Written answers
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
- Department of Education and Skills
- Disadvantaged Status
35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kildare which is fighting to retain supports, including a home school liaison staff...
- National Drugs Strategy
42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's role into the prevention and education pillar in the new national drugs strategy. [16701/17]
- DEIS Scheme
43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will maintain the legacy posts that are vital in those DEIS schools in disadvantaged areas in Dublin's north inner city. [16707/17]
- Third Level Funding
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that the shortfall in central funding to universities, in addition to the lack of overlap between funding schemes for...
- DEIS Administration
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make the new DEIS assessment process more transparent and more reflective of schools' needs and the needs of their pupils in the...
- School Accommodation Provision
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Laois will be provided with adequate classroom accommodation for the school year starting September 2017....
- Multidenominational Schools
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider re-examining the model for teaching of faith formation in the community national schools; and if he will make a statement on...
- Bullying in Schools
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the level of school bullying at primary and second level schools throughout the country;...
- Modern Language Teaching
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new primary school reform commences; the age at which students will start to learn a foreign language; if the Finnish model of beginning...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress regarding securing a site for the three school campus in Buncrana, County Donegal; when a site is expected to be purchased; the...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether ASD, autism spectrum disorder, units in mainstream schools for children with autism is the preferred educational environment...
- Preschool Services
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the accommodation crisis at a school (details supplied) which is forcing the preschool child care facility to seek...
- School Staff
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department supports the health and well-being of school staff; the details of the entitlement of such staff in respect of counselling...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the ability of his Department to meet the full requirements in respect of special needs...
- School Transport Review
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has completed the school transport review; if he will implement measures to alleviate the difficulties that arose for many families prior to...
- School Transport Provision
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a contingency plan for the school bus service as a result of the Bus Éireann dispute. [16491/17]
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on the funds due to the State from religious congregations for the redress scheme; if he...
- Schools Building Projects Status
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the construction of a school (details supplied) is being delayed. [16497/17]
- School Textbooks
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary schools that are using tablets alone for school work; if these schemes are deemed to be a success; the number of secondary...
- School Guidance Counsellors
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding ex-quota guidance counselling and the announcement in budget 2017. [16489/17]
- Brexit Issues
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his key principles with respect to Brexit negotiations. [16488/17]
- Early Childhood Care and Education Standards
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he envisages his Department interacting with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to make more seamless and develop specific...
- Schools Building Projects Status
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of proposed building extensions at secondary schools (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Training Fund
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the surplus of the national training fund. [16501/17]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons a parent has no appeals process with respect to the allocations of learning support and resource hours. [16490/17]
- Schools Building Projects Status
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) regarding its application on the school building programme for the development of a new school; and if...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions he has had with Ministers in respect of the redress scheme; if he has spoken to the chief executive officer of Caranua; the amount...
- School Curriculum
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will conduct a review of the leaving certificate science curriculum in view of the fact that students who commenced their second level...
- Third Level Funding
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his examinations of the Cassells report on the funding of third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Multidenominational Schools
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the advice given by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, NCCA, to his Department regarding the separation of children...
- Third Level Participation
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on County Wexford's low third level educational attainment rates, which according to the Wexford Local Economic and Community Plan...
- Schools Building Projects Status
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project (details supplied) will be advised as to whether its revised building project to relieve overcrowding will be funded by his...
- Legislative Programme
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Technological Universities Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16509/17]
- School Equipment
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expand on information technology training and ongoing support provided to teachers using tablets in the classroom; and if he will...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans with regard to providing applied behavioural analysis, ABA, schools for children with autism; the number of such schools currently...
- Education Expenditure
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Ireland already spends more per student than most other EU countries; the spending increases that should be expected in conjunction with...
- Skills Development
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is actively working and co-operating with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on research and development at Cavan Institute...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the successful schools will be announced for summer works in categories other than those announced in April 2016; the reason the process is...
- School Staff
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received advice on the legality of proposals to select members of ASTI for redundancies at the end of this school year; and if he will...
- DEIS Status
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for DEIS status, in view of the fact that a school in an area (details supplied) has been refused DEIS status while surrounding...
- School Admissions
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the report of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Nils MuiŽnieks, relating to religious discrimination in...
- School Staff
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) wishes to retain an extra school teacher it acquired in 2016; if the...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the decision to make cutbacks in the provision of all learning support in English and mathematics and in the provision of...
- Summer Works Scheme
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when decisions will be made on summer works scheme 2017 applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16713/17]
- Youthreach Programme Staff
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if revised pay scales and allowances for persons recruited to certain direct entry grades are applicable to the position of Youthreach resource...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure adequate places in schools in County Cork for those children on the autism spectrum. [16706/17]
- School Placement
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the allocation of national school places for the Swords catchment area. [16510/17]
- Schools Building Projects Status
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expedite the construction of a school (details supplied) in view of significant past delays with the project; and if he will make a...
- School Guidance Counsellors
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the commitment in the confidence and supply arrangement on career guidance counsellors and the implementation of same. [16457/17]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Census of Population Data
93. To ask the Taoiseach the details of the breakdown of home owner proportion by age band in the past six censuses undertaken by the State. [16807/17]
- Consultancy Contracts Data
94. To ask the Taoiseach the number of private investigation firms hired by statutory agencies and or semi-States under the aegis of his Department in the past five years to date in 2017; the...
- Brexit Issues
95. To ask the Taoiseach if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Juvenile Offenders
97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which support services exist to rehabilitate and educate first-time juvenile offenders with specific reference to the need to ensure...
- Money Laundering
98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will bring forward the criminal justice (money laundering and terrorism financing) (amendment) Bill on the fourth EU money laundering...
- Driver Licences
99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who wrongfully lost their driving licences as a result of serious discrepancies within the work of An Garda...
- Motor Insurance
100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who were overcharged for motor insurance as a result of penalty points on their driving licences due to the serious...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems Expenditure
101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be provided for CCTV cameras in a town (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16880/17]
- Crime Levels
102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes committed by persons while on bail for one or more previous offences here, by county; the number of serious crimes committed...
- Policing Issues
103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which policing methods here, and in particular in counties Sligo and Leitrim, are aligned to best practice in other jurisdictions,...
- Deportation Orders Data
104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which appeals in the cases of decisions to deport and subsequent appeals have been successful in each of the past three years to...
- Cyberbullying Issues
105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the measures her Department is taking to combat online grooming, cyber blackmailing, cyberbullying and other forms of online abuse...
- Court Accommodation Provision
106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the annual costs incurred for maintaining the unused courthouse in Wicklow town, including the heating, electricity and security...
- Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 60 and 61 of 29 March 2017, if she is satisfied that a company (details supplied) has fulfilled its...
- EU Directives
111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied as to the effectiveness of the European Communities (Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts) Regulations 1995 as it applies in...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of private investigation firms hired by statutory agencies and-or semi-State bodies under the aegis of her Department in the past five...
- Brexit Issues
113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in her Department; if so, the grade of the designated official;...
- Visa Applications
115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a visa will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17039/17]
- Criminal Law
116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to implement stronger penalties for those who are found to be shoplifting and particularly in cases in which...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to previous parliamentary questions and arising therefrom in the case of a person (details supplied), if she will defer the proposal to...
- Legal Costs
118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources available to persons defending themselves in court; her plans to help reduce the standard costs associated with defending oneself...
- Garda Equipment
119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the costs of breath testing equipment purchased by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2006 to 2016. [17078/17]
- Legal Aid Service Expenditure
120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of provision of criminal free legal aid and civil free legal aid in County Limerick in each of the years 2009 to 2016 inclusive; and if...
- Department of Finance
- NAMA Social Housing Provision
121. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for national asset residential property services, NARPS, units leased under the social housing current expenditure programme, SHCEP, after NAMA...
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
122. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will allow cystic fibrosis to be listed as a disease whereby those with the condition or their carers avail of the disabled drivers and disabled...
- Bank Branch Closures
123. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will contact a bank (details supplied) to retain its ATMs at its branches in Arva and Cootehill in County Cavan and if it will consider introducing an...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
124. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which first-time buyers' incentives are assisting persons and in particular in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on...
- Brexit Issues
125. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to counter the likely negative impact of Brexit here in view of the triggering of Article 50; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Economic Competitiveness
126. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the economy remains competitive in view of Brexit and the triggering of Article 50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16929/17]
- Mortgage Lending
127. To ask the Minister for Finance his understanding of the term first-time buyer in the context of the Central Bank's macro prudential rules, the help-to-buy scheme and other schemes in which...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
131. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of private investigation firms hired by statutory agencies and/or semi-State agencies under the aegis of his Department in the past five years to...
- Brexit Issues
132. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding...
- Credit Unions
134. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for the 2015 decision to restrict credit unions from holding over €100,000 in savings on behalf of members; if he is satisfied that this...
- Department of Education and Skills
- International Summits
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on attendance at and participation in the OECD's annual international summit on the teaching profession; and if he will make a...
- Teacher Exchange Scheme
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of his Department's work on setting up a relocation panel for permanent primary school teachers who need to relocate but do not wish...
- English Language Training Organisations
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of each Accreditation and Co-ordination of English Language Services, ACELS, and a company's (details supplied) schools capacity...
- Proposed Legislation
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012 in particular his Department's...
- Apprenticeship Data
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the uptake in the number of apprenticeships by females; his plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Patronage
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the Government reaching its target of 400 non-denominational and multidenominational schools by 2030; the number of such...
- Special Educational Needs Data
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way under the new model for allocation of resource teaching hours in primary and secondary schools children who received diagnoses in the...
- Digital Strategy for Schools
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of information technology grants his Department has paid to primary and secondary schools over the past 12 months; the details of the...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers employed prior to 2007 that have registered for retrospective Garda vetting under the terms of the National Vetting Act...
- School Staff
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the model of leadership in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16846/17]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide primary and post-primary average class size figures for Ireland and for other EU member states; his plans to tackle large...
- Commencement of Legislation
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are remaining sections of the Teaching Council Act to be commenced; the timeframe for commencing such sections; and the number of...
- Student Support Schemes
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific measures he plans to deal with concerns regarding third level student support and funding challenges for third level institutions....
- Teachers' Remuneration
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is a clear pay disparity between teachers recruited before 1 January 2011 and those recruited thereafter; his further...
- Croke Park Agreement Issues
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to issue a directive on implementing pay deductions for members of teachers' unions that rejected working additional hours under the...
- Junior Cycle Reform
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status on the roll-out of the junior cycle reform process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16852/17]
- Skills Shortages
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the areas that have been highlighted as having skills shortages by the Skills and Labour Market Research Unit (details supplied);...
- Child Care Services Provision
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the suggestions by an organisation (details supplied) that related capital investment will be necessary if the programme for...
- Education Policy
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to progress the three areas (details supplied) in the education sector that he has identified as his core priority areas of focus in...
- DEIS Scheme
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage at which the review of the school support programme through the DEIS initiative is at; when this review will be completed and...
- School Curriculum
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide new courses in the leaving certificate, such as coding, physical education and politics; and if he will make a statement on...
- School Staff
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the moratorium on filling certain promoted posts in schools will be lifted, since it was introduced as an emergency measure in 2009; and if...
- Teachers' Professional Development
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ways, and total investment involved, in which his Department supports teacher continuous professional development at primary and post primary...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated timeframe for and cost of the Government programme commitment to reducing the pupil-teacher ratio in junior and senior infants; and...
- Student Grant Scheme
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the restoration of postgraduate grants and their necessity to open up access to postgraduate studies and to ensure that a steady...
- Teachers' Remuneration
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for equating newly qualified teachers since 2011 and those that entered the workforce before; if he will report on discussions with an...
- Special Educational Needs
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to special educational supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16867/17]
- Irish Sign Language
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to Irish Sign Language courses for students with hearing disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Funding
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by his Department for deciding on applications for capital funding for junior, senior and post-primary schools. [16869/17]
- Legislative Programme
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Technological Universities Bill; when it is to return to Dáil Éireann, the necessary changes he proposes to make to...
- State Examinations
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the reported failure rate at leaving certificate maths; the measures he proposes to remedy this; and if he will make a statement on...
- Institutes of Technology
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the drop-out rate in third level institute of technology courses; the measures his Department proposes to remedy the situation; and...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the lack of apprenticeships suitable for a number of employment vacancies such as chefs and in the hospitality sector generally, to...
- Third Level Funding
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has read the USI position paper on the funding of higher education regarding the effects a loan scheme would have on students; and if he...
- Teacher Recruitment
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of substitute teachers for primary schools and the difficulties this is causing for school...
- School Management
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16889/17]
- Brexit Issues
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to assist the 12,000 Irish students studying in Britain in the aftermath of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Apprenticeship Programmes
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expand on plans to provide apprenticeships and skills training in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16898/17]
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the summer works scheme application from a school (details supplied); when decisions on applications for the...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of private investigation firms hired by statutory agencies and or semi-State agencies under the aegis of his Department in the past...
- Brexit Issues
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official;...
- Labour Court Recommendations
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that a Labour Court recommendation (details supplied) hearing on 29 May 2013 relating to the pay of four workers...
- Intellectual Property Protocol
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of spin-out companies co-located in higher education institutes, broken down by institute in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- School Admissions
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give urgent consideration to the concerns outlined in correspondence (details supplied) to his Department regarding school admissions...
- Skills Shortages
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the extent to which upskilling facilities continue to remain available to maximise the capability of the workforce in changing or...
- Apprenticeship Data
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the number of apprenticeships created in the past 12 months; the likely development in this area in the future; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the extent to which the requirements in terms of special needs teachers and SNAs has been met at primary and second level for 2017;...
- Schools Building Projects Status
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the extent to which negotiations have taken place with the relevant authorities to facilitate the construction of a urgently needed...
- Apprenticeship Data
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the number of apprenticeships throughout the various trades awarded in County Kildare in the past 12 months; and if he will make a...
- Teacher Data
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of extra teachers who have taken up employment at primary and second level over the past 12 months; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which special needs school places are readily available at primary and second level throughout the country at appropriate locations...
- School Accommodation
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his programme for the replacement of prefabricated buildings continues at primary and second level throughout the country;...
- National Educational Psychological Service
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which psychological assessments are accessible as required in the primary and second level sectors; and if he will make a statement...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which class sizes and pupil-teacher ratios continue to improve arising from the steps taken over the past three years; and if he...
- Digital Strategy for Schools
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which e-technology has become available to all schools at primary and second level throughout the country; and if he will make a...
- Student Universal Support Ireland
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason SUSI has not issued a reply to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17145/17]
- Summer Works Scheme
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction the necessary funds for a school (details supplied) for the much needed upgrade works that were deferred in 2016 and are due...
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Election Management System
208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if approval will be given to visually impaired voters to vote independently by secret ballot in view of the recent...
- Planning Issues
209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to support the provision of local community and social, infrastructure and services in Dublin 5 and Dublin...
- Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the review of the social inclusion and community activation programme; his plans for the programme;...
- Waste Management
211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the potential health risks associated with dog breeding establishments spreading...
- Planning Issues
212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the current regime in planning effectively allows developers a free hand once planning...
- Housing Policy
214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will set up a housing advisory council to monitor the Government's activity in this area, similar to the...
- Control of Dogs
215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current scientific evidence on which the legislation governing the control of dogs is based, in particular the...
- Irish Water Data
216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will instruct Irish Water to provide the list of residential properties in County Tipperary in its possession...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of private investigation firms hired by statutory agencies and or semi-State bodies under the aegis of...
- Brexit Issues
218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of newly built social housing units that have been constructed in Dublin 7 and 9 in the past 12 months in...
- Homeless Persons Data
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if persons accommodated in family hubs will be included in his Department's statistics on the number of homeless...
- Local Authority Housing Data
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of new build local authority completions excluding voids and regeneration units for each year since 2006;...
- Housing Issues
223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the relevant legislation governing short stay rental accommodation providers, such as (details...
- Approved Housing Bodies
224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of information on estate management fees payable by tenants living in social housing managed by approved...
- Housing Policy
225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the main differences in the way in which local authorities and approved housing bodies select or approve tenants;...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 497 of 17 January 2017, the details of the 4,698 AHB new build units to be...
- Housing Assistance Payments Data
227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of first, second and third time HAP, housing assistance payment, tenancies set up each year since the...
- Housing Policy
228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the actions being taken by his Department to encourage the development of new private houses in the State,...
- Water Meters Expenditure
229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the cost to the State of the water metering programme, including the cost of the meters and the cost...
- Gender Balance
230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, in view of the recent statement by the UN Commission on the Status of Women, he will commit to publishing data...
- Local Authority Rates
233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the degree to which commercial rates legislation has changed in the past three decades; if schemes to incentivise or...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the publication of updated setback guidelines for wind farms; the reasons for a...
- Constitutional Amendments
235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the referendum in respect of voting rights in presidential elections for Irish citizens outside the State,...
- Department of Social Protection
- State Pension (Contributory) Appeals
236. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting times for appealing decisions on State pension contributory applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16829/17]
- Treatment Benefit Scheme
237. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views regarding the fact that private hearing aid companies are unregulated in the State, in view of the fact that grants for the purchase of...
- Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will allow cystic fibrosis to be listed as a disease in which minors with the condition avail of the free travel scheme; and if he will make a...
- Job Initiatives
239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) participating in JobPath can be released from the programme in order to take up a community employment scheme...
- Family Income Supplement Payments
240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a family income supplement payment has been suspended from any person for engaging in industrial action since the introduction of the payment;...
- Social Welfare Appeals Data
241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for a decision on an appeal for social protection payments paid on a weekly basis in cases where there is no oral hearing...
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons awaiting a decision on their entitlement to social welfare payments and the average waiting time for an initial decision to be...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of private investigation firms hired by statutory agencies and or semi-State bodies under the aegis of his Department in the past five...
- Brexit Issues
244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the...
- Disability Allowance Data
246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing disability allowance in line with inflation plus €4 in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [17027/17]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
248. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17122/17]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Cross-Border Co-operation
249. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been progress in negotiating with the Crown Estates about Lough Swilly to provide for the regulation of aquaculture in the...
- Human Rights Cases
250. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in the West Bank city of Hebron, who has been engaged in...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
252. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of private investigation firms hired by statutory agencies and or semi-State agencies under the aegis of his Department in the...
- Brexit Issues
253. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated...
- Diaspora Issues
255. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to roll out the local diaspora engagement fund for 2017; the status on funds allocated to this scheme and a timeframe on when this...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Relief Schemes
256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that material from the River Dargle, Bray, County Wicklow, was used for the construction of...
- Civil Service Remuneration
260. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the 1984 Civil Service spouses and children's superannuation scheme conforms with the provision of the Payment of Wages...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
261. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of private investigation firms hired by statutory agencies and or semi-State agencies under the aegis of his Department in...
- Brexit Issues
262. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is mandatory to hold Irish citizenship in order to apply and be interviewed for a permanent executive officer or administrative...
- Departmental Bodies Expenditure
265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider instituting new transparent accounting standards for Government bodies like An Garda Síochána and updating...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Consultancy Contracts Data
266. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of private investigation firms hired by statutory agencies and-or semi-States under the aegis of her Department in the...
- Brexit Issues
267. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in her Department; if so, the grade of the designated...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Services
269. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of long-term treatment and management of adult intestinal failure across 21 hospitals here; if a cost benefit analysis has been carried out...
- Health Services Provision
271. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the level of speech and language services and occupational therapy services in the Dublin 5,13 and 17 areas; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
272. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment for orthodontic treatment. [16885/17]
- Hospital Services
273. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CT and bone scans that were cancelled or missed by patients since 1 January 2017 in the Mater hospital; if these slots are automatically offered...
- Respite Care Services Provision
274. To ask the Minister for Health if respite services are currently being provided at a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal; if not, the alternative provisions available to service...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
275. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the primary health care centre in an area (details supplied); the regional HSE jurisdiction it will come under; and if he will make a statement...
- Health and Social Care Professionals
276. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on regulating both individual audiologists and private companies that sell hearing aids; his views regarding the likely date for such...
- Departmental Staff Recruitment
277. To ask the Minister for Health the duration that recruitment panels operate for before they expire; if recruitment panels are lasting for long periods; if newer panels are overridden or...
- General Practitioner Services
278. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16973/17]
- Consultancy Contracts Data
280. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private investigation firms hired by statutory agencies and or semi-State bodies under the aegis of his Department in the past five years to date...
- Brexit Issues
281. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
283. To ask the Minister for Health the name of the newly appointed consultant medical oncologist with a special interest in sarcoma in St. Vincent's University Hospital and the start date for...
- Medical Card Data
284. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide figures of the average annual cost of a medical card; if he will provide a breakdown of the areas of spend, for example, GP, drugs and...
- Patient Transport
286. To ask the Minister for Health if patients using a private ambulance service for essential transfer to outpatient appointments can avail of a reimbursement; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Products Regulatory Authority
287. To ask the Minister for Health if resources are being devoted specifically to investigate and intervene in the sale of real and counterfeit pregabalin; if the source of these substances has...
- Drugs Payment Scheme Administration
288. To ask the Minister for Health if DPS, drugs payment scheme, patients must pay the DPS amount of €144 only 11 times per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17051/17]
- Health Services Funding
290. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17061/17]
- HIQA Inspections
291. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all HIQA examinations, visits, reports and recommendations into a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Home Subventions
292. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to a nursing home (details supplied) in each of the years 2008 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Card Reviews
295. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision to revoke a medical card from a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be reviewed in view of evidence having been supplied that...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Heritage Schemes
296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is grant aid available to renovate traditional farm buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17054/17]
- Aquaculture Licences
297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to prevent unregulated aquaculture on Lough Foyle, County Donegal, while awaiting the jurisdictional issues to...
- GLAS Payments
298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16940/17]
- Teagasc Courses
300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons Teagasc has trained to provide health and safety tutorials; the number of persons that have been trained in...
- GLAS Applications
301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason some persons are having difficulty applying online for BPS due to the ongoing GLAS problem; and if he will make a...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of private investigation firms hired by statutory agencies and or semi-State bodies under the aegis of his Department in...
- Brexit Issues
304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated...
- Food Industry Development
306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions his Department are undertaking to increase the levels of innovation in food processing; his views on a person's (details...
- GLAS Payments
307. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17124/17]
- TAMS Payments
308. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a TAMS II payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17140/17]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Recycling Policy
309. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider introducing the paying of a deposit for plastic bottles to encourage recycling and deal with the...
- Better Energy Homes Scheme Applications
310. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of a SEAI grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17126/17]
- Alternative Energy Projects
311. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which natural energy resources continue to be developed and made available to the public here and counties...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
312. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of private investigation firms hired by statutory agencies and or semi-State bodies under the aegis of his...
- Brexit Issues
313. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Ministerial Meetings
315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on his meetings with the chief executives and boards of CIE, Irish Rail, Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann since 1...
- Bus Éireann
316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the financial position of Bus Éireann since 2010; if some of Bus Éireann cash reserves were transferred in...
- Road Network
317. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the section of the N40 from the Jack Lynch tunnel to junction number 01 at the N22 is subject to a yield right of way rule obligatory...
- Brexit Issues
319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to engaging with the tourism sector here to identifying and offset the negative impact of Brexit and the...
- Bus Services
320. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16958/17]
- Industrial Disputes
321. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if holders of annual bus tickets with Bus Éireann will have their payments refunded for the days for which there has been no...
- Road Network
323. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding driving licence application forms; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Consultancy Contracts Data
324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of private investigation firms hired by statutory agencies and or semi-State bodies under the aegis of his Department in the...
- Departmental Information
325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated...
- Tourism Promotion
327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional resources are being devoted to encourage tourism in order to counteract the drop in tourism from the UK; and if he will...
- State Airports
328. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cause of the downgrading of Shannon Airport; the economic impacts for the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Traffic Data
329. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the most recent data available to his Department on the cost of traffic congestion to the economy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Service Obligation Services
330. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the PSO, public service obligation, air tender service between Donegal and Dublin and Kerry and Dublin; the dates the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Brexit Issues
334. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the provisions being made with regard to issues arising post-Brexit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Job Creation
336. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to attract foreign direct investment and indigenous investment to the manufacturing and service sectors here,...
- Trade Strategy
343. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the potential of increased trade with the US, Canada and other EU and non-EU locations post-Brexit and the triggering of...
- Action Plan for Jobs
344. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her plans to encourage an even dispersal of investment throughout rural Ireland and in counties Sligo and Leitrim are on target in...
- Labour Court Recommendations
345. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department or the Workplace Relations Commission have conducted an analysis on the reason the Labour Court have overturned or...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
346. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of private investigation firms hired by statutory agencies and or semi-State bodies under the aegis of her Department in...
- Brexit Issues
347. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in her Department; if so, the grade of the designated...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Care and Education Staff
349. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of early years practitioners currently registered and working across the State in early years services, private and community,...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
351. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding allocated to the learner fund for 2016-2017; the number of practitioners who availed of places available; and if all...
- Departmental Funding
352. 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 rapid...
- Child Protection Services Provision
353. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the availability of adequate placement facilities for children at risk or deemed to be at risk in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if she...
- Child Protection
354. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the resources available to her Department to meet the anticipated demands of children at risk here, especially in counties Sligo and...
- Youth Services Funding
358. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding available for youth services and youth development services in counties Sligo and Leitrim, with particular reference to areas...
- Children and Family Services Provision
359. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to assess specific deficiencies in respect of child care, youth support and-or development services, in particular counties Sligo...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
361. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeframe for the date for publishing an interim report into the Tuam mother and baby home. [16956/17]
- Consultancy Contracts Data
362. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of private investigation firms hired by statutory agencies and or semi-State bodies under the aegis of her Department in the...
- Brexit Issues
363. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in her Department; if so, the grade of the designated...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
365. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Question No. 35 of 28 February 2017, when the second interim report on the commission of investigation into mother and baby...
- Department of Defence
- Air Quality
366. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a copy of the results of the air-quality test that was carried out in the main technical stores, Casement Aerodrome,...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
367. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of private investigation firms hired by statutory agencies and or semi states under the aegis of his department in the past five...
- Brexit Issues
368. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official;...
