Written answers

Tuesday, 31 January 2017

  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Greenways Development
      51. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to build on the tourism offering in rural counties such as Longford and Westmeath through the development of greenways for...
    • Rural Development Plan
      53. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which the action plan for rural development will help elderly persons in rural communities; and if she will make a...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      57. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the capital spending programme for the National Archives and the National Library; the timeframe for when the two...
    • Heritage Promotion
      58. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will examine a nationwide plan for the development of village design statements that would ensure all future...
    • Hare Coursing
      59. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when her Department will make available the conservation rangers reports, veterinary reports and hare capture reports pertaining to...
    • Arts Funding
      60. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the fact that the investment criteria for the Irish Arts Center in New York has been dropped. [4175/17]
    • Local Authority Funding
      61. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated amount of funding that will be delivered to each local authority under pillar two of the Creative Ireland programme; the...
    • Gorse Burning
      63. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding extending the spring gorse burning season; her views on the prospect of spring wildfires such as those that...
    • Built Heritage Investment Scheme
      64. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress on the built heritage investment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4180/17]
    • Rural Development Plan
      65. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the way recreational tourism projects such as the development of blueways and greenways can benefit rural towns and...
    • Film Industry Development
      66. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing campaign in County Wicklow regarding securing the future of studios (details supplied)...
    • National Monuments
      67. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she or any representative from her Department has met and-or communicated with representatives from companies (details...
    • Arts Centres
      68. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the development of arts centres in rural towns and villages and the benefits this can bring to an area; and if she will...
    • Rural Development Plan
      69. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way the action plan for rural development, launched recently in County Longford, can benefit rural communities; and if she will...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      70. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the co-ordinated scheme between the Department of Social Protection and her Department to assist artists applying for...
    • Arts Council Membership
      71. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of current vacancies on the board of the Arts Council; if she will ensure that some artists and arts practitioners will be...
    • Cultural Policy
      72. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had any engagement with stakeholders in the music industry regarding the establishment of a music industry task force with...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Administration
      73. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if media reports are accurate that her Department is seeking the extension of first-time buyer's grants to purchasers of second-hand...
    • Leader Programmes Data
      74. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount and value of approvals to date for projects under the Leader programme 2014-2020; the expected expenditure under the Leader...
    • Cultural Policy
      75. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the new culture grant in Italy, whereby every 18 year old in the country is entitled to €500...
    • Rural Development Plan
      76. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her and other Government Departments will have to introduce Supplementary Estimates to provide in 2017 for the promises in the...
    • Irish Language
      77. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff within her Department that have fluent working Irish. [4176/17]
    • Rural Development Plan
      78. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of jobs she plans to create in County Wexford with regard to the action plan for rural development; the measures her...
    • Heritage Projects
      79. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeframe for the completion and full opening of Killarney House; her plans for 2017; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • National Monuments
      80. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason trained underwater archaeologists using an archaeological methodology were not used on a recent dive on the Lusitania. [4172/17]
    • Rural Development Plan
      81. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps which will be taken to increase tourism potential in rural areas as part of the action plan for rural development; and if...
    • Hare Coursing
      82. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has completed the report into the killing of hares at Rathdowney in November 2016; when the report will be made...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Expenditure
      83. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether the present resources allocated to the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, is sufficient to meet its remit...
    • Rural Development Plan
      84. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which it is intended the action plan for rural development will increase social provisions in rural towns and maintain the...
    • Arts in Education Charter
      85. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress on implementing the arts in education charter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4181/17]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Expenditure
      86. To ask the Taoiseach the projected cost of his Department's communication unit for 2017; and if he is planning any change in the role of the communications unit. [4131/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      87. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff under the aegis of his Department in the clerical officer, staff officer or equivalent grade. [4942/17]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures her Department proposes in conjunction with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation under point 76 of the action plan for...
    • Garda Reports
      89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish a Garda internal audit section report (details supplied) in view of the fact that the report states that no assurances can be...
    • Immigrant Investor Programme Administration
      90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the recent rule changes to the immigrant investor programme became applicable; when the public was made aware of these changes; when her...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if persons coming here under the refugee protection programme have been declared refugees prior to landing here or if their claims still have to...
    • Airport Security
      93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality whether the statement made by a PSNI detective chief superintendent at a meeting of the Northern Irish Assembly justice committee on 19 January...
    • Garda Reserve
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the Garda Reserve for 2017; when the recruitment drive for 300 new reserves will take place; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made in implementing the commitment in the programme for a partnership Government to establish a dedicated new court to...
    • Protected Disclosures
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which she received the report from a person (details supplied) into allegations of Garda attempts to discredit a whistleblower; and...
    • Garda Deployment
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures her Department is taking to ensure that gardaí have the necessary resources to combat and deal with rural crime in view of the...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans in relation to the development of social enterprises across the criminal justice system in view of the established success of such...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the commencement of Parts of an Act (details supplied); and if her attention has been drawn to the hardship and complicated...
    • Immigration Data
      100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons of Syrian, Eritrean, Afghan and Iraqi origin who were refused leave to land at points of entry here in 2016; and if she...
    • Legislative Programme
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the passage of legislation on sex trafficking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3947/17]
    • Courts Service
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to abolish champerty, which appears to continue in the Irish legal system, although it has been outlawed in most other jurisdictions....
    • Direct Provision Data
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children that have been born to those under the direct provision system since its introduction in 2000; and if she will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 19 January 2017, the detail of the stamp currently held by a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Asylum Support Services
      105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that made their application for protection three, four and more than five years ago and are currently in the...
    • Schengen Agreement
      106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for Ireland's access to the Schengen information system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4053/17]
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which appeals in the cases of decisions to deport and subsequent appeals have been successful in each of the past three years to...
    • Deportation Orders Data
      109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders that existed at the start of 2016 and 2017 respectively; the number of persons that were deported during 2016;...
    • Valuation Office
      110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Valuations Office will publish the results or a summary of its countywide valuations that it has undertaken in counties Kildare,...
    • Garda Deployment
      111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the necessary criteria in order to be considered eligible for a transfer within An Garda Síochána (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Private Security Industry Regulation
      112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Private Security Appeals Board will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4356/17]
    • Communications Surveillance
      113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the proposed changes to the legislation in respect of electronic communications with reference to the interception of postal packets and...
    • Garda Vetting Legislation
      114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if persons that occasionally visit nursing homes for the purposes of performing music for the entertainment of residents of such homes are...
    • Psychological Services
      115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 24 January 2017, if she will clarify, by way of regulation, that accrediting bodies for psychologists...
    • Visa Applications
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address queries raised by a person (details supplied) on acquiring a visa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4469/17]
    • International Students
      117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to recent reports that international students here are to face rises in the cost of their health insurance due to...
    • Garda Data
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations that have no access to PULSE. [4493/17]
    • Corporate Governance
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of issues raised in the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement's 2010 paper, Submission on White Collar Crime, that have been...
    • Asylum Applications
      120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied). [4603/17]
    • Private Security Authority
      121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been an investigation carried out by the Private Security Authority or its agents into a company (details supplied) and if so, if...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff under the aegis of her Department in the clerical officer, staff officer or equivalent grade; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Finance
    • Insurance Coverage
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns that some of the major insurance providers and company underwriters are not prepared at the moment to cover properties that have...
    • Pension Provisions
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to allow further access to private pension funds before retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3849/17]
    • VAT Rate Application
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners or his Department has examined whether the recent ECJ ruling on VAT on the M50 toll will have any effect on any other...
    • Revenue Commissioners Staff
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance if a private security company is employed at the Revenue Commissioners' offices, Millennium Centre, Dundalk; if so, when this commenced; the remit of this...
    • Departmental Meetings
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of discussions with the Brazilian authorities regarding their decision to designate Ireland as a tax haven; his views on whether the decision will...
    • Tax Exemptions
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will implement a tax break or part exemption from taxation in respect of the reimbursement of expenses for employees who have to travel from their home...
    • National Treasury Management Agency Data
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employees of the National Treasury Management Agency and the National Asset Management Agency who were in remuneration categories (details...
    • NAMA Staff Data
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount which was paid out by NAMA in 2016 in respect of redundancy payments; the number of employees who received payments; the terms of the redundancy...
    • NAMA Property Sales
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential properties involved in sales of properties and loans by NAMA to vulture funds and REITs each year since 2010, in tabular form. [4324/17]
    • NAMA Property Leases
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of instances tenants of residential properties controlled by NAMA have been given notice to quit in order to achieve vacant possession. [4326/17]
    • NAMA Property Sales
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of residential development land in the greater Dublin area, Cork city, Galway city and Limerick city involved in sales of properties...
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of reducing the standard rate of VAT from 23% to 20% in budget 2018. [4357/17]
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Data
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties which were registered for the home renovation incentive scheme in County Tipperary in 2015 and 2016; the total monetary value of...
    • Insurance Costs
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he proposes to implement to deal with the escalating costs of home insurance premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4443/17]
    • Tax Data
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of betting shops that paid betting tax to the Revenue Commissioners in 2015; the number of these with an annual turnover of less than €2...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff under the aegis of his Department in the clerical officer, staff officer or equivalent grade; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Allowances
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is on a reduced rate of training allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3910/17]
    • Education and Training Provision
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions in addition to the amount of funding for this purpose, allocated to each county...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4186/17]
    • School Accommodation
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the standard of facilities in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Education Grants
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria that is used in means testing applicants for grants and assistance under the Secondary Education Committee fund; the different level...
    • State Claims Agency
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will change the terms under which the State Claims Agency is allowed to make ex gratia payments to the victims of school child sexual...
    • Student Support Schemes
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons that applied for the pilot support scheme 2016 (details supplied); the number of persons that were successful in their...
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new DEIS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3798/17]
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish all-Irish language primary schools in north Kildare; his further plans to increase capacity at existing all-Irish language...
    • Gaelcholáistí Issues
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish an all-Irish secondary school in north Kildare in view of the fact that the west Dublin option is over-subscribed, that...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the provision of a permanent extension for a school (details supplied); when work will commence; and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve a new school building to progress to tender stage (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3836/17]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a permanent location for a school (details supplied) has been selected; if so, the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Data
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the post-primary, first year student population by individual school in County Louth for the school years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 and for...
    • Education Funding
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of the European Social Fund, ESF, that is being used for local training initiative centres here; the amount of ESF funding that goes...
    • Education and Training Provision
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider purchasing the old St Senan's Hospital in Enniscorthy and use it for providing a centre for third level education, a centre...
    • School Enrolments
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current enrolment numbers and the capacity for schools (details supplied). [3973/17]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress regarding the purchase of a site for the three school campus in Buncrana, County Donegal; if his department has made...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application (details supplied) under the summer works scheme 2016 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4027/17]
    • School Enrolments
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he has put in place to arrange for an increased pupil intake as per the demand of incoming school children at a school (details...
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a group equal to two classes of students in north County Kildare will have been denied access to...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the application for the new purpose built school at Drumgood, Enniscorthy, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement...
    • Defibrillators in Schools Provision
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a request from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for the provision of a defibrillator; the funding...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to approve a third ASD class in a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork; the position in relation to accommodation for this...
    • School Transport Review
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the minimum number for a school bus service will be examined further, as was stated in the review of school transport cross party...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date he approved a school (details supplied) to be tendered for construction. [4234/17]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive its allocation for 2017 under the summer works scheme in view of the fact urgent works are needed...
    • School Transport Applications
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite an application for remote access grant by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4331/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the case of a person (details supplied) regarding their application for special needs assistance; and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the capital programme is being reviewed, if he will include a school (details supplied); and if so, when construction would begin. [4393/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of the new site for a school (details supplied); the total amount of funding provided to date for the new school building;...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the improvements and innovations he has made in respect of rolling out industry standard apprenticeship and workplace learning...
    • Skills Shortages
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has consulted with the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training and the European Training Foundation in...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Staff
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of the recruitment of a new National Educational Psychological Service psychologist for assignment to a school (details...
    • Tionscadail Tógála Scoileanna
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén dul chun cinn atá déanta go dtí seo i ndáil le scoil nua a thógáil do Choláiste Ghobnatan, Baile...
    • School Enrolments
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he and his Department have had communication from the board of management at a school (details supplied) and the patron in regard to enrolment...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school for the Malahide and Portmarnock areas of County Dublin, as announced in November 2015; if...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff under the aegis of his Department in the clerical officer, staff officer or equivalent grade; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for ending the use of long-term accommodation for homeless families; and the date by which he anticipates...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the promised update to windfarm planning guidelines; and when he plans to publish updated guidelines....
    • Housing Provision
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider the project at Lehenaghmore and Lehenaghbeg, Togher, County Cork for inclusion in the...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of families placed in emergency homeless accommodation that have now received their 24-hour Leap cards,...
    • Archival Material
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the supports in place for the development and protection of county archive services to preserve local cultural...
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the investment of €37.5 million, as outlined in point 50 of the action plan for rural development, to...
    • Rural Development Plan
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way his Department proposes to review planning legislation to allow the change of use of vacant commercial...
    • Commercial Rates
      278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the detail of the workings of the rates alleviation scheme; if County Roscommon will be included in this scheme in...
    • Commercial Rates Yield
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total amount of rates which is collectable in County Roscommon for 2018 from the rateable holders who have...
    • Planning Issues
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is any limit to the number of times a developer can apply for planning permission for wind turbine...
    • Motor Tax
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the policy rationale for the need to tax a vehicle which is to be declared off the road; and if he will make a...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have been approved for mortgage to rent but have not had an interested institution buy...
    • Housing Estates
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number and names of estates taken in charge by a local authority (details supplied) in 2016; the number and...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the recourse available to apartment owners being footed with a bill for issues that they had no involvement in...
    • Pyrite Issues
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the situation of householders in counties Mayo and Donegal whose houses have been...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of affordable housing estates that were funded by his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2016; and...
    • Planning Issues
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of planning appeals in which the case officer for An Bord Pleanála recommended a grant of...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason ten houses (details supplied) in Cluainín, Mountrath, County Laois, have been left idle for three...
    • Thatching Grants Eligibility
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 27 September 2016, if he will award a thatching grant to a person...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the new affordable rental scheme to be piloted in the Dublin City Council area; and if...
    • Electoral Commission Administration
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 18 October 2016, when the boundary review commission established to...
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps his Department has taken to ensure the effective participation of the general public in relation to the...
    • Control of Dogs
      294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason, in view of the fact that each local authority is providing the same service, there is such a disparity...
    • Local Authority Housing
      295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the average relet time for vacant local authority housing in 2016 and in each of the past three years, by local...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when four permanent members of staff (details supplied) will be put in place to cover retirements from 2016-2017 to...
    • Water Safety
      297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for improving water safety. [4058/17]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities that have applied for available fast-track funding options for the provision of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of modular housing units which have been provided to date and the location of same; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the income threshold limits for social housing applicant households for all local authorities, in tabular form; and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address concerns that local authority procurement processes are significantly delaying the provision of...
    • Departmental Funding
      308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding and funding streams provided for the construction of a project (details supplied); if any public...
    • Motor Tax Yield
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the yield from motor tax for each year between 2013 to 2016, by each local authority area of Dún...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the real need to develop facilities at Greencastle Harbour and Leenan Pier in...
    • Water Services Provision
      311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason responsibility to repair and maintain combined drains, private drains and connections were not...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that all homeless persons regardless of the location they live or their family status will have...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the criteria for replacing substandard, damaged or overcrowded mobile homes for members of the Traveller community;...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when authorisation will be given to Meath County Council to commence a programme of house acquisition; and if...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when Meath County Council will be given permission to proceed to tender for and build a small estate of houses in...
    • Residential Tenancies Board
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of vacant positions on the board of the Residential Tenancies Board; and the efforts that are being made...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons that are on the social housing waiting list with Galway...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the detail of the allocation of funds to Galway County Council and Galway City Council for housing in 2016; the...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total allocation for housing adaption grants for Kildare County Council in each of the years 2014 to 2016; and...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of staff under the aegis of his Department in the clerical officer, staff officer or equivalent grade;...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a person (details supplied) who has appealed a decision made by the domiciliary care department. [3796/17]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance claim (details supplied) in view of the fact that the application was submitted in August...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a rent allowance payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3809/17]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent support will issue in the case of a pending application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3845/17]
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3951/17]
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a disability allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Respite Care Grant Eligibility
      329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the guidelines for allocation of the respite care grant; the allowable working hours for a person in receipt of the grant; his views on whether a...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if invalidity benefit will be approved for a person (details supplied). [3989/17]
    • Free Travel Scheme Administration
      331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will rule out any introduction of a fee for the free travel pass (details supplied); if he will ease concerns regarding this charge; and if he...
    • Pensions Insolvency Payments Scheme
      332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provisions he has made in budget 2017 to compensate persons (details supplied) who have unpurchased pensionable years and are awaiting...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason jobseeker's allowance has been suspended pending review in the case of a person (details supplied); when the review will be complete with...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an appeal for a person (details supplied). [4138/17]
    • Community Services Programme
      336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the defunding of the Ireland mid tourism group which is funded through Pobal under the community services programme; and if he will...
    • Dietary Allowance Administration
      337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the limits in place in regard to personal savings for an applicant subject to a review of their dietary supplement; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Code
      338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to make changes to current legislation that deters rent supplement recipients from returning to full-time education in order to improve...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) for a disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4378/17]
    • Departmental Contracts
      340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the private companies (details supplied) contracted to provide JobPath are in receipt of funding from his Department for courses provided by...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application for a person (details supplied). [4416/17]
    • Rural Social Scheme Administration
      342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of his Department's discussions on pay scales for rural social scheme supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4446/17]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of appeal in the case of a person (details supplied); if an oral hearing can be arranged in this instance; and...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to his commitment to review the issues and concerns for seasonal and part-time workers and their entitlement to jobseeker's benefit, the...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      345. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will take immediate steps to amend the regulations and rules pertaining to eligibility for participation in the Tús and Gateway schemes,...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff under the aegis of his Department in the clerical officer, staff officer or equivalent grade; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he will undertake with the US Administration to normalise the status of the undocumented Irish in the USA and to help their...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      348. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff within his Department who are allocated to work on Brexit-related issues full time; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Middle East Issues
      349. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the Israeli Defence Force raid and demolition of the Palestinian Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran on...
    • Departmental Funding
      350. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding his Department has provided to an Irish arts centre in New York (details supplied) in each of the past ten years, in...
    • Departmental Reports
      351. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has read the report by an organisation (details supplied), commissioned by his Department, to examine Irish Aid's programme in Uganda...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      352. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department spent more than €70,000 moving works of art between embassies and ambassadors' residences in 2016; if his...
    • Israeli Settlements
      353. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the fact that the Israeli Government has stated its intention to build 566 new settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem; his...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      354. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of moving artwork and paintings from location to location outside the State by his Department in each of the past five years, in...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      356. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the UK Government's plans to preserve the Good Friday Agreement in a future UK treaty; and if he will...
    • Acht Teanga
      359. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade ós rud é go bhfuil sé ráite aige féin gur mhaith leis gach mír de Chomhaontú Chill Rímhinn a bheith...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      360. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 24 January 2017 by specifying precisely the concerns to which he refers...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff under the aegis of his Department in the clerical officer, staff officer or equivalent grade; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Pension Provisions
      363. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a statutory instrument must be signed in order for a pension scheme to both enter and exit the public service transfer network. [3808/17]
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
      364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposals his Department is working on in conjunction with the OPW to strengthen the engagement with the insurance industry to...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      365. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the framework for media monitoring was rolled out by the Office of Public Procurement without public notification or due...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      368. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the sluice gates in a canal (details supplied) in County Kerry will be repaired or replaced to prevent flooding; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      370. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff under the aegis of his Department in the clerical officer, staff officer or equivalent grade; the Government...
    • Heritage Projects
      371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the return of the Turoe stone to Turoe, County Galway; and the timeframe for same. [3835/17]
    • Public Sector Staff Grades Review
      372. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the proposed amalgamation by his Department of the staff officer and executive officer grades within the Civil Service did...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      373. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to similarly advance the payment date for retired public servants, in view of the advancing of the date for the next payment...
    • Departmental Appointments
      374. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a chair has been appointed to the community sector high level forum or working group which comprises public service management and...
    • European Fund for Strategic Investments
      375. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding drawn down by the State to date under the Juncker plan, by project, in tabular form; the date the spending of the funding...
    • Public Sector Staff Grades Review
      376. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to amalgamate the grades of staff officer and executive officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4501/17]
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      377. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposals there are to upgrade existing State accommodation at a location (details supplied); if he will ensure the necessary...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      378. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Government will be making available to local authorities additional funding in order to meet the now earlier than expected pay...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      379. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Leader funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3788/17]
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      380. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when beneficiaries of dormant account funding will be able to draw down funding following the completion of the applications and...
    • Rural Development Plan
      382. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projects in County Tipperary that will be supported by the rural action plan, Realising our Rural Potential: Action Plan for...
    • Arts Funding
      384. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding her Department has awarded to an Irish arts centre in New York (details supplied) in each of the past ten...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      385. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of moving artwork and paintings from location to location outside the State by her Department in each of the past five...
    • Heritage Projects
      387. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding is available in relation to a matter (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Development Plan
      388. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the towns and village centres in County Meath have been selected under the Realising our Rural Potential: Action Plan for Rural...
    • Arts Funding
      389. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has agreed to carry over funding for the 1916 commemoration to the general arts, culture and film programme 2017; and if she...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      393. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will liaise with the Minister for Social Protection to examine the supports for working artists in the social welfare system;...
    • World Heritage Sites
      394. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Government’s plan to pursue more applications for UNESCO world heritage status for more of Ireland's national landmarks...
    • Irish Language
      395. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which she will work with her colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, to ensure that parents can access second...
    • Cultural Policy
      397. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which the Government plans to ensure arts funding is used to ensure minority and new Irish voices are heard as part of...
    • Heritage Promotion
      403. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will examine a nationwide plan for the development of village design statements that would ensure all future...
    • Arts in Education Charter
      406. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans in place to ensure the better integration of the arts into education and broadening the focus on science, technology,...
    • Cultural Policy
      407. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will urgently begin preparation of a global arts forum for Ireland, similar to the structure of the Global Irish Economic...
    • Departmental Titles
      408. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs is the title of her Department and whether she anticipates there will be any...
    • Brexit Issues
      409. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role she will have in the Government’s post-Brexit strategy in view of her responsibility for regional affairs and the...
    • Cultural Policy
      412. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will appoint an expert panel of artists and cultural managers to advise her and her Department as proposed by the national...
    • Post Office Network
      414. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which her Department proposes to oversee and monitor the implementation of actions to support the post office network,...
    • Rural Development Policy
      415. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if each policy action for each of the 276 actions in the action plan for rural development corresponds to an item previously...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      417. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding carried over by her Department to 2017; the subheads it was carried over under; the expenditure of this money...
    • Local Authority Funding
      418. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding paid to local authorities before the end of 2016 for works that had not been completed and for which no mature...
    • CLÁR Programme
      419. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the detailed list of projects approved for funding and paid for to local authorities under the 2016 CLÁR programme...
    • Animal Welfare
      420. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she intends to take to control mink around Lough Corrib in view of the damage this animal is doing to the population of...
    • Rural Development Plan
      421. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she plans to introduce the renovation grants to restore properties in small towns and villages as was announced as part of the...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      422. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ós rud é gur eagraíocht trasteorann é Foras na Gaeilge, agus mar gheall gur thug an rialtas ó dheas...
    • Wildlife Protection
      423. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are exemptions to hedge cutting laws for contractors to cut hedge rows throughout the year, to allow for maintenance works...
    • Rural Development Plan
      424. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the manner in which the Action Plan for Rural Development will impact on County Meath; and the way in which it will affect and...
    • Chester Beatty Library
      426. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider opening up the membership list for the Chester Beatty Library which currently only has room for contributing...
    • Heritage Promotion
      428. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department expect to be in a position to continue to utilise events of a cultural and heritage nature...
    • Rural Development Plan
      429. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to provide funding for the arts at local and community level, directly or indirectly,...
    • Rural Development Policy
      430. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department have identified the primary issues of concern among community groups in rural or urban...
    • Arts Promotion
      431. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to encourage internationally the use of Ireland as a film location with obvious...
    • Heritage Sites
      432. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department is currently engaged in restoration of major historical or cultural sites throughout the country...
    • Heritage Promotion
      434. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the sector continues to attract support from philanthropists; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Archaeological Sites
      436. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which valuable archeological sites continue to be protected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4596/17]
    • Heritage Sites
      437. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which any particular historical sites or buildings in County Kildare are deemed to be at risk; the action taken or...
    • Turf Cutting
      438. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which all outstanding issues with turf cutting on the various bogs throughout the country affected by SACs and NHAs are...
    • Waterways Issues
      440. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which any outstanding contentious issues between Waterways Ireland and canal residents or canal recreational users on...
    • Buiséad Údarás na Gaeltachta
      442. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a chuirfear in iúl do na comharchumainn agus do na heagraíochtaí pobalbhunaithe eile cén...
    • Inland Fisheries Data
      443. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the studies carried out by her Department on the potential damage pike can indirectly cause to the pearl mussel population...
    • Plean Infheistíochta
      444. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé ar intinn aici airgead a chur ar fáil chun an plean infheistíochta, a comhaontaíodh idir 80...
  • Department of Health
    • Mental Health Policy
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to introduce greater awareness and prevention of mental health problems for children and young persons; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      446. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in calculation of income for the family income supplement, superannuation and the pension levy are deducted...
    • Hospital Services
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time in County Kerry for results of a post mortem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3953/17]
    • Health Services Staff
      448. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns regarding the allocation of staff at a day care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4474/17]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the commencement of Part 8 of an Act (details supplied) and when a director will be appointed. [3940/17]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      450. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a primary health care centre in Togher, Cork; when he plans to develop it; if a site has been identified; and if he will make a statement...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      451. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding respite care in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3748/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      452. 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. [3763/17]
    • Departmental Reviews
      453. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Research Board review has completed its work regarding the need to regulate the home care services sector, that is, the way in which home care...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for assessments with the early intervention team in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if all children were assessed within the target timeframe...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      458. 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. [3790/17]
    • Mental Health Awareness
      459. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide mental health classes to secondary school children; the implementation plan for this proposal; the development of the curriculum; if there...
    • Medical Card Administration
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the granting of full medical cards to children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance as announced in budget 2017; and if he will...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      461. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to have the freestyle libre device, a life-changing device for diabetics, made available through the long-term illness scheme. [3800/17]
    • Care of the Elderly
      462. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the fair deal nursing home scheme to include home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3814/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      463. To ask the Minister for Health if, further to an assessment and diagnosis by the HSE, he will provide the number of children currently awaiting the services of an occupational therapist, by...
    • Dental Services
      464. To ask the Minister for Health if the four dental vacancies in a clinic (details supplied) have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3820/17]
    • Hospital Admissions
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric social admissions being admitted to hospital for non-medical reasons, for example, while awaiting a place at a unit appropriate to the...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      466. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide for persons who suffer from macular degeneration and who would previously have used the product, MacuShield, under the discretionary...
    • Maternity Services
      467. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide statistics in relation to maternity units (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3832/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      468. To ask the Minister for Health when a hip operation will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3833/17]
    • Health Services
      470. 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. [3838/17]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      471. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the provision of a child adolescent psychiatrist in St. Luke's hospital for emergency admissions at night in view of the...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the periods of leave and or time off work taken by staff at the oncology department at Letterkenny University Hospital during 2016 and in 2017 to date, in...
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      474. To ask the Minister for Health the status of further home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3854/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      475. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which a person (details supplied) with complex special needs will be unable to access their placement in a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3868/17]
    • Hospitals Data
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons outsourced at Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Data
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting times at Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by specialty and in the wait time bands of up...
    • Hospitals Data
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on trolleys at Mercy University Hospital for each of the months of 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospitals Funding
      487. To ask the Minister for Health the operating budget for Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      489. To ask the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the total agency spend at Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent nursing positions in place at Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      495. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospitals Data
      497. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Hospital Services
      503. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatres operational at Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      505. To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects agreed and funded at Mercy University Hospital; the details and an overview of each project; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospitals Data
      509. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was initiated at Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he...
    • Medical Card Administration
      511. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3908/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      512. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his visit to the European Medicines Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3941/17]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      513. To ask the Minister for Health when a co-ordinator will be recruited for the South Inner City Drugs & Alcohol Task Force to carry out the vital work of direct provision of services and...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      514. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 319 of 16 December 2016, the status of the freestyle libre glucose monitoring system under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will...
    • Home Help Service
      515. To ask the Minister for Health when approved home help hours will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3956/17]
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      516. To ask the Minister for Health if the cost of the drug MacuShield was previously covered by the medical card scheme; if there has been any recent change to the status of MacuShield in...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of a medical card review in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HSE Investigations
      518. To ask the Minister for Health when there will be an outcome to the full system analysis review into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      520. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter with regard to the drug Respreeza (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3978/17]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages granted and the number of fair deal scheme applications granted for each of the years 2011 to 2016; and if he will make a...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the condition juvenile idiopathic arthritis, or more specifically polyarthritis, is not included on the list of conditions covered by the long term...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      523. To ask the Minister for Health if a care plan and an appropriate level of funding will be put in place immediately to cope with the ongoing difficulties in the case of a person (details...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      524. To ask the Minister for Health if a cataract operation will be arranged as a matter of urgency at WRH for a person (details supplied). [3990/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a commitment given by the HSE to a person (details supplied) that they would be given an appointment at WRH by the end of 2016 has not been honoured...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      526. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which authorities were first formally notified that the vacant consultant medical oncologist post at Letterkenny University Hospital was to become...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      527. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which authorities were first formally notified that a locum (details supplied) was to vacate the post; the date on which the locum vacated the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3996/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      529. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have an assessment of needs done under the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      530. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a psychiatrist who had been dealing with inpatient care at St. Vincent's Psychiatric Hospital, Fairview,...
    • Dental Services
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the number of schoolchildren in south Leitrim that have received a routine dental check between 1 September 2016 and 31 December 2016; the number of...
    • Ambulance Service
      532. To ask the Minister for Health the consultation process undertaken by the HSE to ensure that the public were informed regarding the changes to the operating hours of Arklow and Baltinglass...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      533. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Waterford can expect to receive services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4043/17]
    • Hospital Services
      534. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who was advised that of the entitlement to an external review of treatment received at Portiuncula Hospital has now been...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the National Treatment Purchase Fund will resume arranging the provision of hospital treatment to persons on waiting lists; and the procedure...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the entitlement of medical card holders to receive certain pieces of medical equipment (details supplied) for a lifelong condition free of charge or if this...
    • Hospitals Car Park Charges
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the revenue generated from car parking services in each public hospital in 2016; the purposes for which this money is used; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if visiting times at Cavan General Hospital can be extended (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4064/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      539. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for shoulder and wrist surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4142/17]
    • Hospital Services
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the list of services on offer at a hospital (details supplied); if there is room to utilise more of this building; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) and outline the provisions and services available to that person; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Insurance Community Rating
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the reason members of the Defence Forces whose conditions of service provide for a range of medical health care provisions equivalent to that of a private...
    • Autism Support Services
      544. To ask the Minister for Health the reason and status for a young person (details supplied) who has yet to receive a date for an ASD assessment despite HSE officials admitting that another...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      545. 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. [4187/17]
    • Autism Support Services
      549. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4191/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      550. 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. [4192/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      554. 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. [4196/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      555. 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. [4197/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      562. 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. [4204/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      563. 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. [4205/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      566. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation in Kerry University Hospital will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4208/17]
    • Hospital Charges
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of a hospital bed per night in a public hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4224/17]
    • Health Care Policy
      568. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the effect of the Health (Amendment) Act 2013 is double taxation for persons who have health insurance; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Procedures
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries performed per month, per hospital, for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      570. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive Capital Plan for 2017 will provide funding for completion of phase two of the current developments at St. Luke's Hospital,...
    • General Practitioner Services
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to reduce the cost of medical examinations for persons over 70 years of age who require a medical assessment for renewal of a driving...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      572. To ask the Minister for Health if he will abolish prescription charges for pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4283/17]
    • Mental Health Services
      573. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Letterkenny Hospital mental health unit has on at least two occasions turned away a suicidal person, one of...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      575. To ask the Minister for Health if any decision has been made in relation to the reimbursement of Respreeza; if he or his Department or HSE officials have plans to meet the patients impacted;...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      576. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision by the HSE Dublin north east appeals officer dated 4 January 2017 which states that persons (details supplied) do not qualify...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an appointment for surgery. [4352/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      578. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the establishment of a database for children born with complex needs and rare conditions; if he has considered the merit of such information...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      581. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4377/17]
    • Patient Safety
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the form he envisages the mandatory licensing will take for public and private health care facilities with reference to the Patients Safety (Licensing of...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre in Tullow, County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4395/17]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for primary speech and language services for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4396/17]
    • Hospitals Data
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient hospital cancellations at University Hospital Waterford for each of the years 2012 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      590. To ask the Minister for Health if a service level agreement exists between University Hospital Waterford, UHW, and or private and public hospitals in Cork to treat cardiac patients; if so,...
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the total agency spend at University Hospital Waterford for each of the years 2011 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4433/17]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of vacant posts in the radiology department at University Hospital Waterford, broken down by grade and title; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the €5 million allocated to develop mental health services in primary care which was spent in 2016; the number of additional staff who...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      594. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4470/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      595. To ask the Minister for Health further to his view that the waiting list for gynaecological appointments in Cork University Maternity Hospital is appalling and unacceptable, if his attention...
    • General Practitioner Services
      596. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has evaluated the impact the introduction of free general practitioner care for under sixes has had on practices around the country; and if...
    • Hospitals Funding
      597. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of extra funding that will be required to open the new emergency department in University Hospital Limerick in May 2017 as intended and to fund the...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      598. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to publish the completed national drugs strategy in view of the fact that the previous one ceased in 2016; and if prevention and recovery will...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      599. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the FEMPI cuts as applied to general practitioners were discriminatory in that they were applied to the total allowances rather than just...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      601. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to exclude medical card holders and families with coeliac disease from availing of gluten-free products under the scheme. [4532/17]
    • Hospital Services
      603. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the initiatives undertaken by the HSE and his Department following his visit to Letterkenny University Hospital; the success of these...
    • Hospital Staff
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the oncology department staffing at University Hospital Letterkenny; the impact the staffing will have on patient care in the future months both...
    • Disability Services Provision
      605. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding is available for a person (details supplied) to have a full residential placement when they turn 18 years of age in June 2017 as...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the funding which is available for a service (details supplied) especially in view of the increasing demands for its services; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Products Regulatory Authority
      607. To ask the Minister for Health when the HPRA report on the regulation of cannabis for medicinal use will be made available to Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Funding
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate emergency funding of €1.2 billion to urgently address the deficits in hospital beds, medical staffing and primary care services in...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      609. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that persons suffering from mental health problems are given full access to emergency services on a 24-7 basis in all areas and that children...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      610. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open up more minor-injury units in order to alleviate the overcrowding in accident and emergency departments. [4411/17]
    • Disability Services Provision
      611. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that in any forthcoming review by his Department, a school (details supplied) will not see any reduction in the vital services available to...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for the staff levels in child and adolescent mental health service teams in CHO 5 in 2017 to bring them closer to the target set in A...
    • Hare Coursing
      613. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE endorses hare coursing, which has been banned in many jurisdictions (details supplied); and his views on whether public moneys should be withdrawn...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff under the aegis of his Department in the clerical officer, staff officer or equivalent grade; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Afforestation Programme
      615. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of forestry that were planted since 2011, by year; and the number of hectares he anticipates being planted in...
    • Origin Green Programme
      616. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the audit system for the Origin Green scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3770/17]
    • Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme
      617. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Exchequer ultimately covers the cost of potential defaults under the new agri-loan credit fund for unsecured loans to be...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      618. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive the remainder of their single farm payment; and if he will make a...
    • GLAS Payments
      619. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3746/17]
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      621. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an oral hearing in the case of a person (details supplied) is due to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • GLAS Payments
      622. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next payment run for GLAS applicants is being made to persons who have not yet received their payment; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      623. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff currently employed in the GLAS section of his Department. [3793/17]
    • Information and Communications Technology
      624. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of investment that was made in computer IT software to facilitate the GLAS scheme and its payments; and if he will make a...
    • GLAS Payments
      625. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who have received their payment to date under the GLAS scheme. [3795/17]
    • Tuberculosis Eradication Programme Payments
      626. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of compensation payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3803/17]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      627. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3807/17]
    • GLAS Payments
      628. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3810/17]
    • GLAS Applications
      630. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an issue will be resolved in relation to a GLAS scheme application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
    • TAMS Appeals
      631. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal of a decision on an animal welfare, safety and nutrient storage scheme under a TAMS II...
    • GLAS Payments
      632. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3912/17]
    • Horse Racing Ireland
      633. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is legal to confine some Irish mares' horse races to Irish bred horses only. [3934/17]
    • Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme
      634. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date that the agriculture cash loan support scheme will become available for farmers to apply for. [3937/17]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      635. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a payment for 2012 did not issue to a person (details supplied); and when the payment will issue. [3945/17]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
      636. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person's file (details supplied) has not been sent from his Department to the Agriculture Appeals Office despite...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      637. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department can take whatever time it sees fit to send files to the Agriculture Appeals Board; and if he will make a statement...
    • Transfer of Entitlements Application
      640. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3982/17]
    • Fish Quotas
      641. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation by segment of mackerel quotas for 2017; the criteria for any proposed change; the strategy to ensure equity in this...
    • GLAS Payments
      642. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in a 2016 GLAS payment for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      643. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department has not sent a file requested by the Agriculture Appeals Office for a person (details supplied) to the...
    • Animal Disease Controls
      644. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the protocols being put in place to combat the recent cases of bird flu here; if his Department's officials have identified the...
    • Brexit Issues
      645. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his Department's negotiations in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4274/17]
    • Animal Welfare Bodies
      646. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animal welfare organisations to receive funding; the county in which they were based; the amount each received; and if...
    • GLAS Data
      647. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan that have applied for the GLAS 3 scheme; the number of applications which have...
    • Departmental Funding
      648. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding supports in place at present for sheep farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4280/17]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
      650. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers by county in receipt of the ANC payment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4285/17]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility
      651. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current criteria for the ANC payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4288/17]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      652. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the concerns of farmers in counties Cavan and Monaghan that changes to the ANC payment scheme's criteria will...
    • Deer Culls
      653. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role his Department plays in organising deer culls in areas where they are becoming common and are roaming on farmland; and if he...
    • GLAS Applications
      654. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application fro a GLAS payment by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4353/17]
    • GLAS Data
      655. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons awaiting payments under the green low carbon agri-environment schemes for 2016 in counties Sligo, Leitrim,...
    • TAMS Payments
      657. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a TAMS II payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4485/17]
    • Single Payment Scheme Data
      658. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of applications for single farm payments, by county, in each of the years from 2013 to 2016; the total value of...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
      659. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of each county which is eligible for an areas of natural constraint payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      660. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify an issue with regard to registering a newborn calf online (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      661. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a response has not yet been issued to correspondence he has received from a person (details supplied) in which the sender...
    • Live Exports
      662. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 2 February 2016, the progress which has been made to ease these restrictions since that...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      663. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff under the aegis of his Department who are clerical officers, staff officers or at equivalent grades; and if he...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Waste Management Data
      664. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of households availing of a three bin service, by local authority, in 2016 and in each of the past three...
    • National Broadband Plan Data
      665. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his role in the implementation of the national broadband plan; the number of homes in each county he expects to have 30...
    • Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
      666. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of commercial customers who have availed of the metropolitan area networks, MANs, installed in rural...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      668. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when it is expected that the latest broadband development programme can deliver the much required service in all areas...
    • Departmental Funding
      669. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for the withdrawal of funding which has caused the intergenerational learning programme for persons over 55...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      670. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress of the mobile phone and broadband taskforce; the number of times the group has met since its formation; and...
    • National Mitigation Plan
      671. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the national mitigation plan to transition to a low carbon economy; when he anticipates this will be...
    • Climate Change Policy
      672. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when his Department anticipates initiating the national dialogue on climate change; the amount of funding that has been...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      673. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he has taken to support the development of solar energy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      674. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount that was invested in the better energy programme in 2016; the amount he plans on investing in the scheme in...
    • Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Applications
      675. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 536 of 25 October 2016, the amount that has been paid on tariffs to date for...
    • Environmental Policy
      676. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the actions the Government has taken on the international emissions scandal surrounding a company (details supplied); the...
    • Tax Code
      677. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider rescinding his decision to impose a tyre levy on motorists and hauliers; if his attention has...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      679. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding broadband in an area (details supplied) and the surrounding areas; his views on whether download...
    • Energy Policy
      680. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way in which he plans to ensure the costs incurred by households which opt to heat their properties using renewable...
    • Fishing Licences
      682. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Inland Fisheries Ireland has received a fishing licence application from a club (details supplied) to permit fishing...
    • Planning Issues
      683. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the advice he would give to a person who is subjected to constant smoke in their garden and through their windows from a...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      684. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when high quality, high speed broadband will become available in the area of Boycetown Court, Kilcock, County Kildare...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      686. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the indicative time in which ComReg undertook to him to launch a website showing national mobile coverage; and if he will...
    • National Broadband Plan
      687. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated completion dates of the remaining stages of the environmental assessments and related environmental...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      688. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has issued a policy or other direction to ComReg under the Communications Regulation Act 2002 in relation to the...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      689. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when his Department will publish an updated spectrum policy document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4383/17]
    • National Broadband Plan
      695. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the area to be covered by the national broadband scheme will have to be modified in view of recent increases of...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Marine Safety
      696. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is compulsory for all boat users to complete a course and test in order to be provided with a licence to take to the water; and if...
    • Rural Transport Services
      698. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposals his Department is working on in conjunction with the NTA to deliver on action points 250 to 254 of the action plan for...
    • Regional Airports
      699. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work his Department has carried out to date regarding the investment of €10 million in regional airports, in particular...
    • Public Transport
      703. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the Luas extension; the improvements to transport in the Dublin 15 and Dublin 7 areas to connect with the Broombridge...
    • Railway Stations
      704. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he, his Department and the NTA need to take with a specific relevant timeline to facilitate the opening of Kishogue railway...
    • National Transport Authority
      705. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the National Transport Authority's implementation of its published transport strategy for the GDA in view of the...
    • Traffic Management
      706. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific actions he and his Department will take in conjunction with the NTA in 2017 to address the increasing congestion in Dublin...
    • Road Safety
      707. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new action he, his Department and the Road Safety Authority have specifically taken in the past six months to address the issue of...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      708. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that is being allocated in 2017 for the N5, N26 and N58 roads. [3839/17]
    • Road Projects Status
      709. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a road project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3939/17]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      710. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide further funding to local authorities in County Cavan in order that a dangerous junction (details supplied) in County...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      711. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish the full details of the exact scoring and weighting system in place to determine the way funding under the 2017 sports...
    • Driving Licences
      712. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1801 of 16 September 2016, the progress made to date in connection with the conversion of Irish...
    • Disability Services Provision
      713. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend legislation in order that wheelchair users have a legal right to use the wheelchair spaces provided by service providers...
    • Search and Rescue Service Provision
      714. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions which have been made for the establishment of a grant aid scheme for underwater search and recovery as set out in section...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      715. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allocate funding to Kilkenny County Council under the specific improvement grant scheme or the non-national strategic...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      717. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans his Department has developed or is in the process of developing to address the issue of excessive quotes for wheelchair access...
    • Tourism Employment Data
      718. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the body under the aegis of his Department which oversees and has responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy...
    • Departmental Funding
      720. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding which was provided by his Department toward the construction of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Tourism Funding
      721. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that was allocated by his Department to Kildare in 2015 and 2016 for tourism and hospitality training; and if he...
    • Olympic Council of Ireland
      722. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made by the inquiry into practices in the Olympic Council of Ireland; if he has received an interim report or updated...
    • Bus Éireann
      723. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a summary of the plan that was presented to his Department in early 2016 from Bus Éireann regarding the...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      725. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the changes which can be expected from the Road Traffic (PRüM Decisions) Bill; and if a date has been agreed as to when the Bill...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      726. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a Bus Éireann Expressway service (details supplied) is being withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4448/17]
    • Severe Weather Events Expenditure
      727. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria that were used by his Department in deciding the allocations for the severe weather regional and local road funding in 2016;...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      729. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to complete a road improvement at a junction (details supplied). [4466/17]
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      733. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of exact funding approved for the Coonagh to Knockalisheen road in Limerick as part of his announcement on 24 January 2017....
    • Invasive Plant Species
      734. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to his funding announcement on 24 January 2017, the amount each local authority will receive to deal with eradicating Japanese...
    • Road Network
      735. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detail of exact funding approved for the repairs to a bridge (details supplied); and if he will request Limerick County Council to...
    • Sports Funding
      736. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grants or other forms of financial assistance available to soccer clubs with amateur status. [4636/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      738. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff under the aegis of his Department in the clerical officer, staff officer or equivalent grade; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Copyright Legislation Review
      739. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will undertake a full review of the rights of artists here including a thorough examination of existing copyright laws and the...
    • Health and Safety
      740. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the advice she would provide to a person who has had an accident in work due to lax health and safety practices and is dissatisfied...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      741. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason it is taking up to eight months for persons to have their cases scheduled for hearings under the Equality and Redundancy...
    • Ticket Touting
      742. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action she is taking to prevent the exploitation of consumers by ticket touts and to ensure equitable access to tickets for...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      743. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of Enterprise Ireland companies per county that have an unlimited structure, in tabular form; the total number of...
    • Local Enterprise Offices Establishment
      745. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider, as part of a collective response to the Brexit result, revisiting the proposals relating to setting up a local...
    • Employment Rights
      746. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has examined payment policies and their impact on employees, for example, when employees are paid monthly and begin a new job...
    • IDA Data
      747. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of foreign direct investment supported jobs in, created in and lost respectively in the Shannon Free Zone in each of the...
    • Commercial Rates Impact
      748. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department or a body under its aegis has undertaken any research on the costs imposed on small to medium businesses of...
    • Education and Training Provision
      749. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated to the counties of Roscommon and Galway in 2015 and 2016;...
    • IDA Site Visits
      752. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA visits for potential foreign direct investment for counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Clare, Galway, Offaly, Laois,...
    • Skills Development
      753. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Skills Ireland is charged with responsibility and oversight for the hospitality and tourism skills development policy; the measures...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      754. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the details of meetings she has had with promoters of a facility (details supplied); if she will elaborate on...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      755. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff under the aegis of her Department in the clerical officer, staff officer or equivalent grade; and if she will make...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • School Discipline
      756. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of post-primary first year pupil suspensions by individual school in County Louth for the school years 2014-15 and 2015-16 and...
    • Child Care Services Data
      768. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of subsidised places in child care available annually since 2011, in tabular form. [3756/17]
    • Child Care Costs
      769. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has commenced the independent review of the cost of providing quality child care in private and community settings; and...
    • Programme for Government Initiatives
      770. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the national parenting support plan that was promised in the programme for partnership Government document; and the date by...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      771. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures her Department is taking to broaden parental choice for child care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3760/17]
    • Area Based Childhood Programme
      772. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she is taking to support and expand the ABC scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3762/17]
    • Commercial Rates Impact
      773. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to tackle the ongoing issue of high commercial rates within the child care sector for private operators in view of the fact that...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      774. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total sum of money that will be available to her Department from dormant account funding for 2017; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Refugee Data
      776. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1709 to 1712, inclusive, of 17 January 2017, if she will provide a breakdown of the costs quoted;...
    • Domestic Violence Services Funding
      777. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding a group (details supplied) received in 2016; and the amount it should expect to receive in 2017 and when. [4292/17]
    • Children in Care
      778. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that have been taken into care and whose parents are homeless in each of the past four years; and if she will make a...
    • Child Care Services
      779. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the recent announcement in budget 2017, that Garda vetted, first aid trained and tax compliant child...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      780. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff under the aegis of her Department in the clerical officer, staff officer or equivalent grade; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      781. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding former officers of the Defence Forces who wish to rejoin; the criteria that must be met if an officer wishes to rejoin;...
    • Military Medals
      782. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider awarding a 1916 medal to a person (details supplied). [4014/17]
    • Naval Service Staff
      783. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has made a decision on the payment of a further allowance to Naval Service personnel serving on the humanitarian mission in the...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      784. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that residential properties in the Curragh Camp do not have meter point reference numbers which...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      785. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff under the aegis of his Department in the clerical officer, staff officer or equivalent grade; and if he will make a...

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