Written answers

Friday, 16 December 2016

  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Remuneration
      7. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which she will fund the Labour Court recommendations (details supplied) made since budget day; if she will revise the estimates based on...
    • Garda Deployment
      10. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the decrease in the number of community gardaí in County Limerick in recent years will be reversed; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Reform
      13. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of the recent recommendations from the report of the independent review group on her Department; and if she will...
    • Crime Levels
      14. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that will be taken to address the low burglary detection rate in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40452/16]
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      17. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in delivering on the implementation of UNCRPD here; the efforts being taken to speed up the process taking into account a...
    • Crime Levels
      19. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the recent CSO survey which indicated a fall in detection rates for certain categories of crime; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Garda Deployment
      20. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans in place to increase the number of Garda detectives in the Dublin region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40444/16]
    • Crime Levels
      21. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that will be taken to address a burglary detection rate of less than 10% in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Protected Disclosures
      22. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the event of an investigation that may be initiated following the report and review relating to two protected disclosures (details...
    • Direct Provision System (1 comment)
      23. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ensure that asylum seekers here will not face another Christmas in the direct provision system that has been described as a severe...
    • Legislative Measures
      24. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the Refugee Act 1996 to allow asylum seekers here to work, particularly in view of the well documented negative effects of...
    • Crime Levels
      25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that will be taken to address the low burglary detection rate in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Reserve
      26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a progress report on the programme for Government commitment to double the numbers in the Garda Reserve; and if she will make...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      27. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the fact that still large numbers of speeding cases are being struck out in District Courts; her further views on the fact that...
    • Crime Levels
      28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that will be taken to address the low burglary detection rate in the Dublin western metropolitan region; and if she will make a...
    • International Terrorism
      29. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current assessment of the threat to Ireland of an international terrorist attack; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40312/16]
    • Crime Levels
      30. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has met with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland since his appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40463/16]
    • Garda Strength
      31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Dublin northern metropolitan region can expect an increase in its detective complement in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Crime Levels
      32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that will be taken to address the situation in County Wexford whereby only one in eight burglaries is detected; and if she will make...
    • Prison Staff
      33. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans in relation to the appointment of a new inspector of prisons, following the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Crime Levels
      34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that will be taken to address the low burglary detection rate in the Dublin northern metropolitan region; and if she will make a...
    • Road Safety Strategy
      35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she and the Minster for Transport, Tourism and Sport will liaise to review the legislation surrounding the use of quads by youths in housing...
    • Garda Communications
      36. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is to be a review of Garda e-mail usage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40310/16]
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      37. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has been delayed for over nine years in view of the...
    • Crime Levels
      38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that will be taken to tackle a burglary detection rate of less than one in eight in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Programme
      39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which she will publish the equality/disability (miscellaneous provisions) Bill. [40420/16]
    • Protected Disclosures
      40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider including currently serving whistleblowers in any possible follow-on investigation, following the initial report and review...
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the significant blockages or barriers to ratification and enactment of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2007, in view...
    • Work Permits Data
      42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of work permits taken up as part of the atypical worker permission mechanism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37684/16]
    • Garda Operations
      43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received a report from An Garda Síochána on the raids that have been carried out on fishing ports in an effort to uncover...
    • Sexual Offences Data
      44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the fall in detection rates for sexual offences highlighted in the recent CSO survey; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether it is the cuts to disability services which has prevented the Government ratifying the convention in view of the lack of any...
    • Direct Provision System
      46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a progress report on the McMahon Report on Direct Provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40308/16]
    • Fines Administration
      47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action that will be taken to address the €35 million outstanding in courts' fines; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • European Council Meetings
      48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the next meeting of the EU Home Affairs and Justice Ministers is due to take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40465/16]
    • Garda Deployment
      49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if County Clare can expect to see any increase in Garda numbers in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40466/16]
    • Brexit Issues
      50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the role her Department is playing to ensure that no hard border is reintroduced here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40464/16]
    • Direct Provision System
      51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to end the practice of housing persons seeking asylum in direct provision. [40421/16]
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the programme for Government commitments on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be honoured; and if she will...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme (1 comment)
      53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees settled here under the Irish refugee protection programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40309/16]
    • Prison Discipline
      54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to regulate in law the practice of placing prisoners in solitary confinement. [40422/16]
    • Gangland Crime
      55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of measures to tackle gangland crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40311/16]
    • Garda Strength
      56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the 5% fall in Garda numbers in County Wicklow between the end of October 2015 and the end of September 2016; and if she will make...
    • Organised Crime
      58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the fight against organised crime continues to succeed with particular reference to the urgent need to detain and charge all...
    • Legislative Measures
      59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the latest six month ENAR Ireland report representing a higher level of reporting than the previous six-month...
    • Direct Provision System
      60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the continuing fall in Garda Reserve numbers in the Dublin western metropolitan region; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures and resources she has put in place for any increased reporting of domestic violence following the What Would You Do? awareness...
    • Policing Authority
      62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the operation of the Policing Authority and the full implementation of its power with regard to appointments to An Garda...
    • National Disability Authority
      63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the role of the National Disability Authority; when the review will be completed; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Direct Provision System
      64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce an independent complaints procedure for asylum seekers living in direct provision here; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Protected Disclosures
      65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that the cases of other serving Garda whistleblowers that have made complaints in relation to bullying and harassment following...
    • Gambling Legislation
      66. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to put in place any new measures relating to age restrictions in gambling laws. [40306/16]
    • Garda Strength
      67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the number of gardaí in the traffic corps will be increased in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40447/16]
    • Sentencing Policy
      68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider legislating for the introduction of a sentencing council. [40423/16]
    • Legislative Measures
      69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the increasing proliferation of social media applications that are being used by young persons and children to...
    • Garda Station Closures
      71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list of all Garda stations closed in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Donegal since January 2012; and if she will make a...
    • Peace Commissioners
      72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will investigate the possibility of instilling in local Peace Commissioners the authority to verify RFA 2 forms for the application for...
    • Direct Provision System
      73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary question number 125 of 22 November 2016, the progress which has been made in reducing the number of persons in direct...
    • EU Directives
      74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Ireland has not signed up to European Directive 203/9/EC which would enable those residing in direct provision to access the labour...
    • Garda Data
      75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in the Dublin south central metropolitan region on 30 November 2016. [40634/16]
    • Drugs Seizures
      77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the volume and value of heroin seizures in Cork city and county for each of the years 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; and the details of the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total use her Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40685/16]
    • Road Safety Authority Campaigns
      80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary question number 102 of 8 November 2016, the status of the promised joint RSA and Garda public awareness campaign to...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the gender balances on each of the State boards under her remit. [40719/16]
    • Immigration Data
      82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of undocumented migrants under 18 years of age that are currently here. [40749/16]
    • Family Reunification Applications
      83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when family reunification will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40754/16]
    • Immigration Status
      84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of application for residency and naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Deportation Orders
      86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will set aside a deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied); if she will fully examine the manner in which the decision...
    • Immigration Status
      87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will upgrade status from stamp 2 to stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); if the person's child's birth certificate will be...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Immigration Status
      89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise residency here in the case of a person (details supplied); if the case will be urgently and favourably...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when determination of eligibility for naturalisation will be completed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Family Reunification Applications
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will set aside refusal of family reunification in respect of the spouse and children of a person (details supplied); if she will urgently...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which assets seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau have been disposed of to third parties other than the original owners and holders...
    • Crime Prevention
      93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which action continues to be taken against teenagers becoming involved in faction fight type incidents in residential areas...
    • Crime Data
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of killings attributed to criminal gangland activity in the past ten years to date in 2016; the degree to which the perpetrators have...
    • Crime Prevention
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action taken to deter young persons from contemplating a life of criminality, with particular reference to removing gangland criminals from...
    • Garda Deployment
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which extra gardaí are likely to be deployed to County Kildare and surrounding areas in view of the ongoing challenge of...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when consideration will be given to motorised gardaí on the beat by way of moped or quad bike, thereby providing a visible and...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she can confirm that criminal gangs or their representatives have no influence in the organisation of life within the prison sector with...
    • Garda Resources
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which resources continue to be made available for the pursuit of cold cases, including those of missing persons whose whereabouts...
    • Prison Accommodation
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that can be taken to ensure first-time offenders in prison are segregated during recreation or rehabilitative training from members of...
    • Drugs Crime
      104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which all reports of drug peddling by members of criminal gangs and amateurs at their behest continue to be followed up and...
    • Garda Promotions
      105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of promotions at all levels in An Garda Síochána made in the past 12 months; the number of vacancies still to be filled at...
    • Garda Stations
      106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the stage a project (details supplied) is at; when this project will proceed to the next stage; the likely timescale for the awarding of the...
    • Garda Investigations
      107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in the investigation of the Belturbet bombing of December 1972; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40928/16]
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will implement a single up to date Garda clearance recognised across various disciplines, such as child care, special needs assistant,...
    • Citizenship Applications
      109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive notification of an application for citizenship. [41009/16]
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered introducing a graduated scale of carbon taxation based on the level and type of carbon gas emitted; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance if the programme for Government commitment (details supplied) will be implemented fully in 2017; and if not, the reason therefore. [40828/16]
    • Tax Code
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners are currently examining any other similar scheme of co-operatives involving shares given by co-ops to members and not taxed...
    • Brexit Issues
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions that he has had with his European counterparts in respect of establishing an EU reform fund to protect vulnerable countries from the negative...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning a practice apparently used by certain banks; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Issues
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department and other State agencies are taking to ensure that Ireland is a beneficiary of Brexit in the area of financial services; if he will...
    • EU Budget Contribution
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's current estimate of Ireland's EU budget contribution for 2015; when he expects this amount to be paid [40639/16]
    • Brexit Issues
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact he expects Brexit to have on Ireland's annual contribution to the EU budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40640/16]
    • NAMA Operations
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the planned wind-up of NAMA; the details of the portfolio that is remaining; the current estimate of the timeframe and the financial outturn...
    • Tax Yield
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross amount of corporation tax paid in each year from 2011 to 2015 by the top ten multinational firms as measured by corporation tax paid in tabular...
    • Legal Costs
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of fees paid to barristers, senior and junior counsel, by IBRC since the appointment of the special liquidators; the name and amount paid to each...
    • Banking Operations
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has a policy on whether bank ATM machines should dispense €10 notes to customers; the practice of retail banks here in relation to...
    • Insurance Compensation Fund
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made in respect of the liquidation of a company (details supplied); if those caught up in outstanding claims are facing losses; the...
    • Mortgage Data
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential mortgages here that are classified as sub-prime; the number of sub-prime lenders currently operating in the market; the total value...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or the Central Bank has a record of the number of commercial loans that have been sold on by the original underwriter and if so, the...
    • Credit Register Establishment
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance when the central credit register will be fully operational; the steps that have been taken to date in its implementation; the reason for the delay in bringing...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the independent assessment on Irish corporation tax; when it will be published; if the terms of reference have been refined due to recent...
    • Legislative Programme
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance when the second Finance Bill is due to be published in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40662/16]
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of housing units that the National Asset Management Agency has approved and transferred for social housing, by county; and if he will make a...
    • Negative Equity Mortgages Data
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of households in negative equity; his views on the implications of this for the wider economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40664/16]
    • Irish Infrastructure Fund
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of projects funded by the Irish Infrastructure Fund since its inception, including the nature of such projects and the number of jobs created; and...
    • Tax Collection
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount owing by businesses to the Revenue Commissioners under each tax heading; the age profile of the arrears; and the steps the Revenue Commissioners...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of contract outsourced staff employed at the Central Bank of Ireland; the roles they perform and their daily salary, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Debt
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the latest information he has available as to the amount of small and medium enterprise debt outstanding; the amount which is in arrears; the amount...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the fines greater than €100,000 imposed by the Central Bank on financial institutions over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the total use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40681/16]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the gender balances on each of the State boards under his remit. [40726/16]
    • Betting Legislation
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's plans to review betting duty in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40751/16]
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance when it might be expected that borrowers in this jurisdiction might enjoy the benefit of the Single Market in the context of their mortgage interest rates...
    • Departmental Agencies Expenditure
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount expended by the Pensions Ombudsman and Financial Services Ombudsman on external consultants in the 2014-2016 period, by year, in tabular form; and...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Funding
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the total SBCI loan stock currently available for SMEs to avail of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40861/16]
    • Tax Code
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reports by an organisation (details supplied) showing Ireland as a tax haven; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40901/16]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons regarding whom the Revenue Commissioners provided data to the Health Service Executive under section 8 of the Health (Alteration of...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of revenue foregone in each of the past ten years under section 847A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997. [40981/16]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education and Training Boards Funding
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants available for which chainsaw instructors may apply in order to provide training courses to trainees to enable them to secure skilled...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the programme for Government commitment to double the number of apprenticeships to provide a total of 31,000 places by 2020. [40851/16]
    • School Transport
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if persons (details supplied) can be accommodated on an already available school bus considering their health conditions; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following budget 2017 which makes provision for an increase in the number of teachers and the number of special needs assistants to cater for a...
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review and expansion of the DEIS programme to additional schools; the criteria based on which schools will be added to the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has received the fully costed brief change from the design team in relation to a school (details supplied); if his Department...
    • Schools Building Projects
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the commitment to the opening of a gaelcholáiste for north Kildare in Maynooth in 2019, as indicated in the school...
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the general criteria used to have a school or a group of schools included in the DEIS programme up to now and prior to the review which is due in...
    • School Accommodation
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the demand for places in a school (details supplied) it is intended to increase the proposed accommodation of the school from...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if time spent teaching in a private school not in the European Union is included under teaching service in the incremental payscale. [40590/16]
    • School Accommodation
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to cater for the ever-growing need for primary school places in Newbridge, County Kildare; if he will consider the need for more...
    • Psychological Assessments
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) will have a school needs assessment carried out prior to entering second level school; and if...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was refused their application for a SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40619/16]
    • Site Acquisitions
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been secured by his Department for a permanent school building for a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork; the next...
    • Ministerial Travel
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40679/16]
    • Education Centre Network
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a schedule of all funding allocated to each education centre here with a breakdown of the number of schools, number of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the gender balances on each of the State boards under his remit. [40725/16]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a request by a school (details supplied) for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40734/16]
    • Emergency Works Scheme Funding
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a request by a school (details supplied) for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40735/16]
    • School Uniforms
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which parents can continue to source children's school uniforms from traditional suppliers or otherwise; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the school building programme for County Kildare continues to meet its targets at primary and secondary level; and if he will...
    • School Closures
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the programme for Government commitment of no closure of small schools has been achieved to date in 2016. [40844/16]
    • Apprenticeship Data
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total spend on apprenticeship training; the number of apprentices in training, by each main employment sector and sub sector, in each of the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of category 2 and category 3 apprenticeships referred to in the 2015 Apprenticeship Council report on new apprenticeship programme...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of career guidance counsellors in place since September 2016; if this number will be increased from January to June 2017; and if he...
    • Schools Building Projects
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage a proposed building project (details supplied) is at; when this project will proceed to the next stage; the likely timescale for this...
    • School Transport Review
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the review of the school transport scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40935/16]
    • Schools Building Projects
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a proposed building project at a school (details supplied); when this project will proceed to construction stage; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a longstanding application for refurbishment and extension of facilities at a school (details supplied) will be progressed; if his attention...
    • Schools Building Projects
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a building project at a school (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; if his attention has been drawn to the urgent need to have...
    • School Curriculum
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount which will be specifically allocated in 2017 to teaching coding in primary and post-primary schools. [41007/16]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Local Authority Housing Eligibility
      192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if care leavers have been recognised as a priority cohort for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nitrates Usage
      193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the regulatory position regarding the stocking rate limit of 170kg organic nitrogen per hectare. [40896/16]
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of plans to upgrade wind turbine guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40904/16]
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is considering increasing the income thresholds for the purposes of qualifying for inclusion on a social...
    • Tenancy Protection Scheme
      196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the figures from the RTB on the number or percentage of private rental tenancies that are fixed term agreements and...
    • Nitrates Usage
      197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the transitional arrangements for pig farmers can be allowed to continue in the current format until the full...
    • Local Authority Funding
      198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding that will be provided to Cavan County Council in 2017 for the completion of unfinished housing estates;...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 24 May 2016, he will now consider changing legislation to allow...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
      201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of mortgage to rent transactions that have been fully completed at this stage; the number by local...
    • Ministerial Travel
      202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office; and if he will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the gender balances on each of the State boards under his remit. [40729/16]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing units that his Department will fund in 2017 in counties Cavan and Monaghan; if his attention...
    • Septic Tank Inspections
      206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of septic tank owners nationally per census 2016 figures; the total number of septic tank units...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of group water schemes in operation broken down by county; the total number of these schemes that...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total amount in State funding committed to the rural water programme in 2016 and 2017. [40805/16]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants
      209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of all grant payment schemes available for private well owners, in tabular form; the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department allocated funds which will increase the subvention to group water schemes in 2017; if not, the...
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding
      211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total funding allocated to the social inclusion and community activation programme in each year since being...
    • Commercial Rates
      212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the proposals, if any, he will bring to Cabinet regarding local authority powers for the collection of commercial...
    • Irish Water Administration
      213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the changes that have been implemented to Irish Water since the confidence and supply arrangement; if there are...
    • Planning Issues
      214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the powers vested in him pursuant under section 9(7)(a) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 have ever...
    • Library Projects
      215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the stage a project (details supplied) is at; when this project will proceed to the next stage; the likely timescale...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authority housing loan applications approved by each council in each of the years from 2010 to...
    • Forestry Management
      219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the planning regulations in respect of afforestation in view of the fact lands are now being...
    • Fire Stations Provision
      220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when a project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; the likely timescale for the awarding of a...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Employment Support Services
      222. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the programme for Government commitment (details supplied); and the measures being introduced in 2017 to achieve these policy...
    • Social Insurance Fund
      223. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the programme for Government commitment to introduce a PRSI scheme for the self-employed; the number of such persons covered...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      224. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      225. 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....
    • JobPath Data
      226. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of penalties applied by his Department each year from 2012 to date in 2016; the amount of penalties applied for failure in regard to...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      227. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of transfers in personnel between the social welfare appeals office and the rest of his Department or any other applicable Department...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households by county currently in receipt of the rent supplement payment in tabular form; the number of households by county that have...
    • Widow's Pension Eligibility
      229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a response will issue regarding an overpayment of widows non-contributory pension to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Live Register Data
      230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons the number of women aged 25 and over on the live register is decreasing at a much slower rate than any other section of the population;...
    • Ministerial Travel
      231. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40687/16]
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for family income supplement (FIS) in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason a payment of one parent family...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      234. 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....
    • Appointments to State Boards
      235. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the gender balances on each of the State boards under his remit. [40732/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      236. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect a decision on...
    • Maternity Benefit Data
      237. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extra supports in addition to standard maternity and paternity leave that are available from his Department to parents of premature babies in...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when restoration of rent allowance might occur in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40752/16]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the gap in social protection payments has not been restored in the case of a person (details supplied); when all outstanding arrears will...
    • Departmental Contracts
      240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when his Department's current contract with An Post will expire; when it will be renewed by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Labour Court recommendation, LCR 19293, recommending that a pension scheme be introduced for community employment scheme supervisors will...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for jobseekers allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Naval Vessels
      244. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the circumstances surrounding the docking of a submarine at Horgan's Quay in Cork at the beginning of November, observed during the first...
    • Passport Applications
      245. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the unprecedented increase in new applications for Irish passports, if he will consider the opening of a satellite passport...
    • Brexit Issues
      246. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures his Department is taking to ensure that all aspects of the Good Friday Agreement are upheld in view of the Brexit referendum...
    • Passport Applications Data
      249. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports issued by his Department from 1 January to date in 2016; the way in which this figure compares with 2015; and if he...
    • Brexit Issues
      250. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans, to revise The Global Island - Ireland's foreign policy paper in view of the Brexit referendum result; and if he will make a...
    • Trade Missions Data
      251. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of trade missions undertaken by his Department from 1 January to date in 2016; the way in which this figure compares with...
    • International Agreements
      252. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position on the migration agreements currently being negotiated by the EU with third countries such as Ethiopia and Nigeria; if he...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      253. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent efforts being made by his Department to secure the release of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Syrian Conflict
      254. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions being taken by him and his EU counterparts to address the situation in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Foreign Conflicts
      255. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the military crackdown on the Rohingya minority in Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40528/16]
    • Prisoner Releases
      256. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken personally with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in relation to the revocation of a licence from a person...
    • Ministerial Travel
      257. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40682/16]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      259. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the gender balances on each of the State boards under his remit. [40727/16]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      260. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the EU, UN and global community continue to focus on the activities of Boko Haram; the extent to which action has been...
    • Humanitarian Assistance
      261. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international humanitarian effort can focus on Syria, the Middle East in general and African countries with...
    • Brexit Issues
      262. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his Department continue to engage with colleagues in the EU, UK, Northern Ireland and Scotland with a view to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      263. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure profile of his Department at the end of November 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40919/16]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      264. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to reopen the embassy in Tehran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40920/16]
    • Brexit Issues
      267. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent report by the House of Lords EU committee on Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40923/16]
    • Northern Ireland
      268. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation of the Fresh Start agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40924/16]
    • Passport Services
      270. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will give consideration to a request made to an Oireachtas committee (details supplied); his views on whether the provision of such a...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
      271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has reached agreement with the insurance industry on the use of demountable defences; if the insurance industry has given any...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current position regarding the planned flood relief scheme in Cork city; the estimated timeline in the delivery of the project; the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
      273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding budgeting in the current year for flood relief works; the amount actually spent to date; the budget for such works...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of quarterly meetings of the SME advisory group facilitated in 2016 by the Government; and the number of meetings chaired by...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has sought or intends to seek any flexibility from the European Commission in terms of the application of the fiscal...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      276. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to launch a new scheme to dredge the River Shannon; the timeframe for such plans; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Expenditure Reviews
      279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if as part of the 2017 spending review, a comprehensive review of expenditure ceilings will take place that will include the process of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      280. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the gender balance on each of the State boards under his remit. [40731/16]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      281. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the programme for Government commitment (details supplied) and each measure adopted to date. [40834/16]
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      282. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the programme for Government commitment to conduct a consultation on the merits of establishing a procurement...
    • EU Programmes
      284. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total funding allocated for the INTERREG programme; the breakdown of the funding allocated by the EU and the Irish and British...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
      286. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the resource allocation model for the allocation of funds under the Dormant Accounts Fund at the last round; and for the location,...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      287. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projects from which allocated Dormant Accounts Fund funding has been withdrawn in each of the past ten years; and the value,...
    • Foireann Roinne
      289. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é líon na bhfolúntas foirne sa Roinn nach bhfuil líonta go fóill; cad iad na rannóga lena mbaineann...
    • CLÁR Programme
      290. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount sanctioned to date in 2016 under the CLÁR programme under each of the headings, safety measures for schools and...
    • Seirbhísí Farantóireachta
      291. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an mbeidh na huastáillí a bhaineann leis na seirbhísí farantóireachta eile ar fud an chósta mar chuid...
    • Cultural Property Inventory
      292. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to declare the copy of the surrender letter signed by P. H. Pearse to be a cultural object under section 49(2) of the...
    • Cuanta agus Céanna
      293. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil iarratas déanta chuig Comhairle Contae na Gaillimhe dul ar aghaidh leis an bpleanáil ar an gcead chéim eile...
    • An Clár um Fhorbairt Áitiúil agus Pobail
      294. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an soláthróidh sí liosta de na hiarratais reatha atá a bpróiseáil ag a Roinn faoi láthair ó...
    • Ministerial Travel
      295. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total use her Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Appointments to State Boards
      297. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the gender balances on each of the State boards under her remit. [40721/16]
    • State Bodies Expenditure
      298. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a breakdown between current and capital expenditure allocated for all State agencies and bodies under her aegis...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      299. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of additional staff to be taken on in her Department and in all individual State agencies and bodies under her aegis...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      300. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total current and capital expenditure allocated to the town and village renewal scheme in 2015, 2016 and the amount allocated in...
    • Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas
      301. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount of current and capital expenditure allocated to initiatives under the Commission for the Economic Development of...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Expenditure
      302. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount of capital expenditure expended in 2016 and allocated in 2017 on Údarás na Gaeltachta, in tabular form, in...
    • Rural Development Policy
      303. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress as provided under the programme for Government on the development of a new Atlantic economic corridor; and if she will...
    • CLÁR Programme
      304. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total CLÁR programme funding over each of the years 2010 to 2016 and the amount allocated in 2017, in tabular form. [40808/16]
    • Post Office Network
      306. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress under the programme for Government commitment to act swiftly on the recommendations of the post office business...
    • Post Offices and Credit Unions Merger
      307. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress under the programme for Government commitment of a new model of community banking for An Post and the League of Credit...
    • Post Office Network
      309. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress under the programme for Government to establish the feasibility of offering motor tax services and other State services...
    • Irish Language
      310. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total annual Irish language funding in the 2010 to 2016 period, in tabular form; and the amount that has been located in 2017....
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
      311. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total spending to date under the Dormant Accounts Fund in 2016; the remaining funds that are currently in the fund in 2016; and...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      313. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress on the programme for Government commitment to increasing funding for the LEADER programme; the total annual amount of...
    • Rural Development Policy
      315. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the commitment that a wide-ranging rural development policy framework will be developed by the end of 2016 and will...
    • Inland Waterways Development
      317. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will give further consideration to the extension of the Erne navigation from Belturbet to Killykeen and Killeshandra; and if...
  • Department of Health
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration
      319. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve the freestyle libre glucose monitoring system under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40486/16]
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      320. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists by location for orthodontic and maxillofacial facial surgery; the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40491/16]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      321. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the waiting list for orthodontic assessment; the post-assessment waiting list by category and by location for treatment; if there are vacancies...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      322. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to date in 2016 for the development of early intervention and prevention counselling services by mental health and primary care,...
    • Hospitals Funding
      328. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to date in 2016 for the opening of new acute and high-observation units. [40514/16]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred in agency fees to date in 2016 by the HSE in the provision of mental health services. [40515/16]
    • Mental Health Services
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the details of approved centres that are yet to comply with the Mental Health Commission, in tabular form. [40516/16]
    • Suicide Prevention
      331. To ask the Minister for Health if anti-ligature measures have been introduced in all settings; and if not, the details of settings where they have yet to be introduced in tabular form. [40517/16]
    • Mental Health Services
      332. To ask the Minister for Health the fixed address of each CAMHS team in the area for each CHO in tabular form. [40518/16]
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      336. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the successful applicants in County Mayo that were approved funding under the HSE national lottery grant scheme for 2016; under the respite...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to date in 2016 for home respite initiatives for the development of community based home respite initiatives within the disability sector....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      338. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to date in 2016 for new therapy posts under the progressing disability services for children and young adults (0-18s programme); the...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      341. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question number 319 of 2 November, 2016, if he will instruct the HSE to introduce a fast tracking process for the approval of the...
    • Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
      342. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish his implementation proposals on the national positive ageing strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40540/16]
    • Primary Care Centres
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the expected opening date for the Celbridge primary care centre, Celbridge, County Kildare; the services which will be available to the public at the primary...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      344. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied) without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40542/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      345. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide a person (details supplied) with an additional six hours care a week. [40544/16]
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      346. To ask the Minister for Health when a grant under the national lottery grant scheme administered by the HSE which was awarded to a men's shed (details supplied) on 27 July 2016 will be paid;...
    • Health Services
      347. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the national first response network; the way in which this could be facilitated and supported in communities; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      348. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant neurologists that are currently employed and serving the north west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40557/16]
    • Home Help Service
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if it is a condition that a person must hold an appropriate FETAC 5 qualification to work as a home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40571/16]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages currently being provided by local health office in tabular form; and the level of service provided in terms of increasing six...
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      351. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange a dental appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40599/16]
    • Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the status of putting in place a scheme, on a no fault basis, that will respond to the needs of persons with disability arising from vaccination [40603/16]
    • Patient Safety
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the programme for Government commitments on voluntary disclosure specifically the implementation of recommendations of the Madden commission; and...
    • Health Services Access
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the use of county boundaries for access to health and social services. [40605/16]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      355. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40606/16]
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the negotiation of a new consultant's contract. [40613/16]
    • Nursing Staff Data
      358. To ask the Minister for Health if the public health nurse service has been expanded in 2016; the number of public health nurses employed at the end of each of the years to 2015 and to date...
    • General Practitioner Training
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new and additional general practitioner training places which will come on stream in 2017. [40615/16]
    • Community Pharmacy Services
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Government's plans to expand the role of community pharmacists in managing the health of their patients and in medicine prescription. [40616/16]
    • Prison Medical Service
      361. To ask the Minister for Health when a psychiatrist will be appointed to Castlerea Prison (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40622/16]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a drug (details supplied) continues to be available to treat individuals with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. [40627/16]
    • Primary Care Centres
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the examination of the use of tax instruments and other incentives to support investment by general practitioners, dentists and other...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      365. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish proposals following consultation with representatives to support general practitioner practices in disadvantaged urban areas. [40631/16]
    • Medical Card Administration
      366. To ask the Minister for Health when he asked the clinical advisory group on medical cards to examine the guidelines for the awarding of discretionary medical cards for persons undergoing...
    • Hospitals Car Park Charges
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's policy on the operation of car parks within hospital grounds; the revenue collected by the hospital in respect of those car parks around the country;...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of assessments of children with possible special needs which are currently outstanding beyond the time periods permitted by the Disability Act...
    • Ministerial Travel
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the total use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40683/16]
    • HSE Staff
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all existing management grade HSE staff per community health care organisation and other division by grade in each case; and the corresponding...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds which were closed as of 9 December 2016 by hospital, with a reason for the closure in each case. [40709/16]
    • Occupational Therapy
      374. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 519 of 12 July 2016, if he will intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) who previously was denied...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the gender balances on each of the State boards under his remit. [40728/16]
    • Patient Deaths
      376. To ask the Minister for Health if WHO ICD classification criteria were adhered to on the death certificates of persons who died of septicaemia in University Hospital Limerick and in...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      378. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a refusal of a medical card will be reviewed in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40766/16]
    • Medical Card Applications
      379. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will issue as a matter of urgency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40769/16]
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40863/16]
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      381. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the changes on consultant contracts that have occurred in 2016; the number of consultants that have changed from contract A to B and from B to C;...
    • Health Services Provision
      382. To ask the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself on the number of elective gynaecological procedures being carried out on a daily basis in the Cork University Maternity Hospital;...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the current average processing times for applications received by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland from those who wish to practise as nurses or...
    • Medical Card Applications
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [40899/16]
    • Hospitals Funding
      385. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided in the HSE's capital programme 2017 towards the provision of additional facilities for the emergency department at Cavan General...
    • Health Services Provision
      386. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand orthopaedic services in the north east with particular reference to the delays experienced by patients in counties Cavan and Monaghan in...
    • Local Drugs Task Forces Funding
      387. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the funding allocation for the north east drugs task force in view of the increase in the number of persons accessing services that are...
    • Maternity Services
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national maternity strategy; the total funding that is to be provided for the strategy; the funding being provided in 2016; and the outputs...
    • Medical Card Data
      389. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards to be provided in 2016; and the likely full year costs in 2016 if the projection is not met. [40945/16]
    • Health Services Data
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage occupancy rate in public residential care units for the most recent calendar month available and for the previous eleven months, in tabular...
    • Community Care
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community health care organisations which have established home care waiting lists on a standardised basis. [40947/16]
    • Patient Safety
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of serious reportable events currently being notified within 24 hours to a designated officer. [40948/16]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant positions in each public and voluntary hospital in categories (details supplied). [40952/16]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by first responders in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less for each ambulance station in each...
    • Primary Care Centres Data
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012, in tabular form; the current status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40955/16]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in hospitals (details supplied) that are currently closed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40956/16]
    • Hospitals Data
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds in each public hospital at the end of each of the years 2011 to 2015 and the latest figure for 2016, in tabular form. [40960/16]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency medicine consultants in each public and voluntary hospital with an emergency department; and the number of each that have an emergency...
    • Medical Card Data
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards and general practitioner cards as of 1 December 2016; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme for each local health area, in tabular form; the length of time waiting; and the...
    • Hospitals Data
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out MRI scans; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 December 2016 or the nearest available date for...
    • Medical Card Data
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the number of over 70s medical cards in circulation at the end of November for each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date, for each local health area, in tabular...
    • Hospitals Funding
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation for 2016 for each public and voluntary hospital within each hospital group in tabular form. [40973/16]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances that have been decommissioned by the HSE national ambulance service to date in 2016; the number of new emergency ambulances...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals to CAMHS received to date in 2016 in each CHO and the number of such referrals accepted; if those referrals not accepted were referred...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Derelict Sites Data
      421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent to date on remedial works on a site (details supplied); the final expected spend in 2016 and the plans for spending...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the carbon footprint of the livestock sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40714/16]
    • Animal Welfare
      423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ban wild animal circuses here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40490/16]
    • TAMS Payments
      424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a payment to a person (details supplied) under TAMS 4 for animal welfare safety and nutrient storage system,...
    • GLAS Applications
      425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all conditions for GLAS 1 payment have been met in the case of a person (details supplied); if so, when the application will be...
    • GLAS Payments
      426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department kept applicants fully informed of the issues delaying payment with regard to the more than 200 GLAS 1 payments...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to deal with an administrative error in an application for a BPS payment by a person (details supplied) which...
    • TAMS Applications
      428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in reaching a decision for a TAMS II application lodged by a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Harbours and Piers
      429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm ownership of Kilkeavagh Pier in County Kerry; if there is funding available to carry out vital urgent works on the...
    • GLAS Eligibility
      430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers who submitted a commonage share for the first time in the 2016 BPS application are being excluded from gaining...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been taken by the agriculture appeals office to hold all oral appeals hearings in Port Laoise; the reason for this;...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount paid to date to a person (details supplied) under AEOS 3; the amount sought back from the person due to the failure...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [40612/16]
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a shipping vessel in Irish waters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40620/16]
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider redefining SFP entitlements as wasting assets (details supplied) and allow those that purchased and still retain...
    • Ministerial Travel
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Appointments to State Boards
      438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the gender balances on each of the State boards under his remit. [40720/16]
    • State Bodies Expenditure
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated between current and capital expenditure allocated for all State agencies and bodies under his aegis for 2016 and...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of additional staff to be taken on in his Department and in all individual State agencies and bodies under his aegis...
    • GLAS Data
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 farmers who have received 85% of their total 2016 payment; the average payment made to these...
    • GLAS Applications
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the total number of persons who have enrolled to date in GLAS 3; if he will provide a breakdown between tiers 1, 2 and 3;...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 1 December 2016, if the 1,566 yellow card cases will have their applications processed...
    • Agriculture Scheme Expenditure
      445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the total budget amount allocation in 2017 for the GLAS, BDGP, TAMS, AOES and REPS programmes; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out in tabular form the breakdown of total expenditure incurred to date in 2016 and the annual amount of funds originally...
    • GLAS Eligibility
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set down the number of farmers that joined the first, second and third tranche of the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme who...
    • GLAS Administration
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether priority access is being provided to approximately 2,000 farmers that did not get into GLAS 2 in view of the fact the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of the progress towards the programme for Government commitment to propose a lowering of the cap on basic...
    • Food Industry Development
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of the progress towards the programme for Government commitment to support for further action at an EU level to...
    • Legislative Reviews
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of the progress towards the programme for Government commitment to review the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001....
    • Teagasc Courses
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of the progress towards the programme for Government commitment to review the green cert to ensure it is fit...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of the progress towards the programme for Government commitment to seek recognition from the European...
    • TAMS Administration
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of the progress towards the programme for Government commitment to include a measure on clearing drains in the...
    • Aquaculture Development
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of the progress towards the programme for Government commitment to explore the potential for the development of...
    • Fish Quotas
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set down the number of bilateral meetings he has had with European counterparts regarding fishing quotas and safeguarding Irish...
    • Fishing Communities
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of the progress towards the programme for Government commitment to review the fish assist scheme in recognition...
    • Food Labelling
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of the progress towards the programme for Government commitment to continuing to explore the potential...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the total number of farmers enrolled in the basic payments scheme that have received a payment under, equal to or above...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Data
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set down in tabular form the number of farmers in receipt of areas of natural constraint payments by county; the total number of...
    • GLAS Payments
      462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the reason only 85% of 2016 GLAS payments are issuing in December 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the number of BPS payments which were withheld due to LPIS; if any outstanding payments that have been subsequently...
    • Departmental Reports
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
    • Agrifood Sector
      465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce new measures to assist the mushroom sector due to the particular difficulties that have arisen for that sector...
    • Food Exports to Iran
      466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress on the opening of the market for beef and sheep meat to Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40939/16]
    • Forestry Sector
      467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to widespread concerns in communities in County Cavan and elsewhere in relation to the purchase of...
    • TAMS Appeals
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the process of an oral hearing in the case of a person (details supplied); when the hearing might take place; and...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the process of an oral hearing in the case of a person (details supplied); when the hearing might take place; and...
    • GLAS Payments
      471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS 2 payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41005/16]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Postal Services Provision (1 comment)
      472. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the current USO provided by An Post expires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40824/16]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      473. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter regarding broadband (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      475. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the renewable heat incentive scheme will be introduced; the rate to be paid per kilowatt hour; the rate to be paid...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      476. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a broadband universal obligation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40671/16]
    • North-South Interconnector
      477. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the proposed North-South inter-connector project; if this project proceeds, if he will ensure that...
    • Ministerial Transport
      478. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Schemes
      480. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent of coverage of low income households that qualify for inclusion in the warmth and wellbeing scheme; the...
    • State Bodies
      481. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the gender balances on each of the State boards under his remit. [40723/16]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      482. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if all premises covered by the national broadband plan will be connected by the end of 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Electric Vehicles
      483. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether current 2020 EV uptake targets are achievable in meeting climate change challenges; and if he will...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      484. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the programme for Government commitments relating to improving mobile phone coverage and the timetable for actions in...
    • Energy Prices
      485. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on increasing the public service obligation levy on electricity bills; the rate at which it is levied; and if...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      486. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grant support available for PC solar energy production here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40907/16]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      487. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status on meeting EU 2020 CO2 emission reduction targets; the penalties which will be faced if Ireland does not...
    • Energy Efficiency
      488. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status on meeting EU 2020 energy efficiency targets; the penalties which will be faced if Ireland does not attain...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      490. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of current population coverage of 3G and 4G mobile phone coverage here under current licensing...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications Data
      494. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and monetary amounts of sports capital grants that have been provided since February 2016, broken down by constituency, in...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Expenditure
      495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount allocated to the local improvement scheme in 2017 in view of the programme for Government commitment to have the scheme...
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      496. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of expenditure allocated in 2017 to the Wild Atlantic Way and greenways considering the programme for Government...
    • Regional Airports
      497. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress as provided under the programme for Government on €10 million in additional funding for regional airports; the...
    • EU Issues
      498. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress as provided under the programme for Government on TEN-T transport funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      500. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the report as referenced under the programme for Government on rural transport will be published in view of the commitment made that...
    • Departmental Contracts
      501. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 562 of 25 October 2016, if he will provide details of the discussions and the clear position...
    • Driver Licences Renewals
      502. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if driver's licences can be renewed through local post offices; and if not, if he will provide a list of centres in Dublin where licences...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Remit
      503. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if outside companies are employed to carry out motorway roadside maintenance, namely services such as tree tending and grass cutting; and...
    • Bus Services
      504. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the tendering process for bus services to be privatised will include a requirement for successful bidders to accept the free travel...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      505. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the tendering process of 23 Dublin Bus Routes and five Bus Éireann routes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport Subsidies
      506. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of State subsidy in total which goes to Leinster, Connacht, Munster and Ulster, broken down by province, for the provision of...
    • Ministerial Travel
      507. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Transport
      509. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby several hundred rickshaws are operating in Dublin city at weekends and the...
    • Gender Balance
      510. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the gender balance on each of the State boards under his remit. [40733/16]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      511. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the 2017 sports capital programme will be open for applications; the likely timescale for the processing and issue of approvals; the...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      512. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the allocations will be announced in respect of the 2017 non-national road works programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Projects
      514. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a specific allocation will be made to Monaghan County Council in 2017 for the planning and design of the N2 Clontibret to the Border...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      516. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the sports allocations made in each of the past ten years outside of the sports capital programme; the value, location, purpose and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      519. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a payment was made, and the details of any such payment, by his Department or any body under the aegis of his Department to provide...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Brexit Issues
      520. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the discussions that she has had with her European counterparts on reviewing State aid rules to provide a temporary framework that...
    • Trade Strategy
      521. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce specific measures to enable companies to diversify into new markets and maintain their UK market share; and if...
    • Enterprise Ireland Funding
      522. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total capital expenditure expended in 2016 and allocated in 2017 on Enterprise Ireland in tabular form, in view of the programme...
    • Consumer Protection
      523. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the rights of a person in a circumstance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Job Creation Data
      524. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the number of jobs that were delivered in the Kildare South and Kildare North constituencies in...
    • IDA Site Visits
      525. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will ensure that the number of site visits from the IDA in south Kildare is increased in 2017. [40565/16]
    • Consumer Protection
      526. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consumer rights that apply to gift vouchers; her plans to introduce new rules concerning the period of time for which such...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Data
      527. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacancies in each functional area of Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland; the percentage that vacancy rate represents of...
    • Ministerial Travel
      528. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total use her Department has made of the Government jet since she came into office; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      530. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the gender balances on each of the State boards under her remit. [40730/16]
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      531. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 10 November 2016, regarding the case of the person (details supplied), the exact...
    • National Minimum Wage
      532. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the programme for Government commitment (details supplied); and the employers PRSI reductions foreseen in line...
    • Low Pay Commission Remit
      533. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the programme for Government commitment to increase the minimum wage undermining the independent and evidence based...
    • Employment Support Services
      534. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the programme for Government commitment to assist 50,000 long-term unemployed persons into jobs. [40841/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      535. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount allocated in 2017 for export-led jobs growth across Ireland’s regions in view of the programme for Government...
    • Health and Safety Inspections Data
      538. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount the Health and Safety Authority spent on all safety initiatives in each of the years 2011 to date in 2016; the number of...
    • IDA Site Visits
      539. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of IDA Ireland sponsored visits in each county in each respective month of 2016, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • IDA Portfolio
      540. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of vacant IDA Ireland site properties at present, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      541. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the breakdown between current and capital expenditure allocated for all State agencies and bodies under her aegis in 2016 and 2017,...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      542. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of additional staff to be taken on in her Department and in all individual State agencies and bodies under her aegis in...
    • Health and Safety Inspections Data
      543. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by the Health and Safety Authority on farm safety initiatives and the number of inspections in each of the years 2011...
    • Job Creation
      545. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the urgent need to provide additional job opportunities throughout counties Cavan and Monaghan; the...
    • State Bodies Property
      546. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her proposals to utilise lands owned by the State's industrial promotion agencies in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the extent of such...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • School Expulsions
      547. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of students suspended and-or expelled from schools in counties Louth and Meath for the past three years; if her Department...
    • Ministerial Travel
      548. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total use her Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40676/16]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      550. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the gender balances on each of the State boards under her remit. [40722/16]
    • Youth Justice Strategy
      551. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the bail supervision scheme for young offenders; her plans to extend this scheme beyond Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • Area Based Childhood Programme
      552. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of national interim reports on the ABC programme by the Centre of Effective Centres; and when she expects those reports to be...
    • Departmental Reports
      553. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the second annual report under the Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures has been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Capitation Grants
      554. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capitation grants that have been awarded to providers of ECCE services, broken down by month and county, in tabular form. [40745/16]
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      555. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the new child care regulations have been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40746/16]
    • Legislative Measures
      556. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the Children First Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40748/16]
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      557. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children taken into State care, by county, by the Child and Family Agency, Tusla in the years in each of the years 2014, 2015...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      558. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capital funding available towards the provision of new child care facilities or the upgrading of existing facilities in 2017; the level...
  • Department of Defence
    • Common Security and Defence Policy
      559. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which defence discussions within the EU are fragmenting into bilateral and mini-multilateral frameworks; and his views on the...
    • EU Funding
      560. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the interdepartmental preparations his Department is participating in to ensure businesses here are well positioned to participate in new...
    • Stability and Growth Pact
      561. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has a view on supporting proposals to exclude defence spending from the calculation of excess deficit rules. [40580/16]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      562. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which his Department proposes to fulfill the large procurement projects such as APCs, aircraft and naval vessels, the needs for which...
    • Overseas Missions
      563. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of Ireland’s participation in UNDOF and the UN decision to reoccupy the area of separation; the strategic concerns that exist...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      564. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the figures for the strength of the Permanent Defence Force with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
      565. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the figures for the strength of the Defence Forces Reserve with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      566. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits the Defence Forces have taken on to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40585/16]
    • European Council Meetings
      567. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the most recent meeting of EU defence Ministers. [40586/16]
    • insertheading
      568. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of suspect devices that the army disposal unit has dealt with, by date in 2016, by county, in tabular form. [40587/16]
    • Naval Service Operations
      569. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of days spent at sea by members of the Naval Service Reserve in 2015 and to date in 2016. [40588/16]
    • European Council Meetings
      570. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the next meeting of EU defence Ministers will take place; the agenda for same if decided; his priorities for it; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Travel
      571. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40678/16]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      573. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the gender balances on each of the State boards under his remit. [40724/16]

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