Written answers

Tuesday, 28 March 2017

  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • After-School Support Services
      22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total funding available to implement the action plan for school age children; and the way in which this will deliver affordable care for...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the interim report on the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will be published; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Youth Services Funding
      31. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to restore funding to the youth services and facilities fund back to 2011 levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Youth Services Provision
      32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of discussions between her Department and the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board on the appointment of a dedicated...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address the anomaly created under the affordable child care scheme whereby the places of children who are currently availing of...
    • Child Protection Services Provision
      34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in Tusla who have an allocated social worker; the number who do not have an allocated social worker, indicating the...
    • Internet Safety
      36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the measures her Department is taking to combat cyber blackmailing, cyber bullying and other forms of online abuse directed...
    • Traveller Community
      37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the initiatives she has taken in order to ensure Traveller children are provided with the supports they require in view of the recent...
    • Child Abuse Reports
      38. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there has been a full report or if she is planning to commission a report into allegations of abuse and neglect at a home (details...
    • Youth Services Provision
      39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to address the youth needs in Balgaddy, which is an area of disadvantage and exclusion in Dublin mid-west; if...
    • Child Care Services Staff
      40. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address the need for additional supports to be extended to community child care facilities, in view of the recent decision to...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the fact that, at any one time, approximately 50% of children in the youth justice system are on remand; her further views on...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      42. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to make recommendations to Cabinet with regard to a review of the congregational indemnity agreement, in view of the revelations...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      43. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on devoting extra funds through the ECCE scheme to preschools located in low income areas; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Care Services Staff
      44. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional supports that will be extended to community child care facilities following recent changes whereby community employment...
    • Foster Care Policy
      46. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the abolition of the 40 year age gap requirement that was previously used by Tusla as part of the assessment for suitability...
    • Children and Young People’s Policy Framework
      47. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she has been in a position to strategically examine and assess any specific deficiencies in respect of child care, youth...
    • Area Based Childhood Programme
      48. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the discussions that have taken place to ensure that the area based childhood programme can continue to support families in the most...
    • Foster Care Supports
      49. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered increasing supports to foster carers; her views on whether the sector is in need of reform; and if she will make a...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      50. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the establishment of a truth commission relating to institutions such as mother and baby institutions, industrial schools,...
    • Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
      51. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the progress of taking in unaccompanied minors from Calais and on the setting up of the national project office to...
    • Youth Services Funding
      52. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase funding to youth services in Dublin's north inner city in view of the recommendations of the Mulvey report regarding...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      53. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of consultation between her Department and the Department of Education and Skills and-or the Department of Health on necessary...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      54. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made regarding a facility (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15213/17]
    • Adoption Records Provision
      56. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to reach out to the thousands of Irish persons illegally adopted to families in the US in order to give them access...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      57. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to include childminders under the affordable child care scheme; and if she is satisfied that the scheme is adequate to address...
    • Child Abuse
      58. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2013 a Health Service Executive counsellor notified the HSE child protection services...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      60. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason there are still seven minors currently serving sentences in Wheatfield Prison in view of the Government's commitment to ending...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      61. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to impose additional requirements on the programmes that receive ECCE funding to ensure that the programmes are of a high and...
    • Child Protection Services Provision
      62. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in Tusla who have a care plan; the number who do not have a care plan, indicating the length of time without a care...
    • Adoption Legislation
      64. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by a group (details supplied) regarding the Adoption (Information and Tracing Bill)...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      66. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will publish the second interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; the engagement she has had...
    • School Completion Programme
      67. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will publish a new school completion strategy to further improve school completion rates, particularly in disadvantaged areas; and...
    • Child Detention Centres
      68. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made regarding the outstanding industrial relations issues at Oberstown detention centre concerning safety of staff and...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      69. To ask the Taoiseach the number of private investigation firms hired by his Department in the past five years and to date in 2017; the names of the firms; the amount they were paid; if they...
    • Brexit Issues
      70. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the establishment of an all-island dialogue to deal with issues arising from Brexit. [15511/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      71. To ask the Taoiseach the details of payments made by his Departments, their agencies or any bodies under his aegis to any broadcasters here in the years 2014, 2015 and 2016; the broadcaster...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      72. To ask the Taoiseach the process within his Department for dealing with protected disclosures under the 2014 Act; if the examinations of such disclosures are carried out by an independent...
    • Insurance Costs
      73. To ask the Taoiseach the cost of insurance under different insurance headings such as public liability, buildings cover, employer liability and so on for his Department and each body under...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Naturalisation Applications
      74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can be accommodated with regard to a passport application issue that has arisen. [14808/17]
    • Valuation Office
      75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the effects commercial rates are having on a small family hotel (details supplied) in County Wexford; her plans...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm receipt of a file on Garda corruption handed to the Taoiseach at a location (details supplied) on 11 November 2011. [15364/17]
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the poor condition of the railings at Carlow courthouse; and if she will ensure that remedial works are carried...
    • Immigration Policy
      78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on concerns raised in correspondence (details attached). [14812/17]
    • Garda Deployment
      79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda division since recruitment resumed in Templemore in 2014, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
      80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the level of funding which can be made for CCTV in smaller towns throughout the country; if such a fund is open for such groups to apply to; and...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an original passport submitted with a recent application for naturalisation can now be returned in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Direct Provision System
      82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 32 of 16 February 2017 if she will provide the progress audit in tabular form for each of the 173...
    • Immigrant Investor Programme Administration
      83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a query (details supplied) regarding the immigrant investor programme. [14942/17]
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme (1 comment)
      84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the 4,000 Syrian refugees that the Government committed to taking in that have been taken as of 28 February 2017; and if she will...
    • Wards of Court
      85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently being made a ward of court; the reason being given for the application, for example, older person, intellectual...
    • Visa Applications
      86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the lengthy processing times for join family, Irish national spouse, visa applications; her views on whether...
    • Legislative Programme
      87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 7 December 2016, the status of this issue; the status of progress in the drafting of the Intoxicating...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the process within her Department for dealing with protected disclosures under the 2014 Act; if the examinations of such disclosures are carried...
    • Courts Service Data
      89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to reply to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 16 February 2017, and a further reply of 7 March 2017, the number of drink driving offences...
    • Garda Data
      90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles seized by gardaí and disposed of for each of the years 2014 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017, in tabular form;...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a proposed development (details supplied) at the site of the former Magdalen laundry operated by the Religious...
    • Garda Investigations
      92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a Garda investigation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15160/17]
    • Insurance Costs
      93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of insurance under different insurance headings such as public liability, buildings cover, employer liability and so on for her...
    • Immigration Status
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a statement of non-acquisition of Irish citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to allow monthly Killorglin court services to take place at Kerry County Council buildings, Library Place, Killorglin, County Kerry,...
    • Irish Prison Service
      96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason no action was taken on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15317/17]
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the remaining steps to be taken and the timeframe envisaged to allow for Irish ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of...
  • Department of Finance
    • Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the criteria required for a primary medical certificate to include those with degenerative illnesses, such as in the case of a person...
    • NAMA Property Sales
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has read the Committee of Public Accounts report into Project Eagle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15505/17]
    • Financial Services Ombudsman
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints made to the Financial Services Ombudsman since 2008; the number of complaints that were upheld; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Yield
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of tax that would be raised by a tax on second and subsequent homes levied at €400 per property. [14868/17]
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated savings that would be made by reducing the maximum tax relief available on private pension contributions to 20%, 22%, 25%, 28%, 30%, 32% and 35%...
    • Tax Yield
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by increasing the Revenue Commissioners' personnel (details supplied). [14872/17]
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Data
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by reducing mortgage interest deductions against rent for landlords from 75% to 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50% and...
    • Tax Data
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected net effect of any carryover measures carried over for 2018 as a result of budget 2017 measures; and if he will provide a detailed breakdown...
    • Tax Exemptions
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of dividing the capital gains tax categories into passive and active and applying a 40% rate to the passive tax activity,...
    • Tax Yield
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue which would be generated by the implementation of measures (details supplied). [14877/17]
    • Water Charges
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost in terms of fiscal space of maintaining the current suspension of water charges to 1 January 2018. [14882/17]
    • Tax Yield
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised from the abolition of tax relief for private health insurance premiums and the capping of such relief at 5%, 10%,...
    • Universal Social Charge Abolition
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated loss of revenue from abolishing the universal social charge in full in budget 2018. [14887/17]
    • Universal Social Charge Exemptions
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of exempting earners at or below €19,572 from the USC. [14888/17]
    • Exchequer Savings
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated savings that would accrue from moving the entire cost of regulation of the financial sector onto the industry, as opposed to the current 50%....
    • Insurance Industry
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects payments to be made to persons as a result of the liquidation of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • VAT Rate Application
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address an issue with regard to small pubs operating in rural areas and VAT percentages (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to private sector archaeologists being permitted to claim the flat rate schedule E expenses tax credit in view of the fact that...
    • Job Creation Targets
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of jobs projected to be created here, and particularly in counties Sligo and Leitrim, for the next five year period; and if he will make...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the process within his Department for dealing with protected disclosures under the 2014 Act; if the examinations of such disclosures are carried out by an...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of all NAMA properties in County Sligo which are currently available for purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15093/17]
    • Tax Code
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans and those of the agencies under the aegis of his Department to respond to the new investment environment faced by US multinationals with a presence...
    • Insurance Costs
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of insurance under different insurance headings such as public liability, buildings cover, employer liability and so on for his Department and each...
    • Tracker Mortgages
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Bank tracker mortgage review will inform affected customers of the reinstatement of their tracker mortgages; when the associated refunds will...
    • Insurance Coverage
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to regulate for insurance for hobby drone users; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the two insurance companies here underwritten by...
    • Motor Insurance
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the options open to persons that wish to purchase motor insurance in another EU state to avail of lower premiums for a vehicle registered and based here with...
    • Credit Institutions Resolution Fund
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money which has been paid into the Credit Institutions Resolution Fund since its establishment in 2012; the names of the credit institutions...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he is taking to increase the rate of credit lending to businesses via the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; the level of take up from the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Funding
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a comprehensive overview of the Government's financial obligations to University College Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
      140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage and the need for shuttering carpenters in the construction sector; and if he will make a...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department is currently allocating guidance counselling hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14785/17]
    • Third Level Staff
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a full-time employee with a third level college who is due to reach the age of 65 years in March 2017 and therefore faces mandatory retirement...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be provided for the building of a school to accommodate the students of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for an assessment of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14800/17]
    • School Admissions
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the concerns of a school (details supplied); if he will accept its submission on this issue; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Playgrounds
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation faced by a school (details supplied) and in particular, the shortage of school yard space...
    • Third Level Staff
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an existing employee within a publicly funded third level institution when transferring roles within the same third level institution is...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a special needs assistant for every child who is in need of one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14847/17]
    • Curaclam Scoile
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aige deireadh a chur leis an scrúdú cainte roghnach don Teastas Sóisearach, fiú amháin i...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a late SUSI application will be accepted in respect of a person (details provided) in County Kerry due to the exceptional health and personal...
    • Third Level Staff Recruitment
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a matter and address the concerns of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14945/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of parents who have contacted him regarding problems accessing services in a school (details supplied); the length of time since his...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which efforts continue to be made in the creation of apprenticeship opportunities for various trades throughout the country and...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the institutions (details supplied) which were under the responsibility of the 18 religious organisations and congregations that signed an...
    • EU Funding
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total moneys applied for from the European Commission for a programme (details supplied); the total moneys matched by the State; the total...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for additional funding for a school amalgamation project (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason only 16 hours of SNA support have been awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); if the decision will be reviewed; and if he...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process within his Department for dealing with protected disclosures under the 2014 Act; if the examinations of such disclosures are carried...
    • State Examinations
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve an appeal to provide access to a reader for a person (details supplied); and the status of the approval. [15088/17]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a teacher can apply for incremental credit; the way in which a person may make an appeal on a decision if they are not satisfied...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will seek to acquire lands which have recently been put on the market adjacent to a school (details supplied); if not, the reason he did...
    • DEIS Scheme
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not included in the recently announced rural DEIS programme; if he will re-examine his decision; and...
    • Brexit Issues
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the key issues he will seek to raise in the forthcoming Brexit negotiations. [15110/17]
    • Youthreach Programme Staff
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is a requirement for a Youthreach resource person to be a member of the Teaching Council for employment within a Youthreach centre or a...
    • School Curriculum
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the educational benefits being seen due to an initiative (details supplied) which is operating in a national...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the commitment to reinstate 400 guidance counsellor posts in budget 2017 will be ring-fenced for guidance counsellors (details supplied); and...
    • Insurance Costs
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of insurance under different insurance headings such as public liability, buildings cover, employer liability and so on for his...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protocol through which a child in preschool education can access SNA support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15248/17]
    • Home Tuition Scheme Staff
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if home tutors are employees of his Department; if his Department is paying appropriate PAYE and PRSI in respect of home tutors; and if not, the...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which guidance counselling hours will be allocated to secondary schools; when ex quota guidance counselling will be reinstated in...
    • Third Level Courses Availability
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the full list of degree courses relevant to the area of counselling and psychotherapy available through the public colleges...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the appeals process has been removed for parents regarding the allocation of resource and learning support for children with special...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a proposed school (details supplied); if the school is going ahead; the progress being made in securing a temporary site for this...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to ensure that released prisoners have access to training and education, in view of the fact that it is an essential...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Question No. 251 of 21 March 2017, if he will address the issue of the need to make the Irish Sign Language video regarding Caranua...
    • Third Level Funding
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) with regard to the future funding of third level colleges; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Curriculum
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken at primary and secondary levels to ensure that pupils learn money management skills which will be important throughout their...
    • State Examinations Data
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students and the percentage this is of the total number of students taking accounting, business studies and economics as subjects...
    • Schools Extra Curricular Activities
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary schools in which banking or other personal account services are provided for the students in the school environment; and...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Control of Dogs
      194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will withdraw the list of dangerous dog breeds and the regulations governing such breeds and instead legislate...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of vehicles that paid motor tax in 2016; and the number that paid online and through local authorities...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to open the grant scheme for all potential applicants whose domestic septic tanks and wastewater treatment...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will reverse the conditions for a person to apply for a housing adaptation grant (details supplied). [14796/17]
    • Motor Tax
      199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated cost of abolishing the charge of an excess whereby a vehicle is taxed for less than 12 months, that...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the 2017 funding for housing adaptation grants will be allocated to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council;...
    • Local Authority Housing
      202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to inquiries into alleged inappropriate allocation of city council units in Galway...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for the refusal of a choice home loan application in respect of a person (details supplied). [14833/17]
    • Departmental Reviews
      206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the report of the committee to review the reports of the Cork local government committee; and when he...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of local authority houses directly under construction in counties Sligo and Leitrim by the local...
    • National Planning Framework
      208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the new national planning framework will facilitate the granting of planning permission to...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of persons struck off the local authority housing list for each of the years 2014 to 2016 in...
    • Local Authority Rates
      210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the increases in commercial rates that each county and city council has imposed in each area in 2016 and 2017; his...
    • Capital Assistance Scheme Applications
      211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there has been an application to the capital assistance scheme by an approved housing body for the provision of...
    • Capital Assistance Scheme Funding
      212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding which has been accessed each year for the past five years through the capital assistance...
    • Protected Disclosures
      213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the report requested by him on 8 March 2017 from a person (details supplied) has as yet been received by his...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the process within his Department for the dealing with protected disclosures under the 2014 Act; if the examinations...
    • Insurance Costs
      215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost of insurance under different insurance headings such as public liability, buildings cover, employer...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons currently approved for social housing in County Cork who are waiting to be housed, by town and...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Insurance
      217. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated revenue that would be raised by introducing a new employers’ rate of pay-related social insurance of 15.75% on the portion of...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      218. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their domiciliary allowance appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14809/17]
    • Social Welfare Offices
      219. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number and location of welfare clinics that have been closed and moved to other locations in the past two years, such as the proposed closure of...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      220. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reinstate a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14820/17]
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme
      221. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the grant assistance that is available to a person (details supplied) in receipt of a State pension non-contributory who requires two hearing aids....
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      222. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason staff working in social welfare services in County Longford are not being facilitated in transferring to the office in Carrick-on-Shannon...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      224. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) who was waiting more than 12 months on a decision regarding a disability allowance...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite a domiciliary care allowance and a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      226. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the various youth unemployment alleviation measures have resulted in successful full-time job placements throughout the country...
    • Unemployment Benefits Data
      227. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of unemployment assistance or unemployment benefit in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the extent to which...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he can continue to improve the time taken to process appeals in respect of various social protection payments throughout the...
    • Employment Support Services
      229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he has examined issues preventing or discouraging unemployed persons from obtaining employment and particularly in counties...
    • Unemployment Levels
      230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he continues to monitor the age profile of those on the live register long term with a view to initiating measures to address...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      231. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the process within his Department for dealing with protected disclosures under the 2014 Act; if the examinations of such disclosures are carried out...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      232. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the supports through Tús and community employment schemes he can give to villages and towns to enhance the work of volunteers that take on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can receive an extension to their placement on a CE scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15111/17]
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      234. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review a decision to refuse a companion travel pass in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals
      235. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal can be conducted regarding the estate of a deceased person's (details supplied) State pension issue; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      236. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) will issue; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Employment Schemes
      237. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on activation programmes under the remit of his Department, by scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child Benefit Data
      238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of child benefit in 2017; the estimated cost of providing a once-off double payment for all children born in 2017; and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the programmes or schemes under his Department's remit which assist or support persons to retrain or re-skill at third level institutions or...
    • Employment Support Services
      240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the supports or incentives in place to encourage employers to hire persons who are long-term unemployed, that is, for more than one year; and if he...
    • Insurance Costs
      241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of insurance under different insurance headings such as public liability, buildings cover, employer liability and so on for his Department...
    • Citizen Information Services
      242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason it is intended to change the local structure of the citizens information services to a regional structure; the cost of this change; if it...
    • Unemployment Data
      243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he is taking to specifically assist the 79,700 long-term unemployed in the fourth quarter of 2016, representing over 54% of the total...
    • Carer's Support Grant
      244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15256/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing a date for a carer's allowance oral hearing appeal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Family Income Supplement Appeals
      246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding an appeal for family income supplement submitted in October 2016 by a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason arrears have yet to be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15298/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      248. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing a date for a carer's allowance oral hearing appeal to a person (details supplied); if consideration will be...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15314/17]
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      250. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to review the means test for fuel allowance to take into account the gross income of persons in receipt of private pensions rather than...
    • Fuel Allowance Data
      251. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending the fuel allowance to those persons in receipt of illness benefit; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Services Card Provision
      252. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provision there is for a stateless person lawfully resident here to apply for a public services card in view of the fact they are unable to...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
      253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider allowing mortgage payments as an income disregard when assessing means for eligibility for farm assist; and if he will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
      254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the review of part-time and seasonal workers entitlements to jobseeker's benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15363/17]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      255. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15396/17]
    • One-Parent Family Payment Payments
      256. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a one-parent family payment or alternative payment will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      257. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15407/17]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      258. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be issued on a social protection appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      259. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the relevance of details in respect of their medical condition and costs associated therewith as requested in the case of a person (details...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      260. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a carer’s allowance rate of payment will be increased from half rate to full rate for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [15449/17]
    • Job Initiatives
      261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria regarding the length of time that eligible participants can remain in the community employment, Tús and rural social schemes....
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      262. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which assessment of means and entitlement to jobseeker's allowance is affected by any property such as a ten or 15 acre plot; the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      263. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the definition of a farm under the social welfare code, with particular reference to eligibility for a means tested social welfare payment for those...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Brexit Issues
      265. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the plans within his Department once Article 50 is triggered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14948/17]
    • United Nations
      266. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the resignation of a person (details supplied) from the UN due to its failure to accept two ESCWA reports...
    • Human Rights
      267. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that refugees who escape North Korea by crossing the border to China are regularly returned by...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      269. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process within his Department for dealing with protected disclosures under the 2014 Act; if the examinations of such disclosures are...
    • Human Rights Cases
      270. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the current negotiations between the Government and the Egyptian authorities relating to the well-being of a person...
    • Passport Services
      273. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the preparations being made for the seasonal increase in the volume of passport applications; and if he will make a...
    • Passport Applications
      275. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the circumstances under which a person applying for a passport can have an application expedited; and the process in place for such cases....
    • Passport Data
      276. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport cards issued in the years 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; his plans to promote this service; and his further plans to...
    • Insurance Costs
      277. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of insurance under different insurance headings such as public liability, buildings cover, employer liability and so on for his...
    • Passport Services
      278. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure allocated to the Passport Office service from 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the number of staff...
    • Diplomatic Representation Expenditure
      279. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated cost of running the embassy and consular service in 2017; his plans to open new embassies or consular services in 2017; and if...
    • Trade Missions
      280. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the trade missions planned for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15232/17]
    • Passport Services
      281. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to ensure persons can track the progress of their passport applications in real time in view of the fact that the...
    • Passport Applications
      282. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15320/17]
    • Foreign Naval Vessels
      283. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the circumstances surrounding the docking of a US warship (details supplied) at Cobh Harbour on 21 March 2017; the reason it...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      284. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly which is deterring mobility within the wider public service (details supplied); his plans...
    • National Monuments
      285. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the person or body that is responsible for the destruction of the Donaghmore souterrain. [15167/17]
    • Garda Stations
      290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the acquisition of the new site for Bailieborough Garda station will be complete by May 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Staff
      291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when an employee transfers within a public sector organisation to take up a new post, if he or she is subject to the new entrant public...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      292. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process within his Department for dealing with protected disclosures under the 2014 Act; if the examinations of such disclosures are...
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation
      293. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason RACO was not consulted regarding the deal that was agreed between the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and his Department with...
    • Insurance Costs
      294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of insurance under different insurance headings such as public liability, buildings cover, employer liability and so on for his...
    • Public Sector Pay
      295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full year cost of unwinding financial emergency measures in the public interest cuts for all public sector workers currently earning...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation
      297. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 7 March 2017, if the monitoring committee has been established; if not, the reason for...
    • Ferry Services Provision
      298. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the request for tenders for the passenger ferry to Tory Island, County Donegal (details supplied), was altered in a...
    • National Monuments
      299. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the detail of the archaeological discoveries adjacent to and in the surrounding area of the Hellfire Club in Rathfarnham, Dublin 16;...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Management
      300. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she expects to be in a position to allocate funding from dormant accounts to Foróige; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      301. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the process within her Department for dealing with protected disclosures under the 2014 Act; if the examinations of such disclosures...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      302. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the legislation on the time for burning will be completed; and if the time will be extended in 2017 to 31 March, in view of the...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
      303. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the situation regarding persons seeking funding from the dormant accounts fund; the plans in place for 2017 for applications to be...
    • Waterways Ireland Remit
      304. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 648 of 21 March 2017, the powers to be given to authorised officers of Waterways Ireland; and...
    • Insurance Costs
      305. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of insurance under different insurance headings such as public liability, buildings cover, employer liability and so on for...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      306. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total value of projects approved fully to date under the Leader programme 2014-2020 broken down by local action group; the total...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      307. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total expenditure to date in 2017 of the capital carryover from 2016 to 2017; the heading under which this expenditure took...
    • CLÁR Programme
      308. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the works that have been carried out by local authorities to date in 2017 with the funding that was pre-paid to them...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      309. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in circumstances in which Government funding has been allocated to a community enterprise (details supplied) and subsequently an...
  • Department of Health
    • Disability Support Services
      311. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that has responsibility for carrying out the transition review for the children who are leaving the early intervention class in a school...
    • Autism Support Services
      312. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that has responsibility for carrying out the transition review for children with autism at a school (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Cancer Services Funding
      313. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding his Department is allocating to a cancer support centre (details supplied) that provides support for children with a cancer diagnosis....
    • Water Fluoridation
      314. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent annually on adding fluoride to the public drinking water in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15281/17]
    • Disability Support Services
      315. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence (details supplied); the person or body that has responsibility for carrying out the transition review for children who are...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      316. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14784/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      317. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied). [14790/17]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      319. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE providing home support to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14798/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      320. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided a date for knee replacement surgery in Cappagh Hospital. [14802/17]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in February 2017, in tabular form; the number of such ambulances that waited longer...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      322. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make funding available to reinstate the supply of home help calls on bank holidays in counties Westmeath and Longford. [14817/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      324. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment for an operation at Temple Street University Hospital; and if he will...
    • Orthodontic Services
      325. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for orthodontic work for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14894/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      326. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14896/17]
    • Departmental Surveys
      327. To ask the Minister for Health the date the latest national alcohol survey was carried out; the principal findings of that survey; the steps taken to tackle this issue on foot of the last...
    • Motorised Transport Grant Closure
      328. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made regarding the preparation of legislation to reintroduce the motorised transport grant scheme. [14836/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      329. 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. [14837/17]
    • Disability Support Services
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding persons with learning disabilities who have diminished capacity, lack full capacity for decision making and are in long-term residential...
    • Public Sector Allowances Review
      331. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the Gaeltacht allowance for all nurses working in Irish speaking areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14863/17]
    • Health Services
      332. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an urgent assessment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [14864/17]
    • Medical Card Applications
      333. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card application will be processed for a person (details supplied) who supplied supporting documentary evidence to the relevant authorities on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      334. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      336. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14937/17]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      337. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend free cervical smear testing to include women under 25 years of age, in particular to those under 25 years of age who, based on family...
    • Respite Care Services
      338. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE has requested that an organisation (details supplied) utilise its last remaining respite house in...
    • Hospital Services
      339. To ask the Minister for Health the support the State provides to the cardiac screening programme provided at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; the details of all funding provided...
    • National Children's Hospital
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the process for assessment of tenders for the building of the new national children's hospital; the precise basis on which value for money will be assessed; if...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      341. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding the refusal of the long-term illness scheme for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Practitioner Data
      342. To ask the Minister for Health if up to 915 general practitioners are set to retire from general practice in the next three to five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Commencement of Legislation
      343. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 1 February 2017, the efforts that have been made to invoke the urgency procedure to shorten the notification period...
    • Medical Card Administration
      344. To ask the Minister for Health if MRI scans are covered by the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14980/17]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the status of reimbursement of money paid for prescription drugs in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      346. To ask the Minister for Health if the position of dental hygienist as advertised in May 2016 in CHO2 has been filled by the HSE. [15016/17]
    • Home Help Service Data
      347. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged five or under five years of age with life-limiting conditions in receipt of a home support service in each LHO; the number of...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      348. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the negotiations with a company (details supplied) on the provision of Orkambi medicine for cystic fibrosis patients here; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to local authorities in each of the past five years for the provision of housing to facilitate the movement of...
    • Health Services Funding
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that is available through the service reform fund; if there are priority locations for this funding; the measures this funding can...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and supports available for persons who have been caring for sons, daughters or siblings with disabilities at home but who find themselves unable to...
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time by three month periods, for example, zero to three months, three to six months and so on, persons are waiting for dental surgery in each...
    • Health Insurance
      360. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding private health insurance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15061/17]
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the process in his Department for dealing with protected disclosures under the 2014 Act; if the examinations of such disclosures are carried out by an...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      362. To ask the Minister for Health his plans on the entire cost of facilitating the new children's hospital at St. James's Hospital, Dublin, and to include all pre-construction costs, together...
    • Departmental Properties
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the future plans for a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15099/17]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a ceiling track hoist cannot be supplied by the HSE for a person (details supplied) with severe brain damage, to assist the family with the person's...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      366. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure more regulation in the beauty industry (details supplied). [15144/17]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      367. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the limited number of places in the Central Mental Hospital which are currently available to the Irish Prison Service for persons in...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      368. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide sufficient funds to ensure that adequate home care package hours will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Insurance Costs
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of insurance under various insurance headings, such as public liability, buildings cover, employer liability and so on, for his Department and each...
    • Health Care Infrastructure Provision
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the budget for a project (detail supplied) in County Mayo; the changes that have been made to the budget since project sanction; the amount that...
    • Community Care Provision
      371. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 567 of 21 March 2017 if he will assess the feasibility and costs for the provision of a nationwide database that would...
    • Nursing Staff Contracts
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the contract of nurses due to retire if they are willing to continue working; if he will consider re-engaging any nurse who has...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting lists for services, procedures and operations at Letterkenny University Hospital; the number of services, procedures and...
    • Hospital Services
      374. To ask the Minister for Health if the full review of the three community hospitals (details supplied) in County Donegal has been completed; if funding has been put in place for same; and if...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Donegal who have benefited from the National Treatment Purchase Fund over the period from 2016 to date in 2017; and if he will...
    • Home Help Service Data
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours being provided at present in County Donegal directly through the HSE and by private contractors; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Staff
      377. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a second breast cancer surgeon has been appointed on a permanent basis at Letterkenny University Hospital; if all necessary medical...
    • Redundancy Payments
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the redundancy payments to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15278/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15293/17]
    • Food Safety Standards
      381. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a planning application (details supplied) whereby it is proposed that dog waste, comprising urine and faeces, be spread on...
    • Vaccination Programme Data
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the number of girls who were refused the HPV vaccine in each of the years from 2010 to 2016 on medical grounds or for other related issues (details supplied);...
    • Health Services Data
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who were registered and diagnosed as having a congenital condition causing loss of eyesight as of December 2016, by county, in tabular...
    • Medicinal Products
      385. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the recent changes implemented by the HSE for dispensing medicines on a weekly basis instead of the previously monthly basis noting the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      386. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a cataract appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15312/17]
    • Disability Services Provision
      387. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that persons have been told there is no day service available in the Mullingar area for their child with a disability after the child...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      388. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for knee surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15318/17]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
      389. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be included in the list for the NTPF for ophthalmology surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15323/17]
    • Disability Services Data
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for children who are on the assessment of need waiting list in County Kildare; the average waiting time for children placed on this list; and...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the staffing levels at a facility (details supplied); when staffing vacancies at this facility will be filled; and if budget 2017 included...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      392. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided a date for hip replacement surgery in Cappagh Hospital. [15337/17]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Staff
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the problems currently being experienced at CUH accident and emergency by poor ambulance turnaround times due to a lack of...
    • Ambulance Service
      394. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the problem being caused to ambulance services due to the current inability of EMTs to use their experience and training to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      395. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a date for surgery in respect of a person (details supplied). [15352/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of an amended appointment date in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15357/17]
    • Medical Card Applications
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person's (details supplied) application for a medical card has not yet been processed despite providing additional requested documentation to his...
    • Hospital Services
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a service in a hospital (details supplied); if the HSE plans on implementing such a service here in the future; the reason it is...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting in County Mayo for a neurological consultant appointment broken down by time waiting of zero to three months, three to...
    • Registration of Nurses
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for nursing registration in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15387/17]
    • Vaccination Programme
      404. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to examine the pre-medical condition of girls claiming to be affected by the HPV vaccination in each of the years 2010 to 2016; his views on whether...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Closures
      408. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason for the closure of a day ward at Beaumont Hospital to accommodate accident and emergency patients; the provision that has been made for...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      409. To ask the Minister for Health whether it is under his remit to reinstate items (details supplied) on the medical card; if not the person or body that can do so; and if it requires...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      410. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason for the delay for a person (details supplied) who was urgently referred to a neurologist in County Mayo, yet is still waiting for an...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      411. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for cataract surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15395/17]
    • Medical Card Applications
      412. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a medical card. [15398/17]
    • Medical Card Delays
      413. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the reason there is such a delay in processing medical card applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15399/17]
    • Hospital Services
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that tomography PET scans are not available to persons in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will ensure that...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      415. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding haemochromatosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15438/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      416. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 591 of 22 February 2017 if he will provide a breakdown of acute and sub-acute inpatient beds in mental health in each...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      417. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15446/17]
    • Health Insurance Levy
      418. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the way in which the levy on health insurance is used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15448/17]
    • HSE Funding
      419. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding lack of resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15495/17]
    • Medical Card Applications
      420. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      421. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15501/17]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      422. To ask the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the trolley count at University Hospital Waterford for January and February in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Beef Imports
      423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his views on an EU-wide ban on all Brazilian beef imports following recent allegations that some of the country’s...
    • GLAS Payments
      425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a GLAS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15250/17]
    • Veterinary Inspection Service
      428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a full complement of veterinary inspectors and superiors on the floor of a specific factory during operation hours...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new €35 million hen harrier scheme will be introduced; the reason it has been further delayed; and if he will make a...
    • Beef Imports
      430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to call for an EU Council of Ministers meeting with a view to introducing an immediate ban on Brazilian food products being...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the funding for the fishery harbour and coastal infrastructure development programme 2017 will be announced; and when funding...
    • GLAS Payments
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under GLAS 1 to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing this...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on fishing fleet capacity in view of the fact that the public consultation closed for submissions on 28...
    • Fishing Industry
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any fishing organisations were consulted with regard to the Sea Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017; and if he will make a statement...
    • Live Exports
      437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current regulations for the protection of animal welfare while live animals are in situ or on docks awaiting loading on to a...
    • Animal Welfare
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current regulations in place for the protection of animals transported overseas for non-economic reasons that are subsequently...
    • Aquaculture Licence Appeals
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made in respect of an appeal against a decision to grant an aquaculture licence (details supplied); the...
    • TAMS Eligibility
      444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the criteria under which tillage farmers are eligible to apply for the TAMS II scheme (details supplied). [14866/17]
    • EU Issues
      445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the joint paper on the better functioning of the food supply chain from seven eastern European countries which was...
    • Agrifood Sector
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the planned establishment of two market observatories for sugar and crops, cereals, oilseeds and protein crops at EU...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an overview of the concrete proposals discussed at the first exchange of views on the future design of the Common...
    • EU Issues
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the joint position by a dozen delegations at the recent EU Agriculture Ministers meeting which called for greater...
    • Dairy Sector
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific actions he is planning and the timeline for the greater use of dairy futures markets as a tool to allow farmers to hedge...
    • Brexit Issues
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure the all-island animal health and welfare strategy is maintained in a hard Brexit scenario; and the...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the principle of relative stability under the Common Fisheries Policy; and any impact Brexit will have in this regard....
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the educational criteria required to be eligible for participation in the 2017 national reserve. [14915/17]
    • Fishing Industry Development
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual breakdown of funding allocated under the fishery harbour and coastal infrastructure development programme to each fishery...
    • Fishing Industry
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a recent European Parliament fisheries committee draft report calling for the UK to adhere to EU rules after Brexit by...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the deployment of a rural development programme scheme to incentivise volunteering activities in rural areas following...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a formal application has been made to the European Commission for forgotten farmers as a group with specific disadvantage under...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a review of the case of a person (details supplied); if there is a timeframe for its completion; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Expenditure
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the €150 million fund provided in budget 2017 enabling farmers to access low-cost loans that has been loaned to...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to issues regarding the submission of online basic payment scheme applications; if his attention has...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Question No. 688 of 7 March 2017, if the objective bias in his Department's aquaculture licensing system, in view of his...
    • Fishing Industry
      463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Question No. 690 of 7 March 2017, if he will provide his Department's definition of a "salmon smolt". [15004/17]
    • Aquaculture Licences
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in view of his decision not to revoke the aquaculture licence held by a company (details supplied) on the grounds that a provable...
    • Food Safety Standards Regulation
      465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the dangers of spreading dog faeces on tillage fields was included in the 2008 report by the Food Safety Authority; his plans to...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if assistance and advice can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15044/17]
    • Fish Quotas
      467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the queries raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15063/17]
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process within his Department for dealing with protected disclosures under the 2014 Act; if the examinations of such disclosures...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts made by his Department to uphold the rights of a person (details supplied) to receive information in an accessible and...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address an issue with regard to a review of a person's entitlements application which has been refused (details supplied);...
    • European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
      471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Irish draw-downs under the seafood processing capital investmen t scheme; the number of...
    • TAMS Applications
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an application under tranche 4 of the TAMS scheme for a person ( details supplied) in County Donegal;...
    • Insurance Costs
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of insurance under different insurance headings, such as public liability, buildings cover, employer liability and so on,...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if students who sit examinations for educational courses that qualify young farmers for a green certificate before the end of 2017...
    • GLAS Payments
      475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under GLAS will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment;...
    • Greyhound Industry
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is no greyhound racing at Shelbourne Park which is the headquarters of greyhound racing. [15304/17]
    • Bord na gCon
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the former chief executive officer of the Irish Greyhound Board (details supplied) was requested to leave; and the...
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there was an ordinary directors meeting called regarding the closure of Harold's Cross greyhound stadium. [15306/17]
    • Bord na gCon
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a single target was not met in the Irish Greyhound Board’s strategic business plan 2013–2017. [15309/17]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the area of natural constraints payment will be restored to pre-2009 levels in the upcoming review; and if he will make a...
    • Greyhound Industry
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason only 33% of the funding received by the Irish Greyhound Board, which is the betting levy tax, is going into prize...
    • Bord na gCon Funding
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a bank (details supplied) agreed a write-down on the Irish Greyhound Board’s debt. [15334/17]
    • Bord na gCon Contracts
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body that made the decision to award the drinks monopoly to a company (details supplied) in Irish Greyhound Board...
    • Bord na gCon Staff
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of employees who were in the Irish Greyhound Board in 2004 when the turnover was €60 million. [15340/17]
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason it has taken five years to get a new laboratory when the Irish Greyhound Board was made aware in 2012 that the laboratory...
    • Bord na gCon Expenditure
      497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason it costs the Irish Greyhound Board €1.8 million annually to carry out its testing procedures when the GBGB carries...
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in 2015 Irish Greyhound Board accounts being published in view of the fact they were published in 2017....
    • Bord na gCon
      499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the legal fees for Irish Greyhound Board were €1.2 million in 2016. [15359/17]
    • Greyhound Industry
      501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the greyhound industry uniting as was requested by the Minister of State with responsibility for food, forestry and...
    • Bord na gCon
      504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there has been such a dramatic decrease in turnover from €60 million in 2004 to €28 million in 2015 with...
    • GLAS Payments
      508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15400/17]
    • Transfer of Entitlements
      509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person whose entitlements are the subject of a garnishee order can lease and or sell their entitlements in circumstances in...
    • Herd Data
      511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of suckler beef farmers per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15462/17]
    • Consular Services Staff
      512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of agricultural attachés stationed in Irish embassies; and the location of all such embassies. [15463/17]
    • Agriculture Industry
      513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the detail of all export certificates for meat, beef, lamb and pigmeat that Ireland has with other countries, in...
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications from County Donegal submitted to the SBCI agriculture cashflow support loan scheme; the number of...
    • Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
      515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new hen harrier scheme will be open for persons to apply to it; if the first payments will issue in 2017; when he envisages...
    • Bord Bia Strategy
      516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount allocated by Bord Bia for market promotion and diversification in 2016 and 2017 in each of the sectors beef, dairy,...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of dedicated staff in his Department with respect to accessing new markets in other countries for Irish meat and...
    • Agriculture Industry
      518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress on gaining access for Irish meat products, that is, beef, lamb and pigment to China; the remaining stages in the...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data
      522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications from County Limerick that were submitted to the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI,...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Biofuel Obligation Scheme Implementation
      523. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the latest developments at EU level regarding revisions to existing regulations regarding production of all crop-based...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      524. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14794/17]
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      525. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the proposed renewable heat incentive scheme following the completion of the public consultation; when he...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      526. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is engaging with the private sector adequately to ensure accessibility to broadband coverage in south counties...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      530. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the process within his Department for dealing with protected disclosures under the 2014 Act; if the examinations of such...
    • Environmental Protection Agency Licences
      531. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, licence is required for the development of an anaerobic digester; and if he...
    • Insurance Costs
      532. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of insurance under different insurance headings such as public liability, buildings cover, employer liability...
    • Fishing Industry
      533. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the detail of the five most destructive factors limiting the recovery of salmon stocks in the River Slaney; his plans to...
    • Biofuel Obligation Scheme Implementation
      537. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if additional incentives will be introduced to encourage the production of biofuels; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Reviews
      538. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to remove or review section 15 of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 related to immunity that the...
    • Air and Water Pollution
      540. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to seek legal advice from the Attorney General following the findings by the European Environmental Agency in...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      541. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of the broadband roll-out for County Carlow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • EU Directives
      542. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are current EU directives that have to be enacted here that deal with an issue (details suppled). [14934/17]
    • Taxi Regulations
      543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the requirement for safety equipment, such as fire extinguishers and first aid boxes, in taxis, in view of the fact some...
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      544. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expert advice he has sought and received in regard to the likely impact of aviation growth internationally on the achievement of the...
    • Airport Development Projects
      545. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expert advice he has sought and received in regard to the likely impact of a new runway at Dublin airport on Ireland’s...
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      547. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fatalities involving tractors, on public roads only, which have occurred over the past three years; and if he will make a...
    • Road Network
      548. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when works will be carried out by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, to alleviate flooding problems in a specific location on a...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      549. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the capital grants that have been awarded as part of the Ancient East initiative; the status of efforts to have Cahir town...
    • Road Projects Status
      550. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a specific realignment scheme (details supplied) in County Cork. [15017/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      551. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures or plans he has put in place to mitigate against the risk of Brexit affecting Ireland's bid to host the 2023 Rugby World...
    • Student Travel Card
      552. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene in a case in which a person (details supplied) has been wrongly fined by Irish Rail. [15066/17]
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      553. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process within his Department for dealing with protected disclosures under the 2014 Act; if the examinations of such disclosures are...
    • Insurance Costs
      555. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of insurance under different insurance headings such as public liability, buildings cover, employer liability and so on for his...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the provision of proper training by experts in the use of defibrillators to club volunteers is not an eligible cost under the...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      557. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for funding for improvements and-or safety measures which have been made by Meath County Council and Kildare...
    • State Airports
      558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify comments he made in February 2017 regarding his apparent support for the potential establishment of a third, privately...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
      560. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the allocation of €10,595,000 made to Donegal County Council in January 2017 by Transport Infrastructure...
    • Greenways Development
      561. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the greenway canal route between Dublin, Sallins and Naas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15316/17]
    • Taxi Regulations
      562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the time given to renew a taxi licence is reduced from five years to one year in cases of serious illnesses (details...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a sports capital grant application by a club (details supplied); when an announcement of funds allocated is expected under...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      564. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated and actual outturn on the A1 section of the departmental Vote for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [15515/17]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacancies notified to the management board and human resources department in his Department in relation to posts in the...
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all fatal road accidents since January 2016 including the date of the accident, the road number of the locus...
    • Road Projects
      567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding compulsory purchase orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15521/17]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Legislative Process
      568. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the delay and the proposed timeframe for the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016 being enacted. [15447/17]
    • Low Pay Commission Remit
      569. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to widen the remit of the Low Pay Commission and to task it to examine CEO pay, specifically, the highest and lowest paid...
    • Income Inequality
      570. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has received a copy of the Irish Congress of Trade Union report, Because We’re Worth It The Truth about CEO Pay in...
    • European Fund for Strategic Investments
      571. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the potential investment projects her Department put forward to the Department of Finance task force report for the European Fund for...
    • Job Losses
      572. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14924/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      573. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the employment forecasts and targets emanating from Enterprise 2025 and referenced in Ireland Connected: Trading...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      574. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding and financial supports that are available for a small business with fewer than ten employees throughout Ireland and...
    • Job Creation
      575. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated number of jobs projected to be created here, particularly in counties Sligo and Leitrim, for the next five year period;...
    • Brexit Issues
      579. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her Department, the IDA and Enterprise Ireland can plan for a worst case scenario in the aftermath of Brexit, with...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      580. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she continues to be reassured regarding the protection of jobs arising from foreign direct investment in the...
    • Brexit Issues
      582. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she has managed to secure assurances throughout the EU and beyond regarding the need for expanded market access...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      584. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the process within her Department for dealing with protected disclosures under the 2014 Act; if the examinations of such disclosures...
    • Zero-hour Contracts
      585. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of zero hour contracts in legislation; his plans for reform in this policy area; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Issues
      586. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific actions that have been undertaken by any and all LEOs to assist local enterprises cope with the impact of Brexit, in...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      587. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans and those of the agencies under the aegis of her Department to respond to the new investment environment faced by US...
    • Insurance Costs
      588. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of insurance under different insurance headings such as public liability, buildings cover, employer liability and so on for...
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      589. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a company that cannot source indigenous or EEA national employees can fill vacancies by employing non-EEA nationals due to the...
    • EU Funding
      590. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of SMEs that have been recipients of Horizon 2020 funding in each year since the programme became operational, by county,...
    • Business Regulation
      592. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason there is a provision in the Statutory Audits Bill 2017 to changes section 343 of the Companies Act 2014 regarding district...
    • Local Enterprise Offices Data
      593. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of local enterprise office and previously county enterprise board supported jobs, by county, and in the case of Dublin, a...
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme
      594. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the current drawdown levels issued under the credit guarantee scheme; the value of approvals in 2014, 2015 and 2016 by...
    • State Aid
      595. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the exact procedural and legislative process at EU level between Council and Commission to make changes to the current de minimum...
    • IDA Portfolio
      596. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 1266 of 21 March 2017, if she will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Departmental Funding
      597. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action to be taken to fulfil the need to provide €25,000 to a project (details supplied) for counselling services; if the core...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      598. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the ongoing discussions between Tusla, a centre (details supplied), and South Dublin County Council regarding the provision...
    • Children in Care
      599. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children currently in foster care in 2017; and the number of those children under 12 years of age, between 12 and 16 years of...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      602. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers that are currently employed with Tusla. [14826/17]
    • Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
      603. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of supporting arriving refugee unaccompanied minors here in 2017; the number of minors to be expected; the cost per...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      604. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Tusla staff who have been removed from employment following reviews of children and youth services or assessment of practices...
    • Youth Services Funding
      605. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of grant-in-aid provided to each of the national youth organisations from 2006 to 2016 under the youth services grant scheme, in...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      606. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14946/17]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility
      607. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason survivors of an institution (details supplied) were not considered eligible for compensation under the 2002 redress scheme; if...
    • Education Welfare Service
      608. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to take any particular or specific measures to combat issues arising from reports her Department may have received from school...
    • Child and Family Agency
      609. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the provision of the new Tusla buildings in Carrick-on-Shannon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15022/17]
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      610. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the process within her Department for dealing with protected disclosures under the 2014 Act; if the examinations of such disclosures are...
    • Education Welfare Service
      611. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the detail of the new threshold for Tusla staff with regard to beginning investigations into complaints made regarding school children by...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      612. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether all managers and senior staff at Tusla have the required capacity, skills and qualifications to do their dedicated...
    • Insurance Costs
      613. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of insurance under different insurance headings such as public liability, buildings cover, employer liability and so on for her...
    • Preschool Services
      614. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused AIM level 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15235/17]
    • Juvenile Offenders
      615. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which support services exist to rehabilitate, educate or upskill first-time juvenile offenders with specific reference to the...
    • Youth Cafés Expenditure
      616. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the avenues of funding available for the running of youth cafés; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15257/17]
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      617. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1312 of 21 March 2017, if she will forward the request for information with regard to seven...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      618. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the new affordable childcare scheme will be applicable to children in part-time child care (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Child and Family Agency
      620. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a company (details supplied) is waiting payment for services provided; and if that payment will be made without delay. [15415/17]
    • Child Care Services
      621. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will arrange for payments to issue out of the €1 million fund to community early years child care providers in recognition...
    • Youth Services Funding
      622. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the availability of adequate resources to meet the growing challenges in terms of youth...
    • Child Protection
      623. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she continues to improve the services available for the protection of children in the home, in foster care or in...
    • Departmental Functions
      625. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which the investigative structures within her department are deemed adequate to meet current and future requirements as...
    • Child Protection Services Provision
      626. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which support services can be made available to children who might be at risk as result of being undocumented non-nationals;...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      628. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she has access to the necessary information to address the needs of children of homeless families; if particular...
    • Child Abuse
      629. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average time taken to investigate cases of children at risk of the various forms of abuse; the degree to which a systemic response is...
    • Children in Care
      630. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children currently in foster care; the number in protective residential care; the extent of the ongoing demand arising from...
    • Youth Services Funding
      631. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she can provide adequate funding for youth services and youth development services countrywide, with particular...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Representative Organisations
      632. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there has been a review of the industrial relations process for Defence Forces representative associations, in view of the new arrangements...
    • Military Medals
      634. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the State will officially recognise the involvement of a person (details supplied) in actions in Easter Week 1916; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      635. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which promotional vacancies remain to be filled in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; the steps he is taking for recruitment...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Training
      636. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which all members of the Reserve Defence Force have access to training on an annual basis throughout the country and particularly...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      637. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of women currently serving in the Defence Forces; the number who have been promoted over the past five years throughout Ireland and...
    • White Paper on Defence
      638. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the 88 actions to be progressed in the Government’s White Paper on defence. [15040/17]
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      639. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the process within his Department for dealing with protected disclosures under the 2014 Act; if the examinations of such disclosures are carried...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      640. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if arrears of pay due to members of the Army Ranger Wing owed since 2010 will now be paid; the total amount due to persons and the numbers...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      641. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures he has taken to resolve critical resourcing since being notified of restricted outputs due to manpower shortages in June 2016 in...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      642. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Army units are inadequately staffed by commissioned officers, with less than 50% actual...
    • Defence Forces Funding
      644. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the failure to address the manning crisis in the Defence Forces since 2013 is a planned measure to create the necessary payroll savings to...
    • Insurance Costs
      645. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of insurance under different insurance headings such as public liability, buildings cover, employer liability and so on for his...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      646. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Naval Service vessels are equipped to detect submerged submarines; and if they have the means to force submarines to surface when necessary....
    • Defence Forces Properties
      648. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the level of consultation he had with the Department of Education and Skills or the Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board, ETB,...
    • Defence Forces Training
      649. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the new employment support scheme with the direct involvement of the Defence Forces; if social protection recipients have a...

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