Written answers
Thursday, 2 February 2017
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
9. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to end the unacceptable delays in the payment to eligible participants of moneys due from the GLAS and AEOS...
- Agriculture Schemes
10. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the provision of low cost funding for farmers; the number of farmers he expects that will benefit from the new...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 payments who have received 85% of their total 2016 payment in County...
- GLAS Payments
17. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of delayed GLAS payments for 2016 to farmers in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and the reason for same. [4850/17]
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the process of reviewing qualifying areas for the areas of natural constraint scheme; if his Department has completed...
- Brexit Issues
19. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to protect the agri-food market in view of Brexit and in view of the fact that recent reports stated that...
- Fishing Industry Development
20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if fisheries will be a priority for the Government in view of the recent submissions and presentations to the Joint Committee on...
- Commonage Framework Plans
21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the commonage implementation committee will meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4852/17]
- Farm Inspections
22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farms selected for remote sensing eligibility inspections in 2016; the way in which they were selected; the length of...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility
23. 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 leave...
- Pesticide Use
24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has read the recent revised risk assessment by the US Environmental Protection Agency regarding the use of chlorpyrifos, which...
- Beef Industry
25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on reports that there are approximately 2,000 extra cattle to be killed every week here; his plans to deal with the...
- Brexit Issues
26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in the context of the recent announcement by the British Prime Minister which indicates the UK's attitude to Brexit negotiations,...
- Sheepmeat Sector
27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers with breeding ewes who have made applications for the sheep welfare scheme; if his Department has plans to...
- Young Farmers Scheme
28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the plan to deal with the forgotten farmers as outlined in the programme for Government will be implemented and up and running...
- Milk Supply Regulation
29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers nationwide and particularly in counties Cavan and Monaghan will receive payment in phase 1 of the milk reduction scheme;...
- GLAS Payments
30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the appropriate instruction to his Department to pay farmers manually for the period which they are owed and in...
- Brexit Issues
31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's work regarding Brexit; the areas being focused on; the meetings that have taken place; and if he will make a...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria being used in an Irish context to determine which areas will be designated as areas of natural constraint and the...
- Cereal Sector
33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will introduce crisis aid funding to tillage farmers who had their crop destroyed due to severe weather in 2016; and if he...
- Agrifood Sector
34. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the €2 million allocation to Bord Bia for 2017; his further views on whether this amount will allow the board to...
- Food Marketing Programme
35. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to establish new markets and extend existing markets for the food industry throughout the European...
- Poultry Industry
36. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the possibility of a vaccination programme for commercial poultry against avian influenza; and if so, his plans...
- Young Farmers Scheme
37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to permit young farmers who are under 40 years of age, but who...
- Sheepmeat Sector
38. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sheep imported from Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively for 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
- Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the input his Department is making to the public consultation about to commence on the CAP post-2020; and if he will make a statement...
- Environmental Policy
40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reduce packaging on meat and dairy products on sale in supermarkets and local grocers here as has occurred in other...
- Food Marketing Programme
41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his Department has assessed the market potential for food and food products globally with a view to identifying...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Common Travel Area
42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legal basis of the common travel area between Ireland and the United Kingdom and its relationship with EU law; and if she will make a...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a review of the cost involved in applying for Garda vetting in cases of persons proving voluntary services and persons making...
- Magdalen Laundries Report
44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has ordered an investigation into the serious issue of gaps in the affidavits provided by her Department to the courts regarding the...
- Ground Rents Abolition
45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will give consideration to the implementation of measures to deal with issues that have arisen in an area (details supplied); and if she...
- Citizenship Applications
46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); the timeframe for the application to be processed; and if she will...
- Garda Deployment
47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda numbers in the R district, Dublin North for each of the years 2010 to 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5032/17]
- Garda Districts
54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the closing date for any submissions on the review of the boundaries of the Garda districts and the dispersal of Garda stations. [5044/17]
- Garda Recruitment
55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date for the next recruitment phase to An Garda Síochána; the number of personnel to be recruited; and if she will make a statement...
- Property Registration
56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a property registration application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5080/17]
- Jury Service
57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a gender balance on juries; the steps she will take to ensure same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5089/17]
- Garda Stations
58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the new Garda regional and divisional headquarters at Murrough, Renmore, Galway city, will be completed and fully operational; and if it...
- Legislative Programme
60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the mortgages special court Bill/courts (mortgage arrears) Bill, which had been due to undergo pre-legislative scrutiny in...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can have a decision taken previously in their case re-examined with a view to determination as to whether all...
- Leave to Remain
62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all documentation required in the case of a person (details supplied) has been received in the relevant section of her Department; and if she...
- Residency Permits
63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 8 December 2016, if she will review the residency position in the case of a person (details supplied);...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will re-examine the case in respect of the deportation of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5127/17]
- Residency Permits
65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 55 of 24 November 2016 and 203 of 26 April 2016, if the case will be urgently reviewed with a view to...
- Naturalisation Certificates
67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to correct an error in the certificate of naturalisation granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Family Reunification Applications
68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an original birth certificate submitted with an application for family reunification will be returned in the case of a person (details...
- Residency Permits
69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all requested documentation has been received in respect of an application for residency and naturalisation in the case of a person (details...
- Naturalisation Applications
70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Residency Permits
71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when stamp 4 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5145/17]
- Naturalisation Applications
73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Family Reunification Applications
74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in respect of family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Crime Data
75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bicycles reported stolen in the Dublin region in 2016; the number of these bicycles retrieved by An Garda Síochána; the...
- Garda Reserve
76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserve members on duty nationally and in Dublin during December 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5221/17]
- Ministerial Communications
77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she and any Minister of State in her Department uses a personal e-mail account for work purposes; the security controls that are in place...
- Commencement of Legislation
78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts, coming wholly or partly under the auspices of her Department or for the commencement of which...
- Family Reunification Policy
79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether an INIS requirement that a sponsor (details supplied) who lives here must be earning over €60,000 per year after tax,...
- Garda Stations
80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Garda stations in the County Donegal Garda division; the number of these stations that have the PULSE database system...
- Inspector of Prisons
81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the position of Inspector of Prisons will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5293/17]
- Prison Deaths
82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the fact that five inmates died in custody in 2016; when the inquests are likely to be held; when the numbers who died while on...
- Prisoner Gratuity Payments
83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the payment of allowances to prisoners who are not in prison but are still in custody, for example, in long-term hospital care; and...
- Department of Finance
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
84. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appeal applications in respect of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concession, in tabular form in 2016; the number of...
- European Financial Forum
85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his recent engagement at the European Financial Forum in Dublin. [4582/17]
- National Payments Plan Implementation
86. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress being made with the implementation of recommendations in the national payments plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5092/17]
- Mortgage Data
90. To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of mortgages currently in arrears that are also in negative equity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5102/17]
- Mortgage Arrears Rate
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of borrowers in mortgage arrears of over 720 days who have not engaged with their lenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5104/17]
- Banking Sector
93. To ask the Minister for Finance if his consent is required for the sale by a bank (details supplied) of certain non-performing loan books; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5109/17]
- European Banking Authority
94. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has held with the European Banking Authority with regard to a possible relocation to Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mortgage Data
95. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage accounts identified by a bank (details supplied) in which the customer has been wrongly denied a tracker rate; the number of mortgage...
- Departmental Communications
99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and any Minister of State under his Department uses a personal e-mail account for work purposes; the security controls that are in place relating to the...
- Commencement of Legislation
100. To ask the Minister for Finance the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts, coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department, or for the commencement of which his...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Skills Development
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body that has overall responsibility and oversight for hospitality and tourism skills development policy; and if he will make a...
- Technological Universities
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of the stakeholders whom a person (details supplied) identified and met as part of the announcement in November 2014 of a new process...
- School Equipment
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a request for specialised equipment and furniture for a new extension for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Psychological Assessments
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists available on the SCPA scheme over each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Transport Appeals
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals made to the school transport appeals board over each of the past ten years, by county, in tabular form; the number of...
- Teachers' Professional Development
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had negotiations with the leadership of the INTO regarding the directive to refuse to participate with the Droichead programme and the...
- Brexit Issues
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main concerns of the education sector as discussed in the sectoral dialogues on Brexit; the steps his Department proposes to take in...
- School Curriculum
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to roll out the politics and society subject in secondary schools; the timeframe for same; if the subject will be available in all...
- EU Funding
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools and other educational institutions or programmes in receipt of INTERREG funding; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Procurement Contracts Data
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of procurement contracts over each of the past five years over a value of or equivalent to €25,000 that have been awarded by...
- Teacher Recruitment
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the areas in which teacher supply is an issue; and the actions his Department will take as a result of the report prepared by the Teaching...
- Programme for Government Initiatives
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in the review of adult and further education referenced in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Insurance Coverage
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been a directive issued by his Department in respect of the preference for a company (details supplied) as an insurance provider for...
- Psychological Assessments
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 19 October 2016, if he will provide similar data in respect of the number of assessments only, as...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which resource hours are to be allocated to primary and post-primary schools as per changes to the scheme announced recently; if the...
- Student Universal Support Ireland
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a higher education grant is available in respect of a third level college place in the case of a person (detail supplied); and if he will make...
- Apprenticeship Data
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices, including traineeships, projected to be in training by employment sector and subsector, in each of the years 2017 to...
- International Education
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget set aside by his Department or any other Department for 2017 for the promotion of Ireland and Dublin as a base for the education of...
- Departmental Communications
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or any Minister of State in his Department uses a personal e-mail account for work purposes; the security controls that are in place...
- Commencement of Legislation
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts, coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department, or for the commencement of which...
- Supervision and Substitution Scheme
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if supervision of lunchtime detention can be counted as part of a full-time permanent teacher's class contact hours requirement for the purpose...
- School Equipment
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if community and comprehensive schools are required to appoint an external person or body to audit, verify and assess school equipment such as...
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of applications to the mortgage to rent scheme that were or have not been completed since the...
- Private Rented Accommodation Evictions
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the most recent figures for cases of evictions in County Waterford; the action he is taking to prevent families from...
- Social and Affordable Housing Applications Data
145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the original date of application for each application for social housing made to his Department; the number of units...
- Departmental Reports
146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the report from the expert panel established to investigate problems that have emerged with concrete block work...
- Control of Dogs
147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 511 and 513 of 17 January 2017, if he will clarify that if a conflict exists...
- Private Rented Accommodation
148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce measures to address the issue of landlords seeking bids on advertised rents from prospective...
- Rent Controls
149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to publish all reports and related documentation received by him from the Residential Tenancies Board and...
- Departmental Funding
150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department spent its full capital allocation of €505 million for 2016; and if he will make a statement...
- Foreshore Licence Applications
151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the names and the relevant qualifications of the members of the marine licence vetting committee tasked with...
- Rent Controls
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that all of a town (details supplied) in County Cork is included in the extension of the rent...
- Wastewater Treatment Facilities Inspections
154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider granting special permission to an authority to carry out an inspection (details supplied). [5118/17]
- Rental Sector
155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his Department's guidelines and regulations for a company (details supplied); the timeframe for the working group to...
- Departmental Communications
156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he and any Minister of State under his Department uses a personal e-mail account for work purposes; the security...
- Commencement of Legislation
157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts, coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department, or...
- Department of Social Protection
- Pension Provisions
158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures he has planned to protect persons who have been contributing to a defined benefit pension over their lifetime whose employers are now...
- Unemployment Levels
159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his targets to reduce long-term unemployment in terms of specific numbers and percentages in each of the years to 2020; the measures that will be...
- Youth Unemployment
160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his targets to reduce long-term youth unemployment in terms of specific numbers and percentages in each of the years to 2020; the measures that will...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the qualifying criteria and eligibility conditions for a person that wishes to participate in a community employment scheme who is over 55 years of...
- Occupational Injuries Benefit Applications
162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for disability benefit in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4947/17]
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to adjust the system whereby a person (details supplied) who was self-employed is not entitled to the same benefits as a PAYE employee;...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in each local authority who are in receipt of rent support, in tabular form; the number of those persons in each local...
- Labour Activation Measures
171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5048/17]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal over a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5050/17]
- Community Employment Schemes Places
173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reduce the number of community employment scheme members for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5051/17]
- Public Services Card Provision
174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a new public service card will issue a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5059/17]
- Disability Allowance Applications
175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5086/17]
- Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to extend entitlement to jobseeker's benefit to persons who have paid S-class contributions in the relevant year for assessment of...
- Invalidity Pension Eligibility
178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to extend entitlement to invalidity pension to persons who have paid S-class contributions in the relevant year for assessment of...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for withdrawal of a carer's allowance and the household benefits package in the case of a person (details supplied); when payment is...
- Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent supplement and jobseeker's allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Child Benefit Payments
181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding payment of child benefit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5130/17]
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review eligibility for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will arrange for the urgent re-evaluation of an application for rent support in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Exceptional Needs Payments
184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) to facilitate unforeseen costs associated with housing...
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a back to education allowance is payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5138/17]
- Social Welfare Overpayments
186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5143/17]
- Family Income Supplement Eligibility
187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for a FIS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5146/17]
- Jobseeker's Benefit Applications
188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when jobseeker's benefit will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5148/17]
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance
189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a basic social welfare payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5150/17]
- Disability Allowance Applications
190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5222/17]
- Disability Allowance Appeals
192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5224/17]
- Disability Allowance Payments
193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5225/17]
- Disability Allowance Applications
194. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5228/17]
- Disability Allowance Appeals
195. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5229/17]
- Invalidity Pension Applications
196. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5230/17]
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5232/17]
- Invalidity Pension Applications
198. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5233/17]
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
199. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5234/17]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
200. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5235/17]
- Departmental Communications
210. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he or any Minister of State under his Department uses a personal e-mail account for work purposes; the security controls in place regarding the...
- Commencement of Legislation
211. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts, coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department, or for the commencement of which his...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- International Election Monitoring
212. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the number of election observers sent will be increased or at least maintained at the level of 2016; his views on whether the overall...
- Brexit Issues
213. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he expects Irish citizens to be able to continue to work in the United Kingdom following the United Kingdom's exit from the EU; and if he...
- Immigration Policy
214. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on President Trump's executive order on immigration; the steps he is taking to ensure legal representation is provided to persons...
- Departmental Communications
215. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or any Minister of State under his Department uses a personal e-mail account for work purposes; the security controls in place...
- Commencement of Legislation
216. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts, coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department, or for the commencement of...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Prevention Measures
217. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has plans to address the yearly flooding issues of the Owenmore river in Collooney in County Sligo, in accordance with the...
- Oireachtas Members' Remuneration
218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 729 of 17 January 2017, if he will confirm that this includes Independent Deputies now serving as...
- Public Sector Pay
221. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date that the public sector pay commission will report on its findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5096/17]
- Departmental Bodies Establishment
222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a national infrastructure commission; if this will form part of the capital plan review; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Communications
223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he and any Minister of State under his Department use a personal e-mail account for work purposes; the security controls that are in...
- Commencement of Legislation
224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts, coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department, or for the commencement...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Communications
225. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she and any Minister of State under her Department use a personal e-mail account for work purposes; the security controls that are...
- Commencement of Legislation
226. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts, coming wholly or partly under the auspices of her Department, or for the...
- Department of Health
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have applied for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concession, in tabular form in 2016; the number of successful...
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
228. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has factored the potential €700 million liability into its expenditure forecasts which is due to hospital consultants regarding...
- Food Safety Standards Inspections
229. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which continuous monitoring of food and food imports exists with a view to ensuring compliance with Irish and EU standards; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
230. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) is immediately admitted for assessment to the orthopaedic unit in the Midland Regional...
- Medicinal Products Data
231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 25 biosimilar medicines approved for use by the European Medicines Agency that are currently marketed and in use here; if he is satisfied...
- Medicinal Products Supply
232. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the uptake and usage of biosimilar medicines in health care relative to European usage rates; the specific measures he has taken to...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
233. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional staff that will be recruited or are planned to be recruited in the State's primary care centres in 2017; the additional staff that...
- Respite Care Services Provision
234. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of increasing the number of day respite sessions from 41,000 to 51,000 and from 182,000 to 205,000 respectively; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Provision
235. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement schemes to support persons with Parkinson's disease. [4960/17]
- Maternity Services Provision
236. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 25 January 2017, the reason the anomaly scan cannot be introduced as a matter of urgency at Cavan General Hospital...
- Ministerial Meetings
237. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to meet a person (details supplied) to discuss various issues pertaining to their case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4963/17]
- Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
238. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a board to deal with the registration of podiatry and chiropody professionals under the umbrella of CORU; his views on the fact that...
- Primary Care Centres Data
239. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres opened in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and the centres he expects to open in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
- Home Care Packages Data
240. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages that his Department and the HSE provided in each of the years 2012 to 2016; the number it is intended to provide in 2017, in...
- Respite Care Services Provision
241. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the current lack of respite beds for adults in north Kerry in view of the fact all places are being used for residential care; when the four-bed...
- Hospital Appointments Status
242. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4982/17]
- Respite Care Services
243. To ask the Minister for Health the status of respite care funding in north Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4983/17]
- Medicinal Products Availability
244. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will put in place to reduce waiting times for multiple sclerosis sufferers who require assessment as responders to fampridine, based on a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
246. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in University Hospital Kerry in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
247. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to adjust the eligibility criteria for the long-term illness scheme to include conditions such as osteoporosis, in view of the high costs associated...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
248. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which a person (details supplied) was assessed in the course of the determination of means in respect of their spouse's application under the fair...
- Health Services Provision
249. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the national epilepsy service; his views on whether a seven-day service would be more appropriate than the current service; the supports and...
- Hospital Procedures
250. To ask the Minister for Health the reason hip operations have been cancelled at Tullamore Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5027/17]
- Disability Services Provision
251. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to remedy the fact that south Tipperary is in breach of the statutory entitlement regarding assessment of needs for children under the...
- Maternity Services Provision
252. To ask the Minister for Health when the group clinical director for women and child health will be appointed for the South-South West Hospitals Group, SSWHG; if that person will have a...
- Disability Services Funding
253. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will outline their needs in respect of their budgetary requirements. [5054/17]
- Maternity Services Provision
254. To ask the Minister for Health if all pregnant women here have access to a foetal anomaly scan; and the number of foetal anomaly scans relative to actual births for every individual...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
255. To ask the Minister for Health if a spinal bed or a wide bed can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5061/17]
- Hospitals Funding
256. To ask the Minister for Health the annual budget allocated to Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2007 to 2016, in tabular form; and the amounts of money returned and...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
257. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide an additional full endocrinologist team at Letterkenny University Hospital to support patients with type 1 diabetes and to complement the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
258. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times at Letterkenny University Hospital for recall and review appointments for type 1 diabetes patients in a number of categories (details...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
259. To ask the Minister for Health the additional clinical nurse specialist posts in diabetes care for adults approved for recruitment at Letterkenny University Hospital; if the posts have yet...
- Hospitals Funding
261. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that will be provided in the 2017 HSE capital programme in respect of a project (details supplied) which requires additional facilities due to...
- Medical Card Applications
262. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied) [5084/17]
- Motorised Transport Grant Closure
263. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of a new motorised transport grant; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5097/17]
- Medicinal Products Licensing
264. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland can now reassess its position with regard to supplying Ampligen for patients suffering from myalgic encephalomyelitis, ME, due to the distribution...
- Medical Card Applications
265. 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. [5141/17]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
266. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has reviewed the asset calculation methodology for the fair deal scheme relating to property by allowing applicants to use the local property tax...
- EU Bodies
267. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his meetings and discussions with the European Medicines Agency and his EU colleagues with regard to its possible relocation to Dublin; and if he...
- Misuse of Drugs
268. To ask the Minister for Health whether all sections of the Misuse of Drugs Act 2016 have been commenced; if so, the date on which they commenced; and the impact to date of this legislation...
- Hospital Services
269. To ask the Minister for Health if the mobile catheterisation laboratory announced for Waterford University Hospital is currently under ownership of the Health Service Executive or if it is...
- Maternity Services Provision
270. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, as per the national maternity strategy and safe motherhood, every mother should have a dating scan and a full...
- Departmental Communications
271. To ask the Minister for Health if he and any Minister of State in his Department use a personal e-mail account for work purposes; the security controls in place relating to the use of...
- Commencement of Legislation
272. To ask the Minister for Health to identify the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts, coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department, or for the commencement of which...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
273. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request Cork University Hospital to provide an alternative outpatient ophthalmology clinic appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
274. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to streamline surrogacy laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5296/17]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Fisheries Protection
275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the action he will take to mitigate harm caused by supertrawlers on fishing communities in view of a recent documentary...
- GLAS Applications
276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 24 January 2017 to set out the status of an appeal for a person (details supplied); and...
- GLAS Payments
278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the status of a GLAS payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Afforestation Programme
279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the position regarding his Department demanding clawback from persons who, with the aid of forestry companies, in some...
- TAMS Applications
280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of an application for the TAMS 2 scheme by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Schemes
281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether grants to help young farmers buy meal bins for suckler cows under the young farmer scheme and TAMS scheme will be included in...
- Food Exports
282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the extent to which he continues to seek out new markets for food and food products both inside and outside the EU; and if...
- Agriculture Industry
287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which prospects and prices to the producer in the beef, dairy, lamb, pig meat and poultry sectors remain positive; and...
- Agrifood Sector
288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which deer farming and the production of venison remains a viable enterprise; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Industry
289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which his Department monitors the costs of farm inputs such as fertilisers; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Cattle Herd Data
290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which the national bovine herd including the dairy sector has fluctuated over the past five years and the prospects for...
- Animal Slaughtering Standards
291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which adequate slaughtering facilities remain readily available to meet the needs of beef, lamb and pig producers; and...
- GLAS Payments
292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5162/17]
- GLAS Data
293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 who have received 85% of their total 2016 payment, by county, in tabular...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data
294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons in receipt of AEOS who have received their total 2016 payment, by county, in tabular form; the number of...
- Departmental Staff Recruitment
295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of full-time and part-time staff hired since 1 January 2017 in his Department and in each State agency under his...
- Departmental Staff Data
296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of staff requested by his Department and in each State body under his auspices, in the 2012 to 2016 period on an...
- Basic Payment Scheme Data
297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of 2016 BPS applicants per county; the total amount of expenditure in payments per county in 2016; and if he will...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of participants in the areas of natural constraint scheme per county; the total number of hectares currently...
- Agrifood Sector
299. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent acquisition of a cheese processing plant in Cheshire by a body (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Brexit Issues
300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether, as Brexit draws closer, further commercial investments by Irish agrifood businesses will prioritise basing...
- Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make an allocation for 2016 and 2017 for young farmers under the national reserve scheme; when he will announce the...
- Dairy Sector
302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on reported labour shortages in the dairy sector; the policy steps being taken to deal with this by the Government; his...
- GLAS Data
303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of commonage farmers by county in tabular form; the total number of commonage farmers who have applied to GLAS 1, 2...
- Commonage Management Plans
304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of commonage farmers who have completed a commonage management plan, CMP, by county in tabular form; the total...
- GLAS Data
305. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of commonages under GLAS 1 and 2 that have no planner approved to complete a commonage management plan by county in...
- GLAS Applications
306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to facilitate all commonage farmers who wish to submit an application to GLAS by the extended...
- Farms Data
307. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of suckler beef farmers per county in tabular form; the number of suckler farmers enrolled in the BDGP, beef data...
- GLAS Payments
309. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5215/17]
- Departmental Correspondence
310. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and any Minister of State under his Department use a personal e-mail account for work purposes; the security controls that are...
- Commencement of Legislation
311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Acts, or sections or other provisions of Acts, coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department, or for the...
- Forestry Sector
312. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking to alleviate local concerns over the planning of forestry and planting in County Leitrim; and if he will...
- Laboratory Facilities
313. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of laboratory services to meet the needs of all sectors including...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- National Broadband Plan Administration
314. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a liaison person in his Department to whom public representatives can submit broadband queries on behalf of...
- Third Level Courses Availability
315. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the funding for the intergenerational learning programme in DCU, Dublin City University, has been withdrawn;...
- Broadband Service Provision
316. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he is taking to speed up the rolling out of high-speed broadband into communities in which there is currently...
- EU Bodies
319. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received any correspondence or had discussions with his UK counterpart with regard to the UK's ongoing...
- Energy Infrastructure
320. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the ESB's proposed smart metering project and the tendering system for same; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Communications
321. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he and any Minister of State under his Department use a personal e-mail account for work purposes; the security...
- Commencement of Legislation
322. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts, coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department, or for...
- Gas Networks Ireland
323. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Gas Networks Ireland has carried out a cost-benefit analysis on extending the line from Listowel to Tralee, County...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Improvement Schemes
324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider granting additional funding to Offaly County Council in order to carry out a road restructuring programme in respect...
- Tourism Funding
325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that was allocated to the Dún Laoghaire constituency for tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and...
- Traffic Management
326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the multiple submissions made by an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Regional Road Network
327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money allocated to the rehabilitation of Curraheen Bridge as part of the 2017 investment programme. [5057/17]
- National Driver Licensing Service
328. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the NDLS provide a reply to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5072/17]
- Taxi Data
329. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of enforcement officers working nationally with the taxi enforcement officers. [5112/17]
- Appointments to State Boards
333. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the frequency with which he has met the Taxi Advisory Committee since his appointment as Minister. [5116/17]
- Regional Road Network
335. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a dangerous junction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5122/17]
- Human Rights
336. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the requirements under the Aviation (Preclearance) Act 2009 to enforce President Trump's executive order on immigration; the...
- Road Network
339. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to supply capital investment for the extension of the N81 route from Tallaght to the border with County Wicklow; and if he will...
- Departmental Communications
340. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and any Minister of State under his Department uses a personal e-mail account for work purposes; the security controls that are in...
- Commencement of Legislation
341. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts, coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department, or for the commencement...
- Vehicle Registration Data
342. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new vehicles purchased and registered here between 2008 and 2016, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Haulage Industry Regulation
343. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will delay the implementation of the maximum regulatory weight laden limit for five or more axle non-articulated trucks to allow...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Brexit Issues
345. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the work her Department is engaged in to allow the Government to be in a position to provide State aid to businesses that directly and...
- Industrial Development
346. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to ensure that Cavan town is considered by IDA Ireland for the location of a project (details supplied); and if she will...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
347. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of staff in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement for each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in...
- Industrial Development
348. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of IDA plans to find land suitable for new data centres; the number of sites in each county that are being considered, in...
- IDA Data
349. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons employed under the IDA’s winning abroad programme over 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form;...
- Trade Agreements
351. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if World Trade Organisation rules will apply between the EU and the UK in the event that a trade deal between the UK and the EU is not...
- Departmental Staff Data
353. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of full-time and part-time staff hired since 1 January 2017; the number of these staff hires recruited specifically...
- State Bodies Accounts
358. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date on which the Comptroller and Auditor General last audited the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Communications
359. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she and any Minister of State under her Department use a personal e-mail account for work purposes; the security controls in place...
- Commencement of Legislation
360. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts, coming wholly or partly under the auspices of her Department, or for the...
- Legislative Programme
361. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she will publish promised legislation which is to be a priority for the Government to resolve anomalies in the Companies Act 2014...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Protection
362. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the national child care information system will be fully rolled out in the Dublin region; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
363. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the current exemption from commercial rates which a child care service that offers only the early childhood care and education scheme...
- Departmental Communications
365. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she and any Minister of State under her Department use a personal e-mail account for work purposes; the security controls in place...
- Commencement of Legislation
366. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts, coming wholly or partly under the auspices of her Department, or for the commencement of...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Communications
367. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he and any Minister of State under his Department use a personal e-mail account for work purposes; the security controls in place relating to...
- Commencement of Legislation
368. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts, coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department, or for the commencement of which...
- Military Uniforms
369. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason members of the Reserve Defence Force wore the peak cap during the 1916 commemorations, in tandem with their Permanent Defence Force...
