Written answers
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings in The Hague; the items that were discussed; and the follow up actions that are being taken. [20402/17]
- European Council Meetings
17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the EU Council meeting on 29 April 2017; and the details of the contributions he made at the meeting. [20404/17]
- Cabinet Committee Meetings
24. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health is next meeting. [20061/17]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Sports Capital Programme
51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he has evaluated the sporting and recreational infrastructure throughout the country with a view to a continuation of...
- State Airports
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the development of a third terminal at Dublin Airport; the meetings which have taken place on the matter between him and his...
- Mountain Rescue Service
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on calls for funding for the Donegal mountain rescue team, which has seen an unprecedented increase in demand for its support...
- Aviation Issues
54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 22 March 2017, if he will report on progress appointing residents' representatives to the...
- Transport Infrastructure Provision
55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Dublin-based transport infrastructure projects he has submitted for consideration with regard to the mid-term capital review; and if...
- EU Regulations
56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if EU Regulation 598/2014 will be implemented here through primary legislation or statutory instrument, or both; and the likely timescale...
- Road Tolls
57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the way the €100 million of VAT on tolls collected by the National Roads Authority and then Transport...
- Transport Infrastructure Provision
58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made on the metro north project; and the amount of funding that has been allocated to progress the project since the...
- Road Network
59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions required for the M11-N11 junction 4 M50 to junction 14 Coynes Cross upgrade; if funding has been allocated for same; and if he...
- Brexit Issues
60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consequences for aviation here if a single aviation market is not maintained with the UK; and if he has had discussions with his UK...
- Road Projects
61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there has been liaison between Louth County Council and his Department regarding the northern cross route; and if he will make a...
- Bus Éireann
62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the windfall of approximately €100 million from the Revenue Commissioners to Transport Infrastructure Ireland can be used in...
- Traffic Calming Measures
63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy regarding funding traffic calming measures at schools; his plans to enhance funding in this area; and if he will make a...
- Ports Facilities
64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider amending Schedule 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Register of Ships) Act 2014 to include the designated fishing ports as...
- Tourism Promotion
65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with Fáilte Ireland to ensure that there is a marketing budget put in place to further promote County Donegal...
- Road Network
66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is seeking additional capital funding for road development in the Border region in the present review of the capital...
- Brexit Issues
67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the possibility of having Rosslare harbour and the Rosslare to Connolly railway line incorporated into the TENtec core...
- Sports Events
69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the work of his Department and interaction with other Departments on Ireland's bid to host the Rugby World Cup...
- Bus Éireann
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on media reports that the management of Bus Éireann has contingency plans to declare insolvency depending on the outcome of...
- Tourism Promotion
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allocate a specific marketing budget to Fáilte Ireland to promote County Donegal specifically, further to the county...
- Olympic Games Ticketing Arrangements
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Moran inquiry will publish its findings (details supplied). [22140/17]
- Cycling Policy
73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's progress in implementing the national cycle policy framework; his Department's progress towards meeting the smarter...
- Bus Éireann Staff
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding industrial relations at Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21965/17]
- Tourism Promotion
75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether there is no strategy to promote the midlands and Shannon region as a tourism brand; when the lake lands initiative...
- Bus Services
76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed tendering of the Bus Éireann Waterford city service. [22094/17]
- Dublin Airport Authority
77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had recent engagement with the Dublin Airport Authority, DAA, regarding the development of the new runway at Dublin Airport with...
- Garda Equipment
78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for selecting a device (details supplied) as the roadside kit for drug testing drivers; if there are restrictions on the use of...
- Road Improvement Schemes
80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the impact the lack of a local improvement scheme is having on the roads and laneways in rural areas; and if he will...
- Park and Ride Facilities
81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to ensure that permanent park and ride facilities are provided as a matter of urgency to both the east and the west...
- Road Projects
82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding his Department's capital plan and the provision of the N4 Collooney to Castlebaldwin upgrade; and if he will make a...
- Road Network
83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which he has examined existing road networks throughout the country in both urban and rural areas with a view to the...
- Tourism Promotion
84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be another Gathering event in 2018 or 2019; his views on whether this is a good idea; and if there is support within the...
- Road Projects
86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has satisfied himself that there is adequate funding for the construction of the N22; and if he will release it to tender for...
- Tourism Promotion
87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to promote the Lee valley area in County Cork as a tourist destination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22142/17]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Commissions of Investigation
88. To ask the Taoiseach when the terms of reference on the inquiry into Project Eagle will be finalised. [22099/17]
- Freedom of Information Data
89. To ask the Taoiseach the number of FOI requests his Department has received since May 2016; the number of requests still outstanding; and the charges imposed in full. [22100/17]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Commercial Rates
90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the reclassification of equestrian centres for commercial rates valuation purposes from leisure premises to...
- Garda Deployment
91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the expected reconfiguration of the traffic corps will be in place; if alcohol breath tests are still being undertaken and...
- Prisoner Data
92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Republican prisoners on remand in E Wing in Portlaoise; the length of time in each case; and if she will make a...
- Migrant Integration
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the first priority of the Migrant Integration Strategy is that the basic values...
- Immigration Policy
94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to address the issue of undocumented migrants here. [22278/17]
- Migrant Integration
95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will refrain from imposing language tests as a criterion of citizenship. [22279/17]
- Human Rights
96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the State is a party to the European Co-operation Group on Undercover Activities; and if so, the way it is ensured that the...
- Visa Applications
98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22325/17]
- UN Committees
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Government will submit its fifth, sixth and seventh report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial...
- Education Policy
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the implementation of action 5 of strategic priority 1 of the International Education Strategy for...
- Garda Deployment
101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Dublin metropolitan region in each year since Garda recruitment resumed in...
- Department of Finance
- VAT Rate Reductions
102. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that the hospitality sector continues to ensure good value to the customer arising from the 9% VAT rate; and if he...
- Tax Rebates
103. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a tax refund due to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22203/17]
- Tax Yield
104. To ask the Minister for Finance the methodology and components of same used to calculate the expected income tax and universal social charge revenues to the Exchequer for 2017; and if he...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Emergency Works Scheme Applications
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite an application for the emergency accommodation grant scheme for a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [22199/17]
- Vacancies on State Boards
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies on State boards under his aegis; and when each vacancy dates from. [22211/17]
- Higher Education Courses Provision
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or a body under its aegis has figures on numbers undertaking PhDs in each year since 2009, including PhD entry rates compared...
- Schools Refurbishment
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite the refurbishment of premises in Trim, County Meath which a school (details supplied) is waiting to occupy and which was...
- Capitation Grants
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capitation grants allocated to primary and post primary schools; the support given to these schools for the employment of teachers; if other...
- Schools Administration
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will encourage schools to fly the flag and to teach their pupils the national anthem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22260/17]
- Apprenticeship Data
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget breakdown of the €98.7 million allocated for apprenticeships in 2017. [22280/17]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated individual start dates of the 40 new apprenticeship programmes to be introduced under the Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeships and...
- Apprenticeship Data
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cumulative cost of creating the 31,000 new apprenticeship registrations by 2020, as set out under the action plan to expand apprenticeships...
- Summer Works Scheme
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is working through the list of summer works applications in accordance with the respective category allocations; if it will be...
- Education Funding
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department plans to fully restore the capitation grant to primary schools and add the minor works grant to the schedule of grants...
- Road Safety
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department has delayed for over 12 months in carrying out the road safety audit which is required for Cork County Council's roads...
- Schools Building Projects Status
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new primary school for Dublin south city, in which patronage has been awarded to Educate Together, will be located at Harcourt Terrace;...
- Schools Building Projects
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of the second phase of a second level school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22303/17]
- Summer Works Scheme Expenditure
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the individual allocation in euro for each of the schools in County Tipperary announced by his Department for the summer school works programme,...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans on the way to allocate special needs assistants to the new schools due to open for the first time in September 2017; and if he will...
- Junior Cycle Reform
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on fears that the introduction of a new Irish language syllabus at junior certificate level will diminish the links between junior...
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Wind Energy Guidelines
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that current regulations and guidelines for wind energy development are fit for purpose;...
- Professional Qualifications
132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department, or a body under its aegis, can provide figures on the number of professionals removed from...
- Building Regulations
133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number and percentage of developments that are exempt or availing of the opt out clause under the building...
- Construction Industry Register Ireland
137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated percentage of construction industry professionals and tradespersons active in the market here that...
- Seaweed Harvesting Licences
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in issuing seaweed harvesting licences; the cause of the issue between legal interface and...
- Planning Issues
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the new regulations being drafted by his Department whereby the owners of empty commercial buildings...
- Local Authority Rates
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if provisions can be included in the forthcoming rates Bill to allow equine businesses be classified as agriculture...
- Traveller Accommodation
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department is monitoring the progress being made by local authorities in implementing the recommendations on...
- Local Authority Housing Funding
142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 422 of 21 March 2017, if the pre-2014 figures include spending by local...
- Housing Provision
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of new apartments and apartment buildings that have been completed and the number for which planning...
- Planning Issues
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 9 March 2017, when the figures on Part V acquisitions will be...
- Department of Social Protection
- State Pension (Contributory) Data
145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of changing the averaging system for the calculation of the State contributory pension back to the system that was in place prior to the...
- Illness Benefit Eligibility
147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will be called for medical assessment. [22200/17]
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will cease debt recovery temporarily in the case of a person (details supplied) with a view to an alternative repayment arrangement at a later...
- Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments
149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the mechanisms in place to recoup money owed by companies that become insolvent after his Department intervenes and covers all the necessary costs;...
- State Pensions Reform
152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to change the system for calculating the State pension from the yearly average system to a total contributions system; and if he will make...
- Maternity Benefit Administration
153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on reports of delays in the issuing of maternity benefit payments; the reason for the delays; the average waiting time for receipt of this...
- Departmental Staff Relocation
154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 6 April 2017, the training times for administrative staff up to grade 5; his views on the appropriate...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision in respect of an appeal will issue in the case of a person (details supplied). [22224/17]
- Disability Allowance Applications
156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will arrange an assessment for a person (details supplied) who applied for an allowance in October 2016; if his attention has been drawn to...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension and disability allowance claim by a person (details supplied). [22266/17]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance claim by a person (details supplied). [22293/17]
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22305/17]
- Pension Provisions
162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the fact that no pension entitlements, other than the basic entitlement to the State pension, accrue for persons that give many years...
- Jobseeker's Allowance
163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22395/17]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- UN Commission on the Status of Women
164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland voted in favour of Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the UN Commission on the Status of Women. [22197/17]
- Northern Ireland
166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has read the testimony of a person (details supplied) given to the Good Friday Committee on 6 April 2017; and if he has made...
- Middle East Issues
167. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of representations which have been made regarding the 6,500 Palestinians currently held in Israeli prisons and detention centres,...
- UN Human Rights Council
168. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current members of the United Nations Human Rights Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22342/17]
- Human Rights Cases
169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the sanctions which have been taken against current members of the human rights council that have been found to be in violation of human...
- Human Rights Investigations
170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Saudi Arabia has vetoed investigations into human rights abuses in its own country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22344/17]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- National Lottery Funding Disbursement
171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the proceeds of the national lottery are distributed; the procedures in place for this; and if he will make a statement...
- Official Engagements
172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will be represented in the Irish delegation to the UNFCCC meetings of the UNFCCC SBI and SBSTA in Bonn in May 2017 and...
- Expenditure Reviews
173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his capital spend review will include consideration of additional funding for investment in marine harbours and ports owned and...
- Flood Relief Schemes Status
174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress being made in advancing flood defences in the Upper Lee catchment area. [21884/17]
- Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme
175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will approve funding for flood relief works at the grotto in Curraheen, County Cork. [21885/17]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation
176. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the monitoring committee of the Action Plan for Rural Development has been set up; when the group will meet; the persons appointed...
- Western Development Commission
177. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by the outgoing chairperson of the Western Development Commission; and if she...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Eligibility
178. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a person (details supplied) who is the owner of lands and turbary rights on a site is entitled to compensation; and if she will...
- Department of Health
- Ambulance Service Data
179. To ask the Minister for Health the details of calls to ambulance services from prisons here in each of the years 2014 to 2016 in tabular form. [22237/17]
- Health Services Appeals
180. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22180/17]
- Blood Donations
181. To ask the Minister for Health the guidelines for persons donating blood or citizens availing of a blood transfusion in relation to Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the...
- General Medical Services Scheme
182. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to assist persons living with chronic Lyme disease to avail of the long-term illness scheme or the medical card scheme; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
183. To ask the Minister for Health the current targets in place for the recruitment of CAMHS personnel in CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22183/17]
- Ministerial Correspondence
184. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence regarding to a matter (details supplied); the action being taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22185/17]
- Services for People with Disabilities
185. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the core funding grant application of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22186/17]
- HSE Properties
187. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE owned house on Post Office Road, Lusk is not in use; his plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22195/17]
- Health Services
188. To ask the Minister for Health the consultant assigned to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22201/17]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
189. To ask the Minister for Health the findings of the evaluation of a drug (details supplied) for reimbursement by the NCPE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22206/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
190. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22207/17]
- Medicinal Products Licensing
191. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of cannabis for medicinal use here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22212/17]
- Hospital Charges
192. To ask the Minister for Health if the statutory inpatient charge in respect of a baby born prematurely who left the hospital before the date the baby was due to be born, in the amount of...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
193. To ask the Minister for Health if tonsillectomy will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22217/17]
- Birth Data
194. To ask the Minister for Health the number of babies that were delivered prematurely in 2016; and the number of babies that have been delivered prematurely to date in 2017. [22231/17]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
195. To ask the Minister for Health if parents can avail of psychiatric services for their children through the National Treatment Purchase Fund with a view to reducing waiting times for child...
- Medicinal Products Regulation
196. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1060 of 2 May 2017, if he will clarify a matter (details supplied). [22243/17]
- Health Services Access
197. To ask the Minister for Health the healthcare facilities that are providing access to diagnostic services for GMS patients in Munster; the reason some facilities have been approved to...
- Hospital Appointments Status
198. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
- Services for People with Disabilities
199. To ask the Minister for Health the number of designated centres for disabilities registered in 2016 and to date in 2017, respectively; and of those registered, the number that were deemed...
- Home Care Packages Administration
200. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the proposed regulation of home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22270/17]
- Nursing Home Services
201. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed HSE capital development plan and his plans to ensure that all designated centres under the HSE's remit will comply with regulations...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
202. To ask the Minister for Health following the enactment of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act on 29 April 2016, the number of persons or voluntary persons...
- HIQA Reports
203. To ask the Minister for Health further to the recently published HIQA 2016 overview, the steps that have been taken to address the poor practices identified including peer-to-peer abuses,...
- Home Help Service Data
204. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the number of home help hours at the end of April 2017 by county; the number of persons in each county approved for home help but awaiting...
- Hospital Charges
205. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a review of the policy on charging private patients in public hospitals; if he has had direct engagement with insurance companies on the matter;...
- Disability Services Funding
206. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been provided to HSE disability services to date in 2017; the number of service users this funding is currently helping; the amount of...
- National Maternity Hospital
207. To ask the Minister for Health if St Vincent's hospital and the national maternity hospital will share staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22321/17]
- Disability Support Services Provision
208. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce supports for persons in County Longford who are suffering from Parkinson's disease. [22323/17]
- Health Services Provision
209. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22335/17]
- Medical Card Administration
210. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 4 May 2017, the details of the consideration being given to the anomalous situation which results in medical card...
- Narcolepsy Issues
214. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure funding is provided to affected narcolepsy patients whose condition arose from vaccines they received during the swine flu...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Íocaíochtaí Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoin scéim GLAS le feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí leis seo);...
- GLAS Eligibility
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) cannot enter into GLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22220/17]
- GLAS Payments
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide additional resources to ensure payment of the outstanding 118 GLAS 1 and 2 claims by persons in counties Cavan and...
- Greyhound Industry
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 535 of 7 February 2017, when a reply will issue. [22304/17]
- Agriculture Schemes
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22322/17]
- GLAS Payments
225. 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. [22324/17]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- North-South Interconnector
226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the tender process will be complete for the contracting of international experts to investigate the costs of...
- Bord na Móna
227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure that the option of redeployment to other Bord na Móna facilities will be offered to staff from the...
- Broadcasting Charge
228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to outline his plans for reducing the broadcasting levy on independent radio stations; his views on whether the current...
- National Mitigation Plan
229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to outline the nature of the expertise in carbon sequestration in peatlands he is able to rely on within his Department...
- Official Engagements
231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to detail the Departments and agencies that will be represented at the UNFCCC meetings of the SBI and SBSTA in Bonn in...
- Broadband Service Provision
232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to set down the number of homes and businesses that have been connected to high speed broadband since the announcement of...
- Building Energy Rating Administration
233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to set down the number of building energy rating certificates issued for new housing in each of the years 2007 to 2016...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- National Vehicle and Driver File
234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the master licence record project based on the national vehicle and driver file; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Driver Licences Data
235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving licences administered yearly by the National Driver Licence Service since its establishment; the revenue generated...
- Driver Licences
236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of plastic card style driving licences distributed each year since 2013 and to date in 2017; the status of the examinations...
- Driver Licences Renewals
237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to use similar online technology recently launched for passport renewals for the renewal of driving licences; and if he will...
- Comharthaí Bóthair
238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport an aontaíonn sé, nuair a bhíonn comhartha tráchta le huasdátú nó le hathrú, gur chóir leagan...
- Harbour Authorities
239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detail of the recent meeting between his Department officials and the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company with regard to the risk...
- Rural Transport Programme Funding
241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22256/17]
- Roads Maintenance Funding
242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application from Limerick City and County Council (details supplied); and the timeframe for completion of same. [22274/17]
- Traffic Regulations Implementation
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland is the body with the final say on altering speed limit designations on national secondary roads; and...
- Road Safety
244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to Cavan and Monaghan county councils in 2017 for the necessary upgrading and implementation of safety...
- Official Engagements
245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will be represented in the Irish delegation to the meetings of the UNFCCC SBI and SBSTA in Bonn in May 2017; if it...
- National Cycle Network
246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Government is on track to meet the objective in policy 4.1 of the national cycle policy framework that by 2020 the environment in...
- Public Transport Subsidies
249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase the State subsidy to Bus Éireann in advance of the conclusion of the NBRU ballot; and if he will make a...
- Road Network
250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he anticipates an augmented capital programme to address arterial road network deficiencies throughout the country, including Dublin...
- Rail Services Provision
251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to enhancing the capacity of the commuter rail network with particular reference to the need to ensure...
- Traffic Data
253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the studies that have been carried out in regard to the current and potential traffic capacity of the M50; if he anticipates early...
- Sports Events
254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to liaise with the various national and international sporting organisations with a view to hosting...
- Brexit Issues
256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which he has assessed the positive or negatives in the context of the post-Brexit situation here; the extent to which he...
- Hotel Accommodation
257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which adequate hotel accommodation remains available to meet the requirements of tourism over the next five years in view...
- Tourism Industry
258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent by which he expects the tourism sector to grow in each of the next five years with particular reference to the economic and...
- Traffic Management
259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects to be in a position to allow motor vehicle access to cities and towns through good traffic management and...
- Road Tolls
260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated daily revenue arising from tolls on the M50; if he will provide a comparison with other tolled roads; and if he will make a...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Brexit Issues
262. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the development of a Brexit working capital guarantee scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
263. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the development of a business advisory hub for SMEs; the timeframe for development of this hub; and if she will make a...
- Work Permits Applications
264. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a work permit application (details supplied). [22275/17]
- Enterprise Support Schemes
265. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount she expects to be redeemed of the €80.018 million paid out up to March 2017 under the enterprise stabilisation fund;...
- Official Engagements
266. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department will be represented in the Irish delegation to the meetings of the UNFCCC SBI and SBSTA in Bonn in May 2017; and if...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Detention Centres
267. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of calls to ambulance services from youth detention centres in each of the years 2014 to 2016, in tabular form. [22238/17]
- Departmental Correspondence
268. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is in receipt of correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22251/17]
- Child Care Services Funding
269. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review the grant eligibility criteria for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22253/17]
- Freedom of Information Requests
270. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has yet to receive an acknowledgement or response from the local office of Tusla,...
- Children in Care
272. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care with an up-to-date care plan, by local area division, in tabular form; if her attention has been drawn to...
- Child Protection Services Provision
273. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child-care cases awaiting allocation to a social worker in each Tusla local office area, by the priority status of the case...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Representative Organisations
274. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will allow members of the Defence Forces to join trade unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22262/17]
- Defence Forces Remuneration
275. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will restore the salaries for all Army, Naval Service and Air Corps personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22263/17]
- Defence Forces Contracts
276. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will review post 1994 contracts whereby those that have not made the rank of sergeant have no choice but to retire after 21 years; and if...
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
277. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to cease the use of the drug lariam in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22265/17]
