Written answers

Tuesday, 13 December 2016

  • Department of Defence
    • European Security Strategy
      38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the joint German French paper calling for a new European security contract. [39830/16]
    • Civil Defence
      41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will make the necessary arrangements with Westmeath County Council to ensure that Westmeath Civil Defence is adequately accommodated in a...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of occasions that aid to civil power functions were carried out by Defence Forces personnel at Shannon airport, Dublin airport and...
    • Maternity Leave
      43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will legislate to end the situation whereby maternity leave taken by female members of the Defence Forces is not reckonable for pension...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel currently on overseas missions in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39805/16]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his proposals to compensate Defence Forces members for lost leave in circumstances in which members that travelled overseas had significant leave...
    • Defence Forces Representative Organisations
      47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the discussions or correspondence he or his Department has had with Defence Forces representative organisations on both the conciliation and...
    • European Defence Capabilities
      48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the European Commission's proposals for a common EU military research and development fund and common military procurement fund; his...
    • European Council Meetings
      49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he attended the European Council joint session of Defence and Foreign Affairs on 14 November 2016, at which the implementation of the EU...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps continue to be upgraded to the highest international standards in respect of training,...
    • Legislative Measures
      51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will legislate to end the situation whereby the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 does not apply to members of the Defence Forces; and...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the strength of Army, Naval Service and Air Corps continues to remain adequate at all levels to meet challenges or...
    • Military Neutrality
      55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are any implications for Ireland's neutrality as a result of recent joint European Union defence plans; and if he will make a statement...
    • Army Barracks Closures
      56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagement his Department has undertaken, or plans to undertake, with the Department of Education and Skills regarding the use of Columb...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on a request sent to the director of the medical corps by a senior member of the Defence Forces in 2009 and 2010 for a medical risk...
    • European Security Strategy
      58. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the establishment of a joint EU military headquarters; his further views on the increased militarisation of the European Union; and...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of experts being referred to in the responses to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 18 June 2013 and No. 69 of 24 November 2015, in...
    • Defence Forces
      61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which partnerships have been encouraged between the Defence Forces and the private sector in the County Kildare area with a view to...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure
      62. To ask the Taoiseach the total cost to his Department to date of the Moriarty Tribunal. [39416/16]
    • Brexit Issues
      63. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the preparations on Brexit. [39813/16]
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      64. To ask the Taoiseach 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 each...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      65. To ask the Taoiseach the total photography costs for his Department per annum since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance in tabular form; the occasions...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      66. To ask the Taoiseach the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011 per annum in tabular form; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      67. To ask the Taoiseach the details of the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department per annum since March 2011 in tabular form; the list of uses of the external public...
    • Ministerial Staff
      68. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed by him and each Minister of State, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers, press secretaries and other...
    • Taoiseach's Communications
      70. To ask the Taoiseach if he has used any private unsecured e-mail accounts for official business. [39591/16]
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      71. To ask the Taoiseach the aggregate amount of employer's PRSI paid in respect of Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the years, 2007...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      74. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has been involved in any court proceedings that involved non-disclosure agreements in the past five years; and if so, if the specific court ruling...
    • Syrian Conflict
      75. To ask the Taoiseach if he mentioned Aleppo when he spoke to President-elect Trump. [39879/16]
    • Legislative Programme
      76. To ask the Taoiseach the name and number of Bills in preparation in his Department and published by his Department since May 2016; the stage each Bill is at in the Houses of the Oireachtas;...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      77. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide all examples of entire units that have been re-centralised back to Dublin from within his Department; his Department's rationale for such moves; and if...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding repossessions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39454/16]
    • Garda Data
      79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 1 December 2016, if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the reply. [39386/16]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason an application for naturalisation has been returned to a person (details supplied). [39399/16]
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the actions required before...
    • Passport Services
      82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish the details of the case of a person (details supplied); the options open to the person to enable renewal of a passport; and...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on changing the residency requirements for naturalisation to residency on the island of Ireland as opposed to residency just in the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total photography costs for her Department per annum since March 2011, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance in...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011 per annum, in tabular form; the costs per report; the company...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the use of external public relations firms employed by her Department per annum since March 2011 in tabular form; the list of uses...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Data
      87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of moneys recovered to date by the State relating to the findings of the Flood Mahon tribunal by the Criminal Assets Bureau and the...
    • Garda Investigations
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 76 and 77 of 2 November 2016 and the subsequent letter of 11 November 2016, the level of Garda resources...
    • Garda Data
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in the Limerick Garda division on 30 November 2016 or the latest date for which...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has used any private unsecured e-mail accounts for official business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39588/16]
    • Garda Recruitment
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the avenue available to a person diagnosed with dyslexia who is interested in pursuing a career with An Garda Síochána but is having...
    • Direct Provision Data
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children under 10 years of age who have been living under direct provision in 2016. [39631/16]
    • Immigration Data
      99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons granted citizenship here from 2000 to 2016 to date in tabular form (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Garda Deployment
      100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Dublin armed response unit; if it is now operational; the number of gardaí assigned to it; if any of its members have been...
    • Garda Industrial Relations
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to fund the circa €50 million cost of the Garda pay deal, following the recommendations of the Labour Court, from within her...
    • Legislative Measures
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish legislation to provide for disclosure by gardaí of details on sex offenders where they consider public safety concerns...
    • Legal Aid Service
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when responsibility for criminal legal aid will be transferred to the Legal Aid Board. [39757/16]
    • Garda Stations
      105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the pilot scheme to reopen six Garda stations will commence. [39760/16]
    • Joint Policing Committees
      106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources provided by her Department to local joint policing committees in 2015 and 2016; and the amount being provided in 2017. [39761/16]
    • Garda Strength
      107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current strength of each specialist unit in An Garda Síochána involved in the fight against all forms of serious crime with regard...
    • Garda Data
      108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda business fora established since May 2016. [39763/16]
    • Courts Service
      109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of her plans to resource the courts, particularly the Circuit Court, to deal with increased non-summary prosecutions of serious...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being put in place to strengthen supervision of prolific repeat offenders after they have served their prison sentences. [39765/16]
    • Courts Service Administration
      111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she commissioned the annual study on court efficiency and sitting times benchmarked against international standards to provide accurate...
    • Court Sittings
      112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she plans to publish legislation to reduce excessive delays in trials and court proceedings, including pre-trial hearings. [39767/16]
    • Coroners Service
      113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support an immediate inquest followed by a commission of inquiry into the case of a person (details supplied). [39770/16]
    • Suicide Prevention
      114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the suicide prevention training available to gardaí; and the percentage of Gardaí that have taken this training up. [39846/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on an application for funding to the Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime by a group (details supplied);...
    • Court Judgments
      117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has been involved in any court proceeding that involved non-disclosure agreements in the past five years; and if so, if the...
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the nature of the significant blockages or barriers to ratification and enactment of the 2007 Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 13 July 2016, the number of organisations that have still not registered with the Charities...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary question number 108 of 1 December 2016, her views on the fact that the assurances she received from the body concerned...
    • Suicide Incidence
      121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of suicides and parasuicides during each of the past ten years in Irish prisons. [39902/16]
    • Suicide Prevention
      122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of members of each local suicide and self-harm prevention group in each Irish prison; and the number of times and the dates each of...
    • Garda Inspectorate Reports
      123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recommendations from the Garda Inspectorate report of 2009 on missing persons that have been implemented; if she will provide an...
    • Missing Children
      124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the time a website (details supplied) has not been working; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39947/16]
    • Missing Persons
      125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason all missing persons, as per her reply on 6 December 2016 on the issue, are not on the section of the Garda website for missing...
    • Residency Permits
      127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the decision to grant a person (details supplied) a one-year visa with a view to extending this term; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Data
      128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda division that have received advanced driving courses in each of the years 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016;...
    • Garda Equipment
      129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full cost of fitting an automatic number plate recognition system to all Garda vehicles; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Operations
      130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the Garda operation clave; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of successful convictions...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Staff
      131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the recruitment of immigration officers for the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service for Dublin Airport; the number...
    • Garda Deployment
      132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new gardaí out of training that have been deployed in counties Laois and Kildare in the past year. [40026/16]
    • Immigration Status
      134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if leave to remain will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40034/16]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Garda Investigations
      137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 12 July 2016, if she will provide information for the period requested in respect of all...
    • Garda Station Closures
      138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she proposes to make an announcement on the reopening of Garda stations, including Cloughjordan Garda Station, County Tipperary. [40082/16]
    • Asylum Applications
      139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers who requested permission to leave the State temporarily under section 9(4)(a) of the Refugee Act 1996 since 2011, in...
    • Garda Deployment
      140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers assigned to each Garda divisional drugs unit here for each of the years 2008 to 2015 and to date, in 2016; and if she will make a...
    • Legislative Programme
      141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the name and number of Bills in preparation in her Department and published by her Department since May 2016; the Stage each Bill is at in the...
    • Property Services Regulatory Authority Remit
      142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to ensure the PRSA is in a position to fully meet its statutory requirements in view of the fact that by its own admission...
    • Asylum Applications
      143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) with a view to taking account of all the circumstances in an effort to...
    • Legal Aid Applications
      144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the income eligibility criteria which is applicable to a person that wishes to apply for legal aid pursuant to the civil legal aid scheme; and if...
    • Garda Stations
      145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an independent engineers report has condemned the existing Garda station in Sligo town. [40198/16]
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide all examples of entire units that have been recentralised to Dublin from within her Department; her Department's rationale...
  • Department of Finance
    • Revenue Commissioners
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any changes to the public opening hours or services provided in the Revenue Commissioners' offices, Millennium Centre,...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale behind refusing the rental income tax relief for the owner of lands to their sibling or spouse’s sibling once a bona fide lease exists...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of total available development land in which NAMA has a financial interest in each of the ten strategic development zones. [39439/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the total photography costs for his Department per annum since March 2011, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance in tabular form;...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011 per annum in tabular form; the costs per report; the company involved; the...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department per annum since March 2011 in tabular form; the list of uses of the...
    • Fiscal Policy
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the recent EU Commission decision on the fiscal rules objectives debt-to-GDP ratios will impact on his fiscal plans for 2017; and if he will...
    • Exchequer Returns
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance if he now expects the Exchequer outturn for 2016 to be in line with his October budget predictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39521/16]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have launched a review of tax opinions issued to multinationals; the number of tax opinions which have been provided to the...
    • Banking Sector Data
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of business loans that are now owned by unregulated non-bank lenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39529/16]
    • Mortgage Repayments
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the maximum age of the borrower that the mortgage repayment period may be extended to in relation to the restructuring of a residential mortgage between a...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Supervision
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of car finance arrangements known as personal contract plans entered into for each year since 2012; the role of the Central Bank in terms...
    • Tax Code
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider delaying the proposed new treatment of dwelling house relief from capital acquisitions tax, CAT, to 1 November 2019 to allow those persons...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has used any private unsecured e-mail accounts for official business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39584/16]
    • Tax Code
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance if dividend withholding tax, DWT, is exempted under tax legislation, Revenue Commissioners guidance and the Ireland-Malta double tax treaty, in the...
    • Tracker Mortgage Data
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance further to his written request to the Governor of the Central Bank on 9 July 2015 to provide him with information in respect of the number of mortgages that...
    • Tax Code
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which Irish and international artists performing at major concert venues such as Croke Park, the Aviva Stadium, the 3Arena and so on are treated...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will direct NAMA to engage with the Irish Glass Bottle Housing Action Group that have been seeking a meeting regarding the potential for building...
    • Tax Data
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons assessed for tax on foreign social security pensions for each of the tax years 2010 to 2015; and the number of persons assessed for tax...
    • Legislative Measures
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Revenue Commissioners to initiate immediately a wide-ranging publicity campaign concerning the enactment of section 54 of the Finance...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a specific recruitment drive by the Central Bank of Ireland financial regulator in response to Brexit; his views on whether the regulatory regime...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has been involved in any court proceedings that involved non-disclosure agreements in the past five years; and if so, if the specific court...
    • Tax Treaties
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on Ireland's tax treaties with developing countries; his further views on a Eurodad report (details supplied) which shows that Ireland's tax...
    • Tax Avoidance
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reported dramatic increases of so-called sweetheart deals between states and corporations to minimise tax in the EU and, in particular, in...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 1 December 2016, if he will direct the Revenue Commissioners to locate and forward a primary medical...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons (details supplied) in County Cork are being taxed appropriately in line with the marginal relief that applies where the annual income exceeds the...
    • Property Tax Collection
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the 2017 local property tax liability for surrendered property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40036/16]
    • Tax Agreements
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance when EU Directive 2011/16/EU as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation will be transposed into law; and if he will make...
    • Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tax determinations that have been made by the Revenue Commissioners since 1991 to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Employment Data
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance when the results of the consultation process into the impact of bogus self employment arrangements will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Negotiations
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with his ECOFIN colleagues in view of the recent developments in respect of the common consolidated tax base; the steps he has...
    • Legislative Measures
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on an issue regarding a change in the recent Finance Bill (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40051/16]
    • Tax Code
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if the unemployment benefits paid to former staff of the EU institutions under article 29(a) staff regulations of officials of the European Communities are...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance the situation in respect of persons that are ordinarily resident here but are employed outside of the State in Northern Ireland or England and their income...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank is currently considering any application for a licence by a financial service provider hoping to enter the residential mortgage lending...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter related to the Central Bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40115/16]
    • Legislative Programme
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the name and number of Bills in preparation in his Department and published by his Department since May 2016; the Stage each Bill is at in the Houses of the...
    • VAT Registration
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the VAT threshold of €37,500 for sole traders providing services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide all examples of entire units that have been re-centralised back to Dublin from within his Department; his Department's rationale for such...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Curriculum
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the second level religious education programme; if it is an academic study subject, in line with his Department's memo following a...
    • School Accommodation
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding to provide an ASD class in a school (details supplied) will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39392/16]
    • Early School Leavers
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the examination of additional supports to groups working with early school leavers that has taken place; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total photography costs for his Department per annum since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance, in...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011 per annum, in tabular form; the costs per report; the company...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department per annum since March 2011 in tabular form; the list of uses...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has used any private unsecured e-mail accounts for official business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39582/16]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or the agencies that report to his Department entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements, existent within...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of funding which is urgently required for a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [39646/16]
    • Minor Works Scheme Applications
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all of the minor works grants approved for schools will be paid by the end of December 2016. [39721/16]
    • Special Educational Needs
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for assisted technology in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Youth Services
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines that exist for staff in Youthreach centres designated as centres of education in circular letter No. F49/04, who are confronted...
    • Site Acquisitions
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new site for a school (details supplied) as announced in November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for funding for emergency works by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Third Level Funding
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that an income contingent loan system is not put in place considering the effects this will have on students from rural...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has been involved in any court proceedings that involved non-disclosure agreements in the past five years; and, if so, if the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding a petition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39878/16]
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate a case which has arisen in relation to a person (details supplied) and their higher education grant application to SUSI....
    • Disadvantaged Status
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the DEIS programme is under review by his Department; if so, the details of the review; the length of time it will take; the measures he...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide an urgently needed new second level school in the north fringe, Dublin city council and south fringe, Fingal county council...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who is seeking an upgrade to salary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40013/16]
    • Third Level Funding
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact distribution of increased third level funding announced in the recent budget. [40039/16]
    • Teaching Contracts
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to address the anomaly whereby teachers who have taught outside of the EU are capped at seven years' credits, while...
    • Earcaíocht agus Soláthar Foirne Tríú Leibhéal
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil dualgas sa dlí ar Bhord Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh, uachtarán a bhfuil Gaeilge líofa aici nó aige a...
    • Teacher Exchange Scheme
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to initiate a teacher job exchange programme for permanent exchange as opposed to temporary exchange. [40114/16]
    • Legislative Programme
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name and number of Bills in preparation in his Department and published by his Department since May 2016; the Stage each Bill is at in the...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide all examples of entire units that have been re-centralised back to Dublin from within his Department; his Department's...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure
      223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total cost to the State to date of the Flood Mahon tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the persons or bodies that specifically hold responsibility for ensuring tenants adhere to fire safety regulations...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will take the high rents in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown and their impact on families into consideration and...
    • Commercial Rates
      226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to overhaul the present commercial rates system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39398/16]
    • Development Contributions
      227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the development contribution scheme for each local authority, including the development contributions per...
    • Legislative Measures
      228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total photography costs for his Department per annum since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the external consultant reports commissioned by his department since March 2011 per annum in tabular form; the costs...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department per annum since March 2011 in...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount that was allocated by his Department or otherwise to Roscommon county council for the refurbishment of...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider introducing emergency legislation to permit local authorities to compulsory purchase zoned land...
    • Emergency Accommodation Provision
      236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will ensure that all homeless families and children are rehoused from emergency accommodation in 2017; and...
    • Election Management System
      237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the dates on which polling was designated to take place on each of the offshore islands for general election 2016...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the situation with regard to measures to address the sewage discharges at Doldrum Bay, Howth; the timeframe he...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason all local authority job vacancies are not advertised on the local government jobs website; if he will...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has used any private unsecured e-mail accounts for official business; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when his Department received an application for funding in respect of phase 2 Clúid housing project for...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has received an application from Sligo County Council for a foreshore licence in respect of the...
    • Housing Agency Portfolio
      243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for the low take-up of house purchases by the Housing Agency from banks (details supplied) as detailed in...
    • Residential Property Sales
      244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has received an application (details supplied) to the €200 million fund to service residential lands;...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will meet with representatives from the Irish Glass Bottle Housing Action Group that have been seeking a...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants
      247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it is intended to change the eligibility conditions for the grant for the upgrade of private domestic waste water...
    • Planning Issues
      248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department received an application from Galway County Council for the provision of 42 units of accommodation...
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has been involved in any court proceedings that involved non-disclosure agreements in the past...
    • Rainwater Harvesting Systems Provision
      250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if Irish Water can facilitate meaningful study or co-operation on the area of the right to harvest and return rain...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the situation that exists for households that wish to access the pyrite remediation scheme but whose builders are...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in bringing forward guidelines for wind farm developments. [38504/16]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there are limits placed on the amount local authorities may borrow from the Housing Finance Agency for the...
    • Library Services Funding
      255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the second round of library services applying to his Department for funding for the...
    • Dumping at Sea
      256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps proposed to be taken in relation to ensuring that dumped material in the Old Mud Dock, Galway is removed;...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants
      257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is any grant support available to persons who may have the opportunity to connect into the main sewerage...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the pyrite remediation scheme to deal with the issue of category one homeowners and others that...
    • Pyrite Resolution Board Data
      261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of pyrite damaged houses in County Meath that have applications for remediation under the pyrite...
    • Electoral Commission Establishment
      263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the establishment of an electoral commission to take over many of the functions related to the conduct...
    • Legislative Programme
      264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the name and number of Bills in preparation in his Department and published by his Department since May 2016; the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is within its rights to assess carer's allowance for rent purposes;...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide all examples of entire units that have been re-centralised back to Dublin from within his...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      267. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
      268. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      269. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to the re-recentralisation of the information section of the Department of Social Protection, the costs associated with such a move in terms...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      273. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will prioritise the case of a person (details supplied) in order that they will receive payment in time for Christmas. [39393/16]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39397/16]
    • Family Income Supplement
      275. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review a family income supplement payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39407/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Social Scheme
      277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on concerns by the IFA regarding changes made to the rural social scheme in budget 2017, including the three-year time limit and the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39429/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for a jobseeker's allowance will be prioritised for a person (detail supplied); and if a decision will issue before Christmas 2016....
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review of a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in view of the medical circumstances of the person. [39452/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total photography costs for his Department per annum since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance in...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      286. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011 per annum, in tabular form; the costs per report; the company...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department per annum since March 2011 in tabular form; the list of uses of...
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many useful community and socio-economic functions have lost community employment workers that have...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment places provided in each of the years from 2013 to date in 2016; the number of these that were unfilled for...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of defined benefit pension schemes being administered here; the number of these that are in deficit; the total of the combined deficit;...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in 2016 to date that have been subject to sanctions by his Department; the savings made by his Department in 2016 to date due...
    • Debt Collection
      293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if debt can be deferred in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39544/16]
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has used any private unsecured e-mail accounts for official business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39590/16]
    • School Meals Programme
      295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the school canteen is closed in a school (details supplied) and that hot meals are no longer being...
    • Dietary Allowance Administration
      296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the documentation that a recipient of dietary supplement is required to provide when a review is being carried out; and if he will make a statement...
    • Dietary Allowance Applications
      297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the documentation that is outstanding from the review of a dietary supplement which has been suspended in respect of a person (details supplied);...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment of carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39616/16]
    • Local Employment Service
      301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 29 September 2016, the way in which figures on referrals to the local employment service provided for...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if carer's allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied). [39627/16]
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an illness benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39630/16]
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progression figures by region of community employment, Tús and JobPath, in 2016; the budgets allocated for each of these schemes in tabular...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) does not qualify for maximum rate pension despite having 1,690 reckonable paid and credited contributions;...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application for carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39713/16]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the Christmas bonus will be extended to families that receive the family income supplement in view of the fact the Christmas period is a...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the review of an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) will be complete in view of the fact that it has been ongoing...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for disability allowance by a person (details supplied). [39752/16]
    • Pensions Data (1 comment)
      313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a secondary UK state pension as notified to his Department by the UK's Department for Work and Pensions in each...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of the funding allocated for the Cork County Council Traveller accommodation programme that has been drawn down in 2016; and if his...
    • Rural Social Scheme Eligibility
      317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a son cannot nominate his father to use their herd number, even though that herd number was passed from his father to him for the...
    • Pensions Reform
      319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce new rules whereby solvent companies have to cover pension deficits as in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has been involved in any court proceedings that involved non-disclosure agreements in the past five years; and if so, if the...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Applications
      321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for farm assist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39891/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application for domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied) who urgently requires this payment; and if he will...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39919/16]
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if arrears due from a disability allowance claim will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39954/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance application will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review a decision taken on an application for an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied). [39959/16]
    • JobPath Implementation
      329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is a requirement of the JobPath scheme that participants must attend JobPath offices in order to do job searches; if this is the case for...
    • Departmental Properties
      330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, commencing on 11 December 2016, a security company will be responsible for opening and closing Government buildings in the Millennium Centre,...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Data
      331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the supplementary welfare allowance, jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit, broken down by the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have availed of education courses, training programs and labour activation programmes, such as Tús and Gateway, who...
    • JobPath Data
      333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amounts paid to the companies administering the JobPath programme on behalf of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Credit Union Services
      336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the limits that individual credit unions are placing on the it makes sense scheme, which is designed to drive...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting time for processing applications for payments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40035/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he expects a decision with regard to an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Programme
      341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the name and number of Bills in preparation in his Department and published by his Department since May 2016; the Stage each Bill is at in the...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review of a decision on a carer's benefit application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Overseas Missions
      348. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a review his Department is undertaking relating to the work and potential remuneration of the 11 special Irish peace monitors...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      349. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total photography costs for his Department per annum since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance,...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      350. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011 per annum in tabular form; the costs per report; the company...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      351. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department per annum since March 2011 in tabular form; the list of...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      352. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has used any private unsecured email accounts for official business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39585/16]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      353. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the increase in the assassination of human rights defenders, HRDs, in Colombia and regarding ongoing threats and intimidation...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      354. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government has plans to defend the undocumented Irish in the United States should there be any attempt to deport them; and if he will...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      355. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has been involved in any court proceedings that involved non-disclosure agreements in the past five years; and if so, if...
    • Common Security and Defence Policy
      356. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with the Foreign Minister of Germany and Foreign Minister of France regarding defence co-operation between EU...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the election roster members and separately non-roster members sent abroad from 2013 to date for monitoring elections and...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the conflict in Yemen; and if he will report on interaction he and his officials have had with authorities in Yemen and the...
    • Legislative Programme
      365. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the name and number of Bills in preparation in his Department and published by his Department since May 2016; the Stage each Bill is at in...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      366. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide all examples of entire units that have been re-centralised back to Dublin from within his Department; his Department's...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pay
      367. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans with regard to the unwinding of FEMPI; and if he will provide a timeframe by which this legislation will no longer be in...
    • State Properties
      368. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current number of certain properties (details supplied) that remain in public ownership; if there are plans for their sale on the...
    • Minor Works Scheme Eligibility
      369. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of an application for flood relief works at North Beach, Arklow submitted by Arklow municipal district council to the OPW...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      370. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 397 of 29 November 2016, if a public servant due to retire in May 2017 will have their pension...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total photography costs for his Department per annum since March 2011, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      372. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011 per annum, in tabular form; the costs per report; the...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      373. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department per annum since March 2011, in tabular form; the...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      374. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has used any private unsecured e-mail accounts for official business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39589/16]
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      375. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the seven schemes (details supplied) in County Kilkenny being considered under the CFRAM flood risk management measures;...
    • Minor Works Scheme
      376. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the review of the minor works scheme; when this is expected to be complete; if funding will be increased to areas applying...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      377. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has been involved in any court proceedings that involved non-disclosure agreements in the past five years; and if so,...
    • Garda Stations
      378. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the different stages of the Garda building and refurbishment programme 2016-2021; the stage the proposed development of Macroom Garda...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      379. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a follow up reply did not issue to this Deputy regarding a query raised at the beginning of 2016 (details supplied); the...
    • Legislative Programme
      380. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the name and number of Bills in preparation in his Department and published by his Department since May 2016; the stage each Bill is at...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      381. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide all examples of entire units that have been re-centralised back to Dublin from within his Department; his...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      382. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40171/16]
    • Garda Stations
      383. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that no site as yet been acquired or even selected for a new Garda station for Sligo town. [40184/16]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Animal Welfare
      388. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the second dead seal database report, covering the period 2014 to 2016 (details supplied), in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      389. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total photography costs for her Department per annum since March 2011, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      390. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011 per annum, in tabular form; the costs per report; the...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      391. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the use of external public relations firms employed by her Department per annum since March 2011 in tabular form; the...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      392. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has used any private unsecured e-mail accounts for official business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39578/16]
    • Deer Hunting
      393. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the circumstances under which red deer stags were shot and killed by trophy hunters in Killarney National Park; and if she will make...
    • Architectural Heritage
      395. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Vernon Mount House is on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. [39672/16]
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      401. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocations to projects under the town and village schemes by county; the total allocation to date; and if she will make...
    • Regeneration Projects
      402. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the roll-out of town centre health checks on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39754/16]
    • National Monuments
      403. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consents which have been given to a person (details supplied) with regards to sub aqua dives on the Lusitania demand that trained...
    • Departmental Budgets
      405. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the underspend against profile by her Department at 30 November 2016, broken down by subhead in tabular form; the reason for the...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      406. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has been involved in any court proceedings that involved non disclosure agreements in the past five years; and if...
    • Commemorative Events
      407. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to extend the work of the Decade of Centenaries Oireachtas All-Party Consultation Group on Commemorations to encompass the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      409. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the application process and deadlines for a scheme (details supplied); the persons and bodies eligible to apply; the process...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      410. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be available through Leader for a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Scéimeanna Rannach
      411. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén líon iomlán clubanna óige atá cláraithe le hÓige na Gaeltachta Teo. sna limistéir...
    • Legislative Programme
      412. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the name and number of Bills in preparation in her Department and published by her Department since May 2016; the Stage each Bill is...
  • Department of Health
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39374/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      414. To ask the Minister for Health when the refurbishment and upgrading of a health facility will commence (details supplied); the reason for the delay in these necessary improvement works being...
    • Respite Care Services
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the waiting lists for such facilities; his plans to increase the number of respite beds;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      416. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who was referred to University Hospital Waterford on 9 January 2015, their referral was triaged as urgent, will be scheduled...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [39406/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      418. To ask the Minister for Health when an MRI and lumbar puncture appointment will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39425/16]
    • Hospital Facilities
      419. To ask the Minister for Health if the laundry at St. Loman's Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath, will be closed and outsourced. [39426/16]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      420. To ask the Minister for Health when the freestyle libre system (details supplied) of blood testing will become available on the Irish market; if the HSE has plans to provide the technology...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the assurances he can provide that community employment schemes in the health and social care service will not be used to replace permanent positions in the...
    • Mortality Data
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if there statistics are gathered on incidents of sudden death as a result of heart conditions in the context of ensuring that staff in these locations are...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the total photography costs for his Department per annum since March 2011, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance in tabular form;...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011 per annum in tabular form; the costs per report; the company involved; the...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department per annum since March 2011 in tabular form; the list of uses of the...
    • Elder Abuse
      427. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of legislation on elder abuse will be completed. [39411/16]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      428. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the terms of the long-term illness scheme to cater for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39526/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [39535/16]
    • Proposed Legislation
      430. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation is due on the matter of surrogacy; the timeframe for the implementation of the planned legislation; and the conditions for surrogacy in which...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      431. To ask the Minister for Health if he has used any private unsecured e-mail accounts for official business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39586/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      432. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) applied to the HSE for a part-time service co-ordinator more than 12 months...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      433. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for an operation will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39613/16]
    • Parliamentary Questions
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum timeframe allowed for the HSE to respond to parliamentary questions which have been redirected for response by him; if it is still 15 working days...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an urgent appointment; if an appointment can be arranged as soon as possible; and if he will make a...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      436. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add new low-protein foods to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39623/16]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reply to an appeal for a meeting with him and CF Ireland or if the meeting has been set up (details supplied). [39640/16]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide for each of the 90 public nursing homes to be replaced and refurbished; the progress made in 2016 in respect of each in tabular form. [39641/16]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      440. To ask the Minister for Health when he will introduce changes to remove discrimination against small business and family farms under the fair deal nursing homes support scheme. [39642/16]
    • Nursing Home Services
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the new mechanism he has put in place to incentivise private nursing home investment and new supported living and assisted living arrangements; and the...
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      442. To ask the Minister for Health when he will introduce a uniform home care service in order that all recipients can receive a quality support. [39644/16]
    • Home Help Service Data
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each local health office area for each month in 2016 to date, in tabular form; and the way it compares against...
    • Nursing Staff Data
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in each local health area as of 30 November 2016; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [39648/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a residential place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39650/16]
    • Vaccination Programme
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delays in accessing the meningitis B vaccine; the reason high risk groups have not been prioritised, leading to a situation whereby children...
    • Mobility Allowance
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the structure of the replacement scheme for the motorised transport and mobility allowance; when he expects this to be finalised and announced;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39668/16]
    • Health Insurance Company Payments
      450. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the issue of health insurance providers charging consumers inaccurately for services, for example, a consumer paying for a private room but...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      451. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who is waiting to receive HSE equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39720/16]
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      455. To ask the Minister for Health if long-term care will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [39730/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      456. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for hand surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39736/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      458. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to accommodate the 60 persons with an intellectual disability currently on the waiting list for a residential place in County Wexford, 19 of...
    • Mental Health Services
      459. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised by health staff concerning the location of a proposed new mental health rehabilitation service (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      461. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) will be facilitated with home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39748/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a residential placement for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39749/16]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      463. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to develop a 100-bed community nursing unit on the grounds of St. Patrick's Hospital; the start time for construction and proposed...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an urgent appointment for cataract removal; if an appointment can be arranged as soon as possible; and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      465. To ask the Minister for Health if he will facilitate an appointment with a dermatologist in the case of a person (details supplied) who has been referred by their GP; and if he will make a...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      466. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 204 of 30 June 2016, 412 of 27 January 2015, 120 of 2 December 2015 and 334 of 2 February 2016, the status of the...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      467. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to instructions given to nurses to physically remove patients from beds; the details of such instructions, if they are still in...
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the licensing of the drug naltrexone; and when it will be available on the GMS scheme to a person (details supplied) [39790/16]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      469. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding for alpha-1 patients to receive treatment with Respreeza or Zemaira; if he will reimburse those that have already started...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      470. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment for an assessment at the orthopaedic department of Waterford regional hospital will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      471. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a response for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39850/16]
    • Hospital Equipment
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date with preparing and evaluating the business plan for a second MRI scanner at Galway University Hospital; when it is expected to...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      473. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has been involved in any court proceedings that involved non-disclosure agreements in the past five years; and if so, if the specific court...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      474. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for learning supports from the early intervention unit, Riverside, Tullamore, County Offaly. [39890/16]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      475. To ask the Minister for Health the process in respect of prescribing and dispensing Ritalin; the duration of usual prescriptions; the restrictions there are on pharmacists dispensing numbers...
    • Hospital Facilities
      476. To ask the Minister for Health when the new emergency department proposed for University Hospital Limerick is scheduled to be opened [39895/16]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff members and the grades at which they are employed to provide services in respect of child and adolescent mental health services per region...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      478. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the resources allocated to the child and adolescent mental health services; the improvements he has planned to increase capacity per...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      479. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the resources allocated to the child and adolescent mental health services in County Kildare, in view of the fact there is no child...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      480. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed new 100 bed unit at the St Mary's site, Dublin Road, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39900/16]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed primary care centre in Bettystown and Laytown, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39905/16]
    • Health Services
      483. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the loco parentis 30-minute rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39909/16]
    • Hospital Services
      484. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the future of Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, specifically, reports from the southern health forum that it will never be used to facilitate...
    • Hospital Equipment
      485. To ask the Minister for Health if an application has been made by a hospital (details supplied) in County Donegal for an x-ray imagining machine; if so, if this application is currently...
    • Hospital Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reinstatement of gynaecology services at Dungloe Community Hospital; when it is expected that services will resume for patients; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      487. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an urgent appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [39945/16]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      488. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the outcome of the round-table meeting of European ministers for health and pharmaceutical companies in Lisbon on 7 December 2016; the...
    • Blood Donations
      489. To ask the Minister for Health when the amended policy regarding deferral of blood donations by men who have sex with men will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration
      492. To ask the Minister for Health if in the case of person (details supplied) he will consider including specific food items under the long-term illness card. [39964/16]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the number waiting for a child and adolescent mental health service appointment in community care area, CCA, 9; the numbers waiting between three and six...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      494. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for cataract surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39980/16]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      495. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for the HSE and relevant personnel from RehabCare to meet with persons (details supplied) in respect of the immediate reinstatement of...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      497. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national supplementary recruitment campaign for physiotherapists, staff grade; if the HSE is recruiting from the panels formed from this...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      498. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) including when the person can expect an appointment. [39987/16]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a clinical psychologist as part of the CAMHS team in Donegal town; the number of CAMHS staff currently employed in County...
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on mental health services in each county in 2015 and 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39990/16]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      501. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has not been a consultant psychologist or psychologist in west Kilkenny for over two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      502. To ask the Minister for Health if a sleep apnea machine will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39997/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      504. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons prioritised as urgent on the outpatient list for urology services at University Hospital Waterford...
    • Patient Transport Provision
      505. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE pays for taxi and hackney transfers for persons from their homes or from nursing homes to hospital or clinic appointments; and if he will make a...
    • Patient Transport Expenditure
      508. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the HSE in providing taxi and hackney transfers for persons to dialysis appointments; the number of round trips paid for by the HSE for dialysis...
    • Hospitals Data
      509. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the HSE for procedures which at short notice, that is, under 24 hours, were cancelled due to a bed not being available for the incoming persons...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      511. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for his Department to complete its consideration of the plan it has received again on the future of services at Portlaoise Hospital. [40024/16]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      513. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to reduce the waiting time for specialist orthodontists which is currently over four years (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      514. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department told the Committee on the Future of Healthcare that based on current tender returns and space standards, the construction costs of a...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      515. To ask the Minister for Health if negotiations are to commence between a company (details supplied) and the HSE on 15 December 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40040/16]
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to provide a consultant to deal with chronic fatigue syndrome; if plans are in place to open a HSE clinic or unit specialising in the...
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      518. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a drug that treats ME; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40050/16]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals in place to replace the substandard health centre on Inishbofin Island with a suitable purpose-built building; the reason for the inordinate...
    • Health Services Staff Training
      521. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his discussions with the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that the shortage of persons with QQI level 5 qualifications in health care...
    • Protected Disclosures
      522. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports of significant risks being caused by failure of infection controls at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      531. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make a certain device (details supplied) available under the general medical card scheme; if so, when he expects this to happen; and if he will...
    • Legislative Programme
      532. To ask the Minister for Health the name and number of Bills in preparation in his Department and published by his Department since May 2016; the stage each Bill is at in the Houses of the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • GLAS Payments
      534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a 2016 GLAS payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39382/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of a Scottish derogation payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive a single farm payment in view of the fact there has been no payment...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of an appeal for a person (details supplied). [39444/16]
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the statutory basis that provides for the imposition of mooring fees and the confiscation and retention of boats by the...
    • Crop Losses
      539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his plans to introduce a compensation scheme for costal grain growers following the problems with the 2016 harvest...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out in tabular form the total photography costs for his Department per annum since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out in tabular form details of the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011 per annum; the...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline in tabular form the details of the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department per annum since March...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has used any private unsecured e-mail accounts for official business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39577/16]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39599/16]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a single farm payment for 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will award a single farm payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39622/16]
    • Animal Welfare
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the current regulations to safeguard animal welfare with regard to live animal circuses; and his plans to ban animal...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his views on whether an acquisition (details supplied) is in the long-term interests of County Clare farmers; and if he...
    • Beef Exports
      550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if negotiations on Irish beef access to China are progressing satisfactorily; when Irish beef might be allowed into China; his views...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his plans to introduce two annual animal tuberculosis tests in certain areas as part of a plan to eradicate the disease by...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a payment to a person (details supplied) under the young farmers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the national reserve scheme will be open again in 2017; if funding will be available for it; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of expenditure incurred to date in 2016 and the annual allocation of funds in the...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has been involved in any court proceedings that involved non-disclosure agreements in the past five years; and, if...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the basic payment scheme and area of natural constraints scheme for 2016 will issue to a person (details...
    • GLAS Eligibility
      557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers who did not have commonage included as part of a 2014 basic application cannot avail of the GLAS scheme, yet...
    • Animal Welfare
      558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ban wild non domestic animal circus performances here in view of the fact that Dublin City Council has banned these...
    • Forest Roads Scheme
      559. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications that have been made for the forest road grant scheme in County Limerick in 2016 to date; the number of...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has appealed a decision in respect of payment under the young farmers...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      562. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40059/16]
    • Greyhound Industry
      563. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in view of the announcement of significant funding for the greyhound industry, if he will provide the attendance figures at...
    • Animal Welfare
      564. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to initiate legislation to ban animal circuses here; in view of the fact that other countries are introducing legislation...
    • Legislative Programme
      565. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the name and number of Bills in preparation in his Department and published by his Department since May 2016; the stage each Bill is...
    • Pesticide Use
      566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the policy considerations that are undertaken by his Department in relation to the applications of glyphosate as part of the...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      567. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide all examples of entire units that have been recentralised back to Dublin from within his Department; his...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Compensation Schemes
      568. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of a compensation scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39394/16]
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      569. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the introduction of the pay by weight system for refuse collection, both in Dublin and the...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      572. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding waste facilities that continue to receive and process commercial waste after their licence has...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      574. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total photography costs for his Department per annum since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      575. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011 per annum, in tabular form; the costs per...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      576. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department per annum since March 2011 in...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      577. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding mobile phone coverage; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Television Reception
      578. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding television reception; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Broadband Service Provision
      579. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when high speed broadband will be fully operational throughout Thomastown, Enfield, County Meath with particular...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      580. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has used any private unsecured e-mail accounts for official business; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      581. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to have in place broadband in all parts of the State as part of the national broadband plan by the year 2023 in...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      582. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the proposed outsourcing of children’s programming from RTÉ to private production companies;...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      583. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if contractors (details supplied) will be reimbursed for refitting their machinery if a pay-by-weight waste collection...
    • Bord na Móna
      584. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that both Bord na Móna briquette factories in Littleton, County Tipperary and Derrinlough, County...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      586. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has plans to extend broadband to cover an area (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      587. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the commencement date for the introduction of the renewable heat incentives; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      588. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has been involved in any court proceedings that involved non-disclosure agreements in the past five...
    • Waste Tyre Disposal
      589. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the new regulations he expects to have in place early in 2017 pertaining to producer responsibilities for environmentally...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      590. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be available in Monagea, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39918/16]
    • Commission for Energy Regulation
      591. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the use of 1850 numbers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Postal Services
      592. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he last met formally with the CEO and chairperson of An Post; the issues discussed; when he will next meet the CEO...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      593. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the introduction of a renewable heat incentive for the production of solar electricity; and if he will make...
    • Grant Payments
      594. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if grant aid is availiable to businesses or farmers to connect a three phase electricity supply; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Programme
      595. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the name and number of Bills in preparation in his Department and published by his Department since May 2016; the Stage...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      596. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the requirement which his Department is placing on environmental organisations to register as charities will not in any...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      597. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide all examples of entire units that have been re-centralised back to Dublin from within his Department;...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Environmental Policy
      598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has considered a possible ban on diesel vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39606/16]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the maximum sentence for drink driving from ten years to 14 years in line with the UK laws; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Services
      600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to ensure implementation of Ireland's commitment within the Fresh Start agreement to improve cross-Border rail...
    • Vehicle Clamping
      601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all the provisions of the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015 have now been signed into law; the rules that now apply in relation to maximum...
    • Sports Events
      602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is no competition licence here for younger shooters that wish to compete at international skeet events on behalf of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total photography costs for his Department per annum since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011 per annum in tabular form; the costs per report; the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has liaised with his colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, in respect of the seemingly serious...
    • Road Safety
      607. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the increase in road deaths in 2016 and to ensure 2017 will be a much safer year on Irish roads; and if he will make...
    • Driver Licences
      609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position with regard to the licensing of self-drive cars; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that any of the new...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has used any private unsecured e-mail accounts for official business. [39592/16]
    • Taxi Data
      611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of wheelchair accessible taxis in each county; the number of wheelchair accessible taxis which became available under the new...
    • Taxi Regulations
      612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacancies on the Taxi Advisory Council; the time each vacancy has been left unfilled; when he proposes to fill the...
    • Sports Events
      613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding he has made available for the Rugby World Cup bid 2023 to date in 2016; the amount he has committed to 2017; the...
    • Irish Coast Guard Issues
      614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39638/16]
    • Driver Licences
      615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the legal requirements for driving licence applications are set out in the Road Traffic...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
      616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the N56 Mountcharles to Inver Bridge realignment will receive funding to go to construction; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Services Provision
      617. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to ensure the future of the Ennis to Athenry rail line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39665/16]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a plan is being developed with the Office of Public Works and Clare County Council to prevent recurring flooding on the Ennis to...
    • Rail Services Provision
      619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rail stations at which wheelchair users can independently access train services; the rail stations at which wheelchair users are...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will initiate an analysis of the work required to be undertaken to make safe the Piltown - Fiddown, County Kilkenny, bypass N24 in...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      621. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has been involved in any court proceedings that involved non disclosure agreements in the past five years; and if so,...
    • Rail Services Provision
      622. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the explanation he has been given from Irish Rail following reports that the Enterprise cross-Border rail service experienced a total of...
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      624. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of formal bilateral meetings he has had with Northern Ireland's Minister for Infrastructure since his appointment; the issues...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      625. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his view on Bus Éireann's restructuring of the Expressway service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      626. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding and construction of the Malahide Road bypass at Clare Hall, Dublin 13, which is a key infrastructural...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in the official naming of the road with regard to both Cork city and county councils' decision to honour the...
    • Vehicle Testing
      628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the CVRT process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40029/16]
    • Public Service Vehicles
      629. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the coach passenger industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40030/16]
    • Public Transport Provision
      630. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the public transport infrastructure in north Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40053/16]
    • Taxi Licences
      631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering issuing new standard car taxi plates in the Cork city region. [40095/16]
    • Motor Insurance
      634. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any discussions with the Minister for Finance regarding insurance for the taxi industry; if he has considered any action...
    • Public Transport
      635. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given consideration to upgrading public transport ticketing systems with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, PCIDSS,...
    • Legislative Programme
      636. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the name and number of Bills in preparation or published by his Department since May 2016; the stage each Bill is at in the Houses of the...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      637. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of entire units that have been re-centralised back to Dublin within his Department; his Department's rationale...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      638. 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...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      639. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total photography costs for her Department per annum since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      640. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to detail the external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011 per annum, in tabular form; the costs per...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      641. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation for details on the use of external public relations firms employed by her Department per annum since March 2011 in tabular form; the...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      642. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has used any private unsecured e-mail accounts for official business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39587/16]
    • IDA Site Visits
      643. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times Enterprise Ireland and the IDA have visited Tipperary town and County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement...
    • Job Creation
      644. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the efforts to provide employment at a site (details supplied) in Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • IDA Supports
      645. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the IDA’s progress in securing a replacement industry for a company (details supplied) or any other activity the...
    • Brexit Issues
      646. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the meetings that she has held to date with her Cabinet colleagues, her Department, departmental agencies and external stakeholders to...
    • IDA Site Visits
      647. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a breakdown of all IDA visits by region and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39671/16]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      648. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has been involved in any court proceedings that involved non-disclosure agreements in the past five years; and if...
    • Counterfeit Goods
      649. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to incidents in which fake mobile phone chargers have been known to catch fire; and if so, her plans...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      650. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department and IDA Ireland have identified a client to invest in the new facility at the Finisklin industrial estate in County...
    • Legislative Programme
      651. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name and number of Bills in preparation or published by her Department since May 2016; the stage each Bill is at in the Houses of...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      652. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide details of entire units that have been re-centralised back to Dublin in her Department; her Department's rationale...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • European Solidarity Corps
      653. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the scope of the EU wide youth corps, the European Solidarity Corps; if young persons are being invited to...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      654. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the legal course of action available to forced or illegally adopted persons here who have been effectively excluded from the commission of...
    • Youth Services Funding
      655. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status regarding the provision of funding for a youth officer for Mitchelstown, County Cork. [39405/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      656. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total photography costs for her Department per annum since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      657. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011 per annum, in tabular form; the costs per report; the...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      658. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the use of external public relations firms employed by her Department per annum since March 2011 in tabular form; the list...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      659. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has used any private unsecured e-mail accounts for official business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39579/16]
    • Child Care Services Funding
      660. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs whether a round of funding will be made available in 2017 under the early years capital grant scheme (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Recreational Facilities Provision
      661. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm the financial supports that are available for investment in capital infrastructure for a community playgroup (details...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      662. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she has taken to date to prioritise the completion of an agreement between her Department and the Kazakhstan authorities under...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      663. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has been involved in any court proceedings that involved non-disclosure agreements in the past five years; and if so, if...
    • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
      664. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of an application under the community child care subvention programme by an organisation (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
    • Children and Family Services Provision
      665. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the additional supports for families in emergency accommodation and in particular the additional access to early years...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      666. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a payment in respect of a child care facility (details supplied) will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40054/16]
    • Legislative Programme
      667. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the name and number of Bills in preparation in her Department and published by her Department since May 2016; the stage each Bill is at in...
    • Child Care Costs
      668. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the initiatives either activated or planned by her Department to reduce preschool child care costs for parents; and if she has examined...
    • Children and Family Services Provision
      669. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has a dedicated working group providing support for children and parents living in emergency accommodation in view of their needs,...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      670. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide all examples of entire units that have been re-centralised back to Dublin from within her Department; her Department's...
  • Department of Defence
    • Emergency Planning
      671. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the contingency plans his Department has drawn up to allow the rapid deployment of troops to respond effectively to flooding emergencies and...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      672. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the proposed programme for the purchase of new naval vessels; and the role it is expected that they will undertake. [40173/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      673. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total photography costs for his Department per annum since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance in...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      674. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011 per annum in tabular form; the costs per report; the company...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      675. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department per annum since March 2011 in tabular form; the list of...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      676. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has used any private unsecured e-mail accounts for official business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39581/16]
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      677. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status regarding the Defence Forces' use of the drug Lariam; if a distinction was made as to which serving members of the Defence Forces...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      679. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current situation surrounding the former Columb Barracks site in Mullingar; if he has received any proposals regarding an alternative use...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      681. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has been involved in any court proceedings that involved non-disclosure agreements in the past five years; and if so, if the...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      682. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new recruitment drive for the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service will commence early in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      683. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to his decision to continue the use of Lariam for Defence Forces personnel serving in sub-Saharan Africa, if he will publish the medical...
    • Overseas Missions
      684. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether the continued presence of the Defence Forces in the Golan Heights as part of the UNDOF mission, could make Ireland...
    • Legislative Programme
      685. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the name and number of Bills in preparation in his Department and published by his Department since May 2016; the Stage each Bill is at in the...
    • Overseas Missions Data
      686. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current level of deployment and location of Irish troops overseas on UN or EU related missions; the extent to which further missions are...
    • Defence Forces Training
      687. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which Army, Naval Service and Air Corps training continues to be in line with modern and international best practice; if any...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      688. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which military equipment including transport, communications and procedures in the Army continues to be upgraded and improved; and...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      689. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total strength of the Defence Forces including reserves, Army, Naval Services and Air Corps; the number of women in each branch of the...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      692. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Defence Forces are adequately equipped to deal with emergencies in respect of which they might be called upon; and if he...
    • Search and Rescue Service Provision
      694. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Air Corps and the Naval Service continue to co-operate in air-sea rescue missions; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      695. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which young unemployed persons have been able to join the Defence Forces; if a specific programme exists in this regard; and if he...
    • International Terrorism
      696. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he expects to be in a position to augment any deficiencies in the Defence Forces in the context of a terrorist attack; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      697. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which he is confident that facilities such as advanced training, state-of-the-art technology and any specific military equipment...
    • Air Corps
      698. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Air Corps is adequately equipped to detect and or intercept any activity posing a threat to national security; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      699. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which specialist skills in dealing with security threats remain available to the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      700. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he will take to ensure that adequate time is provided to community organisations to devise and submit proposals pertaining to the use...
    • Civil Defence
      701. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for recognising members of the Civil Defence that provided medical care for members of the Defence Forces and the general public...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      702. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide all examples of entire units that have been recentralised back to Dublin from within his Department; his Department's...

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