Written answers
Thursday, 16 February 2017
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Direct Provision System
11. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the changes which have been made or are planned to address the rights and needs of children who live in direct provision centres; and if she will...
- Policing Authority
14. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will amend the Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 to further empower the Policing...
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
15. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability agreed by Ireland in 2007 will now be given a date for ratification; and if she...
- National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan
16. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a recent assertion that the national disability strategy is abject, failing to comprehensively deliver on a single area of policy or...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
19. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to install cameras on motorways to assist in the fight against crime. [7606/17]
- Legislative Programme
21. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will be bringing forward legislation to abolish mandatory retirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7636/17]
- Magdalen Laundries Report
22. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps her Department will take to to ensure an interpretation of the Magdalen redress scheme that is consistent with the State's apology to...
- Garda Districts
23. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review Garda district boundaries in the Wexford division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7634/17]
- Traveller Community
24. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on recognition of Traveller ethnicity. [7682/17]
- Garda Districts
25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the redrawing of Garda districts in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7605/17]
- Garda Equipment
26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to expand the capabilities of the PULSE system as part of the Garda Síochána Modernisation and Renewal Programme 2016-2021;...
- Probate Applications
27. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reduce the length of time it currently takes for probate to be granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7621/17]
- Immigration Policy
28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the introduction of a humanitarian admission programme to allow Irish residents, naturalised citizens and refugees to apply...
- Brexit Issues
29. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the common travel area will survive in its current format after Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3096/17]
- Garda Deployment
30. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the reintroduction of the dedicated drugs unit in the Cavan and Monaghan Garda divsion; if extra personnel have been assigned...
- Garda Investigations
31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adult disclosure cases reported in each Garda division in each of the years 2013 to 2016; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Direct Provision System
32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and specifically which of the 173 recommendations of the McMahon report that have been fully, partially and yet to be implemented...
- Road Traffic Offences Data
33. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions in 2016 and to date in 2017 per district court for disqualified drivers driving while disqualified; the number of...
- Commercial Rates Valuation Process
34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures her Department proposes in conjunction with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation under point 76 of the action plan for...
- Asylum Applications
35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual numbers and percentages of successful applications for asylum seekers following first interview for their applications; the percentages...
- Drug Treatment Court
36. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of her Department’s plans for the development of the Drug Treatment Court model; her plans to expand on the existing structure;...
- Immigration Controls
37. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a progress report on the appointment of a person or body to review the preclearance at Dublin and Shannon airports. [7034/17]
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if additional resources will be allocated to GSOC to enable it to carry out its role as confidential recipient more effectively; and if she will...
- Protected Disclosures
39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of material she provided to a person (details supplied) in relation to the other whistleblowers which the person has refused to include...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reguees under the Irish refugee protection programme who have arrived to date in view of Ireland's commitment in September 2015 to...
- Refugee Status Applications
41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 24 of 16 December 2016, if her Department has any plans to implement the recommendation made by the McMahon...
- Garda Investigations
42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in an investigation into the Belturbet bombing of December 1972 which caused the death of two teenagers; if her attention has been...
- Garda Deployment
43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is concern that Garda transfers between stations are not happening in a fair and...
- Garda Reports
44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish the report of An Garda Síochána into the activities of British undercover agents related to the Pitchford inquiry in...
- Immigrant Investor Programme Data
45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful applications under the immigrant investor programme since its inception; the value of the associated investment; the...
- Garda Stations
46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the representations she has made to the OPW in the past six months in an effort to speed up the acquisition of a site for the new Garda station in...
- Immigration Policy
47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will regularise the position of undocumented migrants here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7684/17]
- Departmental Strategies
48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for an awareness campaign on the issue of sexual consent in view of the fact there is a definition of consent outlined in the Criminal...
- Refugee Data
49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of suicides of persons in direct provision and in the asylum application process that have taken place in the past five years; and if...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to deal with the other Garda whistleblowers who have made persistent claims to her of being the victims of bullying and...
- Civil Legal Aid
51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the revenue received by the Civil Legal Aid Board in contributions made by persons seeking legal aid for domestic violence cases; and the...
- Garda Reserve
52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any analysis has been completed on reasons for the substantial fall in Garda Reserve numbers between 2014 and 2016. [7628/17]
- Courts Service Data
53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases before each court on drink driving offences in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of convictions for this offence; the...
- Garda Station Closures
54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration is being given to the reopening of the Garda stations which were closed in the Cavan/Monaghan division since 2011;and if she will...
- Garda Data
55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Garda Síochána's domestic violence statistics for 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7681/17]
- Garda Deployment
56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of gardaí in the Mayo division; the plans in place to increase this number during 2017; and if there are any plans to...
- Garda Equipment
57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate resources such as technology, motorised transport and other necessary equipment continues to be available to An Garda...
- Prison Investigations
59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she or any person in her Department has examined the possibility of working with the Department of Health to expand the remit of HIQA to cover...
- Common Travel Area
60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the EU Council most recent discussions on the common travel area. [7359/17]
- Internet Safety
61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to ensure that children and young persons are safe when using the Internet; and if she will make a statement on the...
- International Agreements
62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received legal advice as to the obligations of Ireland and the United States of America to refugees under the Geneva Convention. [7130/17]
- Residency Permits
63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria that must be met in order that a person (details supplied) can live here full time; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Road Traffic Offences Data
64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in the past two years guilty of causing death on the road while under the influence of alcohol who were also uninsured or...
- Garda Misconduct Allegations
65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason she has not agreed to hold an inquiry under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights regarding the death of a person...
- Visa Applications
68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to any particular difficulties experienced by citizens of Libya in obtaining and renewing visas for this State;...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to expand Ireland's refugee programme, particularly in view of the recent study by the Economic and Social Research Institute which...
- Direct Provision System
70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the study Transition: From Direct Provision to Life in the Community which was funded by the Irish Research Council; the measures her...
- Prisoner Health
71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the mental health services that are provided to persons in prison; the details of efforts to monitor the mental health of prisoners; and if she...
- Refugee Data
72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees who have been relocated here from Greece since September 2015; the number of refugees the Government plans to relocate here...
- Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the unaccompanied child refugees who had been previously living in the French Calais camp who have arrived here to date in view of...
- Immigration Controls
78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the rules that apply to the granting of a visitor's permit for a person in Russia wishing to visit here; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Garda Station Opening Hours
79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the hours Glanmire Garda station is meant to be open; if this station has regularly opened these hours; the number of gardaí attached to that...
- Asylum Applications
80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine the case of persons (details supplied) and clarify the position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7885/17]
- Policing Issues
81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) cited in an application for judicial review has ever worked here as an undercover police operative. [7895/17]
- Garda Vetting Applications
82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in the Garda vetting of a person (details supplied); if this application will be expedited; and if she will make a...
- Road Traffic Offences Data
83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of repeat offenders under the Road Traffic Act 2012 who were previously fined for having more than 50 mg but less than 80 mg of alcohol...
- Compensation Awards
84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 17 January 2017, the status of a significant compensation claim for a person (details supplied); and...
- Residency Permits
85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position on eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7964/17]
- Immigration Status
87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or potential residency status, including eligibility for naturalisation, in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Residency Permits
88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise residency here in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Family Reunification Applications
95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position on an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Garda Retirements
96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of gardaí likely to retire in the course of 2017; the likely number of replacements on completion of training; and if she...
- Garda Deployment
97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which policing strategy, with particular reference to deployment, is likely to be updated, with specific reference to the need to...
- Garda Station Refurbishment
98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which refurbishment of various Garda stations throughout the country continues to be required; the extent to which updating of...
- Organised Crime
99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the successes of An Garda Síochána in the apprehension of criminal gangs; the degree to which the campaign against such criminal...
- Garda Station Closures
100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is proposed to re-open Garda stations closed in the past five years, with particular reference to those stations previously remaining open...
- Immigration Support Services
101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the safety and well-being of undocumented immigrants here receives adequate attention with particular reference to the needs...
- Crime Data
102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of crimes committed by persons while on bail for one or more previous offences; the number of serious crimes committed by such...
- Policing Issues
103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which policing methods here are aligned to best practice in other jurisdictions, with particular reference to comparison with those...
- Garda Strength
104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the Garda numbers throughout County Kildare are likely to be increased over the next 12 months; her views on whether this is...
- Prisoner Releases
106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners that were entitled to early release in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8002/17]
- Prisoner Data
109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners that were first-time offenders and were given access to rehabilitative and educational training within the prison service...
- Departmental Legal Costs
111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent during 2016 by her Department and by each named public body under her Department’s remit on legal services, by reference...
- Policing Authority
112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the functions of the Policing Authority has been taken over from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Finance
- Property Tax
113. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address an issue with regard to a change in the property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7781/17]
- Financial Services Regulation
114. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit servicing firms that have completed the authorisation process following the passing of the 2015 credit servicing legislation; and if he...
- Ministerial Meetings
115. To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose of his meeting with a company (details supplied) the day before the closing date for bids on NAMA's Project Eagle; the matters discussed at the...
- Banking Operations
116. To ask the Minister for Finance if the approval of the ECB is required for a bank (details supplied) to resume dividend payments to shareholders; if any discussions are under way in this...
- Financial Services Regulation
117. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of insurance companies selling motor insurance here which are prudentially regulated in an EU member state other than Ireland; the country in which...
- Tax Reliefs Application
118. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being put in place for owners of non-principal private residence to claim tax relief on the annual NPPR tax from 2009 and 2013 in view of the...
- Water Charges
119. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of maintaining the suspension of water charges in 2018; the estimated impact of a continued suspension on fiscal space in 2018; and if he will make a...
- Tax Exemptions
120. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the threshold of the artists exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7952/17]
- Tax Code
121. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reports that new rules from the Revenue Commissioners governing taxation of foreign employees working temporarily here could seriously undermine...
- Tax Credits
122. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the earned income tax credit for the self employed to levels of €1,250, €1,400, €1,500 and €1,650...
- Departmental Legal Costs
123. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent during 2016 by his Department and by each named public body under his Department’s remit on legal services, by reference to each firm...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the services available to survivors of institutional abuse through the Caranua agency; the way the fund is administered; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive approval to move to stage 2B; his views on whether a realistic timeline for the opening of the...
- Schools Refurbishment
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) to allow the building of a new school building; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Autism Support Services
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location a person (details supplied) can obtain the necessary supports they urgently require. [7878/17]
- International Students
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the regulations and guidelines in place for international students arriving here; the support services that are available to them; and if he will...
- Education Funding
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 31 January 2017, the amount of money that is being drawn from the European Social Fund, ESF, to fund...
- Higher Education Courses
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the same child care level 7 course in Carlow IT and NUIG is being offered to students at different fee rates and Skillnets is funding...
- Educational Disadvantage
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools from each county added to the DEIS programme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7936/17]
- School Accommodation Provision
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the N4 educational study which assessed the needs for the establishment of new schools in the general area, if further assessment has...
- Education Grants
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a higher education grant is available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7986/17]
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding made through the summer works scheme and submitted by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for...
- Education Grants
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if back to education allowance or higher education grant is available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Legal Costs
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent during 2016 by his Department and by each named public body under his Department’s remit on legal services, by reference...
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- EU Directives
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the EPA nitrates directive will be reviewed. [7806/17]
- Regeneration Projects
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the specific houses which are still scheduled to be demolished in the four regeneration areas of Limerick city,...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if improvements will be introduced to the tenant purchase scheme to enable Part V tenants...
- Housing Assistance Payments Administration
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 160 of 8 February 2017, if he will confirm that he will not commence the...
- Foreshore Licence Applications
142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will refuse a foreshore licence (details supplied) in view of the substantial local and environmental...
- Local Authority Housing Data
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of residential units purchased for social housing in 2015 and 2016 and costs involved for each local...
- Social and Affordable Housing Applications Data
145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of social housing applicants waiting for social housing for each of the 31 local authorities, in tabular...
- Planning Issues
147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the actions he has taken arising from the independent review of inquiries into planning irregularities in six local...
- Local Authority Housing Funding
149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the level of funding that has been approved for Westmeath County Council for the construction of houses in 2017 in...
- Fire Service
150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the current plans of Dublin City Council regarding the provision of the emergency...
- Departmental Legal Costs
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount spent during 2016 by his Department and by each named public body under his Department’s remit on...
- Department of Social Protection
- Departmental Staff Relocation
153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the number of personnel at his Department in Longford will be released in line with their transfer approval for vacancies currently being...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment will be made in respect of carer's allowance to a person (details supplied) after an appeal was successful; and if he will make a...
- Illness Benefit Payments
158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reconsider the change in the terms of illness benefit introduced by his predecessors whereby a person is not paid for the last six days;...
- Rent Supplement Scheme
159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will instruct local authorities and his Department's rent offices to remove the threat of withdrawing rent supplement from tenants who have...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can join a community employment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7890/17]
- Carer's Allowance Payments
161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which and when an overpayment occurred in respect of a person (details supplied) receiving carer's allowance. [7894/17]
- JobsIreland Service
163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will address the consistent lack of computer facilities for jobseekers in the Dún Laoghaire social welfare office (details supplied); the...
- Social Welfare Code
164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reverse the 2012 change to widow's, widower's and surviving civil partner's contributory pension in order that persons in receipt of...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent increase in line with notice from landlord can be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- One-Parent Family Payment Payments
166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when one parent family allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7974/17]
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a basic social welfare payment can be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7977/17]
- Disability Allowance Applications
168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct payment entitlement in respect of disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will address the increasingly precarious situation appertaining to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- One-Parent Family Payment Payments
170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason one-parent family allowance in respect of both their children was terminated in the case of a person (details supplied); if emergency...
- Jobseeker's Allowance
171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of jobseeker's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7981/17]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent support will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7983/17]
- Social Welfare Benefits
173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if entitlement to dental treatment in the case of a person (details supplied) extends to periodontal treatment; and if he will make a statement on...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if provision can be made to facilitate payment of substantial arrears of rent support in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if back to education allowance or a higher education grant is available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlement to jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) after expiry of the person's entitlement to jobseeker's benefit;...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when carer's allowance will to be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7990/17]
- Illness Benefit Payments
179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in granting an illness benefit claim for a person (details supplied) who has been on sick leave since 28 November 2016; and...
- Social Insurance
180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending social protection supports to the self-employed and permitting such persons to opt into the existing class A structure, paying...
- Departmental Legal Costs
181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent during 2016 by his Department, and by each named public body under his Department’s remit, on legal services, by reference...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Procurement Contracts
183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department or the Office of Government Procurement has a policy on contractors seeking add-ons associated with large public...
- Fiscal Data
184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated net fiscal space available per annum in 2018 to 2022, inclusive, after all spending committed to date is factored into...
- Departmental Staff Data
185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of staff in the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer per annum from 2013 to 2017; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Legal Costs
187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent during 2016 by his Department, and by each named public body under his Department’s remit, on legal services, by...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Leader Programmes Funding
188. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a Leader funding application by a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7849/17]
- Brexit Issues
189. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are any consequences for North-South bodies such as Waterways Ireland and more specifically for pension entitlements for...
- Artists' Remuneration
190. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to review financial supports for writers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7951/17]
- Departmental Legal Costs
191. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent during 2016 by her Department, and by each named public body under her Department’s remit, on legal services,...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Appointments Status
192. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7771/17]
- Hospital Services
193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient theatres, excluding maternity and surgery theatres, across hospital sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7776/17]
- Electronic Health Records
195. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a facility similar to the clinical communications gateway in the health service; if not, if his Department's e-health strategy has considered this,...
- Patient Data
196. To ask the Minister for Health if data is available in respect of did not attend and late cancellation rates for day surgery theatres; if so, if he will provide this information for each of...
- Hospital Appointments Status
197. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospitals Capital Programme
198. To ask the Minister for Health the status of works at St. Vincent's Hospital, Athlone; when these works will be completed; if a re-opening date for this facility can be confirmed; and the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
199. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7791/17]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
200. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he plans rationalising the local offices which administer the fair deal scheme; his views on whether this will discommode the persons who rely on...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
201. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) had a surgery appointment cancelled at short notice; when surgery will take place; and if he will make a statement on...
- Patient Data
202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients outsourced at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make...
- Accident and Emergency Departments Data
203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
204. To ask the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting times at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by speciality and in the wait time bands...
- Hospitals Data
205. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick for each of the months of 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospitals Funding
207. To ask the Minister for Health the operating budget for University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2009 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7818/17]
- Hospitals Capital Programme
208. To ask the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2009 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospitals Expenditure
209. To ask the Minister for Health the total agency spend at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Staff Data
210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent nursing positions in place at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in...
- Hospital Beds Data
211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if...
- Hospital Services
215. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatres operational at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make...
- Home Care Packages
219. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 9 February 2017, the target date or dates for the introduction of new legislation. [7841/17]
- Health Services
220. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7842/17]
- Health Services Staff
221. To ask the Minister for Health whether maternity cover for a psychologist located in County Longford will be provided (details supplied). [7846/17]
- Disabilities Assessments
222. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [7848/17]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
223. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an outpatient ENT appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Applications
228. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-examine an application relating to a review of a medical card for a person (details supplied); the reason the initial application was closed and...
- Hospital Services
229. To ask the Minister for Health to set down in tabular form the number of public elective surgeries performed, by specialty, hospital and month, over the past five years; and if he will make...
- General Practitioner Services
232. To ask the Minister for Health whether a general practitioner in Carlow town is available to take on new private patients in view of the fact a person (details supplied) new to the area has...
- Hospital Services
233. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an issue with regard to the community hospital in Tralee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7882/17]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
234. To ask the Minister for Health whether a person (details supplied) has been placed on a waiting list for an MRI scan at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore; and if so, the expected time the...
- Health Services Provision
235. To ask the Minister for Health when he will be issuing a physiotherapy appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if the HSE will inform the person as to the position on...
- Respite Care Services Provision
236. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a request for respite care by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7911/17]
- Medical Card Eligibility
237. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the reason the HSE cancelled a medical card, as happened in a case (details supplied); his plans to open the application, taking into consideration...
- Dental Services Waiting Lists
239. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the current waiting times being experienced for orthodontist appointments in the HSE west area; if consideration has been given to the appointment...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
240. To ask the Minister for Health when a housing adaptation application for people with a disability submitted by persons (details supplied) will be assessed by the primary care department of...
- Ambulance Service Provision
241. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to proposed changes to the operation of the emergency ambulance call out service as provided by the Dublin Fire Brigade. [7941/17]
- Vaccination Programme
243. To ask the Minister for Health if a vaccination that was introduced into the infant vaccination programme on 1 December 2016 and backdated for infants born after 1 October 2016 will be...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
244. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to reviewing the age for the cervical smear examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7953/17]
- Dental Services Provision
245. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a date for an orthodontic appointment; the reason for the cancellation of an appointment; if the dental...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
246. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with an appointment for a medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7956/17]
- Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
247. To ask the Minister for Health the details of any new funding provided for drug services in 2017; the proportion of this that will be allocated to the proposed injecting facility and the...
- Occupational Therapy
248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been waiting less than three months, between three and six months, between six and nine months, between nine and 18 months and...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
250. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce the waiting time for children with scoliosis to undergo critical surgery; the expected waiting times for urgent cases when the...
- HSE Funding
251. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding for the provision of a specialist clinic (details supplied) is ring-fenced; if he will direct the HSE to provide an explanation...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
252. To ask the Minister for Health when a housing adaptation application for people with a disability will be assessed by the primary care department of the HSE in the case of a person (details...
- Departmental Legal Costs
253. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent during 2016 by his Department and by each named public body under his Department’s remit on legal services, by reference to each firm...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Severe Weather Events Response
254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who were refused entry to certain schemes in 2016 due to flooding issues. [7784/17]
- Food Industry Development
256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish a food ombudsman similar to the UK to ensure the primary food producers get a fair price; and if he will make...
- Beef Industry
257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce supports for beef farmers in view of the fact the price per kilogram is less than the break even. [7802/17]
- Young Farmers Scheme
258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports he plans to introduce to incentivise young farmers into the industry in view of the fact that the average age of a...
- Food Labelling
259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce legislation to ensure pig products must denote country of origin on the label. [7804/17]
- Organic Farming
260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason organic farmers are not allowed to spread pig manure; and his plans to change this. [7805/17]
- Farm Safety Scheme
261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase farm safety; and if he will consider introducing a farm safety scheme similar to the GLAS scheme. [7807/17]
- GLAS Payments
262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers who had received no 2016 GLAS payment by 1 January 2017. [7851/17]
- Animal Welfare
264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the current regulation concerning welfare of wild animals used in circuses here; if any animal welfare complaints have...
- Organic Farming Scheme Payments
265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the organic farming scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason for the delay...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an areas of natural constraint, ANC, payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Greyhound Industry
267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address issues with regard to the CEO of Bord na gCon and the closure of Shelbourne Park on 4 February 2017 (details...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 1 February 2017, when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Greyhound Industry
269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request the Irish Greyhound Board to reverse its decision to sell Harold’s Cross greyhound track in the interest of...
- Cereal Sector
270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial package he will propose for tillage farmers who suffered grain crop losses either at planting or harvesting stage due...
- GLAS Payments
271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 who have received 85% of their total 2016 payment, by county, in tabular...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons who applied for agri-environment options scheme, AEOS, that have received their total 2016 payment, by...
- Poultry Industry
273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is considering reviewing the current regulations regarding the free range or organic status for poultry in view of the current...
- Common Agricultural Policy Reform
274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on reviewing the current two and three crop rule in any future CAP reform as being proposed by grain growers; and if he...
- Common Agricultural Policy Review
275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on coupled payments in the context of future CAP reviews for suckler beef producers; the number of EU member states...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funds allocated to the knowledge transfer group scheme under the Rural Development Programme 2014 to 2020; the...
- Knowledge Transfer Programme
277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who have applied to the knowledge transfer group scheme under the Rural Development Programme 2014 to 2020 to...
- Brexit Issues
278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific Council of EU Agriculture Ministers meetings at which he made the case for the need for a revision of State aid rules...
- GLAS Payments
279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will receive a GLAS payment in the next round of GLAS payments issued. [7944/17]
- Transfer of Entitlements
280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the processes, procedures and regulations that must be adhered to in respect of the transfer of a herd number from a father to son...
- Departmental Legal Costs
281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent during 2016 by his Department and by each named public body under his Department’s remit on legal services,...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Waste Disposal Charges
282. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of assurances given to households that use disposable continence products for medical purposes that they will...
- National Broadband Plan
283. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the roll-out of high speed broadband under the rural broadband scheme will include a village (details supplied) in...
- Broadband Service Provision
284. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of premises forecast to be covered by the national broadband plan and by commercial high speed broadband...
- Departmental Legal Costs
285. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent during 2016 by his Department and by each named public body under his Department’s remit on legal...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects
286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected date for the opening of the M17-M18 motorway from Gort to Tuam; if he has had discussions with Transport Infrastructure...
- Road Projects Contracts
287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether, in the context of a compulsory purchase order, CPO, by the National Roads Authority, NRA, the authority pays professional legal...
- Brexit Issues
288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide figures on the volume of cargo goods that are transported by truck and ship via the UK to a third destination on an...
- Transport Policy
289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects that an overall freight policy for Ireland will be developed by his Department. [7855/17]
- Aviation Issues
290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the review into the feasibility of establishing Cork Airport as an independent airport to be completed; and his views on...
- Brexit Issues
291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has prepared or is preparing a strategy to deal with the possibility that the UK will no longer be covered under the EU...
- Transport Infrastructure Provision
294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the proposed project that would connect Dublin Airport to Clongriffin rail station via a spur has any merit as a...
- Public Transport Initiatives
295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the proposed revision to the metro north project means that the progress made on designing and planning the previous...
- Regional Airports
296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funds provided to each regional airport under the operational expenditure and the capital expenditure programmes, State support via...
- Road Safety Data
297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide information on alcohol related road deaths (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7897/17]
- Road Network
298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address an issue with regard to a junction in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Road Safety Strategy
299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's legislative proposals to reduce the 64% of fatal road accidents that are identified as not being associated with...
- Departmental Legal Costs
300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent during 2016 by his Department and by each named public body under his Department’s remit on legal services, by...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Employment Data
301. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the jobs created by companies supported by Enterprise Ireland and the Industrial Development Authority between 2011 and...
- Farm Safety
303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funds allocated by the Health and Safety Authority for farm safety initiatives in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she...
- Land Acquisition
304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress which has been made regarding the purchase of industrial land (details supplied). [7943/17]
- Community Enterprise Centres
305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the role Enterprise Ireland has in establishing a community enterprise centre in Loughrea; the financial support scheme available to...
- Health and Safety Inspections Data
306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding the Health and Safety Authority spent on all safety initiatives and the number of inspections it carried out in...
- Brexit Issues
307. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times at each specific EU Competitiveness Council Ministers' meeting she made the case for the need for a revision of...
- Exports Data
308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of domestic enterprises that export to the UK; the approximate number of employees employed by such enterprises; and if she...
- Legislative Programme
309. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when Report Stage of the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016 will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8025/17]
- Industrial Disputes
310. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on industrial action planned at a company (details supplied) on 14 February 2017; the steps she is taking to ensure workers'...
- Departmental Legal Costs
311. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent during 2016 by her Department and by each named public body under her Department's remit on legal services, by...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- School Starting Age
312. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address the contradiction between the law stating the mandatory school starting age as six years old and her Department's early...
- Homeless Persons Supports
313. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 298 of 8 February 2017, if she will confirm whether risk assessments are being carried out for...
- Child and Family Agency Remit
314. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has a legal right to access school and medical records of a minor without parental consent or if a court order is required to...
- Child and Family Agency
316. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when her attention was frst drawn to the existence of the Tusla files in respect of a person (details supplied); the action she took on...
- Departmental Legal Costs
318. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent during 2016 by her Department and by each named public body under her Department's remit on legal services, by reference...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Representative Organisations
319. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has considered the request by the Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association, RDFRA, for additional funding to run the...
- Departmental Legal Costs
320. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent during 2016 by his Department and by each named public body under his Department's remit on legal services, by reference to...
