Written answers
Thursday, 8 December 2016
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Employment Appeals Tribunal
7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the average waiting time for a person to have an unfair dismissal case heard at the Employment Appeals Tribunal; and the measures she...
- Personal Injury Claims
14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide an update on the revised Book of Quantum by injuriesboard.ie; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39110/16]
- Job Creation
15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will address the ongoing issue of business closures in rural towns across Ireland; the way in which her Department is working...
- Unfair Dismissals
17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the recourse available to a person (details supplied) with regard to a case of unfair dismissal; and if she will make a statement on...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the mechanisms that have been explored through which SMEs can reward key employees with share options in a tax efficient manner; and if...
- IDA Site Visits
19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide an update on regional IDA site visits and vacant properties in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Employment Rights
20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the six monthly reports on inspections that used to be produced by the National Employment Rights Authority can be reinstituted....
- Employment Data
21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total employment in the State in agri and food companies assisted by the IDA and Enterprise Ireland respectively; the policies...
- Unemployment Levels
22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on unemployment rates in County Wexford and the south east region, which have been consistently higher than the national...
- Research and Development Supports
23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the next steps for the PRTLI programme; when a successor phase will be rolled out; and the funding it will carry and its...
- Departmental Expenditure
24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the way she plans to use the €52 million capital allocation to her Department; the...
- Job Creation Targets
25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the confidence levels among Dublin businesses falling for a third consecutive quarter in 2016 according to Dublin Chamber...
- Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the CETA trade talks and their current status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36270/16]
- Research and Development Funding
28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the immediate contingency steps she is taking with European colleagues to ensure EU research and development funding is not reduced...
- Emigrant Support Services
29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to facilitate the return of at least 70,000 emigrants here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39101/16]
- Legislative Programme
31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to the publication of the autumn legislative programme, when legislative proposals regarding protections for workers on...
- Jobs Initiative
32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific measures, outside of the south east region action plan for jobs, being taken to create jobs in counties with high levels...
- Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme Data
33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the companies and businesses that have accessed the micro finance loan fund by sector, number of employees and region, in tabular form;...
- Brexit Issues
35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she and her Department have plans to offset the potential impact of Brexit; if she expects to concentrate on the...
- Company Law
36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will extend the expiry date as provided under section 279(2) of the Companies Act 2014 to enable qualifying companies use the...
- Regional Development Initiatives
37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has had discussions with Enterprise Ireland and the IDA in relation to the possibility of opening up IDA sites and buildings...
- Zero-hour Contracts
38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress of the protections for workers on insecure low hour contracts legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Remuneration
40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full year cost and, separately, the cost in 2016 of changes to Garda pay and allowances as per a Labour Court recommendation; and if she will...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Syrian refugees resettled here in 2016; the anticipated number to be settled here during the first quarter of 2017; and if she will...
- Irish Sign Language
42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the motion passed by the European Parliament on 23 November 2016 regarding Irish Sign Language and sign interpreters (details...
- Garda Deployment
44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a Garda position (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39171/16]
- Fines Data
45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of fines that were paid since the enactment of the Fines (Payment and Recovery) Act 2014 in January 2016, specifically in relation...
- Immigration Status
46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in the regularisation of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Naturalisation Applications
48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the residency status or, if naturalisation is necessary, if eligibility has been determined in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Visa Applications
49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when a travel visa will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39218/16]
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure the suspension of any proposals to deport in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Visa Applications
51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when a visa may issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39223/16]
- Asylum Applications
52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39225/16]
- Work Permits Applications
53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to facilitate the issue of stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Immigration Status
54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary question number 86 of 29 November 2016, if the correspondence (details supplied) was not received, if it can be reissued;...
- Direct Provision Data
55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and ages of children currently in direct provision. [39239/16]
- Court Accommodation Refurbishment
56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to refurbish or engage in any maintenance work of Carndonagh Courthouse, County Donegal. [39255/16]
- Coroners Service
57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if persons in the Inishowen Peninsula of County Donegal will have to travel outside the peninsula for coroners' inquests in future. [39261/16]
- Courts Service Administration
58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances in each of the past three years of criminal cases involving child sexual abuse being delayed due to inefficient court...
- Garda Deployment
59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí allocated to the Blanchardstown Garda division; the number of community Gardaí assigned to that district; the...
- Visa Applications
60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a visa application (details supplied) is not being processed; the reason for the delay in processing the application; the current...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will take into account the very compelling reasons to set aside a proposal to deport in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Residency Permits
62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39311/16]
- Naturalisation Applications
64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Deployment
65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of Gardaí in each in the Dublin eastern metropolitan region on 31 October 2016; and the...
- State Bodies Data
66. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of State boards under the remit of her Department or its agencies in tabular form; the total number of members of each board; the...
- Ministerial Staff
67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff employed by her and each Minister of State, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers,...
- Department of Finance
- Financial Services Ombudsman Data
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount expended on mediation services by the Financial Ombudsman annually in the 2014 to 2016 period in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
- Corporation Tax Regime
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of discussions with the Brazilian authorities in relation to their decision to designate Ireland as a tax haven; his views on the implications of...
- Revenue Documents Publication
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tax opinions provided each year up to 2012; the number of companies involved; and the protocol and approval system for the issuing of these...
- Revenue Commissioners Investigations
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the Revenue Commissioners current programme reviewing various share issues from reserves of co-ops; the estimated number of farmers under...
- Tax Code
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason cohabiting partners cannot be jointly assessed as cohabitants for tax purposes in the same way a married couple would be in view of the fact that...
- Company Law
76. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent change in the Finance Bill to section 110, concerning the carve out for a section 110 company that is involved in the loan origination...
- State Bodies Data
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies in tabular form; the total number of members of each board; the number of women on...
- Tax Reliefs Eligibility
78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will re-examine the fairness and rules of allowing persons claim tax back in respect of third level fees, with particular reference to the case of a...
- Ministerial Staff
79. To ask the Minister for Finance if any staff employed in the public and Civil Service are seconded to work with him or any Minister of State in their constituencies; and the number of same...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Skills Shortages
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he intends or expects adequately trained and skilled personnel to remain available to meet requirements in the industrial...
- School Transport
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria in relation to school bus drivers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39178/16]
- Schools Building Projects Status
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an estimate, by stage and estimated time, for the completion of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- School Transport
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will issue a final response to a query (details supplied) that was sent to his office in September 2016; and if he will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Psychological Services
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make provision for the direct assignment of a national educational psychological service (NEPS) psychologist to a school (details...
- Special Educational Needs
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budgetary process for the allocation of ASD special classes in mainstream schools; if additional funding is provided to schools for such...
- Schools Building Projects Status
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the rebuild of a school (details supplied); the stage at which it is at; the timetable of construction; when groundworks will...
- Teachers Conciliation Council
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a teacher who teaches in a Catholic school in the US for 13 years is only entitled to seven years incremental criteria under the...
- Schools Building Projects
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the Second Stage debate on school admission legislation, if he will provide a progress report on the new school building programme for...
- Departmental Properties
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on relinquishing a long-term lease held on a property (details supplied) considering that his Department has had no...
- State Bodies Data
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies in tabular form; the total number of members of each board; the...
- School Funding
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress his Department has made on establishing the proposed new schools excellence fund; and the aims and purpose of the proposed fund....
- Education Schemes
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress his Department has made establishing a pool of experts such as educators, employers, accountants, business leaders, IT specialists...
- Ministerial Staff
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff employed by him and each Minister of State, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers,...
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing
99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that his Department is not aware of the number of social housing tenancy offers refused by...
- Housing Regeneration
100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the derelict housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39173/16]
- Homelessness Strategy
101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the level of engagement that exists between State agencies for rough sleepers in County Kildare some of whom are...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the locations for the 650 rapid build social housing units to be completed in 2017 and the 500 to be delivered in...
- Building Energy Rating Compliance
103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated percentage of housing stock here that is at the different BER ratings, for example, the percentage of...
- Homeless Accommodation Funding
104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding provided to each local authority for emergency homeless services in 2015 and 2016 to date, in...
- Departmental Strategies
105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will publish the membership of the rental strategy working group; the number of times it has met; and the...
- State Bodies Data
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies in tabular form; the total number of...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to extend the pyrite remediation scheme to homeowners classed on level 1 pyritic damage; and if he will...
- Local Authority Staff Recruitment
108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is a bar on recruitment for Dublin City Council, and in particular for apprentices; and if not, the reason...
- Ministerial Staff
109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of staff employed by him and each Minister of State including, parliamentary assistants, secretarial...
- Departmental Staff Data
111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the aggregate amount of employers’ PRSI paid in relation to Civil Service workers in gross income ranges...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Appeals
114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a farm payment in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39238/16]
- Pre-Retirement Allowance
115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to restore the pre-retirement over 55s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39166/16]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39177/16]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will set out the position in respect of entitlement to rent support in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if further exceptional needs payment can be offered in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39219/16]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of payment payable in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39222/16]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if travel costs are payable to jobseeker's allowance recipients during their attendance on a course; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Personal Public Service Numbers
122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria for a Norwegian citizen to attain a PPS number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39297/16]
- State Bodies Data
123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies in tabular form; the total number of members of each board; the number...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason there was a need to tender out employment programmes to private sector companies (details supplied) when his Department integrated 2,000...
- JobsIreland Service
125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the JobsIreland website has been down since July 2016; if his Department will address service...
- Ministerial Staff
126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff employed by him and each Minister of State, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers, press...
- Departmental Staff Data
128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the aggregate amount of employers’ PRSI paid in relation to Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights
131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39266/16]
- Humanitarian Aid
132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the drought situation in Somalia; the efforts being made at an EU level to assist; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Irish Aid
133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures Irish aid funds to specifically assist and support women in developing countries; and if he will make a statement on the...
- State Bodies Data
134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies in tabular form; the total number of members of each board; the...
- Ministerial Staff
135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff employed by him and each Minister of State, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special...
- Departmental Staff Data
137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the aggregate amount of employers’ PRSI paid in relation to Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Relief Schemes Funding
140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if grants will be made available to homeowners that have had to carry out flood defence measures around their homes in areas in which...
- Coastal Erosion
141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to address coastal erosion in Portrane; the steps his Department has taken in conjunction with Fingal County Council following...
- Ministerial Staff
142. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff employed by each Minister and Minister of State, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special...
- Ministerial Advisers
143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role and responsibilities as laid out in guidelines for the position of special adviser to a Minister and Minister of State; and if...
- Ministerial Staff
144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any staff employed in the public and Civil Service are seconded to work with a Minister or Minister of State in their constituencies;...
- Lansdowne Road Agreement
146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the nature and the parameters of the review of the LRA recently announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39206/16]
- Public Sector Allowances Payments
147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional pay and allowance measures agreed with public sector unions in 2015 and 2016, broken down by profession and by union...
- Garda Stations
149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of plans for the refurbishment of a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39240/16]
- Public Sector Pay
150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to parliamentary question number 198 of 1 December 2016, if compensation of employees payable refers to gross pay or net pay;...
- Public Sector Staff Data
151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the aggregate number of Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) for each of the years 2007 to 2015, in tabular...
- Departmental Staff Data
152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the aggregate net pay of Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the years 2007 to...
- State Bodies Data
156. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies in tabular form; the total number of members of each board;...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Rural Development Plan
157. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the unit that has been tasked to co-ordinating work with communities to develop co-operative structures to keep vital local services...
- Hare Coursing Regulation
158. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to parliamentary question number 458 of 29 November 2016, in relation to the claim that 99.33% of hares are released back to...
- State Bodies Data
159. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of State boards under the remit of her Department or its agencies in tabular form; the total number of members of each...
- Ministerial Staff
160. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff employed by her and each Minister of State, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special...
- Departmental Staff Data
162. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the aggregate amount of employers PRSI paid in relation to Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in her...
- Department of Health
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
164. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase speech and language therapy services for children with disabilities in the Tralee and Killarney area in County Kerry, in view of the fact...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan that were granted a place under the fair deal scheme from 2010 to date in 2016 in tabular form; and if he...
- Services for People with Disabilities
166. To ask the Minister for Health when a cognitive assessment will be carried out on a person (details supplied) in order to assist with selecting a secondary school that will best meet their...
- Hospitals Expenditure
167. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of costs to maintain and secure a hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Home Help Service Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Health the status of home help for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39176/16]
- Haddington Road Agreement Savings
169. To ask the Minister for Health the level of savings generated in each of the years 2014 to date in 2016 from the additional, unpaid, hours which nurses have been required to work each week...
- Public Service Pay Commission
171. To ask the Minister for Health if his department or the HSE has made a submission to the new Public Service Pay Commission; if so, if he will publish these documents; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Groups
172. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a final response to a query (details supplied) that was submitted to his office in September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
- General Practitioner Co-operatives
173. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 23 November 2016, the extent to which general practitioners in the local community have signed up to the project;...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
174. To ask the Minister for Health if he will add new low protein products to the long-term illness card as they are a vital nutritional source for sufferers of the rare metabolic disorder...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
175. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39203/16]
- Disease Management
176. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 1 December 2016, the status of the development of the terms of reference, required membership and reporting...
- Medical Card Applications
178. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card may issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39221/16]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
179. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make available the medical device freestyle libre under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39234/16]
- Health Services
180. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions, including the date of execution, whereby the full capacity escalation protocol has been implemented at Letterkenny University Hospital...
- First-Aid Training
181. To ask the Minister for Health the way local groups and Garda can access funding for health equipment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39243/16]
- Medical Card Eligibility
182. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) had their discretionary medical card taken off them [39248/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
183. 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. [39251/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
184. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Letterkenny University Hospital has a waiting time for adult diabetes patients of 20 months for a repeat...
- Health Services Expenditure
185. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the cost of a name change of a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39258/16]
- HSE Investigations
186. To ask the Minister for Health if a comprehensive investigation into the June 2010 controversy regarding misread ultrasound scans was ever undertaken; the outcome of that investigation; and...
- Health Services
187. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the beneficiaries from the name change of a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
188. 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. [39265/16]
- Primary Care Centres Data
189. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are now operating in the new Corduff primary care centre in Dublin 15; the number of staff located there; the number of staff yet to be...
- Hospitals Building Programme
191. To ask the Minister for Health when work will commence on the new paediatric OPD and urgent care satellite centre in Blanchardstown Hospital; the number of patients to be provided for; when...
- Home Help Service Data
192. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours to be allocated to the Dublin 15 and Dublin 7 areas under the HSE’s 2017 work programme; and if he will make a statement...
- Addiction Treatment Services
193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support an application from an addiction services provider (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Provision
196. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a person (details supplied) who requires an increased supply of oxygen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39330/16]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
197. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) requesting the immediate availability on the long term illness scheme list of the freestyle libre device; and if...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
198. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken on the waiting time for MRI scans (details supplied) [39334/16]
- State Bodies Data
199. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State boards under the remit of his department or its agencies in tabular form; the total number of members of each board; the number of women on...
- Home Help Service Provision
200. To ask the Minister for Health the status of home help in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39354/16]
- Hospital Complaints Procedures
201. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding the death of their child in a maternity hospital; if he has made enquires of the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
202. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided for Cheeverstown House each year for the past five years; if the funding model has changed in this period; if additional funds...
- Hospital Appointments Status
203. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a sinus examination appointment in respect of a person (details supplied). [39367/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
204. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation date will be scheduled in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39368/16]
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for necessary orthodontic treatment in respect of a person (details supplied). [39369/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
206. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting a significant length of time for an operation; and if the person will be scheduled for surgery as soon as...
- Ministerial Staff
207. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by him and each Minister of State including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers, press secretaries...
- Departmental Staff Data
209. To ask the Minister for Health the aggregate amount of employers’ PRSI paid in relation to Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Cereal Sector
213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grain tonnage yield for each county for each of the years 2015 and 2016, in tabular form. [39160/16]
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application under the basic payment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Fisheries Protection
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the EU fishing waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39172/16]
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39196/16]
- GLAS Payments
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive their 2016 GLAS payment; the reason for the ongoing delay despite numerous contacts...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be granted a single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [39253/16]
- GLAS Data
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers to date that have applied to join GLAS III, and in each respective tier, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Beef Data and Genomics Programme
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers participating in the beef data genomics scheme that have completed a beef carbon navigator, per county, in...
- GLAS Data
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers to date enrolled in GLAS that have had their applications approved and are still waiting for their 2016...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers that enrolled in the ANC scheme broken down by each respective area designation, mountain type land, more...
- Beef Exports
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of Irish beef exports to the United States in monetary value and volume to date in 2016; the total amount of...
- State Bodies Data
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of State boards under the remit of his department or its agencies in tabular form; the total number of members of each...
- Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of entitlements a person (details supplied) had submitted on their basic payment application in 2012; and the number of...
- Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of entitlements a person (details supplied) had submitted on their basic payment application in 2016; and the number of...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of entitlements a person (details supplied) had submitted on their basic payment application in 2013; and the number of...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there was a difference on the amount of entitlements paid in 2016 as to the year 2012; the reason this difference occurred in...
- Ministerial Staff
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff employed by him and each Minister of State, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the assessment that has been carried out on the impact of EU fines as a result of missing binding renewable targets by...
- Waste Disposal Charges
234. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the pay by weight waste collection system will commence; if he has satisfied himself that the necessary preparations...
- Broadband Service Speeds
235. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress being made to ensure that, in conjunction with commercial investment, 85% of premises here will have access...
- Climate Change Advisory Council
236. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of times the expert advisory committee on climate change has met; the date the full committee was appointed;...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
237. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proposals there are to improve broadband telecommunications service in an area (details supplied) in County Cavan; if...
- Consumer Protection
238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the regulatory framework that ComReg oversees is adequate to protect the consumer. [39307/16]
- Commission for Communications Regulation Remit
239. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide further powers to ComReg to allow the regulator to bring civil as well as criminal cases where...
- State Bodies Data
240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies in tabular form; the total number of members...
- Ministerial Staff
241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff employed by him and each Minister of State, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a junction in Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Bus Services
244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a bus service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39262/16]
- Heading
245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his Department’s work with local authorities and transport providers on the bus rapid transport scheme in the Dublin...
- Bus Services
246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a new Bus Éireann bus stop can be established in County Carlow (details provided); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- State Bodies Data
247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies in tabular form; the total number of members of each board;...
- Ministerial Staff
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff employed by him and each Minister of State, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Health and Safety Regulations
250. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to make regulations under section 58 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 imposing specific requirements as to...
- Work Permits Applications
251. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if and when a work permit will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39217/16]
- Workplace Relations Services Expenditure
252. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount expended on mediation services by the WRC annually in the 2014 to 2016 period in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
253. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount expended on mediation services by the CCPC annually in the 2014 to 2016 period in tabular form; and if she will make...
- Departmental Expenditure
254. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount of her Department’s budget spent on the action plan for jobs in terms for advertising, and campaign promotion...
- Work Permits Applications Data
255. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of Irish work permits issued by her Department to date in 2016 in tabular form, broken down by the total number of...
- IDA Staff
256. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of positions filled under the IDA’s winning abroad programme in 2014; the duration of these employments; if all such...
- Industrial Disputes
257. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will review a case (details supplied); if she will intervene in this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Brexit Issues
258. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has noted positive or negative investment trends associated with Brexit to date; her plans or proposals to capitalise or...
- Foreign Direct Investment
259. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she remains satisfied that this country remains an attractive location for foreign direct investment, competitive with all other EU...
- Brexit Issues
260. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she continues to liaise with her counterparts in other EU member status in the context of extending opportunities...
- Economic Growth Initiatives
263. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she expects innovation to play a distinct role in this country's economic performance in the future; and if she...
- Brexit Issues
265. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her vision for the development of the economy regardless of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39322/16]
- Economic Competitiveness
266. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the competitiveness of the economy vis-a-vis all other; and if she will make a...
- Foreign Direct Investment
267. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the possible EU wide screening regime to keep foreign money out of sensitive sectors, as proposed by Chancellor Merkel...
- State Bodies Data
268. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of State boards under the remit of her Department or its agencies in tabular form; the total number of members of each...
- Ministerial Staff
269. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff employed by her and each Minister of State, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special...
- Departmental Staff Data
271. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the aggregate amount of employers’ PRSI paid in relation to civil service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Abuse
274. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the geographic availability of dedicated child and adolescent sexual assault treatment services; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Child and Family Agency
275. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the therapeutic interventions available for children exhibiting sexually harmful behaviour; the steps she is taking to ensure there is no...
- State Bodies Data
276. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of State boards under the remit of her Department or its agencies in tabular form; the total number of members of each board;...
- Departmental Staff Data
277. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the aggregate amount of employers PRSI paid in relation to Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in her...
- Department of Defence
- State Bodies Data
280. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies in tabular form; the total number of members of each board; the...
- Ministerial Staff
281. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff employed by him and each Minister of State including, parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers,...
- Departmental Staff Data
283. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the aggregate amount of employers PRSI paid in relation to Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for...
