Written answers

Tuesday, 24 January 2017

  • Department of Social Protection
    • Equality Issues
      58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the increasing numbers of low paid or part-time workers and the impact of this on wage inequality here, which according to research...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the specific measures his Department plans to introduce to tackle unemployment for those persons aged 50 years of age and over; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he is taking to combat welfare fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2737/17]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
      61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the drop in supplementary welfare allowance scheme payments being issued from community welfare offices in recent years; and if he...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider the introduction of travel vouchers for persons living in rural Ireland with no access to public transport and relying on private...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reform and recalibrate local activation programmes such as community employment, Tús and Gateway as announced in his statement of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures that his Department will take in the future to further support self-employed persons following the changes announced in budget 2017; and...
    • Fuel Poverty
      66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action his Department is taking to tackle fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2764/17]
    • Departmental Contracts
      67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures his Department has in place to ensure that the contracting out of public employment services to private companies, Turas Nua and Seetec,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will revise the rules to ensure that all recipients of social protection payments receive the Christmas bonus; and if he will make a statement...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views regarding the future viability of defined benefit schemes here in view of the planned closure of a defined benefit pension scheme (details...
    • State Pensions
      70. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made on achieving equality in pension entitlements for those persons who have taken time out of their paid career to care...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will consult on options for the introduction of a working family payment; and if the family income supplement will be replaced in his...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of unclaimed social protection entitlements that persons are entitled to claim but for whatever reason do not claim. [2774/17]
    • JobPath Implementation
      73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has satisfied himself with the operation of JobPath; and if he plans to wind down this scheme with unemployment continuing to fall. [2757/17]
    • Free Travel Scheme
      74. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will confirm the future of the free travel scheme operated under his department; the proposed changes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Employment Support Services
      75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the specific measures he plans to introduce to address the issue of high levels of unemployment being experienced by persons with disabilities; and...
    • Carer's Allowance Data
      77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the most up to date figures on the refusal rates for those persons applying for a carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pensions Reform
      78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he is taking with regard to pension reform, including closing the gender pension gap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2767/17]
    • Back to Education Allowance
      79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the supports in place for persons on jobseeker's payments who wish to take up a higher degree to improve their employment potential. [2578/17]
    • Community Employment Schemes Administration
      80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the operation of the community employment scheme; if he will report on his earlier commitment to assist community employment...
    • Unemployment Levels
      81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reduce long-term unemployment. [2754/17]
    • Farm Assist Scheme Administration
      82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the changes announced to farm assist in budget 2017 will take effect; the date on which the 15% income disregard announced in budget 2017 will...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to specific difficulties being experienced by supervisors and sponsors in managing special community employment...
    • One-Parent Family Payment
      85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the nature and the scope of the review he and his Department are carrying out on lone parents; the timeframe for this report; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that rural social scheme supervisors are on notably different pay scales to community employment...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to extend PRSI benefits to self-employed persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2725/17]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce a new working family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2724/17]
    • Data Protection
      89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if personal information collated by Seetec working on behalf of his Department is stored on databases outside Ireland, which are soon to be outside...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to a report which proposes a €50 annual charge on the free travel pass; if he will give a commitment that no...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Northern Ireland
      91. To ask the Taoiseach if he has recently met the UUP, SDLP and other Northern Ireland opposition parties; and his plans to do so. [2784/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      92. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General in his Department at 1 January 2017; and the expected change in that pay as...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to media reports of allegations of sexual assault by members of An Garda Síochána (details supplied) in...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting time for the processing of Garda vetting applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2553/17]
    • Residency Permits
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application for a person (details supplied). [2597/17]
    • Family Law Cases
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform legislation such that persons who are unhappy with the professional conduct of psychologists, psychotherapists or...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will defer the deportation of a person (details supplied); if she will review this case as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a...
    • Traveller Community
      100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will introduce legislation to recognise Traveller ethnicity. [2645/17]
    • Policing Co-operation
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the letter from the PSNI to the British Metropolitan Police requesting that it contact An Garda Síochána regarding undercover...
    • Refugee Centre Services
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements in place for the provision of essential services at a refugee centre (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the details of the...
    • Deportation Orders Data
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of undocumented persons deported from Ireland in the past 12 months to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2745/17]
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in a Garda vetting application for a person (details supplied); and the reason for the delay in...
    • Gambling Legislation
      105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to table the gambling control Bill; when she expects to do so; the status of efforts the Government is making to prevent gambling...
    • Gender Recognition
      106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the protocol for transgender prisoners within State prisons, in terms of health care and accommodating them in prisons of...
    • Property Services Regulatory Authority
      108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints received by the Property Services Regulatory Authority in each of the past six years; the number of preliminary and full...
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the likely date for the reopening of Mullingar courthouse following its significant refurbishment and renewal; and if she will make a statement...
    • Visa Applications
      110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the processing of de facto visas may take up to six months whereas applications for other visas, such as employment visas, can often...
    • Prisoner Data
      111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of life sentence prisoners committed to prison in 2016; the number of prisoners released from prison; the number recalled to prison;...
    • Garda Districts
      113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the reinstatement of Gorey Garda station, County Wexford, to full district status; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Leave to Remain
      114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 17 January 2017, if she will outline the decision reached in the case of persons (details supplied);...
    • Garda Deployment
      115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional personnel and specialist equipment that will be allocated to the Garda national bureau of criminal investigation, the Garda...
    • Citizenship Applications
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2885/17]
    • Leave to Remain
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the documentation outstanding regarding an application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the changes that will be required in her Department's 2017 budget to account for the extra €25 million allocated towards pay issues...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Secretaries General in her Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within her Department at 1 Jan 2017; the expected...
    • Legal Aid Service
      122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to streamline the legal aid process to enable one application to cover the inclusion of a solicitor on the legal aid panel for all...
    • Legal Advice
      123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform the legal aid custody advice scheme, particularly with regard to any consideration being given to the fees associated with...
    • Courts Staff
      124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 22 November 2016, whereby she stated that 22 of the present District Court judges were presiding in...
    • Courts Service Data
      125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of drink driving cases that were affected by the issuing of the Garda certificate in Irish, by county; the number of these that...
    • Commissioner of Valuation
      126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Commissioner of Valuation is of the view that the introduction of a regional structure for the Valuation Office is not in...
    • Garda Recruitment
      127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new entrants recruited to An Garda Síochána in 2016; the number of members that retired from An Garda Síochána...
    • Garda Data
      128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda currently stationed at Clondalkin, Lucan, Ronanstown and Rathcoole; the comparable figures for each of the years 2012 to...
    • Protected Disclosures
      129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which a member of the public can bring forward information or make a submission to the Garda whistleblowers inquiry; and if she will...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of persons employed at her Department's office at Davis Street, Tipperary town, County Tipperary; the way in which this compares...
    • National Women's Strategy
      131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the national women’s strategy; the groups and organisations that contributed to the formation of the strategy; the measures...
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding incorporating the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into law; and if she will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has reviewed the possibility of providing additional Garda to DMR north to address drugs issues in the area. [3204/17]
  • Department of Finance
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Expenditure
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost over the next five years of increasing mortgage interest relief for landlords to 100%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2544/17]
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
      135. 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. [2681/17]
    • Revenue Commissioners Powers
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance if the auditor that failed to detect the wrongdoing at an organisation (details supplied) and was subsequently reported to the Revenue Commissioners by a...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of action 9 of the strategy for the private rental market which sets out that his Department will establish a working group on tax and fiscal...
    • Bus Éireann
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the effect on fiscal space if Bus Éireann were to be placed on balance sheet for the purposes of the budget; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on recent meetings he held with a bank (details supplied) regarding remuneration at that bank or any other meetings with other banks at...
    • Tax Agreements
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact that took place between his Department and the Federal Republic of Brazil regarding Ireland's inclusion on Brazil's taxation blacklist, in view of...
    • Fiscal Policy
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the potential impact of items (details supplied) on the fiscal space for 2018, 2019 and 2020; if he will be issuing revised Exchequer targets for 2017 in line...
    • Tax Code
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes to be made to capital acquisitions tax in respect of children in single child families (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within his Department at 1 Jan 2017; the expected change in that...
    • Credit Availability
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to reduce financing costs for the construction industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2956/17]
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland will not accept an animal herd as collateral from a farmer for a business loan; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance if the home carers tax credit applies to couples or persons that care for a loved one and do not qualify for the carer's allowance or are not in receipt of...
    • Banking Sector
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the levels of competition in the retail banking sector here, the benefits it confers on customers and the creation and sustainment of good...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance if the disabled drivers and passengers scheme is only applicable to specially modified vehicles or if certain elements of the scheme, for example, VRT...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to improve the criteria pertaining to the primary medical certificate; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a large percentage of...
    • Legislative Programme
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose of each item of legislation listed in the legislative programme for his Department. [3188/17]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Social Insurance
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to a parliamentary reply issued in respect of a person (details supplied), if he will review claims dating back to 1996 in view of the...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resources that will be provided for the new education policy for the Gaeltacht. [2709/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the redevelopment of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; when a technical team will visit the school; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Staff
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has discussed with management of Trinity College Dublin proposals to freeze promotions for non-academic staff and to impose a moratorium on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the incentives or assistance available to second level schools in County Louth to provide an autistic unit for students who require these...
    • State Examinations Exemptions
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that while the Irish language exemption on the basis of a learning difficulty is recognised as part...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason resource hours teaching is no longer regarded as sufficient to enable primary school teachers to attain the 100 hours teaching...
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in Cork east that are currently designated under a category (details supplied); and the schools that will be added to this category...
    • European Fund for Strategic Infrastructure
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the potential investment projects his Department put forward to the Department of Finance task force report for the European Fund for...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an application for assisted technology in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Critical Incidents in Schools
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times the critical incident policy has been implemented in primary and post-primary schools; the funding provided by his Department...
    • School Enrolments
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to tackle the issue of over subscribed primary schools; the number of primary schools that are over subscribed; and if he will make a...
    • Education and Training Boards
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the education and training board selection of a new premises for an organisation (details supplied); the reason another property...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for the summer works programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Site Acquisitions
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request (details supplied) has been made to his Department for a discussion on the future potential use of Columb Barracks, Mullingar, as an...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of applications for extensions to schools (details supplied). [2855/17]
    • School Curriculum
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has satisfied himself that the school curriculum that is set out for the home economics subject is not conflicting with the foods that are...
    • School Transport
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of persons (details supplied) who have been deemed ineligible for free school transport; and if he will make a...
    • Summer Works Scheme Administration
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding for the 2017 summer works scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2890/17]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will receive funding in 2017 under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2891/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General in his Department at 1 January 2017; the expected...
    • Third Level Staff
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the growing concerns regarding work and contract conditions among support staff in Trinity College; if he has...
    • Third Level Funding
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has read the USI position paper on the funding of higher education regarding the effects a loan scheme would have on students; and if he...
    • State Examinations Reviews
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report on junior certificate syllabus, subject and assessment reforms and his key priorities in this regard for...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the uptake in the number of apprenticeships by females; if his Department has proposals to address the issue; and if he will make a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce class sizes and build on the measures to reduce class sizes in previous budgets; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Education Policy
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to progress the three areas in the education sector that he has identified as his core priority areas of focus in the...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are remaining sections of the Teaching Council (Amendment) Act 2015 to be commenced; the timeframe for commencing such sections; and the...
    • Education Policy
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he proposes to publish a draft of the education (parent and student charter) Bill; the details of the proposed pre-legislative scrutiny...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he will address concerns that the Teaching Council, in the absence of a statutory complaints procedure for use at school level,...
    • Third Level Admissions Assistance
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific measures he plans in order to deal with concerns regarding third level student support and funding challenges for third level...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his view on whether there is a clear pay disparity between teachers recruited before 1 January 2011 and those recruited thereafter with regard to...
    • School Admissions
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has reviewed the recently published Labour Party Equal Status (Admission to School) Bill; his views on the aims and objectives of the bill;...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to issue a directive on implementing pay deductions for members of teachers' unions that rejected working additional hours under the...
    • School Curriculum
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the roll-out of the junior cycle reform process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2995/17]
    • Skills Shortages
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the areas that have been highlighted as having skills shortages by the skills and labour market research unit, such as business...
    • Schools Review
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the suggestions by the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation that related capital investment will be necessary if the...
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage at which the review of the school support programme through the DEIS initiative is at; when this review will be completed and...
    • School Curriculum
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide new courses in the leaving certificate, such as coding, physical education and politics; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Staff
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the moratorium on filling certain promoted posts in schools will be lifted, in view of the fact it was introduced as an emergency measure in...
    • Teachers' Professional Development
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which, including the total investment involved, his Department supports teacher continuous professional development at primary and...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated timeframe for and cost of the Government programme commitment to reducing the pupil-teacher ratio in junior and senior infants; and...
    • School Patronage
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of all schools under religious patronage which he expects to be divested in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the restoration of postgraduate grants and their necessity to open up access to postgraduate studies and to ensure that a steady...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for equating newly qualified teachers since 2011 and those that entered the workforce prior to this date; if he will report on the...
    • Special Educational Needs (1 comment)
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to special educational supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3009/17]
    • School Funding
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by his Department for deciding on applications for capital funding junior, senior and post-primary schools. [3011/17]
    • Technological Universities
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Technological Universities Bill; when it is to return to Dáil Éireann; the necessary changes he proposes to make to...
    • State Examinations
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the reported failure rate at leaving certificate maths; the measures his Department proposes to remedy this; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Data
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the drop-out rate in third level institute of technology courses; the measures his Department proposes to remedy the situation; and...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the lack of apprenticeships suitable for a number of employment vacancies, such as chefs and in the hospitality sector generally, to...
    • Equality Issues
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new national action plan for educational inclusion will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3017/17]
    • English Language Training Organisations
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ACELS-MEI schools that were inspected by staff from the Department of Justice and Equality and his Department during the ILEP...
    • Education Standards
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the international education mark will be introduced as per the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012; and...
    • School Closures
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the recent closure of a school (details supplied) and the difficulties students have in recovering their fees;...
    • Child Care Services
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals he is currently reviewing in conjunction with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to carry out the programme for Government...
    • Earcaíocht agus Soláthar Foirne Tríú Leibhéal
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an n-iarrfaidh sé ar Údarás Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar an gcinneadh gan...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3076/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will assist in having a child (details supplied) in County Cork allocated a place at a specific special needs school. [3077/17]
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Gaelscoileanna at the primary level that did not have the capacity to cater for all applicants to attend them in September 2016;...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure through which a company or a person providing early intervention services in a preschool setting to children with autism and-or ASD...
    • Schools Building Projects
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to support the provision of additional land and facilities at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children with SNAs in a school (details supplied) are given their allocated time; the reason some children are not receiving the time with...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a site assessment at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3158/17]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Water Services Infrastructure
      229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the recommendations from the steering group of the project undertaken to identify the extent...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has had discussions with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs regarding the extent to which local...
    • Vacant Sites Levy
      233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will bring forward the date for full implementation of the vacant site levy; if he will consider reducing the...
    • Housing Data
      234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the accuracy of housing completion statistics relied on by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the evidence he has for the claim that landlords are exiting the market; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide information on the planned reduction in social housing provision at publicly owned sites...
    • Water Services Funding
      238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has received a request from Clare County Council's rural water monitoring committee to clarify the definition...
    • Local Authority Housing Standards
      239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the minimum size that apartments can be built in order to become wheelchair accessible (details...
    • County Development Plans
      241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there has been recent changes at European Parliament level that would affect the county developments plan of...
    • Planning Issues
      242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when a decision will be made on an application submitted to his Department by Mayo County Council to develop a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 5,280 social housing units provided in 2016 (details supplied); if he will...
    • Departmental Projects
      244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the potential investment projects his Department put forward to the Department of Finance task force report for...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants
      245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department will provide funding for a group water scheme (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to create a link road between a sports centre (details supplied) and the Garrycastle area which would open...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans in respect of a new affordable housing scheme; when plans will be made public in this regard; and if he...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views regarding the range of flexibility afforded within the operation of the pyrite remediation scheme in...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if an application for funding in respect of the phase 2 Clúid housing project for Letterfrack has been...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there will be any change in national policy to support more sewerage schemes in 2017 (details supplied); and if...
    • Departmental Reports
      252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he expects the Mulcahy report into allegations made concerning certain planning matters in County Donegal to be...
    • Judicial Reviews
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost to his Department in defending judicial review proceedings taken in relation to his use of section 31 of...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within his Department...
    • Construction Sector Strategy
      256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to help reduce financing costs for the construction industry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Strategy for the Rental Sector
      258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the supports he will introduce for landlords in 2017. [2970/17]
    • Construction Contracts
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the procedure whereby contractors, whether commercial or not for profit, can bid for contracts for the delivery of...
    • County Boundary Reviews
      262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Carlow boundary report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3134/17]
    • Pyrite Resolution Board Data
      263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of applications to the pyrite remedial scheme, by county, in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to lower the damage rating for eligibility for remedial works for pyrite-affected homes; his further plans...
    • Fire Service
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when a project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; if this project will be given urgent consideration...
    • Scheme to Support National Organisations
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the organisations and groups supported by the scheme to support national organisations; the funding each receives;...
    • Water Services
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost to the Exchequer if the existing subsidy to domestic group and private water users were to cover the full...
    • Irish Water Administration
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current process for Irish Water when a leak or issue with a water supply occurs in an area (details supplied);...
    • Water Services Provision
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if Irish Water or the local authority in question is responsible for providing a water tankard for an area if...
    • Planning Issues
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to local concerns regarding the lack of any local area plan in respect of the...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Data
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of former local authority housing that is now in the private rented sector; and if he will make a...
    • National Planning Framework
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which the national planning framework will deal with surpluses of planned capacities for growth that...
    • Road Network
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when funding will be announced for a link road (details supplied). [3205/17]
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's benefit for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2533/17]
    • School Meals Programme
      277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he taking to ensure that food and beverages being served in schools here avoid being calorie-dense fried foods and processed food items;...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a partial capacity benefit application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Youth Unemployment Data
      281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rate of youth unemployment here; how this figure compares with the European average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2566/17]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of FIS; the number of households in receipt of the back-to-work family dividend; the number of households in...
    • Paternity Leave Scheme
      283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons to date who have applied for paternity benefit; the number of persons who have received paternity benefit in tabular form; and...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households by county in receipt of rent supplement; the number of households by county that have had rent supplement increased above...
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to tackle welfare fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2570/17]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2603/17]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims made for health and safety benefit in 2014, 2015 and 2016; the sectors of employment involved and the number of applicants from...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2641/17]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review an application for a jobseekers' allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); his views on the fact that a bank account...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to make changes to the format of the rural social scheme and Tús schemes; his plans to amalgamate any of the community employment and...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the current rates for half rate home carers; and his views on whether the current rate does not reflect the amount of time and...
    • Civil Registration Legislation
      293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the Civil Registration ( Amendment) Bill 2014; and when the bill likely to complete its passage through the House of the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare sanctions applied to those persons receiving payment as lone parents, in tabular form. [2795/17]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review of an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the new entrant term limitations for the rural social scheme, which has up to now been an income support for small under employed...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of secretary generals in his department; the annual pay of each secretary general within his department at 1 Jan 2017; the expected...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he expects a social welfare appeal will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied). [2964/17]
    • Youth Guarantee
      300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans in regard to the youth guarantee (details supplied) in Ballymun. [3062/17]
    • State Pensions
      303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the changes planned to come into effect in 2020 in the way the State pension (contributory) is calculated, taking total contributions into...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who has applied for an invalidity pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • JobPath Data
      305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons given penalties while attending the services of jobpath in Coolock since the service began to date, by month, in tabular form....
    • Youth Guarantee
      306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there has been a review of piloting a scheme similar to the youth guarantee for lone parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3206/17]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will finalise a social welfare appeal for a person (details supplied). [3211/17]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application for an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied). [3213/17]
    • Departmental Schemes
      310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which backlogs have been addressed in respect of various headings and payments operated by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the degree to which adequate resources continue to be made available to his Department to meet exceptional needs payment requirements; and if he...
    • Youth Unemployment
      312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which his Department continues to be in the position to avail of European Union support to alleviate youth unemployment; and if he...
    • Live Register Data
      313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the age profile of those persons on the live register continues to be monitored with a view to making any adjustments necessary...
    • State Pensions
      314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he has examined the ineligibility of entitlement to contributory old age pension for women who had to give up work in the public...
    • Social Welfare Schemes Data
      316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the applications for various social welfare payments which are most commonly refused on application and referred to appeal or an oral hearing; the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will carry out an evaluation of the various social welfare payments that had to be reduced during the period of recession due to lack of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons whose application for dental benefit have been approved in each of the past five years to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Brexit Issues
      322. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has opened discussions with the EU Commission on mutual recognition agreements between the EU and UK to smooth the impact of Brexit on...
    • Human Rights
      323. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made in the area of the State's human rights record following the report by the UN Committee on Economic, Social...
    • European Council Meetings
      324. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent Foreign Affairs Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2548/17]
    • Northern Ireland
      325. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent meetings with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Middle East Peace Process
      326. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the Paris peace talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2550/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      327. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which his Department is preparing in advance of Article 50 being triggered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2551/17]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      328. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the meetings he has had with the Export Trade Council since 23 June 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • International Terrorism
      329. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent developments in Turkey, including the bomb attack in Istanbul; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2624/17]
    • EU Meetings
      330. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if recent developments in Turkey, including the preliminary approval of a new constitution, were discussed at the recent meeting of the EU...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      331. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a state of emergency has been declared in Gambia; the potential implications of this for...
    • United Nations
      332. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he plans to meet the new UN Secretary General, Mr. António Guterres; the proposals he will raise with the Secretary General on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      333. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within his Department at 1 Jan 2017; the...
    • Registration of Births
      335. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made in respect of an application for foreign birth registration submitted by a person (details supplied); the...
    • Syrian Conflict
      336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will discuss the increased violence and attacks particularly on civilians in Aleppo at the next EU Council meeting. [37349/16]
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      337. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the discussions at the recent North-South Ministerial Council meeting with regard to the report on infrastructure...
    • Brexit Issues
      338. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Mr. Michel Barnier's comments on 6 December 2016 regarding Brexit and in particular his comments regarding the conclusion of...
    • Northern Ireland
      339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the latest developments on the Fresh Start agreement. [40119/16]
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      341. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the inquiry into the Dublin-Monaghan bombings. [1711/17]
    • Northern Ireland
      344. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on advancing political stability post the elections in Northern Ireland on 2 March 2017 and having a full functioning...
    • Human Rights
      345. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects the report on business and human rights to be published. [3087/17]
    • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
      346. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged with the Minister for Finance regarding Ireland's development aid budget commitment of reaching 0.7% GNI; and the...
    • Nuclear Proliferation
      347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline Ireland's engagement regarding the UN talks on nuclear proliferation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3089/17]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      348. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to examine the possibility of reopening the Irish embassy to the Islamic Republic of Iran in Tehran; and if he will make a...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      349. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland, through his Department or through Irish Aid, can support those Iraqi refugees, predominantly Christians living in Jordan who...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      350. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Question No. 1627 of 17 January 2017, the status of the liaison with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport in regard to...
    • EU Meetings
      351. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position taken and the points raised by Ireland at the joint meeting of EU Foreign Affairs and Defence Ministers on 14 November 2016 to...
    • Visa Agreements
      352. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Saudi Arabia's human rights record, in addition to the issue of potential war crimes having been recently committed in Yemen by Saudi...
    • Trade Sanctions
      353. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the issue of an EU-wide boycott of goods from Israeli settlements with his EU counterparts in view of United Nations...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      354. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with US officials on changes to policy regarding the undocumented Irish in the United States. [40020/16]
    • Military Neutrality
      356. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether Ireland's neutrality is in question due to the shift towards an alliance with Britain, Europe and the United States; if...
    • Safety of Irish Citizens Abroad
      357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will telephone President Duterte on behalf of a person (details supplied); if he will meet with the person's spouse to hear their...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      358. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any reply he may have received from the Egyptian Prime Minister to his letter of November 2016 mentioned in Dáil...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Superannuation Schemes
      359. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department is examining the equality issues of public sector employees who are unmarried, that is single, divorced or widowed and...
    • An Clár Brústocaireachta
      360. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform an síleann sé go bhfuil sé inghlactha nach bhfuil comhfhreagras maidir leis an gClár Brústocaireachta á...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      361. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a meeting of the high-level forum which was set up to deal with outstanding issues relating to community employment supervisors and...
    • Public Sector Pensions Legislation
      362. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the repeal of FEMPI legislation in respect of retired public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
      363. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure more regulation in the beauty industry (details supplied). [2742/17]
    • Standards in Public Office Commission
      364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if workers in the health service are obliged to make declarations under the Standards in Public Office Acts; and if so, the criteria for...
    • Public Private Partnerships Data
      367. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of current public private partnership, PPP, projects in which the State is involved; the value of PPP projects to which the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      368. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within his Department at 1 Jan 2017; the...
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation
      370. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost in 2017 and on a 12-month basis to his Department of bringing forward the increases due under the Lansdowne Road agreement from...
    • Civil Service Management
      371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the previously agreed upgrade of Civil Service staff officers to executive officers; if this upgrade took place on 2...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      372. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the position for conservation ranger advertised in autumn 2016 closed before midnight on the last day for accepting...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      373. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to ensure that third level colleges and education centres are compliant with tendering procedures and national...
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation
      374. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the revised pay scales for Secretaries General from 1 April 2017 following pay restoration measures under the Lansdowne Road Agreement....
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      375. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Office of Public Works will finalise the purchase of a property which is necessary to ensure the delivery of public services in...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      376. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to re-introduce the gaeltacht housing grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2536/17]
    • State Bodies Data
      377. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of all projects for which funding and business supports have been approved by Údarás na Gaeltachta, including...
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      378. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the budget for Foras na Gaeilge was cut despite an increase of 12% for her Department. [2707/17]
    • Irish Language
      379. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if all State services and State-sponsored bodies are covered under the remit of the language commissioner. [2708/17]
    • State Bodies Data
      380. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of Údarás na Gaeltachta supported jobs at 1 January 2016 and at 31 December 2016, by county, in tabular form; and...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      381. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Secretaries General in her Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within her Department at 1 Jan 2017;...
    • Culture Ireland Grant Scheme
      383. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports available to Irish artists, from her Department and other organisations that receive government funding, that have been...
    • Earcaíocht agus Soláthar Foirne Tríú Leibhéal
      384. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an n-iarrfaidh sí ar Údarás Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar an gcinneadh gan...
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      385. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil athbhreithniú déanta ag a Roinn nó ag dream atá coimisiúnaithe ag a Roinn ar dhul chun cinn...
    • Clár Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh
      386. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén scéim a cuireadh in áit Scéim Labhartha na Gaeilge; cén líon daoine atá cláraithe sa...
    • CLÁR Programme
      387. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the potential of three phase electric power; if her attention has been further drawn to its...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      388. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 780 of 17 January 2017, the position regarding a specific case (details supplied); and if she...
  • Department of Health
    • Commencement of Legislation
      389. To ask the Minister for Health when sections 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2575/17]
    • Blind Welfare Allowance Data
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of the blind welfare allowance; if all current recipients of the blind welfare allowance had their eligibility assessed using...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      391. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3103/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if suitable long-term accommodation will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [2535/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      394. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the fact that the urology outpatient waiting list at Waterford University Hospital is now 48-plus months, the proposals he has to rectify the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      395. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment with the orthodontic service for a person (details supplied). [2561/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      396. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be granted a date for an assessment of needs to be carried out. [2564/17]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred by the Health Service Executive, HSE, in hiring consultants in each of the years 2011 to 2016, in tabular form; the specific projects...
    • Taxi Licences
      399. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend tendering arrangements for taxis to ensure that greater weighting is given to the availability of wheelchair-accessible taxis; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of international public funding models for fertility treatment; when the general scheme of legislative provisions dealing with...
    • Disease Management
      401. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a date to meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2586/17]
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Products Regulatory Authority plans to have cannabidiol made available by prescription for treatment of epilepsy. [2587/17]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      403. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to issue a generic medical card that may be used by vulnerable persons to allow them to attend a doctor's surgery not in his or her locality (details...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      404. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2607/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      405. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [2608/17]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      406. To ask the Minister for Health if the freestyle libre device (details supplied) will be made available through Health Service Executive, HSE, funding; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry are being charged for long-term respite care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      408. To ask the Minister for Health if the mobile catheterisation lab which has been announced by the Minister of State for Training, Skills and Innovation will be for the use of University...
    • Hospital Services
      409. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information (details supplied) regarding University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2618/17]
    • Psychological Services
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if he will secure an urgent assessment appointment with a child psychologist for a person (details supplied) who has been waiting for over nine months for an...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to find an interim replacement for the position of child psychologist in the Roscommon area to replace the current child psychologist who...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      412. To ask the Minister for Health his views on recent reports in the media that service users from a Health Service Executive, HSE, funded centre (details supplied) in Ballina have been...
    • Medical Goods Regulation
      413. To ask the Minister for Health if the range of low-protein products available through the long-term illness scheme has been kept up to date; if the low-protein products required for persons...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will comment on reports of hare coursing being an activity supported as part of a therapeutic service (details supplied) in County Mayo; his views on...
    • Disease Management
      415. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the steps that have been taken to put in place a successor to the national rare disease plan 2014-18; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      416. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package will be facilitated in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2637/17]
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      417. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason MacuShield is no longer available under the general medical services scheme or the hardship scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      419. To ask the Minister for Health to set down in tabular form the total number of referrals from Caredoc Clonmel to the accident and emergency departments of South Tipperary General Hospital...
    • Vaccination Programme
      420. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to extend the meningitis B vaccine scheme to children born before 1 October 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2648/17]
    • Nursing Home Services
      421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to close a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2649/17]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      422. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to open a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2650/17]
    • Medical Card Applications
      423. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the application for a medical card for a person (details supplied). [2655/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      424. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a date for an outpatient appointment; the reason for the delay in issuing a date for an appointment in...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      425. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the fair deal scheme to include home care packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2657/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      427. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a date for a physiotherapy appointment; if he will ensure that the person's case will be prioritised in...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      428. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason a person (details supplied) who secured fulltime employment at University Hospital Waterford in early December 2016 is still waiting for...
    • Hospital Groups
      429. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans regarding representation by management or clinicians at Mallow General Hospital on the South/South West Hospital Group. [2666/17]
    • Patient Data
      430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the activity levels at Mallow General Hospital and the number of patients that are considered inpatients at the hospital but...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      431. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of beds used at Mallow General Hospital. [2668/17]
    • Hospital Services
      432. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the definition of acute medical care as it relates to Mallow General Hospital; and whether bypass protocols for Mallow General Hospital are...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      433. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients of the neurology department in Beaumont Hospital have had appointments cancelled without advance...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which an ambulance has been called to the acute mental health unit on the grounds of Cork University Hospital to transfer a patient...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department and the HSE have taken to ensure the continued supply of Respreeza for those persons who were part of the original clinical trial...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      436. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2682/17]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration that has been given to providing the drug nusinersen to those persons suffering from type 1 spinal muscular atrophy; if his attention has...
    • Ombudsman's Remit
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if the Office of the Ombudsman, in investigating a complaint against a doctor in a hospital, has access to clinical investigations; if not, the reason; and if...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his negotiations with the supplier of the Orkambi drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2694/17]
    • Hospital Facilities
      440. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected funding might be provided for the endoscopy unit at Naas General Hospital having particular regard to the urgent needs of the hospital at...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a new wheelchair in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2703/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      442. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of the case of a person (details supplied) will take place to regularise treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2706/17]
    • Health Insurance Levy
      443. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact risk equalisation charges on health insurance policies are being categorised as Government levies by health insurers; and if he will make...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no publicly funded speech therapist in Cootehill town (details supplied); the date for the refilling of this post; the options for families...
    • National Children's Hospital Status
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the tendering process for the construction of the new national children's hospital at the St. James's Hospital site; and if he will make a...
    • Maternity Services
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the relocation of the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital to St. James's Hospital; the status of the tender process associated with this...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of Orkambi in each EU member state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2721/17]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      448. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1342 of 16 September 2016 and media reports (details supplied), his plans to reorient the funding model for home care...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      449. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for a cataract operation will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2792/17]
    • Community Intervention Teams
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the services of the community intervention teams in south and north Tipperary have been advertised to hospitals, general practitioners...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      451. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff posts in each public and voluntary hospital that are funded by pharmaceutical companies or other medical supplies companies, in tabular...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 16 years of age with a long-term illness card for the medical condition mental illness per CHO in 2016 and to date in 2017; if...
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      455. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the publicity in recent days surrounding the possible exemption on the usage of cannabis-based medicines, he will provide clarification on this...
    • Proposed Legislation
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made concerning the drafting of legislation to establish a new transport support scheme, which will replace the now closed...
    • Health Services Data
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the information available to him on the incidence of foetal alcohol syndrome over the past ten years; and if he will consider introducing a comprehensive...
    • Health Services
      458. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have a person (details supplied) assessed by the HSE for extended assistance under a scheme. [2829/17]
    • Departmental Bodies
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe within which CORU is expected to validate and register persons who qualified as radiographers outside of Ireland and are seeking the validation...
    • Hospice Services Provision
      461. To ask the Minister for Health when the funding will be provided for the promised level three hospice unit for the midlands; the timeframe for same to become available for use by patients;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      462. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this procedure; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      463. 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. [2848/17]
    • Hospitals Data
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the total capital funding that has been spent at Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary between 2008 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cancer Services Provision
      465. To ask the Minister for Health if patient referrals to the oncology department at a hospital (details supplied) for chemotherapy treatment are currently being made; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      468. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a date for an orthopaedic operation; the reason for the delay in issuing a date for surgery in view of the...
    • Health Services
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an essential facility for the care of vulnerable persons with dementia (details supplied) run with the support of the Alzheimers' Society of...
    • School Meals Programme
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the levels of oversight he has regarding the setting out of menus in school canteens; the number of healthy eating and-or food education initiatives his...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      472. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated for two additional full-time consultant respiratory physicians for Beaumont Hospital. [2878/17]
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation
      475. To ask the Minister for Health the cost in 2017 and on a 12-month basis to the HSE of bringing forward the increases due under the Lansdowne Road agreement from September to April; the way...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within his Department at 1 January 2017; the expected change in...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      478. To ask the Minister for Health further to commitments made in the programme for Government, when he will provide additional funding for the nursing home support scheme and introduce changes...
    • National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the implementation of the national positive ageing strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2953/17]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      480. To ask the Minister for Health when medical card cover will be extended to recipients of the domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2967/17]
    • Hospital Admissions
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions as a result of consumption of illegal drugs in each of the years 2014 to 2016, in tabular form; the type of drug taken in...
    • Hospital Groups
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the management structure of the South South-West Hospital Group; the members of that group; the specific clinical speciality of each member of...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      483. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to abolish prescription charges for persons who are medical card holders and are inpatients and residents of nursing homes, in view of the fact that...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      484. To ask the Minister for Health the number waiting for a child and adolescent mental health service appointment per CHO; the number waiting between three and six months, six and 12 months and...
    • Autism Support Services
      485. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand autism services in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3102/17]
    • National Dementia Strategy Implementation
      487. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a level of funding of €67million as identified by an organisation (details supplied) in its pre-budget submission to provide...
    • Ambulance Service
      488. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of additional funding he is making available to the Dublin Fire Brigade to provide ambulance services in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      489. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made regarding the development of a new national drugs and alcohol strategy; the timeframe for its publication; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      490. To ask the Minister for Health the result of the review in respect of an application for the fair deal scheme in the case of a person (details supplied); if a reduction in fees is warranted...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hip replacement operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3140/17]
    • Medical Card Applications
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been requested to fill out a new application due to a simple clerical error on a declaration form; if the person...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      493. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3145/17]
    • HSE Correspondence
      494. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1147 of 17 January 2017, when the newly appointed director of the HSE national women and infants health programme will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      495. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a final response to an issue (details supplied) that was forwarded to his office in October 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Data
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of referrals to accident and emergency departments from Shannon Doc, Thurles and Nenagh respectively, in each of the years 2010 to 2016, in...
    • Respite Care Services Availability
      497. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care services for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3156/17]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      498. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be permitted to access a cannabis based medicine to potentially assist the reduction in the amount and severity of seizures...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the membership of the HSE National Drugs Committee. [3183/17]
    • Health Services Funding
      500. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for funding for an organisation (details supplied) will be approved as a matter of urgency. [3184/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      501. To ask the Minister for Health if a transport solution has been put in place and agreed with the parents of a person. (details supplied). [3185/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      502. To ask the Minister for Health if an appeal for review and reduction of costs under the nursing homes support scheme will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied). [3186/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      503. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation which was deemed necessary and urgent in 2014 will be arranged for a person (details supplied); if the chief operations officer of the Dublin...
    • Health Research Board Funding
      505. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist the funding of clinical trials for multiple sulfatase deficiency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3191/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      506. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment can be scheduled with the autism section for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3193/17]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      507. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be no change in the delivery of primary care services in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3196/17]
    • Diabetes Strategy
      508. To ask the Minister for Health if information (details supplied) will be provided regarding diabetes mellitus sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3198/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      510. 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. [3212/17]
    • Hospitals Data
      511. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients outsourced at Beaumont Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3215/17]
    • Hospitals Funding
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the operating budget for Beaumont Hospital, for each of the years 2009 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3220/17]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      517. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide assistance in securing suitable care accommodation for a person (details supplied) who has been a patient in an acute hospital for the past...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • GLAS Data
      518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of GLAS, green low carbon agri-environment scheme, payments due to be issued to applicants in County Monaghan before the...
    • Agricultural Colleges
      519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the green cert; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2598/17]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has met with representatives of the tillage sector; and if he envisages that direct supports will be made to the sector in view...
    • Laboratory Facilities
      521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that the veterinary laboratory in Dunally, County Sligo, is kept open which is vital to the agrifood...
    • TAMS Applications
      522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a TAMS grant application for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Greyhound Industry
      523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the frequency with which racing dogs are drug tested here; the number of winners that have been tested in the past two years after...
    • Scéim um Roghanna Comhshaoil Talmhaíochta
      524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoin Scéim um Roghanna Comhshaoil Talmhaíochta (AEOS 2) le feirmeoir i...
    • TAMS Payments
      525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under TAMS 2 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing this...
    • GLAS Data
      526. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all payments have been made under the green low carbon agri-environment scheme. [2803/17]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an AEOS, agri-environment options scheme payment; and if he will make...
    • GLAS Data
      528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of GLAS, green low carbon agri-environment scheme, payments that have issued as part of the most recent tranche; the...
    • GLAS Payments
      529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) receives the GLAS, green low carbon agri-environment scheme,...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received any payments in 2016 in respect of the BPS, basic payment, ANC, areas of...
    • Fish Imports
      536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that much of the seafood stocked in supermarkets is coming from Thailand, in particular...
    • GLAS Payments
      538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the GLAS, green low carbon agri-environment scheme, will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive outstanding farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the agriculture cashflow support loan scheme; when the scheme will be fully commenced; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Issues
      541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the concerns of farmers regarding tariffs following the British Prime Minister, Ms Theresa May's Brexit speech;...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 6 December 2016, the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within his Department at 1 Jan 2017;...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2949/17]
    • State Bodies
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process that will be undertaken for the replacement of the CEO of the Irish National Stud whose tenure commenced in 2010 and is...
    • Horse Racing Ireland
      548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will initiate an external independent audit of racecourse attendance in order to verify the claims being made by Horse Racing...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process of regulation of drug testing in the horse racing industry; if he has satisfied himself with same; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2973/17]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3065/17]
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of GLAS payments due to be issued to persons in County Cavan before the end of 2016 which were not issued by the target...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the exact acreage of forestry and grassland that is on file with his Department for a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3150/17]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the agriculture cash flow loan support scheme; if all aspects of this scheme are operational at present; and if he...
    • Fishing Industry
      557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to encourage the fishing industry to use more environmentally sustainable products; the actions proposed to hold those...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the terms of reference of the newly established aquaculture licensing review group; if the review will involve a round of public...
    • Departmental Staff
      559. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason two staffing positions within his Department were not filled from the central transfer list; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Food Waste
      560. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated amount of food waste generated here with a breakdown by sectors; the steps he is taking to promote the...
    • Inland Fisheries
      561. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to reopen the trout hatchery at Mallow, County Cork. [3128/17]
    • EU Directives
      562. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the European Commission has commenced enforcement proceedings against Ireland for not implementing Directive...
    • National Broadband Plan
      563. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date on and year in which the national broadband plan will begin. [2665/17]
    • Energy Conservation
      564. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if grants for window replacements will be introduced to compliment the energy saving grant aid already available to...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      565. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the provision of a gas line extension to cater for Longford town. [2801/17]
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      566. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in the context of situations whereby the Electricity Supply Board has access to farmers' lands to erect transmission...
    • Rural Broadband Scheme
      567. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the rural broadband scheme in Foxford, County Mayo. [2871/17]
    • Air Quality
      568. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the current systems for monitoring NOx emissions from diesel fuelled vehicles in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      569. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the name of the service provider tasked with delivering broadband in the Granard area of County Longford; if there are...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      570. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the rationale used to determine each of the 12 exclusions listed at 4.3.1 of the report on wind turbine noise modelling...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      571. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within his Department at 1...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      573. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress Eir has made on meeting commercial milestones specifically in relation to commitments to the blue areas of...
    • Communications Market Regulation
      574. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has been communicated to by Eir on whether it is endeavouring to have the universal service obligations softened...
    • Bord na Móna
      575. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of his discussion with Bord na Móna with regard to its new acquisition in Liverpool; and if he will make...
    • Air Quality
      578. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans and initiatives being put in place to measure and monitor air emissions and pollutants as required under a...
    • National Digital Strategy
      581. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the operation of the e-benefit programme; the total funding provided each year since 2008 by county;...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Projects
      582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available to Cork City Council in 2017 to construct a pedestrian crossing and associated traffic calming measures...
    • Bus Éireann Staff
      583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of senior anagement and executives of Bus Éireann that received severance packages from the company in each of the years...
    • Irish Coast Guard Issues
      584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will enact statutory instrument legislation in order that the Irish Coast Guard can become a stand-alone primary response agency;...
    • Dublin Bus Fleet
      585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the Dublin Bus fleet now accessible by wheelchair users; the planned timeline to have 100% accessibility; the funding...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a progress report on a boxing centre (details supplied). [2593/17]
    • Tourism Project Funding
      587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide support to a project (details supplied). [2626/17]
    • Departmental Contracts
      588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 562 of 25 October 2016, the details of the discussions and the clear position his Department has...
    • Taxi Licences Renewals
      589. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to difficulties taxi drivers are experiencing in renewing their licences in certain circumstances...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will legislate to make it mandatory for all sports clubs to have a code of conduct for youth coaches; and if he will make a...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the potential investment projects his Department put forward to the Department of Finance task force report for the European Fund...
    • Road Projects Status
      592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the funding, provision and commencement date for the port access northern cross route, in view of the daily gridlock and...
    • Road Projects
      593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be made available to local authorities in County Louth for the provision of road safety measures, including the...
    • Traffic Management
      594. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the circumstances under which a zebra crossing may be constructed; the requirements that must be adhered to in such cases; the number of...
    • Road Safety Authority Reports
      596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the full Road Safety Authority report on disqualified drivers which it produced based on a survey of the national...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will next meet the CEO of Transport Infrastructure Ireland; the issues that will be discussed; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within his Department at 1 January 2017;...
    • Driver Licences
      600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process required by the Road Safety Authority, RSA, for An Garda Síochána to establish the validity of a driving licence...
    • Bus Éireann
      603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of press requests he has received since 1 December 2016 to discuss ongoing financial difficulties at Bus Éireann. [3064/17]
    • Road Safety Data
      604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an analysis as to the causes in road fatalities in 2016 has been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3112/17]
    • Bus Éireann
      605. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he plans to take to deal with the ongoing financial difficulties at Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dublin Bus Fleet
      606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to budget 2017 which provided for 110 new buses for the PSO fleet for the Dublin region, when these new buses will come into...
    • Road Safety Strategy
      607. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he plans to take to deal with an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3115/17]
    • Roads Maintenance
      608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the traffic bottleneck at Thurles, County Tipperary as part of the Capital Plan 2016-2021 (details supplied);...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Funding
      609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budgets allocated to Donegal County Council from Transport Infrastructure Ireland in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in...
    • Bus Services
      610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the bus rapid transport in Dublin north. [3209/17]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Ticket Touting
      611. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to develop protections for buyers of tickets for sporting, cultural and musical events from so-called ticket touting...
    • EU Directives
      612. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 to give effect to the Court of Justice of the European Union decision...
    • Company Law
      613. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether there is enough awareness in the business community about the implementations of the Companies Act 2014 (details...
    • Research and Development Funding
      614. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding allocated for research in each of the third level institutions for each of the years from 2006 to 2016, in tabular form;...
    • Company Law
      615. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason Ireland is one of only four countries, including Belgium, Portugal and China, with audit firms registered with the Public...
    • IDA Supports
      616. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made recently in relation to securing alternative industry for Mullingar in the context of the major loss...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      617. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Secretaries General in her Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within her Department at 1 Jan 2017; the...
    • Workplace Relations Services Provision
      619. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 502 of 8 November 2016, if there has been any progress in relation to the need to have hearings...
    • IDA Data
      620. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the general location, that is the nearest town, of the IDA Ireland sponsored site visits to County Tipperary in each of the years...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      621. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons employed in foreign direct investment companies here, by sector, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Research and Development Supports
      622. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if specific research and development programmes will be introduced to assist companies to develop new products with specific reference...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      623. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the delay in the processing of Garda vetting for early childhood professionals, which can take in excess...
    • Children's Rights
      624. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of concerns regarding children lodged by sports clubs to Tusla, in the past five years. [2658/17]
    • Sports Organisations
      625. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will legislate to make it mandatory for all sports clubs to have a child welfare officer; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      626. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Secretaries General in her Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within her Department at 1 Jan 2017; the...
    • Child Care Services Data
      628. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childminders in the home that are registered with Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3197/17]
    • Area Based Childhood Programme
      629. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding status for a project (details supplied). [3208/17]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      630. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of days leave that have been surrendered to the State on foot of paragraph of 16 Defence Force Regulation A11, which limits an annual...
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      631. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will effect the necessary changes to Defence Forces regulations to allow post 1994 and pre-2004 entrants to the Defence Forces extend...
    • Defence Forces
      632. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on representations that have been made to his Department and-or the Irish Prison Service by representatives from the Defence Forces...
    • Civil Defence
      633. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason members of the Civil Defence did not receive the 1916 Commemoration medal; if he will reconsider and present these medals to them in...
    • Irish Red Cross Funding
      634. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagement he has had with the Irish Red Cross in terms of funding operations domestically. [2670/17]
    • Defence Forces Museums
      635. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to further develop the military museum on the Curragh, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2693/17]
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      636. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the single force concept for the reorganisation of the Reserve Defence Forces has achieved its stated goals of 4,069 persons. [2695/17]
    • Defence Forces
      640. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason one unit in Cork City, 1 Brigade Artillery Regiment, BAR, Collins Barracks, was selected to be decommissioned. [2699/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      641. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within his Department at 1 January 2017; the...
    • Defence Forces Veterans
      643. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when a meeting will be scheduled with the Veterans Association in order to discuss the awarding of commemorative 1916 medals. [2954/17]

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