Written answers
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Central Statistics Office Reports
20. To ask the Taoiseach if he has commissioned any bespoke work from the Central Statistics Office in the past 12 months. [2782/17]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Brexit Issues
32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has conducted an assessment of travel arrangements which may apply if a hard Border is reintroduced following Brexit. [8767/17]
- Middle East Issues
33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when Ireland will officially recognise the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8699/17]
- Irish Prisoners Abroad
34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the new efforts his Department will make to secure the release of a person (details supplied) whose trial has been postponed for the 19th...
- International Relations
36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to the historic visit of President Higgins to Cuba, his plans for further engagement with Cuba, in particular the way Ireland can...
- Catalan Referendum
37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the pending prosecution of persons (details supplied) for facilitating a non-binding consultation on...
- Human Rights
38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the plight of the Rohingya in Myanmar (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Official Engagements
39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the appropriateness of the planned visit by senior members of the Government to the President of the United States of America in...
- EU Migration Crisis
45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions at EU level regarding the arrangements in place with Turkey regarding migrants; his views on whether it is...
- Foreign Conflicts
46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific proposals or contributions Ireland is making to the Foreign Affairs Council to ensure the safety of the Yazidi people subjected...
- Immigration Controls
48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the impact here of the new US immigration policy in view of the restrictions announced by the US President, Mr. Trump, recently (details...
- Middle East Issues
49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the issue at EU Foreign Affairs Council meetings of the demolition in Palestine of structures provided for by humanitarian...
- Middle East Peace Process
56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action the Government is taking at European level to assist with bringing about a resolution regarding the Israeli and Palestine...
- Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the trend of some EU countries applying conditions to development aid and countries using their development aid budgets for...
- Brexit Issues
60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland's campaign continues to position it in the most advantageous situation possible post-Brexit in the context of...
- North-South Ministerial Council
63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the North-South Ministerial Council and its role in scoping out the implications of Brexit; and if this will be the sole...
- Brexit Issues
64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his meetings and work with Mr. Michel Barnier regarding Brexit. [8356/17]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Cabinet Committee Meetings
65. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on arts, Irish and the Gaeltacht last met. [8529/17]
- European Council Meetings
66. To ask the Taoiseach the items he has sought to have included on the agenda of the next meeting of the European Council meeting of the EU Heads of State or Government. [8528/17]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Misconduct Allegations
67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she received a file in regard to allegations of Garda corruption in a case at a venue (details supplied). [8842/17]
- Child and Family Agency
68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances of adult disclosure cases in which relevant third parties (details supplied) should be notified; the definition of third...
- Garda Investigations
70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the inquiry currently with the Garda national economic crime bureau on suspected VAT fraud in the poultry industry; and if she will...
- Road Traffic Offences
71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter (details supplied) with regard to fatal vehicle accidents in which it is reported that alcohol was involved; and if...
- Immigration Data
73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in total, and by nationality, refused leave to land at approved ports of entry to the State in 2016. [8850/17]
- Immigration Policy
77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will be opening the dedicated facility to accommodate persons who have been detained for immigration related matters at Dublin Airport;...
- Immigration Controls
78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the civilianisation of front-line immigration control procedures at Dublin Airport; the number of civilianised Irish...
- Prison Staff
79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason procedures are not in place in order to enable skilled and qualified Irish prison wardens from other countries, including the UK, to be...
- Garda Station Closures
80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, with regard to a closed Garda station (details supplied), the Garda Commissioner has indicated to her a timeframe as to when the review of the...
- Garda Operations
81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of undercover officers from the UK special demonstrations squad and the national public order intelligence unit that have ever operated...
- Property Registration
82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 16 November 2016 (details supplied) if she will provide a detailed update on progress in this regard;...
- Legal Aid
84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 12 July 2016, if she will initiate dialogue with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation...
- Legal Services Regulation
85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 15 February 2017, the date on which she expects that the legal services regulatory authority will be...
- Garda Investigations
86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Commissioner has provided her with any update on the serious review crime team review of the murder of a person (details supplied);...
- Child and Family Agency
87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when officials in her Department were informed that Tusla were issuing an apology to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Visa Applications
89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will respond directly to a request by a person (details supplied). [9049/17]
- Magdalen Laundries
90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the plans in place to ensure that artefacts and paperwork contained in the former Magdalen laundry building at Donnybrook, Dublin 4, are gathered...
- Ministerial Advisers Appointments
92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if each Minister of State in her Department has appointed a programme manager or adviser; the date of such appointment; and the remuneration and...
- Department of Finance
- Brexit Issues
93. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of sites identified by officials of the Revenue Commissioners that will be suitable for new customs posts and checkpoints in the Border area with...
- VAT Rate Application
94. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make a submission on behalf of the State regarding the reform of VAT rates proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the...
- Tax Code
95. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax incentives and reliefs that will be available to owners of properties in rural towns and villages further to the launch of the action plan for rural...
- NAMA Debtors
96. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 14 February 2017, the reason in the reply the value of €956 million classified as written off does not...
- Tax Collection
98. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) with regard to prosecutions in the District Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8988/17]
- Tax Reliefs Costs
99. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost, and the categories of expenses in each case, of income tax relief for medical expenses over each of the past five years. [9079/17]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Brexit Issues
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on meetings he or his officials have had with counterparts in other EU states with regard to the impact of Brexit on...
- School Accommodation Provision
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 9 February 2017, the action his department will take with regard to the review of updated demographic...
- School Enrolments Data
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of pupil numbers of all second level schools in Drogheda as at September 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a promised extension and refurbishment of a school (details supplied); if consideration of the stage 2A addendum in this case will...
- Schools Complaints Procedures
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the appointment of an ombudsman to oversee and monitor the behaviour and actions of boards of management of national...
- Institutes of Technology Funding
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the amount of money lost to Dublin Institute of Technology, DIT, due to the bankruptcy of a company (details...
- Disadvantaged Status
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not included in the list of schools recently approved for DEIS status; the criteria used to make the...
- SOLAS Administration
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that SOLAS has granted a cleaning contract for its Limerick offices to a company (details supplied)...
- Schools Building Projects Status
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new classroom for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9050/17]
- School Management
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body which has responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ministerial Advisers Appointments
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if each Minister of State in his Department has appointed a programme manager or adviser; the date of such appointment; and the remuneration and...
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Water Pollution
112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) with regard to Ireland's breach of pollution laws; and if he will make a...
- Noise Pollution
113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has considered new regulatory measures to deal with domestically produced noise pollutions such as dogs...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme
114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will include Part V units in the tenant purchase scheme in view of the fact their exclusion appears to be...
- Local Government Reform
115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the local government forum is still in operation; when it last met; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rural Development Plan
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to the publication of the Action Plan for Rural Development, and under Pillar 1, action number 8, when a...
- Housing Assistance Payments Data
117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment, HAP, tenancies that have been secured in 2014, 2015 and 2016; the length...
- Social and Affordable Housing
118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his Department's current guidelines with respect to (details supplied); his plans to make any changes to these; if...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of new build local authority homes, excluding voids and Part Vs, completed in 2016; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Housing
122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to his commitment at a recent visit to fund a number of infrastructure projects in Ballymun, if he will...
- Building Regulations
123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has initiated any review of building regulations to speed the process of bringing voids back into use; and if...
- Local Government Reform
124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will report on the programme for Government commitment on local government reform. [7054/17]
- Social and Affordable Housing
125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to an organisation (details supplied) which facilitates persons on housing waiting...
- Ministerial Advisers Appointments
126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government whether each Minister of State in his Department has appointed a programme manager or adviser; the date of such...
- Department of Social Protection
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who is currently working in a low-waged job can qualify for a back-to-education allowance or any other type of monetary assistance to...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person's holiday home is taken into consideration under the means assessment when applying for disability allowance. [8858/17]
- JobPath Data
130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline the benefits of JobPath; the way in which JobPath operates; if he will provide a breakdown by county of successful participation leading...
- Employment Support Services
131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that employment scheme sponsors, such as rural social schemes and community employment schemes, are no...
- Disability Allowance Applications
133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Allowance Applications
134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8864/17]
- Disability Allowance Applications
135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8865/17]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the decision to refuse jobseeker's allowance will be urgently reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the eligibility for jobseeker's benefit in the case of a person (details supplied); if supplementary welfare will issue in the interim due to...
- Free Travel Scheme Data
138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are in receipt of the free travel scheme that are under and over 66 years of age respectively, in tabular form; and if he...
- Free Travel Scheme
141. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he has taken to protect the all Ireland free travel scheme that allows a cardholder to travel free of charge on all bus and rail services...
- Social Insurance Payments
142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has signed the statutory instrument to effect the changes to social welfare entitlements for councillors as referred to in the Social Welfare...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Syrian Conflict
143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) concerning gross human rights violations in the Syrian Government's Saydnaya...
- Domestic Violence
144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent passage through the Duma, the Parliament of the Russian Federation, and adoption by the...
- Departmental Meetings
145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he met with an organisation (details supplied); if he will provide an update on their case; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Middle East Issues
146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the comments made by the US President, Mr. Trump, during his meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister regarding the two-state...
- Passport Services
148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the planned changes to renewal of adult passports online; when he expects this to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Passport Applications
149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the passport of a person (details supplied) will be processed urgently. [8926/17]
- Human Rights
150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports that the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR, endangered human rights...
- EU Agreements
151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the countries that have an association agreement with the European Union in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- UN Reform
152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which consideration has been given or is likely to be given to major reform of the UN with a view to enabling that...
- Election Monitoring Missions
153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on sending Irish election observers abroad in each of the past three years; the reason his department declined the...
- Military Aircraft
154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of military aircraft that passed through Irish airspace without landing at an Irish airport in each of the years 2014 to 2016,...
- Passport Applications Data
155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current processing times for passports through the normal application process and through passport express; the number of passports that...
- Passport Applications
156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the passport express ten-day turnaround was increased to a 15-day turnaround; the action he is taking to address the current backlog;...
- International Terrorism
157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his European Union and United Nations colleagues continue to address the threat of international terrorism; if...
- Humanitarian Aid
158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if humanitarian aid continues to be made available in the regions throughout the globe currently most affected by conflict; if adequate...
- EU Issues
159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which particular emphasis is placed on efforts within the European Union to address the issue of euroscepticism; and if he...
- Brexit Issues
160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his European colleagues continue to engage with their colleagues in the UK with a view to addressing any concerns...
- Foreign Conflicts
161. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the situation in South Sudan remains under observation by the European Union with a view to making positive impact to...
- Trade Promotion
162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which new trading links continue to be established globally; the extent to which it is expected that Ireland can benefit from...
- Foreign Conflicts
163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he and his colleagues at European Union and United Nations level continue to focus on the activities of Boko Haram and...
- EU Enlargement
164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which European Union enlargement continues to progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9006/17]
- Syrian Conflict
165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which aid and support continue to be provided to the civilian population in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Irish Prisoners Abroad
166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his Department continue to support a person (details supplied); if it is expected that a breakthrough will be...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current salary scales for principal, principal higher scale and assistant secretary in the Civil Service; if these grades will...
- Ministerial Advisers Appointments
168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if each Minister of State in his Department has appointed a programme manager or adviser; the date of such appointment; and the...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Turf Cutting
169. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding turf cutters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9071/17]
- Ministerial Advisers Appointments
170. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if each Minister of State in her Department has appointed a programme manager or adviser; the date of such appointment; and the...
- Department of Health
- Medical Card Eligibility
171. To ask the Minister for Health when a scheme (details supplied) discussed in budget 2017 will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8866/17]
- Respite Care Services Provision
172. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) with regard to the lack of respite care in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8869/17]
- HSE Funding
173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Parkinson's groups across the country in receipt of State aid; the amount that an organisation (details supplied) received in State aid in 2015,...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
174. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of nivolumab; if this drug will be licensed here; the timeframe for completion of the review of the cost effectiveness of this drug in...
- National Children's Hospital
175. To ask the Minister for Health if the contract for the construction of the proposed national children's hospital at St James's Hospital, Dublin has been awarded; the name of the company that...
- National Children's Hospital Location
176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide all peer-reviewed evidence to support locating the national children's hospital at the St James’s Hospital site; and if he will make...
- Hospital Charges
177. To ask the Minister for Health if he will have a specific charge waived in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [8880/17]
- Health Screening Programmes
178. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the HSE universal newborn hearing screening programme; if the programme is available for newborn children in every county;...
- Health Services
179. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8883/17]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
180. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made to make Orkambi available to cystic fibrosis sufferers here. [8889/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
181. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who has been waiting for an appointment for a cataract operation since 2014 will receive treatment; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Administration
182. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a separate application process for the medical card for those in receipt of domiciliary care allowance or if it will be automatically granted...
- Hospital Appointments Status
183. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist in having a person (details supplied) admitted to hospital for an urgent surgical procedure. [8892/17]
- Health Services
184. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8893/17]
- Dental Services Provision
185. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on the school dental screening programme (details supplied); the frequency with which dentists visit schools; the stage at...
- Hospital Appointments Status
186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make arrangements for an emergency medical appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8897/17]
- Hospital Admissions
187. To ask the Minister for Health if a referral for a person (details supplied) has been received by the admissions office at Kerry University Hospital; the average waiting time for this...
- Hospital Appointments Status
188. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for nasal surgery for a person (details supplied) based on an additional referral submitted by their general practitioner;...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
189. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a decision was made not to reimburse Respreeza; the grounds on which this decision was made; if the HSE will be re-entering negotiations with the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
190. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect an appointment at the Midland Regional Hospital,...
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
191. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an orthodontic appointment for a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect an appointment for orthodontic treatment under the...
- Medical Card Reviews
192. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card review for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [8927/17]
- Accident and Emergency Departments Data
193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who attended the emergency department of Mayo University Hospital in 2016. [8939/17]
- Orthodontic Services
194. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the policy of his Department to replace staff as they leave the HSE; if so, when the consultant orthodontist in Loughlinstown hospital will be...
- Hospital Appointments Status
195. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for hip replacement surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8942/17]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
197. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE high level officials group has made a recommendation on the reimbursement of Orkambi and the extension of Kalydeco for the two to five age group and...
- Health Services
200. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who is waiting for a prosthetic leg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9010/17]
- Medicinal Products Data
201. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) with regard to Roaccutane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9011/17]
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
202. To ask the Minister for Health if the Cork University Maternity Hospital has a full complement of nursing staff; if not, the efforts being made to recruit; the timeframe that he expects to...
- Health Services Provision
203. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a radiology unit for an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9074/17]
- Health Insurance Claims
204. To ask the Minister for Health the status of current private insurance fees owed to hospitals with a breakdown by hospital group. [9077/17]
- Prescriptions Charges
205. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the cap for prescription charges more equitable for persons living alone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9087/17]
- Health Services
206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9088/17]
- Occupational Therapy
207. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times in County Kildare for an occupational therapist for the past 12 months in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9089/17]
- Patient Transfers
208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9090/17]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Proposed Legislation
209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the importance of Ireland's hedgerow in the payments system under the Common Agricultural Policy, especially in view of Ireland's low...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the single payment scheme penalty that was imposed on a person (details supplied) for 2013 has not been reviewed despite...
- Coillte Teoranta Lands
211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte will consider the sale of cleared lands (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Knowledge Transfer Programme
212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) with regard to Teagasc payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8857/17]
- Departmental Funding
213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any grants available through his Department for the purchase of fishing vessels by a person wishing to set up a new...
- Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the programme for Government commitment to seeking recognition from the European Commission for forgotten farmers as a...
- Greyhound Industry
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the board of Harold's Cross greyhound racing stadium approved the disposal of the stadium as of 16 February 2017; and if he will...
- Bord na gCon Staff
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the salaries, grades and positions, together with numbers, for the Irish Greyhound Board in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Bord na gCon Administration
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the 2015 annual report and accounts are not on the website of the Irish Greyhound Board; the reason they were taken down...
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect a decision on their appeal in respect of the...
- Bord na gCon Staff
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the circumstances surrounding the early departure of the CEO of the Irish Greyhound Board in December 2016; the contractual...
- Teagasc Courses
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 15 February 2017, if he will ensure that the green cert courses will continue past the...
- Animal Welfare
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if legislation is being brought forward to ban the use of wild animals in circuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Greyhound Industry
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make direct contact with Bord na gCon with a view to requesting it to reconsider its decision to dispose of Harold's Cross...
- Ministerial Advisers Appointments
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if each Minister of State in his Department has appointed a programme manager or adviser; the date of such appointment; and the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Renewable Energy Incentives
225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the renewable heat incentive, RHI, grant and other relevant measures to support the sector; if purchases of...
- North-South Interconnector
226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he proposes to commission an independent report incorporating international industry expertise on the proposed...
- National Digital Strategy
228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 581 of 24 January 2017, if he will provide details of the basis on which decisions...
- Ministerial Advisers Appointments
229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if each Minister of State in his Department has appointed a programme manager or adviser; the date of such appointment;...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Service Vehicles
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to any legislative or administrative change that would oblige taxi drivers to produce a copy of the first...
- Private Bus Operators
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding total revenue and passenger numbers for private bus operators; and if he will make a...
- Road Safety Authority Campaigns
232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to a road safety campaign focusing on visibility and awareness for vulnerable road users such as cyclists,...
- Sports Capital Programme
233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to a sports club (details supplied) to allow the upgrade of its pitch; and if he will make a statement on the...
- International Driving Permits
234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process by which a holder of an international driver's licence can obtain an Irish licence. [8933/17]
- Road Traffic Legislation
235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations for persons using horses and sulkies racing on public roadways; the rules under the Road Traffic Acts dealing with this...
- Ministerial Advisers Appointments
236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if each Minister of State in his Department has appointed a programme manager or adviser; the date of such appointment; and the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
237. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the detail of the grant aid and support programmes overseen by her Department which encourage businesses to build their online...
- Ministerial Advisers Appointments
238. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if each Minister of State in her Department has appointed a programme manager or adviser; the date of such appointment; and the...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Adoption Legislation
239. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will grant adopted persons unfettered access to their birth certificates and adoption records. [9128/17]
- Adoption Records Provision
244. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that information sources holding records pertaining to illegal adoptions, particularly instances in which no adoption...
- Adoption Authority of Ireland
246. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reinstate the stakeholder adoption advisory groups established by her predecessor (details supplied). [9135/17]
- Departmental Staff Data
263. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of press officers that are employed by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8961/17]
- Child Care Services Funding
264. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the value of the sustainability fund set aside by her Department for community child care providers (details supplied); and if she will...
- Early Childhood Care and Education Data
265. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost to expand the second year child care ECCE scheme from 22 weeks to 32 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8963/17]
- Child and Family Agency Services
270. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of the Tusla budget that goes directly to aftercare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8968/17]
- Child and Family Agency Data
272. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on reaching the age of 18 years of age who left care, be it foster care or full-time residential care, from the...
- Child and Family Agency Services
273. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports in place for young persons in care who have little or no family support and who are identified as at particular risk of...
- Youth Services Provision
275. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has made a decision to appoint a full-time youth officer for County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8979/17]
- Commissions of Investigation
276. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the advertising that has already been arranged and the plans in place to further advertise the commission of investigation into mother and...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
282. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reach out to all those who have contacted her Department regarding adoption and mother and baby homes in recent years; and if...
- Child Care Services Data
291. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the unit cost per hour if the affordable child care scheme was modelled on the basis of an average wage of €11.50 for child care...
- Child and Family Agency Data
292. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the person or body she consulted prior to the files on persons (details supplied) held by Tusla being deleted; if the metadata was copied...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Personnel
294. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures the Defence Forces are taking to ensure the appropriate application of the working time directive; and the consultation that has...
- Defence Forces Training
295. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the national and international third level and research institutes which have been consulted with regard to the development of a new institute...
- Defence Forces Properties
296. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the funding that is being allocated for regeneration of the Curragh Camp for residents and students attending schools; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Advisers Appointments
297. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if each Minister of State in his Department has appointed a programme manager or adviser; the date of such appointment; and the remuneration and...
