Written answers

Tuesday, 17 January 2017

  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      41. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recent reports (details supplied) of so-called vulture funds being able to pay a small amount of tax; the measures he will take to close tax...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      43. To ask the Minister for Finance if is satisfied with the staffing levels at the Central Bank; his views on the level of vacancies; if he is satisfied that the Central Bank is adequately...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      44. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will propose an amendment to the NAMA legislation to allow NAMA to play a greater role in the provision of social housing and housing in general; and if...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      45. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will put in place a mechanism within his Department to track house price inflation and assess whether any such inflation is being caused by the...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      46. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which adequate controls exist to ensure unregulated third parties purchasing loan books from financial institutions are not allowed to ignore the...
    • NAMA Loans Sale
      47. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on meetings he and his officials have had with so-called vulture funds since 2011; his views on NAMA transferring loans to such funds; and if...
    • Interest Rates
      49. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reports of possible rises in interest rates during 2017 in the eurozone, the US and the UK; the estimates that have been made for the impact on...
    • Tax Code
      50. To ask the Minister for Finance if, following the recent change in approach to patronage share schemes, he will confirm that in the event of the Revenue Commissioners' position being upheld...
    • NAMA Loans Sale
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered if the practical application of sections of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009, which require NAMA to contribute to the social...
    • Tax Code
      53. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the working of the Tax Strategy Group in 2017, with particular reference to a review of the current system of betting tax; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Issues
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a report on his recent meeting in Dublin with the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Philip Hammond. [1647/17]
    • EU Issues
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a request to a company (details supplied) that it attend the upcoming finance committee hearings on the EU state aid ruling related to the...
    • Tax Code
      59. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax policy logic in forfeiting CGT at 33% in view of the fact that the effective income tax rate is 27%; and his views on whether it is appropriate that...
    • Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Proposals
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he has had with the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, Pierre Moscovici, regarding the common...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      62. To ask the Minister for Finance the legislative and regulatory steps he will take to ensure that the owners of mortgage credit are fully regulated as opposed to the credit servicers; and if...
    • Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that the lending institutions are compliant with a code of conduct in respect of mortgage arrears that recognises the...
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected loss of tax revenue from the tax exemptions granted to REITs in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1653/17]
    • Tax Avoidance
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on his Department's work with the Revenue Commissioners in tackling the tax evasion uncovered in the Panama Papers; and if he will...
    • State Aid Investigations
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he has had with fellow EU colleagues regarding a tax case (details supplied). [39936/16]
    • Insurance Coverage
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance the advances that have been made between his Department and Insurance Ireland regarding the problems faced by potential home buyers in areas that have been...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Central Bank has no record of the number of SME loans that have been sold on to unregulated loan owners;...
    • State Aid Investigations
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance when the escrow account to collect corporate taxes which the EU Commission ruled are due to the Exchequer from a company (details supplied) is being...
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider revising the tax exemptions granted to REITs in the Finance Bill 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1654/17]
    • Financial Services Ombudsman
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance the findings of any reviews he has ordered in relation to the performance of the Financial Services Ombudsman; and if his attention has been drawn to any...
    • Tax Data
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance the average effective tax rate on the income of farmers based in the south west; if he will provide an update on the impact on the average farmer of the...
    • Motor Insurance
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the Report on the Costs of Motor Insurance will help put an end to the boom-bust model underpinning motor insurance here; and if he will make...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the Central Bank's response to a bank's placing of 2,141 SME customers into a global restructuring group (details supplied); his views...
    • NAMA Operations
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider suspending all operations of NAMA pending the outcome of all current investigations into the sale of Project Eagle by NAMA, including those...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the use of NAMA-controlled properties to assist in providing affordable housing to persons; if he will use his powers under the NAMA Act 2009 to...
    • Tax Data
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the tax loss to the Exchequer for the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; the details of the persons or bodies that hold section 110...
    • Mortgage Lending
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has had discussions with the Central Bank regarding mortgage deposit requirements for prospective first-time buyers seeking to purchase their...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the ongoing increases in house prices, he will abolish the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1737/17]
    • Credit Union Lending
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress being made with the Irish League of Credit Unions to develop its proposals to make funding available for social housing; and if he will make a...
    • Motor Insurance
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he will take to reduce the cost of car insurance; his views on the profit levels of companies providing car insurance; and if he will make a...
    • Fiscal Policy
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent announcement by the EU Commission that EU expenditure caps will be loosened by 0.5% or more in 2017 to stimulate the economies of the...
    • Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Proposals
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he has had with the Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, Mr. Pierre Moscovici, regarding the common consolidated...
    • EU Funding
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance if agreements have been reached on the European Fund for Strategic Investments. [1990/17]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Northern Ireland
      93. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met any leaders of the Northern Ireland political parties since the resignation of the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, Mr. Martin McGuinness. [1712/17]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      94. To ask the Taoiseach the gender balances on each of the State boards under his remit. [40976/16]
    • Enterprise Data
      95. To ask the Taoiseach the number of enterprises here in manufacturing, as classified by EUROSTAT in the data set manufacturing, NACE Section C. [40826/16]
    • Employment Data
      97. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons living in Northern Ireland who are employed here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41133/16]
    • Exports Data
      99. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of exports that transit Britain en route to other countries in Europe or other destinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41135/16]
    • Cabinet Committees
      100. To ask the Taoiseach the number and membership of each Cabinet committee; and the number of occasions each committee has met since the formation of the Government. [41258/16]
    • Departmental Records
      101. To ask the Taoiseach the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of his Department's files and records at off-site locations by third party companies and at...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      102. To ask the Taoiseach the number of full-time equivalent Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the years 2007 to 2015. [1232/17]
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      103. To ask the Taoiseach if any of his special advisers, personal assistants or personal secretaries and other unestablished civil servants, whose contracts were coterminous with his holding the...
    • Departmental Functions
      104. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has complied with section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 which requires his Department to set out, in a manner that is...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) was refused ill health retirement by the chief medical officer. [41398/16]
    • Commercial Rates
      106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a company's properties (details supplied) will be charged commercial business rates. [41458/16]
    • Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
      107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that have been taken to bring practice in line with the commitment the State has made in signing the Council of Europe Convention on...
    • State Pensions
      108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Garda Síochána spouses' and children's scheme; and if she will make a statement...
    • Garda Stations
      109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for upgrading and transfer of Clonmel Garda station, County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41055/16]
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
      110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the proposal for closed-circuit television monitoring for a town (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Security Escorts
      111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid by banks in respect of the armed security provided for cash in transit transfers for each year since 2000; the current...
    • Garda Strength
      112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí allocated to the Lucan district; the number of community gardaí assigned to that district; the number of new...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the psychological and medical interventions and supports which have been provided to a person (details supplied) who is currently on remand in...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to commence Part 2 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41182/16]
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of solicitors operating in County Meath dealing with schemes in Abhaile. [41247/16]
    • Fines Administration
      117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the section of the Recovery of Fines Act 2014 which requires the purchaser of a property or...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Garda vetting can be done in such a way that a person with a clean record gets a card valid for a period of up to three years similar to the...
    • Garda Strength
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda traffic corps as of 31 December 2013, 31 December 2014, 31 December 2015 and 12 December 2016;...
    • Garda Vetting Legislation
      120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the vetting arrangements that are in place in accordance with section 15 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997; if she will confirm...
    • Garda Resources
      121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure on the graduation of the newest tranche of Garda recruits that the Killarney division in County Kerry is adequately resourced...
    • Legislative Programme
      122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Criminal Justice (Corruption) Bill has not progressed; and when it will be published. [41373/16]
    • Garda Resources
      123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to difficulties being experienced by the Garda authorities in 2016 in responding to local residents in the...
    • State Pardons
      124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has noted the success of the campaign in the UK to pardon persons convicted under the homophobic gross indecency laws of the...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 16 September 2016, if prisoners serving their sentences in Australia are also unable to make or be...
    • Underage Drinking
      126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation to tackle the issue of underage drinking being facilitated by so-called dial-a-drink services; and if she will...
    • Alcohol Sales
      127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation to require alcohol licences for businesses, such as barbers, which provide alcohol to their customers; and if...
    • Leave to Remain
      128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when an application for leave to remain on the basis of de facto relationship will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Garda Stations
      129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received the Garda Commissioner's report on the reopening of Garda stations; if so, when the stations will be reopened; when a...
    • Family Law Cases
      130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the functionality of the in camera rule within family law cases; her further views on the persons this rule primarily protects; her...
    • Garda Resources
      131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has satisfied herself that the Garda information technology forensics unit is adequately resourced; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are a number of Syrian refugees living in Derry; if these persons are entitled to seek...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place to specifically combat speeding on Irish roads; and if there are plans to install more speed cameras. [41508/16]
    • Stardust Fire
      135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make the records, reports and minutes of the meeting of 12 December 2008 which discussed the first final report of a person (details...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Grants
      136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if new grants will be announced under the dormant accounts criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41577/16]
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures taken to ensure that women experiencing homelessness due to domestic violence are not adversely affected by the right to reside test...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the supports available for local community groups such as the Donegal refugee response group to help them facilitate the integration of refugees...
    • Court Procedures
      141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary question number 88 of 6 December 2016, if she will investigate further a case (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Cúrsaí Gaeilge
      142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality an n-aontaíonn sí leis, ón uair nach labhraítear focal Gaeilge ón stáitse agus ón uair nach dtagraítear...
    • Courts Service Data
      145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide relevant information and figures from statistics collected by the courts in relation to convictions for trespass for each of...
    • Garda Resources
      146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the drug squad numbers in Santry, Ballymun and Finglas Garda stations for each of the years from 2012 to 2016. [41648/16]
    • Departmental Projects
      147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by her Department for County Wexford; and if she will make...
    • Policing Co-operation
      148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to put in place a mechanism such that the actions of a person (details supplied) here may be scrutinised by the Pitchford...
    • Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
      151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timetable for the development of district protective services units in An Garda Síochána. [41840/16]
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the future of the Garda youth diversion projects; her plans to conduct any reviews, reforms, restructuring or...
    • Garda Strength
      153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 1 December 2016, the number of those appointed detectives in each division that are current firearm...
    • Garda Training
      154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Garda lands at Clonmore, County Tipperary; and if they will be used for firearms training. [41873/16]
    • Visa Applications
      155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41875/16]
    • Residential Property Prices Register
      156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that there is consistency in relation to the prices published for houses on the property price register under the Property...
    • Direct Provision Data
      157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons under 18 years of age living in direct provision in each of the years 2011 to 2016, broken down by year, in tabular form;...
    • Departmental Projects
      158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline all funding announcements made by her or by her Department for projects in County Mayo since January 2015, in tabular form;...
    • Student Visas Eligibility
      159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason no courses in the Irish language are listed in the interim list of eligible programmes 25 August 2016 for the granting of a student...
    • Courts Service Data
      160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons under 18 years of age that have been brought before District Courts in County Kerry in 2015. [1097/17]
    • Departmental Records
      161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of her Department's files and records at off-site locations by third...
    • Garda Stations
      162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and detail of Garda stations in Cork city and county in tabular form; if, in each case, there is on-site access within the station to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1166/17]
    • Legal Services Regulation
      164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in setting up the legal services regulatory authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1173/17]
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full time equivalent Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in her Department for each of the years 2007...
    • Compensation Awards
      166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a significant compensation claim for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1241/17]
    • Visa Applications
      167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a join family visa in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Asylum Applications
      168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Court Judgments
      169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the comments made by the Master of the High Court (details supplied) that the Circuit Courts around the country are not properly...
    • Bench Warrants
      170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants currently waiting to be executed in Cork city, Cork west and Cork north Garda divisions; and if she will make a...
    • Family Reunification Applications
      171. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if family reunification can be facilitated to reunite a person (details supplied) with the spouse and children, who are currently in the...
    • Residency Permits
      172. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can expect extension of residency or renewal of residency if compliant with conditions; and if she will make a...
    • Legal Aid Service
      173. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether it is acceptable to have members of the Legal Aid Board actively practicing in cases against applicants of legal aid; her...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      174. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the decision to deport the spouse of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1427/17]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      175. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      176. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of application pursuant to the Zambrano judgment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Drugs Seizures
      177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug hauls there were in counties Cavan and Monaghan in the past 12 months; the quantities and types of drugs which were uncovered;...
    • Garda Operations
      178. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1457/17]
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      180. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to rehome refugees in counties Cavan and Monaghan; if so, the status of these plans; the locations and areas which have been...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      181. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for naturalisation that have been applied for on behalf of persons under 18 years of age each year from 2005 to 2016...
    • Garda Operations
      184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she is taking to prevent any terrorist threats to Ireland, especially around seaports, airports and popular events; the resources...
    • Deportation Orders
      185. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will defer implementation of a deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied); the way in which the person can proceed to...
    • Law Reform Commission Recommendations
      186. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider introducing early legislation to permit multi-party action or class action procedures in courts here, in view of the many...
    • Family Reunification Applications
      187. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of applications for family reunification in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Child Abduction
      189. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda liaison that is available in situations of potential child abduction, involuntary parental separation from children and other issues;...
    • Garda Reserve
      190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will increase the age limit from 35 to 40 years of age for Garda Reserves to be eligible to apply for a Garda position; and if she will...
    • Direct Provision System
      191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will investigate an issue with regard to water quality at a direct provision reception centre (details supplied); and if she will ensure...
    • Residency Permits
      192. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for a residence card, under the provisions of the European Communities (Free Movement of...
    • Company Law
      193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has considered legislating to provide for greater regulation of receivers and receiverships; and if she will make a statement...
    • Garda Stations
      194. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on the acquiring of a building for Bailieborough Garda station in County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1602/17]
    • Garda Operations
      195. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drink-driving checkpoints set up in Cork city and county between 1 December 2016 and 7 January 2017; the number for the...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      196. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) was refused entry here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1691/17]
    • Departmental Operations
      197. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has complied with section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014, which requires her Department to set...
    • Departmental Funding
      198. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Ireland, from the period 2007 to 2013, returned €3,933,413.66 of €8,244,939.65 that was allocated to Ireland from the...
    • Garda Deployment
      200. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí serving in the Garda districts across County Donegal for each of the years 2006 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular...
    • Garda Retirements
      201. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of serving gardaí in County Donegal that have retired over each of the years 2006 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form....
    • Garda Deployment
      202. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits allocated to Garda districts across County Donegal for each of the years 2006 to 2016 and to date in 2017,...
    • Garda Stations
      203. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the holding cells in Sligo regional Garda station headquarters in Sligo town are now no longer...
    • Garda Remuneration
      204. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of overtime hours and pay which was allocated and approved by regional divisions (details supplied) in 2015 and 2016; and if she will...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      205. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the services which will be made available to the refugees due to arrive in Roscommon. [1802/17]
    • Protected Disclosures
      208. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received advice from the Attorney General on a report (details supplied) and brought the matter to Cabinet; if not, when she expects...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      209. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines issued and payments received for cycling offences during 2015/2016. [1886/17]
    • Garda Deployment
      211. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional Garda members, reserve members and civilians which will be allocated to the Louth Garda division and to all other Garda...
    • Garda Operations
      212. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the presence of An Garda Síochána at Shannon Airport protecting civilian troop carriers and military planes of the United...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the eligibility of a house for section 23 relief (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41070/16]
    • Fuel Laundering
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of oil laundering plants which have been uncovered in the past five years, in tabular form; the location these plants were uncovered; the estimated...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is grant aid available to parents of a child with physical disability to install a swivelling seat to allow the child to independently enter and exit...
    • Insurance Industry
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date to ensure payment to all third party claimants that have outstanding claims against a company (details supplied); the steps being...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Administration
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1265/17]
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance if the correct universal social charge is being deducted from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41013/16]
    • Universal Social Charge Payments
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance if the correct USC is being deducted from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41015/16]
    • Fuel Inspections
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions being taken to detect the illegal use of green diesel; the number of detections in each of the years 2011 to 2015 of such illegal activity;...
    • Fuel Laundering
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of resources, including staffing and equipment, for the customs section of the Revenue Commissioners related to the policing and enforcement...
    • Currency Circulation
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of cash to be still unaccounted for in respect of each coin and note of the Irish punt; the arrangements that apply; the amount exchanged...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance the public element there is to the ongoing Central Bank inquiry into a building society (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address an issue concerning a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41097/16]
    • Mortgage Book Sales
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance if the owners of distressed residential mortgages purchased from regulated entities here, that is the banks, are not themselves regulated by the Central Bank;...
    • Tax Code
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are exceptions to the four year rule relating to persons seeking a repayment of income tax they have overpaid in circumstances in which the...
    • Banking Sector Staff
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) worked as an employee of a bank or was retained by it as a solicitor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41366/16]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance if a primary medical certificate will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41400/16]
    • Tax Collection
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress the Revenue Commissioners have made in recovering tax arrears since May 2014 on earnings from renting out rooms or entire apartments or houses...
    • Vehicle Registration
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the discrepancy between the online assessment of VRT for an imported vehicle and the actual VRT charged when the vehicle was imported (details...
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine a case (details supplied) regarding a local property tax demand on a property in an unfinished estate. [41491/16]
    • EU Directives
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 6 December 2016, the steps that have been taken to ensure that all corporate State bodies comply; and if he will...
    • Economic Data
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that all previous economic and budgetary projections remain on target; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Inflation Rate
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance if any inflationary tendencies have been identified in the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41551/16]
    • Home Repossessions
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which family homes have been repossessed by venture capital investors in each of the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement...
    • Brexit Issues
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the potential affects of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41553/16]
    • Economic Competitiveness
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which this economy remains competitive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41554/16]
    • Home Repossessions
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he can take to discourage family home repossessions where the borrowers have made and continue to make reasonable efforts to meet their repayments;...
    • Economic Policy
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that all the economic indicators remain constant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41556/16]
    • Economic Competitiveness
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the economy continues to compare favourably with other EU currencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41557/16]
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance if he expects mortgage interest rates here to align with the rates applicable in other EU states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41559/16]
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications to date for the help-to-buy scheme as announced in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41612/16]
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Administration
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance the total anticipated cost of the help-to-buy scheme based on the applications to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41615/16]
    • Fiscal Policy
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on supporting proposals to exclude defence spending from the calculation of excess deficit rules. [41619/16]
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on increased car insurance premiums for vehicles over ten years old; his views on whether there should be no extra premium for a car based on its...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacant NAMA owned properties here, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41666/16]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance the date from which alleged breaches of prudential requirements by significant institutions under the direct supervision of the European Central Bank pursuant...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the terms of the tax concession for disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme 1994, in respect of a person (details supplied); when...
    • Tax Code
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes, if any, to be made to capital acquisitions tax in respect of children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41804/16]
    • Tracker Mortgage Data
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recent disclosures to the effect that banks denied mortgage customers their contractual right to a tracker interest rate; the role of the Central...
    • Departmental Funding
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline all funding announcements made by him or by his Department for projects in County Mayo since January 2015, in tabular form; the details of...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of the State's involvement in an appeal (details supplied), in view of the fact that the European Court of Justice found that the Federal...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance if all companies subject to tax here, whether resident or non-resident, are in a comparable factual and legal situation as regards the ordinary rules of...
    • Tax Credits
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons claiming the home carer tax credit and the cost to the Exchequer in each of the years 2013 to 2016; if he will provide an estimate of...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a regulation obliging car insurance companies to accept no claims bonuses, or other evidence of safe driving records, of returned...
    • Retail Sector
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance the options that exist for consumers who request exact change from retailers in a circumstance whereby the retailer has applied rounding and the retailer...
    • Tax Yield
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of stamp duty on debit cards and-or ATM cards for the past five years, broken down by year and...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      275. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has reached agreement with the insurance industry and is proceeding to implement the recommendations of the Report of the Review of the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      276. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of full time equivalent Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the years 2007 to 2015. [1225/17]
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
      277. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will designate properties remediated under the pyrite remediation scheme as new builds for the purposes of the help-to-buy scheme, in recognition of the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      278. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to publish a Finance Bill before budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1293/17]
    • Tax Code
      279. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to legislate to impose penalties for enablers of offshore tax evasion or non-compliance as happened recently in Britain (details supplied); his...
    • Income Inequality
      280. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross income figure of workers and self employed persons for 2015 and 2016 as compared to 2007, specifically detailing the top 10% of earners and bottom...
    • VAT Rate Application
      281. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason VAT is charged on the PSO levy on utility bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1390/17]
    • Tax Credits
      282. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) and implement a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1411/17]
    • Property Tax Deferrals
      283. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan that availed of the option to have their property tax deferred until 2018; the reason stated for this...
    • Banking Sector
      284. To ask the Minister for Finance the Government's position in relation to an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1462/17]
    • Banking Operations
      285. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether banks and other lending institutions are prioritising motor finance over business and residential loans; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Code
      286. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review a matter (details supplied); his plans in relation to this matter; his further plans to ease the pressure on this type of business; and if...
    • Property Tax
      287. To ask the Minister for Finance when a property has been taken over by a receiver and they are taking all the rental income for the said property, the person responsible for the payment of...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      288. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fall in corporate tax revenue in December 2016 as a result of a particularly large rebate reported at €150 million to a single...
    • Tax Data
      289. To ask the Minister for Finance the work his Department has carried out in ensuring that a minimum effective tax rate is paid by companies offsetting substantial losses accrued against their...
    • Departmental Staff
      290. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has finalised plans for the recruitment of temporary commissioners to the Tax Appeals Commission; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Agreements
      291. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the work of the technical delegation from his Department to Brazil regarding the decision to by the Brazilian authorities to add the Republic of...
    • Motor Insurance
      292. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport have received initial recommendations following a review of rising motor insurance compensation; the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      294. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding which has been made available through the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund for social and affordable housing provision; if he has...
    • Fiscal Policy
      295. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recently expressed view by the Dutch Minister for Finance and the chairman of the eurozone finance ministers, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, that...
    • Fiscal Compact Treaty
      296. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which he is addressing the concern raised by his officials in a briefing note prepared by his Department on his re-appointment to the finance...
    • Stamp Duty
      297. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full report on the way in which the annual €150 million banking levy will be calculated as it extends to 2021; and if he will make...
    • State Banking Sector
      299. To ask the Minister for Finance if the State will still move to sell off all or part of a bank (details supplied); the estimated timeframe for this; the expected yield to the exchequer; if...
    • Tax Code
      300. To ask the Minister for Finance his proposed plans for reforming the current tax arrangements for the self employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1675/17]
    • Fiscal Data
      301. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the proposed development of alternative models for forecasting medium term potential growth, as has been suggested by the Irish Fiscal Advisory...
    • Banking Sector
      302. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has asked the Central Bank to procure an independent assessment of the arrears and negative equity loan books of the banks, as per the recent programme...
    • Public Interest Directors
      303. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has ceased appointing new public interest directors to the banks; the reform of the procedures for the appointment of bank directors by the State...
    • Tax Code
      305. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects a new tax on sugar drinks will be introduced; the estimated annual yield from such a tax; the rate at which he expects the new tax should be...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      306. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent comments by the Governor of the Central Bank, Philip Lane, that technological innovation may alter the role of central banks in...
    • Banking Sector
      307. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the most recent quarterly bank watch study from ISME on the ability of small and medium firms to get loan approval and access to credit;...
    • State Aid
      311. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he has had with EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager. [39938/16]
    • European Central Bank
      312. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the publication by the European Central Bank (ECB) of its December 2016 purchase of Irish Government debt revealing a decline...
    • Economic and Monetary Union
      314. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the result of the Italian referendum will cause another economic and political crisis in the eurozone. [39413/16]
    • Revenue Commissioners Legal Cases
      315. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the event of the Revenue Commissioners' position being upheld in a test case in relation to patronage shares, he will change the legislation such that...
    • Exchequer Revenue
      316. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to tackle black market smuggling here that a recent report stated cost the State €2.35 billion in 2015 in lost revenue; if his attention has...
    • Mortgage Data
      318. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown by loan owner of the 10,007 PDH mortgages owned by unregulated loan owners as quoted in the third quarter of 2016 Central Bank...
    • VAT Rate Application
      320. To ask the Minister for Finance when the 23% VAT on the national car test was introduced; his plans to review it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1843/17]
    • Bank Liquidations
      321. To ask the Minister for Finance if negotiations are ongoing between persons (details supplied) and the special liquidators of a bank in relation to the control of certain properties,...
    • Proposed Legislation
      322. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he intends to undertake in order to fulfil his commitment to introduce a tax on sugar sweetened drinks in April 2018; the expected full year yield...
    • Tax Data
      323. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the Revenue Commissioners compliance project in respect of the self-employed; the scope of the project and the number of tax...
    • Loan Books Purchasers
      324. To ask the Minister for Finance the nature of the case being taken in the High Court by a bank (details supplied) against another bank in relation to the sale by the other bank of a property...
    • Financial Irregularities
      325. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of an authority's funds which are frozen here due to UN sanctions; the location the funds are held; the date from which they are frozen; the way...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      327. To ask the Minister for Finance if he, in conjunction with NAMA, will review the properties offered by NAMA to local authorities for social housing; the reasons given by local authorities...
    • Tax Code
      329. To ask the Minister for Finance the total net total amount of dividend withholding tax collected in relation to Irish dividends paid to non resident corporate or individual investors in each...
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      330. To ask the Minister for Finance the standard and reduced rates available for withholding tax applied to dividends paid by Irish REITs to non resident corporate and individual shareholders...
    • Departmental Meetings
      335. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the meetings he or officials of his Department have had in 2015 and 2016 in relation to private equity funds, investment funds and REITs; the...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      336. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulatory status of personal contract plans and the regulatory status of the car finance companies offering these products; and if he will make a...
    • Home Repossessions Rate
      339. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of family home repossessions by each of the lending institutions in each of the past six months periods to date in 2017; if the cases in question...
    • Economic Growth Rate
      342. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects his economic projections to remain on target throughout the course of 2017; if any particular issues have emerged or are likely...
    • Credit Availability
      344. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which each of the main banks have facilitated the borrowing requirements of the construction sector in the past 12 months; if each is performing...
    • Housing Provision
      345. To ask the Minister for Finance the success to date for the various incentives introduced to encourage house building and home ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1967/17]
    • Housing Data
      346. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which an assessment has been completed to clarify whether inflationary tendencies and speculatory practice in the building sector during the...
    • Housing Policy
      347. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that first time home buyers are not priced out of the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1969/17]
    • Pension Provisions
      350. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to lifting restrictions on retirement pension funds currently restricted unless the pensioner has access to a separate pension...
    • Credit Availability
      351. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects to continue to encourage the banking sector to meet the requirements of small and medium sized industry, the retail or...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Property
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the lengthy delay and difficulties being experienced by a sports club and a school (details supplied) and on a...
    • Youth Guarantee
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the areas for which the EU funding under the youth guarantee was used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41585/16]
    • Teacher Exchange Scheme
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will implement an amendment of the rules with his Department's circular 0017/2015 in order that if two boards of management are in...
    • Autism Support Services
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school children with autism in mainstreams schools, autism units within mainstream schools and specific autism schools....
    • Autism Incidence
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children of primary school age in the Cork region who have been diagnosed with autism. [41048/16]
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he proposes to resolve the current situation of homeless students estranged from their family and refused the special rate of...
    • Psychological Assessments
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of complaints received by the National Educational Psychological Service from either schools or parents between January 2009 and...
    • State Examinations Commission
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of examiners and assessors appointed by the State Examinations Commission that have not been reappointed due to failure to comply with...
    • Child Protection
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action which has been taken by his Department on foot of the allegations of sexual assault on a pupil at a school (details supplied); if all...
    • Schools Building Projects
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the urgency of the plight of a school (details supplied); the provisions in place to ensure that second level education will be...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which do not have direct access to a National Educational Psychological Service psychologist for the purposes of carrying...
    • Language Schools
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's plans for the Test of Interactive English, TIE; when the current tender for TIE expires; if it will be put out to tender again...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an application for an additional classroom for a school (details supplied); if his attention has been further...
    • School Curriculum
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a post primary school requires a minimum number of leaving certificate applied pupils to secure funding from his Department or if the delivery...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of building plans for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41361/16]
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding under the emergency works scheme by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • School Transport Applications
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in place for a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim regarding the school transport scheme; if, considering the exceptional...
    • School Transport
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will put funding in place for a morning ferry to transport school children from Sherkin Island to Baltimore (details supplied). [41419/16]
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for training of apprenticeships for trades, in view of the urgent need for certain skills to build houses in the next number of months...
    • Psychological Assessments
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite an educational assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41518/16]
    • School Accommodation
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41519/16]
    • Third Level Admissions Data
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of EU students that are registered to study here as full time undergraduates in higher education institutions for each of the past ten...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for a much needed extension to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will consider funding an initiative by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41578/16]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school bus transport ticket will issue to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Technological Universities
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what is the status of the Technological Universities Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41590/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a scribe for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41623/16]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied) which was lodged with his Department in December 2014;...
    • School Services Staff
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a partial redundancy for a person (details supplied) has been received by his Department; and when he expects payment for...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a full time SNA in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41676/16]
    • School Transport Data
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Bus Éireann and contractor vehicles, including whether they are large, medium, mini or taxi, operating the school transport...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building (details supplied); if a new location has been identified; the timeframe for the completion of the school;...
    • School Funding
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department, for County Wexford; and if he will make...
    • National Positive Ageing Strategy
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that responsibility for delivering objective 1.2.1 of the national positive ageing strategy relating...
    • Proposed Legislation
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the planned protection of enrolled learners in Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Amendment) Bill will provide for a bias for academic...
    • Schools Building Projects
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will assess documentation relating to a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41891/16]
    • School Funding
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form all funding announcements made by him or by his Department for projects in County Mayo since January 2015; the...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to streamline the system for vetting primary school special needs assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Educational Disadvantage
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will receive DEIS status from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1096/17]
    • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve home tutoring for a person (details supplied). [1107/17]
    • Departmental Records
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of his Department's files and records at off-site locations...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to formulate and implement a universal policy to ensure that students who are enduring extended absences from the classroom...
    • Schools Building Projects
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1162/17]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 27 September 2016 to outline the position regarding an application for temporary accommodation in...
    • Third Level Staff Recruitment
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reason a position (details supplied) has not gone through the PAS competition process, in view of the fact that this happened on...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of an application for a DEIS scheme in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of full-time equivalent Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the...
    • School Transport Applications
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on an application for a special transport grant. [1251/17]
    • Youth Employment Initiative
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has implemented the structures and systems necessary, specifically, the computerised accounting and information systems for EU funds, to...
    • School Transport Review
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recent review of the school transport scheme will lead to families in the Urris area of Inishowen, County Donegal, having their right to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of the site selection process for the proposed three school campus at Buncrana, County Donegal; and if he will prioritise...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the services available for children with dyslexia, specifically in respect of audio textbooks, which have been proven to be of help...
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Certification
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all accreditations, certificates and awards (details supplied) for which there is mutual recognition by authorities...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether additional funding can be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the emergency works universal access grant...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to enable teachers in appropriate special education settings, resource and special class, to have their probation completed;...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the case of a person (details supplied); the assistance he will provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1518/17]
    • Higher Education Institutions
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his views on the large sums of money which have been provided to third level education institutions here from an organisation (details...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of the extension project for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if no further delay will be imposed on this...
    • School Accommodation
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 26 May 2016 to outline the progress that has been made on securing a site for a new school at a...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the reason a primary school is receiving a lower allocation per pupil as part of the information technology grant announced recently...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Administration
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by parents who are availing of the home tuition grant to secure a suitable tutor for...
    • School Staff
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide further information on his announcement regarding 115 extra special needs assistants; the schools these SNAs will be appointed...
    • Proposed Legislation
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will invite the Irish Second-Level Students Union to participate in the working group on the parent and student charter in view of the fact...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the extent to which his Department can assist the school authorities at Newtown, Enfield, County Kildare in the provision of extra...
    • School Accommodation
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the extent to which he expects to be in a position to approve an increase in funding offered to a school (details supplied) in view of...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding can be facilitated for required accommodation at a school (details supplied) with particular reference to the growing...
    • Third Level Funding
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funds will be allocated in 2017 for research in third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1768/17]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) concerning matters relating to teaching probation periods for special...
    • Special Education Review
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1797/17]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are counselling and psychotherapy courses that a person would be eligible to apply for and eligible for the SUSI grant. [1836/17]
    • Teachers Conciliation Council
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the provisions he has made to mitigate against potential further disruption to learning by possible further industrial action, in view...
    • School Accommodation
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to provide funding for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the urgent...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the queries raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1974/17]
    • Education and Training Provision
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his preferred options to ensure the availability of adequate educational qualifications and skills to meet the demands of the modern...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the extent to which he expects the special needs teaching request to be met at primary and second level throughout the country in the...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Water Quality
      449. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the River Lee basin management plan has been completed and submitted to the European Commission; the process that...
    • Nitrates Usage
      450. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to the current review of the nitrates directive and the derogation the pig production industry has from...
    • Local Government Fund
      451. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set out the amount of moneys that accrued from the Local Government Fund under the Local Government Act 1998 in...
    • Motor Tax
      452. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government whether the conversion of passenger vehicles to crew cab commercial vehicles is recognised for the purposes of the...
    • Planning Issues
      453. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline his plans to change the planning process relating to the persons or bodies that can lodge submissions or...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Data
      454. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set out in tabular form the amounts paid under the housing assistance payment scheme for each county in 2016; and...
    • Library Services
      455. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline his views on the loss of jobs here in book-selling arising out of the outcome of the national public...
    • Fire Stations Provision
      456. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when construction is due to commence on the new Ballinamore fire station, County Leitrim; if his attention has been...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      457. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding local authorities; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      459. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way the variable interest rate is applied by local authorities; if it is linked to ECB rate reductions or...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      460. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the changes being considered in respect of shared ownership loans; the timeframe involved; if there is retrospective...
    • Children's Rights
      461. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on comments in the ninth report of the Special Rapporteur for Children that the State is failing to...
    • Commercial Rates
      462. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of proposals to increase the powers of local authorities to collect commercial rates; and if he will make...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      464. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the exceptional circumstances provided for in legislation which would allow persons (details supplied) to be...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      465. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of an application for a foreshore licence by a club (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
      466. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of those persons that have successfully applied for mortgage to rent but have not managed to find a...
    • Presidential Elections
      467. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reasons for postponing the referendum on extending presidential voting rights to all Irish citizens; when he...
    • Local Government Reform
      468. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that Part 8 of the Local Government Act 2001 has not been commenced; his plans for the...
    • Election Management System
      469. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the dates on which each of the returning officers assigned to the offshore islands first formally announced polling...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      470. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount Cork County Council was allotted for group housing in 2016; the amount that was drawn down by the...
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      471. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the expected timeframe for the introduction of the repair and lease scheme in County Meath as outlined in budget...
    • Control of Dogs
      472. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will introduce additional legislation to deal with the problem of noise from barking dogs in residential...
    • Local Authority Functions
      473. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department will request Dublin City Council (DCC) and Fingal County Council (FCC) to report on audits of...
    • Planning Issues
      474. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has examined the decision by An Bord Pleanála (details supplied); if he has an estimated time...
    • Fire Safety
      475. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider the necessity for fire safety certificates for a company's properties (details supplied). [41457/16]
    • Irish Water
      476. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if Irish Water has agreed a contract with a company (details supplied) for debt collection and or meter reads, meter...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      478. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will introduce legislative changes to prevent landlords from implementing additional charges to tenants such...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Applications
      479. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it is his Department's policy for letters requesting a place on a local authority housing list to be submitted in...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      480. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason persons (details supplied) are not allowed to purchase their home from the county council when they have...
    • Planning Issues
      481. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of a Part 8 planning application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      482. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to allow tenants of approved housing bodies to buy their homes as per a scheme...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      484. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of Traveller families on the waiting list under the local authority Traveller accommodation programmes...
    • Capital Assistance Scheme Funding
      485. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his department, for County...
    • Offshore Islands
      486. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current Government policy regarding social housing for the islands off the coast (details supplied). [41850/16]
    • Local Government Reform
      487. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the process that will be involved in implementing the proposals to amalgamate Galway city and county councils in one...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      488. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of times and dates he has met with the CEO or chairperson of every organisation under his remit, in...
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      489. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will outline all funding announcements made by him or by his Department for projects in County Mayo since...
    • National Planning Framework
      490. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the new national planning framework will be published; if it has been finalised; if it is proposed to publish...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will increase the income eligibility threshold for social housing applicants in County Clare from...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      493. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of his department's files and records at...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      494. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of houses constructed and acquired for social housing by Tipperary county council for each of the past...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Evictions
      495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce measures to ensure that residential tenants renting a property are not automatically evicted...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      497. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide an estimated breakdown of the 23,036 social housing units to be provided under Rebuilding Ireland...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      499. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of full time equivalent civil service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his department...
    • Housing Agency Portfolio
      500. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of land (details supplied) which is owned by the Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency...
    • Local Authority Boundaries
      501. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the process underpinning the Kilkenny Waterford county boundary review; if any such changes proposed...
    • Rent Controls
      502. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government in the context of the recent introduction of rent pressure zones for residential properties, the position regarding...
    • Planning Issues
      503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will prioritise the establishment of a planning aid service such as that in place in the UK since 2004. [1308/17]
    • Grant Payments
      504. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities that provide window repair and replacement as part of the housing aid for older...
    • Motor Tax
      505. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider changing the application of motor tax from the first of the month to the precise date of...
    • Pyrite Issues
      506. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the planned changes to the system of awarding different coloured certificates to homes inspected for pyrite; and if...
    • Housing Provision
      507. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will establish unused properties registers across all local authorities (details supplied). [1393/17]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of project approvals under the capital assistance scheme in each local authority, in tabular form; the...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      510. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of repossessed shared ownership houses, including details of any which have been sold by local...
    • Control of Dogs
      511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will direct Wicklow county council to adhere to EU law on public procurement which supersedes the Control of...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the competent national authority to report when public procurement procedure is not being followed by a local...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Protected Disclosures Act 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Development Contributions
      515. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the revenue from newly built dwellings sold for €400,000 which will go directly to government in taxes,...
    • Housing Issues
      516. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the Housing Agency will complete its exercise on their independent estimates on the cost of house construction;...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address concerns that local authorities are having to reject substantial numbers of properties offered to...
    • Local Government Reform
      518. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider reversing the abolition of town and borough councils; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rental Accommodation Standards
      519. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current regulations governing overcrowding in residential accommodation; the repercussions which apply for...
    • Local Authority Housing Eligibility
      520. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the legislation under which a local authority can disregard the Government's household means policy 2011 and include...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      521. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is any mechanism by which notification can issue if a foreshore licence is applied for by a company...
    • Pyrite Issues
      523. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the revised NSAI pyrite standard will be confirmed and published. [1625/17]
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      525. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when housing estates will be reassessed for the local property tax unfinished estates exemption scheme, that is, any...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      526. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has complied with section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 which...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      527. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if improvements will be introduced at an early date to the tenant purchase scheme to enable Part V tenants, and...
    • North-South Interconnector
      528. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the widespread concerns in relation to the conduct of An Bord Pleanála...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Free Travel Scheme
      529. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce a surcharge on the free travel pass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41083/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      530. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if carer's allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied). [41011/16]
    • Family Income Supplement Appeals
      531. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a family income supplement or supplementary welfare will be paid to a person (details supplied). [41012/16]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      532. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was not awarded a Christmas bonus; and if this decision will be reviewed. [41016/16]
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      533. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to be followed and criteria applicable when processing applications for personal public service, PPS, numbers; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      534. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by person (details supplied); and when a decision will issue. [41020/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      535. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41025/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      536. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance review in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41034/16]
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      537. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the process by which the Pensions Authority considers whether to make a direction to the trustees of a pension scheme to wind up a scheme. [41042/16]
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      543. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons (details supplied) are owed arrears of a payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41072/16]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      544. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41073/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      545. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on three separate occasions since 2007, a person (details supplied) had tried unsuccessfully to...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals
      546. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a reduction in a jobseeker's transitional payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Labour Activation Measures
      547. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures in place to ensure that private companies that participate in job activation schemes such as JobPath comply with data protection laws...
    • Jobs Initiative
      548. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether it is within the remit of Seetec's services to his Department to seek information on a jobseeker's family house mortgage; and...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      550. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current and future status of the Tús initiative which is managed by local development companies and Údarás na Gaeltachta; and if...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      551. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension claim by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41274/16]
    • State Pensions
      552. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the maximum number of social insurance contributions payable in any one year and in the context of a person working in two separate employments; if...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      553. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will bring forward legislation requiring that the services to wind up a pension scheme would be put out to tender rather than awarded to the...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      554. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the terms and conditions of the agreement reached which facilitated a group (details supplied) to receive the State pension; and if he will make a...
    • Mortgage Arrears Information and Advice Service
      555. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants to date to the Abhaile scheme; the number of persons who have been accepted into the scheme; the number of participants who...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      556. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41390/16]
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility
      557. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if payment from the insolvency fund run by his Department can issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments
      558. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of moneys allocated to the clothing grant in each year since 2012 to date in 2017; the number of recipients of the grant each year since...
    • Community Employment Schemes Funding
      559. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the substantial increases in insurance premiums for community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      561. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department is now not referring persons to community employment schemes; and if he will make a...
    • State Pensions
      563. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the restoration of the State transitory pension; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      564. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to indicating on a disabled person's free travel companion pass that they are allowed to be accompanied by more than...
    • Departmental Surveys
      565. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the results of the independent customer satisfaction survey for JobPath will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41527/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      566. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41541/16]
    • One-Parent Family Payment Payments
      567. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the reason a person (details supplied) is receiving a reduced lone parents payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      568. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the impact that the privatisation of JobPath has had on the local employment services in view of the possible anti-competition implications...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      570. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures taken to ensure that women experiencing homelessness due to domestic violence are not adversely affected by the right to reside test...
    • Respite Care Grant Applications
      572. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a respite care grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41624/16]
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      573. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to extend the length of time a person can remain on a community employment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41625/16]
    • Dietary Allowance Applications
      574. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a dietary supplement allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41626/16]
    • Labour Activation Measures
      575. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who has just completed a work scheme is now being forced onto JobPath, namely, through Turas Nua, noting that...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      576. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will intervene to assist a person (details supplied) to have their assessment for disability allowance recalculated in order that the person...
    • Community Services Programme
      577. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his view on the case or a person (details supplied) regarding their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41651/16]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      578. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to amend the qualifying contributions which are necessary to avail of the contributory pension; when these will be implemented; and if he...
    • Social Insurance Payments
      579. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the correct PRSI is being deducted from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41678/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      581. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41699/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      583. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41701/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      584. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41702/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      588. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41706/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      589. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41707/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      590. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41708/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      592. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41710/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      593. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41711/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      595. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41715/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      596. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer’s allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41716/16]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      597. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41717/16]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      598. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41718/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      600. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41720/16]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      601. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41721/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      602. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41722/16]
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      604. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41724/16]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      607. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41727/16]
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      609. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41730/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      610. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41731/16]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      612. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41733/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      615. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41736/16]
    • Social Insurance
      616. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason farmers who were in receipt of farm assist and who paid an annual self-employed stamp are not receiving the benefit of that stamp in...
    • Carer's Benefit Eligibility
      617. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's benefit application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41748/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      619. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department for County Wexford; and if he will make a...
    • State Pensions Reform
      620. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will allow persons to work up to 66 years of age (details supplied). [41881/16]
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      621. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the situation in relation to persons who were self-employed and paid their taxes to the Revenue Commissioners each year, which...
    • Pension Provisions
      622. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce emergency legislation to prevent solvent companies reneging on their pension obligations (details supplied). [1009/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      623. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline all funding announcements made by him or by his Department for projects in County Mayo since January 2015, in tabular form; the...
    • Departmental Records
      625. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of his Department's files and records at off-site locations by third party...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      626. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); when a decision...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      627. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting period at 31 December 2014, 31 December 2015 and 31 December 2016 for social protection appeals, under each different payment heading;...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      628. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his policy in relation to part-time retained firefighters and their eligibility for jobseeker's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      629. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person is employed on a part-time basis but does not have entitlement for jobseeker's allowance due to the fact they are working four days per...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      630. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of full-time equivalent Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the years 2007 to...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      631. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1238/17]
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      632. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason social protection payments to persons (details supplied) were reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1242/17]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      634. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his Department's policy in relation to the payment to a person of a weekly State pension to which they are entitled in circumstances whereby the...
    • Maternity Benefit Applications
      635. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the case of a person (details supplied) whose application for maternity benefit was refused; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child Benefit Payments
      636. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a child benefit payment will resume in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1317/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      637. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
      638. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can claim for jobseeker's benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1379/17]
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      639. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social protection overpayment to a person (details supplied); the way in which this overpayment came about; the way in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      640. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social protection overpayment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1381/17]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      641. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct entitlement of widower's pension or OAP in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1389/17]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      642. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a review can be undertaken of a recent refusal of application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      643. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if recovery of debt accrued by way of overpayment can be deferred in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      644. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be reached on an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo [1438/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
      645. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting times for the carer's allowance and carer's benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1463/17]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      646. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when jobseeker's allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1471/17]
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility
      647. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to address concerns regarding persons who slip through the social protection safety net; his further plans regarding closing loopholes...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      648. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlements of a person on a community employment scheme if he or she becomes ill or is injured short term and does not have enough PRSI...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      649. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal of a domiciliary care application will be processed and decided upon for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      650. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1498/17]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Data
      651. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years 2012 to 2016 in tabular form; the percentage of appeals which were successful; the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      652. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears of jobseeker's allowance will be paid to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1540/17]
    • Social Insurance
      653. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the voluntary development worker scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1545/17]
    • Social Welfare Fraud Data
      654. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures his Department is taking to counter social welfare fraud; if he will provide, by payment type, the amounts recovered from 2011 to 2016,...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers Data
      655. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of foreign nationals assigned public personal public service numbers, PPSNs, from 2011 to 2016, inclusive, in tabular form; the numbers...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      656. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason switching from back-to-work enterprise allowance to jobseeker's allowance allows a person (details supplied) to receive the Christmas...
    • Pensions Reform
      657. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 9 June 2015, the status of the work being carried out as a result of the meetings of the group in...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      658. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application in resect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1581/17]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      660. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting times, from the point of application to a decision being made, in respect of each social protection payment. [1601/17]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      661. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1624/17]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      662. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of putting the social welfare appeals office on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1686/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      663. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application for carer's allowance for a person (details supplied). [1766/17]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      665. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused domiciliary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1790/17]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      666. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a full investigation can be undertaken into the entitlement for parallel payment for the same period as an alleged overpayment in the case of a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      667. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons participating in the community employment schemes, Tús and the rural social scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications Data
      669. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will release the 2015 figures for the number of applications made for invalidity pension and domiciliary care allowance and the number of...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      670. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal for domiciliary care allowance that was submitted on...
    • Data Protection
      671. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way he will ensure that information given to Seetec, the company registered in the UK which runs the JobPath programme, will continue to adhere...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      672. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review the case of a person (details supplied). [1873/17]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Reviews
      673. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when jobseeker's allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1887/17]
    • Labour Activation Projects
      674. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the Tús scheme is limited to one year placements; if there is any grounds for an extension whereby both the scheme and participant...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      675. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      676. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a disability benefit will be approved and expedited for a person (details supplied). [1972/17]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Brexit Issues
      677. 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...
    • Religious Persecution
      678. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the issue of Christian persecution and genocide in the Middle East, Syria and Iraq at European Council level; and if he...
    • Maritime Jurisdiction
      679. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the exact location of the 12-mile fisheries and territorial limit on the Irish Sea at present; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      681. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement which has taken place with the new ambassador to the European Union from the United Kingdom by Irish officials and...
    • EU Directives
      682. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the obligations on member states to raise public awareness of rights under EU directives once implemented; the steps he is taking to ensure...
    • Religious Persecution
      683. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent events at the headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Rabwah, Pakistan; and if he...
    • Catalan Referendum
      685. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the prosecution of a person (details supplied). [41238/16]
    • EU Agreements
      686. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expected changes the recently signed EU-Cuba Political Dialogue and Co-operation Agreement will have on Ireland's bilateral relations...
    • Northern Ireland
      687. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has read the report by a person (details supplied) into the British Government’s handling of legacy issues from the conflict in...
    • Foreign Policy
      689. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the fact that the current President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, is refusing to accept defeat in recent elections and step...
    • Middle East Issues
      690. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent efforts made to ensure that Israel meets obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, with particular...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      691. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the plight of the Rohingya people in Myanmar, Burma; if his attention has been further drawn to the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      692. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to re-open the Irish Embassy in Iran; the steps being undertaken by the Government to promote and grow trade links between the two...
    • UN Missions
      697. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has reviewed the role the Government and the UN played regarding the siege of Jadotville, including the secrecy surrounding those...
    • Departmental Funding
      698. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline all funding announcements made by him or by his Department for projects in County Mayo since January 2015 in tabular...
    • Departmental Records
      699. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of his Department's files and records at off-site locations by...
    • Military Neutrality
      701. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the implications for Ireland's policy of neutrality following the landing of an aircraft (details supplied) at Shannon Airport....
    • Departmental Staff Data
      702. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of full-time equivalent Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the years...
    • Visa Agreements
      703. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made to establish a bilateral agreement with Saudi Arabia; if his attention has been drawn to the excessive costs currently...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      704. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the investigations carried out by his Department into the activity of Israeli diplomats here, following the revelations of attempts to...
    • Brexit Issues
      705. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with members of the British Government since his comments were reported on 5 January 2017 referring to the need...
    • US Presidential Election
      708. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to the recent US intelligence assessment on the role of Russian hacking during the 2016 US presidential election and in particular,...
    • Northern Ireland
      709. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with members of the Northern Ireland...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      710. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of military aircraft that landed at Shannon Airport in 2016, with a monthly breakdown based on their country of origin. [1953/17]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Properties
      713. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant State-owned properties by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41667/16]
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      714. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the provision of funding by the Office of Public Works for flood defence works on the North Beach in Arklow; and if he...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      715. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if direct consultation will be carried out with the residents of the affected area on the Eastern CFRAM Study, River Liffey from city...
    • National Monuments
      716. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the potential of the Grianán of Aileach hill fort in County Donegal; and if he will ensure that...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      717. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the finalisation of the CFRAM draft flood risk management plans; and when the national programme of schemes will be...
    • National Monuments
      718. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the historic sites at Newgrange and Kilmainham Gaol are self-financing at this stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Stations
      719. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has identified a suitable site for the construction of the new Sligo - Leitrim divisional Garda headquarters in Sligo as...
    • Labour Employer Economic Forum
      720. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the meeting of the Labour Employer Economic Forum which he chaired on 5 October 2016; and the details of...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Applications
      721. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has received an application for minor works flood relief funding for a flood relief project at Station...
    • Ministerial Remuneration
      722. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the pay and allowances paid to all senior and junior Ministers (details supplied). [41224/16]
    • Shared Services
      723. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the purpose and design of the centralised payroll shared services system; if he will provide the Departments that have already been...
    • Relocation of Seanad Chamber
      724. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Office of Public Works plans to relocate Seanad Éireann to the National Museum; the consultations his Department...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      726. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Barraduff Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41535/16]
    • Garda Stations
      727. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider a matter (details supplied) regarding a Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41536/16]
    • Harbours and Piers
      728. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm ownership of a pier (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41622/16]
    • Parliamentary Party Allowances
      729. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of the Deputies currently receiving a Leader's allowance payment; the amount of this payment; the party, political or...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      730. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the person or body responsible for flood defences at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41888/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      731. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline all funding announcements made by him or by his Department for projects in County Mayo since January 2015, in tabular...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      732. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a flood relief project (details supplied) in County Clare; when it will move to construction; and if he will make...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      735. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will give consideration to the introduction of an annual river maintenance scheme in each county to be run in conjunction with...
    • Departmental Records
      737. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of his Department's files and records at off-site locations by...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      738. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time equivalent Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the...
    • Garda Stations
      739. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to announce the new building for Bailieborough Garda station and its location in the town; the timeframe for this...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      740. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department paid any of the special advisers, personal assistants or personal secretaries and other unestablished civil servants,...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      741. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is an appeals process for SMEs that have lost a public tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1696/17]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      742. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the case presented by community employment supervisors to have access to a pension scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Sector Pay
      743. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the public service wage bill has increased to pre-recession levels, in view of the reduction in staffing numbers; if he will...
    • Public Sector Staff Grades
      744. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the amalgamation of SO and EO grades in the Civil Service; if there is any delay in the planned amalgamation; if SOs...
    • Civil Service Renewal Plan
      745. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the report of the Independent Panel on Strengthening the Civil Service Accountability and Performance will be implemented; if any...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      746. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the funding for an officer with specific responsibility for broadband will be provided to Tipperary County Council; and if she...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      747. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the basis on which her Department was allowed to pay money to local authorities for work that has not yet been carried out and in...
    • Departmental Funding
      748. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a funding commitment to a project (details supplied) made recently; if recent announcements will impact on that...
    • Invasive Plant Species
      749. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the invasive species of Japanese knotweed that is present in Dublin South West and across the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      750. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address and clarify an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1452/17]
    • Commemorative Events
      751. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on plans to commemorate the Civil War; if any particular events will be marked and if so, which events; and if she...
    • Forestry Sector
      752. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 10 November 2016, the reason she did not inform any regulatory authority or the Garda...
    • Departmental Functions
      753. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will ensure that her officers, when performing functions under legislation, discover an offence arising, will provide the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      754. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which established community groups can acquire capital funds to buy accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Enterprise Development Zones Data
      756. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the towns in counties Cavan and Monaghan which have benefited under the REDZ scheme since its inception; the years they were...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      757. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans regarding the population of urban foxes, in view of the apparent growth in the urban fox population and the fact that it...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      758. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of protected disclosures made to her Department and bodies under her aegis since the introduction of the protected...
    • Irish Language
      759. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding allocated to Conradh na Gaeilge over each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      760. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dáta a cuireadh an tuarascáil ar dhul chun cinn na Straitéise 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge, a rinne Acadamh na...
    • Departmental Funding
      763. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by her Department for County Wexford; and if...
    • Irish Language
      764. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date upon which the report by Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge on the main strategic priorities for the 20-year plan for...
    • Arts Funding
      766. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funds available for further development of talented young musicians; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41868/16]
    • Cuanta agus Céanna
      767. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht i bhfianaise an méid ama a thógann sé pleanáil a dhéanamh ar chéanna idir staidéir chomhshaoil...
    • Foireann Roinne
      769. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht i bhfianaise an méid a dúradh sa fhreagra ar Cheist Uimhir 289 an 15 Nollaig, an féidir léi a dheimhniú nach...
    • Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge
      770. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é an líon scoláirí ar íocadh deontas ina leith faoi Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge gach...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      771. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the detailed breakdown of all expenditure for 2016, in tabular form, against the detailed allocations in the Revised Estimates volume...
    • CLÁR Programme
      772. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details by county of each project approved under the CLÁR programme 2016, in tabular form; the amount allocated to and the...
    • Road Projects Status
      774. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has received the method statement promised last autumn for the upgrade of the Bunnakill to Maam Cross section of...
    • Invasive Plant Species
      776. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will request that the OPW commences a comprehensive programme of works to cull and halt the spread of rhododendron, which now...
    • Departmental Funding
      777. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline all funding announcements made by her or her Department for projects in County Mayo since January 2015, in...
    • Baint Móna
      778. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair atá sé ar intinn tosú ar phlean bainistíochta a réiteach do bhratphortaigh Chonamara; cén...
    • Foilseacháin Ghaeilge
      779. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuair a Roinn iarratas ar chúnamh aonuaire ón bhfoilseachán An Timire; cén toradh a bhí ar an iarratas;...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      780. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a site (details supplied) under the turf cutting compensation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Records
      781. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of her Department's files and records at off-site locations...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      782. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of full-time equivalent Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in her Department for each of the...
    • Museum Projects
      783. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will arrange the return on loan or on a permanent basis of the Mace of Athy, which was purchased and is now in a museum in San...
    • Hare Coursing
      784. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide all reports and documentation on all hare coursing meetings that have taken place in 2015 and 2016, specifically...
    • Heritage Sites
      785. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of money which has been allocated to Cavan town abbey and the schemes under which; her plans to allocate further funding...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      786. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to publish a national policy on social enterprise in 2017; the consultations which have taken place to date; the likely...
    • Heritage Sites
      787. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of any funding being made available in 2017 for the protection and restoration of protected structures. [1531/17]
    • Commemorative Events
      788. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding is available to assist a commemorative event (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Arts Funding
      789. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a funding scheme available in her Department or in any agency under her Department's aegis to which an application could...
    • Commemorative Events
      790. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 9 November 2016, the position regarding arrangements for the 2017 National Famine...
    • Heritage Council
      791. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total estimated cost per annum of the town centre health check programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1687/17]
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Records
      793. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41546/16]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      794. To ask the Minister for Health his views in relation to the fact that the legal framework provided for under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 allowing custodial drugs treatment placements as an...
    • National Lottery Funding Data
      795. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1091/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      796. To ask the Minister for Health if the scheme providing free wigs to people suffering from medical conditions leading to hair loss allow for those availing of the scheme to shop around and...
    • Medical Card Applications
      797. To ask the Minister for Health when a primary medical certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1258/17]
    • Food Labelling
      798. To ask the Minister for Health the inspection regime in place to establish the veracity of nutritional information on food labelling; if he will provide statistics on enforcement activity,...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      799. To ask the Minister for Health when children in receipt of domiciliary care will be issued a full medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1468/17]
    • Medical Card Applications
      800. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41019/16]
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      801. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied), who is on long-term disability, is no longer receiving nabilone on their medical card. [41029/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      802. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41030/16]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      804. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home care hours in an area (details supplied) are being allocated when there are not sufficient carers available to cover this allocation; and if he...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      805. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures regarding general practitioners (GPs) charging patients for routine blood tests in view of the fact some GPs are now reporting to be charging...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      806. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41036/16]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      807. To ask the Minister for Health the hiring process for support jobs such as porters, administrative staff and service staff for a care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services Provision
      808. To ask the Minister for Health if a disability service (details supplied) is still closed; if so, when it will reopen; his plans for the facility in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Patient Data
      809. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a file of a deceased person (details supplied); and if not, the options available. [41039/16]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      810. To ask the Minister for Health when the recruitment process will begin for staff in a primary care centre in Mullingar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41041/16]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      811. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure costs on refurbishment to a hospital (details supplied) since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41051/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      812. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for an occupational therapist for a person (details supplied). [41053/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      814. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that a centre of excellence is established in Saint James' Hospital in 2017 for sufferers of unique narcolepsy disorder; if funds will be...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      816. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the treatment of a person (details supplied) on the list for orthodontic surgery at St. James's Hospital, Dublin; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      818. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41067/16]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      821. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the engagement between the HSE and the NTPF on the remaining €10 million of the €15 million allocation for 2017; when decisions...
    • Vaccination Programme
      822. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address correspondence (details supplied) which was forwarded to him for response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41096/16]
    • Sex Offenders Treatment Programme
      823. To ask the Minister for Health if a residential care home or any of its community-based facilities (details supplied) are being used as rehabilitation centres or long-term accommodation for...
    • Disability Services Provision
      824. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41100/16]
    • Hospital Services
      825. To ask the Minister for Health the restrictions at Nenagh accident and emergency department, County Tipperary in the diagnosis and treatment of a five year old child with a fractured arm;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      826. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for speech therapy for a person (details supplied). [41106/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      827. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which waiting lists for home support hours in County Kerry are compiled; the way hours are apportioned once a person is added to the waiting list;...
    • Health Services Provision
      828. To ask the Minister for Health if the Alzheimer's day care unit has been included in the new plans for the HSE owned property at Drogheda Street, Monasterevin; and if he will make a...
    • Patient Data
      829. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients outsourced at Mercy University Hospital, Cork, for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospitals Data
      830. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at Mercy University Hospital, Cork, for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make...
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      833. To ask the Minister for Health the operating budget for Mercy University Hospital, Cork, for each of the years 2009 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41116/16]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      836. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nursing positions in place at Mercy University Hospital, Cork, for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Hospitals Data
      837. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at Mercy University Hospital, Cork, for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Patient Data
      838. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at Mercy University Hospital, Cork, for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make...
    • Hospitals Data
      841. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatres operational at Mercy University Hospital, Cork for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      842. To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects agreed and funded at Mercy University Hospital, Cork; the details and an overview of each project; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospitals Data
      844. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was initiated at Mercy University Hospital, Cork for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      845. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 579 of 29 November 2016, the products which were added to the illness card for patients of PKU four years ago; his plans...
    • Patient Data
      846. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients outsourced at Cork University Maternity Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      851. To ask the Minister for Health the operating budget for Cork University Maternity Hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41142/16]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      854. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent nursing positions in place at Cork University Maternity Hospital in each of the years from 2009 to 2016 and to date in...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      855. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at Cork University Maternity Hospital in each of the years from 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      856. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at Cork University Maternity Hospital in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      860. To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects agreed and funded at Cork University Maternity Hospital; the details and overview of each project; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      862. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was initiated at Cork University Maternity Hospital in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017;...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Data
      864. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at Cork University Hospital in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      865. To ask the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting times at Cork University Hospital in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, broken down by year, by specialty and the...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      866. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on trolleys at Cork University Hospital in each of the months of 2015, broken down by month; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospitals Data
      868. To ask the Minister for Health the operating budget for Cork University Hospital in each of the years from 2009 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41160/16]
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      869. To ask the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at Cork University Hospital in each of the years from 2009 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff Data
      870. To ask the Minister for Health the total agency spend at Cork University Hospital in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Beds Data
      872. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at Cork University Hospital in each of the years from 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      873. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at Cork University Hospital in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      880. To ask the Minister for Health the psychological and medical interventions and supports which have been provided to a person (details supplied) who is on remand in Cloverhill Prison; if he...
    • Ambulance Service
      882. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding an ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41177/16]
    • Obesity Strategy
      883. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 413 of October 2016, the funding streams which will be made available to community groups and businesses to deliver the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      884. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered the inclusion of devices such as (details supplied) in the monitoring of patients with diabetes on the long-term illness...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      885. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41187/16]
    • Autism Support Services
      886. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will provide a person (details supplied) with the appropriate autism specific residential service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      887. To ask the Minister for Health the position on capital funding for a new gastroenterology centre at Mercy University Hospital, Cork; if the HSE is supportive of this project; and if he will...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      890. To ask the Minister for Health if wearable flash sensor monitoring technology for the purpose of blood glucose monitoring and glucose testing is available through the long-term illness...
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      891. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal received a review letter in respect of home help provisions; if he will take into account the age and...
    • Hospital Services
      892. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals designated as Ireland's major trauma centres and when these will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41252/16]
    • National Children's Hospital
      893. To ask the Minister for Health if the children's research and innovation centre, CRIC, (details supplied) is being built by the national paediatric hospital development board; when it is...
    • Hospital Groups
      894. To ask the Minister for Health the medical school which is the academic partner of the Children's hospital group; the detail of the relationship between the Dublin Midlands hospital group...
    • National Children's Hospital
      895. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the exact delineation of the site for the national children's hospital and the arrangement for the overlapping underground services; and if he...
    • Hospital Groups
      896. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Dublin Midlands hospital group and the Children's hospital group do not exist in legislation (details...
    • National Children's Hospital
      897. To ask the Minister for Health if the Coast Guard's large Sikorsky helicopters will be able to land on the site of the proposed national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement...
    • General Practitioner Training
      898. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new and additional general practitioner training places which will come onstream in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41260/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      899. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a surgery for a person (details supplied). [41261/16]
    • Hospital Services
      905. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients outsourced and the location at University Hospital Kerry in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Data
      906. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at University Hospital Kerry in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      907. To ask the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting times at University Hospital Kerry in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, broken down by year, by specialty and the...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      908. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry in each of the months of 2015, broken down by month; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospitals Data
      909. To ask the Minister for Health the operating budget for University Hospital Kerry in each of the years from 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      910. To ask the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at University Hospital Kerry in each of the years from 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      912. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at University Hospital Kerry in each of the years from 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      913. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at University Hospital Kerry in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments
      914. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient hospital cancellations at University Hospital Kerry for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      916. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatres operational at University Hospital Kerry for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      920. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatrics consultants contracted to be in place at University Hospital Kerry as of January 2017. [41298/16]
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      923. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include the process of blood removal for haemochromatosis patients, venesection, by general practitioners for medical card holders to be covered by...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      924. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at Beaumont Hospital. [41309/16]
    • Medical Card Administration
      925. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons with a medical card are charged an individual charge for differing strengths of warfarin (details supplied). [41311/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      926. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours that will be allocated to the Dublin 13 and Dublin 5 areas under the 2017 HSE work programme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      927. To ask the Minister for Health when replacement staff will be put in place to deal with staff losses in the dental clinic in Roscommon county clinic; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      928. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who was to be seen in a clinic cannot be seen in another clinic when they are in urgent need of treatment. [41319/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      929. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [41320/16]
    • Psychological Services
      930. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) had been recommended for psychology assistance in a completed Health Service Executive assessment report in August 2015 in view...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      931. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has received an autism spectrum disorder assessment in view of the importance of early diagnosis in childhood development; the...
    • Hospitals Data
      933. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons outsourced at Tallaght hospital in Dublin for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      939. To ask the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at Tallaght Hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      950. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41351/16]
    • Respite Care Services
      951. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to remove respite care services from a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal; if so, when it is anticipated that these services...
    • Vaccination Programme
      952. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the HPV vaccine programme in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [41362/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      954. To ask the Minister for Health if challenges have been taken into account in planning health care in an area (details supplied) particularly the impact on beds in the local hospital and...
    • Respite Care Services
      955. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced in the Dublin south west area due to inadequate availability of respite care spaces for...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      957. To ask the Minister for Health when a cataract operation will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41380/16]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      958. To ask the Minister for Health when construction on the new national forensic mental health facility at Portrane, County Dublin, will commence; the timeline for completion of the project;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      959. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene on behalf of very young children awaiting assessment under the Disability Act 2005 such as a person (details supplied); if his attention...
    • Proposed Legislation
      960. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015; his views on whether the separated sale of alcohol in mixed retail outlets should be maintained in the...
    • Home Help Service
      961. To ask the Minister for Health when home support hours will be reinstated to families in County Meath following industrial action by a care service (details supplied). [41396/16]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      962. To ask the Minister for Health if a primary medical certificate will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41401/16]
    • Medicinal Products
      963. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the drug Kalydeco; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41403/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      964. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for a consultation in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan will take place for a person (details supplied). [41409/16]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      965. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of appeal for medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) [41411/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      966. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who has been called for BreastCheck up to 65 years of age because of their medical history but has...
    • Health Services Provision
      967. To ask the Minister for Health the implied previous work on developing a clinical programme that has taken place for children when the HSE states in its service plan for 2017 that it will...
    • Hospital Services
      968. To ask the Minister for Health the change that was recorded in trolley numbers at St. Vincent's Hospital before and since the downgrading of the accident and emergency department at St...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      970. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41421/16]
    • Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
      972. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases that have been fully and satisfactorily resolved in respect of victims of symphysiotomy; the number of cases still outstanding; and if he...
    • Hospital Services
      973. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients outsourced at Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Data
      974. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      975. To ask the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting times at Letterkenny University Hospital for the years 2011 to 2016 and in 2017 to date, broken down by year and by specialty and in the...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      976. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on trolleys at Letterkenny University Hospital for each month in 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      977. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on trolleys at Letterkenny University Hospital for each month in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospitals Data
      978. To ask the Minister for Health the operating budget for Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      979. To ask the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      980. To ask the Minister for Health the total agency spend at Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      982. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Services
      983. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form....
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      987. To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects agreed and funded at Letterkenny University Hospital; if he will provide details and an overview of each project; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      989. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was initiated at Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if...
    • Hospitals Funding
      990. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to continue to fund the sleep clinic in St. James's Hospital; and if his Department is committed to recruitment of specialist staff in the unit when...
    • Drug Trials
      991. To ask the Minister for Health the channels available to raise concerns or make complaints in the area of medical research and the trial use of certain drugs on both human and animal...
    • Clinical Nutritional Expert Group
      992. To ask the Minister for Health if the Clinical Nutritional Expert Group convened in November 2016; if new applications for additions to the reimbursement list are being accepted before the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      993. To ask the Minister for Health if he will award a medical card to a person (details supplied) on discretionary grounds due to the number of serious illnesses the person suffers from [41464/16]
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      994. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the eye medication macushield has been withdrawn from medical card patients; and if a substitute medication will be made available to medical card...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      995. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for hip surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41466/16]
    • Hospital Procedures
      998. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who requires a medical procedure [41478/16]
    • Health Services Provision
      999. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for speech and language therapy and occupational therapy, both in terms of initial appointment and treatment, for County Donegal for both...
    • HSE Staff
      1001. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the HSE's policy to ensure that vacancies are filled in HSE sections as they arise; the steps the HSE take in ensuring that alternative...
    • Hospital Equipment
      1003. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a dialysis machine for Bantry hospital in view of the fact that a large number of persons from west Cork are currently travelling to Cork...
    • Autism Support Services
      1004. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the autism strategy as required under the Autism Bill 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41507/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      1005. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the delay in the list for the allergy clinic (details supplied) in Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin for which the current waiting...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      1006. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding making the drug Respreeza available for persons suffering from alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      1008. To ask the Minister for Health when the position of registrar for births, deaths and marriages, at the civil registration department Thurles, County Tipperary, will be filled by the HSE...
    • Medical Records
      1009. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a person (details supplied) with their entire medical records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41537/16]
    • Dental Services
      1010. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for dental items in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41540/16]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      1011. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical cards of persons (details supplied) were withdrawn; the status of their eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41562/16]
    • Mental Health Policy
      1013. To ask the Minister for Health when the independent monitoring group overseeing A Vision for Change last met; if it was disbanded, when this occurred; if any other alternative was put in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1014. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41576/16]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      1015. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a speech therapy appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41589/16]
    • Occupational Therapy
      1016. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the lack of resources in St. Mary’s medical clinic, Thurles, County Tipperary, namely, the lack of an occupational therapist, which...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      1017. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons (details supplied) were not informed of a medical card review; and the way in which their application was calculated incorrectly [41598/16]
    • State Claims Agency
      1018. To ask the Minister for Health the specific number of maternity cases involved in the State Claims Agency damages payout in each of the years 2007 to 2014 of €282,883,052 [41604/16]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      1020. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the community pillar to have a direct input into the national drugs strategy; and his plans for it to have an integral role in the process of...
    • Hospital Services
      1021. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to put in place a mobile cath laboratory for University Hospital Waterford as confirmed by the Minister for State in an interview (details...
    • Hospital Records
      1022. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding hospital records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41618/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1023. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41621/16]
    • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
      1026. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of employing agency staff, locums and other non-HSE staff in Portlaoise hospital in each of the past three years. [41656/16]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      1027. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the total wage bill, including HSE and non-HSE staff, in Portlaoise hospital in each of the past three years. [41657/16]
    • Occupational Therapy
      1028. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that elderly persons living on the State pension applying to Dublin city council for housing adaptation grants are...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      1029. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential detox beds available in the public health system in Dublin for each of the years 2011 to 2016; the current waiting list for...
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      1030. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of public expenditure on medicines for each of the years 2013 to 2016, in tabular form; the expenditure incurred for each year on branded and...
    • Hospital Services
      1031. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children from County Donegal under consultative care in metabolic, neurology and genetics departments in each of the children's hospitals; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1032. To ask the Minister for Health for the average waiting times for early intervention teams for each of the past five years, in tabular form; his plans to reduce average waiting times; and if...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      1033. To ask the Minister for Health the current staff vacancy rates for Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin and St. James's Hospital; that staffing for both anaesthesia and radiology...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      1034. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the workforce planning strategy for the proposed new national children's hospital at St James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1035. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41738/16]
    • Hospital Equipment
      1036. To ask the Minister for Health if the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly has received funding for an MRI scanner; and if so, when it will be installed [41740/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1038. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an appointment with a consultant at Crumlin Hospital or received confirmation...
    • Medicinal Products Regulation
      1040. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow hemp oil to be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41746/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1041. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41750/16]
    • Hospital Facilities
      1044. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to provide additional funding to the University Hospital Kerry dialysis unit, in view of the fact it is currently operating over...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      1045. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay arranging a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41755/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1046. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41757/16]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      1050. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hearing aid application for a person (details supplied) [41761/16]
    • Occupational Therapy
      1051. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an occupational therapy appointment for a person (details supplied) [41762/16]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      1052. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are currently no contracts in the midlands for pressure relieving mattresses; and his plans to rectify this issue. [41764/16]
    • General Practitioner Data
      1054. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner doctors available to take medical card patients in the north Dublin region; and the amount of medical card holders in this...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1055. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment [41771/16]
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      1056. To ask the Minister for Health the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department, for County Wexford; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1057. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list for operations in relation to scoliosis in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; the number of these...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      1058. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Part 2 and Part 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act, enacted on 6 April 2015, has not yet been ratified; when they will be ratified; and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1059. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41781/16]
    • Hospital Services
      1061. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons outsourced at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2013 to date in 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Data
      1062. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2013 to date in 2017 in tabular form; and if he...
    • Hospital Services
      1063. To ask the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting times at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2011 to date in 2017, broken down by year, by speciality and in...
    • Hospitals Funding
      1066. To ask the Minister for Health the operating budget for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2009 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      1068. To ask the Minister for Health the total spend at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2013 to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      1069. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent nursing positions in place at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2009 to date in 2017, in...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      1070. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2009 to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      1072. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient hospital cancellations at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2013 to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1074. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatres operational at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2011 to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      1077. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was initiated at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2011 to date in 2017; and if he...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1078. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to expand a training centre (details supplied), if so, the proposed plans; if it will remain on site; the amount it will cost; the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1079. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) [41805/16]
    • National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
      1080. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that responsibility for delivering objective 2.1.1 of the national positive ageing strategy, relating to health...
    • Emergency Services
      1100. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to a first responders group (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41846/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1101. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41847/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1103. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41856/16]
    • Hospital Services
      1115. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that outpatient appointments for the paediatrics urology surgeon at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin,...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1117. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times and dates he has met with the CEO or chairperson of every organisation under his remit, in tabular form [1002/17]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      1120. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add new low protein products to the long-term illness card list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1017/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      1121. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to change the way in which farm assets are assessed for the nursing home subvention scheme; when this is likely to be announced and come into force;...
    • Hospital Services
      1122. To ask the Minister for Health when the acute hospitals division and HSE west estates will complete their evaluation of the University Hospital Galway MRI business case; the number of...
    • Departmental Funding
      1123. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline all funding announcements made by him or by his Department for projects in County Mayo since January 2015, in tabular form; the details of...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      1124. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for a person (details supplied) to be assessed in regard to the supply of a special chair. [1074/17]
    • Respite Care Grant Applications
      1126. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a respite care grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1082/17]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      1127. To ask the Minister for Health the position of the HSE review regarding the addition of new and improved products being added to the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he...
    • Health Services
      1128. To ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate a review of health services in the mid-west region to consider the possible extension of opening hours and services available at Ennis,...
    • Autism Support Services
      1129. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding autism services in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1105/17]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      1130. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a specialised treatment centre for addiction services in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1106/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1131. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1112/17]
    • Departmental Records
      1132. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of his Department's files and records at off-site locations by third party companies...
    • Community Development Projects
      1133. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding awarded to a cycling club (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2016, inclusive, broken down by year and the amount awarded;...
    • Health Services Provision
      1134. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a clinical review of scoliosis services here; if he will consider appointing one of the following persons (details supplied) to conduct the...
    • HSE Expenditure
      1135. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of production of the HSE magazine Health Matters; the cost to date from the first publication; the circulation details and cost involved; and if he...
    • Respite Care Grant Applications
      1136. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for respite care in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1137/17]
    • Respite Care Grant
      1137. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have respite care made available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork [1138/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      1138. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a business proposal from the HSE in regard to the designation of part of St. Joseph's campus in County Longford as an acquired brain injury...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      1139. To ask the Minister for Health the number of wards and beds which are closed in hospitals in counties Cork and Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1142/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      1140. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be given a date to undergo surgery in St James's Hospital; if, in the event of a delay in providing a date for their...
    • Home Care Packages
      1141. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the way in which the measures contained in the home care packages funding initiative will impact South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he...
    • Health Services Provision
      1142. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 482 of 13 December 2016, if he will provide the location and lease details of the premises providing this service; and if he will make...
    • Respite Care Grant
      1143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE respite facilities for families with children with disabilities in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Cavan; the number of beds available...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      1144. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a drug awaiting approval by the NCPE (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1167/17]
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      1145. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drugs which, following the NCPE assessment of the manufacturer's economic dossier on the cost effectiveness of a drug the NCPE found not to be...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1146. To ask the Minister for Health when orthopaedic treatment and surgery will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1169/17]
    • HSE Expenditure
      1147. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent by the HSE on electronic devices (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2016 for HSE staff; and if he will make a statement...
    • HSE Staff
      1148. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff employed nationwide; the number of these that do not have an official HSE email address; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Groups
      1149. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make the necessary funding available to the UL Hospitals Group to enable the new 96 bed unit at University Hospital Limerick to come into use; and...
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      1151. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paramedic personnel fully trained to work in the neonatal ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1184/17]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      1152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of neonatal ambulances currently in service; his plans to increase the number of available neonatal transport vehicles; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Records
      1153. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of HSE files and records at off-site locations by third party companies and at State...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      1154. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency staff employed by position and by hospital for each month in each of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • HSE Expenditure
      1158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the budget allocated to a HSE service (details supplied) for each of the years 2014 to 2016, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1160. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1212/17]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      1161. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of a locum doctor in Rathmore, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1215/17]
    • Primary Medical Certificates Provision
      1162. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the difficulty and delay in obtaining a medical certificate for a person (details supplied); if his office will expedite the process; and...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the years 2007 to 2015. [1227/17]
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      1164. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the use of the drug, roaccutane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1237/17]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      1165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of long-stay residential beds in Killybegs Community Hospital, County Donegal, for each of the years from 2014 to 2016 and in 2017 to date, in...
    • Mental Health Services
      1169. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding persons working within the mental health service here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet a person (details supplied) following a request issued to his office for a meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1256/17]
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      1171. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of overtime in 2016 for nurses in mental health services in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1257/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1172. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment can be arranged for a person (details supplied). [1260/17]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      1173. To ask the Minister for Health if a medication (details supplied) will be added to the list of medications available under the GMS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1174. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1263/17]
    • Hospital Admissions
      1175. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a bed in the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      1176. To ask the Minister for Health the out-of-hours emergency support that is in place for neurological patients at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      1177. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who requires braces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1272/17]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      1193. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a care plan and the provision of services by the child and adolescent mental health services for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      1194. To ask the Minister for Health when the most recent consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist team lead departed from the child and adolescent mental health services in Cork; the steps...
    • Health Services Provision
      1195. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting nearly two years for a hands-free voicebox; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1291/17]
    • Hospital Procedures
      1196. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure in Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1292/17]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      1197. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a waiting list for orthodontic treatment in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1301/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1198. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1303/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      1199. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the reason for the delay for a person (details supplied) not receiving an appointment with regard to a cochlear implant; and if he will...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      1200. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the medication ocuvite lutein forte has been removed from the list of medications allowable for medical card holders; and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      1201. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for home help in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1316/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1202. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1318/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1233. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for hip replacement surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1351/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1234. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1353/17]
    • Mental Health Services
      1236. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that must be undertaken in a psychiatric hospital to admit a person long-term in cases in which the person expresses a desire to leave and the...
    • Health Services
      1237. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who is on the waiting list for a prosthetic leg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1376/17]
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      1238. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received registration to start working as a midwife in Cavan General Hospital. [1377/17]
    • Departmental Reviews
      1239. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the bed capacity review; the terms of reference; the membership of those undertaking the review; the timeline for the review; when and the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      1240. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times he, or his Department, have met with the health unions in the past three months; the unions which were met and the number of times each...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      1241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the emergency department task force has met in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1387/17]
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      1242. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a National Lottery funding application (details supplied); when a decision can be expected on same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1243. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [1399/17]
    • Hospital Services
      1244. To ask the Minister for Health further to his letter received and dated 11 July 2016 concerning gynaecology and antenatal services at Dungloe Community Hospital, when it is expected that...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1245. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment from Beaumont Hospital for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospice Services Provision
      1246. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a level three hospice unit in the midlands region as outlined in his Department's Statement of Strategy 2016-2019 document; and the...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      1247. To ask the Minister for Health the National Lottery allocations made in 2014, 2015, and 2016 with details of the amounts, the name and address of the beneficiary and the purpose of the...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      1249. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case whereby a person (details supplied) waiting on an outpatient appointment, who has moved from children's services to adult...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1250. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [1429/17]
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      1251. To ask the Minister for Health the current average waiting time in weeks for processing overseas registration applications by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland from the date...
    • Medical Card Applications
      1252. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card can issue in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1434/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1254. To ask the Minister for Health when a cataract operation will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1439/17]
    • Meals-on-Wheels Services
      1256. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the meals on wheels service, which is indispensable to many elderly persons, is to be discontinued in the...
    • Health Services
      1257. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the position concerning a scenario (details supplied) in Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1445/17]
    • Mental Health Services
      1258. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a map indicating the individual geographical areas of each CAMHS team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1448/17]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      1259. To ask the Minister for Health the expected additional number of nurses and midwives the HSE expects to hire in Cavan and Monaghan Hospital Group following the Christmas recruitment drive;...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      1261. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to replace general practitioners in rural Ireland that are coming close to retirement age; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Help Service Data
      1262. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE is designating home help hours to its external and agency carers in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      1264. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to intervene to ensure that treatment is received in Northern Ireland in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1265. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment for an operation at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      1268. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received in 2016 by An Bord Altranais for registration as general, paediatric, intellectual disability and psychiatric nurses; the...
    • Primary Care Centres Data
      1271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff, by grade, that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Balbriggan; the services they will provide; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      1272. To ask the Minister for Health the exact opening date for the primary care centre in Balbriggan; the services that will be available when this service opens; and if he will make a statement...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      1273. To ask the Minister for Health if the new primary care centre in Balbriggan will offer scans; if so, the precise type of scans that will be available, for example, MRI, ultrasound and so...
    • Parking Provision
      1274. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be free parking made available for the users of the new primary care centre in Balbriggan. [1511/17]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      1275. To ask the Minister for Health if the new primary care centre in Balbriggan will offer maternity care; the specific type of care available; the discussions that are taking place to extend...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      1276. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for physiotherapy, occupational therapy and psychology services in north County Dublin; if he will break this down further in terms...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1279. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the social care disability service plan for 2017 and indicate the levels of proposed residential and day places in 2017 compared to 2015...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1280. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who is waiting to be called for an appointment at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      1284. To ask the Minister for Health when the vacant position of home support provider to the County Meath disability home support service will be filled following a company (details supplied)...
    • Ambulance Service
      1285. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on any proposed improvements in the national ambulance service in County Tipperary for 2017; the current level of ambulance care...
    • Hospital Services
      1286. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a unit (details supplied) in Cavan General Hospital; if a date for opening this unit has been set; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      1287. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide access to an out-of-hours child and adolescent mental health service team in counties Cavan and Monaghan as a matter of urgency; and if he...
    • Health Services Reports
      1289. To ask the Minister for Health when the report of the review of the maternity services at Portiuncula Hospital and adverse perinatal incidents between 2007 and 2014, which was set up in...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      1290. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels of midwives for the maternity units in hospitals (details supplied); and the amount by which these staff numbers fall short of the...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      1291. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide respite care beds for families of persons with intellectual disabilities in Tralee and its environs in view of the fact that no...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      1294. To ask the Minister for Health if a consultant and registrar have been appointed in the back pain screening clinic in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      1295. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a company will no longer supply a person (details supplied) with microspore plasters, Dansac lotion and incontinence sheets on their medical card;...
    • Registration of Nurses
      1296. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for a PIN from An Bord Altranais. [1585/17]
    • Health Services Funding
      1297. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the delivery of funding for the new day care centre on the grounds of the community hospital at Cork Hill, Youghal; and if this funding has been...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1301. To ask the Minister for Health the number of early intervention teams in each local health office; the waiting time for assessment in each team; and the numbers on the waiting lists in each...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      1302. To ask the Minister for Health the latest waiting list figures for child and adolescent mental health services with a breakdown of the number waiting by duration and location. [1597/17]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      1303. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on an orthodontic waiting list, with a breakdown by geographical area. [1598/17]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      1304. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and therapist services in primary care, with a breakdown by age category, geographical area and length of...
    • Occupational Therapy
      1305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy, with a breakdown by age category, geographical area and length of time waiting. [1600/17]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      1306. To ask the Minister for Health when the full-time permanent nursing post (details supplied) attached to the Tipperary substance misuse centre, which has been vacant since August 2016, will...
    • Registration of Nurses
      1307. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appeal before the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (details supplied). [1627/17]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Administration
      1308. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of a drug (details supplied) at local pharmacies has changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1628/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1310. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment with the ophthalmic department, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Adelaide Road, Dublin 2. [1685/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      1311. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries which have been cancelled or rescheduled since December 2016 in each hospital group in tabular form. [1688/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1313. To ask the Minister for Health the inpatient and outpatient waiting times across all specialties at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, from 2011 to 2016 in tabular form. [1690/17]
    • Hospital Services
      1316. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a cardiac catheterisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1699/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1317. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for an operation will be arranged at St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, for a person (details supplied). [1703/17]
    • Mental Health Commission
      1321. To ask the Minister for Health when the decision support service within the Mental Health Commission will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1787/17]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      1322. To ask the Minister for Health when the outstanding substantive sections of Part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      1323. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) will be included for use on the health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1791/17]
    • Departmental Schemes
      1324. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative scheme which has been devised to replace the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant; when it will be available to applicants; and if...
    • Medicinal Products
      1325. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1793/17]
    • Dental Services
      1326. To ask the Minister for Health if assessments (details supplied) are being carried out; the total number of children across the State in the category who received an assessment during the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1327. To ask the Minister for Health if the required reports from the north Kildare network disability team can be furnished in respect of a person (details supplied) who urgently requires...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      1328. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 383 on 6 December 2016, subsequently referred to the HSE for direct reply, the reason the post to which the question referred is still...
    • Industrial Disputes
      1329. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dispute (details supplied); if there is any indication of a resolution; the number of beds affected in this matter; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      1330. To ask the Minister for Health when replacement staff will be put in place to deal with the staff losses in the dental clinic in Roscommon county clinic; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Dental Services Provision
      1331. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who was to be seen in a clinic cannot be seen in another clinic when they are in urgent need of treatment in the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1332. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1822/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1333. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the ongoing delay in arranging a new appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork whose previous appointment was cancelled by the...
    • Health Services Provision
      1335. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are no physiotherapy services available through the HSE for persons under the age of 18 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1336. To ask the Minister for Health the plans under way to assist those with hearing difficulties; the regulations that currently govern catering for those with hearing difficulties by...
    • Nursing Home Inspections
      1337. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1839/17]
    • Counselling Services Provision
      1338. To ask the Minister for Health the number of counsellors providing bereavement counselling, inclusive of post-abortion counselling, here; the waiting times for this counselling per...
    • Medical Card Applications
      1339. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      1340. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the retention of the integrated fire-based emergency medical service within the Dublin fire brigade; if his attention has been drawn to any plans...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      1343. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in providing a primary care centre in Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1865/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1346. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with management and medical staff at Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if his attention has been drawn to the governance and...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      1347. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who was referred for epidural injections 18 months ago in University Hospital Waterford will receive them [1916/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1348. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding St. Mary of the Angels, Beaufort, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1917/17]
    • Health Services Funding
      1350. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the €9 million funding outlined in the 2017 HSE service plan to expand existing or develop new services in acute hospitals that will go...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • GLAS Payments
      1355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS 3 payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41040/16]
    • Grant Payments
      1357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when grants for slatted sheds will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41071/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      1358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41074/16]
    • Climate Change Policy
      1360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans he has developed in his Department to meet the terms of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015. [41214/16]
    • Crop Treatments
      1361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the World Health Organization said last year that pre-harvest desiccation with...
    • Pesticide Use
      1365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce legislation to strengthen safety of farmers and consumers from such chemicals; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Levy
      1366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 154 of 1 December 2016 and 269 of 7 December 2016, the semi-State companies under the aegis...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      1367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of farmers in counties Cavan and Monaghan who have applied for the beef data and genomics programme;...
    • GLAS Payments
      1368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers who qualify for GLAS Plus can expect a balancing three-month payment on the additional 2015 €2,000 GLAS moneys;...
    • Animal Welfare
      1369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ban the use of animals in circuses here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41431/16]
    • Fishing Industry
      1370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding foreign trawlers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41455/16]
    • Water Pollution
      1371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has been informed of reports of an incident of pollution having recently occurred at a coastal location (details supplied);...
    • Fish Quotas
      1372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the reported increase in fish quotas per tonne for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41482/16]
    • Food Imports
      1373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that the European Commissioner has lifted the ban on horses from outside the EU entering the human food chain,...
    • EU Directives
      1374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to a parliamentary question of 6 December 2016, if it is correct that EU Directives Reference 262/2015, which was published...
    • Animal Welfare
      1375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of circuses registered here under Article 4 of the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1739/2005 each year for each of the...
    • Crop Treatments
      1381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ban the use of glyphosate here in the interest of public health. [41517/16]
    • Imports Data
      1382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sheep imports into the Republic of Ireland for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form;...
    • Fisheries Protection
      1384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) the catching of dogfish off coasts here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
      1385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a review of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41547/16]
    • TAMS Applications
      1386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for TAMS II; when the persons (details supplied) will receive confirmation of decision; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      1388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are vacant posts in his Department in Rosslare Harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41568/16]
    • Wildlife Regulations
      1389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the illegal use of lurcher dogs for coursing; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Reserve Data
      1390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who applied to join the national reserve in 2016 and to date in 2017; if he will provide a breakdown of which...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      1391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a Scottish derogation for a person (details supplied). [41616/16]
    • Grant Payments
      1392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been penalised on farm payments; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      1393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in respect of a payment to be made under the knowledge transfer discussion...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      1394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reintroduce a drainage scheme for farmland in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Forestry Sector
      1395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is a tax incentive to plant forestry; the objective of his Department with this scheme; the percentage of the west...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      1396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the order under which his Department is holding payments for a person (details supplied). [41669/16]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      1402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department, for County Wexford; and if...
    • GLAS Payments
      1403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41849/16]
    • Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
      1404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a national reserve payment appeal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
      1405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is intended to introduce the promised so-called hen harrier scheme for farmers whose land is designated for the hen harrier;...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      1406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the process of the review of areas of natural constraint being undertaken by the EU; and if he will make a...
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications
      1410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1010/17]
    • Rural Development Programme Data
      1411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total expenditure on the rural development programme, RDP, for each of the years 2014 to 2016, broken down by schemes (details...
    • Tillage Sector
      1414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will accept the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine for action in support of the...
    • GLAS Eligibility
      1416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the issues in relation to accepting a person (details supplied) into GLAS 2 related to internal problems with his Department's...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline all funding announcements made by him or by his Department for projects in County Mayo since January 2015, in...
    • GLAS Payments
      1418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1069/17]
    • Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
      1419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal on a decision on a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      1420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the island rate of areas of natural constraint, ANC, scheme payment is not paid to farmers farming islands on inland...
    • Departmental Records
      1421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of his Department's files and records at off-site locations...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      1422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports or entitlements available to young farmers that meet the eligibility criteria under the young farmers scheme but hold...
    • GLAS Applications
      1423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for GLAS payments by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1145/17]
    • Forestry Sector
      1424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason forestry targets of 20,000 ha per annum and more recently of 15,000 ha per annum, as outlined in reports (details...
    • Ash Dieback Threat
      1425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the continued removal of chalara-infected ash trees in view of the fact that the disease has been found in...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time equivalent Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      1427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the real need to develop facilities at Greencastle Harbour and Leenan Pier in County Donegal; if...
    • Compensation Schemes
      1428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide a compensation scheme for farmers in counties Kerry and Cork which were affected by bad weather during the...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      1429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review the current area of natural constraint payment system to ensure that those farmers, predominantly based in the...
    • GLAS Payments
      1430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1246/17]
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      1431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be paid their 2014 beef data payment. [1252/17]
    • Harbours and Piers
      1432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of all the agencies and or bodies with which his Department consulted prior to the decision to submit an application for...
    • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications
      1433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in having payment under a scheme issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [1288/17]
    • GLAS Payments
      1434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of outstanding GLAS payments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1302/17]
    • Compensation Schemes
      1435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a compensation payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1314/17]
    • GLAS Payments
      1436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1368/17]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      1437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure that basic farm payments and-or disadvantaged farm payments due to a person (details supplied) are...
    • GLAS Payments
      1438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure that a GLAS payment for 2016 due to a person (details supplied) is immediately paid out; and if he...
    • TAMS Data
      1439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of payments by county issued under the TAMS scheme in 2016; the value of TAMS payment to each county; the number of files...
    • TAMS Administration
      1440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for there being no facility to make amendments to a TAMS plan post submission to his Department; if he will review...
    • Beef Industry
      1441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the perceived achievements of the beef forum to date; if he has satisfied himself with its role or is of the view that...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      1442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the ANC review; when it is intended to publish the relevant maps; the 2017 timescale for other review milestones; and...
    • Forestry Grants
      1443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a grant application will be awarded to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1412/17]
    • GLAS Applications
      1444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will be included in the GLAS 3 scheme when it is announced shortly; and if he will make a statement...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      1445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive a payment for the 2016 areas of natural constraint scheme;...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      1446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive the 2016 single farm payment; and if he will make a...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      1447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the current areas of natural constraints scheme review with respect to designating eligible areas is expected to be completed;...
    • Forestry Sector
      1448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry application submitted in August 2016 for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will...
    • TAMS Payments
      1449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an application for a TAMS payment is being held up in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • GLAS Payments
      1450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1692/17]
    • Human Rights
      1451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his department has complied with section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 which requires his...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      1452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) can expect an ANC payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1834/17]
    • GLAS Data
      1453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have participated in REPS and-or AEOS and now find themselves in tier 3 with respect to an application...
    • GLAS Payments
      1454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1922/17]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      1458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a plot of blanket bog (details supplied) which was deemed eligible for the single farm payment has been deemed ineligible...
    • Transfer of Entitlements Application
      1459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payments due to a person (details supplied) will issue immediately; and the reason for the delay. [1949/17]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fuel Laundering
      1461. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the annual cost related to the clean up and restoration process due to fuel laundering - extracting the green dye from...
    • Inland Fisheries
      1462. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress which has been made with plans for the fish counter on the River Barrow. [41058/16]
    • Bituminous Fuel Ban
      1463. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeline for the introduction of an outright ban on the sale and distribution of smoky coal; and if he will make a...
    • Inland Fisheries
      1464. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the tail grates at the Millrace Tailrace, Bunclody on the River Slaney satisfies the habitats...
    • Fuel Poverty
      1466. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when his department will be making the warmth and wellbeing scheme available in Dublin 9 and Dublin 11; and if he will...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      1467. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department is establishing a renewable energy group in order to mitigate the potential of fines from the EU in...
    • Illegal Dumping
      1468. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if additional funding is being provided to either Cavan or Monaghan county councils to combat illegal dumping in view of...
    • Recycling Policy
      1469. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider the introduction of a container deposit scheme whereby the return of recyclable beverage containers...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1470. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a 2017 workplan for the provision of broadband services in north County Dublin; if he will provide a...
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      1471. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans he has developed in his Department to meet the terms of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill...
    • Waste Management
      1472. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide concessions or allowances for families that generate more and unavoidable refuse due to health and...
    • Pension Levy Data
      1473. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 154 of 1 December 2016 and 269 of 7 December 2016, the semi-State companies...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1474. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the availability of broadband funding for a private enterprise which is important for local employment (details...
    • Electricity Generation
      1475. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 703 of 29 November 2016, if he will address the matter (details supplied). [41433/16]
    • National Broadband Plan
      1476. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a person (details supplied) will be able to access broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41490/16]
    • Middle East Issues
      1477. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the National Digital Research Centre, NDRC, whose budget is paid...
    • Postal Codes
      1478. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will amend the address associated with a new Eircode (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      1479. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will examine the way in which broadband service providers can advertise the availability of speeds within an area...
    • Electric Vehicles
      1480. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the establishment of a dedicated task force involving relevant Government Departments and all stakeholders...
    • National Broadband Plan
      1481. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will prioritise the introduction of high-speed broadband in an area (details supplied) in County Longford; and if...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      1482. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe for introducing a licensing regime for repeaters in 2017 which will allow householders and businesses to...
    • Waste Disposal
      1483. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason additional waste is being put into a dump (details supplied) that is non-compliant with a waste licence; and...
    • Departmental Funding
      1484. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department for County...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      1485. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide information on the formation of a task force or oversight committee to monitor mobile phone coverage...
    • National Broadband Plan
      1486. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to designate the blue areas, commercial providers, identified in the high-speed broadband map into the amber...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1491. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason his Department did not issue a policy directive under sections 12 and 13 of the Broadcasting Act 2009; his...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      1494. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of biomethane within the RHI market; the reason biomethane does not have a greater presence in the SEAI...
    • Departmental Funding
      1495. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline all funding announcements made by him or by his Department for projects in County Mayo since January...
    • Departmental Records
      1496. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of his Department's files and records at...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      1497. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amounts paid in subsidies to wind farms and wind energy projects for each of the past four years; his plans to end...
    • National Broadband Plan
      1498. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the roll-out of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1148/17]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      1499. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the maximum financial cost in fines which Ireland may incur if it does not meet the European Commission requirement to...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1501. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of full-time equivalent Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for...
    • Electricity Generation
      1502. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the origins of the foreign wood chips or pellets being burned in power stations here; and if these are from sustainable...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      1503. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the proposed pay by weight bin charges; the stage at which his Department is at in formulating a new...
    • Electromagnetic Fields Studies
      1504. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on his Department's policies on monitoring health effects of electromagnetic radiation and microwave...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      1505. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the consideration he is giving in relation to the position of mobile phone networks and the effect that Brexit might...
    • Electricity Generation
      1506. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for a successor to the Moneypoint plant in terms of energy generation in view of the fact that it is within...
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      1507. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total amount of funding provided for renewable energy projects since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Cyber Security Policy
      1508. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if registered political parties and their parliamentary and electoral activities are regarded as part of the critical...
    • National Broadband Plan
      1510. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timetable for the provision of high-speed, high quality broadband in all areas throughout County Kildare; the areas...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1512. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be provided to a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1759/17]
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      1513. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the expected date for the release of the proposed renewable heat incentive for the final public consultation; and if he...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1514. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to extend broadband cover to a location (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Energy Efficiency
      1516. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1891/17]
    • Electricity Grid
      1517. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the widespread concerns in communities in counties Monaghan, Cavan and Meath over the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Roads Maintenance
      1518. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the design manual for urban roads and streets is mandatory for each local authority area and open to variable interpretations based...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      1521. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to facilitate the broadcasting of the full range of radio channels within Dublin Port Tunnel and end the current situation...
    • Coast Guard Services
      1522. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Coast Guard units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1360/17]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      1523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the current punishments for speeding will be increased. [41508/16]
    • Bus Éireann
      1524. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost breakdown of the board and management of Bus Éireann; the positions and areas of responsibility they fund; and if he will...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      1525. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Expressway routes which are profitable, not profitable and cost neutral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41081/16]
    • Bus Éireann
      1526. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of production, design, printing and distribution of the Bus Éireann quarterly staff magazine, Be Connected; and if he will...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      1527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the legislation requiring cyclists to use cycle lanes at all times at locations they are available was amended; and if so, the...
    • Rail Network
      1528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his predecessor has had any engagement with a group (details supplied) regarding the Waterford to Rosslare railway line; the...
    • Fáilte Ireland Staff
      1529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the position of CEO of Fáilte Ireland is still vacant; the name of the acting CEO; the status of the recruitment process...
    • Greenways Provision
      1530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Glenbeigh to Reenard greenway will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41189/16]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      1531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new round of sports capital will be open for applications; and the amount that will be in the scheme in total. [41190/16]
    • Cycling Facilities Data
      1532. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of user volume and trip volumes for the Cork, Galway and Limerick bike schemes; and if he will consider...
    • Integrated Ticketing
      1534. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of users of the Leap card in each year since its launch; and his views on whether the card is a success. [41193/16]
    • Public Service Vehicles
      1535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the volume of local hackney licences that have been awarded since its launch, including a breakdown of the locations they have been...
    • Fáilte Ireland Staff
      1536. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff and management in Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland; the breakdown of their allocations by grade; if they are...
    • Departmental Properties
      1537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the sale of the lease of the former head office of Bord Fáilte in Baggot Street, Dublin; his views on whether it was...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times and dates he has met with the CEO or chairperson of every organisation under his remit, in tabular form. [41197/16]
    • Fáilte Ireland Staff
      1539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is no director of marketing currently in Fáilte Ireland. [41198/16]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with the Rural Transport Network; and if so the details of the discussions they had. [41199/16]
    • Patient Transport
      1541. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any discussions with the Minister for Health regarding creating economies between transport services and health services,...
    • Sports Organisations
      1542. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met representatives of an organisation (details supplied); and if he plans to meet representatives of the organisation. [41201/16]
    • Departmental Meetings
      1543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of MinMAC meetings he has held and attended in his Department since he was appointed. [41202/16]
    • Departmental Properties
      1544. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to consolidate the number of buildings that are currently used by his Department. [41203/16]
    • Tourism Policy
      1545. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether it is appropriate that there are three national tourism bodies on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Taxi Licences
      1546. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxi drivers who have had their licences withdrawn in 2014, 2015 and 2016. [41205/16]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1547. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times he has met Dublin Bus management since he became Minister. [41206/16]
    • European Council Meetings
      1551. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of European Council meetings he has attended to date; and the details of the matters discussed. [41210/16]
    • Official Engagements
      1552. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the sporting events, including the dates of the events, he has attended in an official capacity since becoming Minister, in tabular...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1553. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times he has visited the Killarney office of his Department and the reason for the visits. [41212/16]
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      1554. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans he has developed in his Department to meet the terms of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015. [41213/16]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1555. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met any private bus operators or the Coach Tourism and Transport Council of Ireland since he became Minister; and if so, the...
    • Haulage Industry Regulation
      1556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a proposal to reduce the weight of articulated lorries (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      1557. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the €23.2 million funding allocated in 2016 for the sustainable transport measures grants programme outlined in...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
      1558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there have been any recent developments regarding the Mullingar-Rooskey bypass. [41251/16]
    • Tourism Promotion
      1559. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if specific funding will be put in place to market County Donegal further to the county being nominated by a magazine (details supplied)...
    • Air Services Provision
      1560. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current timeframe in regards to PSO support for the Kerry to Dublin regional flight; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fáilte Ireland Staff
      1562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans regarding replacing the outgoing chief executive of Fáilte Ireland; the reason for the delay in officially announcing the...
    • Sports Events
      1563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or officials of his Department have held any discussions on hosting NFL American football games in Dublin in 2017 or beyond; if...
    • Road Safety
      1565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a speed limit on a road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41649/16]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      1566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the funding for the Ballina-Killaloe bridge is ring-fenced; the value of the funding; when the project will commence; the estimated...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      1567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department for County Wexford; and if he...
    • Driver Licences
      1568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rules applied to receiving a driver's licence in the Irish language; the number of persons that have been refused these types of...
    • Fáilte Ireland
      1569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy of Fáilte Ireland with respect to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41845/16]
    • Haulage Industry Regulation
      1570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a maximum regulatory weight laden limit; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Insurance Costs
      1571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the high level of insurance will be examined for taxi drivers who have an SPSV driving licence in order to drive a...
    • Fáilte Ireland Staff
      1572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of all costs incurred by Fáilte Ireland in hiring the new chief executive of Fáilte Ireland...
    • Rail Network
      1574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the train line from Dublin to Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      1575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding road maintenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1008/17]
    • Bus Services
      1576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a bus service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1011/17]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a request has been received by his department for sports grant aid (details supplied). [1018/17]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      1578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be allocated to the upgrade of the R346 Cross to Cong Road in County Mayo in 2017; the amount to be allocated; and if he...
    • Road Projects
      1580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline all funding announcements made by him or by his Department for projects in County Mayo since January 2015, in tabular...
    • Ports Policy
      1581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of Galway port; if it is still considered a national port or if it has been reduced in status to a port of regional...
    • Rail Network
      1582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the electrification of the rail system for the Maynooth line; his plans to increase rail services for the Dublin west...
    • Departmental Records
      1583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of his Department's files and records at off-site locations by...
    • Parking Charges
      1584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Iarnród Éireann to revert to the parking charges and arrangements that existed at the car park close to St...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      1585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that an aeroplane (details supplied) landed at Shannon Airport at approximately 1 p.m. on Friday 30 December 2016...
    • Airport Development Projects
      1586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with a delegation from the City of Derry Airport to discuss plans to develop the capacity of the airport, develop new...
    • Road Network
      1587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to co-fund the A5 dual carriageway from counties Donegal and Derry to Dublin; and his plans to increase the level of...
    • National Driver Licensing Service
      1588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an office for the National Driving Licensing Service is not based in the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal in view of the...
    • Road Projects
      1589. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the serious and regular traffic gridlock in Letterkenny, County Donegal; and if he will amend the...
    • Recreational Facilities
      1590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to fund the redevelopment of the leisure centre and swimming pool in Buncrana, County Donegal. [1196/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of full-time equivalent civil servants in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the years 2007...
    • Driver Test Data
      1592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the pass rates on the driving test for each county or other similar local area for 2016; his views on any difference on the pass rates...
    • Departmental Agencies Reports
      1593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by the National Transport Authority, NTA and Irish Rail on commissioning two separate reports in 2016 entitled,...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      1594. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be released by his Department to enable a proposed new stadium for a football club (details supplied) to proceed....
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      1595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to adequately resource local road improvement schemes to reflect the challenge of maintaining many roads across rural Ireland....
    • Railway Stations
      1596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commission Transport Infrastructure Ireland to conduct a feasibility study for a commuter rail station at Prospect...
    • Tourism Capital Investment Programme
      1598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a listing and valuation for ongoing or approved tourism capital projects or grants currently awarded for County...
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      1599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a listing and valuation for ongoing or approved sports capital projects or grants currently awarded for County...
    • Traffic Management
      1600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider opening up bus lanes to vehicles carrying people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network
      1601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the Gorey to Rosslare rail line, in view of concerns regarding its future; his plans for further investment in and...
    • Road Projects Status
      1602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1455/17]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      1603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will provide funding to Kerry County Council for land acquisition for a project (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Park and Ride Facilities
      1604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure additional car parking spaces are provided for Clonsilla train station in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement...
    • Aviation Issues
      1605. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drones weighing more than 1 kg that have been registered with the Irish Aviation Authority; the number of this category of...
    • Maritime Spatial Planning
      1606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the work of the Irish Maritime Development Office, IMDO, over the past four years and on the size of the Irish...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      1608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be forthcoming for the circle road and realignment of the R107 Malahide Road across the N32/R139 towards the...
    • Environmental Regulations
      1610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timescale for the implementation of the Euro VI emission standards; if he will urgently sign this legislation into law; and if he...
    • Rail Services
      1611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is his Department's policy to expand rail freight here; the measures being taken to achieve this; and if his Department has...
    • Motor Insurance
      1612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress he and his Department have made regarding the establishment of a properly functioning motor insurance database with the...
    • Road Safety Strategy
      1613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the road safety strategy now needs to be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Swimming Pool Programme
      1614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department plans to give South Dublin County Council approval to move to stage three of the Lucan swimming pool project; and if...
    • Sports Organisations
      1615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to his recent comments on the sport of mixed martial arts, the process and timeframe involved in regulating this sport; and if...
    • Bus Services
      1616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the implications for County Sligo of the cuts to the expressway service as proposed in the Grant Thornton report; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport Subsidies
      1618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total annual subsidy to each of the constituent CIÉ companies including both Public Service Obligation, PSO, funding and...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      1619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grants or funding available annually for which sports groups around the country can apply, in tabular form; when these schemes open...
    • Vehicle Registration
      1620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the new regulations in respect of commercial vehicle N1 crew cab conversions will be reviewed, in view of the difficulties posed by...
    • Greenways Funding
      1621. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be provided to Westmeath County Council to extend the midlands greenway from the Whitegates to the marina in Athlone...
    • Public Service Vehicles
      1622. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will be reviewing the hackney licence law with a view to providing an opportunity for registered owners to purchase same in...
    • Road Projects
      1624. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide design plans for works scheduled for 2017 (details supplied). [1937/17]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      1625. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure a substantial increase in funding will be provided to Cavan and Monaghan county councils for the non national...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      1626. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of US soldiers that have passed through Shannon Airport between 1 July 2016 and 31 December 2016, including a monthly...
    • Bus Services
      1628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address an issue (details supplied) with regard to bus services into County Kerry and within the county; and if he will make...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • IDA Site Visits
      1629. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to provide details of all IDA visits to sites in individual counties in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      1630. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the plans she has developed within her Department to meet the terms of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act of 2015....
    • Brexit Issues
      1631. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of requests her Department has received from either IDA Ireland or Enterprise Ireland since Brexit for permission to...
    • Registered Employment Agreements
      1632. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding electrical contractors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41365/16]
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      1633. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons that accessed local enterprise offices, LEOs, for their services in all locations nationwide in each of the...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      1634. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has made contact with the owners or workers of a company (details supplied) in Dundalk to help avert redundancy. [41563/16]
    • IDA Portfolio
      1636. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if IDA Ireland has been approached by any other company to inform them that they will be taking over a premises on the Finnabair...
    • Legislative Measures
      1637. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the legislation she plans to bring forward to deal with the issue of accounting convergence in relation to international Irish...
    • Departmental Funding
      1639. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by her Department for County Wexford; and if...
    • Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
      1640. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that responsibility for delivering objective 1.1.1 of the National Positive Ageing...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1646. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times and dates she has met with the chief executive officer or chairperson of every organisation under her remit, in...
    • Departmental Funding
      1647. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will outline all funding announcements made by her or by her Department for projects in County Mayo since January 2015, in...
    • IDA Jobs Data
      1648. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of foreign direct investment, FDI, jobs in counties Clare and Limerick and in north Tipperary in the years 2014, 2015,...
    • Departmental Records
      1649. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost per year for the past three years of the storing and archiving of her Department's files and records at off-site locations...
    • IDA Portfolio
      1650. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide the research and statistics, including a listing of possible sites, that IDA Ireland holds for the old urban...
    • IDA Site Visits
      1651. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of visits by the IDA with prospective foreign direct investors to the old urban district council area of Tipperary...
    • IDA Supports
      1652. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the involvement her Department or agencies under her Department's aegis have had in the proposed establishment of a company (details...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      1655. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full time equivalent civil service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in her Department for each of the...
    • Work Permits Applications
      1656. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current position of the work permit renewal application of a person (details supplied); when she expects a decision to be made on...
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      1657. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons that accessed the local enterprise offices nationwide for their services in each of the years 2014 to 2016; the...
    • IDA Funding
      1658. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when IDA Ireland intends to publish details of grants given to international companies; the names of these companies; the amount the...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      1659. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the feedback received from IDA Ireland in relation to the potential impact of the policies of the new US Government on existing and...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      1660. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the counties in which the 6,200 jobs were created in the Border region between the first quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of...
    • Work Permits Applications
      1661. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the work permit for a person (details supplied); if assistance can be offered taking into account the specialised need;...
    • Industrial Sites Visits
      1662. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of industrial visits organised by IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland for the past five years, by location, in counties...
    • Company Law
      1663. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the work of the Company Law Review Group; if it has considered greater regulation of receiverships; her views on the...
    • Work Permits Applications
      1664. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding an application for a work permit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Industrial Disputes
      1665. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to parliamentary question number 257 of 8 December 2016 (details supplied) the reason this part of the recommendations has...
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      1667. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grants, subsidies or supports of any other kind, including favourable lease terms, that have been made available to the online...
    • Industrial Development
      1668. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department is conducting or planning to conduct an industrial development policy review in view of the results in the...
    • Legislative Programme
      1669. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the consumer rights Bill, the general scheme of which her Department had previously published; if she is considering...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Commissions of Investigation
      1670. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made to date with the investigation into the mother and baby home in Tuam, County Galway; if her attention has been drawn to...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      1671. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for further investment or the provision of additional resources for a service (details supplied); her further plans for a...
    • School Discipline
      1672. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of pupil suspensions at second-level schools in County Louth, by name of individual school, for the school years 2014-2015,...
    • Insurance Costs
      1673. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will intervene with insurance companies that are raising premiums for providers of child care services (details supplied); and if...
    • Early Years Strategy Implementation
      1674. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures in place for the potential fallout from the implementation of new guidelines for crèches that will cause huge...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      1675. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the length of time it takes early years services to get Garda clearance for hiring new staff; if her attention has...
    • Early Years Strategy Implementation
      1676. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans in place to support and assist community child care providers to mitigate against the inevitable pressures which will follow the...
    • Children in Care
      1677. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount paid to private children's residential services to care for and accommodate unaccompanied minors arriving here in the near...
    • Foster Care Provision
      1680. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new foster carers recruited by the Child and Family Agency for 2015 and 2016, broken down by social work office and by year....
    • Foster Care
      1681. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the conditions under which private foster placements are used by the Child and Family Agency; the number of private placements used by the...
    • Child Abuse
      1682. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of specialist interviews relating to child sexual abuse completed jointly by social workers and Gardaí for 2015 and 2016,...
    • Child Protection
      1683. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Tusla workers and number of reports received in relation to concerns regarding the welfare of children by county, in tabular...
    • Youth Homelessness Strategy
      1684. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the proposed free child care scheme for homeless children in Dublin; and if there are plans for the scheme to extend...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      1686. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if children in direct provision will be eligible for free child care hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41545/16]
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      1687. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers in the Child and Family Agency that have completed training to conduct joint Garda specialist child sexual...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1688. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding she will be providing in 2017 for the 109 family resource centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grant Payments
      1689. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by her Department for County Wexford; and if she...
    • Children in Care
      1690. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children leaving care in 2015 and 2016 broken down by area, in tabular form; the number that had a completed after-care...
    • Departmental Funding
      1692. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline all funding announcements made by her or by her Department for projects in County Mayo since January 2015, in tabular...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1693. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the budget for the family resource centre programme will be increased in line with the 5.5% increase in funding to Tusla's budget...
    • Departmental Records
      1695. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of her Department's files and records at off-site locations by...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1696. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent civil service workers in gross-income ranges (details supplied) in her Department for each of the years...
    • Children in Care
      1698. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a children and young persons' residential care facility (details supplied) in County Donegal has fully re-opened and is once again...
    • Garda Vetting Applications Data
      1699. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Garda vetting requests in 2016 that were processed by organisations (details supplied) funded by her Department; and if she...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      1700. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding which was provided in 2016 by her Department for child-facing child care schemes (details supplied) by scheme type;...
    • Child Care Services Expenditure
      1701. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total GDP value of the early childhood programme, the child care education and training supports programme and the community child...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      1702. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department provides funding to Pobal for Garda vetting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1416/17]
    • Youth Services Funding
      1704. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the need to ensure increased funding is provided for the development of youth services, including capital funding for...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      1706. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans in place to advertise the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes in Ireland in print, radio and electronic media...
    • Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
      1709. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will clarify a matter (details supplied) regarding the cost of accommodating persons; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Ministerial Transport
      1713. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office [40689/16]
    • Overseas Missions
      1715. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will make available the findings of the military investigation into the siege of Jadotville, which left the men of A Company 35th...
    • Civil Defence
      1717. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will address concerns that members of the Civil Defence in County Tipperary are being barred from assisting at community or local...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      1718. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position in relation to the payment of an Army Ranger Wing allowance which was the subject of arbitration in 2010; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Training
      1719. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of appointments in the Defence Forces training centre for civilian employees; the number of these positions unfilled currently; and...
    • Defence Forces Veterans
      1720. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if there is any redress for former members of the Defence Forces...
    • Defence Forces
      1721. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the small Army contingent currently serving in Mali, Africa are not afforded any kind of stipend towards phonecall credit to be used...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      1722. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41310/16]
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      1723. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Army Ranger Wing applied for a pay rise in 2006 which went to arbitration which stated the...
    • White Paper on Defence
      1724. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress to date and the indicative timeframe for completion of each of the 88 actions contained in the Government's White Paper on...
    • UN Missions
      1725. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost incurred each year for the past ten years and the estimate for 2016 in respect of services to and participation in UN operations; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      1727. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline all funding announcements made by him or by his Department for projects in County Mayo since January 2015, in tabular form;...
    • Defence Forces Ombudsman
      1728. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to accept the proposal by the Defence Forces Ombudsman to allow for consultation and interaction with his office at the investigation...
    • Departmental Records
      1729. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of his Department's files and records at off-site locations by third...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      1730. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of full-time equivalent Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the years 2007...
    • Defence Forces Veterans
      1731. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason retired members of the Defence Forces are not entitled to the 1916 commemorative medal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Contracts
      1732. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the outcome of the review of upper service limits applying to Army personnel who enlisted post 1994; the criteria for continuance in service...
    • Defence Forces Retirements
      1733. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the numbers of personnel seeking to be discharged from the Air Corps, Naval Service and the Army, per month, each month over the past year, and...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      1734. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to low morale in the Defence Forces and the reasons; and the steps taken to address the issues involved. [1780/17]
    • Commemorative Events
      1735. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent of supports offered to members of the Defence Forces on leaving or retiring from the Forces; the length of time any support is...
    • Defence Forces Veterans
      1736. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps taken by his Department to help former members of the Defence Forces to avoid becoming homeless (details supplied); the details his...
    • Commemorative Events
      1737. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department will issue a special edition of the 1916 commemorative medal to all veterans and retired members of Óglaigh na...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      1738. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total cost to the State of the Defence Forces performing aid to civil power duties for United States of America military aircraft landing...

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