Written answers

Tuesday, 28 February 2017

  • Department of Finance
    • Universal Social Charge Abolition
      47. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the abolition of the USC is neither possible nor desirable in the current economic climate and in the context of the fiscal space...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
      48. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself with the Central Bank's response to a bank's placing of 2,141 SME customers into a global restructuring group (details supplied);...
    • Economic Growth
      49. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that Ireland's economic progress can continue into the future with particular reference to the need to maximise opportunities for...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      50. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to deter further increases in the cost of motor insurance; when he plans to implement such proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the work of the tax strategy group in 2017 with particular reference to a review of the current system of betting tax; and if he will make a...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the incessant lobbying of representative groups for leading bankers to have pay rises and pay rise caps either raised or abolished; and if...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Administration
      53. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of applications received and the processing of same for the help-to-buy scheme for first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Repossessions
      54. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he and his Department continue to monitor the policy of lending institutions that are set to repossess family homes even in instances in...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Transactions
      55. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the 2010 facility deed between a bank (details supplied) and the Central Bank, which was guaranteed by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to publish the advice from a company (details supplied) that his Department commissioned regarding a case; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Banking Sector
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for banks (details supplied) in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9540/17]
    • Banking Operations
      58. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 19 January 2017, the way in which his Department would have been impacted upon; the costs associated with the legal...
    • Credit Union Regulation
      59. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the work of the implementation group concerning the recommendations of the credit union advisory committee report; and if he will make a...
    • NAMA Operations
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will initiate an external review of NAMA's legal department, further to evidence given at the Committee of Public Accounts concerning non-disclosure...
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      61. To ask the Minister for Finance the studies the Revenue Commissioners have taken to identify possible customs posts on the Border' North and South; the locations that have been examined for...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      62. To ask the Minister for Finance if figure of €10 million for a commission of investigation into NAMA changed or altered in any way following the release of the 2017 Revised Estimates,...
    • Bank Debt Restructuring
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the sale of Project Cyprus by a bank (details supplied); his views on the impact of the sale on tenants of the bank's buy-to-let...
    • Budget 2018
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance the current estimate of the fiscal space available in budget 2018 net of the carry forward effects from budget 2017 and all known demographic pressures. [9993/17]
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the implementation of the motor insurance compensation framework announced by his Department in July 2016. [9992/17]
    • Tax Yield
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount currently earned in taxation on interest from crowdfunding loans to small and medium enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Treaties
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance his reasoning for his reported opposition to country to country reporting proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10027/17]
    • NAMA Operations
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reassess the role given to NAMA to address the current housing crisis; if consideration will be given to suspending the NAMA plan to build 20,000...
    • Financial Services Ombudsman
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to resource and equip the Financial Services Ombudsman to the extent that it has the capacity to provide a dedicated advice and assistance...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the public support for the Apollo House occupation, he will support making all remaining suitable NAMA lands available for social and affordable...
    • NAMA Board
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to fill the one remaining position on the NAMA board under section 19 of the NAMA Act 2009, with due consideration for the expertise and experience...
    • State Banking Sector
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact of the decline in value of the State's shares in a bank (details supplied) in 2016 ahead of the proposed sale of the State's shares in the bank....
    • Construction Industry
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of lending carried out by a company (details supplied) to date to the construction sector; his views on whether the State can do more to ensure the...
    • Credit Servicing Firms
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason no credit retail firms have yet been authorised by the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10014/17]
    • NAMA Property Sales
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the concentration in ownership of residential development land by vulture funds as a result of land sales by NAMA; and if he will make a statement...
    • NAMA Loans Sale
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reaffirm his commitment given to the Committee of Public Accounts on 6 October 2016 (details supplied) to establish a statutory commission of...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance the action the Government has taken to assist the almost 80,000 families in arrears on their family homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10015/17]
    • EU Meetings
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he has had with the European Commissioner for Competition, Ms Margrethe Vestager. [1817/17]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      82. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social policy and public service reform last met. [10035/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      83. To ask the Taoiseach the cost per year for the past three years of the retrieval and return of hard copy files stored at off site locations. [9102/17]
    • Regulatory Impact Assessment Data
      85. To ask the Taoiseach if all regulatory impact assessments for his legislative proposals are published on his Department's websites; and the web address for each such site. [9413/17]
    • Freedom of Information Data
      86. To ask the Taoiseach the legal fees incurred on freedom of information, FOI, requests received by his Department; and the staff hours involved in the processing of FOI requests for the past...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Data
      87. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Irish small and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs, active in manufacturing, in tabular from; and the equivalent figure for the EU. [9435/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      88. To ask the Taoiseach the number of employees in his Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9726/17]
    • Imports and Exports Data
      89. To ask the Taoiseach if particular trends have emerged in respect of exports in the preliminary data available for 2016; the details of the trends in respect of exports to and imports from...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      90. To ask the Taoiseach the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 per hour for all employees directly employed in, or in agencies funded by, his Department. [10107/17]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Passport Applications
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) born here of Nigerian parents can apply for an Irish passport. [9547/17]
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to terminate the Irish refugee protection programme once the September 2015 commitment to take 4,000 persons has been met. [9576/17]
    • Garda Operations
      93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the way mandatory intoxication testing, MIT, checkpoints will be administered and monitored in view of the current review of...
    • Charities Regulation
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which charity status applies to community-based resident associations; if this applies in the case of an association (details...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Reports
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a full report on the actions and investigations being taken on foot of the reports of the Moriarty tribunal; the status of...
    • Garda Civilian Staff Data
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian personnel currently employed by the Garda; the number it is proposed to recruit; the units to which they are or will be...
    • Visa Applications
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a visa appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9571/17]
    • Magdalen Laundries
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has issued any alerts to Irish embassies since October 2014 on the Magdalene restorative justice scheme; if not, the reason...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has issued any alerts to Irish embassies in regard to the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes; and if she...
    • Immigration Status
      104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if assistance can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9640/17]
    • Visa Applications
      105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on a visa application. [9647/17]
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the advice she would provide to a person (details supplied) who has made numerous complaints to An Garda Síochána between 2004 and...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legal fees incurred on freedom of information, FOI, requests received by her Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of FOI...
    • Asylum Applications
      108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the detail of the new application form as part of a re-application process for asylum seekers issued by her Department or the Irish...
    • Restorative Justice
      109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women that have applied to the restorative justice scheme for survivors of the Magdalen laundries. [9731/17]
    • Courts Staff
      117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the current and potential future delays in probate registration in County Mayo as a result of the...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which officials in her Department were first informed of the existence of a Tusla file regarding a person (details supplied); if her...
    • Bereavement Grant Applications
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will issue a bereavement payment to a family which was provided for by the Remembrance Commission (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Garda Investigations
      120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her officials have recently reviewed a case (details supplied); the circumstances that led to the person's death by a person that was...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the correct form to be used to apply for naturalisation in the case of a widow of an Irish national that previously had residency permission on...
    • Legislative Programme
      122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the mortgages special court Bill and courts (mortgage arrears) Bill will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9782/17]
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when correspondence first sent to her on 28 June 2016 will be replied to; the reason constant acknowledgements are sent when this matter is...
    • Garda Station Closures
      125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request from the Garda authorities the estimated cost of reopening the Garda stations, which remain available, that were closed...
    • Bail Law
      126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current supports available to persons released on bail designed to assist them comply with their bail conditions; and if she will make a...
    • Sentencing Policy
      127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources allocated to the Irish sentencing information project for each of the past ten years. [9901/17]
    • Prisoner Data
      128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons under 18 years of age currently in prisons here. [9902/17]
    • Youth Justice Strategy
      129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to develop a strategy for young adults from 18 to 24 years of age in conflict with the law. [9903/17]
    • Prisoner Releases
      132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources allocated to the community return programme; the number of prisoners who applied to and who were released, respectively, under the...
    • Sentencing Policy
      133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated savings the State would accrue if standard remission was increased from 25% to 33% and from 25% to 50%. [9907/17]
    • Prison Medical Service
      134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to conduct a whole system review of prison health services. [9908/17]
    • Prisoner Data
      135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons within prisons here who have serious mental health conditions. [9909/17]
    • Prison Staff
      136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons employed to deliver in-reach mental health services in Dublin, Portlaoise and Castlerea prisons; and the number of hours...
    • Prison Medical Service
      137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of places the Irish Prison Service has access to in the Central Mental Hospital for prisoners who require residential mental health...
    • Prison Drug Treatment Services
      139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons engaging in drug treatment services in each prison; if there are waiting lists to access treatment services; and the number...
    • Prison Accommodation
      140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of ensuring each prisoner resides in single cell accommodation. [9914/17]
    • Prisoner Data
      141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who do not currently have access to a daily minimum of 12 hours out of cell activity. [9915/17]
    • Prison Accommodation Standards
      142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners still slopping out. [9916/17]
    • Prison Service Strategies
      143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources allocated to the Irish Prison Service families and imprisonment strategy. [9917/17]
    • Prisoners Temporary Release
      144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the categories of prisoner currently excluded from applying for temporary release. [9918/17]
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources allocated to reintegration services and supports for persons leaving the prison system. [9919/17]
    • Probation and Welfare Service Data
      146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources allocated to the Probation Service during each of the past seven years; and the number of persons the service worked with during...
    • Departmental Strategies
      147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources required to fully implement the commitments contained in the second national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender based violence...
    • Departmental Reports
      148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to allocate funding for a second SAVI report. [9922/17]
    • Garda Resources
      149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources allocated to the Garda National Protective Services Bureau during each of the past five years. [9923/17]
    • Magdalen Laundries Report
      150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to implement the 2013 proposals from a person (details supplied) on restorative justice. [9924/17]
    • Human Rights
      151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions her Department has taken to fulfil its public sector duty obligations. [9925/17]
    • Wards of Court
      152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review all current wards of court; and the timeframe during which this will happen. [9926/17]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a private firm will be engaged to examine the samples taken from motorists as part of roadside drug testing which is to be commenced in Easter...
    • Living Wage
      154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 per hour for all employees directly employed by her Department, or by agencies funded by...
    • Immigration Policy
      155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Commission, in December 2016, recommended that member states resume sending...
    • Immigration Data
      156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting time for stamp 4 visa applications; the actions her Department is taking to decrease waiting times; and if she will make a...
    • Immigration Controls
      157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times the INIS online appointment booking system for immigration registration has crashed or gone offline since it was launched in...
    • Garda Deployment
      158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí allocated to the Blanchardstown Garda division; the number of community gardaí assigned to that district; the...
    • Protected Disclosures
      159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a disclosure can be made by a member of the public regarding the Courts Service of Ireland under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014. [10240/17]
    • Visa Applications
      162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10296/17]
    • Direct Provision System
      163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to implement the remaining recommendations made in the report of the working group on improvements to the protection process, including...
    • Garda Operations
      164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on Garda operation "Sign-Off"; the number of vehicles seized to date; the number of those vehicles seized that were scrapped;...
    • Garda Resources
      165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional specialist equipment and personnel she will allocate to the Garda cybercrime unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Operations
      166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional immediate steps An Garda Síochána will take to deal with the increased number of burglaries in an area (details...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Data
      168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the tribunals established under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts, 1921 to 2011, in tabular form; the number of days each tribunal sat;...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that has been provided to recipients under section 482 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 since 2011 in tabular form. [9760/17]
    • Tax Exemptions
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the artists' tax exemption scheme that have been rejected since 2011 by year; and the reason for their rejection. [9837/17]
    • Vehicle Registration
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance the sanctions that apply when a person who is not an accredited diplomat imports and drives a diplomatic vehicle, that is, a vehicle displaying diplomatic...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to broaden the spectrum of disabilities that are accepted under the primary certificate scheme in conjunction with the Department of Health (details...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full report on the actions and investigations being taken on foot of the reports of the Moriarty tribunal; the status of these...
    • Mortgage Data
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Bank will next publish statistics on mortgage arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9549/17]
    • Property Tax
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the case that where a registered charity purchases a home, that charity will not refund the local property tax, LPT, paid by the previous owner,...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to ensure that all banks pass on the reductions in variable mortgage rates to their mortgage customers; and if he will make a statement...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal fees incurred on freedom of information, FOI, requests received by his Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of FOI requests for...
    • Brexit Issues
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with the European Commission, the ECB or the European Banking Authority regarding a possible move of the authority to Ireland; and...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of mediation between persons (details supplied) and the special liquidators of a bank; if this mediation is ongoing; if his attention has been...
    • Motor Insurance
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason professional drivers are incurring higher insurance premiums on their private vehicles due to their occupation; if his action plan will address...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if the help to buy scheme for first time buyers extends to first time buyers who purchase old houses and build extensions to live in them, especially in a...
    • Mortgage Lending
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations under which a bank regulated for lending by the Central Bank can refuse to procide a mortgage to a person for the sole reason that the...
    • Property Tax
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9823/17]
    • Tax Code
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would accrue from increasing the air travel tax from €0 to €3 in 2018; his plans with regard to increasing the air...
    • VAT Registration
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a VAT registration application in respect of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9835/17]
    • Housing Loans
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will establish a benevolent friendly fund supported by Government bonds or funding to allow the banks to transfer all distressed loans to the fund, in...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Extension
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance if the mortgage interest relief will be retained beyond 2017 on a tapered basis, in view of the fact that a substantial number of homeowners are still in...
    • Property Tax Data
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of local property tax collected in the Fingal County Council area in 2016; the amount of proceeds from the local property tax allocated to Fingal...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals he is currently considering to ensure that mortgage holders, tenants and SMEs that have loans or credit from non-bank lenders or vulture funds...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding that has been made available through the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund for social and affordable housing provision; if he is...
    • Stability and Growth Pact
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent comments made by the Dutch Minister for Finance and the Chairman of the eurozone Finance Ministers, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, that European...
    • Brexit Issues
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the preparations and contingency plans his Department has put in place in the event of a British exit from the European Union; and if he will make a statement...
    • Banking Sector
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the annual €150 million banking levy will be calculated as it extends to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9935/17]
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance if he expects that the State will still move to sell off all or part of a bank (details supplied); the estimated timeframe for this; the expected yield to the...
    • Economic Growth
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the proposed development of alternative models for forecasting medium-term potential growth as has been suggested by the Irish Fiscal Advisory...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Supervision
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has requested the Central Bank to procure an independent assessment of the arrears and negative equity loan books of the banks as per the recent...
    • Public Interest Directors
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has ceased appointing new public interest directors to the banks; the reform of the procedures for the appointment of bank directors by the State that...
    • Fuel Laundering
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase enforcement and sanctions for fuel laundering in view of the programme for Government commitment and the estimates in the British-Irish...
    • Budget Measures
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the preparations for budget 2017; if the upcoming budget will involve at least a 2:1 split between public spending and tax reductions; and if he...
    • Tax Code
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance when a new tax on sugar drinks will be introduced; the estimated annual yield from such a tax; the rate at which he considers the new tax should be set and...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent comments by the Governor of the Central Bank (details supplied) that technological innovation may alter the role of central banks in...
    • Credit Availability
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the most recent quarterly bank watch study from ISME on the ability of small and medium firms to get loan approval and access to credit;...
    • EU Investigations
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the European Commission to make a final report on the tax affairs of a company (details supplied) here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Banking Sector
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions his Department has had with the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs regarding the investigation of the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions his Department has had with the European Investment Bank, EIB, and other Government Departments to establish an off balance sheet special...
    • Credit Unions
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress his Department has made in respect of the EUROSTAT investigation into the establishment by the Government of a bond to finance social housing...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the help-to-buy scheme that have been deemed valid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9949/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Revenue Commissioners have taken to identify possible customs posts on the Border; the locations that have been examined for these posts; and if...
    • Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Negotiations
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with his ECOFIN colleagues in view of the recent developments in respect of the common consolidated tax base; the steps he has...
    • Credit Union Restructuring
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress his Department has made in the establishment of the credit union advisory committee; when the first meeting of the implementation group will take...
    • Credit Union Services
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress his Department has made with the Central Bank on the request by a number of credit unions to expand their debit card and mortgage services; and...
    • Investor Compensation Company Limited
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the delays in having claims for compensation finalised and submitted to a body (details supplied) for persons that lost...
    • State Aid
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he has had with fellow EU Heads of Government regarding a case (details supplied). [1816/17]
    • Commissions of Investigation
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance if his officials are working on the terms of reference for a commission of inquiry into Project Eagle, which is under the remit of his Department. [7053/17]
    • Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Negotiations
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions has he had with his ECOFIN colleagues in view of the recent developments in respect of the common consolidated tax base; the steps he has...
    • Insurance Compensation Fund
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made in respect of the liquidation of a company (details supplied); if those caught up in outstanding claims are facing any losses;...
    • Financial Services Sector
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of the recent European Financial Forum in Dublin Castle; and the role his Department is taking in relation to the attraction of new financial...
    • Universal Social Charge Abolition
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of abolishing the universal social charge, USC, and the impact on fiscal space in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a...
    • NAMA Debtors
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of debt repaid by debtors who are leaving NAMA; the amount of debt they had owed when entering NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Motor Insurance
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his efforts to improve the provision of affordable motor insurance; his views on whether the levels of profit in the sector needs to be...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that the Revenue Commissioners state they will process Med 1 applications submitted online in five days, but that applications submitted...
    • Living Wage
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 per hour for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will...
    • Brexit Issues
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to garner support for Ireland's position in the context of Brexit negotiations with particular reference to the need to...
    • Economic Growth Rate
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the European Commission’s raised forecast of GDP growth of the economy of 3.4%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10159/17]
    • Commercial Property
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance if recourse is available to a company which made an unsuccessful bid to a receiver on behalf of a bank for a distressed commercial property which was higher...
    • Credit Unions
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a credit union (details supplied) has not been allowed by the Central Bank to hold an AGM since 2012; the number of credit unions that have had...
    • Tracker Mortgage Data
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has plans to investigate if customers with business loans were wrongly denied their contractual right to return to a tracker rate...
    • Tax Compliance
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax that hosts of a company (details supplied) are liable for; and the differences between the tax relief measures available to landlords and the tax...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 26 January 2017 his views on whether the ECB could clarify more clearly its policy of Article 28 Council...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Administration
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance if the first time buyers grant can be used to contribute towards a required deposit; and the mechanism in place to ensure it can be available for this purpose...
    • Property Tax Assessments
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the local property tax, LPT, for a property (details supplied) in Dublin 15 was calculated for the years 2012 to 2017. [10283/17]
    • Vehicle Registration
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend legislation to reflect the European Commission's decision that a foreign vehicle, if not intended to be used in the member state on a...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance if public private partnership, PPP, unitary payments for potential infrastructure projects, in addition to those funded under the CIP 2016-2021, that are...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his views on whether evidence (details supplied) confirms that in 2008 Irish banks lost control over collateral it advanced to the ECB through...
    • Tax Code
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance whether stamp duty is payable on the documentation concerning the transfer or purchase of loans from one entity to another; if it is standard practice not to...
    • Knowledge Development Box
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the number of claims made under the knowledge development box in 2016; the total cost of the tax expenditure associated with the knowledge...
    • Tax Compliance
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the number of audits of research and development tax credit claims carried out in each year from 2012 to 2016; the number of audits which resulted...
    • Tax Credits
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the gross eligible company expenditure for which research and development tax credits were claimed in each year from 2012 to 2016; and if he will...
    • Stamp Duty
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down the number of banks and financial institutions that paid the bank levy in 2015 and 2016; the number of such institutions that are domestically...
    • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the number of claims under section 481 film tax relief in 2015 and 2016; the number of films which received finance under the relief in each year;...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Data
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance to list in tabular form the tribunals established under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts 1921 to 2011; the number of days each tribunal sat for; the...
    • Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down the tax expenditure associated with the employment and investment incentive in 2016; the number of jobs supported; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Exemptions
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance when the first claims will be eligible to be made for an exemption from capital gains tax under section 604A of theTaxes Consolidation Act 1997 for properties...
    • Tax Yield
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down in tabular form the yield in each year from 2007 to 2016 from stamp duty on share transactions on the Irish Stock Exchange; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Exemptions
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the total exemption from corporation tax on qualifying income and gains from rental property claimed by real estate investment trusts in each year...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details on the last occasion when a profession was added to the list that can claim rate expenses system for tax relief; and if he will make a...
    • State Banking Sector
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down in tabular form the proceeds from the disposal of investments in the State-supported banks, by institution, in each year since 2010; and if he...
    • Home Repossessions Rate
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down the number of family home repossessions by lending institutions to date in 2017; the extent to which action can be taken to discourage such...
    • Home Repossessions
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the number of repossessions by lending agencies in the buy-to-let market that have resulted in an increase in homelessness; and if he will make a...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason home borrowers in the market here are required to pay higher interest rates than those prevailing throughout the European Union; if the rules of...
    • Construction Industry
      273. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the lending institutions are lending to the construction sector with particular reference to the urgent need to offset the housing crisis;...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which working capital continues to be made available to the farming and business sectors with particular reference to smaller enterprises; and...
    • Credit Availability
      276. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to use his influence with the banking sector to ensure the availability of adequate working capital particularly for the...
    • Bank Charges
      277. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the levels of bank charges being imposed by various banks; the basis for such charges,...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      278. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his department monitors credit needs throughout all aspects of the business sector without exception; if he has satisfied himself that...
    • Bank Branch Closures
      279. To ask the Minister for Finance if the closure of branches in Northern Ireland by banks (details supplied) was discussed with him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10445/17]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Youth Guarantee
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of youth guarantee money drawn down in each of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016. [10062/17]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the assessment of family tax credits from Northern Ireland as reckonable income in the assessment of student grants (details...
    • Education and Training Boards
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give the authority to the Westmeath and Longford education training boards to release the proceeds from the sale of a former...
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a school in County Kerry. [9591/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the two new reports issued on 24 January 2017 and 10 February 2017 to a school in respect of two students with complex needs that both require...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legal fees incurred on FOI requests received by his Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of FOI requests for the past three...
    • Child Care Qualifications
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the same child care level 7 course in Carlow IT and GMIT is being offered to students at different fee rates and a training centre...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the allocation of a site for a new school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9741/17]
    • Education and Training Boards
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay regarding the letter of intent being issued to the contractor in respect of a project (details supplied); when this...
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact criteria that were used to assign the new DEIS status to schools; the way in which this was determined; the appeals process for schools...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of single teacher schools in County Clare in each of the years 2010 to 2016, in tabular form; the current teacher pupil ratio in 2017...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for special assistance during school hours. [9791/17]
    • School Enrolments
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to build new primary schools in the Dublin 13 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9824/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of hours that constitute a full-time working week for a special needs assistant. [9831/17]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student grant application will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) following the refusal of a late application, in order...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make a decision on maintenance grants for third level students that attend private colleges. [9833/17]
    • Schools Designation
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the proposal for band 1 status submitted by a school (details supplied); the reason the school was not...
    • SOLAS Funding
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that is being drawn from the European Social Fund (ESF) for SOLAS (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Education and Training Boards
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ETBs are delivering training to private sector companies in the commercial market; and if so, if the service they are providing is...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in determination of application for capital funding in the case of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • School Enrolments Data
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, together with the patron of a school (details supplied), he is in a position to accede to requests of the parents and management board of the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in determination of eligibility for financial assistance pursuant to an application for major capital works in the case of a...
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further financial assistance is available in the case of a school (details supplied) to combat the impact of increased building costs; and if...
    • Gaelcholáistí Issues
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in respect of the provision of a gaelcholáiste to serve the area of County Kildare in 2019; and if he will make a...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will accede to a request for additional funding for required accommodation in the case of a school (details supplied), with particular...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in regard to the provision of the twin school project at Moyglare Road, Maynooth, County Kildare; when he expects the tenders to be...
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and location of schools that applied for DEIS status in County Kildare; the details of those approved; if consideration will be given...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department has received requests from the authorities at a school (details supplied) for funding towards upgrading of the...
    • School Enrolments
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of primary school places in the Baldoyle area; his plans to add additional classes in a school...
    • School Catchment Areas
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made for a new primary school at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9977/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of planned changes from the 2018-19 school year to the provision of SNA and resource hours support to children with special needs in...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the severe shortage of school places within specific speech and language units in primary schools in County Cork (details...
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not awarded DEIS status when all its neighbouring schools were and the students of these schools are...
    • Living Wage
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 per hour for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his department; and...
    • Psychological Assessments
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a NEPS assessment in respect of a person (details supplied). [10142/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there has been a failure to build a new school or school extension for a school (details supplied) despite a ten-year commitment by...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the severe shortage of school places for children with autism and complex needs in Cork (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Third Level Participation
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has plans to promote third level education to those attending secondary schools in working class areas; if he will address...
    • Third Level Staff Remuneration
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on non-academic staff at Trinity College Dublin not being given access to permanent contracts; the action his Department is undertaking...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the rebuild of a school (details supplied); the stage it is at; the timeframe for construction; when ground works will commence;...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions have taken place with Fingal County Council regarding the location of the new second level school for the Carpenterstown and...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the construction works to be carried out at a school (details supplied) as provided for under the capital programme; and if he...
    • School Funding
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to increasing the funding allocated to schools to cover ancillary services such as the employment of a...
    • Land Transfers
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of and timeframe for completion on the transfer of lands (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10198/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the new model of allocating GAM hours and resource hours to national schools in the forthcoming school year; and if he will make a...
    • School Enrolments Data
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children admitted to junior infants in primary schools here in 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10230/17]
    • School Catchment Areas
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he has taken to ensure that the patrons opening any new primary schools here are required to serve the catchment for the area they...
    • Education Data
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a record of the stated religious composition of pupils entering junior infants in primary schools here for 2016 and 2017; and if he...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 21 February 2017, the estimated timeframe for the completion of the financial robustness element of...
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will adress issues with regard to the criteria for becoming a DEIS school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10299/17]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if maintenance grants are available for postgraduate courses; and if so, the details of same. [10315/17]
    • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the long-standing request by a school (details supplied) to be reassigned from urban DEIS Band 2 to urban DEIS...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a primary school place will be offered to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10441/17]
    • Teacher Exchange Scheme
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of his Department's work on setting up a relocation panel for permanent primary school teachers who need to relocate but do not wish...
    • Gaelcholáistí Issues
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the enrolment to the Irish medium Aonad at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare for September 2014, 2015 and 2016 demonstrates...
    • School Transport
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the potential impact of the Bus Éireann industrial dispute on access to school transport for students; the alternative measures being...
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the administration and maintenance staffing levels in the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board since the organisations merged in...
    • Arts in Education Charter
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funds and programmes available for further development of talented young musicians while undergoing second level education; and if he will...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Data
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the tribunals established under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts 1921 to 2011, in tabular form; the number of days each tribunal sat for;...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Earcaíocht san Earnáil Phoiblí
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government cad é an costas breise a bhainfeadh le hoifigeach Gaeilge lánaimseartha a earcú i ngach comhairle...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a full report on the actions and investigations being taken on foot of the reports of the Flood...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of planning guidelines that would stipulate a minimum distance of 1 km for wind turbines as proposed...
    • Burial Grounds
      351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9559/17]
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the names of the members of the MLVC responsible for reports (details supplied), in view of the fact these reports...
    • Planning Issues
      353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of local area plans, strategic development zones and county development plans in operation; the...
    • Irish Water Remit
      354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to change the guideline-based system whereby housing estate facilities, including water supply and...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Price Controls
      355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will request the Residential Tenancies Board to review its examination of the Maynooth local electoral area...
    • Housing Data
      356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that his Department is depending on ESB network connections to the electricity supply to...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the legal fees incurred on freedom of information requests received by his Department; the staff hours involved in...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 293 of 7 February 2017, if notice of termination constitutes exceptional...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount that has been spent on public relations and advertising for Rebuilding Ireland, including the amount...
    • Local Government Fund
      360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of money from the motor taxation fund which was allocated to Fingal County Council in 2016; the way this...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Data
      361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment tenancies currently in place for each local authority; and if he will make...
    • Pyrite Resolution Board
      370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will intervene in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9875/17]
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Expenditure
      371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the moneys which have been allocated to the pyrite remediation scheme for 2017; the amount of this which has been...
    • Local Authority Finances
      372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large amount of finance that local authorities currently have in their Part V...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to bring all local authority owned rental property up to an acceptable energy rating standard (details...
    • Local Authority Rates
      374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to replace the current local authority rates system to a fairer and equitable system of local taxation on...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of new local authority social housing builds and units either built or purchased by the local authorities...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Data
      376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount collected each year since 2009 in respect of the non-principal private residence charge in tabular form;...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the settlement size should the non-rural houses rate apply to the social housing capital investment-unit cost...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of all ocean energy related foreshore lease and foreshore licence applications from 2000 to date in 2017;...
    • Living Wage
      379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 per hour for all employees directly employed or in agencies...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs
      380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the latest rental price report by a company (details supplied) for the last...
    • Planning Issues
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department plans to change planning conditions which prevent the rejection of applications in suburban areas...
    • Housing Policy
      384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to extend tenants' rights to those persons that rent a room in a person's house; and if he will make a...
    • Credit Unions
      388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 21 February 2017, the dates of the meetings when the Minister of State...
    • Architects Register
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current position in relation to the establishment of a statutory register of architectural technologists,...
    • Local Authority Funding
      390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding that will be allocated to Wexford County Council for 2017 with regard to housing construction; and if he...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants
      394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department provides grants for the construction of new septic tanks (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Legal Proceedings
      395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10272/17]
    • Legislative Measures
      396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider introducing an amendment to the Residential Tenancies Act to allow for the initial date of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the proposed affordable rental scheme that has been mentioned in the context of the development of...
    • Legislative Measures
      398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that included in the amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 made in 2016 was the...
    • Housing Inspections
      399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason no government to date has any regulation in place to enable HIQA to investigate any potential problems...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a certain property (details supplied) in County Cork is being acquired for the purpose of providing housing or...
    • Vacant Sites Levy
      401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the application of a vacant sites levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10400/17]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the judicial review concerning peat extraction from bogs here and the loophole in the legislation that...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Data
      403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the tribunals established under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts 1921 to 2011, in tabular form; the number...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      404. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9548/17]
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      405. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if provision will be made whereby an extension to participants in respect of community employment schemes can be approved, with particular reference...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      406. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants to date to the Abhaile scheme; the number of persons who have been accepted into the scheme; the number of persons who...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility
      407. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if progress has been made on the review of eligibility for the insolvency payments scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9592/17]
    • State Pension (Contributory) (2 comments)
      408. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost to the Exchequer in a full year of reversing the 2012 changes to the banding system of the State pension (contributory). [9615/17]
    • Pension Provisions
      409. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if pension scheme members, including current employee members, deferred members and pensioners in payment, are entitled to receive an annual report...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      410. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      411. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will address a matter (details supplied) with regard to the processing time for social welfare applications; and if he will make a statement...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      412. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the legal fees incurred on freedom of information, FOI, requests received by his Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of FOI...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Data
      413. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on jobseeker's allowance aged 65 years of age in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017 by county, in tabular...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      414. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of eligibility for a basic social welfare payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • JobPath Implementation
      415. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on a matter (details supplied) with regard to persons that are requested to meet a case officer when receiving jobseeker's payments; and...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      416. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are social welfare supports available to persons undertaking a masters degree or if there is a saving clause in the rules of the back to...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      417. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans for the successful Tús programme following media reports that there are plans to cease it and in view of the fact this programme has...
    • Employment Support Services
      418. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) may switch from one employment scheme to another which is nearer to their home. [9792/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      419. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the areas under his remit which may be affected by Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9801/17]
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      420. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the implementation of policies specified in the programme for partnership Government under his remit; and if he will make a statement...
    • State Pensions Reform
      421. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of reinstating the State transition pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9803/17]
    • Homemakers Scheme
      422. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of backdating the homemaker scheme prior to 1994; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9804/17]
    • Social Welfare Schemes Data
      423. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing all working age payments by €3, €4, €5, €6, €7, €8, €9 and...
    • Direct Provision Data
      425. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the weekly direct provision allowance for adults from €19.10 to €25, €30, €35...
    • Social Insurance Fund Data
      426. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amountin the social insurance fund at 31 December 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9814/17]
    • Disability Allowance
      427. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the other allowances a person in receipt of disability allowance, living alone allowance and fuel allowance may be entitled to; if he will address...
    • JobPath Data
      428. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of participants in the JobPath scheme in 2016 that have been placed in permanent employment by each of the operators of the scheme,...
    • Living Wage
      432. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 per hour for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and if...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      433. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the results of the consultation process into the impact of bogus self employment arrangements will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Maternity Leave
      434. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he plans to extend the basic 26 week maternity leave for families with multiple births; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10223/17]
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      435. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a detailed breakdown of recently implemented or proposed changes to the funding or operating terms and conditions of community...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      436. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a review in respect of eligibility for invalidity pension will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Data
      437. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's allowance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10264/17]
    • Departmental Offices
      438. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of the changes being made to the social protection office in Parnell Street, Dublin 1; the plans being made for that social protection...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Data
      439. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10270/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      440. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff employed by his Department to process applications for schemes (details supplied). [10273/17]
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      441. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a back to education claim by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed in view of their particular circumstances and the length of time they...
    • Public Services Card Availability
      442. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a public service card for a person (details supplied). [10311/17]
    • Poverty Data
      443. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarify a response from his Department to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 21 February 2017 (details supplied). [10312/17]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      445. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10392/17]
    • Labour Activation Projects
      446. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons who are participants on community employment and Tús schemes who are being selected for JobPath programmes are being told...
    • Community Welfare Services Provision
      449. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the location of drop-in community welfare clinics in County Donegal; if consideration will be given to opening a clinic in the Bunbeg and Derrybeg...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      451. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) for a disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Employment Support Services
      452. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will make contact with Seetec to establish a satellite office for the service in Ardee, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Data
      453. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the tribunals established under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts, 1921 to 2011, in tabular form; the number of days each tribunal sat for;...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Humanitarian Aid
      454. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he and his European counterparts will make to assist South Sudan in view of the fact that a famine has been declared; and if he...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      455. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has issued any alerts to Irish embassies in regard to the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes; and if...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      456. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legal fees incurred on FOI requests received by his Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of FOI requests for the past...
    • Northern Ireland
      457. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the need for a special status for Northern Ireland in view of Brexit has been placed on the agenda and discussed formally at any EU...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      458. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons assigned to the re-established EU division within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9796/17]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      459. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of meetings he has attended of the Cabinet committee on Brexit chaired by An Taoiseach since it was established; and if he will...
    • Departmental Programmes
      460. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the programmes under his Department's remit that support and engage the diaspora and Irish overseas; the planned expenditure in 2017 for...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      461. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to open new embassies in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9799/17]
    • Overseas Development Aid Data
      462. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current expenditure of GNP on overseas development aid; the cost based on current growth forecasts of reaching levels (details supplied)...
    • Passport Services
      463. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to reinstate the free passport for over-65s. [9840/17]
    • Middle East Issues
      464. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make urgent representations to the Israeli embassy and government requesting them to reverse the demolition orders issued by the...
    • Living Wage
      466. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 per hour for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his...
    • Middle East Issues
      467. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on US President Donald Trump’s change of policy regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; and if he will make a statement...
    • Legal Proceedings
      468. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in contact with EU partners regarding a potential legal challenge to a US border tax proposal; and if he will make a...
    • Diaspora Issues
      472. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times the interdepartmental committee on the Irish abroad has met since it was established; if it has met to discuss the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Ethics in Public Office Recommendations
      474. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a full report on the actions and investigations being taken on foot of the reports of the Moriarty tribunal; the...
    • Garda Divisional Headquarters
      475. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the construction of the new Garda divisional headquarters in Kevin Street, Dublin will be fully completed; when it will open to the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      476. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the necessary funding is likely to be approved for drainage and flood prevention works associated with the Morrell river, County...
    • Pensions Data
      477. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual pensions paid to each retired member of the Judiciary in each of the years 2011 to 2016, in tabular form. [9588/17]
    • Ministerial Allowances
      479. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all Ministers and Ministers of State are adhering to the guidelines for claiming travel and subsistence in addition to overnight...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      481. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the legal fees incurred on FOI requests received by his Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of FOI requests for the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      482. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the completion of the OPW report on the solution to the flooding problem at Paddy's Bridge, Ballinhassig, County Cork...
    • Heritage Sites
      483. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to allow for more flexibility in opening times for landing on Sceilig Mhichíl (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Pay
      484. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if retired public servants will be engaged with as part of the Public Sector Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Living Wage
      485. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 per hour for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his...
    • Community Employment Schemes Administration
      486. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Question No. 172 of 19 January 2017, if the community sector high-level forum or working group, previously the informal...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      487. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the awarded increase in the Army Ranger wing allowance backdated to 1 June 2006 which was awarded on 27 September 2010 by the...
    • Public Sector Pensions Legislation
      488. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will restore public service pensions fully by mid-2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10310/17]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      489. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied that the response of the Heritage Council, when officially consulted regarding a foreshore lease application...
    • Arts Centres
      491. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the methodology she used in the determination of grant allocations under a new capital funding scheme for cultural centres under...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      492. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the legal fees incurred on FOI requests received by her Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of FOI requests for...
    • Architectural Heritage
      493. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will issue a final reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9689/17]
    • CLÁR Programme
      494. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of projects in County Tipperary that have been received under the CLÁR programme; the value of funding allocated for...
    • Architectural Heritage
      495. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if grant assistance is available for the restoration of a listed and protected building (detail supplied) in County Mayo; the detail...
    • Arts in Education Charter
      496. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress on the implementation of the Arts in Education Charter; the next objectives for her Department; if the charter has had...
    • Living Wage
      498. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 per hour for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by her...
    • Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
      499. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a person (details supplied) is entitled to hen harrier compensation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10213/17]
    • Arts Funding
      500. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason County Louth, and Drogheda in particular, has been overlooked in the recent €9 million which has been allocated to...
    • National Archives
      501. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next five years of the papers will be published in view of the fact that the years 1818 to 1822 of the Chief Secretary's...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      502. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason services to the equine industry appear to have been removed from the list of projects eligible to be funded from LEADER...
    • Departmental Budgets
      503. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expenditure to date of the capital carryover from 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10471/17]
    • Rural Development Policy
      504. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the work carried out under various regional and rural schemes since 1 January 2017 for which prepayments were made to...
    • Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge
      505. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist an ráta laethúil a íoctar le teaghlaigh faoi Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge a...
    • Calafoirt agus Céanna
      506. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair atá sé i gceist aici treoir fhoirmiúil a thabhairt do Chomhairle Contae na Gaillimhe maidir le...
  • Department of Health
    • Magdalen Laundries
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date on the mechanism to deal with health care for survivors of the Magdalen laundries who live overseas (details supplied)...
    • HSE Reports
      508. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the report into psychiatric services in County Roscommon has not been published, despite it being circa 12 months overdue and there being no legal...
    • Disability Services Funding
      510. To ask the Minister for Health if he, or a body under the aegis of his Department, has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) in respect of funding; if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      511. 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. [9557/17]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the status of home help for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9558/17]
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      513. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied) [9560/17]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      514. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Respreeza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9561/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      515. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will review the decision not to award funding for an armchair to an adult special needs day service (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      516. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll-out the use of the drug Abiraterone (details supplied). [9572/17]
    • Health Services Funding
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for a sling and adult changing tray required for a facility (details supplied); if he will expedite this funding; and if he will make a...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      518. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding respite care in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9582/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      519. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be provided a date for heart surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9583/17]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      520. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's current estimate for the relocation of the Rotunda Hospital to Blanchardstown; and the estimated costs of both the maternity hospital and any...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      526. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be given a date for an ear, nose and throat appointment in Mallow General Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      527. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9619/17]
    • Home Help Service
      530. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate a matter with regard to a person (details supplied) concerning home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9643/17]
    • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the total agency spend at University Hospital Galway for each of the years 2011 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9644/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      532. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [9645/17]
    • Health Services
      534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the reply referred to in correspondence (details supplied). [9648/17]
    • Hospitals Funding
      535. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will allocate additional money to University Hospital Limerick in order that the new emergency department can open in May 2017; and if he will make...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of a review in the case of a person (details supplied); if previous cards are now reinstated pending review in view of...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome from the meetings between the HSE and a company (details supplied) in relation to Orkambi and Kalydeco; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      538. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an orthopaedic appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the legal fees incurred on freedom of information requests received by his Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of these requests for the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      540. 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. [9688/17]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      541. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9690/17]
    • Hospital Procedures
      542. To ask the Minister for Health the reason heart surgery scheduled for a person (details supplied) was cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9697/17]
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the reason why an application by a person (details supplied) to the NMBI has been declined; if there are distinguishing factors which affect persons that have...
    • Dental Services Provision
      544. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons who are on medication that causes additional tooth decay are only entitled to two cavity fillings per annum on the medical card system; and...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a wheelchair for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9705/17]
    • HSE Properties
      546. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding idle buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9706/17]
    • Respite Services
      547. To ask the Minister for Health if respite services at community hospitals in County Donegal have been suspended; if so, the dates on which respite services were suspended at each facility,...
    • Home Care Packages Administration
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time an assessment of need and implementation of a home care package takes; when in the process a home would be assessed; if a discharge...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      549. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 6 October 2016, if the advice sought by his Department regarding the possible need for legislative change has yet...
    • General Practitioner Co-operatives
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of financial subvention the State paid to Shannondoc in County Clare between 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances and advanced paramedic cars that were based in County Clare in each of the years 2009 to 2016, from 1 January 2017 to 31 January 2017...
    • HSE Reviews
      552. To ask the Minister for Health if a HSE commissioned review of genetics services completed in 2014 was published and is publicly available; if this is the same document as the national...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      553. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for genetic testing in respect of exome sequencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9746/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are available in County Mayo for young adults with mental health challenges that are deemed to be in need of 24-hour care; if there are...
    • Hospital Facilities
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the laundry department in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; the short to medium term plans for the department; the funding the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied). [9751/17]
    • Child and Family Agency Investigations
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which officials in his Department were first informed of the existence of a Tusla file regarding a person (details supplied); if his Department was...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      558. To ask the Minister for Health if the January 2016 estimate of €395 million of direct State investment in the replacement and upgrade of 90 public nursing homes (details supplied)...
    • Medical Card Applications
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) has been closed, despite the person's particular circumstances and in view of...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      561. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will have high priority orthodontic treatment; the person's position on the waiting list; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied). [9816/17]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      563. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times being experienced for orthodontic treatment in the HSE west region; the steps being taken to alleviate the waiting times being...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for equipment from the HSE by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9841/17]
    • Health Services
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if all matters relating to the case of a person (details supplied) were dealt with in an appropriate manner; and if all HSE procedures in connection to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      568. 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. [9853/17]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      570. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package that has been granted by the HSE will be put in place for a person (details supplied). [9867/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has to wait 12 months for an appointment. [9869/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      572. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have an assessment of need carried out; the position of this person on the waiting list; and if he will...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical device for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9872/17]
    • Ambulance Service
      574. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a document that shows that there is a risk to ambulance cover in an area (details supplied) in County Cork; if his attention...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the status of developments towards the regulation of counselling and psychotherapy professionals; the stakeholder groups he has met in the context of this...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      576. To ask the Minister for Health when a date for an operation will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9885/17]
    • Prescriptions Charges
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the payment of prescription charges for a person (details supplied); and when they can expect to be paid. [9886/17]
    • Hospital Charges
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the policy regarding the costs charged to persons for use of a hospital bed who are ready for discharge but who are awaiting a nursing home place in HSE...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons that have been diagnosed with diabetes type one are now being required to produce a new prescription on a six monthly basis; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting for outpatient services at Letterkenny University Hospital; the progress being made in reducing waiting times over the...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      581. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the appointment of a breast radiologist at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if the breast cancer centre is appropriately staffed for the...
    • Hospital Services
      583. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the urology department within Letterkenny University Hospital (details supplied); his further plans to recruit additional staff for...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred and expenditure outlay in each year since 2012 for the new children's hospital at St James's Hospital [9967/17]
    • Hospital Facilities
      585. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for the provision of a dedicated centre for persons with intestinal failure catering for adults and patients moving from the paediatric...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      586. To ask the Minister for Health if a replacement consultant endocrinologist based at a hospital (details supplied) has yet been identified to fill a post which is soon to be vacated by its...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      587. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the land identified for extension of the Grove Hospital, Tuam, Galway; if a thorough assessment of these...
    • Community Health Care Organisations
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the population of each catchment area as per the 2011 and 2016 census figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10045/17]
    • Hospital Facilities
      589. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a dedicated obstetrics theatre at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10057/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of acute inpatient beds in mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10059/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      592. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE operates or contracts services for the transportation of patient samples from general practitioner or medical surgeries to and from laboratories; if...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the decision was made to remove the public health nurse from Ballymun; the services that are now in place to carry out developmental...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 per hour for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      595. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [10136/17]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      596. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists that are on maternity leave and if they are being replaced at Longford health centre. [10139/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      597. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of beds for general adult mental health services in each catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10145/17]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the number of management staff in the HSE and the total cost in salaries over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10150/17]
    • Vaccination Programme
      601. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is running any campaign to increase the number of HPV vaccines here; his views on the fact that approximately 50% of children are getting the...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of beds for close observation for older persons' mental health services in each catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      603. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment will be carried out on a person (details supplied). [10177/17]
    • Primary Care Centres
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are operating in the new Corduff primary care centre in Dublin 15; the number of staff located there; the number of staff yet to be...
    • Hospital Facilities
      605. To ask the Minister for Health when work will commence on the new paediatric outpatient and urgent care satellite centre in Blanchardstown Hospital; the number of persons to be provided for;...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours to be allocated to the Dublin 15 and Dublin 7 areas under the HSE’s 2017 work programme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the process that must be followed when a doctor is prescribing an exempt medicinal product, that is, a medicine that is not licensed by the HPRA; and the...
    • Disease Management
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the countries for which the WHO does not recommend terminal prophylaxis to kill the hypnozoite phase of the malaria parasite. [10192/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds for close observation for persons with intellectual disability in mental health services in each catchment area; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      623. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the chronic shortage of acute inpatient mental health beds in the Wexford and Waterford mental health area; and if he will make a statement...
    • Ment al Health Services Provision
      625. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a new acute mental health unit for the Waterford and Wexford area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10217/17]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      626. To ask the Minister for Health if a current card can remain active whilst awaiting the outcome of a review in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HIV-AIDS Programmes
      627. To ask the Minister for Health when the implementation group established by the HSE will make its recommendations on the use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for an assessment of needs for a person (details supplied) at HSE south Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      631. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive necessary speech and language therapy, counselling, occupational therapy and pain analysis; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for an assessment of needs for a person (details supplied) at HSE south Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment with a speech therapist will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10259/17]
    • Psychological Services
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a psychology appointment with the HSE's psychology disability department in Clonmel for a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Hospital Equipment
      635. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation in Tallaght hospital in which equipment required for PH testing is currently inoperative, resulting in the...
    • HSE Funding
      637. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has withdrawn the HSE national lottery grants for 2017; and if so, if he will make alternative funding options available to the groups and...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      638. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who need access to the life changing drug Respreeza have the option of accessing it abroad via the cross-Border directive health care scheme. [10298/17]
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the areas in which the community mothers programme is still in operation; the number of staff allocated to this programme; and his plans for the restoration of...
    • HSE Staff Data
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses per health area with a breakdown in respect of those providing older persons services and those providing children's...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the process and timeframe to introduce a new GMS contract which would facilitate the expansion of general practice; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      642. To ask the Minister for Health if, further to assessment and diagnoses by the HSE, he will provide the number of children currently awaiting the services of a speech and language therapist;...
    • HSE Reports
      643. To ask the Minister for Health when the October 2016 HSE Performance Report will be published; and the reason for the delay in its publication [10354/17]
    • Health Services Data
      644. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy in respect of developmental checks on newborn babies following their arrival home; the age at which these are carried out; the current...
    • Hospitals Data
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting operations and follow up appointments for knee and hip operations at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 in each of the years 2015 to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the pre-planned hospital waiting list and the pre-admit hospital waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used in making the decision to change the operating times of Arklow and Baltinglass ambulance stations in 2012; the methods of informing the...
    • Hospitals Funding
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the financial support that is provided from the health budget to St. Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown, which is located adjacent to Connolly Hospital (details...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons removed from waiting lists in each of the past 12 months due to their failure to respond to outpatient validation letters, in tabular...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      651. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied). [10450/17]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which savings impact upon an entitlement to a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      653. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the full complement of geriatricians and allied health professional resources are in place and in compliance with the national clinical...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application under the nursing home support scheme by a person (details supplied). [10475/17]
    • Community Care
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was transferred to an alternative residential facility in County Donegal; when this person will be returned to the...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Data
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the tribunals established under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts 1921 to 2011, in tabular form; the number of days each tribunal sat for; the gross...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Bord na gCon
      657. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons for the delay in publishing the 2015 Bord na gCon accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9551/17]
    • An Clár Géanómaíochta agus Sonraí Mairteola
      658. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoin gClár um Mionsonraí agus Géanómaíocht Mairteola 2016...
    • An Scéim Ghlas ar Bheagán Carbóin do Chomhshaol na Talmhaíochta
      659. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoin Scéim GLAS le feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (mionsonraí leis...
    • GLAS Payments
      660. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9562/17]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      662. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9599/17]
    • Bord na gCon Expenditure
      663. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact the Irish Greyhound Board has not published accounts for 2015 and 2016; and if so, the...
    • GLAS Payments
      664. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9649/17]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      665. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a manual payment will be authorised for an approved grant due to the significant delay to TAMS 2 grant payments in respect of...
    • Fisheries Protection
      666. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) with regard to the dogfish quota (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      667. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal fees incurred on freedom of information requests received by his Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of...
    • Bord na gCon Expenditure
      668. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a detailed analysis of rental payments paid by Bord na gCon directly, or by individual greyhound stadiums, for...
    • Greyhound Industry
      669. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the closure of the Harold's Cross greyhound stadium; the action taken to prevent this closure; and if he will make a...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      670. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when publication of the new areas of natural constraint scheme maps will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • GLAS Payments
      671. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a GLAS payment; when payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      673. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for payment to maintain hedgerows under the GLAS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9787/17]
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      674. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total funding originally allocated in 2014, 2015 and 2016 for CAP Pillar 1 under the young farmers scheme in tabular form; the...
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      675. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the interim report by an organisation (details supplied); his views on policy actions to manage the spreading of...
    • Laboratory Facilities
      676. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the State veterinary laboratories he is considering to relocate, in tabular form; the location of each such laboratory; the areas to...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      677. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant aid currently available to farmers to incentivise use of biogas digesters and renewable energy production; and his plans in...
    • GLAS Payments
      678. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 8 February 2017 regarding a person (details supplied), if the portion of the land that...
    • Laboratory Facilities
      680. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the review of veterinary laboratories being carried out was initiated by his Department or by him; and if he will make a statement...
    • GLAS Payments
      682. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); when the application will proceed to pre-payment validation stage; and...
    • Brexit Issues
      683. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific Council of EU Agriculture Ministers meeting at which he has made the case for the need for a Brexit financial support...
    • GLAS Payments
      684. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a GLAS payment; when payment will be received; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      685. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an AEOS 2 payment; when payment will be received; and if he will make a...
    • GLAS Payments
      686. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a GLAS payment; when payment will be received; and if he will make a...
    • TAMS Payments
      687. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will allow a person (details supplied) to resubmit a new TAMS II application with revised figures, not including VAT, in order...
    • GLAS Payments
      688. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a GLAS payment; when payment will be received; and if he will make a...
    • Living Wage
      690. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 per hour for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      691. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a supplementary ANC payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [10134/17]
    • Bord na gCon Expenditure
      692. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date he first received a draft copy of the Irish Greyhound Board's 2015 annual report; when the final report will be published;...
    • GLAS Payments
      693. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [10137/17]
    • TAMS Payments
      694. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a TAMS II payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • GLAS Payments
      695. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, in view of the fact that the delay is causing undue...
    • Fishing Industry
      696. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a recent judgment by the European Court of Justice (details supplied) concerning fishing off...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a review is to be carried out to allow a person (details supplied) the opportunity to apply for entitlements of the basic payment...
    • Bord na gCon
      698. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will immediately stand down Bord na gCon as the first step in addressing the mismanagement of the industry which has received...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      699. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the meaning implied when his Department states the term "IT functionality"; the details of the IT functionality failures that are...
    • GLAS Payments
      700. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [10242/17]
    • Departmental Schemes
      701. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is any compensation scheme or hardship fund for a person that has suffered significant financial and stock losses due to...
    • Superlevy Fine
      702. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is support available to persons that continue to struggle with the financial burden of superlevy fines; and if he will make...
    • GLAS Payments
      703. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in making a GLAS payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grant Aid
      704. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a new grant scheme available for small-scale forestry (details supplied); if so, when this scheme commences; the...
    • Greyhound Industry
      705. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the closure of Harold's Cross greyhound stadium and the possible sale of same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bord na gCon
      706. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider initiating a review into the operations and governance standards of Bord Na gCon, the Irish Greyhound Board; if...
    • GLAS Payments
      707. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10308/17]
    • Marine Institute
      708. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the nature of the relationship between the Marine Institute and an organisation (details supplied). [10318/17]
    • Fishing Industry
      711. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the current vessel monitoring system reporting interval can be reduced from one to two hours to eight minutes to vessel tracking....
    • GLAS Payments
      716. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10356/17]
    • TAMS Applications
      717. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) can submit a new TAMS II application in view of an error in their initial application; and if he will...
    • Harness Racing Industry
      718. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Indecon report (details supplied) will be ready for submission to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      719. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 546 of 21 February 2017, the way in which he plans to amend a licence for an operation (details...
    • Aquaculture Development
      720. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the environmental assessment undertaken before permitting an increased level of stocking at an operation (details supplied). [10479/17]
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      721. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the environmental assessment undertaken before overruling the recommendation of the foreshore and licensing division of his Deparment...
    • Aquaculture Data
      722. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department received a request from Donegal county council to control the overstocking at the Lough Alton hatchery due to...
    • Forestry Sector
      723. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 583 of 14 February 2017, in view of the fact that Coillte Teoranta and Coillte CGA are exempt...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Data
      724. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tribunals established under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts 1921 to 2011, in tabular form; the number of days each...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fishing Licences
      725. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of an application by a fishing club (details supplied) to Inland Fisheries Ireland regarding a lease. [9587/17]
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      726. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of domestic waste charges and allowances for those persons with special needs that have to dispose of...
    • Waterways Issues
      727. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding a specific project (details supplied) in County Cork. [10244/17]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      728. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of access to high speed broadband in north Kildare, by region, since 1 January 2016; and...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      729. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the legal fees incurred on FOI requests received by his Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of FOI...
    • Coillte Teoranta Lands
      730. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the information his Department holds on the proposed development of a sustainable commercial development at the townlands...
    • Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
      731. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of licensed telecommunication operators using the Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) around Ireland; the number...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      732. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an assessment has been made on Project Kelvin's success here; the number of businesses in County Monaghan availing of...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      733. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9790/17]
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      734. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the ESB's WestWave ocean energy project off County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Living Wage
      736. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 per hour for all employees directly employed or in agencies...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      737. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated amount the fine will be should the State miss its carbon targets for 2020; and if he will make a statement...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      739. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to supply a high speed broadband service to a location (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make...
    • Fisheries Protection
      746. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if consideration is being given to the reopening of fishing rights on a river (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      747. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on his recent meeting with the CEO and board of RTE; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
      749. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to review the programme structures and performance of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland in view of the...
    • Energy Policy
      750. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason fossil fuel heating systems are continuing to be promoted with grants of up to 50% by the Sustainable Energy...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      751. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of the programme for Government commitments relating to improving mobile phone coverage in Leitrim village...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Rural Transport Programme
      752. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the qualifying criteria for Pobal's rural transport programme; if new applications are being accepted for the programme; and if he will...
    • Sports Injuries Guidelines
      753. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to research compiled by University College London which showed that the condition, chronic traumatic...
    • Road Network
      754. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which funding is being made available for the Naas inner relief road which connects the Blessington Road to the Dublin...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      756. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his officials met with the GAA and or Sport Ireland in relation to the proposed change in amounts with regard to the increase in...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      757. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legal fees incurred on FOI requests received by his Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of FOI requests for the...
    • Sports Organisations
      758. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average amount paid per player by way of the funding of GAA players in 2016; his role or the consultations he had with An Taoiseach...
    • Bus Services
      759. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the licensing process for aspiring bus and tour drivers to reduce red tape and costs to the persons involved, in view...
    • Sports Organisations
      761. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding plans for the regulation of mixed martial arts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9756/17]
    • Smarter Transport
      762. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure the targets set out in the smarter travel policy are met, including cycling support and promotion, in view of the...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      763. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will expedite an application made by a sports club (details supplied) as part of the 2017 sports capital programme. [9847/17]
    • Garda Operations
      764. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a private firm will be engaged to examine the samples taken from motorists as part of roadside drug testing which is to be commenced...
    • Transport Policy
      765. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 295 of 16 February 2017, if he will answer the last part of the question (details supplied) [10046/17]
    • Haulage Industry
      766. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is working on a plan to respond to the potential impact of UK road haulage no longer being subject to existing and...
    • Living Wage
      767. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 per hour for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his...
    • Sports Events
      768. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will work to ensure that the Ladies Irish Open is included on the Ladies European Tour list of events for the 2018...
    • Bus Services
      770. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his Department’s work with local authorities and transport providers on the bus rapid transport scheme in the Dublin...
    • Rail Network
      771. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the electrification of the Maynooth railway line; his views on the need for additional capacity on the route; and if he...
    • Transport Policy
      772. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the construction of the Dublin metro line and DART underground; if the route and length of the DART underground is...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      773. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital projects, their estimated cost and estimated completion date that are earmarked for funding under the €100 million...
    • Bus Éireann Fleet
      774. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of buses which make up the fleet at the Clonmel bus depot; the age of the fleet; when a new vehicle was last received by the...
    • Traffic Management
      775. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that annual average daily traffic on the M50 between the N4 and N7 junctions in 2016 was...
    • Road Network
      776. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or TII intend to plan for a western Dublin orbital route linking the N4 and N7; if so, the details of the plans; and if...
    • Cycling Facilities Funding
      777. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the 2017 transport budget that is allocated to cycling; and if he will provide a detailed breakdown of this allocation....
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      778. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget of which Department the €100 million envelope earmarked to fund the Wild Atlantic Way will come from (details...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      780. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of State investment that has been spent on each of three initiatives (details supplied), in tabular form. [10282/17]
    • Rail Services Provision
      781. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the meaning of the programme for Government commitment with regards to the western rail corridor that no measures will be taken to...
    • Regional Airports
      782. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the commitment in the programme for Government for an additional €10 million for regional airports will be made outside of the...
    • Smarter Transport
      783. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which each of the 49 actions as outlined in the smarter travel policy has been implemented; and if he will make a statement...
    • Roadworthiness Testing
      784. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) with regard to the RSA and preserved commercials; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      785. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1557 of 17 January 2017 and the information subsequently supplied by the NTA, the reason Fingal...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      786. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application (details supplied) for a sports capital grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10408/17]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Data
      787. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the tribunals established under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts 1921 to 2011, in tabular form; the number of days each tribunal...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • EU Directives
      788. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Directives 51/2003 and Directive 34/2013 cannot be used to interpret Article 3(2) of Regulation 2002/1606 in view of the fact that...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      789. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a full report on the actions and investigations being taken on foot of the reports of the Moriarty tribunal; the...
    • Job Losses
      790. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which discussions are taking place with various stakeholders with a view to facilitating investment resulting in job...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      791. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the legal fees incurred for freedom of information requests received by her Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of...
    • Job Creation
      792. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the method IDA Ireland used to determine the way in which 527 jobs were created under the Connect Ireland scheme; the detail of the...
    • EU Directives
      793. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Article 1(9) of Directive 51/2003 only permits the delayed recognition of potential losses as opposed to actual losses in view of...
    • IDA Site Visits
      794. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland sponsored visits by potential foreign direct investment clients to County Louth in each of the years 2014 to...
    • Company Law
      795. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has received a copy of the company law review group's report commissioned to examine ways in which company law could be changed...
    • Zero-hour Contracts
      796. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce legislation to address the issue of low hours and zero-hour contracts; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      797. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she expects the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016 to be enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9930/17]
    • European Court of Justice Rulings
      798. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2015 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in case C-266/14 that in...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      799. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of all foreign direct investment secured through State agencies in 2014, 2015 and 2016, by county, in tabular form; if...
    • Job Creation Data
      800. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of IDA Ireland jobs at 31 December 2016, by county and in each region, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Living Wage
      801. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 per hour for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by her...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Data
      802. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the tribunals established under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts 1921 to 2011, in tabular form; the number of days each...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      803. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will contact all those persons that have contacted her Department regarding adoption and mother and baby homes in recent years to...
    • Legislative Measures
      806. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that the national adoption contact preference register is put on a statutory footing in the Adoption (Information and...
    • Adoption Records Provision
      807. 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 Legislation
      808. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the issue of the more than 2,000 persons that were exported from Ireland to America for adoption from the 1940s to the...
    • Adoption Authority of Ireland
      809. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reinstate the stakeholder adoption advisory groups established by her predecessor (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      810. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the legal fees incurred on FOI requests received by her Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of FOI requests for the past...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      811. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which officials in her Department were first informed of the existence of a Tusla file regarding a person (details supplied);...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      812. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla will contact a person (details supplied) in relation to an ongoing issue. [9815/17]
    • Child Care Services Data
      813. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that availed of child care places under the special provision of the community child care subvention scheme for...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      814. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that the present CEO of Tusla is the most suitable candidate (details supplied) to lead the reform of the agency; if...
    • Child and Family Agency Investigations
      815. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department will seek from Tusla an explanation regarding the alleged lack of response by it in June 2016 when the mother of a child...
    • Child and Family Agency
      816. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla holds records relating to children born at the Bon Secours Hospital, Tuam, Galway that may be interred in the mass unmarked burial...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      817. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the advertising being done abroad, through Irish consulates and centres, to make Irish citizens that were adopted and now living abroad...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      818. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to concerns raised that an area under current excavation (details supplied) does not include underground...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      819. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the second interim report of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes will be published; and if she will make a...
    • Adoption Records Provision
      820. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider requesting an audit of adoption records to ascertain the scale of illegal and forced adoption that occurred within the...
    • Living Wage
      821. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 per hour for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by her...
    • Child Care Services
      822. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way applications by persons and registrations and payments to Tusla registered child care providers will work with respect to the...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      823. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the IT system for both the universal and targeted subsidy will be fully automated (details supplied); and if her Department is...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      824. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons that have given evidence to the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes confidential committee; the...
    • Early Years Strategy Implementation
      825. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration will be given to the circumstances outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Data
      826. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the tribunals established under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts 1921 to 2011, in tabular form; the number of days each tribunal...
  • Department of Defence
    • Naval Service
      827. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on a matter (details supplied) with regard to the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9668/17]
    • European Court of Human Rights Rulings
      828. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans his Department has in place to reflect in law the European Court of Human Rights ruling ECHR 280 (2014) which found that the blanket...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      829. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of enlisted Defence Forces personnel that are in receipt of income support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9620/17]
    • Defence Forces Allowances
      831. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the efforts being made to reinstate the 24-hour duty payment to Defence Forces personnel that was cut from €40 to €20. [9622/17]
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      834. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel whose homes have been repossessed in the past five years; and his views on the difficulties faced by...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      835. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide details of any reports commissioned by the Government into the anti-malaria drug Lariam; and if the findings of these reports...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      836. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way his Department is responding to a climate survey that was carried out in 2016 and which showed low morale among Defence Forces...
    • Protected Disclosures
      837. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the military authorities were first made aware of the health and safety issues at Casement Aerodrome; the way in which these concerns were...
    • Air Corps
      843. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the findings of the 2013 review into the safety management system at Casement Aerodrome; and if he will publish the recommendations of the...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      844. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to other branches of the Defence Forces reviewing their risk assessment protocols for personnel handling...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      846. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 15 February 2017, the reason the deployments were so high in April and October 2016; and if he will...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      847. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the legal fees incurred on freedom of information requests received by his Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of FOI...
    • Air Corps
      848. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to pending litigation by former Scottish RAF servicemen who are launching a multimillion pound legal case on...
    • White Paper on Defence
      850. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress that has been made to date on policy initiatives involving both civil and military defence personnel in order to support the...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      852. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the countries his Department has co-operated with over the past five years when developing and maintaining military capabilities required for...
    • Living Wage
      853. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 per hour for all employees directly employed by his Department and in agencies funded by...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      854. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the countries in sub-Saharan Africa the Permanent Defence Forces have served in since 2001 for which the WHO recommend terminal prophylaxis to...
    • Defence Forces Retirements
      855. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to proceed to force the retirement of all privates and corporals serving in the Defence Forces who joined post-1994, once they reach...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Data
      857. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the tribunals established under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts 1921 to 2011, in tabular form; the number of days each tribunal sat...

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