Written answers
Thursday, 19 January 2017
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Deposit Protection Scheme Implementation
11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the rationale for reconsidering the implementation of a deposit protection scheme under the control of the...
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
12. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which the housing needs as reflected in the waiting lists of the various local authorities are being...
- Housing Assistance Payments Data
13. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households and the equivalent number of persons that are in receipt of rent supplement, HAP and RAS in...
- Vacant Sites Levy
14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will bring forward the implementation of the vacant site levy and commence it immediately; if he will raise the...
- Library Projects
15. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if will he engage with Meath County Council to fund the plans for the development of the proposed library in...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the quality of emergency accommodation for homeless persons and families; and if he will make...
- Housing Issues
17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the impact a company (details supplied) is having on the housing and homeless crisis; and if he will...
- Housing Provision
18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the proposed uses for public expenditure on housing under the Rebuilding Ireland...
- Water Charges Administration
19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to allow rural dwellers who supply their own water to be able to apply for a subsidy from the Government in...
- Ministerial Meetings
20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has met with the groups representing the Home Sweet Home movement since their occupation of Apollo House; if he...
- Local Authority Housing Data
21. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of houses built, purchased and allocated to tenants by each of the local authorities in the greater Dublin...
- Local Authority Housing Rents
23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has had any discussion with the Minister for Social Protection on the inclusion of FIS as a reckonable payment...
- Housing Provision
24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider initiating discussions with the Minister for Finance with a view to suspending the proposed NAMA...
- Domestic Violence Policy
25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the guidance that has been issued to local authorities with regard to the policy and procedural aspect of their...
- Alternative Energy Projects
26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when his Department will prepare official guidelines to regulate solar energy projects; and if he will make a...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details and timeframe as to the way in which he plans to uphold his pledge to end the use of hotels and bed and...
- Library Services
28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has considered the effects of introducing staff-less hours to the public library service and the change of...
- Homeless Persons Supports
29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of persons in recovery from addiction availing of emergency...
- Local Authority Funding
30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of applications to the local infrastructure housing activation fund which would be of great benefit to...
- Library Services Provision
31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has had any discussions on the new centralised national public library procurement system which would appear to...
- Local Authority Assets
32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the detail of the land that is owned by Galway city and county council and zoned residential; the location of those...
- Housing Policy
34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the information he has available of the annual cost to the Exchequer of subsidies, including tax breaks and tax...
- Departmental Budgets
35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to seek more funding to purchase more units in view of the fact that banks (details supplied) have offered...
- Rent Controls
36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to take steps to protect tenants that have been served with rent reviews that are demanding 50% and 60%...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address the need to bring forward new guidelines on wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rental Accommodation Standards
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the measures his Department has taken or planned in order to improve the enforcement of standards in the rental...
- Homeless Persons Data
39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, in view of recent confusion as to when the monthly homeless figures will be released, he will consider publishing...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider broadening the eligibility criteria for the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a...
- House Sales
43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the growing proportion of new housing purchases made by investment funds and REITs, and the fact that...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Family Law Cases
44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 30 November 2016, her views on the fact that psychotherapists are regularly used to compile reports...
- Court Judgments
45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a recent Court of Appeal decision in respect of the upgrade of residency status for certain non-EEA students will affect the case of a person...
- Naturalisation Applications
47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Deportation Orders
48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the options available in the case of a person (details supplied) to facilitate their right to remain notwithstanding refusal on appeal; and if she...
- European Court of Justice Rulings
49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a Court of Justice of the European Union judgment (details supplied) and the fact that the judgment states the...
- Leave to Remain
50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of applications for permission to remain and stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Immigration Status
51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if extension to residency status will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Deportation Orders
52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which submissions have been made in response to a proposal to deport in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Immigration Status
53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all required documentation has been received in the relevant section and if further information is required in the case of a person (details...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application to revoke a deportation order pursuant to section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999,...
- Garda Stations
55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of all operational Garda stations in the State, inclusive of address and contact number, in tabular form; if this...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Government has an integration programme for refugees arriving here; if not, the reason; when an integration programme will be available;...
- Naturalisation Applications
57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the case of an application for naturalisation (details supplied) whereby the person's application cannot be processed any...
- Legislative Programme
58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the expected timeframe for the enactment of the domestic violence Bill 2016. [2267/17]
- Immigrant Investor Programme Data
59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who availed of the immigrant investor programme for each of the years 2012 to 2016; the amount invested; the reason the...
- Immigration Status
60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2299/17]
- Deportation Orders
64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2306/17]
- Family Reunification Applications
65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for family reunification in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Visa Applications
67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a necessary visa will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2311/17]
- Family Reunification Applications
68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- International Terrorism
69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional measures that have been taken in the past three years to combat the threat of terror attacks from radical elements here; if the...
- Brexit Issues
70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to extend rights to citizenship to the spouses of Irish citizens resident in the United Kingdom in view of the impending effects of...
- Legislative Reviews
71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of the legislation governing the transfer of sentenced prisoners from abroad was initially instigated; when it is expected to have...
- Visa Applications
72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be taken on a European Union treaty rights visa application for the spouse of a person (details supplied). [2456/17]
- Firearms Licences
73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to date to establish a firearms licensing authority following her announcement on this matter in Dáil...
- Brexit Issues
74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the bilateral meetings she had with her European counterparts outside of Council of the EU meetings since the UK referendum to leave the EU took...
- Department of Finance
- Help-To-Buy Scheme
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which existing incentives for first-time house buyers are assisting those who are eligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2323/17]
- Help-To-Buy Scheme Administration
77. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an issue that is affecting some first-time buyers who have already placed deposits in full on new build homes which are not...
- Bank IT Systems
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times in the past year and each of the past five years banks operating here have failed to process the payment of workers on schedule due to an...
- Banking Operations
79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and-or his officials consulted with any parties connected with a legal action against a bank (details supplied) by persons connected with a group of...
- Credit Availability
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that the main banks are making adequate resources available to facilitate the urgently required house building...
- Credit Union Data
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount and purpose of public funding that has been required to date by the credit union sector; the amount collected from credit unions by way of the levy;...
- Credit Union Regulation
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the initiatives that have been undertaken by the Central Bank of Ireland in recent times that will ensure development and growth of the credit union sector in...
- Credit Union Data
84. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit unions currently operating under lending restrictions; the number of credit unions with restrictions on lending to persons and aggregate...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
89. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will alter the terms of the help-to-buy scheme to ensure that all those persons that had not drawn down their full mortgage by 19 July 2016 would be...
- NAMA Portfolio Value
90. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties owned by NAMA as opposed to property debt owned; the description and approximate vale for each property, both residential and...
- Banking Sector
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacant homes State-backed banks have in their possession as of 16 January 2017; the number they have given or sold to the Housing Agency or any...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme Administration
92. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe it currently takes from application to registration by the Revenue Commissioners for builders seeking to be registered for the help-to-buy...
- Credit Union Regulation
93. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the current regulatory environment for credit unions; the future vision he has for credit unions here; if he has considered the expansion of...
- Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
94. To ask the Minister for Finance the last time the Comptroller and Auditor General audited the Design Crafts Council of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2503/17]
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Funding
95. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he is taking to increase the rate of credit lending to businesses via the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; the level of take up from the...
- Ministerial Meetings
96. To ask the Minister for Finance the bilateral meetings he has had with his European counterparts, outside of Council of Europe meetings, since the UK referendum to leave the EU took place, in...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Staff
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures his Department has put in place to ensure third level institutions adhere to standard public sector promotion procedures in keeping...
- Schools Building Projects Status
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2228/17]
- Higher Education Institutions Expenditure
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which public funding is being distributed on salaries at a university (details supplied); if there have been any changes in policy with...
- State Examinations Commission
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will assist a person (details supplied) in securing permission to use certain published material. [2262/17]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide ASD units in a school (details supplied) to cater for those girls that finish in the preschool units and are not able or...
- Schools Building Projects Status
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2275/17]
- Office of Government Procurement
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body the Educational Procurement Service, EPS, is accountable to; if the EPS is accountable to him, the details of the systems,...
- School Transport
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no special provision to enable school children use trains instead of buses where the cost is the same and this is the more...
- Schools Building Projects Status
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date with the progression of a building project for a school (details supplied); when it is expected to progress this...
- Teacher Exchange Scheme
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will introduce a teacher exchange scheme for primary school teachers in order that teachers in different schools could exchange positions...
- Home Tuition Scheme
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the context of an application for a home tuition grant for a person of preschool age, his Department recognises a diagnosis of ASD by way...
- Schools Building Projects
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a location for the new primary level school at Finglas Pelletstown has been sourced; if not, if there are sites under consideration; and the...
- Brexit Issues
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the bilateral meetings he has had with his EU counterparts outside of Council of Europe meetings, since the UK referendum to leave the EU took...
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Vacant Sites Levy
110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a vacant land levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2399/17]
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the proposed breakdown of the tenure type, social mix and proposals for affordable housing and starter homes in a...
- Local Government Management Agency
112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the person or body to which the Local Government Management Agency, LGMA, is accountable; if the LGMA is accountable...
- Social and Affordable Housing
113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which he continues to monitor the growing housing need against the progress by the various local...
- Social and Affordable Housing Applications Data
114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he remains satisfied that all applicants for rehousing throughout the country are fully documented by the various...
- Local Authority Housing Applications Data
115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of houses allocated to families on local authority waiting lists in the course of 2016, excluding...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if NAMA might be again approached with a view to the possible availability of extra housing to meet the pressing...
- Housing Loans
117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when it is expected that local authority loans will become available to the extent required; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Housing Eligibility
118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it is reasonable to expect that the income limit currently set by local authorities in respect of eligibility for...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the extent to which under present circumstances he can augment the local authority house building...
- Local Authority Housing
123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it is recognised that local authorities need to facilitate the housing needs of the indigenous rural populations,...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if adequate water and sewerage services are sufficiently provided for in County Kildare with a view to meeting the...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline his views on whether there is an over-reliance by local authorities and approved housing bodies on...
- National Spatial Strategy
127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline his plans to reform the national spatial plan; if he will confirm media reports that he plans to...
- Housing Policy
128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline the status of his Department's plan to triple Housing First tenancies; and his views on whether this can...
- Rent Controls
129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline his plans for the affordable rental pilot scheme and the substance of same; and the reason for the delay...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set down the number of houses built by Galway City Council and Galway County Council in 2016 to add to their...
- Library Services Provision
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set out the points-based criteria on awarding the national tender for public libraries and academic libraries...
- Local Authority Finances
132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline the financial governance protections in place in Meath County Council to prevent either ordinary theft of...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will publish the new wind farm guidelines. [2372/17]
- Real Estate Investment Trusts
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has investigated the impact of distressed debt specialists on the housing market; the number of...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of new local authority homes that were completed by local authorities in 2016; and if he will make a...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which adequate and urgent emergency housing will be provided for throughout County Kildare in 2017 in...
- Private Residential Tenancies Board Data
137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has a register of funds and persons that own the requisite levels of properties as to be...
- Seaweed Harvesting Potential
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress his Department has made on a matter (details supplied); if he has an anticipated timeframe for progress...
- Brexit Issues
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the bilateral meetings he has had with his European counterparts outside of Council of Europe meetings, since the UK...
- Housing Regeneration
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the audit of vacant houses and apartments that was committed to in Rebuilding Ireland has been completed by his...
- Local Authority Housing Funding
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of approvals that have been given to local authorities under the streamlining process for funding whereby...
- Housing Issues
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the assurances he can provide to tenants in a property (details supplied) in County Limerick that their termination...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to reverse the instruction to local authorities not to construct any further one-off local authority...
- Department of Social Protection
- Free Travel Scheme
146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that pass holders and all persons eligible for free travel shall continue to receive free travel entitlement on all Expressway...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service Data
147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of calls received per month for 2015 and 2016 by the Money Advice and Budgeting Service in relation to mortgage and loan arrears; and if...
- Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the required financial assistance will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the detail of the gap that exists in respect of jobseeker's allowance in the past 18 months in the case of a person (details supplied); the number...
- Social Welfare Benefits Applications
150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who was refused injury benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2249/17]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal which was...
- Social Welfare Offices
152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in providing services in a town (details supplied) following a meeting with local representatives; and if he will make a...
- Carer's Allowance Payments
153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance being restored in full for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2281/17]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is specific legislation defining the term "reasonable" with regard to reasonable expenses taken into account when assessing the means of a...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) including when they can expect a decision on their...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 17 November 2016, if a further review or appeal will be facilitated in respect of a carer's allowance...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent support, including three months arrears, will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance Applications
158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment in respect of a disability allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent support approval will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2313/17]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department recognises a diagnosis of ASD for a child by way of a private assessment if that child remains on a public waiting list for an...
- Job Initiatives
161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to extend the duration of placement of participants on the gateway scheme beyond the current 22 month period should the relevant local...
- Social Welfare Code
163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the benefits available to self-employed persons following the recent changes made in budget 2017, particularly in the context of the self-employed...
- School Meals Programme
164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria which non-DEIS schools must meet in order to receive funding for the provision of breakfast clubs in non-DEIS schools; the number of...
- National Internship Scheme Data
165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of companies that have been disqualified from the JobBridge scheme following investigations by his Department in the period since...
- Brexit Issues
168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the bilateral meetings he had with his European counterparts outside of Council of the European Union meetings, since the UK referendum to leave the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Policy
169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the increased violence in Turkey recently, including the murder of the Russian ambassador, in addition to the tragic loss of...
- Syrian Conflict
170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of discussions regarding Syria at the most recent EU Foreign Affairs Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2289/17]
- Brexit Issues
171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the bilateral meetings he had with his European counterparts outside of Council of the European Union meetings, since the UK referendum to...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pension Provisions
172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will introduce an agreed pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors; if so, when such a...
- Referendum Expenditure
173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the final cost involved in the holding of the referendum on the abolition of Seanad Éireann in 2013; the final cost involved in the...
- Public Sector Pensions Data
174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current public sector pension contribution levels for both employee and employers here and in the UK, Northern Ireland, Germany and...
- Brexit Issues
179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the bilateral meetings he had with his European counterparts outside of EU Council meetings since the UK referendum to leave the EU took...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Údarás na Gaeltachta Data
180. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of Údarás na Gaeltachta supported jobs, on a county basis, at 1 January 2016 and at 31 December 2016, in tabular...
- Wildlife Protection
181. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the decline of the bee population here; the measures she is taking to deal with this problem; and if she will make a...
- Cúram agus Oideachas na Luath-Óige
182. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici a chinntiú go mbeidh dóthain acmhainní ag na naíonraí beaga i gceantair...
- National Parks
183. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the national park in County Kerry and the deer population; and if she will make a...
- Rural Development Plan
184. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the rural action plan from her Department will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2458/17]
- Brexit Issues
185. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the bilateral meetings she had with her European counterparts outside of EU Council meetings since the UK referendum to leave the EU...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Services
186. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with a date for orthognathic surgery to be carried out at the National Dental Hospital. [2221/17]
- Services for People with Disabilities
192. To ask the Minister for Health the number of partial residency spaces for persons with a disability available in County Waterford; the number of persons on the waiting list for a partial...
- Hospital Facilities
194. To ask the Minister for Health the daily running cost of running a fully staffed mobile catheterisation laboratory; the daily cost of running a fully staffed permanent catheterisation...
- Medicinal Products Availability
195. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the drug Nusinersen for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy, including timeframes; if there is any possibility of the drug being allowed on...
- Health Care Professionals
196. To ask the Minister for Health when draft designation regulations to regulate counsellors and psychotherapists under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act will be...
- Prescriptions Charges
197. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a person prescribed three different dosages of a thyroid medicine should be charged three prescription charges (details supplied). [2250/17]
- Hospital Services
198. To ask the Minister for Health if he will sanction an independent clinical review of scoliosis services here; when this can take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2254/17]
- Medical Card Reviews
199. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which it was determined that there had been a change in circumstance and subsequently a medical card review form for persons aged 70 or over...
- Medicinal Products Availability
200. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding negotiations between the HSE, the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics and the manufacturer of Orkambi; if this drug will be made...
- Primary Care Services Provision
201. To ask the Minister for Health the additional support to be provided for the primary care sector in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2278/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
202. 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. [2280/17]
- Services for People with Disabilities
203. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
204. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include low protein products required by persons that suffer from phenylketonuria as part of the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
205. To ask the Minister for Health when previously available transport services will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2295/17]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
206. To ask the Minister for Health when appropriate footwear will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2296/17]
- Hospital Facilities
207. To ask the Minister for Health the reason scope facilities cannot be made available through the normal hospital services at weekends in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Services for People with Disabilities
208. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which physiotherapy services can be restored to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2298/17]
- Medical Card Applications
209. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2308/17]
- Hospital Services
211. To ask the Minister for Health the status for the delivery of the anomaly scan on site at Cavan General Hospital; if there is a timeframe for when this type of scan will be available on site...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
212. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have the provision of home care by families included in the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2335/17]
- Ambulance Service
213. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for changes made to the ambulance service at Arklow, County Wicklow; when these changes were made; the reason the public were not informed of these...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider appointing an official from his Department or some independent person to carry out an investigation into the treatment by the HSE of a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in the HSE disability complaints office involved in processing complaints relating to delays in carrying out assessments of need under the...
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
218. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of all sunk costs associated with the construction of the new national children's hospital at the St. James’s Hospital site, in tabular form;...
- National Children's Hospital
219. To ask the Minister for Health the projected costs associated with the construction of the new national children's hospital at the St. James's Hospital site, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
222. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to reduce the number of patients not presenting for outpatient appointments in the public health system; the annual cost of this...
- Medical Card Applications
223. To ask the Minister for Health if he has sought any reports on trials in the usage of medicinal cannabis on children in Colorado; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2405/17]
- Health Services Expenditure
225. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent comments by the HSE chief executive that €9 billion is required in capital expenditure for the health services over the next ten...
- Occupational Therapy
226. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for an appointment with an occupational therapist with Occupational Therapy Services Mayo PCCC. [2467/17]
- Services for People with Disabilities
230. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a day care centre run by the HSE for persons with a disability (details supplied) which is involved in training of...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
231. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Finglas primary care centre project (details supplied). [2481/17]
- Sale of State Assets
233. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the sale of an asset (details supplied) further to recent media reports; if he has satisfied himself with the guiding price for the sale; if other...
- EU Meetings
234. To ask the Minister for Health the bilateral meetings he has had with his European counterparts outside of EU Council meetings since the UK referendum to leave the EU took place in which the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- GLAS Payments
235. 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. [2231/17]
- TAMS Expenditure
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grants that will be made available from his Department for the construction or renovation of farm buildings in 2017; and if he...
- Greyhound Industry
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the very small proportion of State funds allocated to the greyhound industry every year spent on greyhound welfare and...
- Animal Disease Controls
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in place to deal with avian influenza; if consideration is being given to the implementation of additional preventative...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2282/17]
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing an ANC payment to a person (details suppled); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2332/17]
- Agriculture Schemes
242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all elements of the Burren LIFE programme are operational and accessible for funding allocation to farmers that are participating...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will include eligibility under TAMS for the erection of underpasses to improve safety for farmers due to the increase in herd...
- GLAS Data
244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that did not receive their 85% payment for 2015 to date under the GLAS scheme, broken down by county; the...
- Sheep Census
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider basing the number of ewes on which payment can be claimed under the sheep welfare scheme 2017-2019 on the actual...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have applied for the TAMS 2 scheme 2014 to 2020; the number that have been approved under the TAMS 2...
- Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason correspondence dated 24 October 2016 and 13 December 2016 which was submitted to his Department by a person (details...
- GLAS Data
248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons under GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 that have received 85% of their total 2016 payment; the average payment made to...
- Agriculture Scheme Expenditure
250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown per year between total expenditure incurred in each of the years 2014 to 2016, in tabular form; the...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received in total under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 on a county basis, in tabular...
- Live Exports
253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is considering reducing or removing fees of up to €8 on calf exports as suggested by farming organisations to reduce the...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the tillage TAMS scheme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2435/17]
- Agriculture Schemes
256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the low-cost agri-loan fund will open for applications; the length of time for which the fund will remain open for applications;...
- Live Exports
257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries to which Ireland currently sends live exports by sector in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Sheepmeat Sector
259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries to which Ireland currently exports lamb, including a breakdown by country, in volume and value in 2016, of total...
- Pigmeat Sector
260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the counties to which Ireland currently exports pork, including a breakdown by country, in volume and value in 2016, of total exports...
- Agriculture Scheme Data
261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of applicants to the new sheep welfare scheme by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2441/17]
- Food Exports
262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries that Ireland exported food and drink products to in 2015 and 2016 including a breakdown in volume terms and in value of...
- Food Imports
263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries from which Ireland imported food and drink products in 2015 and 2016, including a breakdown in terms of the volume and...
- Agrifood Sector
264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to protect farmers and domestic enterprises in the agrifood sector following the recent Bord Bia report which...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of additional staff to be taken on in all individual State agencies and bodies under his aegis in 2017, including...
- Transfer of Entitlements
266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the farm entitlements attached to a farm (details supplied) are immediately transferred to the beneficiary of...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an AEOS payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2473/17]
- Brexit Issues
268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the bilateral meetings he had with his European counterparts outside Council of the EU meetings since the UK referendum to leave the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
269. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if upgrade works currently taking place under the national broadband scheme will be extended to all parts of Kilmainham,...
- Energy Schemes
270. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will reinstate a Government grant towards the installation of underfloor heating in a home; and if he will make a...
- Social Media Monitoring
271. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the discussions he or his Department has had with the social media companies based here regarding widespread concerns...
- Regulatory Impact Assessment Use
272. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if further consideration will be given to the concerns of industry members regarding the proposed producer responsibility...
- Inland Fisheries Ireland Staff
273. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Inland Fisheries Ireland intends to close the only office it has remaining in County Roscommon and amalgamate the...
- Air Quality
274. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on findings of recent studies on the air quality impact of burning coal; his further views on the viability of...
- Brexit Issues
275. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the bilateral meetings he had with his European counterparts outside of European Council meetings, since the UK...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport
276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the National Transport Authority will regulate battery-powered rickshaws in view of the fact that the necessary legislation to...
- Rural Transport Programme Funding
277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to meet with a group (details supplied); his further plans to increase funding to the rural transport sector in 2017; and if he...
- Local Improvement Scheme
278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the local improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2283/17]
- Motor Insurance
279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the costs of insuring a wheelchair taxi vehicle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Bus Éireann
280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has arranged a meeting with Bus Éireann in view of the leaked Grant Thornton report, which reported cuts to Bus Éireann...
- Driver Licences Renewals
281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an Irish person residing in the United States of America can renew an Irish driving licence by post, as the person is not in a...
- Bus Éireann
282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the State subsidy paid to Bus Éireann per capita of population served is five times...
- Bus Services
284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy he has in relation to the pricing of bus services throughout the country; if he will address the injustice whereby many rural...
- Road Tolls
285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will develop a policy to ensure that wheelchair accessible taxis and private family vehicles for large families registered to carry...
- Sports Capital Programme
286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason applications were invalid on the last round of sports capital grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2419/17]
- Road Tolls
287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of overpaid tolls paid by motorists on each of the toll roads here for 2015; if he has consulted with public private...
- Bus Éireann Services
288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that Bus Éireann Expressway services to County Donegal will be protected in view of their importance as a...
- Bus Services
289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on bus rapid transit to date in 2017, including but not limited to design, consulting and presenting to councils; and if...
- Brexit Issues
293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the bilateral meetings he had with his European counterparts outside of Council of the EU meetings, since the UK referendum to leave the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- IDA Funding
294. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names of all foreign companies in receipt of IDA grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2270/17]
- IDA Jobs Data
295. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA supported jobs in Galway city and county by sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2412/17]
- State Aid
296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current state aid and de minimis thresholds, by enterprise with specific reference to each of the measures, enterprise...
- Brexit Issues
297. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of meetings she had with representatives of companies which have plants currently based here that have indicated they...
- IDA Site Visits
298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA client visits to each county in 2015 and in 2016, by month and by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- IDA Jobs Data
299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of IDA-supported jobs at 1 January 2016 and at 31 December 2016, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Enterprise Ireland
303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of Enterprise Ireland-supported jobs on a county basis and in the case of Dublin, a breakdown between Dublin city,...
- Local Enterprise Offices Data
305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of local enterprise office and previously county enterprise board-supported clients on a county basis and in the case...
- Departmental Staff Data
307. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of additional staff to be taken on in her Department and in all individual State agencies and bodies under her aegis in...
- Departmental Funding
308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider carrying out a value-for-money review of the Design Crafts Council of Ireland which comes under the auspices of...
- Motor Insurance
311. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider expediting actions regarding establishing a personal injuries commission and the reporting deadlines in a more...
- Workplace Relations Commission
312. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on possible IT issues associated with the Workplace Relations Commission's online complaints system; and if she will make a...
- State Aid
314. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current State aid and de minimis thresholds, by enterprise, currently in operation; if she and her Department have had discussions...
- Brexit Issues
316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the bilateral meetings she had with her European counterparts, outside of Council of the EU meetings, since the UK referendum to leave...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Inter-Country Adoptions
317. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a list of countries that are open and eligible for inter-country adoption by eligible persons here; and if she will...
- Child Care Services
318. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeframe for the national child care information system being developed by Tusla to be operational; and if she will make a statement...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
319. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects a social worker to be appointed to persons (details supplied) in County Cork who are going through the inter-country...
- Brexit Issues
320. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the bilateral meetings she had with her European counterparts, outside of Council of the EU meetings, since the UK referendum to leave the...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Recruitment
321. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his recruitment plans for the Army; the procedure for applying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2459/17]
- Defence Forces Training
322. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason members of the Naval Service Reserve are prohibited from training new recruits for the Naval Service Reserve, unlike their Army...
- Defence Forces Reserve
323. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason several Reserve Defence Force members of 1 Brigade Artillery Regiment were posted as non-effective since 1 January 2017 despite...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
326. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the average time taken before the Defence Forces forward Garda security vetting applications to An Garda Síochána once an applicant...
- Defence Forces Reserve
327. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association has yet to receive a reply to letters sent to his office dated 13 July 2016 and...
- Brexit Issues
328. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the bilateral meetings he had with his European counterparts, outside of Council of the EU meetings, since the UK referendum to leave the EU...
