Written answers
Thursday, 6 April 2017
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Wind Energy Guidelines
12. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address concerns that wind turbine farms are failing to adhere to minimum setback distances from dwelling...
- Social and Affordable Housing Funding
13. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the measures he will undertake to strengthen SICAP, social inclusion and community activation programme, in view of...
- Emergency Accommodation Provision
14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will achieve the target of no longer using hotels to house homeless persons, except in very limited...
- Wastewater Treatment
15. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the immediate steps he will take to address the anomaly whereby members of Irish Water and local authorities will not...
- Local and Community Development Programme
16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking in conjunction with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to create community centres...
- Repair and Leasing Scheme
17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which the repair and lease scheme will be rolled out across the country; when local authorities will be...
- Rent Controls
18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the criteria used to designate areas as rent pressure zones, particularly the use of local...
- Housing Policy
20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that his Department’s three schemes aimed at bringing vacant homes back into use only...
- Social and Affordable Housing
22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will respond to this Deputy's submission to his office and his senior departmental officials on the proposed...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the review of the criteria pertaining to the tenant purchase scheme has been concluded; his plans to deal with...
- Rent Controls
24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the application of the RPZ 4% rent limit to RAS, HAP and SCHEP leases runs the risk of landlords...
- Harbours and Piers Maintenance
25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department includes the remit of the maintenance of local authority harbours; the future funding initiatives...
- Departmental Reports
26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in publishing the report on mica; when the report will be made publicly available; if a...
- Homelessness Strategy
27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government in view of the continuing increase in homelessness, the short term and immediate actions he will take to address this...
- Heading
29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress being made on reducing the social housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social and Affordable Housing Funding
30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has completed its examination of new off balance sheet funding mechanisms in view of the failure to...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing units his Department expects to approve in 2017; if he will increase the availability of social...
- Local Authority Staff Recruitment
32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will release funding to employ more staff in the housing section of Laois and Kildare County Councils and...
- Security of the Elderly
33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review costing and feasibility for the provision of a grant to install monitored intruder alarms for over...
- Library Services
34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will reconsider plans regarding the national library procurement and make use of an exemption for cultural...
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if and when the local infrastructure fund can be accessed by Westmeath County Council in order to upgrade housing on...
- Animal Breeding Regulations
36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the review of the guidelines associated with the Dog Breeding Establishment Act 2010; when he expects...
- Planning Issues
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent reports that Ireland's largest build-to-let apartment development, which is...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
40. 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 16 and 24 in the past 12 months...
- Housing Assistance Payments
41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address the inadequacies with the new housing assistance payment scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Planning Issues
42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to planning concerns at Wicklow County Council which successive Ministers have...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to bring forward legislation to amend the Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 in order that the remediation scheme...
- Pyrite Issues
44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will evaluate the current pyrite remediation scheme; the action he intends to take to support homeowners whose...
- Recreational Facilities Provision
45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a community and youth centre will be included in the plans for the redevelopment of O'Devaney Gardens in Dublin 7;...
- Housing Policy
48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the NERI report Ireland's Housing Emergency: Time for A Game Changer, asking the...
- Repair and Leasing Scheme
49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if approval will be provided to owners of vacant properties for refurbishment scheme to apply directly to local...
- Housing Data
51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing completions to date in 2017; if these figures are on target to meet his quarter one rebuilding...
- Private Rented Accommodation Standards
52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a wide range of advertisements across social media for multiple beds and bunk bed...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of cases approved for pyrite remediation under the exceptional circumstances provision in the Pyrite...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the numerical breakdown of the various methods local authority housing, rapid builds, family hubs, HAP and so on that...
- Constitutional Amendments
55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for the announced amendment to the Constitution regarding voting rights of Irish citizens living outside...
- Social and Affordable Housing Funding
56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the capital allocation for housing that has been ring-fenced by his Department for 2018; and if he will make a...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the current crisis facing numerous towns centres in which there is documented...
- Social and Affordable Housing
58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if an allocation of €500 million will be made to local authorities for the direct building of social housing,...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent the various local authorities in the areas most affected by housing shortage are capable of mounting an...
- Commercial Rates
60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the 10% increase in the commercial rates burden on average across local authorities since 2010 and his...
- Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance
61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans and the anticipated timeline for the deep thermal retrofit of social housing stock; and if he will make a...
- House Prices
64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the research carried out by a person (details supplied) based on CSO data for...
- Housing Policy
65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that the construction of new homes has hit a seven-year high and yet homelessness here is still...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government of the 53.65 acres remaining of council-owned land banks zoned for housing in Louth, his plans for the roll-out and...
- EU Directives
71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has received clarification or advice as to whether amending the Water Services Act 2007 can adequately address...
- Student Accommodation
72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the affordability of purpose-built student accommodation already available or under construction in...
- Commercial Rates Valuation Process
73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his proposals for reforming the commercial rates and valuations system in local authorities; and the progress being...
- Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the income eligibility limits for social housing with particular reference to the restrictive...
- Wastewater Treatment
75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 21 March 2017 (details supplied) and in view of the fact that the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Pharmacy Regulations
76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the refusal of potassium nitrate to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17156/17]
- Coast Guard Services
77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the potential funding streams available for a cross-Border voluntary search and rescue organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Children's Rights
78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on drawing up regulations to provide clarity regarding the appointment of experts to hear the voice of the child in family law cases,...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the proportion of the €1 million funding provided for in budget 2017 for community CCTV schemes which will be allocated to north County...
- Departmental Reviews
80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions which have been taken to implement the recommendations of the report of the independent review group on the Department of Justice and...
- Garda Inspectorate Reports
81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recommendations of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate in its Changing Policing in Ireland report, in tabular form; the actions which...
- Garda College
83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of communications, orally or written, her Department has had with An Garda Síochána on audit reports into Templemore Garda...
- Property Registration Authority Data
86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amounts collected in user fees by the Land Registry in each of the past five years; and the cost of eradicating search fees on its datasets....
- Courts Service Data
87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 16 February 2017 and further replies of 7 March 2017 and 28 March 2017, the number of drink driving...
- Garda Reports
88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports or inquiries that have been undertaken by the internal audit unit of An Garda Síochána for each of the past five...
- Garda Resources
89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies in the Garda internal audit unit; the number of vacancies which were there for each of the previous five years; and if she...
- Courts Staff Recruitment
90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Courts Service plans to recruit new staff for the new Drogheda courthouse; when these positions will be advertised; when the new courthouse...
- Residency Permits
91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to update stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17321/17]
- Immigration Status
94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status and potential entitlement to naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Residency Permits
95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a stamp 4 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17334/17]
- Asylum Applications
96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason protection applicants are warned (details supplied) in bold type, in paragraph 26 of the introduction to the questionnaire; the reason...
- Foreign Naval Vessels
97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 28 March 2017 and regarding a recent arrest (details supplied), if she is satisfied there was...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in the Office of the State Pathologist in each year from 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [17445/17]
- Department of Finance
- Connectivity Fund
100. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of proceeds from the Aer Lingus sale invested in the connectivity fund; the details of the projects that received investment to date from the fund;...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme
101. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the first-time buyer's grant is having a destructive impact on the private housing market and leading to massive inflationary pressures...
- Public Interest Directors Data
102. To ask the Minister for Finance the name of the public interest directors in State backed banks in each year since the posts were created in tabular form; the total remuneration per director...
- Tracker Mortgages Examination
103. To ask the Minister for Finance the consumer voice appointed by each lender's steering group as per the framework for conducting the tracker mortgages examination; and if he will make a...
- VAT Rate Reductions
112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the VAT rate charged on dog grooming services from 23% to 13.5%, in view of the fact the present situation creates inequalities,...
- NAMA Portfolio
113. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request from NAMA the correspondence it had with a company (details supplied) during the due diligence processes, in particular regarding potential...
- Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
114. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that has been allocated and invested of the €7.5 billion in ISIF funding towards the capital plan; the projects funded for; the amount of...
- Tax Yield
115. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the monthly excise and VRT losses due to the fall in sterling after the UK referendum decision to leave the European Union, by exciseable...
- Brexit Issues
117. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he plans to take in 2017 to prevent the loss of trade to Irish retailers as consumers cross the Border into the United Kingdom to purchase goods...
- Tax Code
118. To ask the Minister for Finance the corresponding increase in road tax required to fund a reduction in current VRT rates by 50%. [17408/17]
- Tax Data
119. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VRT and VAT forgone by the decline in new private car sales in the first quarter of 2017 over 2016. [17409/17]
- Consultancy Contracts Data
120. To ask the Minister for Finance the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his...
- Brexit Issues
121. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his Department's efforts to attract financial services businesses here post-Brexit; the role of the Central Bank in that process; if he has...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
122. To ask the Minister for Finance the total allocated budget per annum for hiring external consultancy firms for his Department's campaign for the relocation of the European Banking Authority;...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Staff
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that an appeal for the retention of 16 mainstream class teachers by a school (details supplied) is approved; and...
- Schools Building Projects Status
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17153/17]
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the Caranua appeals process is in crisis with decisions taking over 12 months to process; and if the part-time appeals...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available through his Department that may assist a person with their third level fees (details supplied); if there is European...
- School Admissions
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17169/17]
- Schools Building Projects Status
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the provision of a new school (details supplied) and the timeline for works. [17177/17]
- Pension Provisions
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive a statement of service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17192/17]
- Higher Education Authority Funding
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocation for higher education authority institutions for 2017. [17221/17]
- Apprenticeship Data
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the anticipated individual cost of introducing each of the new apprenticeships schemes to be introduced in 2017. [17222/17]
- Schools Building Projects Applications
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application by a school (details supplied) for major capital works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17260/17]
- DEIS Data
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make publicly accessible the dataset with the index variables used to assess schools for DEIS status; and if so, when this will be...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the deteriorating state of the roof; and if he...
- Schools Refurbishment
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for the refurbishment of home economics rooms; and if the school will be considered...
- Schools Building Projects Status
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional school building and replacement of prefabs for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a higher education grant in view of the fact that others in similar circumstances appear to...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Wind Energy Guidelines
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the specific timeline for publishing an updated version of the wind energy planning guidelines; and if he will make...
- Domestic Violence Incidence
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons living in refuge shelters or other locations provided for victims of domestic violence, with...
- Water Services Provision
142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17158/17]
- Rental Accommodation Scheme
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the detail of the affordable rental scheme; the number of properties which have been secured to date; the costs...
- Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the penalties for non-payment of the NPPR; the procedure for appealing a penalty; and if he will make a statement on...
- Planning Issues
145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will make changes to the 2005 planning guidelines for sustainable rural housing following the European Court...
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the years in which a fund (details supplied) will be drawn down; the number of houses that will be constructed each...
- Housing Policy
148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the policy in place within Galway County Council and local authorities in the decision-making process for...
- Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if potential tenants for social housing are Garda vetted prior to being offered social housing; the normal timeframe...
- Valuation Office
150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there has been a change in policy for charitable organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- European Parliament Elections
151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will bring forward an amendment to the Electoral Act 1992 to allow United Kingdom nationals resident here...
- Local Authority Housing Eligibility
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the income criteria that currently apply in the qualifying criteria for local authority housing; the date when the...
- Local Authority Housing
153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which the prospect of emergency measures continues to be considered to cater for the immediate housing...
- Housing Issues
155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the efforts made by various local authorities in Dublin and adjoining counties to provide modular homes to meet the...
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which recently awarded infrastructural funds in County Kildare will facilitate a housing programme to...
- Planning Issues
160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, in view of the housing crisis that currently exists, local authorities such as in County Kildare might be...
- Housing Loans
163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when a local authority loan scheme can be put in place to facilitate first-time buyers or those on local authority...
- Local Authority Housing Eligibility
164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has examined the anomaly whereby qualification income limits for local authority housing are...
- Housing Issues
166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which subsidised serviced building sites can be made available to low-to-medium income families that...
- Local Authority Housing Rents
168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of tenants who are in arrears and the value of those arrears in respect of social housing provided by...
- Local Authority Housing Data
169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing units owned by Galway City Council as distinct from HAP, RAS or any other scheme; and if he...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all...
- Construction Contracts
171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to establish a construction industry register of competent contractors; and if he will make a statement on...
- Housing Provision
172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether his commitment of having no families living in hotels and bed and breakfasts by July 2017 is...
- Housing Data
173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the average price for and the number of rapid build modular housing units built to date. [17450/17]
- Department of Social Protection
- School Meals Programme
174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the detail of the current provision of free school meals programmes nationally; the cost of providing this; the cost of extending free school meals...
- Illness Benefit Applications
175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17148/17]
- State Pensions
176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reintroduce the transition pension for those who have reached retirement age but do not yet qualify for the State pension; the amount...
- Social Insurance
177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the legislation which states that married women cannot sign for credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17185/17]
- Departmental Staff Relocation
178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 28 March 2017, his definition of a suitable amount of time to train up a new staff member (details...
- Departmental Bodies Expenditure
179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding allocated to the Citizens Information Board to defray the cost of consultancy for each of the past five years; and the detail of each of...
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme
180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will extend the life of the mortgage interest supplement scheme beyond 1 January 2018 for the 2,000 persons that are currently in receipt of...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17302/17]
- Disability Allowance Applications
184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he will take to expedite an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Benefit Eligibility
185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who applied for carer’s benefit was refused same, notwithstanding that they have social insurance...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17317/17]
- Jobseeker's Allowance
187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if JobPath participants may undertake and participate in voluntary unpaid community based work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17320/17]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of jobseeker's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); if the jobseeker's allowance is the appropriate...
- Carer's Allowance Payments
189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of carer's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17324/17]
- Disability Allowance Appeals
190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review a decision to refuse an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Exceptional Needs Payments
191. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17329/17]
- Disability Allowance Appeals
192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the refusal of a decision in respect of a disability allowance dated 7 March 2017 in the case of a person (details supplied); if...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which it might be concluded that two persons, one in their 90s and one in late 80s, are deemed insufficiently dependent to require a...
- Disability Allowance Payments
194. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the means a person (details supplied) was assessed on which resulted in a reduced disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Paternity Leave Scheme
195. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the new paid paternity benefit scheme per county since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
196. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Citizenship Status
198. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a review of residency and, as a consequence, passport entitlement can be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Foreign Naval Vessels
199. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 28 March 2017, and in relation to a recent arrest (details supplied), if he has satisfied...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Private Partnerships
201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rationale for imposing the rule that the total cost of public private partnerships, PPPs, including up front direct Exchequer costs,...
- Construction Contracts
202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the construction projects on which the State has engaged companies (details supplied) as main contractors; and if he will make a...
- Flood Relief Schemes
203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the proposed scheme to provide financial assistance to persons to relocate due to constant flooding at their homes; and...
- Office of Public Works Properties
204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending the opening hours of a public amenity and visitor attraction (details supplied); and if he will direct the...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that the additional €2.65 billion which will be available for capital expenditure and to be announced in budget...
- Community Employment Schemes Administration
209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of the members of the high-level forum on the community employment sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of all stakeholders and external groups and bodies with which the high-level forum on the community employment sector has...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money to date that has been spent on the capital plan; the details of the expenditure by Department and by year, in...
- Public Private Partnerships Data
215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the PPPs, public private partnerships, currently in existence, the PPPs committed to and the annual cost to the Exchequer for each year...
- Aer Lingus Sale
216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proceeds obtained from the sale of the State's share in Aer Lingus; the exact use these proceeds were put towards; the amount which...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
217. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of extra capital expenditure announced in budget 2017, ignoring the €2.2 billion allocated to housing, which...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Planning Issues
219. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider amending section 51 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 in order that battle sites that do not necessarily...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
220. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of dormant account moneys available to be disbursed to each Department; if a charity (details supplied) can be considered...
- Waterways Issues
221. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 20 October 2016, the position regarding the proposed provision of a jetty by Waterways...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
222. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
- Department of Health
- Intermediate Care
223. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE can confirm plans to remove the intermediate care vehicle from Castleblayney station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Care Policy
224. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify comments he made in a speech on 22 March 2017 to the Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare in which he indicated he wanted to...
- Health Services
225. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the incident which led to the death of a person (details supplied) in the psychiatric unit of Roscommon University Hospital in June 2013. [17174/17]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
226. To ask the Minister for Health if the freestyle libre sensor for measuring blood sugars will be made available on the GMS and long-term illness cards; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Dental Services Provision
227. To ask the Minister for Health if there are dental services available in the south Roscommon area; if not, the reason there are no services available; and the expected timeframe as to when...
- Hospital Appointments Status
228. 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. [17184/17]
- Health Services Provision
229. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a threat of closure to Elphin health centre and Strokestown health centre in County Roscommon; his plans to wind down services in one or both...
- Maternity Services Provision
230. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied); if more hours can be provided at the hospital in Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17190/17]
- Vaccination Programme
231. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the shortage of the BCG vaccine here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17191/17]
- Home Care Packages Provision
232. To ask the Minister for Health when the provision of services and supports to persons (details supplied) in need of home care services who meet the criteria for the home help and home care...
- Occupational Therapy
233. To ask the Minister for Health when the provision of occupational therapy services to a person (details supplied) in need of bath aid assessment whereby referral cannot currently be acted...
- Mental Health Services Provision
234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years of age currently on waiting lists for an appointment with their local child and adolescent mental health team; and...
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
236. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years currently on waiting lists for a speech and language assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disabilities Assessments
240. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on waiting lists for an initial assessment of need to determine severity of a condition or disability from the early...
- Health Services Provision
242. To ask the Minister for Health if progress as been made by the HSE in attempts to establish a new diagnostics centre in the new academic and primary care centre in Tallaght; and if he will...
- Food Poverty
243. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the proposal on developing family food initiatives to support children and families experiencing food poverty to have access...
- Obesity Strategy
244. To ask the Minister for Health if he will work with his colleagues in other Departments to assess the feasibility of introducing fruit and vegetable subsidies targeted at disadvantaged...
- National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure
245. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding the fulfilment of the aims of the HSE’s national clinical programme for heart failure; the way in which the aims and...
- Health Services Provision
251. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the details of the availability of cardiac rehabilitation services here; the number of hospitals that do not have cardiac rehabilitation services;...
- Home Help Service
252. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home support services will be put in place to allow a person (details supplied) in County Donegal to remain in their own home; and if he will...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
253. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused funding for the purchase of special car equipment; if his attention has been...
- Home Help Service Eligibility
255. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment to be assessed for home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- General Practitioner Services
256. To ask the Minister for Health to provide detail of the rosters in respect of GP services and cover, specifically information relating to the provision of GP clinics, including dates, times...
- Vaccination Programme
257. To ask the Minister for Health if dedicated clinics for the provision of vaccinations for children is available on Toraigh, County Donegal; the locations children living on the island can...
- Orthodontic Services Data
258. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the number of school children categorised as the highest priority, that is to say, priority five, for orthodontic treatment in the HSE west region;...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
260. To ask the Minister for Health when the review process of the fair deal scheme will be concluded and its recommendations published; if there are changes, will they be legislated for by the...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
261. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to have a person (detail supplied) immediately admitted to hospital for a knee replacement; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Applications
262. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card renewal will be effected in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17322/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
264. 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. [17400/17]
- Respite Care Services Provision
265. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns (details supplied) with regard to respite care for persons with intellectual disabilities in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
266. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17414/17]
- Consultancy Contracts Data
267. To ask the Minister for Health the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his...
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
268. To ask the Minister for Health the total allocated budget per annum for hiring external consultancy firms for his Department's campaign for the relocation of the European Medicines Agency;...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area payment will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications
270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a review in respect of the young farmers capital investment scheme for persons will be completed (details supplied); and if he...
- GLAS Payments
271. 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. [17162/17]
- Animal Welfare
272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to appoint welfare inspectors in each county to enforce the provisions of the Animal Welfare Act 2013. [17176/17]
- Forestry Management
273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are planned changes, either through legislation or otherwise, to the rules regarding the felling of forestry and the...
- Live Exports
274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on recent media reports (details supplied) of Irish animals exported to the Middle East being slaughtered in breach of EU...
- Greyhound Industry
275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds exported to Pakistan in the years 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Live Exports
277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals exported by type of animal and country of export in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of an annual breakdown of total actual expenditure incurred in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017 between...
- Basic Payment Scheme Data
282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of an annual breakdown of total actual expenditure incurred in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017 on the...
- GLAS Data
283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 payments who have received 85% of their total 2016 payment, by county, in...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data
284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who applied for AEOS who have received their total 2016 payment, by county, in tabular form; the number of...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a basic payment scheme payment for 2016 will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- GLAS Payments
286. 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. [17416/17]
- Consultancy Contracts Data
287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual amount of funds originally allocated for each of the years 2014 to 2020 under the Rural Development Programme 2014 - 2020;...
- European Fund for Strategic Investments
289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the potential investment projects his Department put forward to the Department of Finance task force report for the European Fund for...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Biofuel Availability
290. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the movement at European Commission level to phase out conventional crop based biofuels; and if he will make...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
291. 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. [17152/17]
- Ministerial Meetings
292. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason he is not willing to meet a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17189/17]
- Post Office Closures
293. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of net post office closures that there have been each year since 2000, in tabular form. [17236/17]
- Post Office Network
294. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the detail of his responsibility for the An Post network and the corporate governance of An Post. [17237/17]
- Development Contributions
295. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount the Government has contributed to the least developed countries fund since 2011, by year; and the amount that...
- Energy Efficiency
296. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of energy efficiency improvements his Department is planning to deliver in the public sector by 2018, 2019 and...
- Environmental Legislation
298. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the current primary and secondary legislation dealing with contaminated soil, including soil contaminated by...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
300. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the consideration given to peatland rewetting and restoration as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the...
- Waste Management Data
301. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures being taken to improve segregation of domestic green waste and to prevent contamination of waste being...
- Connectivity Fund
302. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of proceeds from the Aer Lingus sale invested in the connectivity fund; the amount invested from that fund in...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
303. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all...
- Nuclear Safety
304. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the meetings the UK Ireland contact group on radiological matters has held since January 2017; and if he will make a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Garda Operations
306. 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. [17187/17]
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a capital sports grant application by a school (details supplied); when an announcement of funds allocated is expected...
- Tourism Ireland
308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget allocation for Tourism Ireland for each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tourism Promotion
309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the causes of the drop in tourist numbers coming to Ireland from Britain in the past few months has been identified; his plans to...
- Cycling Policy
310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Garda national roads policy bureau and the Director of Public Prosecutions communicated with his Department in May 2015 on SI 332...
- Industrial Disputes
314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene in the current industrial relations dispute which has seen Bus Éireann services withdrawn across the country;...
- Public Transport Data
315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation from the Exchequer and from other sources under the capital plan for the metro north project; the amount that has been...
- Rail Network
318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a feasibility study has been implemented in accordance to the capital plan to examine options for expanding freight on the railways;...
- Public Transport Data
319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation under the capital plan for the acquisition of replacement buses; the amount that has been spent; the number of buses...
- Roads Maintenance Funding
326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation from the Exchequer and from other sources under the capital plan for the roads maintenance programme; the amount that has...
- Road Projects
327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation from the Exchequer and from other sources under the capital plan for the N5 Westport to Turlough project; the amount that...
- Road Projects Status
333. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation from the Exchequer and from other sources under the capital plan to the Sallins bypass project; the amount that has been...
- Public Private Partnerships Expenditure
338. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cash flow per year spent to date from the Exchequer under the capital plan on the N17/18 Gort Tuam PPP; the completion date of the...
- Smarter Transport
352. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation from the Exchequer and from other sources under the capital plan to the smarter travel policy; the amount that has been...
- Road Improvement Schemes
353. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation from the Exchequer and from other sources under the capital plan to the Cork-Limerick road; the current estimate on the...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
354. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Job Losses
355. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the loss of 85 jobs at a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- IDA Jobs Data
356. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of foreign direct investment jobs secured by the IDA; the number of these jobs located outside County Dublin in 2015 and...
- IDA Funding
357. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation for the IDA in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [17224/17]
- Enterprise Ireland Funding
358. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation for Enterprise Ireland in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [17225/17]
- InterTradeIreland Funding
359. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation for InterTradeIreland in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [17226/17]
- Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
360. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the debate on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, will take place in Dáil Éireann; and if she will...
- Company Registration
362. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount collected in user fees by the Companies Registration Office in each of the past five years; and the cost of eradicating...
- Brexit Issues
363. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has conducted or commissioned studies into attitude or preparedness for Brexit; if these studies have been completed, if...
- Regional Development Initiatives
364. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will give consideration to the request of a local authority (details supplied) regarding the need to attract inward investment...
- Joint Labour Committees
365. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that unregistered companies that are involved in the joint labour committee in the...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
366. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
