Written answers
Thursday, 9 February 2017
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Regional Development Initiatives
13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to provide initiatives for the establishment of innovation hubs in rural counties such as County Donegal similar to the...
- Job Creation
14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, before welcoming any future announcement of new jobs created, she or her Department will investigate the actual working conditions...
- Legislative Measures
15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she will publish the heads of the Terms of Employment (Information) (Amendment) and Organisation of Working Time (Amendment) Bill...
- Military Exports
18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has or will consider instituting a presumption of denial policy in regard to weapon and dual use exports to Saudi...
- Action Plan for Jobs
19. 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...
- Departmental Agencies Funding
20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extra resources which will be provided to IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland to 2021 to cover the pre and post Brexit periods; the...
- Brexit Issues
21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the IDA is adequately resourced to deal with the opportunities of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6344/17]
- Employment Rights
22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the provisions she has made in her jobs plan to ensure jobs created are not subject to precarious hours, bogus self employment, low...
- Job Creation Data
23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 9 of 8 December 2016, if she will provide a breakdown by county of the 13,000 jobs created in the...
- Brexit Issues
24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the targeted strategies the IDA and Enterprise Ireland have ongoing in the border region at present and particularly in counties Cavan...
- Economic Growth Initiatives
25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to reverse the continual fall in business competitiveness levels and making Ireland an attractive location for...
- Research and Development Funding
26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total budget allocated by her Department under Innovation 2020 for scientists engaged in basic research in 2017; and if she will...
- Tourism Industry
27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a media company (details supplied) ran an investigative piece which examined the...
- Employment Rights
28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on reports of rampant non-compliance with employment legislation within the horse racing industry, particularly among stable...
- Job Initiatives
29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress in establishing a TechShop as provided under the Dublin action plan for jobs; the funding that has been allocated by her...
- IDA Site Visits
30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the IDA refuse to provide information as to the location of visits for the purpose of foreign direct investment in County...
- Brexit Issues
31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the assessments which are taking place to determine the way each industry and business sector here will be...
- Foreign Direct Investment
32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her estimate of the number of jobs in the financial services sectors which could possibly be gained through financial companies...
- Company Closures
33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action she and her Department have taken since the tobacco factory in Mullingar closed and the significant jobs losses in County...
- Regional Development Initiatives
34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to promote County Wexford and the south east for regional development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6324/17]
- Mental Health Policy
35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the mental health and wellbeing policies her Department has in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6348/17]
- Departmental Meetings
36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the meetings she or officials of her Department had in 2016 and to date in 2017 involving agrifood and drink...
- EU Funding
37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the immediate contingency steps she is taking with European colleagues to ensure EU research and development funding is not reduced...
- Departmental Agencies Funding
38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans with regard to resourcing InterTradeIreland appropriately to deal with Brexit following the recent announcement of increased...
- Legislative Programme
39. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the commitment in the programme for Government to introduce legislation to safeguard workers against precarious and...
- Departmental Bodies Data
40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when her Department will make available the exact amount and type of aid made available to individual IDA Ireland and Enterprise...
- IDA Portfolio
41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if IDA Ireland has identified the number of multinational companies here which only service the UK market; the contacts taking place...
- Enterprise Support Services Provision
42. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if specific measures will be introduced to assist businesses that are totally or heavily dependent on exporting to the sterling area,...
- Exports Growth
43. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her Department can support and develop the manufacturing and services sectors here to meet the competitive...
- Job Creation
44. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she and her Department continue to attract jobs to the less developed regions of the country, thereby encouraging...
- Agrifood Sector
45. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether her Department has been allocated enough extra spending to assist and support food and drink companies in 2017 to...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Commercial Rates (1 comment)
46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address an issue with regard to proposed increases to rates for commercial units selling petrol; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Staff Data
47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons within her Department tasked with drafting legislation and their job titles; if legislative drafting is their sole...
- Visa Applications
48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a holiday visa can be issued to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6439/17]
- Language Schools
49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the top ten English language schools by numbers of students registered by GNIB, in tabular form; the nationalities and numbers of students...
- Community Policing
50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community policing forums in existence here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6480/17]
- Convictions Lists
52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions for bogus self-employment for each of the years 2011 to 2016. [6485/17]
- Brexit Issues
54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the repercussions of the regulation of the European Parliament and the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the level of expenditure by her Department or any organisation under the aegis of her Department for each of the years from 2005 to 2016, in...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all resettled refugees who have arrived here as part of the Irish refugee protection programme receive an orientation and language training...
- Naturalisation Applications
59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the investigative procedures have been concluded relative to long-term residency and eligibility for naturalisation in the...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed to regularise residency here in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the case for naturalisation has been progressed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Student Visas Applications
63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 19 January 2017, if a second chance to comply with regulations applicable to a non-EEA student will be...
- Residency Permits
64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances under which residency status was granted and then revoked on the basis of information from the UK authorities in the case of a...
- Visa Applications
65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will facilitate a further extension to stamp 1 visa conditions which expire on 11 February 2017, in view of the fact that adequate time was...
- Residency Permits
66. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to issuing stamp 4 residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Naturalisation Applications
67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent of progress in the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) [6624/17]
- Family Reunification Applications
68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 15 December 2016, if the person (details supplied) can have the application for family reunification...
- Department of Finance
- Corporation Tax Regime
69. To ask the Minister for Finance if the attention of his European colleagues has been drawn to the importance of Ireland's 12.5% corporation tax, which appears to have suddenly become the...
- Job Creation Data
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of jobs projected to be created for the next five year period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6640/17]
- State Aid Investigations
71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the European Commission's ruling on Ireland and a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Help-To-Buy Scheme
72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the operation of the first-time buyer, help-to-buy scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only a small number of builders...
- Tax Reliefs Costs
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost to the State of tax incentives for nursing homes in each of the past five years. [6504/17]
- Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of expenditure by his Department or any organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the years from 2005 to 2016, in tabular form, on...
- Tax Code
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount currently earned in taxation on interest from crowdfunding loans to small and medium enterprises (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Banking Sector
77. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the moves in the US to reduce financial regulation and the potential roll back of the Dodd-Frank law; if he has undertaken a risk assessment of...
- Corporation Tax
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the independent review on corporation tax; if the deadline of the end of the second quarter in 2017 is still applicable; if it will include...
- Property Tax Exemptions
79. To ask the Minister for Finance if exemption from LPT applies in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6630/17]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Tourism Policy
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated to counties Carlow and Kilkenny in 2015 and 2016; the amount of funding...
- Summer Works Scheme
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools can expect the summer works scheme to be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6399/17]
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6400/17]
- Summer Works Scheme Eligibility
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will provide funding to replace a flat roof in a school (details supplied) which is in bad repair and urgently needs work; and...
- National Educational Psychological Service
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names and locations of the 24 schools in County Laois which are without access to a NEPS psychologist. [6417/17]
- School Accommodation Provision
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase capacity at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6441/17]
- Legislative Measures
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed timeframe for the Technological Universities Bill; when it will be before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on...
- Student Grant Scheme Payments
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there have been a number of write-offs with regard to recouping paid funds in each of the years since SUSI was formed in relation to discovered...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the details of the 2017 summer works programme grant recipients to be announced; and if new applications will be taken in...
- School Accommodation
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools currently which have prefabricated classrooms by county, in tabular form. [6452/17]
- School Enrolments Data
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children per county who have applied over each of the past five years to either a special class or an autism class and were refused...
- Home Tuition Scheme
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with autism spectrum disorder per county currently in receipt of home tuition; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Home Tuition Scheme Provision
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason persons (details supplied) were not allocated sufficient home tuition hours for their child as recommended by a specialist; if he will...
- Third Level Examinations
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing an independent appeals mechanism for examinations at third level, particularly in the institutes of technology...
- Industrial Relations
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to enter into talks with the ASTI leadership in relation to the recent ballot result; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- State Examinations
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he plans to take to ensure that junior certificate students do not suffer as a result of ongoing industrial action; and if he will...
- School Curriculum
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status that history will have as a subject under the new proposals for junior certificate reform; if it will remain a core subject for the...
- School Patronage
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to accelerate the divestment of patronage of schools; if schools will be divested to the community national school model; and if he will...
- State Examinations
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any mechanism by which leaving certificate applied students who wish to apply for membership of An Garda Síochána could be...
- Religious Discrimination
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any cases before the courts, equality tribunal, Workplace Relations Commission or other such body in which either his Department or...
- Teaching Qualifications
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures his Department plans to take to increase the supply of teachers who can teach through the medium of Irish; his plans to establish a...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6506/17]
- Digital Strategy for Schools
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount required to include newer schools built since 2013 in the scheme for new computers for schools, considering the small number of new...
- School Accommodation
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the decision to refuse grant aid for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) due to extenuating...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of expenditure by his Department or any organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the years from 2005 to 2016, in...
- School Accommodation
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location a second level school currently in temporary accommodation (details supplied) in Cork City will be located to for the 2017-2018...
- Emergency Works Scheme Applications
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 18 January 2017, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the consulting engineers acting for...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Data
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of all outstanding debts owed by religious orders in respect of the residential institutions redress scheme, with a...
- School Staff
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when 2017-2018 staffing schedules will issue to schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6577/17]
- School Accommodation
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his officials in the building unit will visit and engage with a school (details supplied) in County Kildare regarding its planned extension...
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Homeless Persons Supports
114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will reinstate the allocations policy for Dublin local authorities to designate at least 50% of their vacant...
- Homelessness Strategy
115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has examined the relevant legislation in relation to provision of homeless accommodation in England (details...
- Private Residential Tenancies Board Staff
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of whole-time equivalent Residential Tenancies Board minimum rental standards inspectors currently...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Data
117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the budget provided to each local authority in each of the past ten years, including 2017, under schemes (details...
- Local Authority Funding
118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the level of funding that will be provided to Cavan County Council for 2017 in respect of housing construction,...
- Public Health and Safety
120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the national or local government agency responsible for public safety at public events including funfairs, amusement...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the level of expenditure by his Department or any organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the...
- Construction Industry
122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress of the review on the cost of building a home here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6574/17]
- Public Health and Safety
125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of all safety certificates that he or his Department has received in respect of...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which it is possible to re-examine the possibility of providing assistance under the pyrite...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applicants in 2016 for carer's allowance, disability allowance, domiciliary care allowance, invalidity pensions and illness...
- Ministerial Meetings
133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the outcome of his recent meeting with the UK Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; his main objectives ahead of the...
- Poverty Data
134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions he will take in response to the survey on income and living conditions 2015 figures released recently, specifically regarding the...
- Poverty Impact Assessment
136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions he will take in response to the survey on income and living conditions 2015 figures released recently, specifically the fact that...
- One-Parent Family Payment
137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the stage the report on the impact of Government reforms to the one-parent family payment is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6432/17]
- Jobseeker's Allowance
138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the stage the report on the impact of reduced jobseeker's allowance for under 26s is at; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement...
- Back to Work Allowance Applications
139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a person’s (details supplied) application for back to work allowance; and when they can expect a decision on their case. [6435/17]
- Social Welfare Fraud Data
140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of instances of bogus self-employment referred to his Department in each of the years from 2011 to 2016. [6484/17]
- Public Relations Contracts Data
141. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the expenditure by his Department or any organisations under its aegis for each of the years from 2005 to 2016 in tabular form on photography,...
- State Pension (Contributory)
142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the proposals he has to amend the legislation and regulations pertaining to eligibility for the State contributory pension in regard to the...
- Farm Assist Scheme Data
143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of farm assist payments and the total amount paid in each county in each of the years from 2012 to 2016 in tabular form;...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which arrears of rent can be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6608/17]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an emergency basic social welfare payment can be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6619/17]
- Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6621/17]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if partial rent support will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6623/17]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Visa Agreements
150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to possible changes to the J1 visa scheme for Irish citizens; if he discussed the issue on his recent visit...
- Immigration Controls
151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if during his visit to the USA he raised the recent immigration regulation changes regarding the banning of citizens from seven Muslim...
- Human Rights
152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Europe’s five largest pension funds (details supplied) have €7.5 billion...
- Human Rights Investigations
153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in January 2017 at least 13 human rights defenders were killed in Colombia (details...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of expenditure by his Department or any organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the years from 2005 to 2016,...
- Brexit Issues
155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of officials in his Department that have expertise in custom trade agreements; if he is satisfied there are enough officials...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Superannuation Schemes
156. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the mandatory application of the spouses' and children's scheme is under review; if there is consideration of it being optional; and...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
157. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of expenditure by his Department or any organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the years from 2005 to...
- National Monuments
158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress of the restoration of Glasnevin tower; if there is an opening date set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6551/17]
- Budget 2017
159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of the carryover cost of budget 2017 measures into 2018; the impact the carryover cost will have on the net fiscal...
- Lansdowne Road Agreement
160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Government currently has the funding to pay for the agreement reached with unions to move forward pay restoration under the...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Foras na Gaeilge
161. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí ar an eolas maidir leis na pleananna atá ag Foras na Gaeilge bogadh as Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí agus...
- Education Schemes
162. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop musical education and make instruments available to young persons and the general population through...
- Cross-Border Projects
163. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the restoration of the Ulster Canal will proceed to the next stage; the funding allocated for this project in 2017; and if she...
- Heritage Projects
164. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of funding that will be allocated in 2017 to Cavan County Council in respect of heritage projects; and if she will make a...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
166. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of expenditure by her Department or any organisations under the aegis of her Department for each of the years from 2005 to...
- Department of Health
- Nursing Education
167. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the lack of CAO places made available to students having completed a pre-nursing course through a post leaving certificate course; and if he...
- Medicinal Products Availability
170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fast track the approval of the new drug Orkambi for the treatment of cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6405/17]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
171. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the submission for reimbursement of the drug respreeza-zemaira that is currently before the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics; and if he will...
- Audiology Services Provision
172. To ask the Minister for Health the average timeframe persons must wait to be fitted with a hearing aid following audiology assessment and prescription of a hearing aid. [6407/17]
- Audiology Services Data
173. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within community audiology services in each CHO area; the current vacancies within these services; and if he will make a statement...
- Nursing Home Services
179. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any State or HSE funding available to support in full or in part the provision of physiotherapist or physiotherapy services at a nursing home...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
180. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient paediatrics urology appointments for a person (details supplied) at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin for every month in...
- Respite Care Services
181. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funds are released to provide immediate respite care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mental Health Services Staff
182. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist posts here which are filled by doctors on the Medical Council specialist register for child and...
- Medicinal Products Regulation
183. To ask the Minister for Health the powers of enforcement and investigation of the Health Products Regulatory Authority; the number of complaints made against the body in the past four years...
- Mental Health Services
184. To ask the Minister for Health if any developments have taken place with regard to the development of a jigsaw-type mental health project in Counties Sligo and Leitrim due to the fact that...
- Home Help Service
185. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to be assessed for the home help waiting list. [6492/17]
- Care of the Elderly
194. To ask the Minister for Health the timetable and milestones for the policy development and public consultation process on home care as set out by the Minister of State in her contribution on...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure
195. To ask the Minister for Health the total net cost to the State of the fair deal scheme in each of the past five years. [6503/17]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the National Treatment Purchase Fund pre-planned list for each month in 2016 and for January 2017; and the number waiting on the list...
- Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
201. To ask the Minister for Health the level of expenditure by his Department or any organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the years from 2005 to 2016, in tabular form, on...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged between 65 and 69 years of age who had a routine mammogram as per BreastCheck since January 2016. [6555/17]
- Services for People with Disabilities
203. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that additional psychologists, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists are allocated to counties Cavan and Monaghan due to...
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
204. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the €560 million estimate to build the new children's hospital provided by his predecessor to Dáil Éireann in 2012 has been at such...
- HIV-AIDS Programmes
206. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for the rapid HIV testing service (details supplied); if his Department plans to fund this service in view of its successful pilot; and...
- Health Services Provision
207. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) regarding care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6566/17]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
208. To ask the Minister for Health if details of all hospital consultants outpatient waiting lists will be made publicly available on the grounds of transparency and to ensure the public have a...
- Medicinal Products Prices
209. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recent article (details supplied); the rationale behind the 30% clause within the drug pricing agreement; the way this...
- Respite Care Services Provision
211. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration can be given to the provision of day and respite services to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6620/17]
- Health Services Allowances
212. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) qualifies for dental benefit and for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6625/17]
- Home Help Service Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Health if a home help support package will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6627/17]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- GLAS Payments
214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6415/17]
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
216. 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. [6453/17]
- Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway did not qualify for the young farmers scheme; the reason for refusal; and if...
- GLAS Payments
220. 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. [6521/17]
- Public Relations Contracts Data
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of expenditure by his Department or any organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the years from 2005 to...
- Laboratory Facilities
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the review of the regional laboratories; and his views on the suggestion of closure or amalgamation...
- Ministerial Meetings
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings he has had with the Irish farmers with designated land, since he took office; if he reviewed their proposals;...
- Land Issues
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the proposals that Irish farmers with designated land have with regard to resolving land devaluation issues; and if he...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is a 100% penalty on payments such as ANC in cases in which the sheep census is not returned by the appointed date;...
- Beef Data and Genomics Programme
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 5 July 2016, and the variables used to calculate such figures, the detail of the...
- GLAS Data
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 applicants that have received 85% of their total 2016 payment; the number of persons that have...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of AEOS recipients by county that have received their total 2016 payment; the number of persons that have passed all...
- Basic Payment Scheme Data
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of participants under the national reserve scheme in each year to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Young Farmers Scheme
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of participants under the young farmers scheme in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will...
- Agriculture Scheme Data
234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of hectares currently eligible under the basic payment scheme, BPS, and greening scheme per county; the total...
- Forestry Grants
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a report from his Department (details supplied). [6607/17]
- Departmental Investigations
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a thorough examination will be undertaken of the circumstances whereby several animals mysteriously died on the farm of a person...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Illegal Dumping
238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the state aid which will be given to community groups to combat illegal dumping; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of expenditure by his Department or any organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the years...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects Status
241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the east-west link road investment project in County Cavan can be considered for part of the €2.6 billion in additional capital...
- Road Improvement Schemes
242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if realignment works between Castleblayney and Carrickmacross can be considered for part of the €2.6 billion in additional capital...
- Driver Licences Applications
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions in place for Irish citizens living abroad who have lost or had stolen their full Irish driving licence and who cannot...
- Rail Network Expansion
244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the timetable for the delivery of the DART underground linking Heuston and Connolly stations is under review; the timetable for the...
- Traffic Management
245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to deal with growing traffic volumes in the greater Dublin area; and the specific measure he intends to take to deal with...
- State Airports
246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the DAA, in conjunction with Cork Airport authorities, to provide a flight connection between Cork and Dublin airports...
- Rail Network
247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a location (details supplied) will receive the lease from Irish Rail to progress restoring work. [6529/17]
- Public Relations Contracts Data
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of expenditure by his Department or any organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the years from 2005 to...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Living Wage
249. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to ensure that Irish workers will be entitled to a living wage; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
250. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of expenditure by her Department or any organisations under the aegis of her Department for each of the years from 2005 to...
- Brexit Issues
251. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department is outsourcing expertise on custom trade agreements or her views that her Department has enough resources in the...
- Vacancies on State Boards
253. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Health and Safety Authority, HSA, board positions that expired on 19 December 2016; the name of each such board...
- Health and Safety Regulations
254. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the statutory role the Health and Safety Authority has for ensuring the health and safety of recreational users on fairground...
- Health and Safety
258. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department or any of the agencies under her auspices were contacted regarding a reported incident (details supplied); the...
- Job Creation
259. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her Department proposes to distribute jobs throughout the economy on a regional basis to facilitate a balanced...
- Brexit Issues
260. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her Department, the IDA and Enterprise Ireland can plan for a worst case scenario in the aftermath of Brexit; if...
- Foreign Direct Investment
261. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she and her Department continue to be reassured regarding the protection of jobs arising from foreign direct...
- Brexit Issues
263. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she and her Department have managed to secure assurances throughout the EU and beyond regarding the need for...
- Trade Relations
266. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she and her Department are alert to the possibility of a global trade war; the extent to which the economy can be...
- Trade Agreements
267. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which possible trade agreements between the EU and US are likely to be explored in the near future; and if she will make...
- Skills Shortages
268. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the needs of urgently required skills in the workforce continue to be facilitated by way of work permits; the...
- Action Plan for Jobs
269. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she expects Irish manufacturing and services industries to remain competitive; and if she will make a statement on...
- Knowledge Development Box
270. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the knowledge development box provisions are likely to benefit the economy in the future in view of the ongoing...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Care Services Funding
271. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provision which will be made for child care services not currently under the registration remit of Tusla to access the new single...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
272. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of expenditure by her Department or any organisations under the aegis of her Department for each of the years from 2005 to 2016,...
- Child Care Services Funding
273. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to provide additional funding through a committee (details supplied) to child care providers in Cork city in the community...
- Child Care Services Regulation
274. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to challenges facing child care providers in the community setting due to recent changes in regulation; the...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
276. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address a serious loophole in the operation of the ECCE scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Training
277. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if persons under 25 years of age on social protection payments are being sent invitations by the Defence Forces to engage in courses at counties...
- Defence Forces Properties
278. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Curragh forum has made any progress in fighting illegal dumping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6404/17]
- Public Relations Contracts Data
279. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the level of expenditure by his Department or any organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the years from 2005 to 2016, in...
- Air Traffic Control Services
280. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the level of air traffic control in operation at Baldonnel Aerodrome; if cover is on a 24/7 basis; and if not, the times not covered. [6547/17]
- Air Corps Recruitment
281. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current vacancies in the Air Corps; and the timeframe ffor which each vacant position has been vacant. [6548/17]
- Defence Forces Reserve
282. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will sanction an amendment to the headdress uniform (details supplied) for use by the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a...
