Written answers

Tuesday, 7 February 2017

  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Ministerial Meetings
      42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the engagement he has had with the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund in relation to fossil fuel investment; the engagement...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when his Department first announced plans to introduce the awaited national broadband plan; the dates on which various...
    • Inland Fisheries Stocks
      50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of any research that has been carried out by Inland Fisheries Ireland to determine the factors affecting...
    • Electric Vehicles
      51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to increase the uptake of electric vehicles here; his views on whether they are sufficient to meet...
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      52. 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....
    • Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
      53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will publish the report of the recent audit of the metropolitan area networks. [5737/17]
    • Irish Water
      55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the proposed plans by Irish Water to pipe water from the River Shannon at...
    • National Mitigation Plan
      56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the development of the alternative energy sector in line with current and future requirements in view of the...
    • North-South Interconnector
      58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the North-South interconnector project in view of Brexit; his plans to protect the single electricity market...
    • Climate Change Policy
      59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken by his Department to ensure Ireland's commitments under the Paris Agreement are met in view of the...
    • RTE Staff
      60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the potential conflict of interest whereby members of the board of the national broadcaster are also major...
    • Programme for Government Initiatives
      61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the detail of the programme for government commitments relating to improving mobile phone coverage; the timetable for...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to ensure the proposed price increases being charged by waste collection companies on the...
    • Official Engagements
      63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the engagement he has had with his counterpart and officials in the new US Administration; and if there have been any...
    • North-South Interconnector
      64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of the widespread concerns in communities in counties Monaghan, Cavan and Meath and reflected in statements by...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Expenditure
      65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated costs of including grant aid for window replacement in the better energy programme; if an interdepartmental...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a domestic renewable heat incentive alongside the introduction of the industrial renewal heat...
    • Climate Change Policy
      69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the findings of an organisation (details supplied) which states that Ireland has...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the outcome of any discussions he has had with EirGrid on major projects it proposes to undertake over the coming years;...
    • Hydraulic Fracturing
      71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the findings of the EPA-led joint research programme on the impacts of hydraulic fracturing on the...
    • National Broadband Plan Data
      72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons in his Department working on the national broadband plan, including their qualifications and...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if all premises covered by the national broadband plan will be connected by 2020; if he is satisfied with the download...
    • Media Pluralism
      76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider media plurality and industrial relations issues when making his decision on a proposed acquisition by...
    • Hydraulic Fracturing
      77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure the Prohibition on the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill will pass Committee Stage...
    • Energy Policy
      80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason his Department is offering MSc scholarship opportunities in petroleum-related courses in view of the fact his...
    • Energy Efficiency
      82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken to ensure the public sector will meet his Department's commitment per the annual transition...
    • Climate Change Policy
      83. 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...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of the most recent engagement with his counterparts in each of the 27 member states of the EU on the issue of...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      85. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of meetings of the Cabinet Committee on Brexit since the UK referendum to leave the EU; the dates of all such meetings; the number of meetings planned in...
    • Departmental Communications
      88. To ask the Taoiseach if he or any Minister of State in his Department uses a personal email account for work purposes; the security controls that are in place on the use of personal email...
    • Legislative Measures
      89. To ask the Taoiseach 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 is wholly...
    • UK Referendum on EU Membership
      90. To ask the Taoiseach if he will set out Ireland's red line issues before Britain triggers Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty and begins negotiations to leave the EU. [5331/17]
    • Enterprise Data
      95. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of male and female-led start-up enterprises on an annual basis over the 2014 to 2016 period, in tabular form. [5197/17]
    • Ministerial Allowances
      98. To ask the Taoiseach the expenses and entitlements of each former Taoiseach since the initiative was introduced in 2001 per annum, in tabular form; the computer and mobile telephone equipment...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Brexit Issues
      99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if British Border Force officers being stationed at ports and airports here has been discussed; and her views on whether this is acceptable to...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is still planning to reach the target of 4,000 refugees taken under the Irish refugee protection programme by September 2017. [5490/17]
    • Ground Rents Abolition
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will propose a constitutional amendment to resolve the historical injustices whereby ground rents or other rent collecting mechanisms are...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when and the way in which post-September 2017 targets will be set at an Irish level and at the European level with regard to the refugee...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she and her Department have taken since she met persons (details supplied); and if there has been discussions or meetings with the...
    • Immigration Data
      106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to aid persons barred from entering the United States of America at United States preclearance in Irish international airports...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time spent in direct provision centres by refugees relocated from Greece as part of the refugee relocation programme since...
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6013/17]
    • Courts Staff
      110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address the urgent need to introduce stricter regulations regarding associated State offices, such as county registrars and sheriffs;...
    • Residency Permits
      112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will investigate a case in which there has been an inordinate delay by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service in issuing a...
    • Legislative Measures
      113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the public awareness work regarding the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will begin; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the outcome of the GSOC inquiry will be signed off and responded to by the Garda Commissioner with regard to a case that was before the...
    • Garda Deployment
      115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí employed at both management and staff levels at the National Vetting Bureau offices at Thurles, Waterford, Tipperary...
    • Garda Civilian Staff Duties
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her Department's policy in regard to gardaí carrying out administrative duties as opposed to using other civil servants to perform these...
    • Garda Data
      117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that retired from An Garda Síochána for each of the years 2011 to 2015; the number of Garda recruits attested...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made in establishing a statutory inquiry relative to complaints made by a person (details supplied); the timeline for the...
    • Garda Deployment
      120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda numbers in the district of Balbriggan, County Dublin, for each of the years 2010 to 2016; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Issues
      122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of policing a hard Border after Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5605/17]
    • Courts Staff
      123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify the legislative basis for enabling county registrars to act in the place of a judge when adjudicating on cases of home...
    • Courts Service
      124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will investigate court transcripts (details supplied) to verify or reject claims that a county registrar presiding over a case of mortgage...
    • Legislative Measures
      125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the programme for Government commitment to publish legislation on the regulation of the sale and purchase of precious metals; and...
    • Garda Investigations
      126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recourse or complaints mechanism available to a person in circumstances where a foreign undercover police operative engaged that person in...
    • Parental Leave
      129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that availed of unpaid parental leave in each of the past 10 years. [5733/17]
    • Courts Service
      130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 25 January 2017, if her attention or that of her officials was drawn to reliability issues with...
    • Garda Deployment
      131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of gardaí in Garda stations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5850/17]
    • Visa Data
      133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visas granted in 2016 to citizens of Syria, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia and Sudan; the number of persons from each of these...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
      134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 31 January 2017 and as per action No. 60 in the action plan for rural development, the procedure for...
    • Crime Investigation
      135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 2 November 2016 (details supplied), if she has received any update from the serious crime review team...
    • Equality Legislation
      136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative provisions that will be made to ensure that persons with disabilities have equal and effective legal protection against...
    • EU Directives
      137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to implement Article 22 of EU Directive 2012/29/EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5935/17]
    • Driver Licences
      139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inquiries sent by An Garda Síochána to the Road Safety Authority, RSA, to establish the validity of driving licences in...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to media reports (details supplied), if she will liaise with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and grant refugee status for...
    • Immigration Controls
      142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the border controls and or passport checks in place at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6016/17]
    • Legislative Programme
      143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects the judicial council Bill to be progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6021/17]
    • Garda Deployment
      144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of Garda members, Garda Reserve members and civilians assigned to each Garda station in County Louth and their rank, in each...
    • Garda Equipment
      145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in counties Cavan and Monaghan that do not have the PULSE system in place; if she will provide a list of these...
    • Asylum Applications
      146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in processing an application for asylum for a person (details supplied). [6126/17]
  • Department of Finance
    • Brexit Issues
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance the preparations the Revenue Commissioners have in place for the potential ending of the customs union; and if there is an estimation of the cost of...
    • EU Budget Contribution
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which Ireland's contribution to the EU budget will increase following Britain's departure from the EU; and the impact the loss of British...
    • Brexit Issues
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government has secured any assurances that Ireland's corporation tax regime will not be targeted following Britain's departure from the EU. [5340/17]
    • Fiscal Data
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the use of the commonly agreed methodology in fiscal planning for budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5444/17]
    • Corporation Tax
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government has secured assurances that Ireland’s corporation tax regime will not be targeted following Britain’s departure from the EU;...
    • Insurance Coverage
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to problems faced by businesses in coastal areas obtaining insurance in view of the fact certain companies are basing their...
    • NAMA Assets Sale
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason joint receivers and NAMA agreed to dispose of a CIÉ site to a person (details supplied) that was connected to NAMA under the section 172(3) of...
    • Vehicle Registration
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of private number plates for coaches (details supplied) similar to the scheme in place in the UK and Northern Ireland;...
    • Energy Prices
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department monitors the economic impact of energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6062/17]
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications to date for the help-to-buy scheme as announced in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5368/17]
    • Credit Unions
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance when the implementation group, as per the Credit Union Advisory Committee report, was established or will be established; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Credit Union Lending
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take to allow through legislation credit unions to lend directly to housing bodies and local authorities for social and affordable housing;...
    • Bank Codes of Conduct
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance if customers of a bank (details supplied) can be assured that their debts to the bank, mortgage or otherwise, will not be sold to vulture funds or third...
    • State Banking Sector
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance if a decision to approve the sale of any shares owned by the Government in a bank (details supplied) will be put to a vote of Dáil Éireann; and if...
    • Legal Proceedings
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of legal proceedings initiated by each of the State backed banks in each of the past 12 months, in tabular form, by proceedings regarding principal...
    • Banking Operations
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties taken into possession by each of the State backed banks in each of the past 12 months; the number in their possession at the...
    • Mortgage Lending
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance when he and the Central Bank will implement the spirit of the Dáil Éireann motion passed on 26 January 2017 on tracker mortgages including the...
    • Tax Code
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) is still being taxed as a single person. [5426/17]
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) with regard to an application for the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance if a bank (details supplied) received funding from another bank which is partially owned by the UK Government; his views on whether this amounts to state aid...
    • Mortgage Insurance
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that certain banks are no longer giving card protection to persons once they reach 65 years of age; his views on...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions that are taking place regarding protecting Ireland's corporation tax levels following Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Application
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which a TRS payment that is being deduced from a mortgage in arrears can be cancelled by the mortgage provider without notice from that provider,...
    • Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Proposals
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on CCCTB; if the matter has been raised recently with the European Commission and-or the Council of Ministers and, if so, their response; and if he...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that insurance companies are refusing to insure taxi drivers with six points or more on their driving licence; if his Department will...
    • Tax Code
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Government's attempts to remove Ireland from a blacklist of tax havens listed by the Brazilian Government; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax relief will be introduced for graduate entry medicine students on the repayment of their student loans, as in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Pension Provisions
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which a person (details supplied) can obtain a greater annuity from their PRSA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5993/17]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether, when regulation 1606 of 2002 was signed into law, the concept of prudence never allowed banks to record loans above the amounts the bank...
    • Mortgage Arrears Rate
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of warehoused mortgage debt under the split mortgage solution for both principal dwelling homes and buy to let mortgages on an aggregate basis and...
    • Tax Code
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance when NAMA started using the section 110 tax structure; the purpose of NAMA using this structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6043/17]
    • Tax Rebates
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a refund of taxes for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6124/17]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Brexit Issues
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a strategy for the education sector will be developed in relation to Brexit (details supplied). [5348/17]
    • Tourism Data
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated in the Cork south west constituency in 2015 and 2016; the amount of...
    • Oideachas Riachtanas Speisialta
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills maidir leis an múnla nua don Oideachas Speisialta a bheidh ag teacht ar an bhfód i mí Mheán Fómhair 2017, cén...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5389/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has carried out an assessment (details supplied) of children requiring specialist autism services at second level in the coming...
    • Third Level Data
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost per annum to the State for each year of the undergraduate medical degree. [5446/17]
    • Summer Works Scheme
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to notify schools regarding the summer works scheme for 2017. [5447/17]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the most up-to-date regulations as laid down by his office in regard to the SUSI scheme and postgraduate applications. [5451/17]
    • Schools Establishment
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop a second-level Educate Together school in County Galway in view of the fact that there are now five growing Educate Together...
    • Schools Building Projects
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeframe for a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5488/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements being made for children with special needs, including children on the autistic spectrum, in new schools (details supplied) due...
    • Schools Building Projects
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the technical assessment of a school building (details supplied) will take place with regard to capital works; and if he will make a...
    • School Closures
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the proposed closure of a school (details supplied); his views on whether there is huge demographic demand for school places in...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has cleared the tender report for a school (details supplied); if a letter of intent has been cleared for issuing to the preferred...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the board of management of a primary school (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive a decision on their application for a general...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of work on a building (details suppled); the details of the construction work under way at this location; the reasons for this work;...
    • School Curriculum
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 17 January 2017, if his Department will intervene and ensure that the course is made available to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the establishment of a special class or specific speech and language impairment, SSLI, unit in which there is a clear...
    • State Examinations
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that are not providing an oral Irish examination opportunity for junior certificate students. [5860/17]
    • Teacher Data
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of higher diploma in education graduates over the past two years in each of the subject areas of secondary teachers. [5927/17]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application for additional classrooms for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5966/17]
    • Third Level Staff
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the diminishing of terms and conditions of employment of both academic and administrative staff in Trinity...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Funding
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will provide financial assistance for remedial works to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Oideachas Riachtanas Speisialta
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an gcuirfear múinteoireacht tacaíochta ar fáil sa Bhéarla, sa Ghaeilge agus sa Mhatamaitic i ngach scoil Gaeltachta agus...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Electoral Reform
      257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to extend the franchise for general election voting to Irish emigrants living outside of Ireland; and if...
    • Local Authority Staff
      258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has a role in providing resources to dog wardens to increase their capabilities in view of severe...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the advice available from his Department to local authorities as they facilitate long-term leasing arrangements...
    • Brexit Issues
      260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the measures he has taken in co-ordinating the four Dublin local authorities in preparing Dublin for a post-Brexit...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will publish the data used to determine which LEAs were eligible for designation as rent pressure zones; and...
    • Library Services
      264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department carried out a cost benefit analysis of the proposed State-wide tender for literature and stock in...
    • Rent Controls
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the process, Department circulars and policy local authorities must adhere to in carrying out rent reviews; and if...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he expects Meath County Council will receive its annual funding allocation to carry out home adaption works; if...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the persons and the groups on the departmental working group considering the regulatory approach in relation to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding which was allocated for the development of new group sewerage schemes in the past two years;...
    • Housing Issues
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the work of the expert panel set up to examine the mica issue; when the panel will report its findings...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the Traveller accommodation projects which have been approved for funding with Waterford City and County Council;...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he plans to publish the updated windfarm planning guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Election Management System
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the voter identification requirements which apply to general elections and the verification process which takes...
    • National Spatial Strategy
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to review the figures contained in the national spatial strategy following the publication of the 2016...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
      278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) raised in correspondence regarding the terms of the mortgage to rent...
    • Local Authority Housing
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the detail of the circumstances surrounding the purchase of a site by a local authority (details supplied),...
    • Rent Controls
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the rationale for excluding approved housing body, AHB, rent reviews from the remit of the Residential Tenancies...
    • Water Services Funding
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide the definition of multiannual programming in the rural water programme, RWP; if he will ensure...
    • Local Authority Housing Eligibility
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will raise the income threshold for eligibility for local authority housing to a more realistic level in view...
    • Local Elections
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to initiate a new boundary commission for local election wards; the proposed terms of reference; if...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will extend the terms and conditions of the mortgage-to-rent scheme to include local authorities as part of...
    • Construction Contracts
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the level of involvement or oversight he and his officials had in the issuing of a loan by Dublin City Council to a...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of submissions received by his Department from the public in relation to a foreshore lease application...
    • Environmental Impact Statements
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Question No. 198 of 8 November 2016, if he will provide an update on the location of the requested...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will amend the conditions attached to the tenant purchase scheme whereby a tenant that has earned a discount...
    • Local Authority Funding
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will sanction the borrowing of extra money by Galway City Council to buy replacement land now as payment for...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to make it easier to transfer from the RAS to the HAP scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the perceived crisis in relation to the provision of Traveller housing...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Redundancy Data
      296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims under the redundancy payments scheme in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the first-year cost in 2017 and the full-year cost in 2018 of measures announced in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5445/17]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for invalidity allowance by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [5466/17]
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that JobPath participants cannot access community employment programmes while registered on a JobPath...
    • Respite Care Grant Appeals
      300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal regarding a respite care grant by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5500/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5501/17]
    • JobPath Data
      302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on JobPath providers websites (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5507/17]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [5534/17]
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who wishes to continue in a community employment scheme position; and if he...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Applications
      308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for jobseeker's benefits in respect of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect a decision on their case....
    • Tús Programme
      309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to, in specific and exceptional cases, extend the Tús programme from a one-year programme to a two-year programme which will help...
    • JobBridge Programme
      310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the initiative he plans to bring forward to replace the JobBridge programme; the timeframe he envisages; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Household Budget Facility
      311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5639/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if moneys due to a person (details supplied) will issue following an appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5649/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current wait time in processing carer's allowance applications; the number of carer's allowance applications processed since January 2016 to...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a decision on their carer's allowance application. [5717/17]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will be granted payment of disability benefit in view of the fact they are suffering with acute rheumatoid...
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the frequency with which a person on farm assist may have their claim reassessed; if there is a defined period of time after a claim is...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a jobseeker's allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) who has submitted all required documentation and is still...
    • Community Employment Schemes Administration
      320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the consideration being given by him to allow participants on community employment schemes and the Tús scheme remain for extended periods on...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal on a decision on a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Back to Education Allowance Applications
      322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person's (detail supplied) application for back to education allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects
      323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which participants will be chosen for the Kilkenny city community employment scheme which is being run by an organisation (details...
    • JobBridge Scheme
      324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the effectiveness of the JobBridge scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5910/17]
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals
      325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a jobseeker's benefit application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for carer's benefit for a person (details supplied), in view of the fact that all documentation...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on a review of eligibility conditions for participation in community employment schemes with a view to shortening the duration which a...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Brexit Issues
      329. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the detail of the response of the President of the European Commission for Ireland to retain its existing relationship with Britain. [5336/17]
    • Good Friday Agreement
      332. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the future status of the Good Friday Agreement and institutions set up as a result of the peace process. [5345/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      333. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will support British requests for access to the single market without reciprocal rights for freedom of movement for other EU...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Good Friday Agreement will be amended following Brexit; and the negotiations and discussions that are taking place in this regard....
    • Brexit Issues
      337. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the composition of the European Union's team that will be engaged in the Brexit negotiations; and if representatives of the Government will...
    • Immigration Controls
      339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has issued clarification for persons with dual nationality and dual passports that were born in one of the seven countries...
    • Northern Ireland
      340. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the comments of the British Secretary of State, Mr James Brokenshire, on the 45th anniversary of...
    • Human Rights
      341. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a series of deaths at the Moria asylum camp on the Greek island of Lesbos and that aid agencies have long...
    • Israeli Settlements
      342. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to media reports that the EU Ambassadors to Palestine 2016 annual report said that the number of illegal...
    • Child Abduction
      344. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will investigate a case (details supplied) as a matter of urgency. [5640/17]
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      346. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of attendance at the sectoral meetings of the All-Island Civic Dialogue held to date; the details of the...
    • Acht na Gaeilge
      347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade an bhfuil sé i gceist aige, ag a Roinn nó ag an Rialtas ceist Acht na Gaeilge a chur i gcroílár aon phléití a...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      348. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government has been approached to provide funding for a programme (details supplied); the position of the Government on this issue if...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Recycling Policy
      353. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that the Houses of the Oireachtas is leading by example on environmentally friendly initiatives; his views on whether...
    • Pension Provisions
      354. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to put a mechanism in place to implement the Labour Court recommendation of 2008 regarding an agreed pension scheme for...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      355. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will allocate further funding to cover the 15% local contribution shortfall of €3,600 in respect of a project (details...
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      356. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a query (details supplied) regarding the policy on sick leave for public servants; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      357. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the 2014 panel for clerical positions in the civil and public service in the area of County Donegal is due to expire; if there are...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      358. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 31 January 2017, if he will clarify the statement (details supplied) regarding the way in...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      359. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address an issue (details supplied) with regard to a tidal bank that requires emergency works; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Fisheries Protection
      360. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the decline of fish on the Laune River and the need for a cull on seals (details supplied); and if...
    • Postal Services Provision
      361. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the utilisation of postal services, counter services and the postal network generally through the amalgamation of...
    • CLÁR Programme
      363. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the eligibility of a sports club for CLÁR programme funding; the application process and criteria used to...
    • Commemorative Events
      364. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the national famine commemoration committee will next meet; if the issue of a set annual date for the famine commemoration will...
    • Banking Sector
      365. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received a submission from an organisation (details supplied) requesting that her Department establish a working group to...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      366. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the national policy on social enterprise will be published; the main priorities to support social enterprise; and if she will...
    • Rural Economic Development Zones
      367. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding and funding streams provided for the construction of a project (details supplied); if any public consultation on the...
    • Rural Development Policy
      368. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the scheme to be introduced to assist in the upgrading of residential accommodation in towns and villages; if this...
    • Mountain Rescue Service
      369. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her proposals for the support of mountain rescue teams in 2017 and in the future, in view of the tremendous voluntary work they do...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Staff Data
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the names, contact phone number and email address for all the environmental health officers in Dublin; and the areas which they cover in Dublin. [5439/17]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the phased introduction of buprenorphine, nalaxone or alternatively known as suboxone; when he expects funding to be made available for this...
    • Mental Health Policy
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of the director of the decision support service under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the adequacy and continuation of the services at St Raphael's, John of God's, Celbridge, County Kildare, with particular reference to the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      374. To ask the Minister for Health when hospital management staff at Waterford University Hospital will be briefed in respect of the recently announced mobile catheterisation laboratory as to...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the request by a person (details supplied) to the fair deal scheme for a review of their monthly contribution to the scheme; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      377. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the number of persons awaiting spinal surgery at Tallaght and Naas Hospitals and the growing number of outpatients awaiting...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      378. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to have nicotine replacement therapy available on the drugs payment scheme (details supplied) [5434/17]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      379. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of the continuity of service of a public health nurse in an area (details supplied) in County Limerick; if the...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the date that medical cards will issue to those in receipt of domiciliary care allowance as announced in budget 2017. [5450/17]
    • Nursing Home Services
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of stay of residents in public nursing homes and private nursing homes for each of the years 2010 to 2016. [5482/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the total financial contributions by residents of nursing homes of all types made under the NHSS scheme in 2016. [5483/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      383. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding inappropriate charging of residents in some private nursing homes. [5484/17]
    • Nursing Home Services
      384. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the levels of nursing cover and skills required to care for residents in nursing homes and arrangements for general practitioner...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      385. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the views of older persons and their experiences of the NHSS will be included in the ongoing reform of the scheme. [5486/17]
    • Health Services Staff
      387. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the matters raised by a person (details supplied) regarding their employment with the HSE and the care of a patient; if he will bring...
    • HSE Reports
      388. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE report relative to a care home in the south east and a case (details supplied) will be published; when the inquiry into the same matters will...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      389. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5509/17]
    • HIV-AIDS Programmes
      390. To ask the Minister for Health further to the Topical Issue debate of 7 December 2016, if he will provide the timeline mentioned in the debate. [5526/17]
    • Occupational Therapy
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults who have been waiting less than three months, between three and six months, between six and nine months, between nine and 18 months and...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed in the public health system in County Sligo; if there are any vacancies for occupational therapists in County...
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      394. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the additional €20 million for the primary care reimbursement service in 2017; the existing services that are being...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Administration
      395. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review underpayments to a person (details supplied) in County Meath under the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      396. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the free cervical smear testing programme to include persons under 25 years of age or to extending the scheme such...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the commencement date for the development of the rehabilitation unit in Bantry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5578/17]
    • Hospitals Data
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients from west Cork who are and have been presenting at Cork University Hospital for dialysis over the past two years; and if he will make a...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the current regulations for counselling bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5583/17]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      400. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will consider including a new blood-glucose-monitoring system using skin sensors; when the HSE is due to meet the manufacturers of FreeStyle...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 41 persons with disabilities moved into institutions in 2015, as revealed in the recently published 2015 annual report from the implementation group...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Closures
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative support measures that have been put in place since the closure of 24-hour accident and emergency care at Nenagh General Hospital; and if he...
    • Hospitals Data
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons turned away from the physiatric unit of University Hospital Waterford on 30 January 2017; if persons were turned away due to a lack of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      404. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for heart surgery in St. James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5619/17]
    • HSE Properties
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the decision by the Health Service Executive west that 14.2 acres at Merlin Park were surplus to need was reached; the name of the person who...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      408. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on discussions with a company (details supplied) on the delivery of Orkambi for the public health service. [5627/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      409. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect an appointment for a follow-up check-up from Letterkenny University Hospital following a...
    • Grant Payments
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the grant programmes that are open in his Department for charitable organisations working in the disabilities sector with a specific focus on respite care; and...
    • Ambulance Service
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the testing regime in place of the water supply to the downstairs ambulance station in Merlin Park Hospital, in particular the frequency of the testing; if it...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      412. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency transfers undertaken by the HSE Galway ambulance service to Dublin in the period January 2016 to December 2016; and if he will make a...
    • Ambulance Service Accommodation
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to date of the provision of the temporary buildings housing the ambulance service at Merlin Park Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the plan for the ambulance service at Merlin Park in terms of a permanent facility from which the crews can operate safely in view of concerns...
    • Health Services Provision
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the commitments given in the programme for government to assist in the purchase of defibrillators for public use; the funding provided to date;...
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the exclusion of the drug roflumilast from being covered by medical cards in view of its prohibitive cost for persons and its effectiveness...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the exclusion of the chronic disease COPD from those covered by the long term illness scheme; and his plans to change this. [5662/17]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      418. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that a significant percentage of admissions to accident and emergency departments are due to adverse reactions to prescription...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug mepa herz is not included in the list of medications approved under the drug payment scheme or the long-term illness book; his plans to...
    • Brexit Issues
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions that have taken place between his Department and counterparts in the Departments of Health in Belfast and London regarding the continuation of...
    • Disability Services Provision
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been advised that services outlined in an assessment of needs report that are essential to address the needs of the...
    • Hospital Services (1 comment)
      425. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fund a public centre of excellence for narcolepsy based at St James's Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5689/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) taking account of the personal circumstances of the person; and if he will make a statement...
    • Air Ambulance Service Operations
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the number of incidences recorded over 2014 and 2015 in which the air ambulance landed at a location (details supplied) to assist persons to the relevant...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the current expected wait time for children to have assessment of needs carried out in Dublin north central; and the current number of children waiting on...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the current expected wait time for children to have speech and language therapy in Dublin north central; and the current number of children waiting on...
    • Occupational Therapy
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the current expected wait time for children to receive occupational therapy in Dublin north central; and the current number of children waiting on assessment...
    • Hospital Services
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the current expected wait time for children to receive physiotherapy in Dublin North-Central; and the current numbers of children awaiting assessment for...
    • Health Services
      433. To ask the Minister for Health when works are due to commence on the new extension to a building (details supplied) in County Sligo; the proposed completion date of this project; and if he...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      434. To ask the Minister for Health when works are due to commence on the new acute mental health building at Sligo University Hospital; the proposed completion date of this project; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      436. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an emergency hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5722/17]
    • Medicinal Products Regulation
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the position with regard to the certification of cannabidiol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5724/17]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-examine an application regarding a review of a medical card for a person (details supplied). [5729/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      439. To ask the Minister for Health when a required operation will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5732/17]
    • Primary Care Centres
      440. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the vacant health centre in Rathangan, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5747/17]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to redevelop a training centre for persons with disabilities (details supplied) in County Donegal; when it is anticipated these plans will...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      442. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be made available as requested by the HSE in its submission to the health Estimates process for respite care services for the Cork...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5836/17]
    • Medical Card Applications
      444. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); if the matter will be progressed as quickly as possible; and if he will make a...
    • Eating Disorders
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the State services currently available to those persons suffering from eating disorders and related illness in counties Carlow and Kilkenny who do not have...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      446. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the lack of respite care in north County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5852/17]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      447. To ask the Minister for Health when he will next meet a person (details supplied); the issues that will be discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5875/17]
    • Nursing Staff Data
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time nursing positions at Beaumont Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of agency staff at the...
    • Midwifery Services
      449. To ask the Minister for Health when the six posts of director of midwifery that are currently vacant will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5877/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5884/17]
    • HSE Governance
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a case involving a person (details supplied) who claims there are oversight issues at a hospital between the HSE and...
    • Ambulance Service
      452. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to incorporate the Irish community air ambulance service into the national strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5897/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      453. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for physiotherapy for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5900/17]
    • Medical Card Delays
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address the inordinate delays of ten to 15 working days to register medical card applications and match up additional information to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      455. 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. [5908/17]
    • Defibrillators in Schools Provision
      456. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to a request from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for the provision of a defibrillator; the funding options and...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      457. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the Mojo programme for mental health for men; if he has considered supporting its expansion; and if he has considered...
    • Departmental Funding
      458. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing the funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5936/17]
    • Medical Card Delays
      460. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5973/17]
    • General Practitioner Services
      461. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 571 of 31 January 2017, if he will alter the general practitioner visit card scheme to allow certificate of fitness to...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a replacement for a primary care social worker (details supplied) has not been employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5997/17]
    • Legislative Measures
      464. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6005/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an update or an appointment for their child. [6006/17]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the charging for the taking of bloods by general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6007/17]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      467. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address an issue raised regarding the delay in emergency orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied) and the response received from the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      468. To ask the Minister for Health when a hip operation will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); if the NTPF can be utilised in the person's case; and if he will make a...
    • Patient Transport
      469. To ask the Minister for Health if transport services will be restored to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6015/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a child to see an ophthalmologist in the National Children's Hospital; the longest time a child has had to wait; if some parents...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      471. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to advise as to the illnesses and-or the particular stage of the illnesses that the HSE determine that a person is entitled to a...
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      472. To ask the Minister for Health if some drugs essential for diabetics are no longer available free of charge for holders of medical cards; if so, the drugs concerned; his plans to reverse...
    • Hospital Equipment
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the use being made at present of the X-ray machines in Clifden, County Galway and in Belmullet, County Mayo; the reason more use is not made of these machines...
    • Pharmacy Services
      474. To ask the Minister for Health if an application has been received from a person (details supplied) to get their dispensing rights back after the closure of the only local chemist which was...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      475. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6109/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      477. To ask the Minister for Health if the valuation of a person's home under the fair deal scheme is the valuation at the time of application or if there are circumstances under which a later...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the satellite dialysis unit for County Wexford with regard to the reopening of the tender process; the expected duration of the proposed...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay for a person (details supplied) to see a consultant ophthalmologist in the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Brexit Issues
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the impact Brexit will have on Ireland's thoroughbred breeding industry. [5344/17]
    • Imports Data
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage of ware potatoes imported here which, by country of origin, were the produce of the state of Israel and-or the...
    • GLAS Payments
      486. 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. [5314/17]
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the forestry premium will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
      504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request coupled payments on suckler cows and breeding sheep in the next round of CAP reforms; and if he will make a...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will introduce a €200 payment to maintain the suckler cow herd to help maintain incomes on farms in the west of...
    • GLAS Payments
      506. 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. [5440/17]
    • GLAS Administration
      507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will have its information technology systems upgraded to process the GLAS applications that were refused in...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department's TAMS information technology systems will be upgraded to allow the deletion of over-claims; and if he will make...
    • Felling Licences
      509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a practice has been adopted whereby felling licences issued by the Forest Service...
    • GLAS Payments
      510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects all persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan to be paid in full under the green low-carbon agricultural scheme, GLAS 2;...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farm entitlements due to a person (details supplied) have been paid in full and up to date; his Department's plans to pay the...
    • EU Budget Contribution
      514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, EU, the amount Ireland’s extra contribution to the EU budget...
    • Fishing Industry
      515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingency plans in place to safeguard Irish fishermen and the coastal communities that depend on this sector for employment and...
    • Brexit Issues
      519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of meetings of the Brexit consultative committee convened by him since the UK referendum to leave the EU; the dates...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the agri-environment options scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the...
    • GLAS Payments
      522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the green low-carbon agricultural scheme, GLAS, to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the agri-environment options scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the current payment rates and payable areas will change for 2018 areas of natural constraint, ANC, payments to farmers after the...
    • Fodder Crisis
      531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide compensation to those persons that incurred large fodder losses, including silage badly damaged or destroyed by...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will award a 2016 area based payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5577/17]
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of applicants to the new sheep welfare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5610/17]
    • Sheep Census
      534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider extending the 2016 sheep census deadline, in view of the information technology issues being encountered by sheep...
    • Greyhound Industry
      535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details, including pension, lump sum, severance and so on, concerning the termination of employment of the chief executive...
    • GLAS Payments
      536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commission extra staff to deal with backlog of GLAS 2 payments for persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will...
    • Rural Development Programme Data
      537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation under each of the measures of the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020; the expenditure under each measure for each...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a review of the case of a person (details supplied); the timeframe for its completion; and if he will make a statement...
    • Fishing Industry
      540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his position on possible changes to the Common Fisheries Policy during Brexit negotiations; the role he will have in protecting Irish...
    • Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta
      541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi Scéim GLAS le feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí leis seo);...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to ensure that Ireland is in compliance with Article 20 of the Common Fisheries Policy (details supplied);...
    • Agriculture Industry
      543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the request of farming organisations in relation to the need to provide additional support for suckler farming;...
    • Forestry Grants
      544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total funding provided for forestry in 2016 and 2017; the level of funding provided for each programme; if any of this...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Administration
      545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will consider reviewing a decision to impose a 100% penalty on a basic payment scheme application by a person...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review of disadvantaged areas and areas of natural constraint; when it is envisaged this review will be complete;...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal in relation to non-payment of an area of natural constraint, ANC, payment for a person (details supplied) in...
    • GLAS Payments
      548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5945/17]
    • GLAS Applications
      549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when decisions will be made on GLAS tier 3 applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5946/17]
    • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications
      550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by persons (details supplied); and when payment will issue. [5974/17]
    • Departmental Properties
      551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the associated costs to his Department in terms of landscaping for locations (details supplied), for each of the years from 2013 to...
    • GLAS Payments
      552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the information technology issues which he has indicated are partly responsible for the delay in over 9,000 farmers...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date with the upgrade of the pier in Cleggan, Connemara; his plans to upgrade this pier; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the regulation of puppy farms; the steps his Department takes to protect the welfare of dogs in such farms; and if he...
    • GLAS Payments
      555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure a GLAS payment for 2016 due to a person (details supplied) is immediately paid; and if he will make...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • North-South Interconnector
      557. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will place a hold on any Government funding for the capital phase of the North-South interconnector until such a...
    • Energy Regulation
      561. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to surcharging costs being applied to consumers on pre-paid energy schemes; the...
    • Bioenergy Strategy
      562. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the draft bioenergy plan and the strategic environmental assessment of the plan will be put to public consultation;...
    • Communications Market Regulation
      563. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether, in view of the volume of complaints to ComReg regarding the activities of PRS providers, the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      564. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the discussions he has had with his European counterparts to ensure the Paris agreement will not be undermined in view of...
    • Recycling Policy
      565. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has examined the feasibility of banning the sale of all commercial goods, food or otherwise, in non-recyclable...
    • Environment Fund
      567. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the annual revenue that has been accrued to the environment fund since 2010, in tabular form. [5615/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      568. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of funds his Department has received from the national lottery fund since 2010, broken down by year; and the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      569. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to speed up the roll-out of high speed broadband into communities in which there is currently little or no...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      570. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will be publishing the solar photovoltaic systems tariffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5656/17]
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      572. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which it is anticipated progress can be made towards providing and extending modern technology such as...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      580. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to attain the various targets in respect of climate change such as reduction in dependancy on fossil fuels,...
    • Exploration Licences Data
      585. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the uptake of exploration licences in each year from 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Recycling Policy
      586. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is any obligation on multiples using own brands to use recyclable packaging on own brand products; if not, his...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • International Agreements
      588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure that unlawful discrimination is not being undertaken or facilitated at airports through the application...
    • Road Network
      624. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received an application from the local authority for the construction of a new pedestrian footbridge to span the...
    • Tourism Policy
      625. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to Limerick county for tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016 by his Department; and if...
    • Public Bike Schemes
      627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any engagement has taken place with local authorities (details supplied) regarding the extension of the public bike scheme. [5448/17]
    • Departmental Bodies Reports
      628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish the report submitted by the NTA to his Department reviewing the operation of Part 2 of the Public Transport Regulation...
    • Taxi Licences
      631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any discretion for the extension of taxi licences to older cars beyond 15 years where the car is in perfectly good condition,...
    • Vehicle Weight Limits
      634. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding new weight limits on rigid trucks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5567/17]
    • Rail Network Expansion
      638. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planning extension of the DART to Balbriggan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5623/17]
    • Light Rail Projects Status
      639. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the provision of the metro north from Dublin city centre to Swords-Lissenhall, County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects Status
      641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the N5 Ballaghadereen to Scramogue project; if the necessary capital funding has been allocated to this project; and if he...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      642. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will arrange for a response to issue to correspondence furnished to his office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Bus Éireann
      644. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to parliamentary Question No. 723 of 31 January 2017, if he will provide an explanation for the reasons provided by NewERA for...
    • Dublin Port Tunnel
      645. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the average speed camera system installed in Dublin Port Tunnel to other routes in the country; and if he will make a...
    • Traffic Management
      646. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the traffic advisory group system operated by local authorities in view of the fact that deliberations and decisions...
    • Tourism Data
      647. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tourists to Ireland and their destinations of choice in 2016 and to date in 2017; if he has satisfied himself that all of...
    • Noise Pollution
      648. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the increase in volume on the Dublin Belfast main train line between Connolly Station and East Wall Road Tolka river...
    • Ticket Touting
      649. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had discussions with sporting bodies regarding the exorbitant rates of resale tickets to major sporting events; his views on...
    • Public Transport Provision
      650. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm media reports that the metro north scheme will be brought forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5858/17]
    • Rail Services Provision
      651. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether demand for commuter rail services between Newbridge, County Kildare and Grand Canal Dock in Dublin via the Phoenix...
    • EU Programmes
      652. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next round of funding for projects under the connecting Europe facility programme will be announced; and if he will make a...
    • Motor Tax
      653. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is not a provision for SPSV licence holders to renew their motor tax online in view of the closure of many local area...
    • Public Transport Provision
      654. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that has been spent on the DART underground and DART expansion projects to date, including design and planning stages. [5881/17]
    • Coras Iompair Éireann
      655. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason CIÉ agreed in 2013 to extend the term of the 1998 MDA agreement with the NAMA appointed receiver in view of the fact that...
    • Public Transport
      657. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times buses were used to replace the train service from Waterford to Limerick Junction in recent years; the reason the use...
    • Taxi Regulations
      658. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a change in regulations which allowed for the suspension of a taxi driver licence in special circumstances including...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      659. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on his meetings with a person (details supplied) and the National Transport Authority (NTA) on the implementation of...
    • Rail Services Provision
      660. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the continued operation and proposals for upgrading the Limerick to Waterford railway line in view of the serious concerns raised by the...
    • Public Transport Provision
      661. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy priorities in relation to the provision of transport services by land here; the particular policy objectives he hopes to...
    • Bus Éireann Staff
      662. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will have to approve the appointment of the chief executive of Bus Éireann; if so, if he will be examining the process used to...
    • National Transport Authority Remit
      663. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to change the NTA legislation in order that transport planning throughout the State will be put on the same basis, rather than...
    • Public Service Obligation Services
      664. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the barriers that exist under EU directives and national legislation respectively to taking the same approach to rural bus services as...
    • Rail Services Provision
      665. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a new coastguard facility will be provided in Cleggan, Connemara, County Galway at the airstrip there; the facilities in place at...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      666. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the recent results of research suggesting that males in secondary schools are 42% fitter than females;...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      667. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the timeline for completion of phase 2 of the national indoor arena.​ [5751/17]
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      668. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the commitment in the programme for Government on rural transport. [4119/17]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • IDA Jobs Data
      669. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if IDA Ireland has identified the number of multinational companies that are based here solely to service the British market; and the...
    • Financial Services Sector
      670. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set down the number of financial services jobs that can be gained by Ireland as a result of companies moving from London; and if...
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      671. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline her plans to provide additional resources in the coming years for agencies, including IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland,...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      672. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline the measures she has taken in co-ordinating the four Dublin local authorities to prepare Dublin for a post-Brexit situation...
    • IDA Expenditure
      673. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out in tabular form the total annual amount of expenditure by IDA Ireland for the Succeed in Ireland Initiative since its...
    • State Aid
      674. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current WTO subsidy rules for undertakings, including the current level of State aid thresholds allowed for each undertaking; and...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      676. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline the Government policy on whether, under the Workplace Relations Act, 2015, holding employment rights hearings in private...
    • Research and Development Funding
      678. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline the contingency plans in place to safeguard and increase the current level of funding for third level research in science...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      680. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out the total number of full-time and part-time staff in the trade policy section in her Department; the staff increases she is...
    • Brexit Issues
      681. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will commission a detailed assessment of the way in which Brexit will affect individual sectors of the economy to determine...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      682. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will increase funding for InterTrade Ireland in 2017, 2018 and 2019, in view of the clear demand for the valuable service...
    • Brexit Issues
      683. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out the total number of meetings of the Brexit co-ordination group established within her department since the UK referendum to...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      684. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has responded to all of the correspondence received from a person (details supplied); if the issues raised by them in this...
    • Employment Rights
      685. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will introduce legislation in order that new employees that are paid monthly do not have to wait five weeks for their first...
    • International Agreements
      686. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline the timeframe for holding a referendum on the implementation of the unified patent court; the impact Brexit will have on...
    • Company Law
      688. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will address the urgent need to introduce stricter regulations regarding the practice of receivership; and if she will make a...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      689. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will respond to correspondence dated 1 November 2016 which was sent to her office via email on 10 November 2017 and co-signed...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      690. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that crane drivers are being hired without having completed proper training and that...
    • IDA Site Visits
      691. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason IDA Ireland and her Department do not seem to be making any effort to entice companies and businesses to Ardfinnan, County...
    • Work Permits Data
      692. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason there are long delays in the processing of critical skills visas, in some cases increasing from a four week wait to...
    • Export Controls
      695. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 11 and 13 of 8 December 2016 (details supplied), the reason for the continued delay in the...
    • Zero-hour Contracts
      696. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the work of her Department in relation to zero-hour contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6069/17]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      697. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the operation of the ECCE scheme is being kept under review; if she will take steps to address issues arising, specifically the...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      698. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla currently applies for Garda vetting for its employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5828/17]
    • Proposed Legislation
      703. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the legislation for the affordable childcare scheme, ACS, is expected to be passed; if passed, if the background work will have been...
    • Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund
      704. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that her Department has provided to youth organisations since 2011, broken down by organisation and year. [5978/17]
    • Local Authority Funding
      705. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the significant funding cuts that have been experienced by those Comhairle na nÓg committees that...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      706. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social care workers that are currently employed by Tusla, broken down by county. [5980/17]
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      707. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that are currently in Tusla residential centres and in privately operated residential centres respectively. [5981/17]
  • Department of Defence
    • Air Traffic Control Services
      710. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of air traffic controllers currently serving at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel; the number employed in each year from 2010 to 2016...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      715. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the location of the gates of the former Magee Barracks which were removed prior to its sale for safekeeping; his plans for their future...
    • Defence Forces
      716. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action taken to ensure the safety of those persons currently working in the Casement Aerodrome upon receipt of protected disclosures made...

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