Written answers

Wednesday, 25 January 2017

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland
      55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to safeguard the peace process, in view of the collapse of the Executive in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent attendance at the international Middle East peace conference; his views on the position being taken by...
    • Prisoner Releases
      57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the circumstances surrounding the revocation of a licence (details supplied) due to allegations that have...
    • Human Rights
      58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent efforts made by his Department to secure the release of a person (details supplied) detained without trial in Egypt; and if he...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent US led airstrikes on Mosul which killed 30 civilians; if he will cease US military aircraft and hardware coming...
    • Human Rights
      61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to an open letter to the UN Security Council from more than a dozen Nobel laureates, including Archbishop...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the arrest of five persons by the French police, with the co-operation of the Spanish police, in the...
    • Human Rights
      65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt, and the Egyptian government in regard to a person (details supplied)....
    • EU Meetings
      66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the next EU Foreign Affairs Council will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2797/17]
    • Human Rights
      67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans following the latest deferment of the trial of a person (details supplied) in Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and with the British Foreign Secretary in...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland is supporting efforts to address the humanitarian crisis in north east Nigeria; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his discussions with US officials in relation to immigration reform, and in particular the plight of undocumented Irish...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has contacted the President of the United States of America, Mr Donald Trump; his views on the policies of his administration; and if...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which he will progress the UN resolution 2334 (2016) (details supplied); if he will support the persons of occupied Palestine; and...
    • Human Rights
      75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures his Department has taken in advising Irish companies of the consequences of their activities in Western Sahara while under...
    • Foreign Policy
      76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he and his Department have had with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy in...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he, along with EU and UN colleagues, continues to press for humanitarian assistance in the various conflict zones...
    • Extradition Arrangements
      78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the potential extradition of a person (details supplied) to the United States of America, in view of comments made by President...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 710 of 17 January 2017, his views on the fact that there was a sharp increase in the number of requests...
    • International Agreements
      81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has considered the ratification of the Antarctic Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3043/17]
    • Northern Ireland
      82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Mr James Brokenshire MP, since the resignation of the Northern Ireland...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to increase humanitarian funding for Syria in 2017; his views on the ongoing war and humanitarian crisis in Syria; and if he will...
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider developing a roadmap to achieve the 0.7% of GDP ODA target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3040/17]
    • Ministerial Travel
      88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for ministerial travel abroad over the course of the Saint Patrick's Day celebrations; if members of the Government and-or a...
    • Northern Ireland
      90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland the commitment contained in the Good Friday Agreement that consideration...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Programme for Government
      91. To ask the Taoiseach if all agreements with all Independent TDs that support the Government have been published; and if the liaison unit that was recently established will be required to...
    • Brexit Issues
      92. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the British Prime Minister, Ms Theresa May's speech on 17 January 2017 and in particular her comments on Ireland. [3073/17]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      93. To ask the Taoiseach the current responsibilities of Ministers of State at his Department. [3243/17]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Refugee Data
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the commitments that the Government has made in terms of accepting refugees and unaccompanied minors to Ireland, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in accepting up to 200 unaccompanied minors from the dismantled Calais camp; if these children are part of or in...
    • Garda National Immigration Bureau
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address concerns and make representations with regard to persons (details supplied). [3290/17]
    • Residential Institutions
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all persons accused by persons (details supplied) with regard to allegations of abuse were interviewed; if all the locations of alleged abuse...
    • Departmental Contracts
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a company (details supplied) which has been contracted to provide services at a hotel to facilitate the establishment of an EROC by her...
    • Property Registration
      99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Property Price Register, administered by the Property Services Regulatory Authority, listing of prices includes or excludes VAT; her plans...
    • Garda Data
      100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of overtime hours allocated to the Garda north Dublin division in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3387/17]
    • Garda Operations
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of mandatory alcohol checkpoints that were conducted in the Garda north division between 1 December 2016 and 17 January 2017; the...
    • Policing Co-operation
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 17 January 2017 and in view of the fact that both the German Federal Ministry of the Interior and...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to having trains policed by a dedicated police unit in an effort to deter anti-social behaviour for commuters; and...
    • Legislative Programme
      104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 18 October 2016, when she anticipates the Legal Services Regulatory Authority will commence its...
    • Courts Service Administration
      105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she can confirm the operation of a digital audio recording system in the justice system; when it commenced; when any refinements occurred; and...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money spent on the refurbishment of the Garda station in Clonmany, County Donegal; and the current opening hours of the Garda...
    • Direct Provision Data
      107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons under 18 years of age living in direct provision in the Newbridge centre in County Kildare in each of the years 2011 to...
    • Family Law Cases
      110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 44 of 19 January 2017, if she will clarify that when she states that the experts appointed under section 47...
  • Department of Finance
    • NAMA Debtors
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons and corporate entities debtors whose total repaid debts upon exiting NAMA were at certain loan book values (details supplied) with...
    • Mortgage Data
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential mortgages currently held by non-bank entities; the number held by non-regulated vulture funds; the number of non-residential...
    • Regional Airports
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals that have been received or discussed for investment in regional airports, including Waterford, as part of the €335 million connectivity...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance the transport specific projects that have been assisted to date under the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund. [3412/17]
    • Excise Duties Yield
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of excise returns by category and by month for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3414/17]
    • Banking Operations
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 19 January 2017, if he will publish or provide the legal advice he and his officials received in relation to the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Donegal; if a design team has now been appointed to the project; and if he...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs children in counties Roscommon and Galway that have SNA support in a primary and secondary school setting for 2015...
    • School Transport
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to representations in relation to school transport on behalf of persons (details supplied) in County Galway; the...
    • Foireann Roinne
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an dtabharfaidh sé soiléiriú maidir leis an Aonad nua Gaeltachta; an bhfuil sé bunaithe agus ag feidhmiú mar a gealladh...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the details of the 2017 summer works programme grant recipients to be published; the categories of works he expects to be covered...
    • State Examinations Commission
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that made applications for reasonable accommodations to the SEC for the junior certificate for each of the years 2010 to...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the application to provide additional accommodation and infrastructural facilities at a school (details supplied) and...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Freedom of Information
      125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he can facilitate requests for information under freedom of information to county councils to make all inspection...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
      126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households on the mortgage to rent scheme, by local authority; the number of applications pending...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the process of revising the wind planning guidelines; when a further announcement is expected; and if...
    • Planning Issues
      128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the planning outcomes he envisage from draft LAPs that must continue to accommodate underutilised and over projected...
    • Housing Issues
      131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a copy of all correspondence to the local authorities from his Department in relation to a...
    • Library Services
      136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to outsource a large part of the national book tender for libraries to a UK supplier; and if he will make...
    • Local Authority Housing
      137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a county or city manager can pass a review of differential council housing rents without the consent of the...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when his Department will issue the foreshore licence, which he approved in principle in December 2016, to Sligo...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council purchased a house in 2015 to house a family...
    • Ambulance Service
      142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to change the delivery of Dublin's ambulance service; if he has discussed the future of this service with...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the rights of tenants under the rent a room scheme in view of the fact it appears there are no procedures in place...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to affect changes to the tenant purchase scheme introduced in 2016 due to the significant restrictive...
    • Housing Provision
      145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the persons and or the groups on the departmental working group on vacant properties; the number of times this...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for refusal of a disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); if it will be reviewed as a matter of urgency; and if...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment of an invalidity pension will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3340/17]
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons aged under 60 years of age in receipt of a widow's contributory pension are unable to qualify for the household benefits package...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will confirm that the appeal for a carer's allowance has been successful for a person (details supplied); if so, when the appeal was resolved;...
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for a successful applicant for carer's allowance to receive their allowance; and the average waiting time for an applicant...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3430/17]
    • Emergency Accommodation Data
      153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of adults and children in emergency accommodation funded by his Department on the first day of every month in 2016. [3442/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of the work his Department is carrying out to improve access and opportunities for employment for those persons with disabilities; and...
    • JobPath Implementation
      155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provisions within the JobPath rules for persons to be precluded from selection for JobPath again if they have already completed a full 52 week...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) who has been without a payment since August 2016 when...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an aircraft (details supplied), that passed through Shannon Airport on 17 January 2017 and again on 18 January 2017, was contracted to...
    • Human Rights
      158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to case of a person (details supplied); his views on whether nurses must be allowed to deliver certain...
    • Safety of Irish Citizens Abroad
      159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a case of a person (details supplied); if he has seen a video clip which lasts for over two minutes and was released to the...
    • Human Rights
      160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the health and safety of a person (details supplied); and if he will raise the case with his Turkish counterpart. [3365/17]
    • Passport Applications
      161. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports that were put in place to deal with increased demand for Irish passports in view of the fact that 733,060 Irish passports were...
    • Human Rights
      162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on 6 January 2017, the Adalet ve Kalkýnma Partisi government in Turkey issued three...
    • Cyprus Reunification
      163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent Cypriot reunification talks in Geneva, Switzerland (details supplied); and his views on the...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a report on the conference on the Middle East peace process hosted by France on 15 January 2017; if there are plans for...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the bombing of a refugee camp by the Nigerian military (details supplied); and if he has raised the case...
    • Human Rights
      166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ecuador’s Ministry of the Interior announced plans to shut down one of the...
    • Brexit Issues
      168. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to liaise with his EU colleagues to ensure the best possible position for Ireland, the need to remain at...
    • Human Rights Cases
      172. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he will have an opportunity to discuss the release of a person (details supplied) with the Egyptian authorities with a view to the...
    • European Security Strategy
      173. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of consideration given to European defence and security for the future in the context of a diminution in US support through NATO...
    • Western Balkans Issues
      174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the situation in the western Balkans continues to be monitored with particular reference to continued peace and security...
    • Syrian Conflict
      175. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which international relief is accessing the various sensitive areas in Syria; if a greater degree of co-ordination and...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the UN and EU can co-ordinate their efforts in respect of the refugee crisis arising from various conflicts in the...
    • UN Reform
      179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has been given to restructuring of the UN with a view to enhancing its capacity to intervene and create safe havens in...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the activities of Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab are being contained by the international community or the African Union; if...
    • EU Issues
      181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia continue to receive co-operation and support from the European Union; the extent to...
    • Middle East Issues
      182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he, in conjunction with his EU colleagues, can continue to combat the rise of ISIS in the Middle East; and if he will...
    • EU Issues
      183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the European Union remains committed to the principle of unity of purpose in respect of economic, monetary, political...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pay
      184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the recourse available to those public sector workers whose pay was cut as part of the FEMPI legislation, but have now retired before...
    • Data Collection
      185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures his Department is taking to improve data collection, maintenance and access across the public service as part of its reform...
    • Superannuation Schemes
      186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the spouses' and children's scheme is mandatory for public sector workers; if not, the way in which a public sector employee may opt...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has met ICTU recently. [38482/16]
    • UN Sustainable Development Goals
      188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has engaged with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding Ireland's development aid budget plan of reaching 0.7% GNI;...
  • Department of Health
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      189. 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. [3339/17]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      190. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is withdrawing medical cards, as happened in the case of a person (detailed supplied) based on notices of assessments; his plans to instruct...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      191. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and investment that is being allocated for the completion of a new community hospital and day centre in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; the...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      192. To ask the Minister for Health the expansion capacity of the St James’s Hospital site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3247/17]
    • National Children's Hospital
      193. To ask the Minister for Health the considerations which have been given to the adequacy of parking spaces at the St James’s Hospital site; the company or organisation which will...
    • Hospital Services
      196. To ask the Minister for Health when the required orthopaedic surgery for scoliosis will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ambulance Service
      197. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his immediate predecessor as Minister for Health gave an undertaking in a statement in Seanad Éireann on...
    • Health Services Access
      200. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3298/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      201. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [3302/17]
    • Psychological Services
      202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Roscommon for 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017 on the waiting list for an assessment with a child psychologist; the period of...
    • Medical Records
      203. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for an independent review of the case files of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3309/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      204. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) is likely to receive treatment at Beaumount Hospital; and when the person will receive botox treatment at St Vincent's...
    • Departmental Reviews
      205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3319/17]
    • HSE Properties
      206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have a HSE property renovated (details supplied). [3320/17]
    • Hospital Services
      207. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) has an operation. [3322/17]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      208. To ask the Minister for Health if required home help will be facilitated in the case of persons (details supplied); when same may be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      209. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide a room to the IBTS for its services in the new Balbriggan primary care centre when it opens; if he or the HSE will engage with the IBTS...
    • Primary Care Centres
      210. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new primary care centre (details supplied); the proposed completion date of this project; the plans in place for the...
    • Health Services Provision
      212. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for maintaining and improving existing day care services for older persons and incorporating them, from the beginning, into a new primary...
    • Hospital Services
      213. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 17 January 2017, if he has received a business proposal from the HSE in relation to the designation of part of a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      215. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs will be carried out on a person (details supplied). [3358/17]
    • Hospital Services
      216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange a meeting with this Deputy to discuss the implementation of the anomaly scan at Cavan General Hospital. [3361/17]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure
      217. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of a flash glucose monitoring system (details supplied); if this monitoring system is available to persons here with diabetes; his plans to have this...
    • Disease Incidence
      218. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons here with type 1 diabetes by age group under 18 years of age, 19 years of age to 64 years of age and over 65 years of age; the number of...
    • Health Services Access
      219. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding an ongoing issue concerning bus and cab operators in County Louth and their...
    • Hospital Services
      223. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the recent misdiagnosis of cancer in patients in Wexford General Hospital; the measures his officials are undertaking to...
    • Health Services Data
      224. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of health centre locations in County Wicklow and a breakdown of the services provided in each of the health centres; and if he...
    • Hospital Services
      225. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of the services available at the three district hospitals in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3401/17]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      226. To ask the Minister for Health the current ambulance response times for County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3402/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on outpatient waiting lists with a County Wicklow address; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3404/17]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a person (details supplied) to discuss various issues pertaining to their case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3415/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      230. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to improve the terms and conditions applicable to the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3431/17]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      231. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Government's policy on drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3434/17]
    • Health Strategies
      232. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on eligibility criteria and guidelines for pre-exposure prophylaxis to be defined by the national sexual health strategy, either...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      235. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the State’s spend on HIV prevention since 2005, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3451/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      236. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the State’s subsidy to the gay men’s health service since 2005, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      237. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3456/17]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      238. To ask the Minister for Health when the position of physiotherapist for south Connemara, County Galway will be filled; the reason for the delay in filling the position which has left the...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      239. To ask the Minister for Health if negotiations have taken place between his Department and a pharmaceutical company (details supplied) with a view to having the price of the drug Respreeza...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Investigations
      240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has concluded his investigation into the matter of the felling of approximately 30 specimen oaks between 60 and 80 years old,...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2016 basic payment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay...
    • GLAS Data
      243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in counties Roscommon and Galway that have received GLAS payments for 2016; the outstanding number that have...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal against an administrative fine issued to a person (details supplied) in relation to the single farm payment;...
    • Food Exports
      245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which Irish agricultural products will be marketed to other nations outside of the United Kingdom in view of the UK...
    • Brexit Issues
      246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to protect agricultural producers from currency value shifts between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      249. 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. [3344/17]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reinstate area aid for a person (details supplied). [3348/17]
    • GLAS Payments
      251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment has not issued under GLAS 1 to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment has not issued under the agri-environment option scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the...
    • Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta
      253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoin Scéim Buníocaíochta / Scéim na Limistéar faoi...
    • GLAS Applications
      254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Afforestation Programme
      255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the planting of forestry on a commonage; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      257. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the use of biomass at Ireland's peat burning power stations, Edenderry, Loughree, and west Offaly; the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      258. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for extending broadband in areas (details supplied) in County Longford. [3346/17]
    • Waste Management
      259. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that waste from the former Bray town council dump at Bray Harbour is being...
    • Electricity Generation
      260. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider instructing the appropriate semi-State companies under his Department that are engaged in electric...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      262. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3453/17]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Coras Iompair Éireann
      263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the surplus or deficit for the year after public service obligation payments and after exceptional items for each of the years 2010 to...
    • Road Projects Status
      264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of Transport Infrastructure Ireland's study into the current capacity of the N4 and N7; when this report will be made...
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of capital sports grants allocated to local authorities and all sports capital grant payments to local authorities since...
    • Vehicle Registration
      266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review and address the concerns of a company (details supplied) in relation to a matter; his future plans to ease the pressure...
    • Brexit Issues
      267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure ease of transit and continued transportation for those persons who live in the Border region, notably counties Sligo,...
    • Road Projects
      268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the review to be carried out by his Department on a submission from Kildare County Council regarding the Athy ring road...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that funding is provided in 2017 towards the provision of necessary road improvement works on a national route (details...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the provisions in the contract between Transport Infrastructure Ireland and a company (details supplied) with regard to...
    • Driver Test Centres
      275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving tests conducted at the Finglas and Raheny driving test centres, Dublin, for each of the years 2014 to 2016; the...
    • Road Tolls
      276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual levels of commuter and commercial traffic non HGVs and HGVs that used the N25 Waterford City bypass toll bridge in 2015 and...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the money that will be allocated to the R312 for upgrade works in 2017; his Department's long-term plan for this vital road connecting...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Brexit Issues
      278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to protect general trade between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland especially in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan...
    • Legislative Process
      279. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016 will be enacted; when the sections dealing with accounting for micro companies will be...
    • Brexit Issues
      280. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her Department has examined new markets both inside and outside the European Union for Irish products in order to...
    • Trade Agreements
      281. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress in respect of any other transatlantic trade agreements with the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3527/17]
    • Manufacturing Sector
      282. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the efforts being made by a company (details supplied) to establish a facility in Dublin; her views...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      283. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adults and children in Tusla funded domestic violence refuges and the number of adults and children in Tusla funded domestic...
    • Adoption Services Provision
      284. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the facilities which will be provided to help adopted persons to trace their relatives under new legislation. [3286/17]
    • Residential Institutions
      285. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has considered introducing a help line for survivors of institutional abuse. [3287/17]
    • Legislative Programme
      286. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 to come before Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      287. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childminders that have registered with Tusla since 1 September 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3297/17]
    • Proposed Legislation
      288. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects to publish the heads of a Bill for the Child Care (Amendment) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3299/17]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      289. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the loophole in the ECCE scheme which is discriminating against children when it comes to the provision of child care; her...
    • Departmental Schemes
      290. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of plans for the single affordable childcare scheme announced in budget 2017; the way in which it is intended to allocate the...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      291. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay from her Department regarding the issuing of transitional funding to support the impact to community child care...
    • Youth Services Provision
      292. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the provision of a much needed dedicated youth officer for County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      293. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of and terms of reference for the cross-Border early childhood care and education consortia; and the way in which a person can...