Written answers
Thursday, 26 January 2017
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Procurement Contracts
4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to implement sustainability clauses within the public procurement process in order to incentivise companies engaged in public...
- Flood Relief Schemes
6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed construction of Clonakilty flood relief scheme. [3268/17]
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department is committed to equal pay for equal work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3275/17]
- Construction Contracts
14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will instruct all Departments to ensure that when tendering for construction projects that they favour bids that are based on...
- Flood Prevention Measures
16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific measures that will be undertaken by the Office of Public Works in 2017 to alleviate flooding caused by the River Erne in...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Garda Representative Association claim that the €1,000 raise being given to other public sector workers will be extended to...
- Brexit Issues
20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are expenditure plans in order meet the challenges and avail of the opportunities in view of the fact that the UK is leaving the...
- Coastal Erosion
21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he plans to address the issue of coastal erosion; and the steps he will be taking to protect homes and infrastructure...
- State Properties
22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 713 of 17 January 2017, the details of the types of future State use being considered by his...
- Public Procurement Contracts
23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures in place to enable Irish SMEs to compete fairly for public procurement contracts; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Service Pay Commission
24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the Public Service Pay Commission; when he expects to have the first report from the commission; if the commission...
- Flood Relief Schemes Funding
25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of funding that will be provided by the Office of Public Works to Cavan and Monaghan county councils in 2017 to deal with...
- Public Procurement Contracts
27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the decision of the Education Procurement Service to issue a tender (details supplied) for the national supply of library...
- Programme for Government Implementation
28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the provision he has made for inflation in expenditure targets of 2017; if those targets include the provision of...
- Garda Stations
30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a site for Bailieborough Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3278/17]
- Regulation of Lobbying
31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has satisfied himself with the legislative measures undertaken or in motion by his Department to improve standards and transparency...
- Flood Relief Schemes Status
34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the schedule for the river Shannon dredging works which were announced prior to Christmas 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Equality Legislation
35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the present legislation regarding employment discrimination by age; if it is legal for a company to dismiss an employee on the grounds of age if...
- Visa Agreements
36. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time on a tourist visa for a person (details supplied) whose passport was stamped on entry to Ireland on 15 December 2016 with an...
- UN Conventions Ratification
37. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals there are to ratify the UN Convention of Rights for Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3619/17]
- Naturalisation Applications
38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation status in respect of a person (details supplied). [3548/17]
- Garda Investigations
39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to the historical abuse inquiry in Northern Ireland and the reference to the Finglas episode, the precise nature of the investigation...
- Courts Service Remit
40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 210 of 17 January 2017, if she will clarify the legal requirement under EU law for county registrars to...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish the O'Neill report without further delay; the reason she has not done so before now; the course of action that will be taken...
- Residency Permits
42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3683/17]
- Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 1 December 2016, if the INIS letter which issued in the case of a person (details supplied) will be...
- Naturalisation Applications
46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Residency Permits
47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3691/17]
- Asylum Applications
50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status and eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Department of Finance
- Economic Growth
51. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which pay demands in the public and private sectors are likely to impact on the growing economy to a negative or positive extent in the future;...
- Brexit Issues
52. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which his Department monitors the impact of Brexit on the public and private sectors here with a view to addressing any issues; and if he will...
- Pension Provisions
53. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a statutory obligation on an insurance company to insist on the signature of a person who is in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease to a...
- Departmental Legal Costs
54. To ask the Minister for Finance the expenses occurred to date, and to whom the fees, etc., were paid, as a result of the decision to appeal the EU ruling on a case (details supplied),...
- NAMA Portfolio
55. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacant NAMA commercial buildings in the State with a county breakdown as well as the length of time each building has been vacant; and if he will...
- Banking Sector Regulation
58. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 17 January 2017 (details supplied), the person or body that deals with new allegations against these institutions...
- Revenue Commissioners Investigations
59. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases of bogus employment contracts the Revenue Commissioners have investigated in each of the years 2008 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he...
- European Banking Sector
60. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the European Central Bank relying on the secrecy rules of Article 28, Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013, to dismiss a potential criminal...
- House Prices
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if his plans for the housing sector are to increase demand in order to increase prices; and if so, the level of house prices he envisages for the Dublin area....
- EU Funding
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of Irish projects which the Government has identified for drawing down funding from the European Commission’s European Fund...
- European Investment Bank Loans
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of project applications entered by the State under the European Investment Bank for investment and infrastructural projects, per annum in each...
- VAT Yield
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of VAT receipts taken in by the Exchequer for non-alcoholic beer beverages in each of the years 2014 to 2016 per year, in tabular form; and to...
- Financial Services Regulation
68. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the potential roll-back of financial regulation in the United States and other jurisdictions; the extent to which this will impact financial...
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of extending the disabled drivers and disabled passenger scheme to visually impaired persons that are unable to obtain a driving licence; and if he...
- Brexit Issues
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will be fully publishing his Department's current assessment of the economic impacts on the Irish economy of a hard Brexit (details supplied); and if he...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a secondary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Higher Education Institutions
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of students in the first year intake for each university here offering medicine as an undergraduate degree in respect of each...
- Student Grant Scheme
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special provision will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3698/17]
- Junior Cycle Reform
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the junior cycle profile of achievement will be different to the junior certificate; if they will be issued to students at the same time; and...
- School Management
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department has refused a school (details supplied) permission to establish a third stream in view of the clear demand for same; and...
- School Transport Review
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the implementation of the value for money for school transport recommendations has ever been carried out; if his Department intends...
- School Transport Data
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of students, other than those with special educational needs who avail of school transport either on concessionary or...
- Teaching Council of Ireland
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of resource teachers who are currently on restricted probation as a result of the directive by the INTO; his plans to address this...
- National Training Fund
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected revenue and expenditure of the national training fund over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3719/17]
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Public Sector Pay
86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if retained firefighters, who even though they voted on the Lansdowne Road agreement were not included in the 2016...
- Nitrates Action Programme Implementation
87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress on the review of the nitrates action programme with the European Commission; and if he will make a...
- UN Conferences
88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he or his Department attended or were represented at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable...
- Planning Issues
89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the terms of reference of the committee appointed to carry out the root and branch review of the planning system...
- Repair and Leasing Scheme
90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the grant scheme announced in 2016 will be progressed (details supplied). [3549/17]
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1 of 19 January 2017, the details of the 200 further direct construction and...
- Housing Data
92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the claim as reported in a newspaper (details supplied) that the number of house completions may be...
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme
93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to remodel the mortgage to rent scheme with a view to making it more relevant to situations which pertain...
- Department of Social Protection
- Pension Provisions
94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if sole traders and self employed persons who are in dispute with the Revenue Commissioners on reaching pension age are disqualified from securing...
- Disability Allowance Applications
95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Overpayments
96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an overpayment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3567/17]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Employment Rights
98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of his Department's investigation into disguised employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3612/17]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3631/17]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a claim for carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied) whose social welfare appeal was allowed on 5 December 2016; and if...
- Maternity Benefit Administration
101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting times for the processing of maternity benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3635/17]
- Paternity Benefit Administration
102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting times for the processing of paternity benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3636/17]
- Personal Public Service Numbers
103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a PPS number; if so, the way in which the person can secure a PPS number; the place that the...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a carer’s allowance that was submitted by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that this application was submitted...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent support is available in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3685/17]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if refusal of jobseeker's allowance will be urgently reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Personal Public Service Numbers
110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if PPS numbers and old insurance numbers are recorded in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3695/17]
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the maximum carer's allowance payable in the case of a person providing care for two parents and one neighbour; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Election Monitoring Missions
112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the election observation roster; if he plans to open it up for a public call for applications; and if he will make a...
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals he has to discuss with the new United States Administration immigration reform in view of the concerns of the undocumented...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses
114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress his Department has made on social benefit clauses; and the timeframe for inclusion into the public tendering process. [3626/17]
- Public Sector Pensions
115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the options available to a public servant who is required to retire at 65 years of age but is on a b1 stamp, is unable to collect a...
- Semi-State Bodies
116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current policy in respect of semi-State employees having their retirement age extended to 66 years of age (details supplied); and if...
- Public Sector Pensions
117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the restoration of pension payments for public sector workers who had their pensions cut as part of the public...
- Public Sector Reform Implementation
118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent of reform and-or policy initiatives required to maximise the opportunities for economic recovery in the future; and if he...
- Public Sector Pay
119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects to be able to maintain compliance with the Lansdowne Road agreement or other pay agreements in the...
- Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the context of the growing needs of the recovering economy, if he expects to be in a position to meet infrastructural requirements of...
- Public Service Reform Plan Update
124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the scope for reforms throughout the public and private sectors which may still have a role to play in economic performance in the...
- Public Procurement Contracts
125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which public procurement procedures remain an asset or an obstacle in the context of economic recovery; and if he will...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full extent to date of recruitment throughout the public sector in the context of economic recovery; the expectation in respect of...
- EU Funding
127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of project applications entered by the State under the European structural and investment funds for the period 2014 to...
- Trade Missions Expenditure
128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money spent in 2015 and 2016 on St. Patrick's Day trade missions; and the amount that will be spent in 2017 on St....
- Department of Health
- Hospital Appointments Status
129. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3534/17]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
130. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3537/17]
- Accident and Emergency Departments
131. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the accident and emergency department in University Limerick Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
- General Medical Services Scheme
132. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a new device known as the freestyle libre flash glucose monitoring system for diabetics which replaces the painful testing with lancets,...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
133. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 17 November 2016, the progress of the primary care centre for Dundalk; the way in which Dundalk primary care...
- Medical Card Administration
134. To ask the Minister for Health when children with additional needs in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance will be offered a full medical card automatically; and if he will make a...
- Respite Care Services Provision
135. To ask the Minister for Health if any additional funding will be allocated to Louth HSE and ring-fenced to help resolve the urgent issue of lack of adult respite places in County Louth; if...
- Hospital Appointments Status
136. 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. [3566/17]
- Mental Health Services Provision
138. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the mental health centre in Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3571/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
139. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3574/17]
- Ambulance Service Data
140. To ask the Minister for Health the response time for each ambulance journey in County Wicklow; the area to which the ambulance was called; the travel time for each ambulance to its...
- Hospital Services
142. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the operational difficulties in relation to orthognathic surgery over the past 12 months at St. James's Hospital and the...
- Medicinal Products Availability
143. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that spinal muscular atrophy type 1 sufferers (details supplied) can urgently access nusinersen, Spinraza; and if he will make a statement on...
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
144. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3581/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
145. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen by an ophthalmologist. [3588/17]
- Hospital Investigations
146. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has still not received the results of their scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3593/17]
- Hospital Procedures
147. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be allowed transfer to another hospital to have an urgent operation carried out for which they have been waiting two years;...
- Hospital Charges
148. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money the HSE has received for the past three years through the use of public hospital beds for persons with private health insurance under the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
150. 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. [3606/17]
- Narcolepsy Issues
151. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a national narcolepsy and related disorder unit in St James's Hospital which will deliver continued and lifelong treatment for sufferers...
- Hospitals Data
152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dialysis patients in County Cavan; the number of patients in County Cavan accessing home haemodialysis as outpatients; the number of patients...
- Dental Services Provision
153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of schoolchildren under 16 years of age that have been assessed and the number that have had treatment carried out by a dentist under the public...
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
155. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the waiting list for orthodontic assessment in each region in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3618/17]
- HSE Funding
156. To ask the Minister for Health the capital funding that will be provided to the north east region for 2017; the projects to be funded under this expenditure; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services Provision
157. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for reading glasses for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3623/17]
- Accident and Emergency Departments
158. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed extension to the emergency department at Mayo University Hospital; the plans for the extension; the areas of the emergency...
- Hospital Services
161. To ask the Minister for Health if the mobile catheterisation laboratory announced for Waterford University Hospital will be made available exclusively for the use of this hospital; if it...
- Hospital Appointments Status
162. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's definition of "urgent" in view of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3668/17]
- Hospital Appointments Delays
163. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) whose case has been marked as urgent would be put on a waiting list of 48 plus months; and if he will make a statement...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
164. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding pharmaceutical drug distributors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3671/17]
- National Children's Hospital Location
165. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the proposed new National Children’s Hospital will be able to cope with the existing surrounding gridlock; his further views on...
- National Children's Hospital
167. To ask the Minister for Health if public transport serving the St. James’s Hospital site will be increased to cater for the increased number of persons using the hospital following...
- Meals-on-Wheels Services
168. To ask the Minister for Health the financial assistance available to community groups wishing to set up a meals on wheels scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3676/17]
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
169. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application to the NMBI in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3722/17]
- HSE Complaints Procedures
170. To ask the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself that the HSE followed all procedures in processing a complaint regarding the care of a person (details supplied); the reason the...
- Freedom of Information
171. To ask the Minister for Health if all of the information requested by a person (details supplied) under the FOI Act as an employee of the HSE will be made available to them as soon as...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Welfare
172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the investigation into the rescue of over 200 dogs in January 2016 by Wexford County Council, the WSPCA and the NWSPCS in Ferns,...
- Agriculture Schemes
173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names of the financial institutions through which low cost loans will be made available to farmers. [3545/17]
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme
174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers in their last year of AEOS and who were expecting payment at the end of December 2016 will be paid. [3546/17]
- GLAS Payments
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has not received a farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Commonage Framework Plans
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the issue in relation to commonage for a person (details supplied); when he expects the issue will be resolved; if...
- Agriculture Schemes
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the national reserve will be opening in 2017 for new applications for young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Animal Welfare
179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds and other dogs exported to EU and non-EU countries in 2016 and to date in 2017; and the action he will take...
- Knowledge Transfer Programme
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Galway is registered to participate on the knowledge transfer programme that opened for...
- Agriculture Schemes
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new low cost flexible loans will be available to farmers; the banks that will be administrating the loans; and if he will...
- GLAS Data
182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in counties Cavan and Monaghan that did not receive their 85% payment for 2015 to date in 2017 under the GLAS...
- Agriculture Industry
183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has put forward to the European Commission and-or at the EU Council of Agriculture Ministers in relation to the need...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals, he has put forward to the EU Commission and-or at the EU Council of Agriculture Ministers in relation to the review of...
- GLAS Payments
185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payments under the green low carbon agri-environment scheme for a person (details supplied). [3629/17]
- TAMS Administration
186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in making the TAMS scheme available to the tillage sector; and the timeframe for when same will be opened....
- GLAS Data
187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 farmers that have received 85% of their total 2016 payment, by county, in tabular form; the...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data
188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of AEOS farmers that have received total 2016 payment, by county, in tabular form; the number of farmers that have...
- Brexit Issues
189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if An Bord Bia have the necessary resources to support market development, in-market intelligence, in-market promotion and in-market...
- Aquaculture Licence Applications Data
190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of aquaculture licences sought in the 2011 to 2016 period, by county, in tabular form; the number awaiting decision...
- Agriculture Schemes
194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, under the new agri-fund loan scheme that the SBCI will provide, funds will be leant to farmers for the purchase of livestock; and...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme
195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress on the programme for Government commitment to introduce locally led agri-environment schemes which will target habitats...
- Ministerial Meetings
196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date for the next national tillage forum with stakeholders with a view to introducing a crisis aid fund for tillage farmers who...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provisions that are being made for the protection of areas designated as areas of natural constraint in County Kilkenny in the...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when outgoing payments made under the areas of natural constraint scheme will be increased by €25 million in line with the...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme
199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress on the programme for Government commitment to introduce locally led agri environment schemes which will target habitats...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fuel Prices
200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the price of diesel is increasing despite the fact that the price of crude oil is decreasing; and if he will...
- Digital Skills for Citizens Grant Scheme
201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of applicants from the digital skills grant scheme; the criteria used in scoring each...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Military Aircraft Landings
202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an aircraft (details supplied) operating on behalf of the US military was permitted to fly from Shannon Airport to Incirlik...
- Fishing Vessel Licences
203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fishing vessel owners who failed to return logbooks to the Marine Survey Office or forwarded them without crew agreements...
- Motor Insurance
205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure that no sectors of the economy or motorsports are damaged by the Vnuk judgment of the European Court of...
- Transport Infrastructure Provision
206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been received to date for the DART interconnector project from the Connecting Europe Facility; the purpose...
- Roads Maintenance Funding
207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether there could be a potential impact on funding for the N13/N14/N15 which funding for same will be dependent on the...
- Driver Licences Data
208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the conditions for towing trailers by cars and four-wheel drives in terms of size of vehicle, laden weight, number of wheels on trailer...
- Harbour Fees
209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the statutory basis that provides for the imposition of mooring fees and the confiscation and retention of moorings, by the appropriate...
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland Reports
210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a progress report on the realignment works on the N73 at Waterdyke and Annakisha, Mallow, County Cork. [3622/17]
- Driver Test
212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3670/17]
- Public Transport Subsidies
213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the State subsidy that was paid to Bus Átha Cliath in 2016; the area of the country that Bus Átha Cliath provides services in;...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Trade Agreements
215. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the prospect of a free trade agreement between the EU and the UK and the application of state aid rules in the EU and the...
- Construction Industry
216. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to reports of blacklisting within the construction sector; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Brexit Issues
218. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the recent statement by the EU Commissioner Moscovici in relation to the finalisation of trade deals as a result of...
- State Aid
219. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 314 of 19 January 2017, if she or her Department have asked DG Competition to consider...
- Ticket Touting
221. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the current regulatory framework for the resale of tickets for entertainment and sporting events is fit for...
- Innovation Union Scoreboard
222. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on Ireland’s fall in the 2017 Bloomberg Innovation Index international rankings; and if she will make a statement on...
- Foreign Direct Investment
223. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the analysis in the publication (details supplied) regarding FDI development in Ireland with respect to regional spread...
- Department of Defence
- Naval Service Operations
224. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when members of the Naval Service who participated in the international rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea will receive payment for their...
