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration
      302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on a rental accommodation scheme whereby contracts are offered on a month-to-month tenancy (details...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department, or the agencies that report to his Department, entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality...
    • Control of Dogs
      304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will intervene with the Kilkenny County Council executive to remove the clause in the public dog pound tender...
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
      305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Question No. 254 of 22 November 2016, the basis on which he supported the payment of statutory...
    • Ministerial Advisers Appointments
      306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the appointment of additional special advisers by him and Ministers of State in his Department. [37888/16]
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Artists' Remuneration
      307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will liaise with the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to examine the supports for working artists in the...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will amend the back-to-education allowance to cover part-time education as those persons who are currently receiving jobseeker's allowance or...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36851/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a claim for invalidity pension will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied). [36872/16]
    • National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan
      311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which he plans to address the cost of disability in view of research released by his Department which indicates that persons with...
    • School Meals Programme
      312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application by a school (details supplied) under the schools meals programme has been received; when a decision will be made on this...
    • Rural Social Scheme Eligibility
      313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the terms and conditions of new rural social scheme participants under the expanded scheme will be the same as on the existing scheme; if it is...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the delay in payment of disability allowance to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36935/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when documentation with regard to a carer’s allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) will be sent to the appeals section...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Data
      316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of payments issued through the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, broken down between exceptional needs payment and urgent needs...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff from his Department currently seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Cervice per annum from 2010 to date in...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a review in respect of a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme. [37024/16]
    • Job Vacancies
      322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to complaints from companies concerning the effectiveness of an online vacancy and job-matching service (details...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the age limits for community employment schemes are currently being reviewed; if any decision has been taken, if a review is in place; and if a...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the pension scheme entitlements available to former residents of the Magdalen laundries; and if such payments impact on any other social protection...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the appropriate payment available to a person (details supplied) previously in receipt of the one parent family allowance; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the recovery of debt in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37172/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application under the disability allowance scheme in respect of a person (details supplied). [37184/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding that has been provided to County Louth over the previous three years 2014 to 2016 by project name, location and funding amount, in...
    • JobPath Implementation
      335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason those referred to JobPath are no longer eligible for a community employment scheme; his views on the impact that this may be having on...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of the pre-activation supports announced in budget 2017 for persons with a disability; the way the money will be allocated; the schemes...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37431/16]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been no social protection inspector in Tuam since August 2016; if his attention has...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal on a decision on a jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal on an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Insurance Payments
      342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will permit self employed persons to make voluntary contributions to enable them to claim jobseeker's payments; and if he will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37523/16]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for invalidity pension, partial capacity benefit, family income supplement and domiciliary care allowances his department...
    • Departmental Reports
      345. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reports commissioned by his Department since 2006 which while completed or are in final draft form have not been published; the reason they have...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Applications
      346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his Department's position in relation to the three day waiting period from the date of the first application of jobseeker's benefit, in which no...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      347. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reinstate a social welfare inspector for the Tuam area as a matter of urgency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an appeal for a person (details supplied). [37601/16]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an appeal application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [37608/16]
    • Non-Disclosure Agreements
      351. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department, or the agencies that report to his Department, entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements with any...
    • Carer's Benefit Eligibility
      352. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a review of eligibility for carer's benefit can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Pensions
      353. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any provision is made or can be made to persons in receipt of a British state old age pension which real value has declined dramatically since...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      354. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the decision not to continue payment of disability allowance to a person (details supplied); and if an oral hearing will be...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      355. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a disability allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37765/16]
    • Ministerial Advisers Appointments
      356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the appointment of additional special advisers by him and Ministers of State in his Department. [37894/16]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Consular Services Provision
      357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) who is being detained in York County Prison, Pennsylvania, USA,...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      358. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff from his Department currently seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service per annum from 2010 to date...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his EU and UN colleagues continue to focus on the Arab-Israeli situation with a view to reducing the extent to...
    • Middle East Issues
      363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the international community has investigated the destruction of property owned by Palestinians on the West Bank or elsewhere in the...
    • Human Rights Cases
      367. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to Article 155 of the Egyptian constitution which allows President Sisi, with his cabinet's approval, to...
    • Data Protection
      368. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on that fact that the mailing preference database operates on a radically different legal basis than the telephone preference...
    • Departmental Funding
      369. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding that has been provided to County Louth over the previous three years 2014 to 2016 by project name, location and funding amount,...
    • Child Abduction
      378. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); if he will intervene by contacting the Algerian authorities; and if he will...
    • Consular Services Provision
      379. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he has taken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37487/16]
    • Passport Data
      381. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports issued in 2015 and to date in 2016; the amount of revenue generated through passports being issued; the amount of...
    • Departmental Reports
      382. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reports commissioned by his Department since 2006 which while completed or are in final draft form have not been published; the reason...
    • Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
      383. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the latest report by the Refugee Youth Service concerning migrants; if he has considered the detail of...
    • Irish Aid
      384. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland donates UN specification-approved goods in kind to the central UN systems in lieu of part payment of Ireland's financial assessed...
    • Non-Disclosure Agreements
      388. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department, or the agencies that report to it, entered any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements with any organisation due to...
    • Ministerial Advisers Appointments
      391. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the appointment of additional special advisers by him and Ministers of State in his Department. [37890/16]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Legislative Measures
      392. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will complete the statute law revision project which has completed the majority of its work but which still needs to...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      393. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff from his Department seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service per annum from 2010 to date in...
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement
      397. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter (details supplied) concerning the application of the Lansdowne Road agreement to a public servant due to...
    • Civil Service Reform
      398. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his proposals for the position of staff officer in the Civil Service, particularly in the context of the proposals contained in the...
    • Departmental Funding
      399. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding that has been provided to County Louth over the previous three years, from 2014 to 2016, by project name, location and...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Applications
      405. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the local authority or the private householder has responsibility for completing the application form for the minor flood mitigation...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      406. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether it is fair and equitable that retained fire fighters pay pension-related deductions under the same model as other...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      408. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the trial on lowering water levels in Lough Allen undertaken by the Shannon flood risk State agency co-ordination working...
    • Departmental Reports
      409. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reports commissioned by his Department since 2006 which while completed or are in final draft form but have not been published; the...
    • Non-Disclosure Agreements
      410. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department, or the agencies that report to it, entered any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements with any organisation due...
    • Departmental Contracts
      411. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the frequency that Government agency and Department contracts for taxi services are required to be renewed or reviewed; the regulations...
    • Ministerial Advisers Appointments
      412. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the appointment of additional special advisers by him and Ministers of State in his Department. [37893/16]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Post Office Network
      413. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if further consideration will be given to the proposals to enable post offices provide additional services; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      414. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the rationale for the allocation of €2.175 million for the building of a centre (details supplied); her views on whether the...
    • Scéimeanna Teanga
      416. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil plean teanga aontaithe ag a Roinn leis an Údarás Rialála Carthanas; mura bhfuil, cén fáth nach...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      417. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application for funding by a person (details supplied) under the turf cutting compensation scheme; and if she will...
    • Commemorative Events
      418. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans that have been put in place to commemorate the centenary of the death of John Redmond in 2018; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      419. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff from her Department currently seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service per annum from 2010...
    • World Heritage Sites
      423. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Government’s plan to pursue more applications for UNESCO world heritage status for more of Ireland's national landmarks...
    • Irish Language
      424. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way she will work with her colleague the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that parents can access second level...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      425. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Government will provide extra funding to Irish speaking gaeltacht areas to encourage greater use of the language and better...
    • Arts Promotion
      426. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which the Government plans to ensure arts funding is used to ensure minority and new Irish voices are heard as part of...
    • Arts Funding
      427. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support the development of the creative industries sector; if she has reviewed the report from the previous Joint...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      428. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has contacted the Irish League of Credit Unions and the Credit Union Development Association regarding the...
    • Cultural Policy
      429. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had any engagement with stakeholders in the music industry in terms of the establishment of a music industry task force,...
    • Arts in Education Charter
      430. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has liaised with the Minister for Education and Skills on the development of contemporary art education at primary and...
    • Cultural Policy
      431. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop a national cultural strategy up to 2025. [37075/16]
    • Arts Council
      432. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop musical education and make instruments available to young persons and the general population through...
    • Artworks Sales
      433. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has examined any proposals to facilitate on a national basis the use of vacant retail premises by exhibiting artists, based on...
    • Planning Issues
      434. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will examine a nationwide plan for the development of village design statements that would ensure all future...
    • Arts in Education Charter
      438. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans in place to ensure the better integration of the arts into education and broadening the focus on science, technology,...
    • Cultural Policy
      439. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will urgently begin preparation of a global arts forum for Ireland, similar to the structure of the global Irish economic...
    • Arts Funding
      441. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to increase the amount of capital funding available for arts institutions and projects in view of the challenges facing...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      443. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she will take to address the issues of very low incomes among arts practitioners; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Film Industry
      444. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the support she provides for the indigenous film and television production sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Arts Council Funding
      445. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the targets and key performance indicators included within the Arts Council funding process to ensure that funds are distributed...
    • Cultural Policy
      446. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she explored other methods of incentivising investment into the cultural sector apart from direct State funding; and if so, the...
    • Land Reclassification
      447. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it is her policy to inform landholders if their land is to be designated a special protection area, special area of conservation...
    • National Monuments
      448. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the criteria used for the tender that was put out with regard to the conservation of 14-17 Moore Street; the terms and conditions; if...
    • Culture Ireland Grant Scheme
      449. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the assessment process used to judge the grant applications by Culture Ireland for the supporting Irish culture on the world stage...
    • Cultural Policy
      450. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which she plans to create an environment in which the cultural sector can be supported through multiannual budgeting to...
    • Digital Archiving
      451. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider creating an enabling environment for digitisation of archives and records across all levels in the State,...
    • Budget 2017
      452. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projects her Department is prioritising in budget 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37097/16]
    • Arts Funding
      456. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline her plans to increase funding in the arts over the lifetime of the Government; and her views on whether funding...
    • National Gallery
      457. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a group of new magnolia trees will be planted in the west corner of the lawn to complete the garden composition as per her...
    • Hare Coursing Regulation
      458. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to two incidents in which a hare was mauled and suffered severe injuries at Ballinagar coursing,...
    • Architectural Heritage
      459. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will establish a heritage buildings commission with responsibility for the listing of buildings of special architectural or...
    • Legislative Measures
      460. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her role and procedure in making a preservation order on a historical site and area; and if she will consider the need for...
    • Departmental Functions
      461. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the reorganisation of her Department to include regional and rural affairs has been completed (details supplied); if so, the...
    • Record of Protected Structures
      462. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if protection will be provided to a heritage feature (details supplied) in the Laimbe area of the Rath Cairn Gaeltacht, County Meath;...
    • Arts Promotion
      463. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a process whereby artists and sculptors here can be facilitated in having their work exhibited in places such as the UN...
    • Commemorative Events
      464. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to re-establish the decades of centenaries all-party consultative committee; and her further plans regarding future...
    • Departmental Funding
      465. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that has been provided to County Louth over the previous three years, 2014 to 2016, by project name, location and funding...
    • Waterways Issues
      471. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the potential of canals, not just for walking and cycling alongside the canals, but for boats and moving boats; if she...
    • Post Office Network
      472. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to safeguard the position and operation of the post office network and especially rural post offices; and if she will make...
    • National Archives
      473. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons that have visited the National Archives in each of the past five years. [37420/16]
    • Hare Coursing
      474. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the footage of a coursing meeting (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hare Coursing Regulation
      475. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will confirm the presence of NPWS officers at the hare coursing meeting in Ardpatrick, County Limerick on 19 November 2016;...
    • Heritage Sites
      476. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she will take to ensure that Westport House and its contents remain open to the public; the discussions that have taken...
    • Arts Funding
      478. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in view of Ireland's growing jazz music scene, she has considered setting up a funding allocation which would be dedicated to...
    • Departmental Reports
      479. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reports commissioned by her Department since 2006 which, while completed or in final draft form, have not been published; the...
    • Commemorative Events
      480. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 965 of 16 September 2016, if she will confirm that the 2016 event was the ninth annual famine...
    • Non-Disclosure Agreements
      481. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department, or the agencies that report to her Department, entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements with...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      482. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the elements of the High Court ruling in a case (details supplied) which she is in agreement with, in view of her claim that she had...
    • Arts Funding
      483. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which, directly or through the statutory agencies under her control, applications for funding have been made by groups...
    • Film Industry Promotion
      484. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to encourage internationally the use of Ireland as a film location with obvious...
    • Heritage Sites
      485. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which various at risk heritage sites and buildings continue to be protected; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Arts Funding
      488. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of applications received from various amateur societies involved in the promotion of the arts throughout County...
    • Arts in Education Charter
      489. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has had discussions with other Departments or interest groups with a view to creating greater awareness of...
    • Rural Development Plan
      490. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department have identified the primary issues of concern amongst community groups in rural or urban...
    • Cultural Policy
      491. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department expect to be in a position to continue to utilise events of a cultural and heritage nature...
    • Ministerial Advisers Appointments
      492. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the appointment of additional special advisers by her and Ministers of State in her department. [37883/16]
  • Department of Health
    • Legislative Programme
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the sections of the Disability Act 2005 that have not yet been implemented in full; the nature of the provisions; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Help Service
      494. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to release money to the HSE in order to satisfy a recommendation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37207/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      495. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 for each local health office area, in tabular form. [36845/16]
    • Blood Donations
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the categories of the population that are currently prevented from giving blood; and the percentage of the population that falls within these categories....
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      497. To ask the Minister for Health the number of newly recruited speech and language therapists in 2016; the average contract provided to these new recruits; and the number of these which had...
    • National Cancer Strategy Publication
      500. To ask the Minister for Health when the national cancer strategy 2016-2025 will be published; and the engagement he has had with the steering group established in 2015. [36852/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      501. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36857/16]
    • Dental Services Provision
      502. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dental appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36859/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      503. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      504. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the policy of his Department that all workers on the job initiative scheme would be entitled automatically to a medical card in view of the low wage...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      505. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 17 November 2016, when the HSE intends to enter into negotiations with the manufacturer in an effort to secure...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      506. 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. [36912/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      507. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of an MRI appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36914/16]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      508. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review and consider adding new low-protein products to the long-term illness card for persons that have been diagnosed as having PKU, a rare...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      509. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) who is waiting for a hip replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services Provision
      511. To ask the Minister for Health to set down in tabular form the number of early intervention teams for children in each local health area; the total number on each team; the number of...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      512. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his proposals to reintroduce the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36930/16]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      513. To ask the Minister for Health if a clinic (details supplied) will remain in Louth Primary Care Centre, Dublin Road, Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36939/16]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      514. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of securing general practitioners for provincial town practices in which a client bank of 800 medical cards is not deemed to be...
    • Disability Services Provision
      517. To ask the Minister for Health if a private contractor has been appointed to deal with a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36949/16]
    • Departmental Staff
      519. To ask the Minister for Health to set down in tabular form the number of staff from his Department currently seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service per annum from...
    • Blood Donations
      523. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the fact there is no deferral period for sexually active gay and bisexual persons donating blood in a number of European Union states (details...
    • Respite Care Services
      524. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the total annual HSE budget for respite care for County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37023/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      525. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a date for an angiogram appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37026/16]
    • Hospital Services
      526. To ask the Minister for Health to set down in tabular form the number of hospitals which have acute medical assessment units; the number of days per week and hours per day they are open; and...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      527. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the waiting time of over three years for a person (details supplied) awaiting an orthodontic appointment in Merlin Park University...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      528. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a procedure for a person (details supplied). [37042/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      529. To ask the Minister for Health to set out his plans to provide a motion analysis laboratory service for children in the south. [37062/16]
    • Medicinal Products
      530. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding the making available of Kalydeco to cystic fibrosis sufferers aged two years and over; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      536. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 614 of 15 November 2016 to provide details relating to which hospitals the beds which are to be replaced are currently...
    • Antimicrobial Resistance
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, who were diagnosed with multidrug-resistant bugs in each year over the past five years. [37123/16]
    • Maternity Services
      540. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 18 October 2016, if the figures provided in tabular form in reply to the question include the 78 midwives recruited...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      541. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commence a health technology assessment to assess the benefits and cost-effectiveness through the HSE of FreeStyle Libre, a sensor for measuring...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a personal budget for persons with disabilities to allow them to fund their own services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Statutory Instruments
      543. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a change to statutory instrument No. 654 of 2004, Maternity Protection (Protection of Mothers Who Are Breastfeeding) Regulations 2004,...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      545. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an ear, nose and throat, ENT, assessment for a person (details supplied); the reason the person has been referred to Mallow General...
    • Vacancies on State Boards
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies on each board and State agency under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37174/16]
    • Hospital Equipment
      547. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to make dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, DEXA, scan services available to public patients at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he...
    • Vaccination Programme
      548. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the bacillus Calmette-Guérin, BCG, vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37186/16]
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      549. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is eligible for medical treatment under the cross-Border health care directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant paediatricians currently employed in approved posts. [37201/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to County Louth over the previous three years, 2014 to 2016, by project name, location and funding amount, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Disease Management
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons here recorded as having polio; the facilities that exist to support those who have polio; the way his Department is working with others...
    • Community Care
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the closure of the community health clinic in Youghal, County Cork; the reason no prior notice was given to those who use the service; and his...
    • Hospital Facilities
      559. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make provisions for the development of a dedicated injury unit in County Sligo for a place to treat specific injuries such as broken bones,...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the apparent changes in cost implications regarding the development of the new children's hospital at St. James's Hospital; if the development...
    • Alcohol Treatment Programmes
      561. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 20 October 2016, if he will ensure a reply is provided to the question raised without further delay. [37319/16]
    • Suicide Prevention
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a national research and evaluation plan to support the monitoring and evaluation of Connecting for Life. [37358/16]
    • Diabetes Strategy
      564. To ask the Minister for Health if a community-based senior dietician to support the diabetes community has been appointed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Respite Care Services Availability
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that respite beds for persons with intellectual disabilities in the system and notably in Enniscorthy are currently...
    • Psychological Services
      567. To ask the Minister for Health when an adolescent psychologist will be appointed in Kildare North. [37388/16]
    • Occupational Therapy
      568. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the parents of children in Waterford city and county with complex needs are being informed that their children...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      570. To ask the Minister for Health if care plans are put in place for children with complex needs in Waterford to deal with the child's specific needs and access to therapies and other supports;...
    • Psychological Services
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child psychologist posts in situ in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37427/16]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the redress available to a person (details supplied); the best practise relating to the use of electro-convulsive therapy, ECT, then and now; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      574. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is satisfactory that a child in County Tipperary should be told that the waiting list time for an ear, nose and throat appointment...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      575. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request that the Health Service Executive provide clarity on the programme of support for a person (details supplied); if the assessment will be...
    • Public Health Policy
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the planned changes to the public health nurse service in west Tipperary that is the ending of the public health nurse attending at local health clinics at...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff allocated to the Health Service Executive and health board's separated children team in each of the years 2000 to 2014. [37471/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times at Beaumont Hospital for tonsillectomy procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37472/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting two years for a bed in the three-month programme in the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he...
    • Vaccination Programme
      584. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to sanction an independent investigation of the causation of the symptoms affecting young girls as a result of the human papilloma virus, HPV,...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Availability
      585. To ask the Minister for Health if he will offer additional funding to the Aiséirí centre in County Wexford and in particular the Aislinn service which is the only residential...
    • Health Services Data
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in each of the children's hospitals with complex medical needs, rare diseases and life-limiting conditions with addresses in County...
    • Hospital Services
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed changes to the services provided at Tallaght children’s hospital due to occur as part of the development of the children’s hospital...
    • Health Services Data
      589. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children from County Wicklow that are treated in Tallaght hospital accident and emergency each year, including the number that require overnight...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      590. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an article (details supplied) regarding the access for ambulances to the children's hospital at St. James’s; and if...
    • Hospital Procedures
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37507/16]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      593. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide resources to open additional long-stay beds at a community hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant neurologists that are employed on a permanent basis and on a temporary basis for the north-west region; the number of persons waiting...
    • Hospital Procedures
      595. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37536/16]
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      596. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) is receiving the correct level of pay and entitlements as part of their work with the Health Service...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      597. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37538/16]
    • Departmental Reports
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the reports commissioned by his Department since 2006 which while completed or are in final draft form have not been published; the reason they have not been...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      601. To ask the Minister for Health if there are psychotherapists in direct full time State employment; if so, the number of such positions that exist; the areas they relate to; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings of the Wexford Advancing Recovery Ireland (ARI) group that have taken place since its establishment; if he has satisfied himself with...
    • Hospital Services
      603. To ask the Minister for Health the detail in relation to acute hospital intensive care (details supplied) by acute hospital location for 2016 to date under each heading; and if he will make...
    • Disability Support Services
      604. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will investigate the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37593/16]
    • Hospital Services
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the number of critically ill patients needing level three care that were transferred from an existing acute hospital with level three care, by location, to...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      606. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37595/16]
    • Health Services
      607. To ask the Minister for Health when facilities (details supplied) will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37600/16]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the Department of Health to ensure that an anomaly in budget 2017 (details supplied) does not result in groups of pensioners losing...
    • HSE Reports
      609. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 18 October 2016 and the outcome of the HSE report that has yet to be received, if he will consent to an...
    • Non-Disclosure Agreements
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department, or the agencies that report to his Department, entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements with any organisation due to...
    • Medical Card Applications
      611. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37639/16]
    • Community Care Provision
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the number of 24 hour care centres currently available for adults that cannot live independently and are in need constant supervision due to mental health...
    • Cancer Research
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the State has invested in cancer research in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37647/16]
    • Health Research Board Expenditure
      615. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the State has invested in Alzheimer's disease research in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37648/16]
    • Cancer Services Funding
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of cancer care in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37649/16]
    • Health Services Funding
      617. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of Alzheimer's care in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37650/16]
    • Cancer Incidence
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths from cancer in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37651/16]
    • Health Services Data
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths from Alzheimer's disease in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37652/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      620. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists and the timescale involved for the treatment of scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37661/16]
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      621. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question number 429 of 25 October 2016, the length of time patients are waiting for dental surgery in County Louth; the length of time...
    • Health Services Provision
      622. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address an issue with regard to building dementia friendly communities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37668/16]
    • HIQA Reports
      623. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the HIQA report of the Mercy University Hospital unannounced inspections of 7 June 2016 and 20 July 2016; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the current duration on a waiting list for a child to see a urologist at Temple Street children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the nursing home support scheme to the State for each of the years 2010 to 2015 and the expected cost in 2016; the projected cost for each year to...
    • HSE Expenditure
      626. To ask the Minister for Health when a new contract was last agreed by the HSE for the provision of taxi services for the Cork city and county area; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Health when the last mini competition was held by the HSE, in the context of the provision of taxi services in Cork city and county and when the last mini competition...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      628. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question No. 613 of 15 November 2016, regarding the proposed new Letterkenny community nursing unit which has an indicative costing of...
    • Disability Services Provision
      629. To ask the Minister for Health if additional personal assistant hours will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37738/16]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      630. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (detail supplied) regarding a care home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37739/16]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      631. To ask the Minister for Health further to the OECD publication Health at a Glance 2016 published on 23 November 2016 and in view of the methodological notes and the discussion on...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that apply to specifically address the issue of recreational drug users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37749/16]
    • Medical Products Supply
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the provision of prefilled naloxone injections as a means of making provision to save the lives of persons suffering from an opiate drug...
    • Dental Services
      634. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a dental appointment at Kerry University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37755/16]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      635. To ask the Minister for Health if transport arrangements will be put in place in respect of a person (details supplied); if he will expedite alternative travel arrangements; and if he will...
    • Hospital Procedures
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an urgent operation on a person (details supplied) with chronic scoliosis was cancelled at the last minute; the reason the hospital showed no...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • GLAS Administration
      637. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria being used by his Department to decide on a planner to carry out a commonage management plan for GLAS scheme applicants;...
    • Commonage Division
      638. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36854/16]
    • GLAS Applications
      639. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonage framework plans that have been prepared under the GLAS scheme to date broken down by county; the number that...
    • GLAS Payments
      640. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who joined GLAS in 2015 and 2016 will be paid their 85% payment under GLAS for commonages in December 2016, even if...
    • GLAS Data
      641. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonages to which planners have been assigned; the number to which there is currently no planner assigned; the number...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      643. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the full payment is held back from farmers on their direct farm payments when small issues arise even when an interim...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      644. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the evidence of agricultural activity needed to qualify for the basic payment and greening; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • GLAS Data
      645. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total pay out to date under the GLAS and GLAS plus scheme for 2015; the number of farmers that have received their full payment...
    • GLAS Issues
      646. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that farmers with shares in three commonages are paying up to €2,300 in...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      647. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is intended to appoint persons from outside his Department to the agricultural appeals process to ensure absolute independence;...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      648. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department intends to inspect an offshore land holding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff Data
      650. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff from his Department currently seconded to other Departments or agencies in the civil service per annum from 2010...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      654. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37118/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      655. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that has been provided to County Louth over the previous three years 2014 to 2016 by project name, location and funding...
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      656. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the applications submitted for funding projects from Louth county council in each of the years 2014 to 2016 in tabular form; and if...
    • Animal Welfare
      661. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has plans to impose an outright ban on the operation of wild animal circuses here in view of the fact that similar...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      662. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of persons that have applied under the young farmers scheme in each of the...
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      663. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts currently underway to make Irish farming more environmentally sustainable in view of Ireland's difficulty in reaching the...
    • TAMS Applications
      664. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if full approval will be given under TAMS II for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      665. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding entitlements under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      666. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37473/16]
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      667. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will open the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, agricultural fund to farmers; the operational breakdown of this...
    • Departmental Reports
      668. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reports commissioned by his Department since 2006 which, while completed or in final draft form, have not been published; the...
    • TAMS Applications
      669. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37572/16]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      670. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue for the Green Low carbon Agri-environment Scheme, GLAS, Areas of Natural Constraint, ANC, scheme, and hen...
    • Harbours and Piers Maintenance
      671. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of dredging works in Dingle harbour (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37581/16]
    • Non-Disclosure Agreements
      672. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department or the agencies that report to his Department entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements with...
    • Nitrates Action Programme Review
      673. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the transitional arrangements for pig farmers can be allowed to continue in the current format until the full review of the...
    • Carbon Tax Implementation
      674. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered introducing a carbon tax on beef and dairy products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37666/16]
    • Agriculture Industry
      675. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37667/16]
    • Horse Racing Ireland
      676. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 16 November 2016, if the nominee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, to the...
    • Ministerial Advisers Appointments
      677. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the appointment of additional special advisers by him and Ministers of State in his Department. [37882/16]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Waste Management
      678. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is anything prohibiting local councils from continuing to grant licences to small pay-by-bag domestic waste...
    • National Broadband Plan
      679. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the latest broadband development programme can deliver the much required service in all areas throughout the country...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      680. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the performance output of energy generated by Mount Lucas wind farm, County Offaly. [36876/16]
    • Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
      681. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will appoint the final Government appointee to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland; the timeframe for the...
    • Postal Codes
      687. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he requested the public broadcasting of advertisements on both television and radio promoting the use of Eircode...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      690. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff from his Department currently seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service per...
    • Commission for Energy Regulation
      694. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the structure being applied to a company (details supplied) for the sale of gas into the network here; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      696. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding that has been provided to County Louth over the previous three years 2014 to 2016 by project name, location...
    • Gas and Electricity Disconnections
      702. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure that gas and electricity companies will not disconnect customers from services during December 2016 and...
    • Electricity Generation
      703. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the materials, their volumes and their values that are imported by State agencies to fuel the generation of electricity...
    • Vacancies on State Boards
      704. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will fill the number of vacancies on the board of EirGrid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37529/16]
    • Departmental Reports
      705. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reports commissioned by his Department since 2006 which, while completed or are in final draft form, have not been...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      706. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total overall amount paid by way of grant aid to An Taisce from 2010 to 2016; and for each year respectively; and if...
    • Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity
      707. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a person has a right to refuse installation of a smart meter on their property on the grounds of the unknown health...
    • Non-Disclosure Agreements
      708. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department, or the agencies that report to his Department, entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality...
    • Commission for Energy Regulation
      709. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered using his powers under section 13 of the Communication Regulation Act 2002 to ensure proper and...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      710. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grant aid available for a company wishing to install a bio-mass burner instead of oil and gas; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Advisers Appointments
      711. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the appointment of additional special advisers by him and Ministers of State in his Department. [37885/16]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Test Regulations
      712. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a learner driver arriving at the test centre to take the driving test is unaccompanied by a qualified driver will be permitted to take...
    • Road Projects
      713. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland plans to carry out upgrade works on the N69 Kilcornan village as escalated by Limerick City and...
    • Taxi Regulations
      714. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for making the taxi services here more environmentally friendly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36870/16]
    • Tourism Promotion
      716. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available from his Department for 2017 for the development of walking and cycling tourism; the way this money will be...
    • Tourism Funding
      718. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding in 2017 for the community tourism initiative for the diaspora in view of the success of the scheme for small...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      719. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff from his Department currently seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service per annum from 2010 to...
    • Road Projects Status
      723. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of proposals to construct a bypass around Tipperary town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37025/16]
    • Road Projects
      724. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the decision of the UK to leave the EU results in the funds that the Government has pledged to the construction of the A5 in Northern...
    • Departmental Funding
      725. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that has been provided to County Louth over the previous three years, 2014 to 2016, inclusive, by project name, location and...
    • Legislative Measures
      731. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the provisions of the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015 will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37317/16]
    • Driver Licences Renewals
      732. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driving licence renewal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rural Transport Programme
      733. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has any planned policy or proposed legislation aimed at combatting rural isolation due to the lack of rural transportation; and if...
    • Road Projects Status
      734. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been allocated to Sligo County Council towards the development of the N4 Collooney-to-Castlebaldwin road...
    • Rail Network
      735. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the future of the Sligo-to-Dublin Irish Rail route has been thrown into doubt following comments by Irish Rail officials...
    • National Car Test
      736. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce an NCT or MOT requirement for trikes or three-wheeled motorbikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Network
      737. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available to urgently address the need for a bypass of Tipperary town; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      738. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress there has been in the implementation of section E, paragraph 1.4 of the Fresh Start-Stormont Agreement in the 12 months...
    • Departmental Reports
      739. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reports commissioned by his Department since 2006 which, while completed or in final draft form, have not been published; the reason...
    • Departmental Agencies
      740. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the concerns of a person (details supplied); if his Department will facilitate the person's requests to meet...
    • Road Projects
      741. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the early activities announced in relation to the M20 Cork-to-Limerick motorway project will include a review of the junction strategy...
    • Transport Policy
      742. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address an issue (details supplied). [37591/16]
    • Non-Disclosure Agreements
      743. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department, or the agencies that report to his Department, entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements with any...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Funding
      744. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37747/16]
    • Rail Services
      745. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, following the opening of the Luas cross city as far as Broombridge station, the Irish rail timetable will be amended to allow the...
    • Ministerial Advisers Appointments
      746. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the appointment of additional special advisers by him and Ministers of State in his Department. [37895/16]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Copyright Legislation Review
      747. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will undertake a full review of the rights of artists here including a thorough examination of existing copyright laws and the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      748. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff from her Department currently seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service per annum from 2010...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      752. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacancies currently on each board and State agency under the remit of her Department; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      753. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding that has been provided to County Louth over the three years 2014 to 2016 by project name, location and funding amount, in...
    • Departmental Reports
      759. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reports commissioned by her Department since 2006 which, while completed or are in final draft form, have not been published; the...
    • Employment Rights
      760. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if plans are being considered to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997, concerning Sunday premiums and supplemental...
    • Non-Disclosure Agreements
      761. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department or the agencies that report to her Department entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements with any...
    • Ministerial Advisers Appointments
      762. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the appointment of additional special advisers by her and Ministers of State in her Department. [37891/16]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Detention Centres
      763. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the separation policy in place in Oberstown detention centre; the number of times inmates were placed in isolation in each month of 2014,...
    • Adoption Records Provision
      764. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to concerns that the records of the victims of a mother and baby home (details supplied) in Cork are not...
    • Youth Services Funding
      765. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that has been allocated to youth services for 2017; the amount of funding that has been allocated to Foróige,...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      766. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff from her Department currently seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service per annum from 2010 to...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      770. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of vacancies currently on each board and State agency under the remit of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      771. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the sustainability fund; the criteria for inclusion in the interventions to assist community and not-for-profit child care...
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      772. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the new regulations coming on stream in January regarding the use of community employment...
    • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
      773. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the ECCE child care scheme has caused some difficulties for some child care providers...
    • Child Care Services Staff
      774. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether there is a crisis of sustainability in the child care sector not only in terms of pay and conditions for staff but in...
    • Child Care Costs
      775. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the measures announced recently in budget 2017 and the way they impact on parents; the way parents will avail of or be...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      776. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the new non-contact grant for child care services will be rolled out and first instalments paid to the services. [37192/16]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      777. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of the 2017 child care budget increase which is connected with the roll-out of measures announced in budget 2016. [37193/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      778. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding that has been provided to County Louth over the previous three years 2014 to 2016 by project name, location and funding amount,...
    • Greenways Development
      784. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will publish any statistics compiled by her Department regarding the increase in cycling activity among children and adolescents in...
    • Child Care Services
      785. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of hours of formal child care per week and the number of weeks per year a child will have to undertake for their parents to be...
    • Departmental Reports
      786. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reports commissioned by her Department since 2006 which while completed or are in final draft form have not been published; the reason...
    • Departmental Funding
      787. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the case of persons (details supplied) in County Louth; if her Department provided funding to repay a...
    • Non-Disclosure Agreements
      788. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department, or the agencies that report to her Department, entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements with any...
    • Youth Services
      789. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the provision of a youth officer for County Kildare in view of the fact that it is a county with one of the highest youth...
    • Ministerial Advisers Appointments
      790. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the appointment of additional special advisers by her and Ministers of State in her Department. [37884/16]
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      791. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff from his Department currently seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service per annum from 2010 to date in...
    • Departmental Funding
      795. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the funding that has been provided to County Louth over the previous three years 2014 to 2016 by project name, location and funding amount, in...
    • Defence Forces Reorganisation
      801. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated savings to the State since the standing down of the Fourth Western Brigade by the Government in 2012; if his attention has been...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      802. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of premises owned and or managed by his Department in each county; and the number of these currently unoccupied. [37423/16]
    • Departmental Reports
      803. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reports commissioned by his Department since 2006 which while completed or are in final draft form have not been published; the reason they...
    • Non-Disclosure Agreements
      804. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department, or the agencies that report to his Department, entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements with any...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      805. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 23 November 2016, the total number of hectares the Gormanstown Army Camp lands currently stand at;...
    • Ministerial Advisers Appointments
      806. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the appointment of additional special advisers by him and Ministers of State in his Department. [37886/16]

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