Written answers
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
- Department of Education and Skills
- State Examinations
27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the junior certificate English examination, in view of the industrial relations dispute with the Association of Secondary Teachers...
- Schools Building Projects Status
29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the delay in the proposed extension and refurbishment of a school (details supplied) is seriously...
- Schools Refurbishment
30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will direct the appropriate officials in his Department to make a site visit to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will...
- Third Level Funding
35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the process and timeframe for the Government's decision on the options laid out in the Cassells report on funding for third level...
- Brexit Issues
36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on meetings and discussions he or his officials have had with counterparts in other EU states with regard to the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a new school for a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that the school is due to be open to students...
- Schools Refurbishment
38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on extensions planned for secondary schools (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Enrolments
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contact his Department has had with primary schools in the Swords area in respect of their junior infant capacity; if these schools have been...
- Educational Disadvantage
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the staffing schedules outlined in the DEIS programme; if his attention has been drawn to the consequences of applying the pupil...
- Junior Cycle Reform
41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of history within the framework for junior cycle; and his views on the merits of history as a core subject. [10414/17]
- Departmental Programmes
42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for Music Generation; if the success of this initiative will result in similar initiatives for other art forms; and if he will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that is available for the inclusive learning initiative with NUI Maynooth and an organisation (details supplied) to enable students...
- School Services Staff
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the current policy of his Department is for one secretary, one cleaner and one caretaker for schools with over 250 students, with no...
- Services for People with Disabilities
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to broaden the opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities to undertake third level courses of study; and if he will make...
- Student Grant Scheme
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to restoring maintenance grants for postgraduate students; the cost for doing so; and if he will make a statement...
- Education and Training Provision
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions his Department is taking to address the severe shortage of specialist staff in the hospitality sector. [6199/17]
- Technological Universities
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of any assessment that has been carried out by his Department to establish if there is a need for a higher education institute or...
- School Transport Review
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of the school transport review; the measures he plans to implement to deal with difficulties which arose for many families prior to...
- Educational Disadvantage
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the non-inclusion of certain schools in County Donegal that were unsuccessful in obtaining DEIS status following the recent...
- State Examinations
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the new arrangements for the reasonable accommodations scheme for certificate examinations from 2017. [10336/17]
- National Educational Psychological Service Administration
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the fact that there are 95,000 pupils in 396 schools across the country who have no National Educational Psychological Service,...
- School Patronage
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider his decision to give the Catholic Church the final decision over which patron to divest schools to, in view of the existing...
- Schools Building Projects Expenditure
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options he is exploring for availing of the opportunities provided under the European Fund for Strategic Investments to boost capital...
- School Enrolments
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the demographic review and need for school places in the Swords area; if, further to the parliamentary debate on 15 February 2017,...
- State Examinations
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on resolving the dispute with the ASTI union over junior certificate reform; and his views on whether students sitting the...
- School Patronage
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the proposed divestment process and establish an independent working group with representatives of all the patron bodies to...
- School Funding
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to remove voluntary contributions from all schools, which the majority of parents are obliged to pay; if consideration has been given to...
- Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of DEIS schools throughout the country over the past five years; the number envisaged; the number of unsuccessful applications;...
- Third Level Staff
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the rise of precarious employment and short-term contracts in higher education. [10115/17]
- Departmental Funding
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction the €800,000 in capital funding for the upgrading of the old vocational education committee building in Roscommon town,...
- Third Level Staff
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on recent plans announced by the board of Trinity College, which will make a secure future or career advancement for many staff an...
- State Examinations
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place to ensure that junior certificate students do not lose marks as a result of the Association of Secondary Teachers in...
- School Guidance Counsellors
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to and if he had the opportunity to examine the report, A Whole School Approach to Guidance Counselling in a...
- Quality and Qualifications Ireland
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the Quality and Qualifications Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012, in particular his Department's...
- Schools Building Projects Status
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the construction of a new school to allow a school (details supplied) to relocate to the site on the Borris road. [10326/17]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns of school principals that they have not been provided with enough information on the way the allocations of resource...
- Schools Building Projects Status
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in expediting stage 2A of the architectural planning process for the extension and refurbishment of a school (details...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which, under the new model for allocation of resource teaching hours in primary and secondary schools, children who received diagnoses...
- Third Level Reform
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions being taken in his Department on third level reform, as outlined in his Department's strategy statement for 2016 to 2019. [9928/17]
- Brexit Issues
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of consultation he has had with An Taoiseach and Minister for Defence regarding the future use of the former Dún Uí Neill Army...
- School Patronage
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the patron for the new primary school in Ballincollig will be announced; and if he will ensure that the new school will open in September...
- Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used when determining the new DEIS designations; the census information in addition to departmental data that was used; and his plans...
- Lansdowne Road Agreement
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the fact that teachers who work in ASTI schools but chose not to join a union have not received pay increments,...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Naturalisation Certificates
80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to waiving or reducing the certification fee for EU nationals who are long-term residents here who wish to apply...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the integration programme for refugees arriving here from Greece and-or Italy under the Irish refugee protection programme and the...
- Garda Vetting Applications
82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in a person's Garda vetting application (details supplied). [10616/17]
- Visa Applications
83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a re-entry visa for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10652/17]
- Irish Prison Service
84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of staff in the Irish Prison Service, IPS, including a breakdown of the location of their place of employment; the grade...
- Garda Transport Data
85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total fleet of vehicles approved for use by An Garda Síochána; the average mileage undertaken; the average age of the vehicles; if...
- Prisoners Temporary Release
86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the issues that are taken into consideration for temporary release or community return application for a prisoner; if An Garda Síochána...
- Garda Station Closures
91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations at each location in the community that have been closed each year between 2011 and 2015; the outcome of each premises...
- Prison Facilities
92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the training workshop in the newly built Cork prison will have its full complement of work training officers employed; and if she will make a...
- Naturalisation Applications
93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for naturalisation will be considered for the family of a person (details supplied) from Bosnia. [10736/17]
- Department of Finance
- Customs and Excise Controls
94. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10648/17]
- Financial Services Regulation
95. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the anomaly in consumer protection law whereby financial institutions in dispute with their customers can appoint receivers to dwelling houses,...
- Tax Code
96. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding inheritance tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10528/17]
- Tax Reliefs Application
97. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax relief is readily available for third level education; if so, the reason no tax relief is available for lower education levels; and if he will make a...
- Tax Compliance
98. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his plans to institute a crackdown on overseas pensions, holiday homes, funds or other sources of income held by Irish residents abroad; the...
- Tax Data
99. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons here who are non-resident for tax purposes; the number of high net worth persons or similar identified by the Revenue Commissioners; the...
- Credit Union Regulation
100. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the obligations of a credit union in a specific matter (details supplied). [10567/17]
- Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
102. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his views on the help-to-buy scheme in view of the fact that the first-time buyer may not be in receipt of the benefit of the scheme (details...
- Motor Insurance Regulation
103. To ask the Minister for Finance if motor insurance companies can decline to provide a person a quote on the basis of being unemployed or on the basis of suffering anxiety or depression; and...
- Pension Provisions
104. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his plans to amend section 772(2)(e) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 regarding non-trading companies which, before being formally wound up, are...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial assistance exists for persons and families to cover costs associated with learning disabilities, specifically dyslexia; if this...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the steps he has taken to ensure there will be an adequate supply of chefs available to the hospitality industry here in view of the...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the criteria for students in the asylum protection system to gain access to the student support scheme to ensure that they can...
- Further Education and Training Programmes
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions are taking place with the Department of Justice and Equality to allow persons in the asylum protection system to enrol in a range...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if resource hours will be allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10550/17]
- Schools Extra Curricular Activities
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has issued any circular letters or other guidelines to schools regarding the private organisation of evening study for which students make...
- School Supervision and Substitution Scheme
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the supervision of lunchtime detention by teachers can form a part of their timetabled class contact hours in the case that the teacher is...
- Institutes of Technology Staff
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of lecturing staff, the number of students and the number of other staff for LIT Tipperary for each of the years 2012 to 2016, in...
- Disadvantaged Status
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has or will be given to including new schools in the DEIS band 2 designation. [10575/17]
- Schools Building Projects Status
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage of the project and funding as announced in 2015 of a major school building project for a post-primary school in County Carlow (details...
- School Accommodation Provision
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a grant available to second level schools for the provision of a computer lab (details supplied). [10586/17]
- Teacher Data
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers employed by his Department and-or ETBs as unqualified eligible part-time or full-time teachers since 1994; and the number...
- Schools Building Projects
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department's map relates to Finglas and Scribblestown but not Pelletstown in respect of the proposed new school for Pelletstown,...
- Physical Education
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocated hours for physical education in the curriculum at post primary schools. [10602/17]
- Schools Building Projects
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the updated cost benefit analysis and financial robustment element of the tender process for the Maynooth Education Campus, Maynooth, County...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in considering a request for capital funding for a school (details supplied); when the school authorities will receive a...
- Schools Building Projects
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the design team for a new school (details supplied) has submitted the review of the impact to tender documents for the project arising from...
- Institutes of Technology
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the announcement from Galway Mayo Institute of Technology that a significant number of courses are to be axed at the campus; and the...
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the student grant appeals board will accept a late student grant appeal from a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will...
- Third Level Qualifications Data
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 7 December 2016, the reason for the delay in supplying the information requested; and if he will make...
- School Management
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the model of leadership in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10673/17]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide primary and post-primary average class size figures for Ireland and for other EU member states; his plans to tackle large...
- Commencement of Legislation
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are remaining sections of the Teaching Council Act to be commenced; the timeframe for commencing such sections; and the number of...
- Proposed Legislation
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to publish a draft of the education (parent and student charter) Bill; the details of the proposed pre-legislative scrutiny process;...
- Third Level Funding
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific measures he plans to deal with concerns regarding third level student support and funding challenges for third level institutions....
- Teachers' Remuneration
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is a clear pay disparity between teachers recruited before 1 January 2011 and those recruited thereafter, with regard...
- School Admissions
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has reviewed the recently published Labour Party's Equal Status Admission to Schools Bill; his views on the aims and objectives of the...
- Croke Park Agreement Implementation
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to issue a directive on implementing pay deductions for members of teachers' unions which rejected working additional hours under the...
- Junior Cycle Reform
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the roll-out of the junior cycle reform process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10682/17]
- Skills Shortages
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the areas that have been highlighted as having skills shortages by the skills and labour market research unit such as business...
- Child Care Services
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the suggestions by the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation that related capital investment will be necessary if the...
- Education Policy
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to progress the three areas in the education sector that he has identified as his core priority areas of focus in the sector, including...
- Educational Disadvantage
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage the review of the school support programme through the DEIS initiative is at; when this review will be completed and published; if he...
- School Curriculum
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide new courses in the leaving certificate, such as coding, physical education and politics; and if he will make a statement on...
- Teacher Recruitment
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the moratorium on filling certain promoted posts in schools will be lifted, since it was introduced as an emergency measure in 2009; and if...
- Teachers' Professional Development
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ways, including total investment involved, in which his Department supports teacher continuous professional development at primary and...
- School Patronage
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of all schools under religious patronage which he expects to be divested in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Education Grants
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the restoration of postgraduate grants and their necessity to open up access to postgraduate studies and to ensure that a steady...
- Teachers' Remuneration
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for equating newly qualified teachers since 2011 with those who entered the workforce previously; if he will report on discussions with...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to special educational supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10697/17]
- Irish Sign Language
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to Irish Sign Language courses for persons with hearing disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Accommodation Provision
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by his Department for deciding on applications for capital funding for junior, senior and post-primary schools. [10699/17]
- Technological Universities
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Technological Universities Bill 2015; when it is to return to Dail Éireann; the necessary changes he proposes to make to...
- State Examinations
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the reported failure rate at leaving certificate maths; the measures his Department proposes to remedy this; and if he will make a...
- Institutes of Technology
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the drop out rate in third level institute of technology courses; the measures his Department proposes to remedy the situation; and...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the lack of apprenticeships suitable for a number of employment vacancies such as chefs and in the hospitality sector generally to...
- Third Level Funding
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has read the USI position paper on the funding of higher education regarding the effects a loan scheme would have on students; and if he...
- School Staff
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of substitute teachers for primary schools and the serious difficulties this is causing for...
- Minor Works Scheme
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance he will provide to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10708/17]
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding under the summer works scheme by a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures for an appeal system in respect of the new model for access and support scheme, which is to replace the learning support and...
- Schools Building Projects
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the school building programme at primary and second level in County Kildare continues to proceed as planned having particular...
- Teacher Data
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which new primary and second level teaching posts have been approved in respect of primary and second level schools throughout the...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of special needs places available at primary and second level schools throughout north Kildare; the extent to which further...
- Education Policy
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to continue support for smaller urban or rural schools with a denominational ethos; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Skills Development
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects the education system at all levels to be in a position to meet the skills demand in the workplace; the extent to...
- Schools Building Projects Data
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of schools throughout the country likely to benefit from refurbishment or replacement in 2017; the extent to which adequate...
- School Guidance Counsellors
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to augment the career guidance service throughout second level education; his views on whether...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications Data
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of higher education grant applications received, pending, approved and refused for the current academic year; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate resource teachers remain available throughout all schools in north Kildare; his plans for augmentation in specific...
- Third Level Staff
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that the board of Trinity College Dublin has decided that the majority of members of the college staff will no longer be...
- Schools Building Projects Status
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received the tender documents and stage 2b documentation for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- State Examinations
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to mitigate the impact of the proposed strike action by the ASTI on students sitting their leaving certificate and junior certificate...
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Foreshore Licence Applications
187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason his Department and Fáilte Ireland were not officially consulted regarding a 35-year foreshore lease...
- Repair and Leasing Scheme
188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when local authorities will be able to access funding for the repair and lease scheme; the way applications will be...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will make changes to the rural water multi-annual programme to allow for the funding of two demonstration...
- Foreshore Licence Applications
190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the marine licence vetting committee has been convened regarding a 35-year foreshore lease application (details...
- Housing Regeneration
193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the scheme to assist in the renovation of old buildings as announced in 2016 will be enacted. [10615/17]
- Private Rented Accommodation Deposits
194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department is considering proposals to restrict legally the requesting of booking deposits from potential...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reasons given for the 25,000 households that were removed from social housing lists as part of the social...
- Local Authority Housing Rents
197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the legal underpinning for the setting of local authority and approved housing body rents; the role...
- Fire Stations Provision
198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the necessary capital funding will be made available for the building of the approved two new stations in line...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants
199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to increase the maintenance subsidy for group water schemes for 2017 to its previous level, prior to the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 137 of 29 September 2016, 135 of 6 October 2016 and 277 and 292 of 18...
- Department of Social Protection
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
201. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10507/17]
- Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
203. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2018 of increasing the fuel allowance by €2.50, €5, €6, €7, €8, €9 and...
- Household Benefits Scheme (1 comment)
206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2018 of reinstating the telephone allowance, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10540/17]
- Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data
207. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2018 of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance for each age category by €10,...
- One-Parent Family Payment Data
208. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2018 of increasing the income disregard for those persons in receipt of the one-parent family payment by €5,...
- Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities
209. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2018 of extending the wage subsidy scheme to those persons in receipt of partial capacity benefit; and if he will...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
215. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reinstate a rent allowance payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10562/17]
- State Pension (Contributory) Data
216. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who qualified for and received a full State pension in each of the past five years, that is, had 48 average contributions; the...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
217. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all the social insurance contributions paid by a person (details supplied) in two countries can be aggregated for consideration for State...
- Departmental Staff
218. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of specific positions that have been available in a certain period (details supplied). [10638/17]
- One-Parent Family Payment Payments
219. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position in respect of a one-parent family allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- State Pensions
220. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the increase in the State pension announced in budget 2017 only takes effect in March 2017 and not on 1 January 2017 as in previous...
- Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
221. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there has been a review of the impact of the reductions applied to welfare benefits for persons under 26 years of age in terms of homelessness,...
- Disability Statistics
223. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the deprivation rate for persons with a disability here; how this compares with the EU average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10722/17]
- Carer's Allowance Payments
224. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) who applied for carer's allowance in June 2016 will receive their back payment to the date on which they applied;...
- Departmental Staff Data
226. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff currently employed in the carer's section in the social welfare office in Longford; his plans to increase the number of staff...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Diplomatic Representation
227. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on recent discussions and contact with the Egyptian authorities regarding the release of a person (details...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Relief Schemes
228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the completion of the flood relief work on the Dodder River, Dublin; the timeframe for different phases; the details...
- Flood Prevention Measures
229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the work will be completed on the flood prevention work on City Quay, Dublin 2. [10556/17]
- Flood Relief Schemes Funding
230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has formally approved funding for the lower Morrell river flood relief scheme in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- FEMPI Legislation
231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress being made towards the finishing of FEMPI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10640/17]
- Departmental Correspondence
232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason this Deputy has not received a full reply to a letter of 15 June 2016 (details supplied) in relation to the draining of the...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Hedge Cutting Season
233. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when legislation on the time for burning will be completed; and if the time will be extended to 31 March 2017, in view of wet and...
- Leader Programmes Data
234. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the spend in 2017 under the Leader programme, broken down between projects, administration and animation; and if she will make a...
- Foreshore Licence Applications
235. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has satisfied herself that the consideration and advice supplied by her Department in a foreshore lease application (details...
- Environmental Regulations
237. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has been in contact with the Department and Minister of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government regarding...
- Íocaíochtaí Deontas
238. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé ar intinn aici deontas a cheadú d’iris (sonraí tugtha); agus an ndéanfaidh sí...
- Department of Health
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
239. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which speech and language therapy continues to be available to pupils with a specific requirement in Kildare north; and if he will make a...
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
240. To ask the Minister for Health the legal and consultancy costs to date associated with the St. James's site; the cost to date of preparatory works on the site; if a contract has been awarded...
- Medical Card Eligibility
241. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation will be brought before Dáil Éireann to enable children in receipt of domiciliary care allowance to receive a medical card...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
242. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that money is immediately released for the provision of wheelchairs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10522/17]
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
244. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure that persons must follow to secure funding for life saving treatment which is not available in any EU state or Switzerland; and if he will make a...
- Medicinal Products
245. To ask the Minister for Health if reports have been received from the Health Products Regulatory Authority and the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health in respect of medical cannabis; his...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
246. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an application to the primary care reimbursement service for the FreeStyle Libre system to be made available under the...
- Mental Health Services Provision
247. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure quality of care in the case of severe waiting times for access to the HSE's child and adolescent mental health services in...
- Mental Health Services Staff
249. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has made any progress on filling the vacancy for a lead consultant psychiatrist for the HSE's child and adolescent mental health services in...
- Mental Health Services
250. To ask the Minister for Health if he will continue to inquire into levels of care at the HSE's child and adolescent mental health services in Counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make...
- Medicinal Products Availability
251. To ask the Minister for Health if reconsideration will be given to making the drug Respreeza available through the HSE with particular reference to the fact that it is a life changing...
- Home Care Packages Provision
252. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package will be put in place for a person (details supplied). [10552/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
253. 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. [10553/17]
- Health Services
254. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have an application for a specific item (details supplied) reconsidered. [10554/17]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
255. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an admission to hospital in respect of a person (details supplied). [10557/17]
- Disabilities Assessments
256. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the individual scores recorded by each child who was formally assessed as part of the service user evaluation with regard to the paediatric...
- Hospital Procedures
257. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgical procedures performed by each consultant breast surgeon at every hospital here during 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Medicinal Products Availability
258. To ask the Minister for Health the status of reinstating the tablet MacuShield for older persons suffering from maca degeneration on the medical card. [10584/17]
- Hospital Staff
259. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the distribution of specialist registrars to every hospital across the State for each of the years 2006 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular...
- Proposed Legislation
260. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the introduction of the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10587/17]
- Occupational Therapy
261. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the early intervention team could not provide a person (details supplied) with occupational therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mental Health Services
264. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was not assessed or diagnosed over a three year period after being referred to CAMHS by their general practitioner; and...
- Autism Support Services
265. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has received neither autism services nor occupational therapy after diagnosis [10608/17]
- Cancer Services Provision
267. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cross-Border service arrangement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10610/17]
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
268. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit more speech and language and occupational therapists for the community services, specifically to provide more sessions for children who...
- Mental Health Services Provision
269. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the CAMHS psychologist has not assessed a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10612/17]
- HSE Staff Data
272. To ask the Minister for Health the value of private activity in public hospitals by publicly employed consultants on type B contracts for each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
273. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to difficulties being experienced by parents, such as in a case of persons (details supplied), in accessing services; the...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
274. To ask the Minister for Health when it is intended to provide funding for the replacement of Clifden district hospital and St. Anne's nursing home with a new 50 bed CNU at the St. Anne's...
- Mental Health Services Provision
275. To ask the Minister for Health the staff and resources available to the CAMHS service serving the county and city of Galway, broken down between Athenry and Merlin Park, Galway, and any...
- Vaccination Programme Data
276. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who received support from his Department after displaying medical difficulties relating to the HPV vaccine in each of the years from 2010...
- Hospital Charges
280. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 22 February 2017, if he will provide an age profile for the outstanding insurance fees, by hospital; and the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
281. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10738/17]
- Health Services Funding
282. To ask the Minister for Health the body a day care centre (details supplied) can apply to for support funding to incorporate with funds raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Scéim um Roghanna Comhshaoil Talmhaíochta
283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi Scéim GLAS le feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí leis seo) ag...
- GLAS Payments
284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); if all details for the application have been received; and if he will...
- TAMS Eligibility
286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if young farmers will receive a 20% top up under TAMS as trained young farmers in view of the growing numbers of young farmers that...
- Cuanta agus Céanna
289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar na hiarratais ó na húdaráis áitiúla maidir le forbairt céanna...
- An Scéim Ghlas ar Bheagán Carbóin do Chomhshaol na Talmhaíochta
290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht le feirmeoir faoi scéim GLAS (sonraí...
- GLAS Payments
291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a GLAS payment will be paid to persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10728/17]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Waste Disposal
292. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the new WEEE agreement between retailers and his Department will be furnished to retailers; and if he will make a...
- Energy Prices
293. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress being made to standardise electricity standing charges and unit costs and eliminating extra costs of...
- Waste Disposal Charges
294. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if rises in domestic refuse collection charges and in particular the rise in recycling charges imposed by a company...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
295. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of fibre broadband provision for an area (details supplied). [10511/17]
- Brexit Issues
298. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10665/17]
- Postal Codes
299. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in devising Eircode, the postcodes assigned to certain addresses around...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Wild Atlantic Way Project
300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the impact of a foreshore application (details supplied) on the Wild Atlantic Way route; and if he will make a statement on...
- Cycling Policy
302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected increase in the number of children cycling to school he estimates will result from the Cycle Right initiative; if...
- Cycling Facilities Funding
303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the transport budget he allocated directly to the cycling scheme and-or initiatives in 2015 and 2016; and if he will...
- Cycling Facilities Provision
304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures in place to ensure local authorities designing cycle routes comply with the National Cycle Manual (details supplied)....
- Railway Stations
305. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the most recent feasibility study into the reopening of Killucan railway station was carried out; and his views regarding the...
- Rail Services
306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the extent of the powers of physical detention and ejection held by revenue protection and security staff employed by Irish...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a sports capital grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10758/17]
- Airport Security
308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 645 of 14 February 2017, if he will put in place US border preclearance at Cork Airport as is in...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Work Permits Applications
309. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a work permit application by a person (details supplied). [10509/17]
- Industrial Relations
310. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on granting negotiation rights and access to the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court for public sector...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Home Schooling
311. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a person (details supplied) can avail of home schooling; if so, the steps they can take to apply; and if she will make a statement on...
- Child Abuse Prevention
312. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce amending legislation to the Child Care Act 1991 to address the fact that there is no specific provision within the...
- Child Care Services
313. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding child care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10672/17]
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Remuneration
314. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason seven years after the court of arbitration ruled in favour of a weekly €50 increase for members of the Army Ranger Wing, ARW,...
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
315. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of days leave for each of the years 2010 to 2016 that have been surrendered to the State on foot of paragraph 16 of Defence Force...
- Defence Forces Equipment
316. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any new respirators or similar equipment has been procured for Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, to date in 2017. [10737/17]
