Written answers

Tuesday, 6 December 2016

  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are any grants or assistance to help small rural businesses in counties Cavan or Monaghan avail of higher speed...
    • Sustainable Development Strategy
      48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there were upwards of 400 persons at the sustainability gathering in...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to safeguard existing fixed wireless broadband networks in view of the ongoing tendering for the national...
    • Broadcasting Charge
      50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide private media companies with revenue from the broadcast charge fee; and if he will make a statement...
    • Television Licence Fee Collection
      51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ensure that the television licence fee is collected in full; and the discussions he has had with RTE...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the findings of the SEAI that greenhouse gas emissions here grew by 5% in 2015; his further views on the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to encourage the development of the electric vehicle fleet and electric vehicle charge points here. [38630/16]
    • Broadcasting Sector
      54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the national broadcaster has met the legal and regulatory requirements under the Broadcasting Act...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the current projected commencement date and completion date for the national broadband plan; and if he will...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of times the mobile phone and broadband task force has met; the action points that have been acted on from...
    • Departmental Priorities
      58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the ten most important proposals or initiatives contemplated by his Department calculated to be of most benefit in the...
    • Media Pluralism
      60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received the report on media diversity in Ireland published by the European University Institute's Centre for...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with the Communications Regulator regarding the quality and availability of mobile telephony...
    • Climate Change Negotiations
      62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the engagement he has had with his counterpart in the Northern Executive regarding an all-island approach to the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland is on target to meet binding European Union 2020 renewable targets; the fines that will be realised if not...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ensure universal access by all householders to high-speed mobile phone services in addition to high-speed...
    • Climate Change Policy
      65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his Department's definition of carbon neutrality and sustainable food production, in view of the fact that these terms are...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he envisages a long-term future for the burning of biomass in electric power generation. [38624/16]
    • Landfill Sites
      68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has a register of historical landfill sites around the country; and if he is satisfied that adequate...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the communication he has had with mobile phone companies and the British Government regarding cross-Border roaming charges...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made since he took office with regard to the roll-out of the national broadband plan; when it is expected the...
    • Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
      71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has received the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland's annual report for 2015; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan Data
      72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when his Department first announced plans to introduce the awaited national broadband plan; the dates on which various...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe for awarding the contract for the national broadband plan. [38508/16]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Data
      74. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of employment gains in each region in the 12 months to quarter 3 of 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38320/16]
    • Departmental Communications
      76. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has a policy regarding the use of an e-mail provider (details supplied) in view of his comments over the weekend of 26 and 27 November 2016 regarding...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure
      78. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of legal fees paid by his Department in respect of tribunals of inquiry established by the State and any resulting legal actions; and if he will provide these...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities....
    • Property Tax
      80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on escalating fees being imposed by property management companies in private housing developments; her plans to phase out such fees...
    • Employment Rights
      81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if plans are being considered to amend existing legislation governing employee entitlement for time off and-or reduced working hours for the...
    • Departmental Staff Careers
      82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason staff officers are not afforded the same promotional opportunities as other Civil Service grades (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Crime Prevention
      83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the civil society and industry groups she has consulted or contacted on enhancing and updating the legislative framework regarding the lawful...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether it is acceptable that in areas of the public service disclosures under the National Vetting Bureau relating to minor traffic...
    • Garda Training
      85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a senior garda in each Garda division has been trained to act as a resource and liaison mental health officer in line with the recommendation...
    • Garda Deployment
      86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number that make up the drugs squad within An Garda Síochána in County Waterford in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans regarding raising and or abolishing the mandatory retirement age; and if there are plans underway to progress the Employment Equality...
    • Court Procedures
      88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the advice that can be given to a person (details supplied) looking for information on a High Court case that was taken against that person's...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason it is taking so long to establish if a person (details supplied) will be entitled to naturalisation here, in view of the fact the...
    • Legal Aid Service
      90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of solicitors operating in County Meath; and if a person can avail of a voucher for a legal board office solicitor but yet be denied...
    • Missing Persons Data
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of all missing persons from the State and the dates of their disappearances in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will assist in expediting an application in respect of a person (details supplied). [38700/16]
    • Garda Investigations
      93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will meet and respond directly to a person (details supplied) regarding a matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38702/16]
    • Direct Provision System
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 72 and 73 of 22 June 2016, the progress of the outstanding 82 recommendations as outlined in the McMahon...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current levels of Garda and specialist staff numbers in the Criminal Assets Bureau; her plans to increase these staff resources; and if she...
    • Community Policing
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí by rank stationed in Coolock, Swords and Malahide as of November 2013, November 2014, November 2015 and...
    • Garda Operations
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána has a specific operation to target alcohol-related crime and anti-social behaviour in Dublin city centre over the...
    • Remembrance Commission
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received communication from persons (details supplied) requesting that she consider reopening the Remembrance Commission to allow it to...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts made on accepting refugees from the Syrian conflict and from Calais, France; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38815/16]
    • Citizenship Status
      100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on amending legislation to restore citizenship by birth here without reference to a person's parents' status; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda liaison officers with Europol from 2010 to date in 2016 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Districts
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile liaison officers per annum from 2010 to date in 2016 by Garda district in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
  • Department of Finance
    • Insurance Costs
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that insurers are charging significant sums for a change of address on motor insurance; if the Financial Services...
    • Tax Rebates
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review plans for a tax rebate for first-time buyers in view of the Central Bank's changes to the mortgage lending rules; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will formally publish legislation on the amalgamation of the offices of the Financial Services Ombudsman and the Pensions Ombudsman. [38328/16]
    • Insurance Costs
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice by some insurance companies to charge up to a 20% premium to cardiac first responders; and if he will make a...
    • Banking Sector Data
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties that each of the State backed banks calculate were lost by the owners due to the fact that the owners were wrongly on a tracker...
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to leaked documents consisting of thousands of emails, internal memos, and policy documents revealed to media organisations...
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance the price at which each of the mortgage and commercial loan books at a bank (details supplied) were sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38408/16]
    • Tax Credits
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding tax credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38437/16]
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage holders that have had their tracker mortgages restored to date as a result of the investigation ordered by the Central Bank or previous...
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance when a drug detection dog will be assigned to Ireland West International Airport, Knock, County Mayo (details supplied); the cost and the timeframe to train a...
    • Revenue Commissioners Resources
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the current level of resources which the customs division of the Revenue Commissioners has at its disposal to detect drugs at...
    • Revenue Commissioners Powers
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures which are applied by the customs division to detect ingested drugs on passengers arriving here via ports and airports, further to the Supreme...
    • Property Tax Data
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 26 October 2016, if he will provide a breakdown within each county of the four categories of deferrals and detail...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the vacancies in each functional area of the Central Bank and the percentage that vacancy rate represents of the staffing allocation for that...
    • EU Directives
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which he will comply with the European Union (Anti-Money Laundering Directive: Beneficial Ownership of Corporate Entities) Regulations 2016,...
    • Banking Operations
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank will carry out an investigation into the activities of a bank's global restructuring division (details supplied) following the opening of...
    • Property Tax Administration
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration was given to home owners who already paid stamp duty on purchasing their houses when the current local property tax, LPT, provisions were...
    • VAT Yield
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of VAT receipts which were collected in County Meath in each of the years 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016. [38796/16]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Provision
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding relating to applications for the introduction of new school bus services in suburban areas of Dublin currently without such services...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38397/16]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the shortage of secondary school places for children in Naas and Sallins, County Kildare; the steps his Department is taking to...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools in the Dublin north-west area that have special autism units to facilitate children with autism; and the number of...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the place that a school (details supplied) is on a waiting list for funding and approval of a new school building; the length of time it is...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an educational psychologist assessment will be sought in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building (details supplied); the timeframe for the completion of the school; the timeframe by stage and date; if...
    • Education Grants
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans his Department has to offer supports for families which fall outside the income limits for a student maintenance or fee...
    • School Transport Review
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of the school transport scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38392/16]
    • Third Level Staff Data
      134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of all staff employed in third level education to address issues of access among disadvantaged socioeconomic...
    • Access to Higher Education
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff employed across higher education institutions to administer the Higher Education Access Route and Disability Access Route to...
    • Student Assistance Fund
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money spent by each higher education institution under the student assistance fund for the 2016/2017 academic year to date; the...
    • Institutes of Technology Funding
      137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to assist Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, and in particular the Mayo campus, which has highlighted the financial...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action his Department will take to increase pupil capacity in a school (details supplied) in order that the problems outlined by a person...
    • Teaching Contracts
      140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if employees redesignated as tutors in order to retain posts but avoid the necessity to register with the Teaching Council are required to...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is entitled to window replacements on the older school building; and if this school may be eligible for a grant....
    • School Closures
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will provide a response to parents of the children of a school to be closed (details supplied) regarding the future of the school site to...
    • Preschool Services
      143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will liaise with an organisation (details supplied) in regard to an application by a school to provide preschool services; the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the commitment to the opening of the gaelcholáiste for north Kildare in Maynooth in 2019 as indicated in the school...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure accelerated delivery of an urgent school building application (details supplied); when the school can expect commencement of...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make funding available to allow for the installation of broadband, the provision of computers and the associated computer room set up...
    • Oideachas Gaeilge
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an dtabharfaidh sé sonraí maidir le líon iomlán na ndaltaí atá ag freastal ar iarbhunscoileanna Gaeltachta agus...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the amalgamation of national schools in Cahir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38487/16]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of all applications for DEIS status for schools in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38488/16]
    • Institutes of Technology Expenditure
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Waterford Institute of Technology was running a surplus or a deficit in each of the years 2007 to 2016 to date; the plans in place to deal...
    • Institutes of Technology Funding
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has given recent consideration to providing capital funding for an engineering block at Waterford Institute of Technology; and if he will...
    • Institutes of Technology Expenditure
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the money spent by Waterford Institute of Technology through public procurement contracts in each of the years 2007 to 2016 to date, in tabular...
    • Technological Universities
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a technological university differs from existing universities or institutes of technology; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider revising the residency rules governing eligibility for the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grant which prevents...
    • Third Level Funding
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 24 November 2016, if he will provide a breakdown of funding per capita for each third level...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a design team has now been assigned to move a school building project forward (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if buildings (details supplied) are being considered for a new school in the Scribblestown and Finglas west area of Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • School Transport
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding inspections for buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38713/16]
    • School Accommodation
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €20 million spent on prefabs across the State refers to rental or to upgrade or replacement; if he will provide a breakdown of the...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 15 November 2016, if he will reverse a pay deduction to some ASTI members who opted out of...
    • Institutes of Technology Funding
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the core State funding awarded to Waterford Institute of Technology in each of the years 2007 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Technological Universities
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new funding model that will pertain to technological universities; if they will be allowed to borrow; if they will be allowed to access...
    • Student Data
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide figures on student enrolment and numbers at Waterford Institute of Technology for each of the years 2007 to 2016 to date; and...
    • Third Level Funding
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of core funding awarded to each university in the State for research and development for each of the years 2009 to 2016 to date in...
    • Institutes of Technology Funding
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is giving consideration to the introduction of a stability and equity fund for institutes of technology; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement his Department has with Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, regarding the implementation schedule for the international...
    • Social Insurance Refunds
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will rectify a long-standing anomaly in relation to a PRSI overpayment and underpayment of pension contribution in respect of a person...
    • Special Educational Needs
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding schemes that are available to schools and preschools that need to acquire agility and sensory play equipment for students with...
    • School Staff
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the special circumstances in the case of a school (details supplied) and allocate a second teacher as one teacher is now in a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that consideration is given to students applying to SUSI for higher education grants where their family income has decreased...
    • School Accommodation
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for additional accommodation in a school (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Nitrates Usage
      179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will extend the transitional agreements to allow pig and poultry farmers to spread their slurry and litter...
    • Motor Tax Yield
      180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue that has been raised by commercial motor tax for each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date. [38501/16]
    • Commission on Domestic Public Water Services
      183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if Ministers and Deputies who sit on the Expert Commission on Domestic Public Water Services are paid extra for...
    • Local Authority Housing
      184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the funding for amalgamation works in senior citizen complexes will be continued for 2017 (details supplied); if...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if all pre-2011 RAS tenants are eligible to remain on their local authorities housing lists and have access to...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); if there is a way in which he can intervene in this case;...
    • Local Authority Staff Remuneration
      187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason some local authorities still have health and safety officers on the old clerical pay grades, in...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 28 of 17 November 2016, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the...
    • International Conventions
      189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he sought legal opinion from the Attorney General on whether the strategic housing section of the Planning and...
    • Local Authority Staff Remuneration
      190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the treatment of pension related deductions from local authority staff with regard to the funding of local...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the working group established to deliver a new urban renewal scheme to regenerate central urban areas has...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of compensation paid out by local authorities in the past three years for damage caused by potholes in...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Data
      194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the latest figures from the Residential Tenancies Board or elsewhere on the estimated number of tenants in the...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to have carer's allowance included as reckonable income to qualify under the tenant purchase scheme. [38543/16]
    • Electoral Commission Administration
      197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 18 October 2016, if he will provide a further update as to when the...
    • National Spatial Strategy
      199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the national spatial strategy with specific reference to Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will...
    • Water Services Expenditure
      200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amounts paid by his Department in grants and supports for those operating private or group water schemes for...
    • Library Services Funding
      201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the library services applying to his Department for funding for the open library...
    • Commercial Rates
      202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the assistance and supports available to retailers in circumstances in which a local business finds itself in...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of houses and apartments purchased by each local authority in 2015 and to date in 2016, in tabular form;...
    • Library Services Staff
      204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the roll-out of unstaffed libraries; his further views on the important role of library staff; and if...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of houses the local authority purchased off the open market in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date in...
    • Emergency Accommodation Data
      207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount his Department paid on bed and breakfast accommodation due to the severe housing crisis in each of the...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of properties which have received a damage condition rating of one and those that have received a damage...
    • Environmental Policy
      212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has written to the European Commission to notify it that the Government plans to introduce legislation to ban...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total amount of money given on the rural water programme, private well grants and new group water schemes...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Insurance
      214. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a widow in receipt of a widow's pension and rental income is exempt from paying PRSI. [38711/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      216. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an invalidity pension will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38288/16]
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      217. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons in receipt of illness benefit are exempt from receiving the Christmas bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38293/16]
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      219. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's benefit in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38295/16]
    • Pension Provisions
      220. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there will be other instances in State pension, or otherwise, in which entitlement to pension payments on death of an LGBT spouse or a widow's...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      221. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
      222. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal on a rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38323/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      223. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      224. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the policy in respect of recouping an overpayment to a person that is now deceased; if there is a Statute of Limitation; the appeals process in...
    • Data Collection
      225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the instances in which persons' personal information is shared with third party companies; if PPS numbers, for instance, are treated with...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      226. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a domiciliary care allowance award in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be backdated; and if he will make a statement...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Payments
      227. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if maintenance payments due by a person (details supplied) will be deducted from their benefit payment and paid to the person's spouse. [38417/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an appeal to a decision for arrears of domiciliary care allowance to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Family Income Supplement Appeals
      229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the status of a family income supplement in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38440/16]
    • Homeless Persons Data
      230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection whether his Department provides the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government with the number of homeless adults and children...
    • School Meals Programme
      231. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline the provisions to be taken to ensure the successful roll out of the schools meals scheme as announced in budget 2017; if storage, waste...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      232. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will restore the average PRSI contributions required to qualify for the contributory old age pension to the levels applicable prior to the...
    • Pension Provisions
      233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline the compensation he is putting in place for former workers at a company (details supplied) with unpurchased pensionable years as part of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      234. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding waiting times for social protection applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38547/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      235. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a carer's allowance payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in view of the fact this was approved by the Social Welfare Appeals...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments
      236. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the number of persons in respect of whom domiciliary care allowance was being paid up to their 16th birthday, and, having reached this...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Payments
      238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline the proposed changes to the way rent allowance is being paid (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38655/16]
    • Community Services Programme
      239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set down the number of first-time applications submitted seeking funding from the community services programme in County Tipperary in the past 12...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity pension will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38707/16]
    • Disability Allowance Renewals
      242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the status of a review on a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will re-examine changes which were made to the eligibility criteria for the contributory pension system in 2015, whereby contributions were...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment will commence in respect of a carer's allowance application that was awarded after an appeal on the part of a person (details...
    • Pensions Legislation
      245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline his plans to review the minimum funding standard provisions in the 1990 Pensions Act (as amended), particularly if it is having...
    • Disablement Benefit
      246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reopen an application for benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) with a view to granting them the benefit; and if he will...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a Christmas bonus is payable to a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of a jobseeker's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      248. 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. [38818/16]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal by a person (details supplied) which was furnished on 17 May 2016 and wherein a decision was made on 22 November...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Applications Fees
      250. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will reduce the cost of passports for old age pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38448/16]
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      251. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any of the money allocated to Irish Aid for 2017 will be used to specifically support the Yazidi people; and if he will make a statement...
    • Passport Services
      255. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that first time adult applicants for passports, who are requested to present a photocopy of their public services card, PSC, but...
    • Human Rights
      256. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has requested the Irish ambassador to the United States to report on the issue of Standing Rock Reservation, the protests taking place...
    • Human Rights Cases
      257. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request the Government of Pakistan to pardon a person (details supplied); if he will highlight their case; and if he will make a...
    • EU Enlargement
      258. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding Serbia, Montenegro, FYR Macedonia and Iceland becoming members of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Passport Applications Data
      259. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of first-time applications for Irish passports in the past three years to date in 2016 by county and jurisdiction, including the...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      260. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he has undertaken in regard to the conflict in Syria and the humanitarian crisis there; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      261. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting in Paris with his French counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38824/16]
    • Northern Ireland
      262. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status and implementation of the Fresh Start Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38825/16]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Protected Disclosures
      263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the channels available to members of the public that are not employees to make a protected disclosure in instances in which they have a...
    • Garda Station Closures
      264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a county update on the number of closed Garda stations that have been sold since 2011; the total revenue raised; and...
    • Garda Station Expenditure
      265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual cost of security and maintenance on closed Garda stations that have not been sold by county in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Garda Expenditure
      266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the monthly rental costs including penalties incurred on An Garda Síochána's regional...
    • Public Sector Pay
      267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the different set of circumstances that the Labour Court recommendation on Garda pay has created for expenditure but also...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 24 November 2016 the name of the appointed consultant; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the area of public procurement in which it is impossible for small businesses in the locality of a Government...
    • Public Parks Conveniences
      271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will improve toilet facilities at the Phoenix Park for families using the park; and if he will make a...
    • Drainage Schemes
      272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reimbursed for remedial works they had to carry out on their lands following the...
    • Departmental Staff Promotions
      273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the processes he has in place to ensure his Department's approval is given before the commencement of any administrative process for...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the interactions, including dates of contact, dates of meetings and so on which his Department has had with the Department of Defence or...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Animal Welfare
      275. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to an incident on 26 November 2016 (details supplied) during which a number of dogs were put down...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      276. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of proposals to give the motor tax renewal scheme to post offices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38361/16]
    • Buiséad Údarás na Gaeltachta
      277. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na céimeanna atá tógtha aici lena chinntiú go n-úsáidfear an t-airgead breise a cuireadh ar...
    • Historical Records
      278. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts being made to keep a document (details supplied) within the ownership of the State; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga
      279. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén fáth go bhfuil gearradh siar breis agus €41,000 déanta ar dheontas Muintearas (Iarthar\Iar-Thuaisceart agus...
  • Department of Health
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      280. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of transport to a person (details supplied) and other day services for adults with learning difficulties who lose their...
    • Health Services Provision
      281. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of the HSE on the services provided by chiropractors privately; if there is any equivalent service from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      282. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 564 of 15 November 2016, the reason the subsequent response issued by the Ambulance Service does not include the data...
    • Community Drug Schemes
      283. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38319/16]
    • HSE Correspondence
      284. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay by the HSE in responding to a submitted representation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38326/16]
    • Vaccination Programme Data
      285. To ask the Minister for Health the advertising budget for the years 2010 to 2015 for immunisation programmes by sector (details supplied). [38332/16]
    • Vaccination Programme
      286. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the Gardasil vaccination programme administered by the HSE on behalf of his Department for each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date. [38333/16]
    • Vaccination Programme Data
      287. To ask the Minister for Health the projected number of persons annually that will be saved as a result of the Gardasil vaccination programme and any research documents to support any claims;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      288. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the success of the current smear test as administered by the HSE may be interpreted as justifying the success of the Gardasil vaccine....
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      289. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to extend the entitlement to a medical card for all children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Hospital Visits
      290. To ask the Minister for Health the purpose of his visit to University Hospital Waterford on 28 November 2016; the reason it was an unannounced visit; the detail of the persons who...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      291. 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. [38370/16]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      292. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a psychologist has not been appointed to County Kildare for children requiring such services; if his attention has been drawn to the large demand...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      293. To ask the Minister for Health the longest period for which children in County Wexford are waiting on occupational therapy services; the average length of time children in County Wexford are...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      294. To ask the Minister for Health the policies he and his Department are pursuing to ensure that the drug Orkambi will be available for cystic fibrosis patients here; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      295. To ask the Minister for Health the number of reports that have been commissioned by him since his appointment; the number that have been received by him; the number outstanding; and if he...
    • Departmental Meetings
      297. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings that have taken place with the chief executive officer of the HSE, or other senior HSE directors, since his appointment; the decisions...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      298. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the current activities being undertaken as part of the 2016-2017 winter initiative; the amount that has been expended to date;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      299. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Wexford on a waiting list for occupational therapy; the number of children in County Wexford awaiting occupational therapy...
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      300. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of money spent on cyber and IT security by each hospital across all seven hospital groups for each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date in...
    • Ambulance Service
      301. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money ring-fenced under budget 2017 for the progression of the new ambulance station in Edenderry, County Offaly, as was committed to by the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      302. To ask the Minister for Health the action plan that has been put in place as a result of local meetings with HSE management in order to address the ongoing issues affecting children in...
    • Ambulance Service
      303. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances that will operate out of the new station in Edenderry, County Offaly, when it is completed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private or agency psychologists who are currently employed to advance the progressing disability services initiative; and if he will make a...
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      306. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to fund those persons who find themselves in a situation with the home care packages which are being sanctioned at present...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      307. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a waiting list of between 13 and 20 months in County Kildare to get on a methadone programme despite the fact that there is no local drugs...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      308. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to cut funding for addiction services in counties Kildare and west Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38406/16]
    • Occupational Therapy
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the status of waiting lists for children for occupational therapy assessments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38415/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      310. To ask the Minister for Health when funding for nursing care to enable two persons (details supplied) attend school will be provided in view of the commitment given by him in early October...
    • Mental Health Services Report
      311. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of each of the recommendations of 15.1.1 to 15.1.9, inclusive, of a Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      312. To ask the Minister for Health the number of counties which have a seven-day support team for mental health; the details of same in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Data
      314. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals which have a psychiatric nurse employed in emergency departments; the detail of same in each case; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      315. To ask the Minister for Health the list of agencies funded by NOSP, National Office for Suicide Prevention, in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38430/16]
    • Health Services Staff
      316. To ask the Minister for Health if wages, holiday pay and all other entitlements due to a person (details supplied) will be paid to them immediately; if a reference will be provided for the...
    • Health Products Regulatory Authority
      317. To ask the Minister for Health the channels available to members of the public to raise concerns or make complaints regarding beliefs concerning widespread malpractice and policy failure in...
    • National Children's Hospital
      318. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 23 November 2016, the cost in legal fees after the HSE acquired the freehold interest in a portion of the site at...
    • Health Services Funding
      319. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the funding for counsellor and neuro-physiotherapist services for persons that who have suffered aneurysms or strokes; and if he will make...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on services from CAMHS for less than 12 months, less than 24 months and less than 36 months; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      322. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of an invalidity allowance and has health issues will be allowed to retire on health grounds from their...
    • General Practitioner Services
      323. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Laois who have been refused access to a general practitioner service under the medical card system in view of the fact the...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      324. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of the posts from the 2015 €35 million funding for mental health; the number of posts this allocation supports; the number...
    • Disability Services Provision
      325. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 6 October 2016, if he will ensure that a response is provided by either him or the HSE to a proposal from a...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      326. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 993 of 16 September 2016, the number of convicted persons under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 that are in receipt of...
    • Health Services
      327. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38527/16]
    • Hospital Staff
      328. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the severe staff shortages in the maternity unit at Mayo University Hospital, particularly in view of the strike action being taken by INMO...
    • Mental Health Policy
      329. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a system in place whereby persons in mental health institutions who do not have any family members to advocate for them have an advocate assigned...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      330. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the need for more funding for mental health for community based and accessible safe harbours in the County Waterford area;...
    • Health Services Staff
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) did not have their social worker replaced after their social worker went on maternity leave; if he will arrange for a...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      332. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent across departments on agency staff by the Cavan and Monaghan hospital group in 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of dispensing one treatment of methadone to a person with an opioid dependence; the number of trained medical practitioners that can dispense...
    • Alcohol Treatment Programmes
      334. To ask the Minister for Health the roll-out stages and funding allocation for the extension of the CARE project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38544/16]
    • Disease Management
      336. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider developing a national strategy for those suffering from colitis and Crohn's disease, with particular focus on equitable access to...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      337. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 17 November 2016, when he will make a decision regarding a new acquired brain injury unit in County Longford...
    • Primary Care Centres
      338. To ask the Minister for Health if a site has been chosen for the primary care centre in Carrickmacross; if so, the timeline for works commencing; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      339. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 18 October 2016, if he will provide a further update as to when the national steering group established by him to...
    • Vaccination Programme
      340. To ask the Minister for Health if there is significant under reporting of HPV vaccine adverse reactions to the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA; his plans to provide an advertising...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      343. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 614 of 15 November 2016 and 536 of 29 November 2016, if the capital programme for nursing home facilities 2016 to 2021...
    • General Practitioner Data
      344. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1386 of 16 September 2016, the reason no reply has issued. [38600/16]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the private hospitals and health providers that are under contract with the National Treatment Purchase Fund, his Department and the HSE with respect to the...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      347. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drugs where, following the NCPE, National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, assessment of the manufacturer's economic dossier on the cost...
    • Rare Diseases Strategy
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the 48 recommendations of the national steering group on rare diseases; the specific actions being taken on access to...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      350. To ask the Minister for Health further to the budget 2017 announcement of additional funding being made to the NTPF, the evaluation mechanisms that are in place to ensure value for money in...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      351. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the number of available inpatient beds has reduced from 12,051 in 2006 to 10,473 in 2015 and 10,629 in 2016 to date; the number of psychiatry and...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
      352. To ask the Minister for Health if data is being collected in relation to the type of treatment, the cost of treatment and the patient outcome for services commissioned from the private...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      353. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for hip surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38613/16]
    • Protected Disclosures
      354. To ask the Minister for Health if allegations are being independently investigated regarding reports from a whistleblower concerning patients' deaths in the Mid Western Regional Hospital in...
    • Primary Care Centres
      356. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed new primary care centre in Bettystown, County Meath, will open; the range of services to be provided at the centre; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      357. To ask the Minister for Health if it is compulsory or lawful for a nursing home to charge families a €20 recreational fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38678/16]
    • Home Help Service
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the status of extra home help hours in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38679/16]
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      360. To ask the Minister for Health if he proposes to include a device (details supplied) for testing blood glucose levels for a diabetic on the long-term illness scheme as it is a cheaper method...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      361. To ask the Minister for Health if a gym for persons with disabilities (details supplied) in County Longford is being closed; the reason this would occur despite the need for such a facility;...
    • Home Help Service
      363. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38714/16]
    • Hospital Services
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol in South Tipperary General Hospital was implemented in each of the years 2011 to 2015 and 2016 to date; and if...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      365. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the terms of the financial assessment in the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38719/16]
    • Supported Residential Accommodation Provision
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who is waiting for long-term residential care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38720/16]
    • Health Services
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application to the HSE in respect of a person (details supplied). [38725/16]
    • Respite Care Grant Expenditure
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the amounts spent by HSE Wexford disability services on full-time adult residential placements, both locally delivered residential services and external...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      370. To ask the Minister for Health when a cataract appointment will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38756/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for cataract patients in County Galway from time of referral to treatment; the reason for the delays; his plans to address the waiting...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); if a timeframe will be arranged as soon as possible; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      374. To ask the Minister for Health when the child and adolescent mental health service for Dublin 15, currently located in Cherry Orchard in Ballyfermot, will be transferred to the local health...
    • Disease Awareness
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure awareness in the community with regard to the causes and symptoms of Lyme disease and to ensure that the medical profession...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      376. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a procedure for a person (details supplied). [38770/16]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      377. To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed to add new PKU-suitable foods to the various reimbursement schemes in view of the acute difficulties being experienced currently by those...
    • Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
      378. To ask the Minister for Health if he will waive the costs for women pursuing legal challenges through the courts, including, where appropriate, in appeals to the Supreme Court regarding...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress report on the new building works announced following the allocation of funds for a home (details supplied); when building works will...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38790/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      381. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment date for Tallaght general hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38792/16]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      383. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1,219 of 16 September 2016, subsequently referred to the HSE for direct reply, if the post referred to has now been...
    • HSE Staff
      384. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the status of a person (details supplied) who is a HSE employee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38819/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      385. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 574 of 29 November 2016, his views on whether it is satisfactory that a child in County Tipperary should be told that the...
    • Audiology Services Provision
      387. To ask the Minister for Health how long it takes for persons in counties Limerick and Clare to be fitted with a hearing aid after having audiology examinations and having ascertained the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Afforestation Programme
      389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he can generate an increase in forestry development through the use of marginal lands with the objective of...
    • Climate Change Policy
      390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to co-ordinate meeting carbon methane reduction targets without detrimental effects on the agri food sector; and if he will...
    • Transfer of Entitlements Application
      391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38283/16]
    • Inland Fisheries Stocks
      392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the damage to vulnerable stocks in inshore waters by the practice of pair trawling; his plans to...
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason horse breeders and other stakeholders were not made aware of a statutory instrument (details supplied) which came into...
    • Food Safety Standards
      394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the report carried out by a person (details supplied) proves that it is safe for horses to enter the food chain, providing the...
    • Coillte Teoranta Activities
      395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed future plans of Coillte Teoranta for a forest park (details supplied); if there have been any offers made in the past...
    • Felling Licences
      396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grounds on which the forestry service can refuse a felling licence to a private forestry owner; if the age of the forestry is...
    • Fish Quotas
      398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the new Irish fishing quotas; the details of the medium-term strategy of the Government for this...
    • Fisheries Protection
      399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ban super trawlers from Irish waters; and if he will put an emergency measure in place such as putting...
    • Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
      400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the package currently on offer to farmers with lands sterilised due to the hen harrier differs from the detail...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the basic farm payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [38356/16]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the national reserve scheme; if he will address fears by young farmers wanting to avail of the scheme; and if he will...
    • Dairy Sector
      403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the move by the European Commission to release 22,500 tonnes of skimmed milk powder onto the market; the way in which...
    • Agriculture Scheme Penalties
      404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Offaly who have been penalised for non-compliance with various schemes over each of the past three...
    • Farm Inspections
      405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Offaly who have been inspected over each of the past three years; the number of these that have had...
    • Animal Welfare
      407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the use of a live reindeer in a busy Dublin shopping centre (details supplied); the regulations...
    • Grant Aid
      408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an emergency compensation fund will be made available to grain farmers situated on the western seaboard who have had a poor year...
    • Harbours and Piers Maintenance
      409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the need for a spooling winch at the pier or slipway in Ardmore, County Waterford, to assist local...
    • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications
      410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under a scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [38540/16]
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of entitlements a person (details supplied) in County Galway has; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38552/16]
    • Dairy Hygiene Scheme Applications
      412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38580/16]
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason persons (details supplied) in County Mayo have not received payment under the single farm payment scheme; and if he will...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 23 November 2016, when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Forestry Grants
      415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 3 November 2016, the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • GLAS Payments
      416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 398 of 2 November 2016, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Rural Development Programme
      417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that it is possible via the official rural development programme amendment process to seek the transfer of...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the agri finance scheme as announced in budget 2017 will commence; the criteria farmers must meet to be eligible for the fund;...
    • Historical Records
      419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure access to the historical records of the Land Commission are facilitated for researchers (details...
    • Beef Industry
      420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding culling Friesian bulls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38817/16]
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made in respect of an application for an oyster farm (details supplied) in County Donegal; if a decision is...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Radon Control Strategy
      422. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the supports available for residents of counties deemed high priority by the EPA with respect to reducing radon gas...
    • Fisheries Protection
      423. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will alleviate the concerns of west Clare anglers who are of the view that County Clare is the only coastal county...
    • Media Mergers
      424. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the stage the proposed determination regarding an acquisition (details supplied) has reached within his Department; if he...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      425. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the provision he will make to ensure that existing fixed wireless broadband users can continue to have access to...
    • National Broadband Plan
      426. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to ensure large companies that are tendering for the national broadband plan do not gain such...
    • Company Data
      427. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 26 November 2015, when EirGrid will provide an answer to this question which...
    • Inland Fisheries Data
      428. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the results of the survey of the River Barrow conducted by Inland Fisheries Ireland will be published, in view of...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      429. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if grant aid is available to assist small enterprises to install 3 phase electricity in view of the substantial costs...
    • Climate Change Policy
      430. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the draft national mitigation plan due to be presented represents Ireland's fair share, based on GNI...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      431. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is grant aid available for solar farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38654/16]
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      432. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are plans to designate the blue areas, commercial providers, identified in the high speed broadband map into the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      435. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated costs which will be incurred for utilising the existing infrastructure of national networks to roll out...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      439. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the upcoming 3.6 Ghz spectrum award could result in the reduction of competition in the next...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      440. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way in which he will ensure that his energy and climate change plan will deliver 16% binding renewable targets by...
    • Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme
      441. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will progress the extension to the renewable energy feed in tariff 2 support scheme for those in the development of...
    • Climate Change Policy
      442. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he expects to meet carbon reduction targets in the time given; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      443. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress to date in meeting his Departments targets in respect of quality and access to broadband; and if he will...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      444. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent of his discussions with the communications regulator in the matter of the upgrading of the mobile telephone...
    • Electric Vehicles
      447. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his expectations and proposals to encourage the use of electric cars as a means of carbon reduction; and if he will make...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      448. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress on the roll-out of fibre broadband on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38872/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      449. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total budget for all environmentally friendly schemes his Department administers in the coming year; and if he will...
    • National Postcode System Implementation
      452. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he requested the public broadcasting of advertisements on both TV and radio promoting the use of Eircode postcodes...
    • National Postcode System Expenditure
      454. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the public broadcaster covered the cost of the production and transmission of the Eircode postcode public service...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Legislative Measures
      455. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the implementation of a new Coast Guard Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38795/16]
    • Football Players Transfer System
      456. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of British soccer scouts operating here in recruiting underage footballers for British-based football clubs; and if he will...
    • Road Projects Status
      458. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the N5 road for the Castlebar to Westport section; the amount this will cost; the money that had been ring-fenced for the...
    • Cycling Policy
      459. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions being taken by his Department to provide safety training for students for cycling at primary school level; the details of his...
    • Electric Vehicles
      460. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) with a current full clean driving licence from Nova Scotia, but also with a previous lapsed full clean...
    • Public Service Vehicles
      462. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding to the coach passenger industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38373/16]
    • Rail Network
      463. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis of the commercial value of the Limerick to Ballybrophy railway line and its...
    • Ferry Services Provision
      464. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a new ferry for Valentia Island (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38413/16]
    • Road Projects Status
      465. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if work has commenced in the early activities in the construction of the M20 Cork to Limerick motorway, as set out in decision one of his...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      466. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide emergency funding to Kerry County Council to carry out works on the Dale Road, Abbeydorney Cross to Ballinclogher...
    • Trans European Transport Network Programme
      467. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if meetings have previously been scheduled between him and the European co-ordinator for the North Sea-Mediterranean TEN-T corridor;...
    • Public Service Vehicles
      468. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of wheelchair accessible taxis by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38542/16]
    • Public Transport
      469. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate with the National Transport Authority chief executive officer (details supplied) when the agency which she heads...
    • Tourism Industry
      470. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made to develop the Ireland Lakelands brand as a separate proposition to sit alongside the Wild Atlantic Way...
    • Free Travel Scheme Review
      471. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the free travel initiative for children during the summer to all areas of the State; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rural Transport Services
      472. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the real danger that rural bus services will disappear over the coming months leaving large swathes of rural Ireland...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      473. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the DART expansion programme and the electrification of the Sligo line from Connolly to Maynooth, together with removal of...
    • Driver Licences Applications
      474. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if persons over 70 years of age can apply to have their driving licence renewed to the NDLS by post, rather than having to attend in...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      475. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects construction to begin on the national velodrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38737/16]
    • Rail Network
      476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek assurances from the chief executive officer of Iarnród Éireann that extra security will be provided to the...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      478. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of road block funding grants allocated to each county for each of the years 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016 in tabular form....
    • Tourism Promotion
      479. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to ensure that Tourism Ireland, Fáilte Ireland and such other tourism organisations will provide information...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
      480. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department approved design work (details supplied); when works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38831/16]
    • Aviation Issues
      482. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of permits that were issued to carry munitions of war through Ireland or Irish airspace in 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the payment to the Irish Aviation Authority by his Department to cover the costs of US military planes landing in Shannon Airport and air...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Abuse
      484. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the work of the Ferns 5 national steering committee and the implementation of the recommendation of the Ferns 5 report. [38329/16]
    • Youth Cafés Provision
      485. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for capital funding in 2017 for development of new youth service facilities and youth cafés. [38330/16]
    • Children in Care
      486. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of non-Irish nationals by nationality currently within the care system in tabular form; the number of instances in these cases...
    • Psychological Services
      487. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if dedicated psychiatric services will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      488. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department does not provide the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government with the number of homeless adults...
    • Children in Care
      489. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 714 and 715 of 15 November 2016, if the numbers provided for children under one year of age taken...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      490. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 581 of 29 November 2011 and 569 of 22 November 2016, the number of staff allocated to the HSE and...
    • Child Care Qualifications
      491. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that all members of staff in child care which count towards ratios are trained up to FETAC level 5 with regard to...
    • Child Care Services
      492. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the grants available for disability ramps for a child-care facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38651/16]
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      493. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for opening the adoption programme between Ireland and Haiti; and if she will prioritise that programme in view of the fact that...
  • Department of Defence
    • European Defence Capabilities
      494. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will clarify the Government’s position on the European military headquarters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38722/16]
    • Easter Rising Commemorations
      495. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason Louth Civil Defence did not take part in the 1916 commemoration parade on 27 March 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ferry Services Provision
      496. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any contingency plans have been put in place involving the Naval Service to provide a replacement ferry service for the persons of Inis...
    • Civil Defence
      497. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he will take to provide alternative, suitable and appropriate accommodation for Westmeath Civil Defence, as the current accommodation...

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