Written answers
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport Provision
40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which his Department can continue to facilitate efficient commuter transport by the use of co-ordination between the road...
- Smarter Transport
41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason his Department's combined spend on the smarter travel sustainable transport measures-grants and the regional cities programmes...
- Bus Éireann
42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Bus Éireann report submitted to his Department in January 2016 on the way to resolve the financial difficulties at the...
- Bus Services
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in conjunction with the National Transport Authority (NTA), he will carry out and publish a full review of loss-making routes on which...
- Tourism Policy
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the way the development of unique tourism projects such as the Taste Leitrim can help attract visitors to rural counties; and...
- Taxi Regulations
45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met the Taxi Advisory Committee since coming to office to discuss the main issues in need of reform in the taxi industry. [6098/17]
- Tourism Industry
46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects to be in a position to encourage further growth and development in the tourism sector, with particular...
- Rail Services
47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the role of heavy and light rail transport in Ireland's efforts to meet the EU 2030 emissions targets; the steps his...
- Road Projects
48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the recent announcement of a €7.5 million funding allocation to the Sallins bypass road project in County Kildare is accurate;...
- Bus Services
49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has any contact with the NTA on the issuing of bus licences on intercity routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6034/17]
- Rail Network Expansion
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Navan railway will be proposed and advanced by his Department, in view of the capital expenditure review. [6001/17]
- Road Projects
51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the results of the review of the Tower Road-Piltown Junction on the N24 conducted by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, will be...
- Rail Network Expansion
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the decision to allow the DART underground railway order to lapse was a mistake that could ultimately waste millions...
- Tourism Policy
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made to develop the Ireland’s lakelands brand, with specific reference to the Ballina and Killaloe area as a...
- Public Service Obligation Services
54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to increase PSO levels to Bus Éireann; the engagement he has had with management and unions since the...
- Airport Promotion
55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reverse Dublin Airport's monopoly and ensure the national planning framework's target of having three quarters of population...
- Local Improvement Scheme
56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will make the reintroduction of the local improvement scheme a priority for the Government. [5759/17]
- Public Transport Review
57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's and the National Transport Authority's plans regarding a review of public transport policy, as mentioned in Realising Our...
- Brexit Issues
58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the research commissioned by Tourism Ireland predicting that the hospitality sector will struggle to...
- Road Traffic Legislation
59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason provided to him by the National Transport Authority regarding the decision it took not to adopt legislation passed in Dáil...
- Military Aircraft Landings
60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an aircraft (details supplied) that passed through Shannon Airport on 17 January 2017 and again on 18 January 2017 changed its...
- Airport Development Projects
61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to representatives of an organisation (details supplied) being included in the collaborative group that...
- Greenways Funding
62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the inclusion in Estimates of funds for the introduction of a dedicated funding stream similar to the sports capital...
- Rail Network Maintenance
63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider investing money in the Dublin to Rosslare harbour rail line in view of the fact that over €700 million has been...
- Road Safety
64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the N2 from a safety point of view and in addition from the perspective of the effectiveness of the road as a...
- Rail Network Expansion
65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for commuter rail development in Galway in view of major traffic congestion issues in Galway and our commitments under the Paris...
- Immigration Controls
66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has contacted the relevant departments in the United States administration regarding the ongoing matter of the recently introduced...
- Sports Funding
67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medal hauls from other countries with similar populations are misleading because they do...
- Departmental Strategies
68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the need to develop a new high-performance strategy for the development of elite sport here; and his...
- Road Projects Status
69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the A5 in view of Brexit and his recent engagement with his Northern Ireland counterparts in relation to this; the total...
- Road Improvement Schemes
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if specific funding will be provided to the National Roads Authority in respect of the necessary upgrading of a road which carries a heavy...
- Bus Éireann
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to protect and safeguard the jobs, wages and conditions of Bus Éireann workers who are being targeted to bear the brunt of...
- Road Traffic Legislation
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 7 December 2016, the outcome of his discussions with the Minister for Justice and Equality on...
- Public Transport Provision
73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for capital expenditure in 2017 to increase public transport capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5757/17]
- Sports Capital Programme
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the first announcement of funds that will be allocated under the sports capital programme once the date for accepting...
- National Roads Authority Projects
75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the N22 Macroom bypass will be released to tender for construction. [5888/17]
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made by his Department or a body under its aegis in securing funding for critical transport infrastructure under the...
- Road Projects
77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role his Department has to play in the review process of a submission by Kildare County Council to allow the Athy ring road project to...
- Immigration Controls
78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had in relation to the review of US preclearance at Dublin and Shannon airports announced on 30 January 2017 in...
- Road Network
79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the local and regional roads funding allocation for County Louth of €5.1 million, representing an increase on...
- Skills Development
80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the recent plea by the chief executive of the Restaurants Association of Ireland to have more persons...
- Sports Capital Programme
81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role that local sports partnerships can play in working with local sports clubs applying for sport capital grants to ensure a...
- Road Network
82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to have a major programme of upgrading works carried out on specific regional routes which carry heavy volumes of traffic and...
- National Driver Licensing Service
83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reinstate the national driving licence centre in the Carndonagh public services, Carndonagh, County Donegal in view of the...
- Bus Éireann
84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any contact with the management of Bus Éireann prior to or since it announced a cost cutting plan; and if he will make...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Commissions of Investigation
85. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the commission of investigation into IBRC. [6040/17]
- EU Meetings
87. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the meeting held in Malta on 3 February 2017; and if immigration to the EU was discussed. [6367/17]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Refugee Data
88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the number of immigrants Ireland had accommodated since 2015 was outlined at the Malta meeting on 3 February 2017 and plans for more in 2017...
- Garda Civilian Staff Data
89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of civilian staff employed in An Garda Síochána at the end of each of the years from 2010 to 2016, in tabular form; and...
- Refugee Data
90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Syrian refugees the State has accepted in 2015, 2016 and to date 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6132/17]
- Daylight Savings
91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider ending the daylight savings and biannual changing of the clock; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6133/17]
- Human Rights
92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been denied preclearance to the United States in Dublin and Shannon Airports on grounds of their nationality since...
- Residency Permits
93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of stamp 4 permits issued in the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6243/17]
- Garda Vetting Procedures
94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to streamline Garda vetting procedures and to allow for simplified procedures for persons transferring between different types of work...
- Residency Permits
95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of eligibility for stamp 4 permission to remain in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Military Aircraft Landings
96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 1 February 2017, if An Garda Síochána has no role in relation to the inspection of civilian...
- Magdalen Laundries
97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the practices and procedures of the Magdalen redress scheme, in particular the criteria used for consideration and eligibility in the process; the...
- Immigrant Investor Programme Data
99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the investment funds for which applications under the immigrant investor programme have been approved to date; the investment funds for which such...
- Direct Provision System
100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made on her commitment in February 2015 to allow asylum seekers living in direct provision to have their complaints...
- Garda Resources
101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to upgrade facilities to enable the better delivery of services by An Garda Síochána (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Commissions of Inquiry
102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of commissions of inquiry or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in her Department; the name of these; the date...
- Student Visas Applications
103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a student applying for a study visa for Ireland must prove that they have €7,000 in their own bank account or simply access to...
- Garda Vetting Applications
104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda vetting procedures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6380/17]
- Policing Co-operation
105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 25 January 2017, the reason the question of her seeking to have the Pitchford inquiry's terms...
- Department of Finance
- Universal Social Charge Application
106. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for retired public sector workers on pre-1995 contracts having to pay USC which may see them less well off than their counterparts on post-1995...
- Hotel and Catering Industry
107. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied regarding the amount of working capital available to the hotel and catering industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6389/17]
- Illicit Trade in Fuel and Tobacco Products
108. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the number of seizures of illicit cigarettes and tobacco has dropped 16% from 7,154 seizures in 2015 to 6,024 in 2016; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Meetings
109. To ask the Minister for Finance if he had any meetings with private or third party investors that have proposals to invest in social or affordable housing; the date of the meetings; and the...
- NAMA Operations
110. To ask the Minister for Finance when NAMA began to use section 110 status with regard to the tax payment of €158 million by NAMA to the Revenue Commissioners and in view of the...
- Departmental Meetings
111. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 17 January 2017, when a response will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6246/17]
- Ministerial Meetings
112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has met with financial institutions or other third parties to discuss proposals for long-term leasing arrangements between local authorities and...
- Tax Reliefs Application
113. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending a specific tax concession as announced in the recent budget (details supplied) to sporting organisations. [6305/17]
- Customs and Excise Controls
114. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of visits by Customs and Excise officers to Casement Aerodrome in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of those visits...
- Commissions of Inquiry
115. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of commissions of inquiries or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in his Department; the name of these; the date they were...
- Brexit Issues
116. To ask the Minister for Finance if issues referred to by a person (details supplied) at a Westminster committee in relation to border controls and the imposition of same should Britain leave...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education and Training Provision
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated to counties Meath and Westmeath in 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a...
- School Accommodation Provision
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of long-term renting or purchase of prefabs for schools here over the past eight years to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement...
- State Bodies
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the review into the operations of Caranua. [6169/17]
- Broadband Service Provision
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if fibre broadband is rolled out nationwide, if schools will have access to this technology under the present filtered system; and if he will...
- Oideachas Gaeltachta
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aige a chinntiú go mbeidh múinteoir breise ex quota ag na scoileanna Gaeltachta ó Mheán...
- Foirne Scoile
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist an leithroinnt múinteoirí do scoileanna ar oileáin a mhéadú ó aon mhúinteoir...
- Scoileanna Oileáin
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aige an liúntas oileán €1,658 a thabhairt ar ais do gach múinteoir i scoil oileáin, ag cur...
- Aitheantas Scoileanna
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil iarratas faighte ag a Roinn ó Bhord Oideachais agus Oiliúna na Gaillimhe agus Ros Comáin ar aitheantas do Choláiste...
- School Accommodation
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that an application for additional accommodation from a school (details supplied) in County Kildare is reviewed as soon as...
- School Transport Eligibility
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children who are to move from an Irish-speaking national school to a secondary school taught through Irish are entitled to school transport...
- Student Data
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students over 18 years of age and under 21 years of age who were in full-time secondary education in the past year for which...
- National Educational Psychological Service Data
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Dublin which do not have direct access to a National Educational Psychological Service psychologist for the purposes of...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made to ensure the establishment of special ASD classes in mainstream schools in towns throughout the country in which there...
- Teachers' Remuneration
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can be put on the pay rates that were in existence in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6260/17]
- Teacher Exchange Scheme
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if current members or spokespersons of the teacher exchange programme can form part of the discussion group and action of the voluntary transfer...
- School Funding
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that was allocated to the secondary education committee in 2015 and 2016; if his Department has any input on the...
- Psychological Assessments
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children awaiting psychological assessment in the Fingal area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6268/17]
- Autism Incidence
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in Fingal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6269/17]
- Home Tuition Scheme Provision
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in receipt of home tuition in Fingal; the total number of hours provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects Status
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a school (details supplied) in regard to the capital grants scheme for 2019. [6284/17]
- Schools Building Projects
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a school (details supplied) in regard to the capital grants scheme for 2019. [6285/17]
- Third Level Staff
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the rate of progress in the seven universities of the implementation of the Cush report; the reason there are delays in the...
- Stádas Thionscadail Tógála Scoileanna
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an dtabharfaidh sé soiléiriú maidir le stádas an iarratais atá déanta ag an scoil seo (sonraí leis seo); go...
- Commissions of Inquiry
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of commissions of inquiry or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in his Department; the name of these; the date...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a request to provide additional funding in respect of a building project (details supplied) in view of the...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda vetting procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6381/17]
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Appointment of Receivers
151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking with the Minister for Finance to determine receivers' responsibilities to tenants in situ...
- Commercial Rates Valuation Process
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider introducing a reduction in commercial rates for rural pubs and shops in view of the decline in...
- Local and Community Development Programme Staff
153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 29 November 2016, if the comprehensive legal advice referred to has...
- Ministerial Meetings
154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has had any meetings with private or third party investors that have proposals to invest in social or...
- Housing Assistance Payments Data
156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment, HAP, tenancies currently in operation in each county; the number of those...
- Housing Assistance Payments Administration
157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the protection measures in place for housing assistance payment, HAP, tenants should a landlord end their tenancy...
- Homelessness Strategy
158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the measures he is putting in place with local authorities to begin homelessness prevention with families when a...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for homeless families after July 2017 when the practice of accommodating them in commercial hotels will be...
- Housing Assistance Payments Administration
160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will allow regeneration zones to accept housing assistance payment, HAP, tenancies; and if he will make a...
- Vacant Properties
161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if consideration is being given to introducing compulsory leasing orders for appropriate vacant properties; and if...
- Local Authority Housing Data
163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will report on the turnaround of Dublin local authority voids, by local authority, taking into consideration...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there are any grant aid programmes currently within his Department or due to come online shortly which provide...
- National Oversight and Audit Commission
165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the performance indicators in local authorities, as compiled by the National Oversight and...
- Planning Issues
167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if consideration will be given to allowing members of the public to make observations on subsequent planning...
- National Planning Framework
170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the consultations to date with the Northern Ireland authorities on the new national planning framework; his plans to...
- Commissions of Inquiry
171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of commissions of inquiry or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in his Department;...
- Local Authority Housing Applications Data
172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the most recent figures for persons on the housing waiting list for all county and city councils, in tabular form;...
- Department of Social Protection
- One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reinstate the lone parent allowance for both parents who live alone and are separated. [6130/17]
- Disability Allowance Payments
174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6154/17]
- Exceptional Needs Payments
175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will make a ministerial order that exceptional needs payments be granted to families in emergency accommodation to assist with transport...
- Disability Allowance Applications
176. 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....
- Appointments to State Boards
177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to fill vacancies on the boards of statutory bodies which operate under the aegis of his Department (details supplied); and if he will...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6340/17]
- Commissions of Inquiry
179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of commissions of inquiry or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in his Department; the name of these; the date they...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Brexit Issues
180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify reports in the media on comments made by the former head of the European Commission’s customs procedures unit...
- EU Issues
181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a decree that was passed by the Romanian Parliament that could free dozens of officials jailed for...
- Human Rights
182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has read a report from the Cairo Institute of Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) which states that a person (details supplied) and thousands...
- Brexit Issues
183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of discussions he has had with the British Foreign Secretary in relation to the need for any post-Article 50 agreement between...
- Commissions of Inquiry
185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of commissions of inquiry or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in his Department; the name of these; the...
- Northern Ireland
186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his Department has been in touch with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland or the British Foreign Office in relation to the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works Properties
187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of car parking spaces that are controlled by the Office of Public Works in Dublin's inner city; the Department or other body...
- Referendum Data
188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full cost to the State of holding the referenda on the 34th and 35th amendments to the Constitution in 2015. [6254/17]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Post Office Network
189. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a report (details supplied) regarding the rural post office network; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge
190. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist 30 scoláireacht bhreise a thabhairt le haghaidh scoilbhliain 2017-2018 faoi scéim na...
- Departmental Funding
191. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are any grant aid programmes currently in operation within her Department or due to come online shortly which provide...
- Departmental Expenditure
192. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Roinn na Gaeltachta had any unspent funding in 2015 and 2016; if so, the headings under which that funding came; if the funding...
- Commissions of Inquiry
193. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of commissions of inquiry or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in her Department; the name of...
- Rural Development Plan
194. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the tax incentives and reliefs that will be available to owners of properties in rural towns and villages following on from the...
- Department of Health
- Medical Card Eligibility
195. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore the medical cards to persons over 70 years of age in households earning over €900 per week after the lowering of this band in...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
196. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have gallstone surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6128/17]
- Home Help Service Provision
197. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the provision of home help for a person (details supplied); the timeframe this person is expected to be on a waiting list; if additional...
- Mental Health Services Report
201. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 12 of 12 July 2016 and 109 of 18 October 2016, the status of the review of A Vision for Change; when the review will be...
- Home Care Packages Administration
202. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be allocated a social worker to assess the person's case to be discharged and allocated with a home care package;; and if...
- Mental Health Services
203. To ask the Minister for Health the names of the hospitals where 24-7 liaison psychiatry is available in emergency departments nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6160/17]
- Hospital Staff Data
204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical nurse specialists in posts as part of the clinical self-harm programme, including their location and their hours of operation; and if he...
- Primary Care Services Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are up and running in dual diagnosis in primary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6163/17]
- Disabled Drivers Grant
206. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that will be provided to a person (details supplied) in respect of their application for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a...
- State Claims Agency
207. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 1 February 2017, if he will provide the actuarial predictions made regarding maternity damages cases by the State...
- Occupational Therapy
208. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the waiting lists in County Louth for occupational therapy are increasing; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are children on...
- Advanced Healthcare Directives
209. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of the work of the multidisciplinary working group under section 91 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons placed in nursing homes through the fair deal scheme in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6223/17]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
211. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for endocrinology appointments; and the proposals his Department is undertaking to improve the lists going forward; and if he will...
- Organ Donation
212. To ask the Minister for Health the status and timeframe for the proposed organ transplant opt-out scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6227/17]
- Psychological Services
213. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 44 of 19 January 2017, 98 of 24 January 2017, 110 of 25 January 2017 and 115 of 31 January 2017, if he will initiate...
- Medical Card Reviews
214. To ask the Minister for Health if a second review will be re-opened in the case of a person (details supplied) to facilitate assessment of further information; if medical cards will be...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
215. To ask the Minister for Health the specific factors involved in determining priority for patient waiting lists for organ transplants. [6242/17]
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
216. To ask the Minister for Health when a replacement consultant will be appointed in the eye clinic in Portlaoise hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6244/17]
- Hospital Transfers
217. To ask the Minister for Health the transport service that is available to those persons that require transport from their homes to their hospital appointments when public transport is not...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
218. To ask the Minister for Health the details of waiting lists for orthopaedic surgery in each hospital group area for outpatient appointments, inpatient procedures and other lists,...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
219. To ask the Minister for Health when fibromyalgia will be included on the lifelong limiting illness list (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6263/17]
- Health Services Provision
220. 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. [6264/17]
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
221. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question No. 238 of 25 January 2017, when the national Health Service Executive office will approve the post (details supplied); the...
- Community Care Provision
222. To ask the Minister for Health the population of each community health care organisation with a breakdown by age categories (details supplied). [6275/17]
- Electronic Cigarettes
223. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will acknowledge the impact that vaping products are having for those that are looking for a viable alternative to smoking in the context of...
- Medical Products
224. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a meeting which was scheduled to take place between the manufacturer and the HSE (details supplied) following the HSE's assessment of the drug...
- Dental Services
225. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that there is sufficient oral and dental hygiene programmes available in schools and the broader community; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services
227. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to further expand early supported discharge services for stroke patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6297/17]
- Respite Care Services Provision
228. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care services have ceased and are no longer being offered to service users at a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal; if so, the reason...
- Hospital Services
229. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire for rehabilitation; and if he will make a...
- Commissions of Inquiry
230. To ask the Minister for Health the number of commissions of inquiries or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in his Department; the name of these; the date they were...
- Home Help Service Provision
231. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate additional funding for the provision of home help hours through the community service organisations in counties Carlow and Kilkenny to...
- Hospital Appointments Status
232. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) including when the person can expect an appointment with the neurology department, Temple Street...
- Occupational Therapy
233. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for an appointment with an occupational therapist with the occupational therapy services in Dublin south central; and if he will make...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Aquaculture Licences
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 14 April 2016, when An Bord Iascaigh Mhara and the Marine Institute will issue a...
- GLAS Payments
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there are continuing delays in payments under the GLAS scheme; when a person (details supplied) will receive payment; and...
- TAMS Applications
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6156/17]
- Food Imports
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the continued exclusion from supplying live brown crab from Ireland to China which has been ongoing...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2015 BPS payment will issue to a person (details supplied) who has had entitlements transferred to them and land leased; and...
- Farm Inspections
240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a ground inspection well be organised for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6274/17]
- Teagasc Courses
241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress being made to meet the demand for courses (details supplied); if additional personnel will be recruited to enable demand...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6287/17]
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to improve financial supports in respect of the bovine viral diarrhoea eradication programme; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the effect on a commonage if one of the shareholders does not abide by the rules and restrictions of the SAC; and if the GLAS...
- Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a file (details supplied) for the young farmers scheme and national reserve will be sent to the agricultural appeals office for...
- GLAS Applications
246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- National Mitigation Plan
247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the national mitigation plan; the timeline for the publication of the plan; the resources being made...
- Warmer Homes Scheme Funding
248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money set aside by the Government for the warmer homes scheme for 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a...
- Waste Tyre Disposal
249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he has taken to dispel concerns held by the tyre industry over lost revenues and trade, among others, which it...
- Postal Codes
250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the introduction of Eircode to rural Ireland; the action being taken to encourage it to be used by...
- Better Energy Homes Scheme
251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are any grant aid programmes currently within his Department or due to come online shortly which provide funding...
- Inland Fisheries Data
252. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Inland Fisheries Ireland has any salmon stock information for the Owenae river in County Donegal including catch...
- National Broadband Plan
253. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if consideration will be given to appointing a number of liaison officers from his Department to deal with different...
- Renewable Energy Incentives
254. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in addition to advertising scholarships for students undertaking taught MSc degrees commencing in the academic year...
- Broadband Service Provision
255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the national broadband strategy will deliver broadband to an area (details supplied); if this will happen in 2017;...
- Commissions of Inquiry
257. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of commissions of inquiry or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in his Department; the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Airport Security
258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to ensure that unlawful discrimination is not being undertaken or facilitated in pre-clearance areas at Dublin...
- Local Improvement Scheme Funding
259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reinvest in the local improvement scheme, LIS, for improvement of isolated, neglected roads and lanes not taken in charge by...
- Driver Test Centres
260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving test centres here by location; the cost of running each such centre for each of the past three years, including...
- Sport and Recreational Development
262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the Members of the Oireachtas who have made submissions to his Department on the sports policy; and the dates on which...
- Road Safety Strategy
263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to altering the rules of the road to reflect the advice (details supplied) provided to drivers in the...
- Tourism Funding
264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to counties Meath and Westmeath for tourism and hospitality skills training by his Department in 2015 and...
- Bus Éireann
265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the consequences facing many persons in rural parts of County Donegal such as Inishowen if Bus...
- Road Safety
266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Transport Infrastructure Ireland to review their proposals (details supplied) in view of concerns raised. [6341/17]
- Commissions of Inquiry
267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of commissions of Inquiry or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in his Department; the name of these;...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, following the midterm review of the capital plan, a construction project (details supplied) will be brought forward; and if so, the...
- Transport Infrastructure Provision
269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and his Department have identified a priority list of road and bridge projects likely to be required over the next ten years; his...
- Bus Éireann
270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which restructuring within Bus Éireann can be undertaken with a view to bringing costs into line with targets without...
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which his Department plans to extend the motorway network to facilitate economic development in the less developed regions...
- Tourism Industry
272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which adequate qualified staff are available to the hotel restaurant and catering services with particular reference to the...
- Bus Éireann
273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for investment in rail services over the next five years, including any extension to services; and if he will make a statement...
- Tourism Data
275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set down the number of tourists expected to the country in 2017; the way in which this will compare with the previous year; the extent...
- Brexit Issues
276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the extent to which he and his Department are taking measures in the tourism sector to offset the negative aspects of Brexit;...
- Sports Capital Programme
277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the degree to which he proposes to deploy the capital sports grants throughout the country to ensure a high quality and...
- Public Transport Provision
278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the extent to which his Department monitors the rail and bus services in County Kildare with a view to ensuring the needs of...
- Sport and Recreational Development
279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the extent he expects to be in a position to promote and assist the development of passive recreation activities; and if he...
- Regional Airports
281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the extent to which he continues to monitor the developmental requirements at regional airports with a view to eventual...
- Road Improvement Schemes
282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the need to meet road and bridge realignments in County Kildare with particular reference to the...
- Bus Éireann
283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the internal transfer of funds within Bus Éireann from its Expressway service to its public...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Financial Instruments
284. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline her views on whether the accounting standard known as IAS 39 is fit for purpose with regard to rules adopted by banks when...
- Action Plan for Jobs
285. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the sections in the action plan for jobs specifically relating to counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Job Creation
286. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the work that is ongoing to find a company for a factory (details supplied) in Carrickmacross; the action that has been...
- IDA Data
288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland landbanks in County Wicklow, with a breakdown by town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6288/17]
- Brexit Issues
291. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount she has allocated to specifically assist the agrifood and drinks sector for 2017 in view of Brexit; and if she will make a...
- Youth Employment Initiative
292. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in the progress report of the Limerick regeneration framework plan published in...
- IDA Staff
293. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of employees employed by IDA Ireland in each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form. [6333/17]
- Enterprise Ireland Staff
294. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of employees employed with Enterprise Ireland in each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form; and if she will...
- Commissions of Inquiry
295. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of commissions of inquiry or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in her Department; the name of these;...
- Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she expects Dáil Éireann to discuss and vote on the trade deal CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Aftercare Services
297. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of young persons that have been assessed as currently requiring an aftercare worker, by county; the total number of young...
- Homeless Persons Data
298. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department is working on risk assessments for every homeless child; the mental health monitoring that is taking place for children...
- Youth Services
299. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding an application for the funding of a youth project (details supplied). [6228/17]
- Area Based Childhood Programme
300. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date to which she is operating to for the notification of each ABC project of their funding for 2017; and if she will make a statement...
- Commissions of Inquiry
301. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of commissions of inquiry or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in her Department; the name of these; the...
- Department of Defence
- Passport Controls
302. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the procedures in place at Casement Aerodrome regarding customs and excise and passport controls; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Protected Disclosures
303. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces have written policies and procedures in place for dealing with whistleblowers; and if so, if he will publish same. [6307/17]
- Commissions of Inquiry
304. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of commissions of inquiry or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in his Department; the name of these; the date...
